Muhammad West – Holidays

			Hello Jimin ashitaba rajim Bismillah Ar Rahman Rahim al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen wa Salatu was
Salam ala
		

			Sayidina Muhammad Ali he was a big Marine, our beloved brothers and sisters in Islam as salaam
alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh
		

			or Praise to Allah subhanho wa Taala the Most Merciful, the most kind, Chateau de la ilaha illa la
have a witness that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah subhana wa Tada. And we send
our greetings of peace and sanitation to beloved Nabina Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, to his
family and his companions and all those who follow his student until the end of time. I mean, we ask
Allah subhana wa Taala to bless us in this world of Joomla Please forgive us for the sins that we
have done these past few days, made this Joomla via Kapha and expiation, a removal of all our sins
from last week. May Allah guide us in this walk, that we the week to come may be done in the
		

			obedience of Allah subhanho wa Taala mela keep us safe this festive period of time, this December
period. May Allah keep us safe from temptation and from mistakes. May Allah guide us I mean and
hamdulillah Al Hamdulillah. Last week, we concluded our series of Amara and we and basically for
those of you who those of us who are going on holiday Alhamdulillah and they'll be going on Amara,
the very fortunate spending the holiday in the best way possible, can't do anything better. But as
for the rest of us, we are lifting at home. How should we spend this free time? And how should we
enjoy ourselves this holiday period. Of course, if you are unfortunate, not on holiday, and you're
		

			still at work during this December period, in La la, you were in LA LA June melas. Renata, Allah
grant you patients in this difficult time,
		

			Allah grant us ease that, although it's not so bad to work in December,
		

			but Alhamdulillah most of us are kids in particular, but of course on a school vacation, and
therefore a question that comes up and something we should ask ourselves. Is there such a thing as a
holiday for a Muslim?
		

			Is there such a thing as the concept of vacation? I remember when I was much, much younger, I asked
my teacher did the Prophet sallallahu wasallam ever have a holiday or a vacation of the Sahaba and
in reality Sahaba in the province of Salah manufaktur Muslim, he never takes a vacation from his
obligations, he's always got his obligations. But having fun and enjoying yourself is in fact part
of the Sharia. It's part of our Deen and our Deen is about balance. We are a balanced oma that even
the prophets of Salaam encourage the Sahaba not to be completely focused on the Acura and forget the
dunya will completely be focused on working and forget ibadah and forget about your body and your
		

			health. Rather, we are a balanced person. And we take time to give each component of our of our
makeup, it's hot. So now that we are in this holiday period, as a Muslim, how do we approach this
holiday period? Is it okay for us as Muslims to take break, to chill to relax? Is it permissible for
us and how should we do so?
		

			So firstly, Islam, of course does not prohibit the enjoyment of the dunya. Now you'd find we speak
most of our juniors about focusing on the athlete or not the dunya all the time which don't focus on
the dunya don't work for the dunya focus on the Akira you should have the afro in your heart. So it
would seem to some of us that the dounia all of it is mean just to be shunned. And that's why a
group of Sahaba young Sahaba they came to the NaVi saw Salaam and they said that look how you know
how pious then abyssal Salamis we want to be like that. And they for the one men the 123 youngsters
the ones that you know we are Rasulullah sallallahu sallam, I have decided for myself. I will not
		

			sleep anymore during the night I will make the whole night and the other one said I will not. I will
not eat any more during the hour forced every day. And the one said Yasuda la Selim, I will be like
the monks, the priests I won't get married. Why? Not? Because it's not because marriage is bad or
anything. But these things are the enjoyment of the dunya. I am focused on the hero. So the prophet
SAW Selim said, I am the most pious and I'm the one with the most taqwa meaning I feel the most. I'm
the one with the most fear of Allah and the consciousness of Allah. Yet you see me? I pray at night
and I sleep every night the professor, not once in the in the Sierra of Nabisco solemn? Do we find
		

			that he stayed up the entire night each night to fudger maybe perhaps the last 10 nights of Ramadan,
but never in LCD spend the entire night in Sala every night he slipped and he says the VSA lamp
says, you see that I for some days and I eat two days a week approps and fostered Mondays and
Thursdays but the rest of the week he ate. And as for women, well I marry women. I have wives and
this is my son. This is my way of life. And whoever that goes against my suit nothing you're not
from me. So the purposes of is teaching the Sahaba that you can even be extreme in taqwa in piety.
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			of us. We are extreme Indonesia, but they are those who are extinct in Africa. And Allah grant us if
you're going to be extreme, he acts in the Akira, but Allah is against extremism in all situations.
		

			So our part of our sadhana is to enjoy ourselves and in fact this is even found in the Quran is an
ayah. In the Quran, Allah says, The female attack Allahu darel Akira, what are Tanzania see Baka
Mina dunia Allah Subhana. Allah says to us, seek that which Allah has bestowed on you, the home of
the Africa meaning focus on the work for the Africa make the hero your objective. But don't forget
and forget not your portion of lawful enjoyment in this in this dunya that we are not a religion of
complete a citizen. That is not part of the student of Nabisco Salaam, that we cut ourselves off
from the dunya we live in a monastery and worship and never interact, we live in a cave. That is not
		

			how Islam is meant to be. Rather, we live in this dunya and we work and we have deliverables to our
we have a part of our time is for our job, for our boss, for our employees, for our wives, for our
kids, for our neighbors, for the masjid for the school for the community. For myself, this is the
complete believer and we don't just say you know what the Allah everything is for you. And I forget
the rest of the dunya that's the easy way out. In fact, that is not the way of the way of the sooner
so yeah, Allah is saying Latin so far. nurten sana, see becoming a dunya Don't forget your portion
of the dunya Allah has put you in the dunya for you to take from it. And Allah Subhana Allah says,
		

			Yeah, Benny Adam hoodoo Xena Takuma indeco limousine workqueue washable 1234 inaudible machine. So
what's this oh buddy, Adam. Oh, human beings. Take your adornment, your beautification to every
measured meaning. There is nice when you come to the masjid meaning beautify yourself in the in the
masjid and outside of the masjid, and eat and drink. Enjoy yourself, take from the you know, eat
what you like doing what you like, what are 234 but don't do not waste and do not be extravagant,
don't go over the bounds that there are limits. And you can do and enjoy yourself within those
limits. Because certainly Allah does not like those who are wasteful. And if we look at our Sharia,
		

			if you look at just something to think about in the cheriya you will never find the scholar giving
you a list of all the halal foods you can eat. You will never give an all the list of the names of
all the women you can marry. But rather he will give you a list of things you can't eat. And the
list of women you can't marry. Meaning Allah has made everything halaal except for a small. This is
haraam. Like maybe Adam and Jenna everything is handled for you except that one, three. And this is
the same in the dunya the lesson applies here that there is more things halal, and there's more
things for you to enjoy. Then for you that is prohibited. And have whatever fun you want to do.
		

			Don't ask me Can I play this sport or that sport? Can I do this so do that you can do whatever you
want, so long as he does not break a rule of the Sharia.
		

			That's how that's how we carry us panel. This is the beauty of the deen that it is a dean of ease.
This is what's meant by being a dean of ease that you can spend your time however you want. But
remember those five times a day you have to make sure that you can eat every day of the year but
remember the one month in the Ramadan that's when you need to fast you can go on any holiday that
you want. But remember just one tip you need to go on Hajj once in your life. That's the way of our
last panel data. And that's how Allah has set up his religion. It's easy.
		

			So Islam, Islam does not want us to live an isolated or extreme life that we worship, non stop. And
even the Prophet sallahu wa sallam For example, He says that the whole world is a matar. It's
something to be enjoyed this dunya is something to be enjoyed. Allah has given you this dunya so
that you enjoy yourself and Allah wants you to enjoy yourself. And in fact, the best thing that you
could get of enjoyment in the dunya is a pious spouse, a pious wife. Another Hadith he says, a woman
that you look at and just looking at her pleases you. This is the best commodity you could have.
There's no bits of treasure to be had in the dunya. When a pious spouse and before he encourages us
		

			to get married. And we see from the nature of Nabhi salatu salam, not once easy described, even
though he's the man of most taqwa is the man of the most consciousness of Allah is the man that
fears Allah the Most. yet he's never described by the Sahaba as being Stern, as being angry as being
serious. And usually when we think of the molana as the Imams the chef's, the Mufti is you almost
imagine in the company, you would feel very scared in the company. So Harvard didn't feel that way
with a professor. No, no one felt scade to approach him, to sit with him to talk to him. spotlights
amazing this is the man who analyze the most conscious of Allah who's worshipping Allah the Most.
		

			Get the Sahaba felt comfortable in his presence. You know, say now
		

			rhodiola was asked by Hassan, tell me about my grandfather. Tell me how Papa was Hassan was a small
boy, when he passed away to Satan. And he said, You know, he was like one of us, one of the guys in
terms of he would sit there with us, and he would talk to us. And people would sit around him, and
he would talk to us about things that we were talking about that if we spoke about the soccer match,
or whatever it might be, he indulged in those things. He spoke to us. It wasn't bionz 24 seven, it
wasn't every day was a lecture No. And whenever we and he would never reprimand somebody publicly,
and people would ask him questions, and they would ask him for permission. And he hated saying no,
		

			either. So he needs to set the limits. But you'd hate to say no to somebody, I want this, I need
this, you know, because Alan would always find a nice way to let the person down. And he would never
criticize someone in an ugly way, even though his job is to teach as well. But although he was
always and the first thing you would see on his face when you meet him, he was always smiling,
saying it begins by saying he was someone that was always smiling. We always came to him, and we
felt positive in his company. He was a kind natured person Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam with all
these taqwa and all these fear and all this issue and seriousness, he was always in a cheerful mood.
		

			And we find any sooner that now visas, Allah made time for fun. And he made time for fun for
himself. But for those around him, you know, he knew maybe some sort, of course a different level,
that his personal enjoyment, his personal happiness was in he
		

			was in worshiping Allah. You know, his level of enjoyment was when he made soda. He got the same
kind of enjoyment we get when we have fun, whatever it might be, maybe for you, it's watching a
certain sporting match, or for someone else, it's playing on the Xbox, that's the happiest you can
think of, for an abyssal Salamis happiness was sorta, but he didn't burden that on the Sahaba. When
he would make sada he would make it reasonably long shoot what people could be. But when he was
alone, that's when he stood hours and hours. That's my best guess is his time. I don't burden my
mama with my enjoyment. But when he was around them, he played with him. He joked with him, he
		

			enjoyed the company, they enjoyed his company. And we know so many Howdy, for example, the prophet
SAW Selim, as we, as we know, was described to the Sahaba as someone who smiled all the time. And in
fact, when he cried the few times he did very few times, he cried in public, the Sahaba were
shocked. They said, do you cry, so we never seen you cry before? And so he said, Yes, I can also I
also cry, meaning he didn't cry in public, and you won't find in this area, him being angry or
aggressive, shouting, how many drummers do we go to? And it's shouting, the whole 40 minutes is just
shouting, not one. How did you find when the Sahaba said, One day we were in the football and maybe
		

			someone gave it to us big time that day? Right. We will shout he shouted and put all of us in
Jannah. Never like that. When he was upset, or nervous, or some would do he would find his vein, the
vein on his forehead, throb. And that would be it any withhold, you would hold back, even and
swallow we think we have so many moments in our Sierra, one of those who have made a major mistake,
a huge mistake. Very big mistake. He, he ditched the jihad, you're supposed to fight in jihad, but
he bumped it out of laziness. So when Jihad was over now because Allah meets him, so those are
hobbies, it nevison came to me and he smiled at me, but the smiling of someone who I could see was
		

			angry. So even though he's upset with God, Taoism scab, he still smiles and he says, God, you need
to explain yourself, what did you do? Even in his anger, he's still smiling at his Sahaba I shall
not go on being a young wife being a woman that and it's good to understand the front wives are
different different companions are different. Maybe salsa lambs job is to teach and to make a biter
and to to ensure that his mama is worshiping Allah. That's his job. But he understands I have a wife
and my wife has needs and being our young wife, she's inquisitive, you know, her.
		

			You know, her attention span might wane. So in the meantime, when you spend with Ayesha doing things
that she liked it sooner brothers, it shouldn't have to do things that your wife likes, even if you
don't like it. So your wife might be enjoying herself, whatever it might be, and you might be doing
that window shopping, for example. Tell yourself this is my eBay. I'm worshipping Allah. So when you
meet someone in the morning, say, what are you doing at the mall? I'm worshiping Allah, how she's
shopping. I don't want to be here, but I'm doing it for her. I'm following the sooner Alhamdulillah.
Like what like what, for example, once in the masjid, the king of ever senior sent a team of of
		

			spear fighters as a senior and spear throwers. And so they come to the masjid. And of course, people
want to see it's an exhibition match. It's a it's some it's like some kind of sport. So the magazine
was actually used as a place of games. And sometimes it's something else for us to think about. a
mosquito very cold.
		

			environments that the kids would run around and play in the masjid, the measure of Rasulullah
sallallahu Sallam the harem of Medina. And so these entertainers are these spear throwers from a
senior came. So the prophecy allowed them to do the exhibition match in the masjid Ayesha being a
young, inquisitive woman, she also wants to watch the match. And I not only the main, and her door
was at the, at the entrance of the masjid. So the prophets of Salaam astir, you want to watch? She
said, Yes. So he stood at the entrance of the door, and she stood behind him. And her cheek was
against his cheek, and I shouldn't raise his head, even Jesus. He stood there as long as I wanted
		

			to. Meaning he didn't say I should, you know, my time is limited. I have an appointment with God,
you know, are you done yet? She watched. And she watched. And she said she got to a point where she
didn't want to watch anymore. But she wanted to see how long you would stand like this. Until she
said, Okay, I'm done now. Right. And then she left the professor Salamis on a campaign and he would
always bring one of his wives with whenever he was on a journey. Most of his journeys, he would
bring with him one of his wives, and they would have to throw a lot and see who got the lucky choice
to be with him. So it's part of the suit not to take your wife on on a trip even in jihad. Nevis was
		

			taking his wives with him Why? And I thought they would like to get out as well. So he takes them
with. And we know that when the Prophet Salaam won one of these examples, there are many examples
like this, but one example from Ayesha, it was that you found him the prophecy was in the middle of
the desert. We all know the story. It was on the expedition, and they were on the way back to
Medina. So that IV system sit to the Sahaba you guys carry on, leave me alone here in the desert
with Aisha. Right. She's obviously in her little hut, she's cooped up. She's obviously because she
can, you know, be open in public. So now you guys go get lost leave me and my wife alone. And they
		

			had a picnic and a camp basically outside. And we know from this, that the professor said, let's
have a rice. And I showed the professor had a race. And the first time I shall beat him. And voila,
he later when law he later when I know he later when she did not beat him. But the gentleman that he
was he later when and she says many years later, she forgot about there is another opportunity like
this presented itself. And then I recently said, I want a rematch. I still remember you beat me. We
have a rematch, and this time he beat her. So he said it's one old and that's how it stayed. We
passed away solos on them. That's how it stayed. The prophet SAW Selim another example. Maybe
		

			zombies on the expedition half Sinai share with and each day after the battle he would make it or
when things were quiet, he would take one of them and they would walk. They would be on the horses
or the camels, and he would take them around to sightsee, the scenery. This was the rasulillah
salam, a man with all the concerns of the of the dunya on his mind on the dunya and akhira. And he's
oma, but he spent time with us. And in fact, in abbyson, salaam was known to make jokes and tease
people know they would ask him things and he would make a joke. For example, an old lady comes and
says to him, he Rasulullah sallallahu sallam, when I interject now. So he says to the old lady, No,
		

			they are not old women in general. She's about to get scared cry and says, Wait, no, you are going
to join now. But you'll be young, you'll be in your prime. And he would you know, Subhanallah once
the prophets of Salaam enters his house, I share with all her qualities and all her gifts. She was
not domesticated. Very good. She was the best cook. And this is how it shows. She knew she could
memorize Hadith and memorize Quran and she could pass fatawa when he came to the kitchen, she was a
disaster. And I cry. And so once she tried to cook something, and she invited soda, the other wife
to have supper was when she made this food. And she says Well go ahead guys. No one wants to eat
		

			because it's a total it's a mix. What she made a lot on what she made for soda said I'm not going to
eat it. So I shouldn't sit up to eat. And if you don't eat it, I'm going to throw you with it. So
soda said I'm not gonna eat it. And I said picks up the food and throws it in so let's face and the
property sitting they sold us a lamb and so that looks at the NaVi salsa lampasas are you gonna
allow this? So let me associate fine, take it back, put some in her face also, and they had a food
fight. This is your soul salsa lamb with these wives. You had a food fight and they busy having a
food fight and the woman at the door and he says Go Go Go clean your faces get up go make yourself
		

			presentable and I came to the door. Omar is a lot more strict and stern. Stevenson. In fact, once
they normally pass by the houses of the prophets asylum and he heard his wives, basically speaking
loud and harsh at him. And when they heard him they they kept quiet and they started to whisper. So
he said loud, that you are shy to speak loud in front of me but you're not shy to raise your voices
that are so solemn, so serious, because he's a lot nicer than you.
		

			He's a lot nicer than you.
		

			The small kids knew him. All the children of Medina knew him. They will take his hand. He would be
on his on his journey somewhere. You need to have something important to analyze. You might have to
give a letter or some instruction to the generals, this army but when you would walk
		

			And the children would see him they would grab his hand and they would pull him and say come here
I'll show you something when he made saw that, you know that hadith of Hassan getting on the back of
the visa Salah that wasn't when he was at home, he was leaving the Juma sorta leading the salon
emoji the whole almost behind him and the Sahaba thinking Why is it taking so long to come up from
Sudan? Why was Hassan was on his back? Now even myself with my son got on my back. I feel sorry for
him because I will stand up as the Java is waiting for me I need to get up and any lifting weights
and the Sahaba one saw him carrying his grandson on his back and they said to the to the grandson to
		

			Hassan, how you so lucky Hassan at the one you're writing, you know the one you are writing is so
amazing. So the prophecies are no rather than one that it means Amazing, right? He's amazing. Nobody
so seldom even got physical. And he wrestled and it was known that he one of the champions a very
big challenge the man his name is Luca was a champion and the professor lamb pinned him down three
times in a row. So then a resource alum didn't mind getting physical and fighting as well. And I
obviously in terms of playful fighting.
		

			So this is the prophets of Salaam and this is shows you the man with the most taqwa was also the man
who was very cheerful and very polite and very, very easygoing and soft. That is not part of our
Deen for a person to be stern and serious all the time. That is not taqwa. But of course there are
limits. And as a Muslim, we can take holiday from our work, we can take holiday from school, but we
can even take holiday from the Sharia. The laws of the Sharia do not get relaxed in December, right,
what was Haram in Ramadan is also haram outside Ramadan, what is haram during the walk of Juma right
in terms of enjoyment and those things, remember those things also had on outside of it. So Allah
		

			Subhana says, Oh, you who have believed indeed for example, intoxicants anything that intoxicates
your mind, whether it be something you drink, something, you smell, something, you inject all of it,
anything that makes your mind a bit fuzzy, and gambling and slaughtering on altars for other than
Allah and fortune telling us from the evil defilement the filthy work of shaytaan. So avoid them
that you may be successful, avoid these kind of practices, and Allah goes further and he says
shaytan only wants to cause between you animosity and hatred, through gambling through intoxicants
and gambling and to make you forget to remember remembrance of Allah and to keep you away from sorta
		

			now just this, Allah will say, a very clear way of knowing, is this a fun, good for me or bad for
me? Will it make you must have walked in that movie is going to run between that soccer match or
that rugby match? Oh, this bra, whatever it might be, will mean you must, must rip solid that's bad
for you, avoided. You know, no matter what you do the solace you walk it's come first that is
priority. And shaytaan he would first get you to miss your Salah. It's more important for him that
you must solder when you come from outside because the missing the Salah is way bigger than the
Haram that people do. And of course, Allah says most of the fun which shaytaan encourages people to
		

			do causes harm, how many people are going to die on this road drunken driving? How many people are
going to die because of this? We know it's it's a known fact that it's just going to be difficult
because of Harmon because I've been toxic and so many people are going to lose their lives because
of this festive period. And that's what Allah says in the Quran. And Allah subhanho wa Taala also
mentions that certain jokes and fun is inappropriate. But some people, they go beyond the boundaries
of enjoyment they forget themselves. And especially when they tease and they make jokes with regards
to matters of the deen. Allah has said this is a serious, serious mistake cannot do that.
		

			So we do not exceed the limits. When it comes to fun. As I said, I can't give you a list of all the
things you can do. So don't ask me is this permissible that permissible, there are rules which you
cannot transgress, and whatever else you want is permissible. whatever else you want is going to be
part of your enjoyment. This was how you want to delete whatever color whatever style so long, it's
within the parameters of the Sharia, go to whatever place you want, so long as it's not a place of
haram and Alhamdulillah there's so many things to do that are permissible.
		

			So avoid places of Haram. Even if you yourself are not going to indulge in it. Don't be in those
areas of haram don't compromise on your team. And we need to sit examples while kids and it's a very
important point for us to think about. Perhaps we have not done enough as adults creating safe areas
of fun, that are Islamic fun. You know, for many of our kids, it seems that if I want to enjoy
myself, it has to be in the harem. But if I really want to have fun, it has to be hard on so make
your home the fun place you'll be the fun uncle or the fun auntie. Let the youngsters come in your
house, feed them with whatever
		

			They went to eat, let them play whatever games they want. rather let them enjoy themselves in a safe
environment in a bad environment. Perhaps it's time that we opened our massages and said, you know
what you want to play games, we don't want you to play in the street because the street isn't safe.
We don't want you to go into the town because there's wrongly, they do it in the masjid. If you want
to play, you want to joke around, you want to have fun, and it's hard to do it in the masjid because
it's a safe environment. And perhaps this is something we need to think about as a community. And
also we avoid all actions, which takes us away from Allah. And we should also look at the things
		

			that will take us to Harlem. And so it's important for us to, as Allah says, In the Quran, what are
the crops, Xena, don't go close to Xena. Most people don't immediately fall into her arm, but they
lead up to it. And for us, I'm talking to us as parents and as teachers and as adults, we need to
protect our kids from getting close to her arm. And we see the beauty. We live in a society where
everything is permissible, right? We live in a society where if you want to do what you want to do,
there's no limits. There are no limits and restrictions in our in the society we live in. And we
therefore know the harms that comes from it. The consequences of that. We know we can tell you now
		

			to our kids, even if it wasn't Haram, even if it wasn't Haram, we don't advise you to drink or to go
into harm or to gamble. You know, even a non Muslim will tell him look for you. It's permissible to
gamble. But there's no good coming from this thing. It will ruin your money. There is no good for
you in indulging in, in substances, it will ruin you. There is no good in indulging in haram
relationships because we're onuma Allah protect us. And I
		

			also very important for us. This is the time we usually fun is not you know, funny shade with
people. And it's very good to share your fun with the people that you love, your friends, your
family, it's a good, it's a good time to reconnect. And the most enjoyable thing that you perhaps
the thing that we enjoy the most most people is spending time with the people that we love whether
we don't have to do anything, just to be together, having a cup of tea, having a laugh, having a
chat, this is the most beautiful thing to be enjoyed. Side note here, I gave a talk on the weekend.
The Hadith says that if you want to increase your lifespan, then keep Family Ties keep the bonds of
		

			family and one person stood up. And he said he did a study that showed people that have good
personal relationships that have strong bonds with families and friends, they tend to live longer,
they are happier. So there's a scientific side to this Hadeeth that they something happens to you
psychologically when you have good friends in your life. And you have good relations with your
family. So it's important for our kids, for us to know who our kids the Friends of our kids are. The
number one says a person will follow the religion of your friend. Meaning if you want to see what
person you are, look at your best friend.
		

			Look at the person you're friends with. Look at the company you keep. That's who you are as a
person. If your friends or people that you feel are not good people, then sadly perhaps you will not
be the friend if you will not like them. So the problem is is look to your friend because you
probably follow his Deen. And as one scholar mentioned, think about the people you want at your
Genesis Allah when you choose friends, think about who you want to do you feel comfortable that your
best friend legionellosis Allah, if you feel now I don't want the mother of the mowlana shefali
janaza salah and perhaps you don't have the best kind of freedom that you could have.
		

			Then abbyson says the example of a good friend, and a bad friend is like the seller of musk and the
one who is a blacksmith. What does he mean? The if you are friends with a perfume seller, then if he
just by if you had a perfume center that you visited every day, what's he going to do is going to
give you me spray some on you take some water and even if he doesn't give you some perfume, just
being in the shop when you leave, you're going to smell nice. Just being in the company of a good
friend. The conversations will be good. The dialogue will be good. The interest will be good you
will learn something new from him. And also if you're friends with a bad friend is like the
		

			blacksmith now, nothing wrong with blacksmiths I don't think any blacksmith here anymore. Parramatta
but a blacksmith Of course he works with fire, like basically the guy who is Brian. If you stand
next to him all day, either you're going to get burnt, meaning you will actually pick up his bad
habits. Or at the very least you will actually smell of the smoke. Being in the company of someone
who has bad character. He will start talking bad you will start talking like him. The discussions
you would have would be evil he would pick up a topic. Look at this, watch that. What do you think
of this? chances are it's going to be bad. So for us Alhamdulillah most of you are senior people.
		

			You have your friends already you've chosen correctly. But it's important for us to get to know who
our kids are, what the friends are, what are the interests what are their hobbies, speak to the
friends, you know, be the uncool parent maybe that you go and you want to say well what do you
doing? How are you doing?
		

			Let them get to know what the plans are and have discussions. But let them have the fun in a huddle
and safe manner. And true happiness, we know true happiness. And maybe as you get older in life, you
find that true happiness is not in fun. There's a big difference between fun and happiness. There
are people that have a lot of fun, but I'm happy. And the people that don't have a lot of fun are
grandmothers, maybe think what fun does granny have, there's no fun, but she's a happy person. But
connecting with Allah subhanho wa Taala that you know that my relationship with Allah is good. My
relationship with my neighbors are good with my family is good, but no one has anything negative
		

			against me. That's true happiness as you can go to bed happy. Whereas you can be in the company and
enjoying all the enjoyment and you come back and you feel empty. You feel like not you you actually
feel more depressed and despondent.
		

			I mean, perhaps for us, that are a bit older,
		

			that are not young anymore. Yes, we work very hard during the year. And we deserve you deserve a
break. You deserve time, have some time for yourself for enjoyment more for our kids. But for us
that have limited time, we need to think about space time as a commodity, you're not going to get a
lot of free time in your life. If you're working, you know everyday you get home, you recover from
your job, you need to look at your family, the needs and let's say you go to bed, and three times a
day four is only 1015 days a year leave, you only have 1015 days leave. So you can either say how do
I spend this 1015 days, I can enjoy myself use it all for enjoyment. Or I can say part of it I need
		

			to do things I don't usually get to do during the year. There are certain books, certain Islamic
knowledge, certain acts of worship I can't do during the year, I never get the chance to make that
yet. Maybe my free time is the opportunity now to do something good with my time. So if we are a
little bit older, we need to be wise about how we use our free time because as the professor solemn
says, Take advantage of five things before other five things happen. Use your youth before you
become old. Use your good health before you become sick. Use your free time wisely before you become
busy again, use your wealth before you lose it in poverty and use your life before you die. And then
		

			obese Our solemn says to us we are two blessings, which most people most of us, we waste. One of
those two blessings, good health and free time. Because when free time comes, we wasted. We don't
use anything positive. So for our youth, we say to them, enjoy yourselves in the huddle in the
hallway or not in the wrong way. For our seniors. It's saying use your free time not only an
enjoyment, but in a good way to actually use it positively. And the best thing I can advise for you
to do is learn something new with regards to the Sharia, to learn a course listen to a lecture one
hour a day or recite an extra bit of the Quran. Couldn't do it during the year. So yeah, Allah I
		

			will spend five minutes extra in Quran perhaps who were not able to attend the masjid every single
day, it's tiring whatever. Now in the holiday time, I'll make that added emphasis to do a little bit
more just to show you how Allah, I've got free time I've given you an extra portion of my free time.
Not a lot, just a little bit more. And then remember that time ultimately is the the biggest
commodity that we lose out. We don't know how much time we have left. And we need to reflect the
year is ending how we spent the year and how Allah subhanho wa Taala what is our position with Allah
so Allah forgive us for the mistakes we've done this 2017 May Allah protect us in this holiday
		

			period, Allah grant us to use this time the best possible way in his pleasure. And Allah protect us
from anything that we do or say that will displease Allah, Allah keep our kids safe. All of our safe
roads are dangerous. I'll keep all of us safe on this, this period. Enjoy yourselves in sha Allah.
And if you're taking leave, then have a blessedly leave, have a good leave, enjoy yourself and be
strong and charged in the year to come. I mean, just a few announcements.
		

			The 18th and 19th of December, that's Monday and Tuesday coming, we are having a youth Dora. So as
we said, unfortunately, when kids get to high school, they stopped going to madrasa and that's when
really the problems begin. That's when they become old, they become mature. They become McAuliffe,
they need to make the right choices. So we bring in a few kids from very difficult environment from
communities, areas where they're surrounded by fitna, these drug merchant across the road, face
someone selling whatever all around you is bad. So we want to take these kids about 50 of them out
of the communities, bring them here for two days in the blue cup, let them enjoy. It's a bit of a
		

			fun recreational activity, but also with lifeskills. About the Sharia and about life. We want to
expand the horizons so they could see there's more to it than just the boundaries of what we they
come from. So this is what is happening the 18th and 19th of April.
		

			December two, we're running a bit short on funds. We'd like to bring these kids here and give them a
decent time we'd like to feed them properly, give them stationary to cost about 400 Rand per student
and ensure a life a person, a young kid learn something which they benefit, they might learn how to
perform Salah correctly, or they might make the right choice and you help to sponsor that kid for
the rest of your life. That person's life. You get rewarded for that. So if you're able to
contribute after Sala, you can speak to Buddha Talib and you can have any donation you'd like to
contribute. Then the next announcement is that on the 24th of December the day before Christmas, I
		

			believe it's a Sunday for half plus eight the morning until about door time at the Burano center
with the nursery school and the new nursery school. We will be having a marriage class a crash
course on marriage. So anything about nikka from choosing the correct spouse, what do you do the day
you get married? How do you keep your marriage intact? What are the rights of a wife the rights of a
husband? What do you do when there's conflict? When these problems How do you do it? If you go to
the level of divorce how do we get divorced correctly divorces permissible in the Sharia? How do we
go about having divorce? So all these things I think it's important for everyone because either
		

			Either you are single or you're about to get married or you are married, you know this will be this
will be relevant to every single person inshallah so yourself or your kids send them they believe me
if they 1516 it's on their mind, send them to the schools inshallah. One day course dakhla hate
Solomonic multiple America.