Mufti Menk – Comfort in Times of Crisis #19

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hamdu Lillah wa Salatu was Salam ala rasulillah. While early he was happy he a Jemaine, my brothers
and sisters, yes, we do have enemies, we may know some of them. And perhaps we don't know some of
them. But the biggest enemy is the devil shavon. He makes us think at times beyond the level that
we're supposed to be thinking upon. And we start doubting people, he creates fear in our hearts. He
creates fear of that which we don't even know. He makes us doubt good people sometimes, and we begin
to think that perhaps they are our enemies, yet, they're good people. And sometimes he makes us draw
		

			closer to the real enemies, so that we become those who have lost either in our relationship with
Allah or in any other way. So this is shavonne He is the biggest enemy. But besides shaytan, we do
have people perhaps who don't like us, people who want to see our downfall for some reason or
another. If we were to think too much about this, we might end up in a situation that's not so good.
It may create a crisis within our minds in our lives, and we will start worrying, we will start
looking at everyone with the eye of skepticism. And this is why Allah subhanho wa Taala tells us in
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			that he knows better than you who your enemies are Subhana Allah. If you look at verse number 45 of
Surah Nisa, look at the comfort that Allah is giving us by telling us we know you have enemies, but
we know your enemies. Really better than you do we know who is your enemy. How many of us have
actually accused the innocent of being an enemy, how many of us have befriended an enemy. So we are
sometimes confused, because we judge people may Allah subhanho wa Taala, forgive us, may he empower
us to be able to distinguish correctly using the correct criteria. And that would be to involve a
law in all of this, to pray to Allah for protection, for indeed he is the Protector. If you develop
		

			a correct relationship with Allah, He gives you the ability to distinguish, you have a feeling
within you. And that feeling would be guided by Allah in such a way that perhaps say if you're
doubting someone, you don't have to create enmity with them, but you're just a little bit more
careful, it will not cost you anything to be a bit more careful with particular people, time may
tell if they were genuine or not. And you may be able to draw closer to them at some point. But
sometimes with us, we drop our guard and we befriend those who are dangerous for our development for
our well being, be it from a material perspective or from a religious spiritual perspective. So
		

			verse number 45, Allah says, We're long who are the income worker, we learn he when he young.
		

			He knows when you're, Indeed Allah knows better who your enemies are Subhana Allah, so leave it to
Allah. Don't Don't overburden yourself with the stress. Don't over stress about these things.
Because that will create a huge crisis. You want comfort, leave it to Allah, Allah knows better than
you who your enemies are, wow. Subhan Allah when I sit and think of these words, I actually am so
confident because immediately after that, Allah says, Allah is sufficient for you as a protector.
Allah is definitely sufficient for you as a protector, which means Allah will protect you all you
have to do develop your relationship with Allah, leave the rest in his hands, they won't be able to
		

			harm you. People fear they worry, they're scared, so hon Allah scared of watts. Don't be scared. Do
you have a good relationship with Allah? Yes. Well, then forget about it, he will protect you. He
will definitely be there for you. And this is why Allah says worker fabula Hina Sera, and Allah is
sufficient as a helper for you. Even if Allah allows someone to hurt you to a certain degree in a
certain way. Allah knows in the bigger picture. Somehow it would it will prove to have been better
for you. How I don't know Allah.
		

			knows, but I lay my trust in Allah. How many of us have seen the positives 10 years later out of a
negative that we were stressing about 10 years back. So this is something that we have to
understand. Allah's plan is unique. It's amazing. Remember, if you were to repeat this verse, while
Allahu Allah will be at the ECAM, Waka fabula, he will he yamaka fabula Hina Sierra, with conviction
in your heart that Allah knows best who your enemies are, he is sufficient as a protector, he is
sufficient as a helper, and you have conviction in that regard. No one can harm you, no one will be
able to hurt you. Allah will protect you, and Allah will help you, my brothers and sisters, what
		

			great comfort there is. And Allah subhanho wa Taala tells us about these enemies sometimes. And
sometimes we become enemies of others, we harm others. So as much as we want to be protected from
harm, we need to protect others from our harm. That's a very, very balanced statement. If you're a
true believer, it's not all about yourself. It's about us. I don't want to be harmed. So I
definitely will not harm. And I'm going to go a step further and help those who I think may be
harmed by others. I'll try to protect others as well so that Allah will protect me. So Allah speaks
about a certain quality, that's very dangerous, and we need to protect ourselves from it. And we
		

			need to talk about it and we need to be protected from it as well. What is this quality? In verse
number? 54 of Surah Nisa, Allah speaks about jealousy, and what it does. Don't allow yourself to be
jealous of others. thank Allah for bestowing upon others his favor. The most you could do is to ask
a lot to give you a similar favor, but never ask Allah to extinguish a favor. He's given someone
else just because you want it. That's not fair. That will bring about a crisis that you wouldn't
have imagined. Subhana Allah so Allah is telling you, don't be jealous of others. And the way he's
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			Halima? Are they jealous of what Allah has bestowed some from his virtue? Subhana Allah, are they
jealous of what Allah has bestowed others from his virtue? Allah says, You know what, we have
bestowed the family of Ibrahim with revelation with wisdom, and we have given them a lot in terms of
material wealth to Subhanallah we've given them kingdom. So Allah made them rulers, Allah made them
prophets, Allah gave them so much so Han Allah Allah, Allah says, Don't be jealous of that. Never.
Don't be jealous when Allah has given someone else wealth, when Allah has given someone else good
health, good looks, a lovely family, when Allah has given someone else power or authority when Allah
		

			has given someone else piety don't ever be jealous. Do you know why?
		

			Who gave them? Allah gave them by you being jealous you automatically become become unhappy with
what Allah has chosen for someone. So you're unhappy with Allah, that's what it is. And if you're
unhappy with Allah, you have plunged yourself into the biggest possible crisis. This is why Allah
subhanho wa Taala says to us through the lips of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in a hadith he
says to us, in al hacer de kulula Hassan at Kamata. Kuru now will help him jealousy will eat away
your good deeds, even if you have good deeds, in the same way that the fire eats away the dry log
Subhana Allah you know how, if they were dry logs Subhana Allah the fire would consume the logs with
		

			a cracker, gone, you had logs but they're gone. Allah says your good deeds are like dry logs and
jealousy is like fire. And that fire will consume the dry logs with a cracker and it will go so
don't be jealous because in that case, you have destroyed your relationship with Allah by being
jealous of what Allah has given someone else. Remember, always Allah is the giver. Allah gave. Why
be generous? Why question Allah giving? Allah says I will give those whom you love and you don't
love, I might give your enemies as well. It's possible. Didn't we hear verses in the previous
episodes where Allah says, I will give the disbelievers as well so what it's up to me Subhana Allah,
		

			Allah says I'll give them for a short period of time. And Allah subhanho wa Taala says
		

			That's up to me. Don't question me what I do, I know what I'm doing. If you want, ask for yourself,
but don't tell me what to do and what not to do about others, I will do what I want to. That's
Allah. So if you understand who is Allah and the relationship with Allah, you will definitely be
able to achieve a lot of comfort. Even if you have less than everyone around you. You may be even
happier than everyone else. Work hard towards achieving what you want. Try. Call out to Allah, say
to Allah, Oh Allah, you've blessed this person with so much grant and more, give them Baraka and
bless me too, in a similar way, that if you want to mention another person, but you don't even need
		

			to mention another person, when you're talking to Allah, just say, Oh Allah, Grant me and develop a
good relationship with Allah. If it is good for you, Allah will give it to you. If it's not good for
you, no matter how much you've asked Allah, if he loves you, he still will not give it to you out of
love. May Allah subhanho wa Taala make it easy for us. The last thing I want to mention in this
episode is Allah telling us in these verses, verse number 58, of surah, Nisa that we need to fulfill
the trust and deliver it in the way that we have taken it upon ourselves. So, if you are judging
between people in a matter be just no matter who it is, and Allah says, in a la jolla model, come to
		

			Abdul amenity Allah, Allah, Allah is instructing you to return the trust to those whom it belongs
to. Someone has entrusted you with something, be honest, return it to whom it belongs to, no matter
what it is. Allah says in that way you will achieve comfort. Then Allah says, What either hakam done
by in an SI como Villa, when you are judging between people in their matters, then be just Subhana
Allah. May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us Justice, and may Allah subhanho wa Taala make us from
those who can stand firm upon justice no matter who it is, for indeed it is when we stand for
justice, that we will achieve the pleasure of Allah and the comfort that we're searching for. a kulu
		

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