Mohammed Faqih – Jumuah 17-01-2025

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The importance of accountability and responsibility in the context of the court system is emphasized, along with the need for everyone to act with faith and do their best to receive the fullest benefit from the system. The speakers stress the importance of avoiding mistakes and mistakes, developing a sense of accountability before the end of life, and pursuing happiness and wealth in life. The importance of fearing one's success and success in life is emphasized, along with the need for fear and patience in order to achieve success. A book, "The Beneficent," is also mentioned.

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			As-salāmu ʿalaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
		
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			Allāhu Akbar Allāhu Akbar Allāhu
		
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			Akbar Allāhu Akbar Ash'hadu an-lā
		
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			ilāha ill'Allāh Ash'hadu an-lā
		
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			ilāha ill'Allāh Ash'hadu an-nā Muḥammadun
		
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			Rasūlu-Llāh Ash'hadu an-nā Muḥammadun
		
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			Rasūlu-Llāh Ḥayy'a ala ṣ-ṣalāh
		
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			Ḥayy'a ala ṣ-ṣalāh Ḥayy'a ala
		
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			l-falāḥ Ḥayy'a ala l
		
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			-falāḥ Allāhu Akbar
		
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			Allāhu Akbar Lā ilāha ill
		
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			'Allāh That
		
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			is why in this verse Allāh ﷻ reminds
		
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			us as believers and tells us, O you
		
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			who believed, fear Allāh ﷻ as He should
		
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			be feared, and die not.
		
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			Make sure that you don't die except as
		
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			Muslims in a state of full submission to
		
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			Allāh ﷻ.
		
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			يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُم مِّن
		
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			نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ O mankind, be mindful of your
		
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			Lord who created you from a single soul.
		
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			وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا And from it He created
		
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			its mate.
		
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			وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًا كَثِيرًا وَنِسَاءً And from them
		
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			both He created many men and women.
		
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			So therefore be mindful of Allāh.
		
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			اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ الَّذِي تَسَأَلُونَ بِهِ وَالْأَرْحَامِ And be
		
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			mindful of the rights of the wombs that
		
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			bore you.
		
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			اِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيبًا For Allāh is
		
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			watching over you.
		
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			Allāh ﷻ monitors everything that you do.
		
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			Consider yourself to be under surveillance.
		
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			You can't hide from Allāh ﷻ.
		
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			Be aware of that reality and live your
		
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			life accordingly.
		
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			My dear brothers and sisters, today I want
		
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			to reflect on verses from the Qur'an
		
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			that we are actually encouraged to recite as
		
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			part of an entire surah.
		
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			Surah al-Kahf is something that we are
		
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			recommended, that is recommended to us to recite
		
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			every Friday.
		
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			In that surah we find these three verses
		
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			that we should really pause and reflect upon
		
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			and see how we can bring about some
		
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			changes in our lives so that we are
		
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			of those whom Allāh ﷻ says when they
		
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			find a reminder in the Qur'an, when
		
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			the Qur'an comes and admonishes them, they
		
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			listen, they pay attention, and their hearts respond
		
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			to that reminder.
		
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			If they need to change, they change.
		
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			If they need to transform, they transform.
		
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			If they need to reform, they reform.
		
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			If they need to progress, they progress.
		
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			Whatever they need to do, they do it,
		
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			they implement it because they are well aware
		
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			that these words come from Allāh ﷻ.
		
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			And they are well aware of the serious
		
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			consequences of those who listen, who are reminded
		
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			by the words of Allāh ﷻ and walk
		
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			away from it.
		
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			Like there is something in their ears, clogging
		
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			their ears and they are not listening.
		
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			Allāh ﷻ warns us not to be of
		
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			those people.
		
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			In this very surah, later on Allāh ﷻ
		
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			talks to us about how unjust is a
		
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			person who when they are reminded of the
		
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			verses or the ayat of Allāh ﷻ are
		
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			recited to them, when they listen to them,
		
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			they walk away, ignoring them.
		
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			So Allāh ﷻ tells us, وَيَوْمَ نُسَيِّرُ الْجِبَالَ
		
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			وَتَرَى الْأَرْضَ بَارِزَتَهُمْ وَحَشَرْنَاهُمْ فَلَمْ نُغَادِرْ مِنْهُمْ
		
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			أَحَدًا This is from the scenes of the
		
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			Day of Judgment when Allāh ﷻ makes the
		
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			mountains move.
		
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			And when Allāh ﷻ brings everyone, resurrects and
		
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			gathers everyone.
		
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			And no one is left behind.
		
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			فَلَمْ نُغَادِرْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدًا No one is going
		
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			to escape.
		
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			No one is going to be able to
		
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			hide.
		
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			No one is going to be declining on
		
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			that day, the invitation.
		
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			Everyone is going to be brought before Allāh
		
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			ﷻ.
		
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			Then Allāh ﷻ says, وَعُرِضُوا عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ صَفَّةً
		
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			لَقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَ كَمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةً بَلْ زَعَمْتُمْ
		
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			أَن لَن نَجْعَلَ لَكُم مَوْعِدًا Allāh ﷻ says,
		
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			and they will be brought, they will be
		
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			set before their Lord Allāh ﷻ in lines
		
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			or rows.
		
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			And it will be said to them, now
		
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			indeed you have come to us as we
		
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			created you the first time.
		
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			Nay, but you thought we had appointed no
		
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			meeting for you.
		
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			You thought this wasn't going to happen.
		
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			This will be said to them, mocking them
		
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			on the Day of Judgment, those who denied
		
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			that.
		
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			As for those of us who don't dare
		
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			to deny this, as for those of us
		
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			who believe in this and want to live
		
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			our lives according to this.
		
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			Hopefully that won't be said to us.
		
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			Those of us who will stand on that
		
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			day, we will know that, هَذَا مَا وَعَدَنَا
		
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			رَبُّنَا This is what Allāh ﷻ has promised
		
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			us.
		
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			هَذَا مَا وَعَدَ الرَّحْمَنُ وَصَدَقَ الْمُرْسَلُونَ This is
		
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			what the Most Merciful has promised.
		
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			And indeed those prophets and messengers that came
		
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			to us and we believed in them, spoke
		
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			the truth.
		
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			That would be inshallah ta'ala our reaction.
		
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			Only if we follow, if we take heed
		
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			and we prepare for that day and we
		
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			change.
		
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			So what would happen on that day?
		
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			What's the point here?
		
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			The point here is what comes next.
		
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			Allāh ﷻ says in the following ayah, وَوُضِعَ
		
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			الْكِتَابِ And the book of record will be
		
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			set.
		
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			Our deeds, everything will be set right before
		
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			us.
		
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			وَوُضِعَ الْكِتَابِ فَتَرَى الْمُجْرِمِينَ مُشْفِقِينَ مِمَّا فِيهِ And
		
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			then you will find the criminals, the wrongdoers.
		
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			Those who went about their lives, crushing everyone
		
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			in their way.
		
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			Those who have done injustices to everyone.
		
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			Those who wrong other people thinking that they
		
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			can get away with it.
		
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			They will stand before Allāh ﷻ on that
		
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			day.
		
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			وَوُضِعَ الْكِتَابِ فَتَرَى الْمُجْرِمِينَ مُشْفِقِينَ مِمَّا فِيهِ And
		
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			you will see them, they will be visibly
		
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			nervous and in state of distress.
		
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			Those who used to walk around arrogantly, showing
		
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			no remorse or sorrow, on that day they
		
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			will be very, very, very sorry for everything
		
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			that they have done.
		
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			Before they're even called out, before they're held
		
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			accountable, before anything happens, as soon as the
		
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			scene begins, and the books are brought, they
		
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			will be in distress.
		
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			And not only that, but they will actually
		
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			cry out.
		
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			They will say, وَيَقُولُونَ يَا وَيْلَنَا Woe to
		
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			us!
		
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			مَا لِهَذَا الْكِتَابِ What is the matter with
		
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			this book?
		
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			لَا يُغَادِرُ صَغِيرَةً وَلَا كَبِيرَةً إِلَّا أَحْصَاهَا Leaving
		
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			no small deal, small minute detail or big
		
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			except that it enumerated it.
		
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			Everything is written, everything is recorded, everything will
		
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			be brought up.
		
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			They will come to that realization that day.
		
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			They are being told, we are being told
		
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			in this life that that is going to
		
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			be the case.
		
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			They are only going to finally understand this
		
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			and cry out on that day when it's
		
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			too late.
		
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			Woe to us!
		
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			What is the matter with this book?
		
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			It left nothing behind.
		
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			Even the things that we do and we
		
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			forget will be brought before us.
		
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			And then Allah SWT says, وَلَا يَظْلِمُ رَبُّكَ
		
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			أَحَدًا Your Lord wrongs no one.
		
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			Allah does not wrong anyone.
		
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			So my dear brothers and sisters, my reminder
		
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			to myself and all of you, may Allah
		
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			SWT bless you, is to develop this sense
		
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			of accountability before Allah SWT.
		
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			It is one of the most essential aspects
		
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			of our faith that we believe in.
		
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			That on the day of judgment, we are
		
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			all going to face everything that we have
		
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			done.
		
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			We are all going to have to answer
		
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			for everything that we have done.
		
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			No matter how small it is.
		
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			فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَى Whosoever does
		
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			the smallest, even an atom's weight or size
		
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			of deed, of good deed, will see it.
		
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			وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَى And whosoever
		
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			does that much of evil deed, will have
		
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			to answer for it and they will be
		
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			accountable.
		
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			The Prophet ﷺ, in a hadith, in a
		
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			statement, in a declaration, that should terrify each
		
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			and every single one of us.
		
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			It should terrify each and every single one
		
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			of us.
		
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			He ﷺ says, لَا تَزُولُ قَدَمَ عَبْدٍ يَوْمَ
		
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			الْقِيَامَةِ حَتَّى يُسْئَلَ عَنْ أَرْبَعٍ That the feet
		
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			of the son of Adam, that applies to
		
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			all of us, will not move on the
		
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			day of judgment.
		
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			Meaning that person will not, no one of
		
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			us, none of us will be able to
		
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			walk further, go any further on the day
		
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			of judgment.
		
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			Whether it's to Jannah or Hellfire, doesn't matter.
		
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			Doesn't matter where the destination or the desired
		
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			destination is.
		
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			No one is going to go anywhere.
		
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			Everyone will be stopped.
		
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			As Allah عز و جل said in the
		
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			Qur'an, وَقِفُوهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ مَسْؤُونَ Stop them.
		
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			Stop them.
		
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			As everyone is running in utter chaos, Allah
		
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			says, stop them, pause.
		
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			Everyone, stop where you're at.
		
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			وَقِفُوهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ مَسْؤُونَ No one is going to
		
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			be able to choose where they want to
		
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			go.
		
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			You're not going to be free on that
		
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			day.
		
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			Stop them.
		
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			They will be questioned.
		
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			They will be asked.
		
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			إِنَّهُمْ مَسْؤُونَ So the Prophet صلى الله عليه
		
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			وسلم tells us in this hadith what it
		
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			is that we're going to be held accountable
		
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			for.
		
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			What are the exact...
		
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			You see, this is...
		
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			Imagine someone telling you that you're going to
		
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			be tested and then they give you the
		
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			exact exam, the questions that you'll be asked
		
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			and tells you prepare.
		
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			You'll be asked these exact same questions.
		
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			One, two, three, four.
		
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			You better have a good answer for these
		
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			questions.
		
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			عَنْ عُمُرِهِ فِي مَأَفْنَةٍ His life and how
		
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			he spent it.
		
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			How did he spend your life?
		
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			What were the 70, 80, 90, more or
		
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			less years?
		
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			What were they all about?
		
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			The entire lifespan.
		
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			How did he spend your life?
		
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			What did you spend your life on?
		
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			What did you do?
		
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			What did you produce in your life?
		
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			Lifetime, lifespan is a very precious...
		
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			It's the most precious thing that we have.
		
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			Actually, it's priceless.
		
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			عَنْ عُمُرِهِ فِي مَأَفْنَةٍ Number two.
		
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			وَعَنْ عِلْمِهِ مَاذَا فَعَلَ فِيهِ And his knowledge.
		
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			What he did with it.
		
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			You learned.
		
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			You gained experience.
		
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			You had knowledge and you had expertise.
		
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			What did you do with it?
		
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			What did it do for you?
		
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			What did it produce to other people?
		
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			What have you done?
		
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			وَعَنْ عِلْمِهِ مَاذَا عَمِلَ فِيهِ Number three.
		
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			وَعَنْ مَالِهِ مِنْ أَيْنَ اكْتَسَبَهُ وَفِي مَا أَنْفَقَهُ
		
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			And then wealth.
		
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			Your wealth.
		
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			Where did it come from?
		
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			And subhanallah, this is very interesting.
		
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			Because when it comes to wealth, Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala, we're going to be held
		
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			accountable for not only what we did with
		
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			it, but where it came from.
		
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			Both.
		
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			Where did it come from?
		
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			And where was it spent on?
		
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			Everything.
		
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			Every penny.
		
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			May Allah forgive us.
		
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			وَعَنْ جِسْمِهِ أَوْ جَسَدِهِ And about his body.
		
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			Your body.
		
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			فِي مَا أَبْلَهِ How did you wear out
		
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			your body?
		
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			What happened?
		
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			What did you use your strength, your physical
		
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			strength in?
		
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			In another narration, وَعَنْ شَبَابِهِ فِي مَا أَبْلَهِ
		
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			About youth.
		
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			Your youth.
		
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			In other words, your strength.
		
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			That vital stage of your life that Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala allowed you to experience.
		
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			Where you can produce the most.
		
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			Where you can gain the most.
		
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			What did you do with it?
		
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			How did you wear out your strength?
		
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			Where did it go?
		
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			What happened to your body that Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala gave you?
		
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			So these are the questions that we're going
		
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			to be asked about.
		
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			وَالْعَاقِلُ مَنْ سَأْلَ نَفْسَهُ وَحَاسَبَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تُحَاسَبُ
		
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			And a wise person is a person who
		
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			actually holds himself accountable and asks himself these
		
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			questions before it's too late.
		
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			And this is what our scholars in the
		
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			past used to encourage us to do.
		
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			Ask yourself these questions.
		
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			What have I done?
		
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			You know, Ibn Mas'ud says The believer,
		
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			the sense of accountability that the believer has.
		
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			المؤمن يرى ذنوبه كأنه قاعد تحت جبل يخاف
		
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			أن يقع عليه He says the believer sees
		
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			his sins and his offenses like a mountain
		
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			that rises above him and is about to
		
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			fall on him.
		
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			They weigh down on the believer.
		
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			The believer takes his sins seriously.
		
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			Be it minor or major.
		
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			It's a big deal.
		
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			Because it's not about how small or how
		
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			infrequently it happened.
		
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			It's about who was offended, who was disobeyed.
		
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			So the believer looks at his sins, holds
		
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			himself accountable and says Oh my God, what
		
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			have I done?
		
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			And what do I need to do to
		
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			redeem myself?
		
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			يرى ذنوبه كأنه جبل يخاف أن يقع عليه
		
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			On the other hand, وإن الفاجر أو المنافق
		
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			As for the wicked or the hypocrite يرى
		
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			ذنوبه كذباب مر على أنفه فقال به هكذا
		
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			He just sees his sins and his offenses
		
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			like a fly that just came and landed
		
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			on his nose and he did this.
		
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			It's gone.
		
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			That's it.
		
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			Get over it.
		
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			It's okay.
		
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			It's a big deal.
		
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			It's nothing.
		
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			And that is why the wicked person continues
		
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			to sin, transgress and hurt people and offend
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala until they stand
		
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			before Allah عز و جل My dear brothers
		
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			and sisters, remember that whatever we have in
		
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			this life, in this finite life is given
		
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			to us and we're going to be held
		
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			accountable for it.
		
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			And then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will
		
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			ask us what we did.
		
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			And then whatever we did with it will
		
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			determine our fate.
		
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			I'll conclude with a beautiful and powerful statement
		
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			by Imam Ahmad رحمه الله تعالى because the
		
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			number one pursuit, people say pursuit of happiness,
		
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			the number one pursuit of most people is
		
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			wealth.
		
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			So here is the reality of wealth.
		
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			Because we exhaust, you see the things that
		
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			the Prophet ﷺ talked about, we're going to
		
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			be held accountable, our lives, our youth or
		
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			our strength, our health and our knowledge.
		
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			Most of us, if not all of us,
		
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			we dedicate and devote for the pursuit of
		
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			what?
		
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			Wealth.
		
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			And the value of these things that we
		
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			wear out or we exhaust depends.
		
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			I'm talking about worldly standards.
		
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			I'm not talking about akhira.
		
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			Depends on how much wealth we're able to
		
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			accumulate.
		
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			Oh, he did very well.
		
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			We look at a person and we say,
		
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			oh, we look at his bank account, he
		
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			did very well for himself.
		
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			Said who?
		
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			Because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will ask
		
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			that person, where did it come from and
		
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			how was it spent?
		
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			And if none of it was spent by
		
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			the way, we may look at the person,
		
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			we envy the person, mashallah has a lot
		
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			of money.
		
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			But none of it was spent properly or
		
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			fee sabeelillah as it should.
		
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			That person will carry all that wealth on
		
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			the day of judgment, the Prophet shallallahu alaihi
		
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			wa sallam tells us.
		
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			I'll just give you an example, speaking of
		
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			zakah.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless the
		
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			brothers and sisters who are doing the zakah
		
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			services here.
		
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			My dear brothers and sisters, wallahi we're not
		
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			doing anyone a favor, we're doing ourselves a
		
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			favor.
		
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			Because Allah says, وَالَّذِينَ اَكْنِزُونَ الذَّهَبَ وَالْفِضْطَ وَلَا
		
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			يُنفِقُونَهَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَبَشِّرُهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ and
		
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			those who treasure or those who keep and
		
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			withhold their gold and silver and their wealth.
		
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			And they do not spend it as they're
		
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			supposed to.
		
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			Give them glad tidings, don't congratulate them on
		
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			anything.
		
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			Give them glad tidings of a very painful
		
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			punishment.
		
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			يَوْمَ يُحْمَى عَلَيْهَا فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمٍ When it
		
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			will be brought on the day of judgment
		
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			and heated in hellfire.
		
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			فَتُكْوَى بِهَا جِبَاهُهُمْ وَجُنُوبُهُمْ وَظُهُورُهُمْ And their faces,
		
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			their foreheads, their backs, their sides, everywhere, from
		
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			every direction they will be branded and ironed
		
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			with it.
		
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			They will be burnt with it.
		
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			هَذَا مَا كَنَزْتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ And it will be
		
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			said to them, this is what you have
		
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			kept for yourself.
		
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			فَذُوقُوا مَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْنِزُونَ Get a taste of
		
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			it.
		
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			Here's what it tastes like.
		
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			That's the reality.
		
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			So we need to be very careful.
		
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			You see, Imam Ahmad says, اَلْمَالُ خَادِمُكَ أَوْ
		
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			سَيِّدُكَ Wealth is either your servant or your
		
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			master.
		
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			You choose.
		
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			فَإِنِ اسْتَعْمَلْتَهُ فِي طَاعَةِ اللَّهِ كَانَ خَادِمَكَ If
		
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			you use it to obey Allah and please
		
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			Allah, whether in the way you earn it,
		
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			or the way you manage it or you
		
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			spend it, then it is indeed your servant.
		
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			وَإِذَا اسْتَعْمَلْتَهُ وَإِنِ اسْتَعْمَلَكَ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ صَارَ
		
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			سَيِّدَكَ And if it causes you to disobey
		
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			Allah, then that wealth is your master.
		
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			So decide for yourself.
		
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			May Allah make us of the servants of
		
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			Allah, and the masters of everything else.
		
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			آمِن يا رب العالمين أَقُولُوا هَذَا الَّذِي سَمِعْتُمْ
		
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			وَاسْتَغْفِرُوا اللَّهَ لِي وَلَكُمْ فَاسْتَغْفِرُوهُ يَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ إِنَّهُ
		
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			هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ الحمد
		
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			لله الحمد لله الحمد كثيرا طيبا مباركا فيه
		
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			والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله وعلى آله وصحبه
		
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			وموانا عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه said
		
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			حاسبوا أنفسكم قبل أن تحاسبوا take account of
		
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			yourselves before you are taken account or you
		
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			are taken to account before you are held
		
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			accountable make sure that you actually audit yourself
		
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			make sure you audit yourself take inventory of
		
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			your deeds and your actions and what you
		
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			have done and who you have hurt and
		
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			who owes you what hold yourself accountable before
		
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			it's too late قَبْلَ أَنْتُ حَاسَبُوا وَزِينُوا أَعْمَالَكُمْ
		
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			قَبْلَ أَنْ تُوزَنَ عَلَيْكُمْ and make sure that
		
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			you weigh your deeds accurately don't exaggerate don't
		
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			think that oh wow I'm doing mashallah a
		
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			lot said who?
		
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			said who?
		
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			I'm doing very well you know one time
		
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			someone said well sheikh I don't even know
		
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			what I've done wrong to deserve what I'm
		
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			suffering mashallah this is called حُسْنُ الظَنْ بِالنَّفْسِ
		
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			this is a problem this is a problem
		
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			this wasn't the way of even prophets and
		
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			messengers whom Allah Azawajal has purified don't speak
		
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			like this they don't speak like that the
		
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			believer is very humble even if they don't
		
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			suffer anything by the way you know in
		
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			the past when they didn't suffer if everything
		
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			is going well nothing is going wrong everything
		
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			is fine in their lives they will be
		
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			afraid and scared and nervous you know maybe
		
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			am I being lured into something here because
		
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			they know believers get tested in this life
		
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			so when someone comes to me and says
		
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			what have I done?
		
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			I'm like you're completely oblivious well you might
		
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			want to ask your spouse ask your wife
		
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			ask your children ask your neighbors ask your
		
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			cousins ask your parents ask your business partners
		
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			ask people around have I done anything wrong?
		
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			don't just assume that you're just pure that
		
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			you're everyone's victim you have never done anything
		
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			you have never committed any offense وَزِينُ أَعْمَالَكُ
		
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			weigh your deeds and your actions and your
		
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			contributions properly fairly and humbly قَبْلَ أَن تُوزَنْ
		
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			عَلَيْكُمْ before it's weighed for you on the
		
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			day of judgment and then on that day
		
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			you're going to know the true value of
		
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			your deeds you see I'll conclude with Imam
		
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			Ghazali's beautiful and powerful statement and this should
		
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			be the mindset of each and every single
		
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			one of us this is what I want
		
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			for myself maybe one day inshallah ta'ala
		
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			and this is what I hope for each
		
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			and every single one of my beloved brothers
		
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			and sisters to have this mindset he said
		
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			ليس الخوف he said fear true fear of
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala when we say
		
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			this person is God fearing he said true
		
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			fear of Allah is not to fear the
		
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			punishment of Allah I mean we should fear
		
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			the punishment of Allah but you shouldn't even
		
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			you should be a step you should think
		
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			a step before that وَإِنَّمَا أَن تَخَافَ أَن
		
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			تَقِفَ أَمَامَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَتُسْأَلَ عَمَّا قَصَّرْتَ فِيهِ
		
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			فِي حَقِّ he said true fear is to
		
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			be to fear that you will stand before
		
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			Allah on the day of judgment and be
		
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			questioned for your shortcomings and for for actually
		
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			failing your responsibility for not fulfilling Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala's rights in other words you
		
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			fear that moment not what comes after that
		
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			moment not the punishment but even that moment
		
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			وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ
		
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			الْهَوَى فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَى as for the
		
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			one who fears their stand before Allah I
		
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			know I'm going to be held I know
		
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			some great people who say things like you
		
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			know what I'm going to give up this
		
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			I'm not going to worry about this I'm
		
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			going to forgive I'm going to pardon why?
		
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			he's like because if I don't if I
		
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			hold on to it that is going to
		
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			prolong my reckoning or my hisab and my
		
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			stand before Allah and I don't want to
		
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			be there I'm going to let go of
		
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			it in this life I'll forgive yeah that's
		
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			it I'll take it's not even a loss
		
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			they're thinking about it we think it's a
		
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			loss if you give up something for Allah
		
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			in this life you think it's a loss
		
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			but someone who's God fearing they're thinking at
		
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			a different level they're thinking if I hold
		
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			on to this grudge if I hold on
		
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			to this matter or to this case and
		
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			I continue to fight it on the day
		
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			of judgment if it's not settled in this
		
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			life it will have to be settled on
		
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			the day of judgment which means it will
		
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			prolong my reckoning and my account and my
		
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			stand before Allah and that's not where I
		
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			want to be you see it's like someone
		
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			who wants to settle a case a civil
		
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			case before they go to court before they
		
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			stand before the judge it's not worth all
		
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			the headache let's settle it out of court
		
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			what is it that you want?
		
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			okay whatever let's just settle this matter in
		
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			this dunya I don't want it to be
		
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			brought up on the day of judgment can
		
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			we do that?
		
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			that's true fear and individuals who are like
		
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			that they have the most pleasant of lives
		
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			the most comfortable of lives because they have
		
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			very little to worry about they get rid
		
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			of that's true fear of Allah may Allah
		
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			allow us to develop that level of fear
		
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			of Him may
		
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			Allah allow us to develop may Allah allow
		
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			us to develop that level of fear of
		
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			Him that level of fear may Allah allow
		
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			us to develop that level of fear of
		
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			Him may Allah allow us to develop that
		
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			level of fear of Him may Allah allow
		
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			us to develop of Him may Allah allow
		
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			us to develop that level of fear may
		
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			Allah allow us to develop of Him may
		
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			Allah allow us to develop that
		
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			level of fear may Allah allow us to
		
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			develop that level of fear may Allah allow
		
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			us to develop that level of fear that
		
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			level of fear of Him Allah is the
		
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			greatest All praise
		
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			is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds
		
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			The Beneficent, the Merciful Master of the Day
		
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			of Judgment It is You we worship and
		
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			You we ask for help Guide us to
		
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			the straight path The path of those on
		
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			whom You have bestowed Your grace and
		
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			those who believe and do righteousness, and learn
		
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			the truth, and learn patience.
		
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			All praise is due to Allah, Lord of
		
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			the worlds.
		
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			Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
		
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			Master of the Day of Judgment.
		
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			It is You we worship and You we
		
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			ask for help.
		
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			Guide us to the straight path.
		
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			The path of those on whom You have
		
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			bestowed Your blessings, not of those who have
		
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			evoked Your anger, nor of those who have
		
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			gone astray.
		
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			Amen.
		
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			When the victory of Allah and the conquest
		
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			comes, and You see the people entering in
		
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			the religion of Allah in groups, then glorify
		
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			the praise of your Lord and ask His
		
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			forgiveness.
		
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			Indeed, He is ever Accepting of repentance.
		
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			As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah.