Mufti Menk – How to Protect Yourself from Evil

			Salam Alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh
		

			Bismillah al Rahman al Rahim al hamdu Lillah wa Salatu was Salam ala rasulillah, Hema Allah Allah He
was happy ajumma in
		

			my beloved brothers and sisters, we know that all of us need protection, the protection of Allah
subhanho wa Taala who is the owner of protection?
		

			If Allah has not protected someone, they are doomed. And if Allah has protected someone, then
nothing can ever harm them.
		

			So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has clearly told us that we need to seek the protection
of Allah. In fact, Allah Almighty himself has revealed sutras entire surah of the Quran, wherein he
is asking not only Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, but by extension, every one of us to seek
the protection of Allah. You and I know that Mohammed Abdullah Hill Hashimi al Rashid sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam, the best of creation, the most loved by Allah, the Most Noble of all messengers of
Allah subhanho wa Taala May Allah peace and blessings be upon them all. We know that he was
protected by Allah completely.
		

			He didn't need to seek the protection of Allah. But Allah still tells him that we will let certain
things happen in your life only so that your followers your own man can actually take cue from what
has happened and protect themselves and continue to seek the protection of Allah on a daily basis,
not just in the morning, but in the morning and the evening. May Allah protect all of us. I mean,
		

			my brothers and sisters, there was a time when someone had blown into the knots that they had made
of the blessing, hey of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam on a comb, trying to engage in what
is known as magic against the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Remember nothing harms you except
by the will permission and knowledge of Allah subhanho wa Taala. So nothing can ever happen to you.
Except if Allah has willed it, if Allah has written it, and if Allah knows about it, and he will
know about it. So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam one might ask, why did Allah allow this to
happen to him when he was the most loved and to Allah? Well, la cordon can Allah comfy rasuna he was
		

			doing tune Hashanah, we always hear that there is a beautiful example in the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam if you were to follow Him, and him holy and him alone, you would need nothing else.
So if we were to follow the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam sooner his way, every morning and
evening, we would be seeking the protection of Allah from the evil that is around us what type of
evil evil people evil thoughts, the whispers of shape and whether it is magic that people try
jealousy that people might have some the evil eye that is mentioned in the Hadith of the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, sometimes you can actually affect your own self with evil eye. When is
		

			it? When you are so self conceited and impressed by yourself that you forget Allah, you forget to
connect it to Allah, you have wealth connected to Allah, you have good looks connected to Allah, you
have a happy situation connected to Allah by saying what by believing this is only from Allah, he
can take it away now. This is only from Allah. Whatever Allah has willed, has happened. Masha, Allah
who tabarrok Allah
		

			tabarrok Allah, Glory be to Allah Subhana Allah, may Allah grant us from his goodness, my beloved
brothers and sisters, today, I wish to go through 11 verses of the Quran very short, but very
powerful connected to the protection and the seeking of protection from Allah, Who is Allah? And
what exactly are we seeking protection from? So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was shown in
his dream. He was, it was actually revealed to him in a certain way, what happened to him and when
it was done, he sent one of his companions to go and look for that comb. And lo and behold, they
were 11 knots. As he released each one of the knots. he recited each verse that was being revealed,
		

			pull, obey or have been Fela call Subhana Allah, you know how powerful that is?
		

			Allah is telling us sudo la sala Salam and by extension all of us say, I seek the protection in the
Lord of the daybreak whoever created Daybreak I asked him to protect me Subhana Allah Look how
powerful that is. Cool are all the beer have been Falak say that I seek the protection in the lord
of daybreak, the one who made the daybreak and who allows it to continue to come on a daily basis,
so much so that did you realize Daybreak is a creation of Allah that never ever disobeyed a law such
that other creatures of Allah can give you the precise nanosecond that this son is going to come up.
		

			You and I know we have a perpetual calendar here in this machine that will tell you sunrise this
time.
		

			Does Daybreak ever say today? I'm not coming Subhana Allah. May Allah grant us ease we learn what
obedience is when we look at the other creatures of Allah but man with his sophisticated brain still
thinks it's okay today I'll have a break. May Allah subhanho wa Taala forgive us.
		

			So we are seeking the protection in Allah, Who is Allah The Lord of the daybreak will also be up
bill Philip from what do I want protection from me? shad, Lima fala Ko, from the evil of that which
he created. So he created good things, but within those good things, they can be evil that will come
from those good things. For example, you have a human being, Allah created mankind for various
reasons. That's a topic on its own, but within mankind, sometimes evil can come out of them. Allah
created the darkness in the darkness sometimes, and the darkness is not a bad thing. Within
darkness, we actually have a very blessed moment where we would fulfill a prayer that is so valuable
		

			known as the had Jude had it not been for that time of the night, or that time of the morning,
whatever you want to call it, based on how you look at it, you would not be able to achieve that
closeness to Allah. And remember something that I find very, very amazing and a sign of the mercy of
Allah is he did not make the prayer of the 100 compulsory. If he made it compulsory, it might have
been difficult on us. Imagine you go to sleep you get up at a certain time just when you getting
good sleep. Allah says we will keep it voluntary, but we will recommend it and we will show you the
value of it. And you know what you get to a level when you decide I'm going to fulfill this for the
		

			sake of Allah its darkness right? outside. But the most enlightening ibadah is happening at the
darkest hour. So it doesn't mean all of what Allah has created within the darkness is evil. Allah
created the day and the night those are good things but within the night a lot of evil happens. So
what do we say? We say
		

			our own obey Robin fell upon me shadow me Rima follow up Amit Shah nivas Ep Eva wakaba and I seek
His protection. I seek the protection of the one who created the daybreak from the darkness when it
sets in rasik is the darkness when it sets in as the darkness settles, people feel insecure
sometimes Subhan Allah The lighting is not good enough at times you know that you hear sounds and
you feel a little bit uneasy. You are supposed to be a more min a believer, the minute you seek the
protection of Allah they should be a comfort within your heart I have read my dua it's called more
with that more or with that those verses where in which you are seeking the protection of Allah
		

			ayatul kursi is one of the most powerful but today we are speaking of the last two suitors of the
Quran known as Alma with
		

			the two surahs within which you seek the protection of Allah from all evil. So we are saying Oh
Allah, I seek your protection from the darkness as it settles me surely Ross it in either our cup
wamu shadman affair, de fille Okada, and we are seeking the protection of the lord of Daybreak from
the blowing the blowing that happens
		

			upon the knots wherein people are intending to engage in magic.
		

			What does this mean? Number one, the evil of magic number two, the tying of knots and the blowing in
those knots is a type of magic and the prophet SAW Selim says Mansa haka Shahrukh, whoever engages
in that has disassociated from Allah or associated partners with Allah subhanho wa Taala. To engage
in magic is haram. Totally haram how to protect myself from the evil of magic is by reading this
surah every morning
		

			Every evening, not just once repeated thrice with ayatul kursi and you will be protected. Allah is
telling you, you are saying Oh Allah protect me from the evil of the blowing into the knots of the
one who is going to blow into it me Charlie and nefa thought if you look at the evil that will come
out of it, protect me from it. Well, I mean sharni has he didn't either has the Oh Allah, I seek
your protection from the jealousy of the one who is jealous May Allah protect us. If we are seeking
protection of the load of de bei break from jealousy, it means we should not be jealous of others
because it's an evil thing. I want protection from jealousy, but I'm jealous of everybody else.
		

			What's the point? Subhana Allah, you want protection? Don't be be happy when you see someone
achieving something that's a sign of your connection with Allah. Someone has scaled great heights,
in wealth, in position, in power, in authority in knowledge in anything.
		

			The day you are happy for them is the day you are happy with Allah. Do you know why? Because Allah
subhanho wa Taala says, nothing no person by now whom we are the ones who distributed all this to
the people not you. So if you happy with what they got you happy with what we actually gave them. So
behind Allah, you see, when you are not happy with what Allah gave someone else you're not happy
with Allah. When you are happy with what Allah gave someone. In actual fact you've only now
understood who is Allah, he's the giver. May Allah protect us from jealousy? And may Allah protect
us from it both ways from being affected by jealousy and from affecting others with jealousy. Let's
		

			move to the next era.
		

			Bismillah R Rahman r Rahim, In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious the Most Merciful.
		

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			another powerful opening, you are declaring that I am seeking the protection in the load of the
people who is the Lord of the people, Allah so you are confirming that the Lord of the people is
actually Allah. And whoever that is, we know that it's Allah subhanho wa Taala, creator of entire
creation, but the one who created men kind of large, we seek His protection from what every evil
that comes from men and jinn. That's what it is. Well, although there have been us, before we
continue to say what we want protection from we want to declare and acknowledge who is Allah
		

			Malik in as he is the owner of all the people, the Sovereign, the owner, he owns all the people, you
your father, your children, your siblings, and everybody you know your enemies and your friends.
They are ownership of Allah who made them. That's why when a person passes away, what's the do we
normally say as soon as you hear so and so passed away? What do we say? In na lillahi wa ala Rajon?
What does that mean? We belong to Allah, He owns us and we're all going to go back to him. So Han
Allah conformation mullikin us He is the owner of all the people. I seek the protection in the above
the people who is the owner of all the people who is the worshipped by all the people, the owner of
		

			worship, he is the only one who deserves to be worshipped. There are so many other things that
people worship nowadays, none of them deserve worship. That's why when we translate La ilaha illa
Allah we say there is no god worthy of worship. besides Allah, there are others who are being
worshipped, they are not worthy of worship. Allah is the only one worthy of worship. That's it. So
this is why we say that the one who is worthy of worship Allah hiddenness now I go ahead and I say
what I want protection from me Charlene was was a little fun.
		

			First we talk about shape man, shape man is evil man is good. All the people you get along with
those you don't get along with the good and the bad people literally within them there is goodness
but shape and exploits and shape and abuses and shaytan traps and they fall into the trap and they
then extend the work of shape and with or without realizing. Now we need protection from that
because without realizing we could be people who are falling in the trap of shape one and shape turn
shape on tries with everyone every day. So the day you think today shaytan didn't come to me. You
need to go to someone with knowledge and ask them and find out you know what, how did shape and come
		

			to me today he came to you. If you don't know how, then you need a little bit of help. He came to
you somehow every day shape and comes to everyone that's why we say seek the protection in Allah
from shaitan. So who is this was was ill Hanna's. He is the whisperer who retreats whispers in your
system.
		

			And quickly tell you your sister in law is against you. Oh, and then he runs away. Now you start
with your mind, your mind becomes strong. Sorry to give this example I know it's quite a common
thing. But in all honesty, it's from shaitan. So what happens? You start thinking your mind, then
you start working and you start doing more than expected some of us we made Shea found a shame
because he didn't know how properly we would actually follow what he planned and even executed in a
better way. Sometimes it happens. So relax, take it easy. Understand, process the whispers in a
proper way that will please Allah. What a shaman do Allah says. Chapin comes to you lights the fire
		

			and runs away. It's in the Quran. Allah tells you that in order to
		

			combat Alisha Pani if Colleen is Sonic for falam Kaffir Carla in Newberry, mink Subhan. Allah
shaytan comes and says, I want you to disbelieve, obviously, not directly like this, but in certain
ways. Once you disbelieve, and then when he is being blamed, he says no, no, no, no, I got nothing
to do with this. I was never involved here. Don't put me into this thing here. But you started the
whole thing. That is what is called was was ill Hannah's the whisper who retreats he runs away. In
fact, there is a there is Jin kind from among shayateen who are named al Hanna's because they create
doubt in the mind, whether it's OCD, whether it is the problems that people face with thoughts and
		

			with you know, evil thoughts, bad thoughts, that is 100 affecting you ask Allah to protect you from
the whispering of Al Hanna's because he comes to you, then he goes away, then he comes to you again.
Then he goes away, then he comes to you again and he goes away a third time and so on. When Charlene
was watching Hannah's what is exactly those whisperings? How do they work? So we describe it or
Allah describes it, and levy was Swiss feel so Doreen is that which actually whispers within the
hearts of the people, not only in your ears shaytan comes to your system in your heart, you start
hating others, you start causing problems, you start doing things that displease Allah and you don't
		

			realize man Who are you, you are a droplet of * and you are going to be literally returning to
the soil and dust. That's what you are. That's what I am. droplet of * today we want to argue
and fight and pretend like we are the ones and there's no one besides us. There is everyone besides
you. So panela you are just one there are people who are closer to Allah than you whom you think are
far from Allah. But you don't know because taqwa is only known by Allah. That's why he's got a day
of judgment. If it was known by all of us, we wouldn't need the Day of Judgment. We would already
know mustafi mata Mata Mata Ki let's go these guys are sinners, sinners, sinners sinners, let's go.
		

			That's not how it works. May Allah grant us steadfastness and steadfastness is a journey that lasts
right up to the last breath. Some people could write at the end and some people jump on right at the
end. May Allah grant us death with a man
		

			so this is why we are taught right at the end and let the US be Sophia so dude in US mineralogy net
evenness from Jin kind from mankind. You know, the devils are two types, not only Jin kind,
sometimes your friend is a shaitan. Sometimes you and I can become little shout out in when when we
encourage others to disobey Allah and we are disobeying Allah. When we create fitna and we are the
source of it. Who are we? We are we are not like I said, they say in Ramadan che Athena type, but
the shouting of men kinda not tied. So I always tell people that means now it's you and I forget
about the shape and he's tired. Now we are the devil's May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us
		

			forgiveness. Now open our doors. I want to close by saying my brothers and sisters. Don't ever lower
your God. You know, if you go to a warzone, and you've got that protective,
		

			what's it called the the bulletproof vest and so on. You know, we are here in Newtown, Johannesburg,
if I were to ask you to lift up your hands, anyone who has that vest, we're going to get a few guys
here. But let's not do that. All I'm going to tell you is we would be fools if we know that this
shape bonds and Gene kind all around us trying to attack us. And we don't read simple to us every
morning and evening and after every Salah. So that is my lesson to myself to begin with and yours
Don't be lazy every morning and evening. Remember, it is the son of the prophets I seldom fulfill
these verses, read them, believe them seek the protection of Allah one lahi Bismillah hymnody Let me
		

			show you on fill out one of his sama who was semi alien In the name of Allah, with whose name
nothing in the heavens of the earth meaning in the sky so the earth can ever hum he is indeed the
all hearing all wise, nothing will touch you unless and until Allah has willed it. akula Kohli hada
or sallallahu wasallam Obara calendar
		

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