Mufti Menk – Allah Will Help You By Hook Or Crook
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A woman talks about her sister's weakened immune system and how her brothers and sisters are studying the Quran and the life of the Quran. She talks about her desire to be inspired by the Quran and how she wants to work towards Islam. She also talks about her loan to Allah and how she wants to work towards her deeds.
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This evening when I was outside, a sister
came to me and told me, pray for
me. My Iman is weak. I said, sister,
Allah will help you with it by hook
or crook.
Subhanallah.
Subhanallah.
May Allah grant her goodness and all of
us, myself included goodness. May Allah grant us
death upon La ilaha illallah.
My brothers and sisters, as I speak, there
are thousands of people who are not Muslim,
who are studying the Quran and studying the
life of Nabi salallahu alayhi wasallam and being
inspired
by true Muslims.
But you and I who are Muslim,
what are we doing with the Quran?
Are we going to read it? Are we
going to be inspired by it? Are we
going to understand
us the ability to appreciate
the status
of His word.
May Allah Almighty grant us goodness. Ameen.
My brothers, my sisters,
remember that if Allah has chosen you, Allah
Almighty will make easy for you to do
good. And this is Allah. Allah Almighty says
when you have a good heart and you
are generous and you care for others, He
will slowly but surely make easy for you
the deeds that are pleasing to Him. And
when you are arrogant and haughty and you
are miserly and you don't spend on others
and you're only worried about yourself, Allah says
He facilitates for you deeds that will result
in you
unplugging from Him and distancing from Allah. Read
Suratul Layl
verses I explained them just before I recited
them. May Allah Almighty grant us ease in
a way that brings us closer and closer
to Him as the days pass. My brothers
and sisters, many of us are struggling with
faith.
Connect with the Quran. Read a little bit
of it, A portion of it. Make an
effort. Without making an effort, you're not going
to get anywhere. Listen to what Allah says.
Those who are going to strive
and work hard and struggle,
strive towards
us. You strive towards Allah. You want to
get Allah. You are serious and genuine about
your claim
that you would like to get closer to
Allah. You want to strengthen your faith in
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Allah says, We will
definitely guide them towards our paths. We will
definitely open for them the doors that will
lead them to us. So many doors lead
you towards Allah. Your prayer leads you towards
Allah.
Your charity leads you towards Allah.
Allah says lend Allah a beautiful loan. What's
the meaning of that?
Do so much of good and be so
charitable that you'll have lent Allah alone. He
needs to recompense it for you. Did Allah
not promise you when you do salah, I
will reward you. When you've given Zakah, I
will reward you. When you struggle and strive
towards pleasing us, I will reward you. Where
is that reward?
In this world we may or may not
see it,
but in the hereafter I'm waiting. Why? I
lent Allah a good loan. I'm going to
see it come back to me multiplied
by the will of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala.
When you see the reward of the patients
that you bore because you were terminally ill,
you will say to Allah, why didn't you
keep me ill for a longer time? This
is an amazing,
beautiful reward. When you see the reward that
Allah has kept in store for you for
standing at night in prayer, for getting up
against all odds in the cold weather. You
will think to yourself, I should have done
this longer and I should have actually done
this for a longer time and started earlier
on in my life. May Allah grant us
a turning point in the right direction. Amen.