Mufti Menk – We All Have This Urge
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The speaker advises against allowing oneself to run behind the latest technology until it serves as a person who has the latest, as it will dent their connection with Allah. They suggest that the technology should only be used for personal purposes and that everyone should fulfill their obligations to achieve their goals. The speaker also warns against allowing oneself to have the latest and the best until it is too late, as it will only lead to materialism and fulfillment.
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The fitna of the technology today is that
we all have the urge because Allah gave
us the affordability
to
buy something.
We have the urge to always have the
latest. Am I right or wrong?
So if that is an urge, look, if
you can afford it, no harm. You can
get it. But if you are making that
your focus,
rather focus on
Get yourself used to using something until it
serves you, then change it.
That's something good. It's a very good habit.
You don't need the s 24 or 25
just because it came out. When your s
21 is loyal to you and faithful faithful
and it's serving your purpose.
Is it slow? Is it sluggish? Is there
something wrong with it? Then you can change
it.
But if there's nothing wrong,
why is there a reason?
Don't
get used to just having the latest for
the sake of being a person who has
the latest because as a believer,
it will dent your connection with Allah.
It dents your connection. It definitely does. It's
materialism that's taking over.
And by the way, if I see someone
driving the latest cars, don't think that I'm
going to think, oh, this guy is full.
No. No. It's it's not it's not up
to me to say that. You are allowed
to have the latest and the best if
you can afford it and and you fulfilled
all the you've ticked all the boxes. All
I'm saying is don't allow yourself to run
behind
it. There's no purpose for this.
Why did you do this?
Allah is telling you, well, have you improved
on your relationship with Allah?
All of this technology
should only be
in order for us
to get closer to Allah, to facilitate
my acts of worship. You have a car,
it should facilitate
your coming to the Masjid, your fulfillment of
this of salah. You have electricity.
There's warm water, it should facilitate, make it
easier for me to bath, to have, to
make wudu and so on. You have electricity.
We spoke about. You have technology of whatever
it may be. You have the phones. You
have Youtube and whatnot. All of that. Did
you use it to gain closeness to Allah?
Because I tell you, in the eyes of
Allah,
all the material items of the entire world
from the beginning of its creation right up
to the end.
It is not equivalent
to the whim of a fly in the
eyes of Allah.