Musleh Khan – Remembering Death

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The speakers discuss the loss of Shaykh's home and the importance of his mindset in understanding death. They share stories about the loss and the difficulty of understanding death in theena of the world. The importance of acceptance of death is emphasized, and the speakers encourage people to live by their spiritual principles.

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			Inna alhamdulillah, nahmaruhu wa nastaeenuhu wa nastaghfiruhu, wa
		
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			na'udhu billahi min shururi anfusina wa min
		
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			sayyiati a'malina, man yahdihil lahu fala mudhilla la,
		
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			wa man yudhlil fala hadiya la, wa ash
		
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			'hadu an la ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharika
		
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			la, wa ash'hadu anna muhammadan abduhu wa
		
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			rasuluhu, sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa as
		
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			'habihi, wa min sairu ala nahji wa mastana
		
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			bi sunnatihi ila yawm al-deeni amma ba'd,
		
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			fattaqullah ayyuhal ahbab, fa qad amarana subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala fi tanzili, ya ayyuhal lazeena aamanu,
		
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			ittaqullah haqqa tuqatihi, wa la tamutunna illa wa
		
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			antum muslimun, thumma amma ba'd.
		
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			My brothers and sisters, before we begin, we
		
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			ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to shower
		
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			His mercy and acceptance on all of us
		
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			here today.
		
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			Allahumma ameen.
		
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			And as for our brothers and sisters that
		
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			are suffering here and around the world, we
		
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			ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to bless
		
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			all of them with patience and strength and
		
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			reunite all of us together with them in
		
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			Jannatul Firdawsil A'la.
		
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			Allahumma ameen.
		
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			Ayyuhal ahbab, there was a time when a
		
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			great scholar that many of us have heard
		
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			of who died in the year 2001.
		
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			His name is Shaykh Uthaymeen rahimahullah ta'ala.
		
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			There was a time, a famous story during
		
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			his lifetime where the king at that time
		
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			came with an entire group and visited the
		
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			Shaykh rahimahullah ta'ala in his home.
		
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			The first thing that I want you to
		
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			think about is it's not the Shaykh or
		
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			a citizen going to visit the leader because
		
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			usually that's how it would happen.
		
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			You would go and visit the leadership or
		
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			the king or the president in their palace
		
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			or in their home.
		
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			But instead the king brings an entire party
		
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			with him and they come and visit the
		
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			Shaykh rahimahullah ta'ala.
		
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			One of the reasons why is that it
		
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			was well known especially amongst his students.
		
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			The Shaykh lived a simple humble life.
		
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			He slept on the floor, didn't own a
		
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			bed, had one room to himself and he
		
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			engrossed his life with just seeking knowledge and
		
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			sharing that with the ummah.
		
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			And when the king and his party came
		
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			to visit the Shaykh, the king asked the
		
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			Shaykh, Is there anything that you need?
		
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			We will be more than grateful to provide
		
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			for you.
		
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			The king wanted to gift the Shaykh in
		
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			order to honor and show gratitude for his
		
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			service to the ummah.
		
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			The Shaykh says, No, I don't need anything.
		
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			Alhamdulillah, I'm fine.
		
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			So the king says, Listen, I heard this
		
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			small place, this tiny room, you don't have
		
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			a bed, you don't have a pillow.
		
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			I heard this is the way that you
		
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			live.
		
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			Allow me to gift you a home that
		
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			is fully furnished.
		
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			The Shaykh says, No, thank you.
		
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			Fajazakallahu khairah.
		
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			The king insisted and this went back and
		
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			forth a few times.
		
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			Then the Shaykh says, You know, if you
		
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			really must know, I am already building a
		
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			home in another city.
		
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			So the king says, Okay, khalas.
		
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			After he left, the students of the Shaykh
		
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			overheard and asked the Shaykh, Where is this
		
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			place, this home that you're building?
		
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			The city that you said you're building a
		
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			home in is so far away.
		
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			How will we visit you?
		
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			And how are we going to study with
		
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			you?
		
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			And the Shaykh says, Isn't there a famous
		
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			cemetery in the city that I mentioned?
		
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			The students said, Yes.
		
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			Says that is where I am building my
		
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			home.
		
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			The Shaykh, of course, means that he is
		
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			preparing for his real home, a home where
		
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			he can enjoy the fruits, the luxuries.
		
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			All of the riches, the real home that
		
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			will come and be gifted to the believers
		
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			in the Akhirah, in Jannah.
		
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			Inshallah, may Allah allow all of us to
		
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			be from amongst them.
		
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			Allahumma ameen.
		
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			Now, I want the first point to share
		
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			with you.
		
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			Why do I share this story?
		
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			How did the Shaykh give a response where
		
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			literally he has the opportunity to ask for
		
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			anything that he wants?
		
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			Anything that he could think of at that
		
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			moment is literally at his disposal.
		
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			But instead, his only thought, his only priority
		
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			is the Akhirah.
		
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			Where does this mindset come from?
		
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			This is not something that happened at the
		
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			spur of the moment.
		
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			This is something that the scholars teach us
		
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			is a reflection of how a believer lives
		
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			his or her entire life.
		
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			And so today, I want to share with
		
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			you how the believer thinks about and remembers
		
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			death.
		
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			And the reason why we choose a topic
		
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			like this is simple.
		
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			We continue each and every day to hear
		
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			about the loss of loved ones, friends and
		
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			families.
		
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			And what hurts the most, we all know
		
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			we have to leave someday.
		
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			But sometimes when you hear the news of
		
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			the passing of a loved one, they weren't
		
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			sick.
		
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			You didn't see any signs of death.
		
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			It just happened suddenly as a shock.
		
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			And sometimes that's the death that hurts the
		
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			most.
		
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			Why does this happen?
		
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			And what are believers taught in the Quran
		
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			and Sunnah when it comes to this kind
		
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			of death?
		
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			So I want to bring your attention to
		
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			the famous Ayah in Surat Ali Imran.
		
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			All of us know this verse.
		
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			It happens three times in the entire Quran
		
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			where Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala tells us, In
		
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			Surat Ali Imran, Allah continues.
		
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			This is the verse in Surat Ali Imran.
		
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			Allah also tells us, In Surat Al-Anbiya
		
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			and also in Surat Al-Ankabut.
		
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			For us to really understand how we prioritize
		
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			the Akhira life above and before this life.
		
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			We have to understand what is teaching us.
		
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			When you look at the translation of this
		
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			Ayah, you'll notice that lots of translations will
		
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			say that every soul shall taste death.
		
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			And this is not necessarily the most accurate
		
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			way to translate the word Nafsun.
		
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			Nafsun literally is me and you the person
		
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			in his or her entirety.
		
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			Part of that is our soul.
		
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			But also Nafsun is your personality.
		
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			It's the qualities that make up you, who
		
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			you are, how people when they talk and
		
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			they interact with you, the person that they
		
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			meet, the person that they listen to and
		
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			hear.
		
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			All of the components that make up an
		
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			individual is called Nafsun.
		
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			So a better way to look at this
		
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			Ayah is every person is already in the
		
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			state of tasting death.
		
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			What does this Ayah even mean?
		
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			For us to embrace the believer, to embrace
		
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			their death and look forward to life after
		
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			death.
		
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			The first thing that the Quran teaches us
		
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			to do is to constantly think about your
		
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			death and don't think about it to the
		
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			point where you become depressed.
		
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			You become stiff.
		
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			You can't work.
		
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			You can't talk to anybody.
		
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			You have so much anxiety.
		
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			You become morbid, lost and confused.
		
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			That's not the purpose.
		
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			But rather our messenger alayhi salatu wasalam taught
		
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			us that when the believer thinks about death,
		
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			what it does, how that translates in my
		
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			life and in your life is that it
		
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			causes us to live a more productive life.
		
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			This is the reason why you and I
		
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			we think about our death.
		
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			Now, sometimes maybe not even some many times
		
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			we will forget about it.
		
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			We won't think about death in and of
		
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			itself.
		
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			That's where Kullu Nafsun comes into play.
		
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			Every single person is already in the state
		
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			of tasting death, meaning if your mind, your
		
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			thoughts are not thinking about death.
		
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			Well, guess what?
		
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			You know, those stairs that you have to
		
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			climb in your home as the days and
		
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			the months go by climbing these stairs becomes
		
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			more and more difficult.
		
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			Once upon a time, you could run really
		
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			fast.
		
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			Now, you can barely run.
		
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			You're struggling to walk.
		
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			Once upon a time, you look in the
		
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			mirror.
		
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			Now, you start seeing more and more of
		
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			those grays from every part of your face.
		
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			Now, your skin starts reminding you that you're
		
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			tasting death.
		
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			Your health reminds you your intellect before you
		
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			used to have a fantastic memory.
		
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			Now, it's a struggle to remember basic things
		
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			each and every day.
		
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			So, the mind now is tasting that all
		
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			of these things that we interact with that
		
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			we are involved in 24 hours a day.
		
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			Is Kullu Nafsun Dha'iqatul Mawt?
		
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			Now, I ask you, brothers and sisters, who
		
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			thinks about death like this?
		
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			Where you look at your skin and you
		
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			start seeing the wrinkles are there, the aches
		
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			and pains and all your joints are starting
		
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			to become stronger and worse and your energy
		
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			levels are going down.
		
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			Who internalizes and translates all of these moments
		
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			we experience every second of the day that
		
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			these are reminders that I am slowly, slowly
		
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			leaving this world.
		
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			So, the believer, they are constantly remembering and
		
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			they are constantly reminded of death.
		
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			May Allah Azawajal bless all of us with
		
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			a Hussnul Khawatim, a righteous end.
		
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			Allahumma Ameen.
		
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			Then Allah Azawajal gives us a few things
		
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			to think about.
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa'Ta'Ala then tells us, Kullu
		
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			Nafsun Dha'iqatul Mawt?
		
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			Wa Innama Tuwathawna Ujoorakum Yawmal Qiyamah.
		
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			It is on that day that once we
		
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			pass away, that the person will reap, they
		
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			will receive compensation and reward for all the
		
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			things that they used to do.
		
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			Faman Zuhzih AAaninnar.
		
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			The one who was shifted, who was pulled
		
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			away from the fire.
		
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			Keep in mind the ayah.
		
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			The ayah tells us that the person who
		
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			they were given a distance, pulled away from
		
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			the fire, which tells us what?
		
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			This surah, this ayah is telling us that
		
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			there are people just being close to the
		
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			fire, in and of itself, they start feeling
		
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			its punishment.
		
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			They don't have to be in the fire
		
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			to feel its punishment.
		
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			Just being near it alone, they start to
		
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			feel its effects.
		
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			May Allah protect all of us.
		
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			Allahumma Ameen.
		
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			Faman Zuhzih AAaninnar, Wa Udkhila Al-Jannah.
		
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			This is a fantastic and beautiful part of
		
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			the verse.
		
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			Allah says, and they were entered into Jannah.
		
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			Allah entered them in Jannah.
		
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			They didn't get into Jannah because of all
		
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			the amazing things that they did.
		
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			Udkhila, Allah by his mercy saw and judged
		
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			this person, me and you, and came to
		
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			the conclusion, you have done so well.
		
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			Not only do you go to Jannah, but
		
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			I am personally going to ensure you get
		
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			there and get there now.
		
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			May Allah bless all of us with Jannah.
		
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			Allahumma Ameen.
		
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			You see what's happened.
		
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			We started off this verse about death.
		
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			When the believer hears this word for the
		
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			first time, here's the litmus test to know
		
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			if you're somebody that when you think about
		
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			death, you're thinking about it the way the
		
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			believer should or not.
		
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			When you hear this, your heart is not
		
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			afraid.
		
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			When you hear the word death or you
		
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			hear the passing of a friend or a
		
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			relative, it scares you.
		
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			It might sadden you.
		
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			It might upset you, but you still say,
		
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			Those words can still manifest from your tongue.
		
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			And you understand that this is the process
		
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			of life.
		
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			You're able to embrace and accept it.
		
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			When you can do this, it is a
		
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			sign that you are remembering death in a
		
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			way that Allah is pleased with.
		
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			And as a result, every single day of
		
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			your life becomes a productive day.
		
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			That's the goal.
		
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			This person has become the true champion.
		
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			They have won.
		
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			You know, there are several words in Arabic
		
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			to describe somebody who has won or become
		
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			successful.
		
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			Faaz or fawzun is when somebody passes the
		
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			finish line.
		
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			They don't need to go back.
		
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			They don't need to worry about anybody else.
		
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			They have already made it.
		
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			It's the end of the race.
		
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			It's the end of the struggle.
		
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			That's called faazun or fawzun.
		
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			So Allah says to you and I, once
		
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			you enter Jannah, I enter you in Jannah.
		
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			You have done it.
		
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			You have completed the struggle.
		
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			What is this worldly life except that it
		
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			is two things.
		
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			Remember these two words, brothers and sisters.
		
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			Mata'un and ghurur.
		
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			Mata'un is usually referred to as something
		
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			that's trivial.
		
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			It's important.
		
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			You use it, but you don't depend on
		
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			it to live your day-to-day lives.
		
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			So scholars give us examples like simple things
		
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			like utensils, like a straw or a spoon
		
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			or a fork.
		
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			All of these things are linguistically looked at
		
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			and described as Mata'un.
		
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			When you have it and you're using it,
		
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			you need it, but it's not like your
		
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			life will stop or you can't live well
		
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			if you don't have it.
		
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			This is called Mata'un.
		
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			This is one of the descriptions of worldly
		
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			life.
		
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			And then Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala uses another
		
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			word.
		
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			Which is a very common word in Quran
		
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			and that is Ghurur.
		
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			Shaytan, one of the names that he is
		
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			described with is Al Ghurur.
		
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			What is this word?
		
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			Ghurur is when somebody is distracted or they're
		
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			at their lowest and people come and take
		
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			advantage of you.
		
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			That's called Ghurur.
		
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			And that's why Shaytan is described as Al
		
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			Ghurur, comes to you, to you and me,
		
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			especially on those days and moments when you're
		
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			struggling with your Iman.
		
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			The Shaytan is there when we are most
		
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			vulnerable.
		
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			Allah describes the entire world this way.
		
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			How?
		
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			Scholars tell us if you let this world
		
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			become your priority, you fall into the state
		
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			of Ghurur, where you will hold on and
		
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			death, going to a funeral, praying a Janazah
		
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			prayer, being around the remembrance or the reminder
		
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			of the passing of someone close to you.
		
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			And even if you don't know them, it
		
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			frightens you.
		
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			You don't want to be around that.
		
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			You know, I still meet Muslims who say
		
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			to me, it's like, man, when I go
		
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			to a Janazah, that's like the worst thing.
		
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			I try to avoid that as much as
		
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			I can.
		
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			If this happens, you have fallen into Ghurur.
		
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			And Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala reminds us not
		
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			to let this happen.
		
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			Now, how do you achieve that?
		
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			How do you maintain this life where you
		
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			can embrace the reminders of its end, still
		
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			be a Muslim that Allah is pleased with
		
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			and still live a good and productive life?
		
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			The answer to this question is what we
		
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			conclude with in the second part of the
		
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			khutbah.
		
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			My brothers and sisters, sometimes it's important for
		
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			you and I to take a break from
		
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			what's happening around us.
		
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			Sometimes it's important to just stop.
		
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			And just look at you, look at yourself,
		
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			look at how things have been running and
		
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			working at home.
		
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			And ask yourself, if you were to meet
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala tomorrow, perhaps maybe tonight.
		
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			Do you feel that you're ready to meet
		
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			him subhanahu wa'ta'ala?
		
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			Sometimes you have to just pause and just
		
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			talk to yourself.
		
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			Am I ready to meet him subhanahu wa'ta
		
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			'ala?
		
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			No one can answer this except you.
		
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			So I ask Allah to continue to keep
		
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			us close to him and put Barakah in
		
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			our time, put Barakah in our lives, in
		
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			our homes, and especially with our sons and
		
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			daughters.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala preserve Islam in
		
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			us and them, daiman abada, always and forever.
		
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			Allahumma ameen.
		
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			So in conclusion, brothers and sisters, now we
		
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			understand what we have to do.
		
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			Now we understand how we have to think
		
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			about and be reminded of death as the
		
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			Prophet alayhi salatu wasalam taught us, that we
		
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			should constantly remember it.
		
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			And the goal is to remember it.
		
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			So it translates into a productive life.
		
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			How do I do that?
		
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			How do we start that process?
		
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			One of the answers Quran gives us is
		
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			found in verse number 41 in surah Verses
		
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			many of us here know, where Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa'ta'ala tells us This
		
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			verse is the verse that helps us to
		
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			live this life.
		
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			Allah azzawajal says, as for those that say
		
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			It's not enough.
		
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			It's great.
		
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			Alhamdulillah.
		
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			You say that.
		
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			Allah wants two things from us.
		
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			Say it.
		
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			Then Allah wants you to uphold and live
		
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			by the principles of So you even if
		
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			you're not a sheikh, you're not a scholar,
		
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			you've never engrossed yourself in the knowledge of
		
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			the deen.
		
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			You don't have a deep understanding, but still
		
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			you do understand the basics.
		
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			You can practice the basics.
		
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			That's a great start in the sight of
		
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			Allah.
		
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			But Allah says even the little that you
		
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			know, make sure you live by it.
		
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			Then when our turn comes and the angel
		
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			of death visits us.
		
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			Ibn Abbas said, these ayat of surah Fussilat.
		
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			These ayat are speaking about the person who
		
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			is literally on their deathbed and they start
		
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			to see the angels getting closer to them.
		
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			They start descending.
		
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			Angels are everywhere.
		
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			Only the person who's about to die seconds
		
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			away from passing away.
		
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			They can see all these angels filling up
		
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			the room.
		
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			Some of you when you're around somebody who
		
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			is about to pass away.
		
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			Do you notice that sometimes their eyes roll
		
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			up?
		
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			Some of the scholars say that's one of
		
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			the signs.
		
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			They're seeing something that you can't, you and
		
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			I can't see.
		
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			So they see these angels are coming and
		
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			these angels say to them, Don't be scared.
		
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			Don't be sad.
		
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			Congratulations.
		
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			You did it.
		
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			You know, this ayah is so remarkable because
		
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			the believer is being told before they are
		
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			entered into Jannah.
		
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			Congratulations.
		
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			You're already going there.
		
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			Congratulations.
		
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			Jannah awaits you.
		
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			You've done it.
		
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			It's the same Jannah that you were always
		
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			promised.
		
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			Allah blesses for that believer who lived that
		
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			life, thinking about him, prioritizing the Akhirah, held
		
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			on to whatever little faith or Iman they
		
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			had, whatever little knowledge they had, they held
		
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			on and they lived by those principles.
		
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			Congratulations.
		
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			The angels come and give you reassurance.
		
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			Don't be afraid and don't be sad.
		
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			Jannah is what awaits you.
		
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			I pray that Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala enter
		
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			all of us in Jannah.
		
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			With our loved ones, those that are present,
		
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			but also those that have passed away, our
		
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			friends and our families, we ask Allah to
		
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			reunite all of us together with them under
		
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			a beautiful tree or a beautiful shade in
		
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			Jannah.
		
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			The goal today, my brothers and sisters, and
		
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			this is what I leave you with, is
		
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			to hopefully keep a bit of that spark
		
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			in your heart.
		
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			That spark of faith and Iman, for it
		
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			to continue to illuminate, for it to continue
		
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			to stay spiritually alive in you.
		
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			So once you get back out there inshallah,
		
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			somewhere in your heart and soul, you feel
		
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			that the Quran and Sunnah has fueled you
		
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			once again and you find a bit of
		
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			hope and strength and perseverance living each day,
		
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			but also prioritize and look forward to a
		
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			better and more peaceful and perfect life in
		
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			the Akhirah inshallah ta'ala.
		
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			We send peace and blessings to our Rasul
		
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			salawatu rabbi wasalamu alayh kama amrana subhanahu wa'ta
		
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			'ala fi tanzili inna allaha wa malaikatahu yusallun
		
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			ala al nabi ya ayyuha allatheena amanu sallu
		
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			alayhi wasallimu taslima Allahumma salli ala muhammad wa
		
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			ala ali muhammad kama salli ala Ibrahima wa
		
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			ala ali Ibrahima innaka hamidun majid Allahumma ghufril
		
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			muslimina wal muslimat wal mu'minina wal mu'minat al
		
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			hiya'i minhum wal amwat innaka qareebun sami
		
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			'un mujeebu da'wat Allahumma innana nasaluka al
		
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			jannah wa ma qarraba ilayha min qawlin aw
		
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			amal wa na'udhu bika minandar wa ma
		
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			qarraba ilayha min qawlin aw amal Rabbana aatina
		
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			fid dunya hasana wa fil akhirati hasana waqina
		
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			al thab al naar Subhana rabbika rabbil izzati
		
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			amma yasifun wa salamun ala al mursaleen walhamdulillahi
		
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			rabbil alameen