How Can I Be Consistent In Islamic Lifestyle

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 nudity,

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

Allah bless you guys. Barakah love

Allah bless you guys. Barakah love