Mufti Menk – Hajj Will Help You Quit Bad Habits
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The speaker discusses the importance of building habits and habits to survive in life. They emphasize the need for good things such as sleep, food, and clothing to build oneself and strengthen one's bodies. The speaker also mentions the importance of working hard to build oneself and strengthen one's bodies.AI: Transcript ©
So the hujaj, they are pelting. The 1st
day, 7.
They call it al Kubra,
the big one. The major
bag that you have within
you, can you get rid of it?
Can you think about it?
There must be about 7 big things you
need to get rid of in your life.
7 big ones. What are they? You know
them. Count them. 1, 2, 3. So I'm
taking this pebble. Boom. What happened? 1 of
the bad ones went. I said, Allahu Akbar.
I take another one, the other one's gone.
The other one, the other one's gone. This
is something automatically
you should feel because you're in Hajj. You're
there. And for us, we are celebrating what?
The sacrifice of Ibrahim alaihis salam. We're putting
a knife to our bad habits.
Or we're going to enjoy the fact that
the knife was put on the bad habits.
You may not have your own animal if
you cannot afford it, but at least somehow
you will get to benefit from it and
enjoy the celebration.
So this is Allah. This is the beauty
that Allah has given us. It's up to
us
to search within us. What are my bad
habits?
What am I hooked onto that I'm not
supposed to be hooked onto?
It could be *. It could be adultery.
It could be alcohol and gambling. It could
be whatever else it may be. If I
need to stop something I'm addicted to for
the sake of Allah,
I should do it without even waiting for
a season. But Allah gives you a season
to become more conscious of it. To say,
you know what? Come on. This is the
id of sacrifice. What are you going to
sacrifice?
My bad habits.
These seven things quit.
That's it. It's gone.
And next day, they take 21 pebbles. They
have 7, 7, and 7. So big habits,
middle habits, and smaller habits. But they all
need to go. Obviously,
primarily in the hadith, this is not mentioned.
I'm only telling you that as a person
who wants to cleanse himself, it's important for
you to think of what bad you need
to eradicate. To eradicate it. Many of us
have jealousy in our hearts. We see someone
with $1
more and we can't stomach it. You can't
sleep at night. You need sleeping pills. Why?
Because the guy has a dollar more than
me. He bought a car
2023
and mine is 2022.
Oh, I can't sleep. Come on, man. How
can you be connected to the world? Take
that out. The pebble needs to be thrown
onto that pillar and you say Allahu Akbar
and that Satan is out of your system.
So what?
That's what it should
be. Are you living? Yes. Did you have
food? Yes. Do you have clothing? Yes. Are
you okay? Yes. Thank Allah. Work hard to
build yourself. Yes. By all means, everyone wants
goodness, but build yourself in 2 things, not
just one. You don't build yourself only that
I need better food, a better transport, better
clothing, better place to stay. We fight in
our lives from birth to death because we
want better to survive for the few years.
Better. But we've already got the necessity.
If I ask you, do you have clothes?
Yes. But I need better clothes. You have
food? Yes. But I need better food. Yes.
Do you have a house? Yes. But I
need a better house. Do you have a
car? Yes. But I need a better car.
What are you fighting for? Better. That's what
the whole
the whole sacrifice is about in the case
of those who are weak. May Allah strengthen
us.
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