Mufti Menk – How Can I Be Consistent In Islamic Lifestyle
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The speaker discusses the importance of avoiding guilt and the need for good company in Islam. They also mention the importance of good behavior and technology in driving learning. The speaker emphasizes the need for good personal and professional relationships and encourages individuals to use technology to learn.
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First question, how can we make ourselves,
consistent,
to follow Islamic teaching in our daily life?
I mean, it's so hard to,
be consistent. After coming to this event, I
will pray 5 times a day, Sayuri, from
sins. But after a couple of weeks or
months, it it it wears those things will
fall apart. And second, quick one,
do you have any tips on how to
overcome the feel of being guilty for your
action in the past? You mentioned past is
the past, but sometimes it bothers your head.
Thank you very much.
Miss Milayar Ramarahim, guilt is something that is
good when it comes to the bad that
you've done. But
the fact that you feel the guilt must
not make you doubt the fact that you
are forgiven by Allah. You are embarrassed. Say,
for example,
the embarrassment of cheating on someone or the
embarrassment of doing something bad, and then the
person says, don't worry. It's over. It's okay.
But every time you see them, you're like,
gosh, I shouldn't have done that. You know?
Gosh, I shouldn't have done that. That that
guilty feeling is not because you are doubting
the forgiveness,
but because you are embarrassed, I shouldn't have.
When you know the status of your maker
and how big he is and how
how great he is, you feel embarrassed of
how as little as I am, I was
transgressing against the one who created entire creation.
You know, there is something called the James
Webb Telescope.
Have you heard of it? You go and
Google it today. James Webb Telescope. I promise
you. Check. It's a telescope that that is
that is bringing us images from outer space.
Do you know there are so many millions
and millions of planets which they never ever
knew existed? And galaxies
that they didn't know existed, now they are
suddenly seeing
all of this. It's just
mind boggling. And Allah mentions it in the
Quran. And Allah tells us about Jannah. And
Allah tells us how the earth is so
insignificant
as per the rest of his creation. And
Allah says it, lakalpus samawati walarbi aqbarumil kalpin
nas walakinnaqtharann
nasilah. The creation of the skies and the
earth is far
bigger than the creation of man, but man
doesn't know, many men don't know, and so
on. So, that feeling of guilt, it will
come, don't worry. For as long as it
is not a feeling of guilt which makes
you doubt the mercy of Allah, it's a
good thing. But if it makes you doubt
the mercy of Allah, then you have a
problem with recognizing who Allah is. That's the
second part of what you asked. The first
part of it, my brother, when we decide
I'm going to pray, I'm going to do
the bright thing, I'm going to do whatever
I have to, I'm going to be the
kindest and most amazing human being possible.
One of the most powerful gifts you can
have is good company.
Your companions, your friends, you need to either
encourage them, either you need to encourage your
friends, look, we're going to do this together.
So prayer time, we all pray.
When you have to go to eat, you
make sure there is no meaning you don't
consume anything that is not allowed, etcetera. When
you have to do something, you make sure
you do the right thing. When there is
something wrong because you are in good company,
you don't even look. I remember
one of the youngsters was telling me that,
You know when I'm with good people,
even if there is *,
we don't even look because we are with
each other talking so and so. But when
you're alone, you are like,
you know, looking all the way. And then
you justify because the hadith says, you know,
the first nadra is not is not against
you. The guy says,
say, what are you doing? Look down. He
says, but it's still my first. Come on.
Some may Allah forgive us. So, good company
is a really good thing. Consistency. Secondly,
when you have a connection with some masjid
near you, or some scholar, or some
in your community, and you you or even
online.
Get used to a habit of listening every
so often to some speech. I give you
one last example.
Jumu'ah
is
Friday.
Jumu'ah comes from jama'ah. Jama'ah means to gather.
So, the importance of gathering in Islam is
so much that you are taught you must
go for jumu'a. Idhanudi al salati minyawil jumuati
fasaw illadikrilla.
Whenever you are called
for
prayer on a Friday, you rush towards
the remembrance of Allah, the reminder, the speech.
Zikrilah. Here, he's referring to
that ju'ah, the the the khutbah and the
salah. You go for it, right? Why?
Once a week, you need to listen to
a powerful short message to remind you, Hey,
remember what we agreed. Right?
So, every week once, minimum, listen to a
good talk that will remind you again, No,
no, no. Improve your
situation. Until a day comes when insha'Allah you
will automatically be cured of all of that.
It's like cough mixture. You cannot have the
whole bottle one time. Doctor will say, have
one spoon every day
at the same time. So, you have a
spoon, coffee's less. Have a spoon, coffee's less.
Another spoon, by the time few days are
up, when your course is over, the cough
is gone. What happened? You had little, but
if you drink the whole bottle,
you will cough more
after a while. That's why when you swing
and you have no coping mechanism,
people say they shahada and they come into
Islam. If there is no follow-up with such
beautiful brothers and sisters, they begin to dillydally.
I always say, Islam is knowledge based. The
more you know, the more you will love
it. When you don't know much, you start
to doubt it, you don't know because you
don't have the answers.
But the answers are there. Keep on asking
until you receive a satisfactory response. So, good
company as well as listening and attending maybe
online classes. Like I say, you might be
a businessman or whoever else, you might not
have the time to go, especially in Jakarta
where the traffic is so much, you may
not be able to go here. Use technology.
Use technology. Before I came here, they already
told me, Machit,
big masala.
So, I learned a little bit of bahasa.
I said, when I go there, I will
just, you know, flex a bit of my
bahasa.
Allah bless you guys. Barakah love