Mufti Menk – This Reminder Is For Me, I Need It
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The speaker is reminding people to improve themselves and achieve their goals. They stress the importance of repeating actions and praying for opportunities to change. The speaker warns people to avoid becoming defensive and to say "careous" instead.
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We are here this evening. I sat here
listening to speaker after speaker.
And to be honest with you, in my
heart, I felt I need this reminder. I
need that reminder. This is for me. That's
for me. And I really would like to
improve myself.
And we all need to be the same.
If you are seated here, Something needs to
improve in you as you walk out today.
Your character needs to improve as we walk
out. We're not going to be rude to
one another. We're not going to be
vulgar, abusive. We're going to be courteous. We're
going to look out for one another. We're
going to be together in a way that
we help one another. We're a united Ummah.
That is when we've achieved. But if we
go out from this place without having achieved
anything, wallahi, we will be questioned. Were you
not there one day? Did you not sit
there? Did you not hear this? What did
you do about it? Well, I just said,
Insha'Allah.
Come on.
We can't do that. Bismillah. Are we going
to change?
Yes. Yes. InshaAllah. We say yes, InshaAllah. Change
for the will of May Allah grant me
a good change, positive change. May Allah strengthen
me to do the right thing. May Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala help me to quit my
bad ways, my habits, Ameen. And if you
falter because of human weakness, come back quickly.
Come back quickly.
One thing you have to do that is
repeated in the Quran so many times. If
it was mentioned once in the Quran that
you need to pray, it was enough.
If Allah said it once in the Quran
that you need to pray,
it was enough. But so many places Allah
says,
Allah tells you to bow down, to prostrate.
And so more than once, so many places
in the Quran, Allah says, here it is.
You bow down
and you go and you prostrate for Allah
and you pray for Allah. He could have
said it once. He says it again and
again and again because He wants it to
bear witness for you or against you. And
He wants it to be a reminder.
Meaning remind. For indeed the reminder
benefits those who believe. You believe in Allah?
Well, then don't be upset when someone reminds
you, listen, my sister, you need to do
this. Listen, my brother, you need to do
this. Listen, my sister or my brother, you
need to quit this and quit that. It's
not a bad thing. Don't become too defensive.
Just say, Alhamdulillah.