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Bismillah R Rahman r Rahim in Alhamdulillah Muhammad who monastery you know when I started when I was a builder who ensure Audi and phocoena woman say as Dr. Marina Mejia Hilda who Philomel the nella woman yoga then further ahead yella Why don't you do Allah? Allah Allah wa the hula, shall we when I say do I know Mohammed Abu rasuluh I'm about focus upon Allah hooter. Baraka isla. Majeed, work for coin Hamid bow there will be no human shaytaan or gene Mr. Rahmani Raheem. Yeah, you're in Nazareth taco robber como la de Holika committed I've seen Wahida wahala Coleman has Oh Jaha four by seven humeri Jad and nicotine on one he says what couple 100 ether sir I don't know where he will

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or minute or Ella or Sudha faculty affairs or frozen or the mass of the cola hula team. For inner circle, Hadith the Kitab Allah will hold it how do you had you Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam were short on Morning data to her.

Work in love with the art in Bala Wakulla Dora at Infinera Ahmad. I began by praising Allah subhanho wa Taala in showing our gratitude to Allah subhanho wa Taala for he is the one who is deserving of all the things and all the graduate in the world. And I began by sending our salaams and our blessings upon Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa

Salam. And we ask Allah subhana wa to Allah that He makes us the beneficiaries of his intercession on the day of judgment. And may Allah subhanahu wata Allah grant us his companionship it Jonathan for those that Allah Amira, Al Amin, brothers and sisters, as time progresses, there's so many isms that have come into existence. There is modernism, liberalism, feminism, atheism, and there's so many other isms that exist in the world. And the reality is that as long as these isms and these new ideas or new concepts that are emerging, and they are being introduced into society, it becomes difficult for many of our younger brothers and sisters and even adults to maintain their faith.

Because many of these, even if you study about secularism, how secularism was introduced into society, and what does it stand for? And what does it promote, it becomes very difficult, and it becomes challenging to hold on to one's faith. At the same time.

While we are growing up, while all these into this concept are being introduced, many people have questions in their mind. And they began to ask questions. So a young child will come to their father, they will come to the mother and they will begin to ask questions about Islam. Why did Allah do this? Why is Allah one? Why do some do we have to do this? Why in Islam is that why are we why can we not do this? Why can they do that? Why can we do this? And why can they not do that? What makes us different than those people? Why will these group people go into the fire? Johanna, why will these people go into Jannah? There are so many questions that come to our mind. Now many of us

who have grown up here right now in this audience, we grew up overseas, the majority of people here grew up overseas. And the concept overseas that we developed is that you never asked a question. Like if they ever a chef, was giving a lecture. And the chef would say, is there anyone who would have a question? No one would ask questions. Why? Because it was viewed as a disrespect, when you would ask questions when people came to their parents, even the parents, even right now, parents who are sitting here right now, when you were young, and you went to your parents, and you ever had a question about Islam, it is not because you were doubting Islam, but it was just because of your own

curiosity that you wanted an answer or you wanted an explanation, and you went to your parents. And the first time you ask your own parents a question about Islam, they either slap you, or they probably said something to you, which was disrespectful. Why? Because they felt like they You cannot ask questions at all when it comes to the matters of Islam. And so we grew up in this way. Now, when we come to this country, you will see that after the after the hospitals, or after the lectures, people they come and they ask questions to the IMA, we will ask questions to the Sheoak and the scholars. And some people still view that as a disrespect that you cannot ask.

The reason I'm getting I'm talking about this is because many parents have come to me. And they have said that what does Islam say about asking questions?

Like what is the limit that Sharia has stipulated? When it comes to making a question or asking a question about faith about anything related to religion? What is the limit? What are the hadith of Allah subhanho wa taala. So I want to take this opportunity to talk about that what Islam has told us, because Islam has said that there are some areas that you can ask a question, you have a full right to ask a question. There are there are things that are found in our deen that says that if there is a curious or you are curious about something, then you have a right to be curious. But then there are some limitations attached and associated with that. There are some areas where you

shouldn't be asking questions and there are some areas where you should not be asking questions. So this is what I want to talk about today because this is something that's very confusing to all of us. First thing is brothers and sisters, that when it comes to the commands of Allah subhanho wa Taala when it comes to that, which is halal and that which is haram, those are the areas that cannot be questioned. In a hadith of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he says in an ohana and Albanian that the halal and that which is lawful that has come from Allah subhanho wa Taala is very clear when haram OBEY Him and that which Allah has made prohibited and unlawful is very clear. So

there are things that we know that are halal and haram in our deen. There are some key fundamentals when it comes to our EDA that we can never ask we can never ask questions about it. Yes, we can be curious curious about it. And we may have questions, but there is a difference between asking a question

questioning. There's a difference between asking a question and questioning. Let me bring your attention to an idea that is mentioned sootel Bacara. Allah subhanho wa Taala says in the Quran unto the dunya and test aloo Rasulullah comb, command su either Musa I'm in Kabul, Romania but that will cook Robin Iman further Walesa Subhan. Allah subhanho wa Taala is addressing here the Sahaba of the Allah the Imam and saying unto the dune, do you want, do you wish? And that's aloo rasool Allah calm Do you wish to question your messenger commands to Isla Musa in Kabul the way Musa was questioned? Now you have to understand what is the context of this ayah see bunnies saw even when they came to

the water, and behind in front of them was the water and behind them was an island. They had nowhere to go. Allah subhana wa Taala he instructed Musa alayhis salam to take his Asaji take his staff and strike it on the water. As he did the Proceed parted, they all walked through, and they were able to save themselves. Now, if there was anyone who had any doubts and Musa alayhis salam at that point, when you see in which is called happily again, that you see something exactly happening right in front of you, there is no more room for doubt. There is no room, no more room for doubt. Now once they have crossed the sea, they have seen phenom who was a superpower of his time, no one would dare

say something in front of your own fill out and his army have drowned in the water. There should be no room for doubt after that. But not. But after that whenever Musa alayhis salam would tell his people openly Assad in this is what Allah has told you to do. When he went to the mountain to receive the Torah over there, they may begin to make some really unrealistic expectations and request to Musa alayhis salam, we're not going to believe until we see Allah subhanho wa taala. We want to do this and these are our conditions. And they kept on asking questions to Musa alayhis salam, meaning that even after having that European and even after having the faith in Musa Islam,

they're still questioning Musa alayhis salam about everything that is coming from Allah subhanho wa taala. So they're not asking questions. They're not asking questions to Musa alayhis salam. They're not asking questions about the laws that have come from Allah subhanho wa taala. They're not asking questions about how to implement the teachings of Allah and the teachings of Musa alayhis salam. But rather what they're doing is that they are questioning Musa alayhis salam on every single thing as if they are doubting Musa alayhis salam in the story of the cow that the people of Bani Saeed came to Musa alayhis salam and they said that yeah Musa there is a man who has been murdered in our

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and give us a way to find out who exactly took this person's life. Musa alayhis salam make dua to Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah gives him the instructions, you take a cow slaughter the cow, take the shinbone of that cow strike it on the dead person, it will reveal the name. But then one thing after another the first thing look at the attitude of bunnies saw when they said to Musa alayhis salam, a tetrahedron ah, huzzah. Is this a joke? Nothing about this. How can you say if you have even a shred of Imam in your heart? How can you say to a prophet of Allah? Allah Azza musante Islam that are you joking when he has asked Allah subhanho wa Taala and Allah has sent him these instructions. When

they say at that tequila Hua. for them. It is almost impossible to accept what Musa is telling them to do, as if they're having doubts, and what Musa alayhis salam is telling them to do. So here in this ayah unto the dunya and test aloo Rasulullah. Comb, commercial Illa Musa and Kabul. Allah is telling us the Sahaba of your water on him that Musa he was questioned by bunny sardine. They never asked questions, they questioned him, and there's a difference. And as long as we understand that, then we will be fine. But the minute we began to question things about Islam in an objectionable way, then in the same ayah Allah subhanho wa Taala says Romania but then cough Robin Iman for the

Walesa Sabine means that whoever begins to question their religion, their wider Allah do this as if they are saying that I am more intellectual than Allah. I am more wiser than Allah. I know more than Allah. Why did Allah do this?

And this is what's happened in our society today. This is exactly what's happening. Now, this is has to be, this has to be a boundary within our mindset that anyone who comes into that area, then as Allah Subhanallah says this idea that you have gone far away from the path, you have gone far away from the path. So this is an area where question people cannot ask questions. Yes, you can ask if you have a clean heart, if you have a clear intention. And you want to know Why did Allah subhanaw taala stipulate this upon us? Why do we have to pray five times a day salah. Now there is not really an answer to that. People can come up with explanations that you know, the reason we pray five times

a day is because throughout the day, we remember Allah subhanho wa taala. This shows our obedience to Allah subhanho wa taala. But in essence, the real answer to this question, is that because Allah told us to do so this is why we do it. And that is it. We don't question after that. Yes, there might be as someone who says, I'm still curious to know, why do we have to pray five times a slot and that's fine. You can be curious about that. As long as it's fine as long as you don't spread that to others. And then you don't let that hold you hostage. And that does not affect your iman. The second area where we learn from the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam where we should not be

asking questions is when the matter is irrelevant to us.

A man came to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and said yeah rasool Allah, when is the Day of Judgment? It's irrelevant. Yes, we all like to know when of the day of judgment but is that relevant to us? That's not relevant to us. Allah subhanho wa Taala says, we're in the in Allah in the Quran Musa the knowledge of the last day only belongs to Allah subhanho wa taala. Allah says in the Quran, LA, he you wrote during Messiah, that the knowledge of the of the Last Day belongs only to Allah subhanho wa taala. So this man comes to the province of Solomon, he says that when is the Day of Judgment? Now the Prophet alayhi salam, the way he responded to him, teaches us a very valuable

lesson, that first of all, you should not be asking questions that are irrelevant, something that cannot possibly happen, something that is, you know, considered as you know, a figment of your imagination. It's something that is not practical, you shouldn't be asking questions about those kinds of things. They're providing you some instead of responding to him, that Allah has a knowledge of the Day of Judgment. He says to the person, that what preparations have you made for the Day of Judgment, you are so worried about when the day judgment is going to occur? But have you prepared for that last day, so meaning that don't be worried about when the last day is going to occur? be

worried about making preparations for that last day? So if there is a question that is irrelevant to us, that is another area where we should stay away from the time of the province that Allahu Allah he was sending him. A man came to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam In fact, the prophet son was sitting with his own Sahaba and he says that Allah has sent down the obligation of Hajj. Allah has sent down the obligation of Hajj, before it continue, please come forward. Please come forward.

He says that Allah has sent down the obligation of Hajj now there was a companion sitting over there. He says, Yeah, Rasul. Allah is hij obligatory every year and the Prophet alayhi salam, he observed silence. Again, he said yes ago do we have to do it every year? And again, the prophet li Sung, he stayed quiet. And then again, he asked the Prophet Allah Islam do we have to Hajj every year? And then the Prophet of Islam stay quiet? And that's the hobby he stopped asking.

The prophet at some later on told this man, the Why do you ask questions that if Allah were to respond to your question you kept on asking is hij every year and if I would have responded to you, yes. That imagine the difficulty that would have come upon the OMA Imagine if every person had to go for Hajj every year, how difficult would would that be upon the OMA of Rasulullah? sallallahu alayhi wasallam. So the property is some he stayed quiet. And the lesson in this in this is, is this the lesson in this hadith is this when our children even come to us? And they ask us a question that might be irrelevant to them. And they don't even need to know the answer to that question. There are

two things that you can do. Either you can redirect them. Or you can ask another question. You can ask another question.

And when you ask another question, a question that requires them to jog their mind and jog their memory and try to brainstorm upon that

Nice what you want to do, I'm not saying that's a way to get away. But that is something that you want to do because the more they're going to think about that, the more that could probably affect their Iman. So that is what we want to do when when we are when people ask us different questions. There's a hadith of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he says it he said, in the wall hotter, Isla furro furro, Yvonne phala to the yo Ha, he says they get slammed. Indeed, Allah has obligated obligations, so do them. So do so do not disregard them. He then says we're headed there for Duden fala. Tata do her and he has set limits, do not transgress them. He then says well, ha Rama Ashiya

fala tenta hee hoo ha, he has made he has prohibited some things do not approach them was secretary, a Shia Ramadan lagoon, why Iran is urine filata tuber Hassan ha. And he has not talked about some things without forgetting the mean that he has. Allah has not talked about some things, not because he has forgotten about them. But he has chosen to stay away from talking about some things. So do not inquire about them. So as we know, so far that there are some areas where we can ask questions. And there are some areas where we should not be asking questions. Now. The last part, I want to talk about is this. The what are the areas where you where you can ask a question. Number one is, if

there is something in your heart, as I say, if there is some curiosity in your heart.

And you have to understand as a believer that if you do not get the answer that satisfies you, you should not hold your iman based on that answer. Meaning that if you ask a question regarding anything related to Islam, and you don't get the answer that satisfies you, that doesn't mean that it's the wrong answer. That doesn't mean it's the wrong answer. It means that you simply are not satisfied. And that means that your iman is not at the level where it should be. So you can ask questions, if you are curious, in fact, in the story of Ibrahim alayhis, salam, and the third, just the second page of the third gers, Allah talks about not not one prophet, but Allah talks about two

prophets. One is rosacea or you Sudan and one is Ibraheem Alehissalaam The first one is Ocala de mer Allah ha we are not allowed to share. This is a man who passed by a piece of land, everything was gone, everything was finished over there. And so much time had passed that Allah subhanho wa Taala he says that Oka levy Mara Allah Correa 10. We're here Hall we are not allowed to share mean that the roofs had fell on the house, you know, when you see a deserted house, and so much time has passed, what happens to the first thing the walls begin to crumble and if the walls crumble, then the roof falls right on top of the house. So Allah subhanaw taala saying that that land has been so

deserted for such a long time that the roofs have fallen on the houses number one, then this person says okay, let the moral hardware to not allow Arusha follow up had he he loved either motiva for America who loaned me a diamond from Mombasa, Paula Camilla, this Call Elizabeth to Yeoman, oh Bella, yo, this person he has Allah subhanho wa Taala the How will you revive everything right now? Now this is according to many of the mothers say that this was a prophet. Now we all know that prophets did not have any doubts in Allah subhanho wa taala. But when prophets would ask because they were curious, Allah knew their intention, meaning that if any of us are curious and we do not

get the answer that we need, the first thing that we should do is ask ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala for Iman for stability and to understand our deen and Inshallah, if you have that clear intention. And you have that firm conviction in Allah subhanho wa Taala in sha Allah, sooner or later Allah will probably provide an answer for you. It is not guaranteed Allah may or may not provide an answer. So Allah subhanho wa Taala made this person go to sleep for how many years from 400 And up until now by them OTF Mata Hula, hula atta I mean, 100 years he was gone, he was asleep. Then he revived him. He says, How long were you asleep? He says probably a day or day or so he just looked at the things

around you. There are some things that have become dust. And there are things that are absolutely fresh. Because when we talk about time when we talk about these kinds of things, Allah talks about time based on his own dimensions. We have a different dimension of time. Allah has a different dimension of time. And time means something else when it comes to Allah subhanho wa taala. Then comes the story of Ibrahim alayhis salam, we all know this, this status that we brought him out to you Salaam and he's now

he asked Allah subhanho wa Taala a question. Robbie areni K for to kill Mota Paul Goodman Ibrahim Ali is some as that how do you bring this back to life? The first thing Allah asked him, Do you not believe? Like is there a doubt in your faith? He says Billa Well, I can lead up on my in Albi that I wouldn't do this only from my heart for my contentment. And so there's nothing wrong with asking a question for your own contentment. But once again, the real answer only lies Allah subhanho wa taala. And regarding this idea, there is a interesting conversation one time that took place between Abdullah even our best or the Allah to line and I'm doing even though I'm unable to answer the

allotted time. So even though I'm able to ask he asked a globe in a bus that in the Quran, which I are to you, provides the most amount of hope.

And he says, he asked this question, I'm not able to advance as I'm delighted, but I'm gonna ask, and he says For me, it is fully everybody and Lavina Astra for Allah and footsy him Laietana to me Rahmatullah that the idea that provides me the most hope is the idea that oh, you people who have transgressed, do not do not despair for the Mercy of Allah subhanho wa taala. But then he asked, I believe now Abbas that to you, which is provides the most amount of hope. And to this outliner Abbas, he recited this idea of Ibrahim Ali Islams request to Allah subhanho wa taala. Because he says, I believe in Allah says that from this, we see that if there is anything, any curiosity in my

heart, Allah will not hold me accountable for that curiosity, as long as it does not affect my fate. And as long as I don't spread that to others, and this is shows me that if I have any questions regarding my faith, and I don't get an answer that I want, I can ask Allah subhanho wa taala. And if Allah knows my heart, he knows the state of my heart, Allah will then give me an answer. So these are the times that yes, we can ask a question. If we want to know something about our religion. Something about relates relate to the subject of FIP whether it's the flip of a Baghdad Maha Mala, the flipper family, the flipper, food and clothing or anything that we do every single day, there is

nothing wrong with asking those kinds of questions. There's nothing wrong in asking questions to get to know other people. But there are some areas where we can ask these questions. But at the same time, there are some areas where we cannot be asking questions. And once again, the reason I'm giving this feedback is because some people have this philosophy or this mentality that no questions on whatsoever, even if a person has a legitimate question. You can ask any questions, but there's a difference in our deen. As I said earlier, you cannot question Deen, you can ask questions about Deen. You can have curiosity in your heart. But don't spread that and ask ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala for

guidance. And lastly, lastly, a very important lesson that is taught to all of us because when it comes to asking questions, sometimes as a human being you sit there and you begin to ask questions to yourself about about Islam. So who created us, Allah Subhan Allah created us the next question that comes to our mind and shaytaan bringing this to our mind is the man who created ALLAH SubhanA wa to Allah and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he says, the prophet it is some says that when that is the stage, you are in, then you should right away say are all the bIllahi min ash shaytani R gene. Now the problem is some do not criticize the heart because what goes on in our

heart, what goes on in our heart, what things that come to our mind, Allah will not really hold us accountable for that. But at the same time, we need to have the full firm conviction in our faith, we need to have faith in Allah subhanho wa taala. And if that is a question that ever comes to our mind, as the Prophet alayhi salam said, see our own mission or gene because that thought in that question has not come from you. That question has come from Shaytaan and if you keep on dwelling on that question, then your iman could go somewhere else. So I pray to Allah subhanaw taala that he gives us the understanding about these matters. Once again, ask questions do not question Have faith

in Allah subhanho wa Taala did not question the commands of Allah do not question that which Allah has made Khaled not question that which Allah has made haram but do ask questions about how you can follow your deen how you can come close to Allah subhanho wa Taala Baraka la hora. Now what a considerable Aleem would have found no way you can Hakeem and stuff for Allah honey welcome when he started most manifesto fellow inaudible for writing.

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will demonstrate on rajim Bismillah AR Rahman AR Rahim in the lower Malay but also Lunarlon Nabil Eulalia I'm no solo Allah He was sitting the sliver alongside the ALA Muhammad wa ala Muhammad come isolated Ebrahim Allah Ali Ibrahim in the coming emoji or barik ala Muhammad wa ala Muhammad Camerata live Rahim Allah Ali Ibrahim in the Camila Majid, my bad, respected brothers and sisters, my last piece of advice would be this is that if we are ever approached with a question, especially when our young kids in our teenagers when they come and they ask questions, the first thing is to do is that please, if you don't know the answer, please refer them to someone who knows the answer or

someone who can help them. A lot of times, we don't first of all, in many cases, our children are even scared to even come to us why? Because when they ask us these kinds of questions, they know that our parents will lose our will lose their minds. So first of all, my request please do not lose your mind and when they come to you do refer them to someone else, this the best thing that you can do to help them out. And if you if you can create this kind of atmosphere inside your home, that where you are really open with your own child and your child knows that I can come and ask them any questions, even if they come and they ask a question related to faith. My second request is that

please do not do not immediately assume that they have lost faith. Many times they are just asking a question because they just want simply an answer because they probably heard something outside and and they and they need to talk to someone who knows these things. So please let's try to understand never remember never did was was ALLAH Hodgson was approached by someone who was asking me a question, and the profile is on got upset, never.

So that's why we follow the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, let's try to adopt the same mentality of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam May Allah Subhan give us the ability to act was designed to hurt Allah Who Munster Islam when Mr. Amin Allah Azza Islam and Muslim if equally McCann Allahumma sunnah Allah mahalo finna Wofford Bella Donna was the hola dinner. Watch we Morgana wifey Montella Anna, Wareham Mota and our Hubei the Nile Aquila wa cinammon coalition wa Fotheringham equally loyal Allahumma persimmon Anam and hush I think no matter how you behave and that will be the most to take over into it comfortable living happy genetic. We have pretty much oh no big name

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