Moutasem al-Hameedy – Al Amanah as a Way of Life

Moutasem al-Hameedy
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The speaker discusses the importance of fearing one's supposed death and the need for forgiveness. They stress the need for forgiveness and fulfilling God's promises in order to fulfill personal boundaries and fulfill God's promises. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of trusting God's creation and fulfilling God's promises in order to fulfill personal boundaries. The importance of fulfilling God's promises and trusting God's guidance is also emphasized.
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Alhamdulillah, we praise Him, ask for His help,

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and ask for His forgiveness.

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We seek refuge in Allah from the evils

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of our souls and the evils of our

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deeds.

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Whom Allah guides, none can misguide him, and

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whom He misguides, none can guide him.

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I bear witness that there is no god

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but Allah, alone, with no partner.

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I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant

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and His Messenger, peace and blessings be upon

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him and his family.

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O you who have believed, fear Allah as

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He should be feared, and do not die

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except as Muslims.

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O you who have believed, fear your Lord,

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who created you from one soul, and created

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from it a wife, and spread among them

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many men and women.

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And fear Allah in Whom you ask for

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help and mercy.

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Indeed, Allah is ever watching over you.

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O you who have believed, fear Allah and

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say the right words.

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He will amend for you your deeds and

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forgive you your sins.

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And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has

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certainly attained a great success.

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All praise is due to Allah.

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We praise Him, we seek His aid, and

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we ask for His forgiveness.

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We seek refuge in Allah from the evils

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of ourselves and the evil consequences of our

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actions.

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Whomsoever Allah guides, none can lead astray, and

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whomsoever Allah leaves to go astray, none can

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guide.

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I testify that there is none worthy of

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our worship and devotion but the Almighty Allah,

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alone.

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And I testify that Muhammad ﷺ is Allah's

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servant and Messenger.

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O you who believe, fear Allah as He

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should be feared, and die not except in

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a state of submission to your Lord.

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O mankind, be dutiful to your Lord, who

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created you from a single person, and from

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Him He created His wife, and from them

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both He created many men and women.

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And fear Allah through whom you demand your

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mutual rights, and observe the rights of your

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kin.

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Surely Allah is ever and all-watcher over

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you.

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O you who believe, keep your duty to

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Allah and fear Him and speak the truth.

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He will direct you to righteous deeds and

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will forgive your sins.

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And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has

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indeed attained a great achievement.

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The best words are the divine words of

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Allah, and the best guidance is that of

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Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.

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And the worst things in the religion are

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the newly invented matters, for all the newly

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invented matters in religion are heretical innovation and

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bid'ah, and every bid'ah is misguidance.

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A central feature of human life is a

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concept that is only discussed thoroughly, deeply, and

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adequately in the Qur'an and in the

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wise words of our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.

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And this central concept, you will never find

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it treated well, recognized, or given justice in

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any other way of life.

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It's actually downplayed by other religions and other

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ideologies and ways of life, and this compromises

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the quality, and it negatively affects the quality

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of the human condition.

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And this is a concept that is called

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in the Qur'an and in the Sunnah

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of the Prophet ﷺ as Al-Amanah.

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The Prophet ﷺ, as Anas ibn Malik said,

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مَا خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا قَالَ لَا

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إِيمَانَ لِمَنْ لَا أَمَانَةَ لَهِ وَلَا دِينَ لِمَنْ

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لَا عَهْدَ لَهِ Anas ibn Malik, the great

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companion, who was the servant, the personal assistant

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of the Prophet ﷺ, he said, the Prophet

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ﷺ, every time he gave us a speech,

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every time he spoke to us in public,

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he gave a khutbah, he said this statement,

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There is no Iman in the person who

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has no Amanah, and there is no Deen,

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meaning no religion, no religiosity, in the person

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who does not fulfill their promise and their

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trust.

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And the Prophet ﷺ also said in the

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hadith, that it was reported by Abu Hurairah,

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that the Prophet ﷺ mentioned Al-Amanah and

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Al-Rahim.

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On the Day of Judgment, on the Sirat,

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the bridge that is set over the Hellfire,

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and this is the last stage on the

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Day of Judgment before entering Jannah, that's the

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last stage, that's the last trial for the

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believers, to go and cross over the bridge,

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when the disbelievers will fall in the Hellfire,

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and the sinners among the believers will also

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be pulled into the Hellfire, to get their

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due punishment before they are released.

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So the Prophet ﷺ says two things, Al

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-Amanah and Al-Rahim, the rights of your

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kin, your blood relations, they will be brought,

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one on the right of the bridge and

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one on the left side of the Sirat,

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and in the two sides of the bridge

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there are hooks that pull people down into

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the Hellfire, and they pull people that they

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are commanded to pull down.

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What the hadith means is that Al-Amanah

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and Al-Rahim are the ones who give

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the hooks, the command to pull people down

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into the Hellfire.

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So those who don't observe the Amanah and

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don't observe the Rahim, these are the people

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who will be pulled into the Hellfire by

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these hooks.

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And the Prophet ﷺ also tells us in

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the hadith that this Amanah is a feature

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of our creation.

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We humans, we are created with this sense

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of Amanah, we usually translate it as trust,

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but it's more than that.

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The Prophet ﷺ says in the hadith, إِنَّ

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الْأَمَانَةَ نَزَلَتْ فِي جَذْرِ قُلُوبِ الرِّجَالِ as in

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the hadith of Hudhaifah رضي الله عنه إِنَّ

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الْأَمَانَةَ نَزَلَتْ فِي جَذْرِ قُلُوبِ الرِّجَالِ فَنَزَلَ الْقُرْآنِ

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فَعَلِمُوا مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ وَعَلِمُوا مِنَ السُّنَّةِ The Prophet

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ﷺ says that Al-Amanah was sent down

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in the roots of the hearts of people,

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meaning that we were created with this natural

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sense of Amanah, this trust, this responsibility, this

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truthfulness, this sense of dutifulness to fulfill the

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duties and the agreements and the trust.

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It was sent and it was planted in

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the seed of the hearts of humans.

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And then the Qur'an was sent down.

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So people, meaning the believers here, they learned

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from the Qur'an based on this sense

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of Amanah.

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And then they learned the Sunnah of the

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Prophet ﷺ, showing us that the foundation for

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learning the words of Allah and the guidance

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of the Prophet ﷺ is established on this

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platform of Al-Amanah and the trust, which

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is decent human nature.

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And this Amanah runs throughout our life.

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This is the foundation for what Allah is

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going to ask us about as the Prophet

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ﷺ mentioned.

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That's the trust, that's the contract between us

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and Allah.

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That's the Amanah.

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That is the Amanah.

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The Prophet ﷺ when he says, لَا تَزُولُ

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قَدَمَا عَبْدٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حَتَّى يُسْأَلَ عَنْ أَرْبَعٍ

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That the feet of son of Adam would

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not move forward on the day of judgment

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until he, she is questioned about four things.

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عن عُمُرِهِ فِي مَا أَفْنَاهُ وَعَنْ شَبَابِهِ فِي

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مَا أَبْلَاهُ وَعَنْ مَالِهِ مِنْ أَيْنَ أَكْتَسَبَهُ وَفِي

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مَا أَنْفَقَهُ About his life.

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What did he spend it in?

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About his youth.

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What did he do with it?

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About his wealth.

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Where did he get it from and how

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did he spend it?

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And these are just the primary questions because

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there is a whole slew of questions about

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everything in your life.

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Allah says, وَقِفُوهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ مَسْؤُولُونَ And stand them.

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Make them stand for account because they will

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be questioned.

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They will be asked.

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Allah will ask you about everything.

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Everything He gave you.

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The visible and the invisible.

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What you recognize and what you don't recognize.

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Allah will ask you about everything He gave

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you.

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And some of the companions said, أَحْدِثُ لِكُلِّ

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نِعْمَةٍ طَاعَةٍ Establish or pay for every blessing

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from Allah.

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Offer an act of obedience.

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An act of nearness to Allah.

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Ingratitude.

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We can't thank Allah.

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We can't fulfill what Allah truly deserves.

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So Allah is gonna ask us about every

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blessing.

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Everything.

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And that's the amanah.

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Because our existence in this life is a

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contract.

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You know, we love to talk about as

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humans, we talk about the social contract.

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And what is the social contract?

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It's an unspoken, implied, embedded set of rules

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that govern how we deal with each other.

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What are your rights in society?

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You have the right to be treated well,

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to be respected.

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Your privacy is respected.

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That's part of the social contract.

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We agree on this.

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Life itself, being brought into this life is

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a contract.

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You are bound by a contract with Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala when you were brought

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into this life.

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And that is what?

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To use everything Allah gave you, including your

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life, your time in this world, everything that

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you are given by Allah, and you are

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given everything by Allah.

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Using this to serve Allah, to worship Allah,

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to please Allah, and to never use whatever

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He gave you in a way that displeases

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Him.

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What does this leave?

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What does this leave?

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Nothing.

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Nothing in your life.

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That's the contract.

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That's the divine contract that we all have.

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And we signed up to that contract because

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Allah mentions this in the Quran.

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وَإِذْ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِن بَنِي آدَمَ مِن ظُهُورِهِمْ

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ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِهِمْ أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ قَالُوا

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بَلَا شَهِدْنَا And your Lord brought the progeny,

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the descendants, the children of Adam from His

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back.

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All of us.

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All of us.

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Allah brought us in the form of small

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creatures.

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And Allah made us witness against ourselves.

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Allah said, Am I not your Lord?

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Am I not your God?

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Am I not the one who deserves your

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worship and devotion?

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And what did we say?

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Bala.

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Indeed.

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That's the contract between us and Allah.

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So that's the main feature of our life.

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And it runs through everything.

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So let's look at aspects where this amanah

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plays out.

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So we understand it.

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So we understand how it plays out in

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our life.

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So hopefully we become more mindful of it.

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Because the Prophet ﷺ as we mentioned says,

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The one who has no amanah, meaning does

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not have a sense of amanah, does not

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fulfill that trust and that contract, and that

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beautifulness and that obligation, has no iman, no

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faith.

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You can pretend to be a religious person.

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As a man, you can pray at the

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masjid, you can grow your beard.

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You can have all of the external features

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of a righteous person.

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But if you have no amanah in your

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heart, then you have no iman.

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And those external features will not benefit you.

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Because they are without a foundation.

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So the first amanah that we have to

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fulfill is the amanah of Allah.

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And that's what the Prophet ﷺ referred to

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when he said, Indeed the amanah was sent

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down into the hearts of every human being.

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Which is Allah's right.

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That we are here in this life on

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a mission and on contract.

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To worship Allah and serve Him.

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And that our life is about Allah.

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First and foremost.

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What about my future?

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What about my achievements?

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What about my career?

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What about my leisure and my vacations?

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And my enjoyments?

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These are features of life.

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Secondary features of life.

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They are not what you're here for.

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And if you give your life to your

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career, as your main focus, or even to

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your family which is a trust, and an

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amanah and a responsibility that Allah gave you,

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which you should fulfill.

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But if you make it your main goal

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in this life, or anything else, your wealth,

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your well-being, your social status, or any

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of the things that we humans covet and

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love, if you make those the main feature

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in your life, then you are stealing from

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Allah.

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You are denying Allah His amanah and His

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trust.

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You're taking what belongs to Allah, you're giving

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it to yourself.

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And that's theft.

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So you're here for Allah.

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That's the amanah of Allah.

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Then Allah laid out these obligations.

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That we worship Him alone.

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That our life is about Him.

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That we love Him the most.

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And He put that love in our hearts.

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That we get to know Him.

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We get to recognize Him for who He

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is.

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And then our hearts move towards Him with

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love and with fear.

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And then He becomes all what matters in

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our life.

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Then His divine beauty and wisdom starts to

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color our life.

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Starts to inform everything in our life.

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Starts to inspire every aspect of our being.

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We become people for Allah.

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And then we fulfill His obligations.

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That translates in what?

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In observing the five daily prayers.

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The fast of Ramadan.

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The giving of zakah.

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The performing of hajj and pilgrimage when we

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are able to.

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Fulfilling the rest of obligations.

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Abstaining from everything that He says is haram

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for you.

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And not finding excuses to commit those.

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And that means we prioritize Allah and His

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command.

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And that covers every area in our life.

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And that leads us to take other aspects

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of where this amanah plays out.

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After Allah becomes number one in your life

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and you have fulfilled His rights, now it's

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time you have an amanah with yourself.

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To take care of who you are.

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And the best way to take care of

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who you are is by fulfilling Allah's commands.

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That's why Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala refers

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to people who sin.

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Because when you sin, you are destroying yourself.

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When you disobey Allah, you are putting yourself

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at a disadvantage.

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You're exposing yourself to Allah's punishment.

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You're causing harm and injury to your heart,

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and your soul, and yourself.

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That's why Allah refers to those people, وَمِنْهُمْ

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ظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِ Allah says, the one who sins,

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the one who goes against the commands of

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Allah, is called what?

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An oppressor of himself.

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Someone who's wronged himself or herself.

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The moment you disobey Allah, you have wronged

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yourself.

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So you have destroyed, you have not fulfilled

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the amanah that you have to yourself.

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Yourself has rights on you.

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So you take care of yourself for the

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sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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And everything, every sin, every violation, is a

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violation of your own self.

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And it brings harm to yourself.

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Even if in the short term, it might

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bring some joy, and some fake happiness.

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So those who waste their time, for example,

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when I speak to the youth here, take

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this opportunity to speak to the youth.

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When you waste your time doing bad things,

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consuming harmful substances, or engaging in haram relationships,

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or spending your time watching stuff that is

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haram for you, that is harmful to your

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morality, to your heart and to your soul,

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or engaging in social practices that are considered

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to be a violation, haram relationships, or even

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wasting your time playing video games, and spending

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your time watching stuff on social media that

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doesn't really bring you closer to Allah.

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You are wronging yourself.

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You are harming yourself.

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You are oppressing yourself.

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ظالم لنفسه That's with yourself.

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And now with others.

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Part of your amanah with Allah, amanah to

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other people.

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Amanah to other people, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi

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wa sallam said in the authentic hadith, مَا

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مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَسْتَرْعِيهِ اللَّهُ رَعِيَّةً يَمُوتُ يَوْمَ يَمُوتُ

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وَهُوَ غَشٌ لَهُمْ إِلَّا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَلِيهِ الْجَنَّةِ

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There's no person that Allah gives them a

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duty to take care of some of the

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servants of Allah.

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We call it in English, responsibility.

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Why?

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Because the English language emphasizes position and power

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in this sense.

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We call it leadership.

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We call it responsibility.

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We call it power.

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But the Arabic language and the prophetic words

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are what?

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يَسْتَرْعِيهِ اللَّهُ رَعِيَّةً رَعِيَّة And we'll come to

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the word رَعِيَّة and رِعَاية.

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So whoever Allah gives the duty to take

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care of people and He shortschange them, He

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doesn't give them what they truly deserve, does

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not fulfill that place or that responsibility that

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Allah gave him towards these people.

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When this person dies, they will never find

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the smell of Jannah.

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They will never enter Jannah.

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That's the amanah.

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Our social interactions are based on this.

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The sense of trust, the sense of contract,

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the sense of obligation, the sense of responsibility.

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And it starts with what?

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Starts at home.

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The other hadith that we all know, كُلُّكُمْ

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رَاعٍ وَكُلُّكُمْ مَسْؤُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّةِهِ The same word

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رَاعٍ كُلُّكُمْ Each one is رَاعٍ which we

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use for a shepherd.

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كُلُّكُمْ رَاعٍ وَكُلُّكُمْ مَسْؤُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّةِهِ Each one

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of you is رَاعٍ.

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We translate it as a leader, responsible, person

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in a position of authority.

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That's what the English language prefers.

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In the Arabic language رَاعٍ is what?

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It comes from رِعَاية.

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What does رِعَاية mean?

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رِعَاية means to be very considerate.

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It means to take special and meticulous care

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of someone.

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Paying attention to their needs, to the nuances

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of their situation.

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يَرْعَى رِعَاية It's used mainly with a mother

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looking after her children.

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It's used as well with a father looking

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after their dependents, paying attention to their needs

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and their sensitivities.

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That's رِعَاية.

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Completely different mindset.

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Each one of you is رَاعٍ and you

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are responsible.

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مسؤولٌ You're gonna be asked.

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You'll be questioned.

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You'll have to answer to how you fulfilled

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this position of رِعَاية or this duty of

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رِعَاية.

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فَالرَّجُلُ رَاعٍ فِى بَيْتِهِ وَهُو مَسْؤُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّةِهِ

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The man is responsible in his household and

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he will be.

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He is رَاعِي.

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He's supposed to take care of them.

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And now when we take that, then we

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translate the قَوَامَة of the man in the

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house.

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We translate it as authority, right?

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Patriarchy and so on and so forth, right?

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Where in Islam, it is what?

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A position of responsibility and taking care.

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And then we try to relate to Islam

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through a language that is foreign to Islam

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and it has its own baggage with it.

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That's one of the problems where we try

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to relate to Islam through a different language.

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And then the wife, the woman is responsible

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in her house.

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She has a responsibility to take care of

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her house, take care of her children, take

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care of her husband.

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Pay attention to their needs and be responsive

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and be caring.

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And everyone is responsible.

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Meaning even in personal interactions, you have a

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responsibility to people.

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Let's say someone's privacy is your responsibility not

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to violate it.

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When you do a transaction with people, that's

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responsibility as well.

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You are supposed to be truthful, honest in

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that interaction.

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The Prophet ﷺ says, أَلْبَيِّعَانِ بِالْخَيَارِ مَا لَمْ

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يَتَفَرَّقَ فَإِن صَدَقَ وَبَيَّنَ بُورِكَ لَهُمَا فِي بَيْعِهِمَا

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وَإِن كَذَبَ وَكَتَمَ مُحِيقَتْ بَرَكَةُ بَيْعِهِمَا In transaction,

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when you sell people, you're supposed to be

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what?

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Honest, truthful, and you're supposed to reveal everything.

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That kind of contract is a responsibility.

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There's no hidden clause.

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There is no fine print in Islam.

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It's all supposed to be laid out.

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That's a sense of responsibility.

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That's how we fulfill our interactions in Islam.

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أقول قولي هذا وأستغفر الله لي ولكم فاستغفره

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الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على أشرف

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المرسلين نبينا محمد وعلى آله وأصحابه أجمعين Connect

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all of these things.

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Now this amanah, the sense of trust, truthfulness,

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dutifulness, that you are accountable for everything.

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There are rights.

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There's no vacuum.

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There's always rights.

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When you fulfill those rights to Allah, to

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yourself, and to others, your family, and the

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members of society, you are truthful to those

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contracts.

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That's a sign of a healthy heart.

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But when someone doesn't have this, does not

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fulfill this sense of responsibility within.

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Why?

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Under the pretext of what?

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Freedom.

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Or under the pretext of what?

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The law doesn't criminalize this.

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That's my personal freedom and individuality.

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No, these are the laws of humans that

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are deficient.

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In today's world, if something is not illegal,

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you can do it.

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You can get away with it.

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No, our sense of morality is connected to

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Allah, not to human laws.

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So every Muslim, every believer, should live their

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life from a position of what?

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Dutifulness.

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Responsibility.

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Making sure you don't violate.

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Because you can wrong someone and think, oh,

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I got away with it.

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I'm smart.

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I can outsmart them.

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I'm stronger than them.

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I have more resources.

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I'm more intelligent.

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And you think you got away with that.

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On the day of judgment, you have to

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pay for that.

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Legally, you might be okay here.

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But on the day of judgment, there is

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amanah.

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You are here in this world.

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You deal with Allah, and Allah has rights

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on you.

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Don't fulfill them or fall short.

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You'll be asked about each one of them.

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To yourself, you'll be asked about how did

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you wrong yourself.

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About your spouse, you will be asked.

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You say, I'm the man in the house.

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I can do it.

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You will be asked.

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You don't make the right decisions for your

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kids, right?

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Or you don't fulfill the rights of your

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kids by being a real father or a

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real mother.

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And you think, you know, I can do

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whatever I want.

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Or I need some time.

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I need to do my own thing.

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I need to pursue my own things.

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And you don't give your kids your rights.

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The kids, they're not gonna ask for that.

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But Allah is gonna hold you accountable on

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the day of judgment.

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What did you do?

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Why didn't you give them their rights?

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Oh, you know, I didn't know.

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You should have learned.

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You should have studied.

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You should have studied.

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Treating other people the same thing, you are

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responsible before Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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And you will be asked.

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Your life and every connection, every relationship in

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this life falls under the rule of amanah

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and trust.

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Make sure there is a balance.

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Don't break it.

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Don't violate the limits.

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And if you do that, because if you

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violate that, remember, as you're crossing the bridge,

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the amanah will be waiting there.

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And if you have violated the amanah, have

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not fulfilled it, it's gonna send a command

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to the hooks.

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And one of the hooks might pull you

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down to the hellfire.

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You can have all of the rationalization, all

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of the justification in this world.

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But on the day of judgment, only true

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justice will be fulfilled.

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Then it has the final say.

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Because that's the word of Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala.

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We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to

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help us.

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Be people who fulfill our sense of amanah,

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our responsibility, our contract with Allah, and our

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contract with every human being that we fulfill

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the trust and we don't wrong other people

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including ourselves.

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We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to

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help us.

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The day we meet him and today we

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have a brother who met Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala, we're gonna pray on him.

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So that we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala to make the day that we leave

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this world that we owe no rights to

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anyone.

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That we have fulfilled the rights of Allah

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and the rights of His creation.

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And that we come back to Allah with

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a clean slate.

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And that Allah forgives our sins and our

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shortcomings.

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ويعز فيه أهل طاعتك ويذل فيه أهل معصيتك

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ويعمل فيه بكتابك وسنة نبيك صلى الله عليه

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وسلم اللهم كن للمستضعفين من المؤمنين في كل

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مكان اللهم انصر عبادك المؤمنين في فلسطين وفي

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الشام وفي السودان وفي كشمير وفي الصين وفي

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الهند وفي غيرها من بلاد أسقاع الأرض يا

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ذا الجلال والإكرام اللهم اغفر لنا ذنوبنا وإسرافنا

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وتجاوز عنا برحمتك يا رحم الراحمين بارك الله

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لي ولكم في القرآن العظيم ونفعني وإياكم بما

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فيه من الآيات والذكر الحكيم سبحان ربك رب

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العزة عما يصفون وسلامنا على المرسلين والحمد لله

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رب العالمين

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