Mufti Menk – Sins to the Sky

			Alhamdulillah
		

			Alhamdulillah Hilary Donnelly hada Makana Lena de de la la de la
		

			What are all do Billahi min surely and fusina amin se Melina manera de la bufala Medina Allah Who am
I? Allah, Allah.
		

			Allah, Allah illallah wa de la sharika Allah, wa shadow, Mohammed Abu rasuluh wasafi you who
		

			were here to whom in Kalki salatu wa salam O Allah, Allah.
		

			Allah, Allah, Allah. What chakulia woman to Jonah v La la la to have Kowloon FC maka Saba hula, hula
moon,
		

			my beloved brothers and sisters. The first and the most important piece of advice that we always
share with one another, to remind one another is to continue in the development of our relationship
with our maker in the way in a way that when we meet him, we will be happy about the striving that
we had engaged in throughout our lives. And he will be happy upon the fact that we kept trying to be
better people, and to develop our relationship with him. It is termed Tacoma, which is referred to
as the consciousness of the Almighty.
		

			Some say the fear of Allah. But in fact, it is to create a barrier between yourself and the wrath of
the Almighty by fulfilling the obligations upon you. And abstaining from the prohibitions, knowing
that anything that is prohibited is actually detrimental, for you and I both in this world and the
next. So we ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to make easy for us the path in this beautiful world. And we
asked the almighty to grant us salvation on the Day of Judgment.
		

			And we asked him to grant us the most beautiful garden from the gardens of Paradise gentlemen, we'll
fix those. I mean,
		

			my brothers and sisters, as we see what is going on around us all the time, we faced so many
challenges as human beings. In a world that is not perfect. We are in fact, not perfect perfection
belongs only and solely to Allah.
		

			Allah is the perfect. This is why those who want to be perfect or want others to be perfect
completely.
		

			At times, they trample on the toes of others and make their lives a misery.
		

			So understand you are not perfect no am I? Nothing besides Allah is absolutely perfect. The closest
example to perfection is that of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
		

			As a prophet of Allah, he was granted that level of perfection that no other was granted because he
was chosen to be the greatest of all, the most noble of all prophets of Allah subhanho wa Taala. And
we send blessings and salutations upon him and all the other prophets of Allah subhanho wa Taala.
		

			So you will notice across the globe, a lot happening, that will set a new, it saddens all of us, we
see negativity. In fact, it comes so close that we see negativity in our own homes. We have
situations whereby we have disagreements with our children, with our parents, with our siblings with
our spouses, yet we love them so much. We have these disagreements whereby life sometimes becomes a
misery. And the times the person causing this could be a loved one doing it with a good intention,
not knowing the amount of damage and harm he or she may be causing to the other. May Allah subhanho
wa Taala never make us from those who lose the consciousness of what impact our words and statements
		

			have on those we interact with. I mean,
		

			my brothers and sisters that having been said, you and I know that part of not being perfect, is
that we will falter and sin now and again.
		

			None of us can claim that he or she has no sin, because again, we're not perfect. khulumani dhamaka
The Prophet peace be upon him says all humans
		

			kind, we'll make mistakes, they will sin, they will earn Waheguru in a boon. And the best of those
who earn and who make mistakes are those who constantly seek forgiveness. So, all of us to know our
value, we need to ask ourselves how much do I seek forgiveness of the Almighty? How often do I seek
the forgiveness of the Almighty? The answer of that will determine your closeness or distance from
the Almighty.
		

			Never look at another and think that you are holier than them or more pious, because you never know
what the next step in your life is holding for you, and what the next step for them is holding yours
could drop you into a pit and there's could be a staircase leading them to heaven.
		

			May Allah subhanho wa Taala, grant us goodness and forgiveness. I want to share with you today on
this beautiful day at such a beautiful time with such a lovely house of Allah subhanho wa Taala that
we're in with so much of tranquility and peace, with the love that we have for one another
irrespective of our races, irrespective of our financial standing irrespective of so many other
factors. Look at us seated here. Let's listen to something beautiful. The Prophet Muhammad peace be
upon him has told us and this is a narration narrated by one of his companions, who was with him for
a long time known as an urban Malik about the law and may Allah be pleased with him.
		

			He says the Prophet peace be upon him said that Allah Almighty has said, Now this is something
powerful because usually you would hear verses of the Quran Yes, indeed, that's the most powerful
that's the word of Allah. You can recite that in your prayer. When it comes to the Hadith or the
statement of the Prophet, the prophet peace be upon him. If we were told the Prophet peace be upon
him said it is a powerful statement indeed. But for him to say Allah has said, it raises it one
level higher, one notch higher, and it's now termed Hadith could see, which means Listen up
everyone. This is what Allah is telling you.
		

			So a lot of people look at Allah subhanho wa Taala and think that he is merciless. They think that
he is only punishing people. He's only interested in casting people in hellfire. He's only
interested in making people's lives difficult, etc, etc. But in actual fact, that is totally wrong.
That is the trap of the devil who wants you to think that Allah is void of mercy, yet, the whole
religion is based on mercy, such mercy that nobody can compete with, if I were to do something bad
to you, perhaps you might forgive me, if I were to repeat it a second time and say, I'm sorry, you
will forgive me a second. The minute you see me do the same thing three times in a short space of
		

			time. And I say I'm sorry, the third time even if I'm your son, it will change in your attitude a
little bit with the Almighty, the more you seek forgiveness, the more he loves you to kind of love,
the more he loves you. In fact, at the third time that you seek forgiveness, he tells his angels Oh
my angels, do you see this person? Each time he sins? He's asking me for forgiveness, confirming
that he firmly believes that I am the owner of forgiveness. I want you all my beloved angels to bear
witness that I forgiven him totally. So Panama. So why do we lose hope in the mercy of Allah? Why do
we look at others and think that they do not deserve the mercy of Allah when Allah created you and
		

			created them in the same way, if Allah did not want to be merciful upon them, he would not have
created them in the first place. So understand. One is to lose hope in the mercy of Allah. The other
is to think that others don't deserve the mercy of Allah. Both of those are wrong.
		

			And the third is to discourage people making them feel that they are unwanted by Allah. No matter
what you've done, my brothers and sisters, let's listen to this hadith Let me start it off. Allah
says you have been Dhamma Oh son of Adam. That means all mankind because we are sons and children of
Adam, all mankind. Now I'm listening all ears I want to know what Allah is telling me right?
		

			In the our attorney, Raja attorney for tulika Allah Makana minca, Allah Subhana Allah, Oh son of
Adam, for as long as you call out to me, for as long as you are calling out to me continue calling
out to me and for as long as you have hope in me.
		

			I will forgive all
		

			The sins you've committed, and I won't even bother.
		

			So Han Allah, this hadith is found in soon anatomy, the powerful narration, we need to know it. You
have been Adam, oh, son of Adam, all mankind, for as long as you calling out to me, me alone. And
for as long as you have hope in my mercy and you have hope in me, I will forgive you. What ever is
coming from you, I'm going to forgive it one or two badly, and I don't mind. I'm not bothered, I'm
not going to lose anything. I'm not going to gain anything. It's you who's going to gain I'm going
to give you from my merci Subhana Allah, as though that was not merciful enough to move us. Allah
continues to reassure us in a different way, because many of you may have a question right now, what
		

			if I've done the worst possible thing? What if I've sinned for so many years? What have committed
major, major, major major sin? What will happen to me? So Allah says Yagna Adam,
		

			oh, son of Adam.
		

			Lo Bella, Luna buka Anna sama, to Mustang for 2004 to La kawada. Oh, buddy. Oh, son of Adam. If your
sins have reached the skies,
		

			in amount, if your sins have reached the skies, and you have come to me seeking forgiveness from me,
I will wipe them out and I don't bother. I will forgive them. And it's okay. No problem. Sometimes
when you do something bad, you say Can Can you forgive me? Please? I was wrong. Your buddy, your
friend, your family member might say, Okay, I forgive you. But deep down, they're holding something
Allah says no way with me. It's okay. It's fine. You committed the sin, you sought forgiveness from
me. Your sins, were reaching the skies. But because you sought that forgiveness, I will forgive you
completely wanna obey me and I'm not even worried. I'm not even bothered. It's not even going to
		

			destroy our relationship. In fact, it's going to build it
		

			as though that was not enough. Do you want to see what else the same Hadith says when Allah
continues and he's telling that to me, and to you and to everyone else. So don't think there is
someone on earth who is far from the mercy of Allah. If you and I would like all you need to do is
seek that mercy from Allah. Seek the mercy from Allah, May Allah forgive all of us. Now Allah
forgive our sins and grant us steadfastness make us strong. If that sin happens to be repeated due
to human weakness and nature, seek forgiveness again and again. And your sin is your secret between
you and Allah. You never have to confess it to anyone besides your maker alone. You tell your maker
		

			what you've done. You admit your sin, you you regret it, you seek forgiveness, and you promise him
you're not going to do it again. With those four conditions, no matter what you've done is totally
wiped out gone. May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us from his mercy. I mean, so the Hadith the last
part of it, he says, you have a demo
		

			in lucky 20. If you come to me on the Day of Judgment, if you come to me on the Day of Judgment,
because Robin are the hapa with an equivalent amount of the entire Earth filled with sin. So Malachy
Nila Toshi could be shaken.
		

			attained to capital, Robbie Harmon Puritan.
		

			He says, if you have come on the Day of Judgment, now this is not talking about seeking forgiveness.
This is talking about something unique beyond that say someone has died. Right? And they did they
did not seek forgiveness. At the end of their lives. They did something maybe that we were taught
not to do. Does that mean it's the end? for them? The answer is no. No, not really. It depends. It's
the mercy of Allah. And this is why we say don't judge people don't decide who is in heaven. And who
is in *, because you haven't been there. It is the ownership of the most compassionate, the Most
Merciful, the most beneficence, the most forgiving the most kind. So stop dooming people and cursing
		

			them into hellfire. Because indeed, their Lord is the owner of Heaven and *, and so is our Lord.
But it's not you and die.
		

			If Jen and Johanna, meaning if heaven and * was the ownership of you, and I, perhaps it would be
empty. We are so selfish. We don't even like people to visit us in our own homes, because we feel
lazy to make them a cup of tea. It's a fact. So imagine if heaven was in your hands, your buddies
wouldn't be allowed in May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us understanding, but Allah says No way.
It's in my hands. I will give it to whom I want
		

			You know what, the more the merrier. So Han Allah, you will be surprised when we sit and we hear
people say this person is going to help, that one's going to help, that one's going to help I
scratch my head. And I think to myself, it seems like heaven is going to be empty, completely empty,
who's going to be in * May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us a deep understanding you and I will
be surprised in a beautiful way to see even those who may have disliked in Geneva in Paradise, Allah
because it belongs to the most compassionate, the Most Merciful. So this hadith says if you come on
the Day of Judgment, with the equivalent of the whole earth filled with sins, if you have not
		

			associated partnership with me, I will reach out to you with a similar amount of forgiveness. And
that's it.
		

			Subhan Allah Subhana Allah. So the person didn't seek forgiveness, but they worship Allah alone,
they try they kept trying, I am always so so motivated by the mercy of Allah. It keeps us going, you
keep trying, try to do your best try to fulfill your obligations. And what did I say at the
beginning of this lecture, I said, keep seeking the forgiveness of Allah seek the forgiveness of
Allah, look at the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him. He was spotless, seamless, but he kept
seeking the forgiveness of Allah such that the narrations show us numbers on a daily basis between
70 and 100 times a day, he used to say a stone Villa, Oh Allah, I seek your forgiveness. Did he need
		

			it? The answer is no. We need it. But we don't say today passes a week passes. And the worst thing
is we look at others and think they will not be forgiven by Allah. But we are perhaps from among
those who didn't even seek the forgiveness of Allah. Look at the devil playing his dirty tricks.
Don't allow that to happen. You want the mercy of Allah be merciful upon others, the same prophet of
Allah says, la homina Malaya amenas, Allah will not have mercy upon he who does not have mercy on
the rest of the people. So if you want the mercy of the Almighty, you must be merciful towards the
rest of the people notice him saying enough, the people who did not say a Muslim, just the Muslims,
		

			you should be merciful towards all of the creatures of the Almighty. That is a teaching of the
Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him. People today totally misunderstand the message of Muhammad
Sallallahu wasallam. Do you know why? Because we are not leading our lives in an exemplary way.
That's why And do you know what the same prophet of Allah May Allah Peace and mercy and blessings be
upon him? You know what he says?
		

			Subhana Allah, that Prophet of Allah speaks about the mercy of Allah. And he says, In nama yo
hamdulillah homi Bhabha, de rahama.
		

			Allah will have mercy upon those from amongst his worshipers who have the quality of mercy in them.
		

			If you have the quality of mercy in you, you are merciful towards all those around you, you
definitely deserve the mercy of Allah. Allah is most merciful. Thereafter, if a person has passed
away in a condition, perhaps that may not have been favorable, perhaps they may not have sought
forgiveness of Allah, may Allah never let that happen to us. Remember, it's between them and Allah,
Allah may look at a deed that they have done, that was so beautiful, that he would actually give
them paradise based on one deed and forget about the rest.
		

			But Allah says you try your best to make sure that you try your best, and do not associate partners
with me worship me alone. And this is why as Muslims, we always teach not that we should not be
taking risks in acts of worship. Don't render an act of worship for anything or anyone besides he
who made you and he whom you are going to return to who happens to be the same deity who is called
the worshipped one in the Arabic language Allah, it's a name of him of his that he has chosen in
Hebrew, they would say hello him or Aloha. It is the one and only the maker that created the
nareesha cherishes. sustainer provider protector kiora, the one in whose hands lies all existences
		

			control the control of existence, the one whom we are going to return to Him alone. If you struggle
if you have tried through your life, to worship Him alone, and you've tried to obey His instruction,
you've tried to be the best possible person you could. This is the Prophet Muhammad peace be happy
		

			him saying to you have hope in Allah, don't worry, you're heading in the right direction. Yes, Allah
knows of the challenges that you and I are facing the environment may not be sinless, it may be
sinful at times. There may be people stealing, pinching, deceiving, cheating, etc, all around us
such that it becomes a norm for some people to do that. But you as a believer, keep yourself away
from such actions. Don't cheat people don't deceive, don't involve in sin. Don't do that which will
displease Allah and keep seeking the forgiveness of Allah. That is the remedy we meet in general for
those we will meet in Paradise, if we keep trying in that direction. My brothers and sisters, as
		

			much as the world is filled with gloom today, hopelessness is being marketed all over, we need to
start marketing, a little bit of hope. And we need to tell people, you know what, you're not a bad
egg. You're not a person who is far from the mercy of Allah, you just stumble across that which is
good, you do that which is good, because someone encouraged you to do good and you're on the right
track, you must feel good about yourself. And in the process, the same should be the feeling
regarding others, no matter how far someone may appear from Allah, trust me, it's a moment that can
actually change all of that. And then Allah subhanho wa Taala tells us, and I'm repeating this for
		

			the third time, because of its importance, that if you were to die, still, there is a lot of hope
for you. So Han Allah, there is a lot of hope for you. For as long as you have not associated
partners with me already, we will tick the boxes you can by my mercy enter into paradise. Don't we
always teach people saying that entering paradise shall only be by the mercy of Allah, because no
matter how many deeds we have done, who knows how good those deeds are, we are praying today, a
Friday, we are fulfilling the obligation that we have on our shoulders from Allah subhanho wa Taala.
But trust me, the concentration levels will not be 100%. With any one of us. Perhaps the maximum of
		

			the person who's got the least distractions in this beautiful house of Allah may possibly be 85 to
90%. There is nobody that can say I was plugged in 100%. So what happens to that 10 15% of the best
of us, trust me, for as long as you have tried, Allah says Don't worry about the rest. I've taken it
on, tick Subhanallah Did you try is it some might fluctuate right to the bottom 10 15% concentration
to them, we will say keep trying, don't lose hope. Because what the devil does, he makes you start
thinking that wasn't good enough. That wasn't good enough, so it's not valid. So next time, don't
even bother praying. That's what's happening. So in that case, we fallen into the trap of the devil.
		

			Don't let that happen. the mercy of Allah is something that should make you learn that
		

			the units of prayer are not needed by Allah, they are needed by us. Allah just needs you to try to
do your best look when you have to make Hulu and ablution. When you have to make Hulu and ablution.
If you cannot do it with your with water, you're allowed to do it in a different way. Why? Allah is
trying to tell you, that's not something that's going to benefit me. We are doing it for you. Are
you going to obey our instruction? If you really cannot? Don't worry, we'll downgrade it for you.
We'll make it easier for you. When you give a child an examination and you say what is 1015 mount
multiplied by 2305 and they taking too long? You can tell them well just tell me what's one plus one
		

			they say to say tick. Here's your prize, right? That's what happens to us. The Hadith says if you
cannot read Salah standing, sit and read. What if I can't read sitting well lie down and read
Subhanallah Why did Allah keep downgrading it to show you hang on, it's all about my mercy Allahu
Akbar. And I can go on and on and on, to prove to you that Allah is more merciful than the
statements made by one another showing mercy lessness across the globe, may Allah subhanho wa Taala
grant us from his goodness, never lose hope in the mercy of Allah build others and pray that on the
Day of Judgment, Allah has mercy on all of us. Don't ever do someone to help because * does not
		

			belong to you and I mean Allah subhanho wa Taala bless every one of us barakallahu li walakum
philippou annual sooner when the final year can be MFI. mominul it will achema aku Kohli hada was de
la de La quwata illa muslimin Festival, una