Mubeen Kamani – Turn The Page
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So I'm on a conference.
We start up by praising Allah, the one
who is worthy of all of our praise
in our gratitude.
It is a law who watches over us
even though we are unaware of him, is
a law who got
It's a law of who hears us each
time we call on to
so,
peace
and blessing upon the prophets. The one that
was sent not only to teach us how
to worship Allah and please Allah to our
But also through our interactions and our dealing
with one another. We send peace and blessings
upon the companions of the prophet
sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam and his family members. I'm not
bad thereafter.
In a very famous verse of the Quran,
Allah says,
by a token of time, mankind is at
a loss.
And I was saying this one nirma that
I give to every single person.
Very few people actually
utilize it.
The dictionary, you look, and this will be
defined as insanity, where you do the same
thing over and over and over without any
changes.
And
you now expect a different result.
And you now expect
a different result.
Different
result. And what ends up happening is you
have a person who lives their life in
the same manner
for 20 years, 30 years, 40, 50 years,
60, 70 years. And nothing has changed. There
there was no
and this progression is not just
because it's Jumah and you're in a masjid
that we're going to be talking about your
progression with your worship and Allah and that's
a huge part of our life, but our
life is multi dimensional.
They're made.
I can't just focus on my Ibadat,
my worship, and not focus on the other
aspects of my.
It's
not possible for me to be a good
Muslim but a horrible,
for me to focus on my salah but
not focus on my wife and children.
With your connection with Allah and yes, that's
an important part. But
also, it's your progression with the people around
you. How am I as a
and
coming year, how will I be? And the
tough question, I can still, you know, being
a husband, I can still kind of swallow
that pill. But the
tough pill to swallow is how am I
as a father because every single one of
us thinks that because I am a father,
I am a great father, and I deserve
that coffee mug that says, the world's best
dad. And I deserve the shirt that says,
the greatest father. But the reality is, it's
a complete different
Because we end up treating our children in
the same manner over and over. We treat
we treated our children when they were 4
or 5 years old as a little kid.
Sit
down, and you're expecting the same result. Then
as they grow older to a 14, 15
year old,
and now you think that as a 14,
15 year old, you can say the same
thing,
Sit down. And they're gonna sit down. And
then when they grow up as a 20
year old, and they're off in college, and
nobody else speaks to them like that, and
you think that I can say, sit down.
And that insanity is doing the same thing
over and over and over and expecting a
different result. So it's not possible. So expecting
a
divorce. So
and what we see is progression
isn't just in our worship, but also in
our relationships,
but also progression in our
attitude. And we'll talk about some of these
things later on. But the first thing when
it comes to change in a person's life,
the first step of change is acknowledging the
change.
Many people fail at this.
And if you don't acknowledge that there is
a problem, then there's never a possibility of
you fixing that problem.
My children say something I don't like and
immediately I get mad, if I don't accept
the fact that I treat my wife
horribly, if I don't accept the fact when
things are not working my way, I become
like a little child that throws a tantrum
and falls and cries on the ground, then
I'm never gonna
For me to become
number 1, I don't realize that there
is a
and
the problem
comes with your worship Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'amata.
And
you don't find an issue with
with yourself not getting closer to Allah and
not progress
in your connection with Allah, then
you're just gonna stop.
Similarly,
in your education, in your career,
the first step is understanding
that there is a problem and this problem
now has to be fixed.
Now,
the second step is,
if I understand that there is an issue,
my relationships
with the people around me is not right.
My status at work is not right. My
connection with Allah Subhanahu is not right. I've
been doing this for years years years, and
I'm just stuck.
The second step of this is
Allah Subhanahu in the Quran tells us, the
law will not change
your condition
until you first take that first step.
Allah won't come around and change your condition
until you make the first attempt.
Once you come to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
and say, oh Allah,
I have messed up.
And I can't go on another year like
this.
My relationship with you, Allah, is in
trouble. My relationship with my people around me,
it's in trouble. My relationship with my knowledge,
my relationship with the inner peace, it's in
trouble.
I can't go
another your
number 1, acknowledge it. Number 2, take the
first
and put some effort into it. You know,
very often do we say,
People
used to say,
when is the help of Allah
gonna
draw? And the same mentality you and I
come. But that desire of having
it has to be followed with actual actions.
You understand that there is a problem and
you put an effort into it. Now usually
what will happen is, go to my children
and I try to be a good father
today. But because I have this habit of
snapping all the time, today when
I go home, I might fail as a
father. I might snap again.
So, and I may fail as a father.
I may snap again. So, and
at work, I may fail. At work, I
may fail. At work, I may try to
do better, but because I have a habit
of slacking off at work, I may fail.
Maybe with my salah, I want to pray
5 times, but tomorrow in future time,
example through the companions of the Prophet Sallallahu
alaihi wa sallam. When we think about the
companions of the
Prophet Sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam, usually, we think of companions that
were super
But the reality is, laws of Hannah Matalah.
Again, not to be disrespectful, but laws of
Hannah had them commit sin so they can
be an example
for us, a role model for us.
And the very famous incident of this Sahab,
who used to drink alcohol. And they're very
famous incident of this Sahab, who used to
drink alcohol. And they're very famous incident of
this Sahab, who used to drink alcohol. And
they're very famous incident of this Sahab, who
used to drink alcohol. And
who used to drink alcohol. Right? Now, you
think that is there a sin that I
do that
love won't forgive me?
This Sahabi used to drink.
Due respect, if I were to say that
he was an alcoholic, it wouldn't be too
far fetched. Because the incident says that he
would drink alcohol and the prophets of Allah,
hu alaihi wasalam,
would have him punished.
He tried,
but he failed.
It's okay.
The next day he tried again,
and he failed again.
The 3rd, 4th day, each day he gets
up and said, today, I'm gonna try. I'm
gonna do my best. If I fail, it's
okay. And on the 4th day when he's
being punished, the other companions say, you Rasoolah.
What's up with this person? His condition is
like a donkey.
He doesn't learn his lesson. And the prophet
said, no.
His relationship with Allah subhanahu alayhi wa samsen
is so strong. Why? Because he keeps trying.
The problem that you and I have,
we're scared of trying. And the reason why
we're scared of trying, because we're scared of
fear.
Fail? And now it ends
up happening a possibility, a 50 50 percent
chance, and now ends up with a result
with a
100% chance of
you not trying.
Happy. And this is where you have to
understand from the example of the prophet
and the companions. Then number
1, accept that there is a problem. Number
2,
put your effort first like Allah subhanahu says
in the Quran, Allah subhanahu will not change
a condition of a person. Number 3, understand
that you cannot afford to sit back and
let things carry on the way
that it is. And one of these prophets
says
that each time,
heart. A black dot is placed on their
heart. And what ends up happening is, if
you carry on life just as it is,
without putting in effort,
cluster
becomes
a
cancer.
And
this
cancer
slowly,
slowly
covers the heart, and then nothing good could
go inside. And now a person is stuck
where they don't even realize the
and realize that my words are really breaking
the other person's
I don't even realize that me not connecting
with Allah Subhan that is harming me. I
don't even realize that in the past year,
my knowledge in Islam hasn't grown a single.
I have to memorize a single verse of
the. Memorized a single verse of the
in the past 365.
That we have put
a cover over their hearts and this cover
was
because of the sins that they
And the reason why we speak about this.
Saying, whenever something good a habit or a
trait that people had which is good, he
would take which is good and leave what
is bad.
Any
custom, right? For example, you know, if if,
like, when the Prophet
called out on the mountain of Safa,
the custom was that they would go on
to the mountain of Safa and they would
take off their clothes, which is bad. The
Prophet didn't do that. But he climbed up
the mountain and stuff and he called people.
So what you learn,
it's okay to take good
from the customs around you, but just to
leave the
in a time of the year where people
put in New Year's rares. And so what
you learn to take good from the customs
around you, but just and we come to
a time of the year where people put
in New Year's rares. And so what you
learn put in New Year's rares. And so
put in New Year's raresor,
and many people are very quick to say,
halrah,
it's a way of the
but the reality is,
having a resolution
is just setting a goal. This is what
I wanted.
This is what I want to do.
And this
is actually
a
sunnah of the companion of the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam.
They will look at their life and they
will plan out and set goals.
This is where I want to be next
year. This is where my connection should be.
This is where
my worship should be.
And if you look at it,
promises.
Now, again, we don't have to be at
the marriage and have the imam say before
I say kaboo,
I
may say these vows. That doesn't have to
be the case, but it's good to remind
yourself what are you
And this is why, you know, some scholars
say that in any action, you should check
your intention over and over. Am I still
focused or have I moved away?
Now, the change
that law subhanah speaks in the Quran,
he says,
You've lived your life the way you wanted
to. But now, he says, isn't it a,
a,
a,
a, a,
a,
your heart charged to wake up.
It's slowly, slowly that, that cancer. It's slowly,
slowly crosses a way. It's slowly, slowly crosses
a way. It's slowly, slowly crosses a way.
It's slowly, slowly crosses a way. It's slowly,
slowly crosses a way. It's slowly, slowly crosses
a way. It's slowly, slowly crosses a way.
It's slowly, slowly crosses a way. It's slowly,
slowly crosses a way.
The first step is to understand what aspects
where do I need
to
change with connection with a law of
subordination? Do I have a red? How much
how it was how it was Right into
3 simple categories. The first category would be
were your relationship and
your
But the reality is the companions of the
Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, they didn't go to
Madrissa or to a HIFS program when they
were 10, 15,
16 years old.
They memorized the Quran as grown adults.
And the growth in your knowledge should also
come in the form of the seed of
the prophets.
Both of these things work hand in hand,
the Quran and the Sunnah. The Prophet
as he's leaving the world, he says,
listen to me. I'm leaving 2 things behind
with you. Whenever you need a change in
your life, turn to these 2
things, and you will find a change. Sallallahu
alaihi wa
sallam.
Open the seat of the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam. See how the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam was in his interaction.
See how the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasalam
progressed. See how the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasalam
at the age of 60 still worked on
his.
It was an okay to newlyweds.
And they're in the hiding phase. Now, do
you want I'm 20 years into my marriage.
I don't need to work anymore. The prophet
salaw is 60 plus, and he's still working
on his
after again, 60 plus, he's working on his
children where the narration says, whenever the prophet
will
come into Madin Mubadala, one of the first
things that he would do is
to
just
draw.
As
adults or as parents, we think, why should
I go to my child? They should come
to me. Show me respect. I deserve this
respect. I did so much for them. But
the prophet salallahu alayhi wasallam, at this later
stage of his life, he actually
leads by example by showing that love for.
And the showing that love for.
And the 3rd aspect where we need change
is our service to others.
Whatever, in any aspect you can do. Any
way you can help somebody, you're helping you're
giving back to people that shouldn't be the
same. They're
same. There should be some sort of progression.
Every time somebody needs help. And we live
in a society where, you know, unfortunately, there
are many people in need.
Winter
package,
drive that we're going to be doing.
So every time you get a chance to
help somebody else, you should take up that
grosses.
You
and I look at it that and run
by I am helping you and this is
good for you, then my growth will be
very little. But if I look at it
and I and my perspective is,
this is an opportunity for me
to
get
better
progression, for me to bring a change in
my life. Then that draw
is
So these are 3 aspects of our life.
Number 1, our connection with Allah worship. Number
2, our education. And number 3, our relationship,
our service to others.
We ask to have mercy upon us, our
community, our community,
our spouses, oh, Allah,
make us a who have growth in our
worship in this upcoming year. Oh, Allah, make
us people who have growth in our knowledge.
Oh, Allah, make us people who have growth
in our service to others. Oh, Allah, make
us a who grow with our relationships. Oh,
Allah,
we cannot afford to spend another year the
way that the past years have been, oh
Allah,
bring change into our life. Oh Allah, we
accept our flaws, oh Allah,
we come to you broken, oh Allah, we
ask that you send us
complete and Oh,
Allah, we ask that you forgive our sins.
Oh, Allah, we ask that you overlook our
shortcomings. Oh, Allah, we ask that you pardon
our mistakes. Oh, Allah,
we ask for Jannah. Oh, Allah,
we ask for your the
Oh Allah, be pleased with us. Oh Allah,
be pleased with us.
Still still
straighten your lines. Fill in the gaps.
Just a few announcements.
As announced in
the this Monday,
after Zora Sala, we will be having a
winter,
hygiene kit drive. This would be after Zora
Sala. There's more information that you can find
on the notice board. Tonight, we have a
youth program after Isha Sala.
It will be
at 4735.
This is a social event. If you are
free, please join us.
Also,
there's a do I request?
Sister Amber, her 12 her 2 month year
old boy is has been hospitalized. Also,
Rota Hat, she has passed away in Jordan.
We ask the law, subhanahu, that gives cure
to those who are ill. We ask the
law, subhanahu, forgives those that are that passed
away. We ask the law, subhanahu, that gives
their family patience during this hard time and
give them strength
and give rewards them for the difficulties that
they're going through.
Also, on your way out, please do,
donate to the masjid, the masjid.
It depends on your donations.
Please do stay warm. Drive safely.