Mufti Menk – Taking things for GRANTED

			Assalamu Aleikum many of us take so many things for granted. And we only realize the value of these
things when they have disappeared, it would be too late. So from among the things that we take for
granted, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam explains near modernisme of boon fee Hema calcium
in a nurse a Say hi to one Farah who there are two specific gifts that many people take for granted
good health and spare time. So my brothers and sisters, when you are healthy, remember, it's a gift
of Allah. Look at those who are ill and sick. Look at those whose health is not proper. Look at
those who constantly frequent the hospitals and the doctors and so on. May Allah grant them good
		

			health. At the same time when we see them, tell yourself a day will come when I will lose my health,
because that is the plan of Allah subhanho wa Taala. So while I am healthy, while I'm able, let me
do all good things. Let me try my best to fulfill my duties unto Allah. Because a day will come when
I may not be able to do it the way I should have done it. And then we also need to know we should
use that health in order to fulfill the rights of those around us, our parents, our children, our
spouses, whoever else, it may be our brothers and sisters, the poor, the needy, let's make sure that
we do our best when it comes to serving others. Similarly, when you're healthy, don't be lazy, go
		

			out and work in the name of Allah subhanho wa Taala to earn a halal, permissible pure sustenance.
And when we go out, we would then be able to save for a rainy day, a day when our health may not be
exactly as it is right now. So for those of us who are healthy, may Allah make us from those who
seize the opportunity to be the best that we can while we're healthy, and fulfill whatever we're
supposed to, so that we don't regret it, the day the health is taken away. For those of us who are
not so healthy, May Allah give you Shiva, and May Allah grant you every goodness, it's never too
late, we can still seek the help of Allah subhanho wa Taala in many ways, and we can obey His
		

			instruction to the best of our abilities. Similarly, free time, many of us when we have spare time,
we wasted doing that which is futile, doing that which is not going to benefit us in any way. So
number one, if you're doing something harmful or detrimental, that should stop immediately. If
you're doing something that is not harmful, but it's just a waste of time, you have not been
productive and you have not used your spare time constructively. So we are supposed to be using our
spare time in a way that benefits us because the clock is ticking. Every moment that is gone will
never ever come back. Make sure that you don't leave today's work for tomorrow. Make sure you don't
		

			leave something you can get done right now for the next moment because who knows you may not have
that moment. Many of us tend to forget what we wanted to do, because we left it may Allah subhanho
wa Taala make us from those who can use our time wisely. And may Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us
the ability to protect ourselves in every way from the whisperings of shavon aku Kohli hada
sallallahu wasallam our Baraka Island Nabina Muhammad