Mohammad Elshinawy – Curing Our Faith #03 – Caught in the Storm

			Rila hamdulillah salatu salam ala Rasulillah holla Ali or savage Mariana big in the name of Allah
All Praise and Glory be to Allah and mais find his peace and blessings be upon His messenger
Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and his family and his companions and all those who tread his
path.
		

			So, we continue in our discussion on curing our hearts and our faith, from NIFA. From hypocrisy and
being infected with this disease, this most dangerous disease that eclipses every disease of the
body, that we would travel to the farthest corners of the earth to treat that those diseases only
cut us off from this world, whereas the diseases of the heart may Allah forbid, cut us off from our
salvation, our meeting with Allah, our relationship with Him subhanho wa taala. And to be perfectly
honest, today was supposed to be about
		

			the approach of someone that is infected with NIFA with hypocrisy towards Salah and toiled towards
sadaqa Prayer and Charity, but I was afraid that you would think that I timed it because tomorrow's
a fundraiser.
		

			So we're not going to talk about that tonight. I'll push that one to Saturday in sha Allah Tala.
		

			Instead, let us speak about
		

			the person who is plagued with ni fac their approach to advice and their approach to reminders as
framed by the Quran. What is it like when they are reminded about Allah azza wa jal about faith
about the last day.
		

			And they are either bothered by these reminders or they are not moved by them very shallow benefits
they get from reminders from wakeup calls very short lived.
		

			You remember, on Tuesday, we said that holiday for the allawah answer. There's four types of hearts
if you remember this, we said the hearts of the believers like a fiery radiant lamp, there is the
heart of the disbelievers, sealed and hopeless. There is the heart of the hypocrites, the full blown
hypocrites, that is upside down a disbeliever. And he knows it right but he's inverted he thought he
got it all figured out. So that is the full blown hypocrite. Then there was the fourth one that I
told you we need to pay special attention to because in all honesty, may Allah protect but this is
the one that we probably relate with every last one of us right more than any others, which is the
		

			fourth heart The heart that is midway right pumped with the healthy substance faith but pumped off
also with the hypocrisy the disease at the same time. And the fear is that the hypocrisy becomes
dominant and he becomes category three right? Where did where they forget this from there are Ayad
in Surah Al Baqarah for example, when Allah says
		

			feel a little math in law you will see rune some hypocrites are just stuck in the darkness that's
category three okay stuck in the dark they can't see anything. Someone Bookman Romeo and film light
or JRun, Deaf dumb and blind they will never return to faith because they don't even realize they're
outside of it. May Allah forbid right that is the category three then Allah says this is category
four can't believe I'm throwing numbers on this. el caso de Mina sama if he valamar to Nora I don't
know about or another category of hypocrites the lesser form right? Or is like they experience faith
like what the Quran like what like a rainfall Subhanallah to rainy night I guess it matches Right?
		

			Like a rainfall but a rainfall that involves darkness and thunder and lightning
		

			Yeah, I Luna wasabia home feet then he him you know so if they're constantly sticking their fingers
in their ears from the sound of the Thunderbolts have their own mouth fearful of death wala humo
hate on Bill caffeine and Allah and compasses all the disbelievers What is this talking about? By
the way, you know, Allah sent down the Quran to give life to our hearts. So this parable, this
example, instead of their hearts blossoming with this rainfall, right this poor and they experience
it like a thunderstorm. They're bothered by it. Because you know, the inner conflict now the
contamination, right? You know, when someone's sick, even they perceive the sweet, sour, right? And
		

			so they are infected with the disease of hypocrisy, but not full blown yet. They're not category
three, this is category four, fear to be on the way to write those who are deaf, dumb and blind.
totally right. So Allah is saying these people experienced this rainfall along with thunder. It is
scary for them. And lightning, there's flashes of truth, but it's like mixed up, right? You ever
seen those pictures when they catch it? Just when the lightning strikes? It looks like it's daytime,
right? They see things crystal clear, but
		

			For a moment only right.
		

			Little Matt and Moraga know about you. They're sticking their fingers in their ears. Why? Because
the Quran involves sometimes uncomfortable conversations about you about the hypocrisy that hides
inside you. No one likes to hear that stuff. But the brave person will engage it. The brave person
will say no, I need to find out. I need to not be in denial. If there's a diagnosis to be made,
there has to be a diagnosis. The hypocrite does not like advice, doesn't want to know, doesn't want
to be diagnosed. He's afraid it might be true that he is in fact disease. That's why the Quran says
Ja Rule Munna, Afia Pune and Tunez. Allah Allah him Surah tune
		

			to Nabil whom be Matthew Paulo be him. The hypocrites are always afraid that another chapter come
will come down on them, that informs them about what is going on inside their hearts. That's why
they're like this. They almost don't want to hear the next verse, right? proceed now to the next
area. Allah says your care don't bark, profitable Surah home could lemma Allah Allahu Machelle fee
were either of Allah Allah him como, those flashes of lightning almost * away their eyesight,
it's, the truth is so blinding. It's so obvious to them, that it almost causes them blindness. Every
time it gets enlightened for them, Allah Allahu Meshel fee they walk towards the light.
		

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			fee waived the other lemma Allah him calm, and then it goes dark again so fast, and they stand
still. This is the description of someone whose heart is disease, we said he doesn't want the
advice, or he doesn't act on the advice. He sees it for a moment. And then he just stops again, sees
it for a moment and then stops again, he stop and go on his feet, you're inspired when you hear the
reminder. You may even shed a tear or two, and then you get up and you walk out and as if nothing
happened. It's a very scary description. Because on some level, we all well wait a minute, that
happens to me and the whole boy that happens to me when I get the advisor this happens to me. I'm
		

			inspired for just a moment and then it's business as usual. Does that mean Right? And so after I've
described how the monad is or someone diseased, partially even within the fact is with advice, let
me give you the positive note in the last three minutes. The positive note is Allah also said was
that good for in vicarage and meaning remind because reminders benefit the believers, all of us are
boosted a little bit with reminders. Just because you're more boosted in the reminder doesn't mean
that your stop and go in your faith. What is the difference now between the believer who is boosted
in his reminder and the hypocrite who is boosted only for the reminder, it's how far you dip after
		

			the reminder. How critical your behavior becomes. Do you actually go back to defying Allah? Or are
you just not as vibrant in your faith? Because not as vibrant as you are during the reminder is
perfectly human. Right? Faith is like that. It deteriorates the moment the reminder stops. And
that's why the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said to us, He said to humbler, you know 100
Allah came and said, Yeah, I feel like I'm a hypocrite. They said why is because my faith is so
strong when I'm in front of the prophets all sudden them and then I go home and I'm with my family
and my businesses and stuff. And I forget like the effect of so much of looking at that same thing
		

			happens to me. Wait a minute, am I a hypocrite to this is authentic hadith in Sahih Muslim so they
go to the Prophet alayhi salaatu wa Salaam and they say rasool Allah, I'm a hypocrite. He says, Why
do you say that? He said when I'm with you and you describe Paradise and the Hellfire forget and
yeah, it's as if the two of them are right in front of my eyes. And then I go home and I see my kids
and my states and my business, my farm, and I forget a lot of what you said. He said some are humble
if you're actually able to keep yourself at the level you're at with me and with reminders were
physical. The angels would be holding your hands in the roads, you'd be almost like an angel they'd
		

			be in your company not just people normally can't do this. It's not natural for the most part at
least not 24/7 Right? He said but oh hamdulillah the satin was out there's some time for this the
reminder and some time for just being human. We're not angels and there's a moment for this and so
the idea is the reminder when it's gone it doesn't dip you too far and maybe that's a good build up
for sada and Salah to speak about it on Saturday. How far do you dip in your Salah in your lacks
moments of faith? How far do you dip in your sadaqa in your lacks moments of faith? What is the
critical line right? But otherwise, and I'll end with this hadith in the last 20 seconds he told us
		

			Allah Allahu alayhi wa sallam in an Eman Allah clock faith is like that. It withers away all the
time, constantly withering away. The same
		

			Lea garment grows old and withers away. First Allah Allah to Allah and ujet diddly Manaphy Hello
become so just keep asking Allah to renew the faith in your heart. Oh Allah renew the faith in our
heart. Continue to renew the faith in our heart learn that do I and constantly repeat Oh ALLAH renew
the faith in my heart cure the faith in my heart, guide my heart through your book and renew my
heart with it Allahumma Amin Subhanak along with him diksha Allah Allah Allah and minister Farooq,
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