Mustafa Khattab – Next Life 3

Mustafa Khattab
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The speaker discusses the surah Alayshi's statement on death being counted as one of the favors of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, and the importance of relieving and justice in the face of corruption and evil behavior. They emphasize the benefits of the "centen son" or warrior's suffering and the importance of forgiveness, avoiding dangerous behavior, and staying away from trouble. The speaker also shares a story about a brother's punishment and how it motives him to do the right thing, and emphasizes the importance of avoiding dangerous behavior and staying away from trouble.
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So in surah alahman, surah number 55,

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Allah

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speaks about His favors upon us in dunya

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and in akhirah.

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And every single time Allah

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mentions a blessing

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or a favor in this dunya or in

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Afla He says,

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Which of your Lord's favors will you deny?

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31 times.

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31

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times. 31 times.

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And it's interesting because at the beginning of

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the surah it talks about the creation, it

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talks about dunya, favors, and this dunya.

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Repeatedly.

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Then the second half of the surah talks

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about

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So now, from the middle of the surah

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it talks about So the first half is

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dedicated to the favors in dunya,

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and the second half is dedicated to Allah's

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favors on us on the Day of Judgment.

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So when it talks about the Day of

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Judgment,

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you'll say, I mentioned this a long time

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ago,

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repeated

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7 times when it talks about the people

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of Jahannam,

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From Salafur Gulakkuma, you have Thakala, and so

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on and so forth.

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You are often Mujrimoon Abbasi Imam Fa'ukhadubin Nawwasu

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Allah Hadi Jahannamul Latu. So when it talks

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about the punishment of the Kuffar

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and

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Jahannam, is mentioned 7 times.

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And the scholars say, this number 7 in

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in this ayat corresponds

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to the 7 Gates of Jahannam.

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Then it talks about 2 groups of believers

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on the day of judgment.

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Then it talks about the people of Jannah

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and it classifies them as 2 types.

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The foremost or as sabihoon and the people

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of the right, the people who like the

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average believers.

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Just like the next surah, surah 56,

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surah Waqqah, it talks about exactly the same

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topics,

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about Allah's favors,

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His ability to create, the people of Jannah,

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the people of Jahannam, and the people of

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Jahannam sorry, Jannah are 2 types.

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The Sabi Khurim, the foremost,

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and as how will you mean the people

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of the right.

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So in Surah Al Rahman, I mentioned it

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when it talks about the people of Jahannam,

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7 times it mentions

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corresponding to the 7 Gates of Jahannam.

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Then when it talks about the people of

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Jannah,

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the first group, the foremost,

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you'll see

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8 times

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corresponding

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to the gates of Jannah.

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Then it talks about the second group of

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believers, the people of the right, again

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8 times corresponding to the gates of their

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jannah.

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So this is something unique about this surah.

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But another thing which is unique about the

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surah,

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in the

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So

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala when He talks about

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death in surahuman,

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He counts death as one of the favors

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of Allah. How come?

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Because I understand when it talks about our

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creation,

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the fact that He provides for us, the

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fact that He taught us the Quran,

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the fact that He created water for us,

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and the heavens, and the earth, and all

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that stuff. This is a favor, yes. But

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how come that when Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

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talks about

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death,

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He counts death as one of the favors.

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Why?

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When Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala talks about the

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punishment of the kuffar in jahannam,

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He counts this as a favor from Allah.

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Why? So there is something here, something that

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we need to understand.

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So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is telling us,

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when the good people die,

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there is no more suffering for them, there

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is no more pain for them, they don't

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have to suffer in this dunya, they will

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move to the mercy of Allah Subhanahu Wa

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Ta'ala, and there is no more injustice for

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them.

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But in this dunya,

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So number 1, why death is counted as

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a favor from Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala?

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Number 1, when the good people move to

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the next life,

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there's no suffering, no more pain for them,

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no injustice for them. When they move to

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the mercy of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, they

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will not suffer anymore. Khala's suffering is behind

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their back.

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They are now in the mercy and the

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rahmah of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, and there

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will be no injustice for them.

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Nabi

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So in this authentic hadith in Bukhary and

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Muslim,

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Rasulullah salallahu alayhi wa sallam says, he saw

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a janazah,

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so the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam said,

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this person is either relieved

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or relieving,

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relieved or relieving.

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So the sahaba said, What is relieved or

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relieving You Rasulullah? So the Prophet

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said, Relieved is the believer.

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If this person is good, no more suffering

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for them They are relieved

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of the pain and the suffering in dunya.

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They don't have to worry about

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injustice, they don't have to worry about any

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tyrant or corrupt leader

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abusing them or killing them to stay in

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power, they don't have to worry about taxes,

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they don't

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worry about,

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you know, having to work every day

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to pay their bills and the prices are

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always going up, the rent,

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they don't have to worry about

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heat in the summer, they don't have to

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worry about snow in the wintertime.

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Because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,

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They don't have to worry about any of

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these things.

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They don't have to worry about sickness,

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they don't have to worry about going for

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surgery, and all these things, nothing.

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Relieved or relieving?

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Relieving, the Prophet

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says, this is the bad person, the wicked.

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When they die, everything is relieved. And the

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Prophet

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said, The people will be relieved,

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and

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the neighborhood,

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and everyone around them will be relieved, even

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trees and animals and all the creation of

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will be relieved.

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Why? Because the corruption of this wicked person

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is affecting everyone,

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So when they go, this is a good

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time for everyone.

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Even in the Quran Allah says

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in Surah Al An'am, with the tyrant, and

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the bad people, and the corrupt people,

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they die. This is a nema for Allah,

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from Allah that deserves our gratitude, that we

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should thank Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that the

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tyrants,

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and the oppressors, and the bad people who

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are abusing their nations, they are bad to

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everyone.

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When they leave,

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this is very relieving to the good people

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around them. You know in some Muslim countries,

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if you walk with a beard in the

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street,

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you go to jail. If a sister

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walks with hijab, she will be in trouble.

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She can't go to school with hijab 1.

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Wallahi, in the same country,

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like before the revolution, especially in Tunisia,

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there was this law,

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you can't go just go to any Masjid

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and pray taweeh, you have to register first,

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and you have to have a card to

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pray taweeh in Ramadan.

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You can't just go to any masjid, you

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have to go to the closest masjid

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and the imam has to make sure before

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salah, if someone doesn't have their card, taweeh

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card with him, they go home.

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Imagine in a Muslim country, Justin Trudeau cannot

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do this in Canada,

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a non Muslim country because we have rights

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here, we have freedoms. SubhanAllah, in many Muslim

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countries a lot of Muslims are abused.

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The best in those nations, in our country's

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back home, the best, the scholars,

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the salihun,

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they are either dead,

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they are either in jail, they are either

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in exile.

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So good people are not welcome in Muslim

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countries, whereas in non Muslim countries, at least

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we have some freedom here, we have some

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democracy.

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Some, I'm not saying that this agenda on

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earth, but at least you have some rights.

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You are recognized as a human being,

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but in some of our countries back home,

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the fact that you are a human being

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is questionable,

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like we have no rights.

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I mentioned before in one of the khutbas

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that sometimes when I go to the park,

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and the people are playing with their dogs,

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and they're treating them nicely,

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and I look at our people back home,

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they are being shot in the streets, thrown

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in jail for no reason,

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So I say,

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I wish we were treated like dogs in

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our countries. Wallahi, this is very sad.

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This is very sad, and this

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is displeasing to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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So I think we know better, we have

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Islam, so we should be in the front

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when it comes

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to dignity and respect to the human life

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and so on and so forth. I don't

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have to get into the details

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how Muhammad SAW came as a mercy

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to human beings, to animals,

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even to non Muslims. He came as a

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mercy for everyone.

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Where is this mercy now among Muslims?

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Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala will make it easy for us

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inshaAllah.

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So when the tyrants, and the corrupt people,

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and the wicked die, this is relieving

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to the creation of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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So this is number 1, that the believers

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would be relieved,

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and the tyrants

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would be relieving when they go,

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and there will need justice. Because in this

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dunya,

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as I mentioned in the Khutba one day,

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look at George Bush, did he get justice

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for what he had done to the Iraqi

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people, and the corruption, and the people of

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Afghanistan?

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Wallahi, there is no justice here.

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Even many Americans are saying exactly the same

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thing, they're not even Muslim, and they believe

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that what happened was a horrible mistake, it's

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a war cry,

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millions of people have been killed or at

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least 100 of 1000.

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Orphans,

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and widows, and refugees all over the world.

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The biggest number of refugees in the world

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is Muslim.

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The the the the biggest number of people

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who are killed in the world are Muslim.

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The biggest number of orphans and widows are

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Muslim. Right?

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You think about Tony Blair, you think about

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all these horrible things, the drone attacks,

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they attack weddings, and they attack innocent people,

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and most of the time,

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and these are not my words, these are

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studies that are done in the US, in

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Harvard, and Yale, and big schools, they say

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that most of the people who are killed

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in these attacks by drones, and invasions,

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and unjustified wars are civilians.

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They have nothing to do with nothing, they're

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innocent people, women and children.

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Who is gonna give them justice?

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. There's no justice in

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this dunya, no justice.

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So when we are taken to akhirah, when

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we leave this world,

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justice will be applied. So we move from

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this world of injustice

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to the next life of justice.

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On a personal level,

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someone is gonna steal your money and they

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blame it on someone else, or they shoot

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someone and they claim they are innocent,

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and we have no clue.

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Allah

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Nothing will be hidden from Allah

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And as I mentioned in the khutbah last

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time,

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things will come on the Day of Judgment

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and they will be presented in front of

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everyone,

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big humiliation.

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And believe me if you do something wrong

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in dunya, and Allah

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forgives you, you will not be questioned on

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the day of judgment before people.

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So let me repeat this again.

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One of the great

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favors from Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is when

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you do something wrong in duniya and He

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covers you, no one knows.

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If you make tauba in duniya, you ask

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Allah for forgiveness, He will not expose you

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on the Day of Judgment, no one will

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know. It's gonna be between you and Him.

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But without tawba,

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Allah will ask you in front of everyone,

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why did you steal that money? Why did

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you commit zina? Why did you take a

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bribe? In front of everyone. Big humiliation.

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We're talking about the people from Adam all

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the way to the Day of Judgment, billions

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and billions of people, they will know what

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you did.

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So the best thing is, if you made

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a mistake, try to correct it, you took

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something from someone, give it back, make tawba,

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and Allah will not put you in that

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situation.

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So we ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,

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Then when Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, of course,

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when Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala speaks about the

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punishment of kuffar in jahannam,

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Allah counts this as a favor. Lam Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala, al-'adabil

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kafirim,

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Allah will be done in 5 minutes, InshaAllah.

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So it's a name from Allah. Why?

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In broad daylight.

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Signs

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signs

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gas station, or feet of mortars, or kada,

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favors.

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2 miles, 3 miles down the road.

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2, 3 miles,

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accident,

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the road is closed,

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fire,

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something hazardous,

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that this is also a favor, so you

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don't have to fall in that problem, and

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get stuck on the highway.

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This is the way the ulama explained it,

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that when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is warning

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us against the punishment of the kuffar I

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jahannam, it's a good thing.

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And the easiest way to understand this favor

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is when you are driving on the highway,

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there are 2 types of signs,

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good sign and a bad sign. Both are

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good, both are a favor. How? So when

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you're driving and you see this service

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sign, it says that,

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2, 3 miles down the road, there's a

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gas station, there's Tim Hortons, there's this,

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fruit sale or something, so it's a good

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thing.

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In the same way, a warning on the

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highway is also a good thing. If there's

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this big sign that tells you that 2,

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3 miles down the road there's a fire,

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there's an accident, you're gonna be stuck on

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the highway, take a u-turn and go somewhere

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else, it's a favor.

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So you stay away from trouble.

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So this is why Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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when he talks about the punishment of the

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kuffar

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as a warning to us,

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so on the day of judgment you don't

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say, I didn't know, no one told me.

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So he gave you

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a warning,

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so

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ahead of time, so now you know you

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don't fall in the mistake, you stay away.

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So the fact that he's opening your eyes,

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so you don't be in the same place,

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it's a favor from Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

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Always keeping this in mind, that you have

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Jannah in front of you, and you have

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Jahannam in front of you, and the choice

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is yours.

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This is a great favor from Allah

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and it's a big motivation, and I will

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conclude with this story.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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If

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you would like to go to Jannah, do

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123.

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If you would like to go to Jahannam,

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123. It's up to you.

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Free choice here. We're not like malaika, we're

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not like animals, we're not like birds, no

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free choice. We have free choice. You have

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the choice to go here, you have the

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choice to go there. It's up to you.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is not forcing you.

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So when you keep Jannah and Jahanam in

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your mind,

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you think about this

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will motivate you to do the right thing.

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So this is a true story, and I'm

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going to conclude with this inshallah. It's a

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true story, happened in Saudi Arabia many years

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ago.

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So this brother was at the hospital,

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he had a broken leg, and a broken

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arm, and a broken neck. Mizdah, totally.

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So he was at the hospital in his

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room,

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and the doctor noticed that people were coming

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in and they were leaving,

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and when they spoke to this guy with

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a broken neck, arm, and leg,

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they were saying sorry, we feel sorry for

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you, we'll keep you in our guard. And

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as soon as they leave,

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they start to laugh. Oh. Like, how are

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you doing?

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So the doctor was confused, what is going

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on here? If they feel sorry for him,

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why do they crack jokes and they laugh

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as soon as they leave?

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So the doctor spoke to the patient,

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the brother told the doctor, I'm gonna tell

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you the story why people cry here and

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they laugh as soon as they leave. He

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said,

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I love to read about Jannah and Jahannam,

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and the description of both.

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The punishment in Jahannam and the horrors inside,

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I read about the pleasures in Jannah, the

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niyam, and so on and so forth, the

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Khurul Ayn, the rivers, and all the good

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stuff.

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So he said,

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every night before I go to bed I

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read about Jannah and Jahannam, tafkira, there's a

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book by Kor Tobi, it talks about all

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these things in detail.

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So he said, it was a summer night,

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it was very hot,

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so I left my window open on the

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2nd floor,

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and my bed was by the window.

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So I read about Jannah Jahanam before I

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slept, and I, I had a big meal,

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they have cups of good good stuff over

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there. And I slept.

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And because I had a very big meal,

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it took time to digest so I started

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to dream.

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He was dead sleep, was asleep, so I

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started to dream.

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He told him the story, he said, I

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had a dream

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that night,

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and

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we after judgment and everything on the day

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of judgment, because I was so overwhelmed

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with reading about Jannah Jahannam. We were on

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a bus, after judgment we're going to Jannah.

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So the speed limit to Jannah, we're on

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the highway to Jannah on the day of

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Qiyamah,

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this is in the dream,

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the, you know, the speed was about 200

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kilometers per hour. And the drivers the driver

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was so slow, and we were yelling at

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him, let's go man, we wanna go to

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Jannah, we can't wait, let's go.

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Faster, faster. So the speed limit was 200

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kilometers

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and the guy was going at 15 kilometers

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per hour, very slow like a turtle.

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And the people were yelling at him, Aapke

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sad kohim kashile, what's your problem? Let's go

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man, faster faster. And he was going very

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slow.

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They say okay, this guy is not listening.

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250 miles to Jannah,

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200

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miles to Jannah,

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150,

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150 miles. Khalas they are almost there. After

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a whole day of driving, Khalas, they're almost

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there, and they're eager, they can't wait.

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They see Jannah from a distance, Okay, let's

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go!

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Chalo, chalo, let's go! Faster, faster!

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The guy goes in front of Jannah, and

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he didn't stop, and he moved, and there

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was a sign,

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Jahanam is 2 miles, 200 miles ahead.

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The speed limit was 200 kilometers, and the

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guy was going at 500 kilometers, he was

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going like,

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fast.

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And the people were yelling at him, wait,

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what are you doing?

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Slow down, we don't want to go. He

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said, no, no, no,

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no.

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250 miles to Jahannam,

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200 miles, 150,

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150 miles. Now they see Jahannam from a

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distance and the fire and and

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the man.

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So they started to hear,

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to smell that like barbecue,

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you see when you have a grill in

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your backyard you smell, so they smell the

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people being roasted in Jahannam,

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and the fire, and the screaming,

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and they were telling the God to slow

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down and he was going fast like crazy.

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Now they were getting close to the door

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of Jahannam,

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and

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big problem, what are we gonna do? So

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someone said, Okay, whoever has a window

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next to them,

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jump! This is the only way. And this

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guy,

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he jumped out of the window on the

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2nd floor,

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and he fell on his arm and his

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leg, and he broke, he broke his arm,

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his leg, and his neck. So it's a

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true story.

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This is why when people came to visit

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him, oh we feel sorry for you, they

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cry and as soon as they leave, oh

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subhanAllah you see the bus? He jumped out

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of the window, you see? SubhanAllah

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and they left.

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So the doctor said,

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Wallahi I feel sorry for you and he

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started to cry. And as soon as the

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doctor left the room, he went to the

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nurses, come come I'll tell you a story

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and then started to laugh. Same thing.

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We ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to give

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us Jannah and to keep us away from

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Jahannat.

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