Mustafa Khattab – Ibtilaa Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People

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The speaker discusses the importance of showing patience at difficult times and being grateful at good times during a weekly schedule. They emphasize the need to test people and show the truth to avoid unnecessary trials. The speaker also discusses the death of the prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, which only had four of his seven children die, and the importance of forgiveness and removing hardships for those who have missed their flight.

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			Before I start, Ikhuba, I'd like to begin
		
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			with a statement, a very great statement.
		
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			That, mashaAllah,
		
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			in our Masjid,
		
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			we have a lot of educational
		
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			activities.
		
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			And this is the
		
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			weekly schedule for the lectures and the talks
		
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			and the classes we give at the Rasheed.
		
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			This is only the weekly schedule and this
		
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			is some of them.
		
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			These classes and kalavans and lectures are given
		
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			by qualified brothers and sisters. You might agree
		
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			or disagree with some things,
		
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			this. That's Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. And yesterday,
		
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			Al Qar Amina Al Hamadah Am Khayr Al
		
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			Zazat. Amen.
		
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			Most of us don't work every day,
		
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			and we have some time during the day
		
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			and the night.
		
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			These lectures and these talks take place during
		
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			the day and during the night.
		
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			And it is not appropriate to
		
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			come to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala on the
		
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			day of judgment
		
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			with excuses like ignorance
		
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			and laziness.
		
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			This is not excuse anymore.
		
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			So we have to take advantage of these
		
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			glasses and help us in the masjid and
		
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			come.
		
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			So when we meet Allah
		
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			at least we can answer for the things
		
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			we do in this life, and we can
		
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			know what is right and what is wrong,
		
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			what is halal and what is halal. We
		
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			know Allah
		
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			and how to worship him, and we know
		
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			the sunnah of the prophet
		
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			so we can follow
		
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			people keep asking,
		
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			why do bad things happen to good people?
		
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			Muslims ask the same thing, and non Muslims
		
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			ask the same thing.
		
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			Why do bad things happen to good people?
		
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			So
		
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			why do bad things happen
		
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			to good people?
		
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			So Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala tests you with
		
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			good and evil.
		
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			You are required to show patience at difficult
		
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			times and to be grateful to Allah
		
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			at good times.
		
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			A couple of weeks ago, a new Muslim
		
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			brother by the name Ben Hunter
		
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			taught me a wisdom that I will never
		
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			forget.
		
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			He told me,
		
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			if
		
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			you complain
		
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			all the time, if you keep complaining,
		
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			Allah
		
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			will give you more to complain about.
		
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			Allah
		
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			says,
		
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			do people think
		
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			when they say
		
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			we are true believers
		
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			that they will be left without being tested.
		
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			We have tested those who came before them.
		
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			So Allah
		
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			will make clear to everyone
		
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			who is telling the truth and who is
		
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			fainting.
		
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			That the prophets
		
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			were tested more than anyone else.
		
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			They have been through more difficult times than
		
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			anyone else.
		
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			And likewise,
		
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			those who are close to prophets in righteousness
		
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			and piety
		
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			will
		
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			also be tested likewise.
		
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			And the person, as the prophet sallallahu alaihi
		
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			wa sallam says, will be tested according to
		
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			his faith or according to the strength of
		
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			his faith.
		
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			If this person's faith is strong,
		
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			the trials, the tribulations, and difficulties would be
		
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			strong.
		
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			If this person's faith is weak,
		
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			then the tribulations and the trials will be
		
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			weak.
		
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			So the magnitude of the difficulties and the
		
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			trials will come in accordance
		
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			with the difficulty
		
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			or the magnitude
		
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			of
		
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			the the faith or the belief.
		
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			So the prophet
		
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			says in this authentic kaneer collected by a
		
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			tammile
		
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			that the magnitude of the reward
		
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			is commensurate or comes in accordance
		
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			with the magnitude
		
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			of the hardship.
		
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			And Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, if he loves
		
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			someone
		
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			or some people, he will always put them
		
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			to trial. He will always test them.
		
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			Those who are pleased and content
		
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			with the conduct of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
		
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			with the test of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			will gain the pleasure of Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala. But those who are displeased,
		
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			those who protest,
		
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			they will give the displeasure
		
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			and the anger of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			in this life and in the lives to
		
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			come.
		
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			So Nuhu alaihis salam was making dua to
		
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			his people for a 1000 years, but still
		
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			his wife died as a capital.
		
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			His son died as a capital.
		
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			And this is a great setback,
		
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			a great blow to any dad
		
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			if you have a member in your family
		
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			who is Catholic or who is not Christ.
		
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			Ibrahim alaihis salam, his father was a Catholic.
		
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			Lut alaihis salam, his wife died as a
		
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			So this is the greatest test. People will
		
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			always say,
		
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			if this person is telling the truth, the
		
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			kufan will always say, if this person is
		
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			telling the truth, the kufan
		
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			and pain more than any other prophet.
		
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			Just one example,
		
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			he had salaam
		
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			7 children,
		
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			7 kids,
		
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			3 boys and 4 daughters.
		
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			6 of them died in his lifetime.
		
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			So the prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam had
		
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			buried 6 of his 7 children in his
		
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			lifetime. You see how difficult that was for
		
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			him salallahu alaihi wa sallam. Only had only
		
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			Fatima alaihi wa sallam
		
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			outlived
		
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			her father. She passed away only 6 months
		
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			after him. According to the prophecy of the
		
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			prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he told Fatima,
		
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			you will be the first in my household
		
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			to catch up with me
		
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			in death. You will die after me. And
		
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			she was the first to die after the
		
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			prophet
		
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			So the prophet says
		
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			that
		
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			the believing men, the believing man, and the
		
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			believing woman will always be tested in their
		
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			faith,
		
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			in themselves,
		
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			in their family,
		
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			and in their wealth until they meet Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			while they have no sin.
		
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			Because the more difficulties you get in their
		
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			life,
		
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			the more sins that would be taken away
		
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			from from you. Allah
		
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			uses this as a means to forgive you
		
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			your sins.
		
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			So you shouldn't be complaining
		
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			if something bad happens to you
		
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			because you never know. It might be something
		
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			good.
		
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			If something bad happens to people,
		
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			they keep praying to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Oh, Allah forgive us. Oh, Allah remove this
		
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			hardship.
		
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			And Allah says in this verse, people keep
		
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			praying,
		
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			standing,
		
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			sitting down, and on their side and laying
		
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			down. They pray to Allah at all times.
		
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			But if Allah
		
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			removes
		
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			the Hajjib,
		
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			they turn their back to Allah
		
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			They take it easy.
		
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			Again, if something bad happens with them, to
		
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			go to Allah
		
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			and so on and so
		
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			Allah
		
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			says in the Quran, it may happen that
		
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			you hate something and it is good for
		
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			you, and you may love something and it
		
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			is bad for you. And Allah knows and
		
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			you don't know.
		
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			If you miss your flight
		
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			because you wanna go and visit your parents,
		
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			you will be crying all the way back
		
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			to your house.
		
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			The next thing in the morning, you read
		
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			in the paper that this plane
		
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			crashed,
		
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			and you'll be dancing in the streets.
		
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			Sahid,
		
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			some things or something bad happens to you,
		
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			then later you realize that it is good
		
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			for you. So if you don't know the
		
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			reality of things, you
		
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			Some people
		
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			protest and they are mad and they are
		
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			displeased with the Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala if
		
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			something bad happens to them.
		
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			They keep complaining to the people.
		
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			Some even commit suicide.
		
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			Like this gentleman in Germany, 2 years ago,
		
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			because of the economic crisis,
		
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			he lost he originally had $11,500,000,000
		
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			He's one of the richest people in the
		
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			world.
		
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			He lost $2,000,000,000
		
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			because of the economic crisis. He committed
		
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			suicide.
		
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			He still had $9,500,000,000
		
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			but he was
		
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			mad.
		
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			He was not happy with what happened to
		
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			The worst sin you can commit in this
		
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			life if you complain about Allah Subhanahu Wa
		
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			Ta'ala who is the most forgiving, most merciful
		
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			to the people who have no mercy for
		
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			no one knows. So he shouldn't be complaining.
		
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			Al Amrif al
		
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			And they are pleased with Allah Subhanahu Wa
		
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			Ta'ala with this call.
		
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			It is as if or it is equal
		
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			to if Allah
		
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			took this away from them.
		
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			So either way, they are content, they are
		
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			happy with Allah
		
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			Number 4, and this is the last one,
		
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			and
		
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			Number 4, and this is the last one,
		
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			and insha'Allah, in the next khalil insha'Allah,
		
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			we'll continue
		
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			with this topic,
		
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			is
		
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			gratitude.
		
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			If something good happens to you, you are
		
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			thankful to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. If something
		
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			unpleasant
		
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			happens to you, you are also thankful to
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Knowing that
		
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			that there is nothing happens to you without
		
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			the knowledge of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, and
		
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			that there is nothing happens bad or unpleasant
		
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			happens to you except that there's something good
		
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			in it. Maybe Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala wants
		
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			to forgive your sins. Maybe Allah Subhanahu Wa
		
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			Ta'ala wants to raise your label and gender.
		
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			Maybe Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala wants to give
		
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			you rewards for your patience.