Musleh Khan – Life #24 How do I build consistency with Allah

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The speaker discusses the importance of consistency in Islam, including building a relationship with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and creating a routine. They stress the need for repetition and finding one's surroundings as part of one's success. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of developing a positive habit and finding one's faith in oneself.

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			How can I build consistency with Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala?
		
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			Consistency.
		
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			We all want it. Does Islam teach us
		
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			how to build and maintain
		
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			a consistent relationship with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala?
		
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			Absolutely.
		
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			Number 1.
		
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			Listen to this verse. Allah describes
		
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			how
		
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			he revealed the Quran to the prophet alaihis
		
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			salatu wasalam and said
		
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			to
		
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			him we are going to reveal upon you
		
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			a statement that is heavy.
		
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			You notice the ayat doesn't say
		
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			ayatan
		
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			tharila.
		
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			It says
		
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			literally means a word.
		
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			So what Allah is highlighting about the Quran
		
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			is that no matter how little
		
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			or how heavy
		
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			one ayah or an entire surah,
		
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			the entire Quran itself is heavy.
		
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			Everything about the Quran requires study,
		
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			reflection, and time.
		
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			So what you learn by Allah using this
		
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			word is
		
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			take one word at a time.
		
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			Take one step at a time as you
		
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			develop in this deen. This This is why
		
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			the ulama all from beginning to end have
		
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			always started off one step at a time.
		
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			One book, one science, one study, and you
		
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			build from there.
		
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			So consistency
		
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			requires that you start off with baby steps.
		
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			The second thing is you must have a
		
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			routine. Just like what we have right now
		
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			in Ramadan, it's a routine that we're in.
		
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			We wake up at a certain time, suhoor,
		
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			go out through the rest of your day,
		
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			iftar,
		
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			worship, tarawihah. That's the cycle we go on
		
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			every day.
		
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			Human beings are really amazing in the sense
		
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			that we can get used to things. No
		
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			matter what the circumstances, you can get accustomed
		
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			to things.
		
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			So the second way that Islam helps us
		
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			to build consistency
		
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			is repetition.
		
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			The best example of that is salah.
		
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			5 times a day, exact same time, every
		
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			single day for your whole life.
		
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			Indirectly,
		
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			it's training the heart and mind to develop
		
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			a routine.
		
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			Develop a positive
		
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			habit, and once you do that, you can
		
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			build from those habits. So the second one
		
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			is developing some sort of comfortable routine that
		
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			you're able to maintain.
		
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			Number 3,
		
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			this is extremely important, that is your surroundings.
		
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			Where is it that you spend time learning
		
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			and understanding
		
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			your faith? Where do you go? Do you
		
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			sit in of a busy environment or place?
		
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			Do you have some alone time whether it's
		
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			in a room or at the masjid? Where
		
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			do you go
		
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			to really focus on you and focus on
		
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			your relationship with Allah?
		
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			I can tell you
		
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			that alone time with Allah
		
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			is a part of our iman. Just like
		
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			the prophet alayhis salatu wasalam used to climb
		
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			a mountain,
		
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			the cave of Hira, and he would sit
		
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			there
		
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			for hours
		
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			at a time alone just contemplating
		
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			and thinking about his life,
		
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			thinking about the responsibility,
		
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			thinking on his duties as a prophet.
		
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			So sometimes when you're driving in your car
		
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			or you're on the subway or just walking
		
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			or on campus, wherever you might be, take
		
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			advantage of those moments alone and just think
		
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			and process.
		
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			What is it that I have to do?
		
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			How am I going to do it? You'll
		
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			be surprised. It may shock you
		
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			how little
		
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			of your time you need to have to
		
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			focus and develop that mindset of discipline and
		
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			consistency.
		
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			These three things insha'Allah I hope they are
		
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			helpful to you as they are to me
		
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			and may Allah
		
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			bless your efforts.