Mufti Menk – Contentment from Revelation Series 2019 – EP21 – Holistic Wisdom

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			kulu Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh Bismillah al Rahman al Rahim al hamdu Lillah wa
Salatu was Salam ala rasulillah well Allah Allah He was happy he Jemaine, my brothers and sisters,
imagine Allah giving us one after the other pieces of advice, where he calls it, wisdom, holistic
wisdom, that which if you were to follow you will achieve success of this world and the next you
will achieve the contentment that you so desperately need. Imagine Allah telling that to us. Well,
he has, and this is in Surah Elisa, if you start from verse number 23 and you go on, you will find
Allah giving you what is known as hikma, the wisdom, what you need for your entire life. So today's
		

			session we are going to concentrate on these points very briefly, with each point you will see that
if you were to adopt it, it will definitely bring about contentment and success in this world and
the next, let's look at what Allah subhanho wa Taala says, starting from verse number 23 of Surah
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			Allah has declared that you shall worship none other than him. Point number one, and you shall be
kind to your parents. Point number two Subhan Allah, you worship Allah alone because he made you
nobody besides your maker deserves any act of worship, only your maker, the one whom you're going to
return to deserves an act of worship or every act of worship. Secondly, he chose a means for you to
come into existence and that was your parents. Because Allah chose your parents, he wants you to be
kind to them. He says, Be kind to your parents. That was point number two, you see the two are
interconnected. So you worship Allah alone. You struck your relationship with Allah, you strengthen
		

			your relationship with Allah. Now start strengthening your relationship with those whom Allah chose
to bring you into the world, your parents, may Allah make it easy for all of us to be good, kind and
respectful to our parents. I've said it before and I'm saying it again, respecting does not mean
obedience. Obedience is only when it is not in the transgression of Allah, and it is not usurping
any of your rights. Then you obey, if it is usurping your rights and if it is in the transgression
of Allah, you don't obey because Allah subhanho wa Taala is the one whom we obey. May Allah subhanho
wa Taala grant us success. Thereafter, Allah speaks about the parents and how when they grow older,
		

			you must pray for them. You must think about if you want contentment, think about the sacrifices
your parents made for you when you were a baby. When you grew older, your parents looked after you
think about that, it will bring about contentment and you will look after them with a little bit
more of happiness. May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us that contentment that we so desperately
need. Then Allah says, After that, you are related to certain people. We want you to look after them
as well. Are you looking after your family members? Are you looking after your broader relatives? Do
you reach out to them? Do you greet them? Do you talk to them? Do you interact with them even a
		

			little when they're in need? Are you there for them? Or do you expect them to go further away? So
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			Many pieces of advice Allah says, Give your relatives their do give the the Messiah keen. And give
Masaki meaning the poor people and give those who are wayfarers. Those who are homeless, perhaps
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			you know, after that Allah subhanho wa Taala says, Don't be wasteful, don't be wasteful, give others
don't waste. When you have to have what you need one of your wasting. Remember that I could have one
very expensive car, but the minute I have two three cheap cars, and I'm not using them, I'm being
wasteful. So to have a quality, a good quality of something is not necessarily waste if you can
afford it. But to have to have what you need one have is a waste even if it is cheap. May Allah
subhanho wa Taala grant us a deep understanding. I hope you understood what I just said. So my
brothers and sisters, Allah says Don't be wasteful. Why?
		

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			Indeed, the devil, or those who are wasteful or brethren have shaytan and shaytan is very
ungrateful. So you become ungrateful.
		

			When you waste and you're extravagant, you become ungrateful. Regarding the favors of Allah upon
you. And thereafter Allah subhanho wa Taala says, Don't be miserly as well. Look at the balance. He
says don't waste because you become a brethren of the devil. And then he says, and don't be miserly,
spend in the middle. You need to know how to spend. Allah subhanho wa Taala says, or Allah, Allah de
cama Hulu Latin Isla okie Kahala De Soto, Hakuna bestie Allah says, and don't keep your hand tied to
your neck which means don't hold back and don't release fully. But you rather seek a balanced path.
If you release fully you will regret I gave even my necessity I gave it away. Allah says you don't
		

			have to do that don't give what you desperately need away to someone. But don't be miserly. Either
learn to give an Allah will provide you more and more. So that is another point of balance. Then
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			Don't kill your children fearing poverty, we will provide for them and for you. People used to kill
their children literally kill their children may Allah safeguard us child is born they say I can't
provide for the child. Kill the child that is prohibited, totally prohibited. Don't not have kids
fearing poverty. There are other reasons why a person may perhaps not want to have kids immediately
after marriage. But when it comes to the issue of finance and money, Allah says Don't worry, I'll
take care of all of that. If it is really a money matter, I will take care of it. May Allah subhanho
wa Taala guide us help us and provide for us and make it easy for us to provide for our children. I
		

			mean, he has promised that don't worry, sit back and relax. Remember, many times people cannot
afford a life that they have in their minds and that they want to live. But they can afford a
slightly downgraded life that is still comfortable. But perhaps not in line with the Joneses. May
Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us is many of us are struggling, not because we don't have what we
need. But because we don't have what we want. There is a very big difference. We lose contentment
and happiness because we want things it's not that we need them. So the minimum Allah says I'll
provide for you. But do you want much more than that, that's why you're upset. You want to prove to
		

			the neighbors and to everyone else that I have. And I have and I have my children go to these
schools and my children will have this and I'll drive this car and I'll have this house. All that is
cosmetic to show people don't live to show people you will lose contentment. They will never be
happy. You will not be happy you will fight with your spouse because you can't afford things.
Prioritize when it comes to your money and you will be the happiest person. Don't live to please
others they will never be happy learn to live within your means. If you have downgraded or you have
to downgrade from a Mercedes to a Toyota so it's so be it. You will be the happiest person. If you
		

			have to downgrade from a Toyota to public transport. So be it you will still be a happy person. But
if you're too proud and your ego is stopping you from downgrading don't blame anyone but yourself
when you lose contentment. May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us ease. Then Allah subhanho wa Taala
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			Don't go close to adultery, don't go close to it, because you lose contentment. It will be very,
very tough. If you have fallen, seek the forgiveness of Allah, He will forgive you, but don't go
close to it. Then Allah subhanho wa Taala says, while at akoto known Neff seletti, have run Allah,
part of this verse. Allah says, Don't commit murder, don't kill people don't kill the ones whom
Allah has prohibited you from killing. How can you take away the life that Allah has given in an
unjust way? unjustified, you're taking people's lives away, you're committing murder, Allah is
reminding you that the giver of the life is Allah Who gave you the right to take away life that was
		

			given by the same one who gave you your life? Oh Subhana Allah Subhana Allah, people use religion in
order to take life away for what? Allah is the giver of your life and that life so both lives are
equally sacred. May Allah subhanahu wa taala grant us a deeper understanding. Then he says, while
atakora boom Allah near to me. Don't get close to the wealth of the orphans. Don't try and consume
the wealth of orphans. Don't cheat them, don't deceive them. Make sure that you understand that
wealth is in America. And Allah subhanho wa Taala says thereafter, we're hopeful we'll add and
fulfill your promise fulfill the covenant. Be an honest person, don't eat wealth of people, the
		

			widows, the orphans, the weak, the downtrodden, the beggars, whoever they may be, don't steal, don't
deceive you will not achieve contentment when you've earned through
		

			deception. When you've cheated people, it will come back to haunt you. It will never ever allow you
to be content and to be happy, sought your matters out seek the forgiveness of Allah seek the
forgiveness of those whom you've wronged and you will find much goodness and Allah subhanho wa Taala
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			And when you weigh weigh properly, what does that mean when you're doing business don't shortchange
people amazing. In business don't shortchange people. If you cheat in business and deceive in any
way whatsoever, your wealth you might get, you won't be happy, no contentment, you cheated people
you earned through Haram. Your food might have been slaughtered in the proper way, but it was not
bought with proper money. So what do you expect? How can you get happiness? My brothers and sisters
Don't deceive in business it will never ever bring about any goodness. And Allah subhanho wa Taala
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			Allah says, don't pursue that which you have no knowledge about when you follow, don't follow
blindly. You need to have knowledge, improve your knowledge, increase it follow that which you have
knowledge regarding, Allah says your hearing your sight, your heart, your thoughts, all of that you
will be questioned about so try and purify yourself as best as you can. You will be the happiest
person, purify your thoughts have clean thoughts. We are taught. It's all about cleanliness. Half of
our faith is cleanliness. You cleanse your act of worship, you cleanse yourself physically. You
cleanse your thoughts, the way you look, the way you walk, the way you talk, the way you do
		

			business, and everything else should be clean, and it should be upright, then you achieve
contentment otherwise you won't. At the end Allah subhanho wa Taala says
		

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			Don't tread this earth with arrogance. Don't be arrogant. Not at all. Don't walk in a hearty way.
Don't drive in a haughty way Don't you know? Be in public in a way that you think you're bigger than
everyone else and you're a big deal. You will lose contentment Allah says you will never be a happy
person. You are just like everyone else. Be humble. Be filled with humility you will be content. The
minute your humility is gone. Your ego creeps in your pride comes in you will lose that happiness
and contentment. May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us protection he tells us worship none but Allah
and you will achieve that contentment akula Kohli hava sallallahu wasallam Allah Baraka Atlanta be a
		

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