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The speakers discuss the importance of study in understanding past events and the need for people to stay in the dams for longer periods of time. The duniya and d aidons in the dams are discussed, with the duniya being how long people will live in the d ring and the dams being a deathbed with thousands of years of work. The speakers emphasize the need for everyone to do what they want to do according to the Prophet sallahu and the importance of staying in the dams and not letting the fire run out.

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			Recently I was actually giving a
youth halacha and I came across a
		
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			very interesting story that I
would like to share with all of
		
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			you. This is a story regarding
Imam Chabi Muhammad Allah Allah
		
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			Imam Shibli Muhammad Allah Allah
in fact, any Imam simply up until
		
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			it was a great scholar of the
past. Imam Shibley Rahmatullah
		
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			Allah he says that, throughout my
journey of knowledge, I had nearly
		
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			300 teachers. Now when a person
says I have 300 teachers, that
		
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			means that they traveled a great
length, and a great deal to me all
		
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			these teachers, because if you
study the history of the past, you
		
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			did not have scholars living
together, you have scholars who
		
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			are living in scattered areas. So
you would have to travel sometimes
		
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			for days or weeks, just to meet
one teacher, and that every you
		
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			might find two or three, but then
you have to travel more, to meet
		
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			300 teachers and to study from 300
teachers, first of all, shows us
		
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			their great deal of dedication.
Then he on top of that, he says
		
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			that while I studied with 300
teachers, I learned 4000, a hadith
		
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			of Rasulullah, sallallahu alayhi
wa Salaam. Now 4000. A hadith of
		
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			course, is a very significant
amount of number. And then on top
		
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			of that, he says that after
reflecting on all the 4000, a
		
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			hadith of Rasulullah, sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam, there was one
		
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			Hadith in particular, only one
Hadith in particular, that
		
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			resonated with me the most. And he
says that when I reflect on this,
		
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			one Hadith of the Prophet SAW
Selim, I realize that this one
		
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			Hadith is the means for my
salvation, my safety and security
		
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			in this dunya. And in the Koran.
Additionally, he said that he
		
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			believes and this is what his
comment was regarding this hadith
		
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			is that this is the URL of a
welline. Well, hidden, meaning
		
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			that this is the knowledge of
those pious predecessors and the
		
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			sahaba. And the problem salam from
from the past, all the way to the
		
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			future. He says this one Hadith
sort of encompasses everything
		
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			that we know and what we need to
abide by and what we need to live
		
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			by. Now you may be asking, what is
that one Hadith of the prophets of
		
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			Salaam? If he this great scholar
out of 4000, a hadith he chose one
		
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			Hadith. What is that one Hadith?
That hadith is a Hadith the
		
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			Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam were in he says, I didn't
		
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			use Salam. He first I didn't use
salaam he compared to dunya to the
		
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			akhira. He tries to provide us
some perspective. He says, I used
		
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			Salam. It Amelie. duniya cabbie,
tada de mocambique, Rafi ha. And
		
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			he says, While Amelie Hiratsuka
Bacardi Bacall ecoffee Ha. Look at
		
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			his words very carefully. When he
talks about duniya. He said MACOM.
		
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			Why MACOM? Because we're not going
to be in this dunya for long. But
		
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			when he talks about the akhira he
says Bacall you see, the Bekaa
		
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			means how long we're going to last
over there. So he's saying that
		
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			when you live in this dunya, live
in this dunya and work for this
		
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			dunya as long as you plan to live
in this dunya. But when you are
		
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			going to the market or prepare for
the akhira as long as you're
		
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			planning to stay there in the
alcohol. Let me give you an
		
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			example. Imagine if I'm going from
here to overseas with my family,
		
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			we're going for you know, probably
like a month. If you ask anyone,
		
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			if I'm making preparations, if I'm
going for one month, I should make
		
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			preparations for a week or for a
month you told me for a month, of
		
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			course, because I know I'm going
to be there for a month and you
		
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			make preparations accordingly.
What we're doing nowadays is we
		
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			might be living in this dunya.
First of all, we don't know how
		
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			long we're going to live in this
dunya as a province, as some says
		
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			it might be 6070 years as a
primarily some, he says I'm an
		
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			almighty being a citizen with
submarine. This is a lifespan of
		
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			my OMA and it could be shorter
than that, too. We have seen
		
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			people in our own community 20
years old, 26 years old, and so
		
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			forth to there is no guarantee of
life. So what he's saying is that
		
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			worked for this dunya as long as
we intend to live in this dunya we
		
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			might be living in this dunya for
probably 40 5060 years. But if you
		
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			look at our attitude, if we
reflect on our attitude, when it
		
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			comes to money when it comes to
real estate and so forth, and how
		
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			much we're trying to just, you
know, Hoard and we're trying to
		
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			just, you know, gather and
collected so much is as if we
		
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			probably might we we might be
having this plan to live in this
		
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			dunya for 200 300 years. That's
the way our attitude is regarding
		
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			this dunya but rather, it should
be the complete opposite. We need
		
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			to work for this dunya as long as
we're planning to stay in this
		
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			dunya but we need to work for the
akhira as long as we're trying to
		
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			stay there, that life is the
eternal life.
		
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			We need to work according to that.
So what we are doing is in one
		
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			way, we are working for this dunya
overly more than we are planning
		
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			to stay here in this dunya. And
what we are sending forward to the
		
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			to the akhira, which is the
eternal life, we're sending very,
		
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			very little. Now another way also
to reflect on dunya and akhira.
		
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			This is something we will find in
the entire Quran. Whenever you
		
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			want to know the value of
anything, you have to compare it
		
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			if I hold in my hand $1 And on the
other hand, if I have $100, I have
		
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			two different amount of money, it
shows you the value of something
		
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			right one is raised less than of
course, the 100 Even if I had 100
		
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			in one hand, but I have 10,000 in
my other hand, then you know that
		
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			the 100 is insignificant, because
in order to understand anything
		
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			once again, you have to compare,
okay you have to compare in order
		
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			to understand the value for
anything, when we compare brothers
		
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			and sisters duniya to akhira.
Allah makes it very clear in the
		
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			Quran to help us understand our
focus needs to be the Quran. We
		
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			work in this dunya you think about
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam, how he lived, he was the
Nabhi of all the newbies. He was
		
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			Nabil Ambia. Look at how look at
how he lived his entire house. His
		
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			entire house think about his
entire house was probably the size
		
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			of our walk in closets. In fact,
it is fair to say that in some of
		
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			our new constructed homes, our our
walk in closets were probably
		
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			bigger than the entire house of
Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi
		
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			wasallam for Think about that for
a moment. This is how he lived.
		
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			Now I'm not saying that if it's
haram to have money. Yes, it's
		
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			okay to have money. It's okay to
be a millionaire. It's okay to be
		
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			a billionaire, but not at the
expense of our hero. This is the
		
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			key thing, not the expense of our
hero. And we have to always keep
		
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			in mind that our hero is the one
that's everlasting. So when we
		
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			talk about this dunya dunya is
temporary, the akhira is eternal
		
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			in this dunya there is no justice
in the akhira there is only
		
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			justice. When we talk about this
dunya Maher in the commune foot
		
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			whatever we have, it will come to
an end. But whatever Allah
		
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			subhanho wa Taala has met in the
commune foot warmer in the law he
		
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			bow up wherever Allah has its
there in this dunya people they
		
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			take advantage of others on the
app in the ACULA no one could take
		
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			advantage of anyone else in this
dunya and you want to say whatever
		
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			they want to say and the Akela la
Yetta color Munna, Illman Edina
		
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			Allahu Rahman. No one can speak.
No one can do anything without the
		
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			permission of Allah subhanho wa
taala. In this dunya people will
		
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			back each other up, we see what
this country is doing and backing
		
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			up countries like Israel and
countries you know, these
		
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			apartheid countries and let them
commit atrocities against our
		
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			Muslim Brothers Sisters. There are
people who do this kind of stuff
		
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			and the akhirah there is no Shiva.
There is no one who can back up
		
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			anyone Malik Amin, Allah He minhwa
Legion wala Anna said there is no
		
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			one who can back up anyone else.
This is the difference between
		
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			dunya and akhira. There is a vast
difference. So that is why when we
		
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			look at this dunya, this dunya is
zero compared to the Akela. Even
		
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			if this entire dunya lasted for 2
million years, for example, 2
		
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			million years is a significant
amount of time. But if you compare
		
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			2 million years of this dunya to
the akhirah, which is eternal,
		
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			this dunya is still equal to what?
Zero and that is why Subhan Allah
		
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			just to help us understand, new
Allah Who Salam he lived for over
		
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			1000 years. 950 years was only his
time he gave Dawa. But someone
		
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			asked him at the end of his life
when he was on his deathbed. You
		
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			live for over 1000 years. How did
you find your life? He says that
		
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			is almost as if I found it as a
house with jet to had the rain jet
		
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			to her Darrin the who by bein
there it has two doors that I
		
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			entered through one door and I
exited through the second door
		
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			Simple as that this is how his
entire life of over 1000 years
		
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			was. Now you think about our life
for a moment here. So this is why
		
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			the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam
is telling us when you need to
		
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			live in this dunya no problem, but
work as long as you're planning to
		
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			live here. And when we need to go
to Accra we work enough that we
		
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			have to go to the Sahara. Then the
third thing the Prophet SAW Allah
		
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			while he was on he says what a man
Lilla he because that he hired
		
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			Attica la Subhan Allah that do
enough for Allah subhanho wa Taala
		
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			as much as you need him. Now we
need Allah subhanho wa Taala at
		
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			all times in our life. That's why
there's a dua
		
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			Other provinces Salem yeah hi ru
Yatta yo, Bureau Hermetica istalif
		
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			Yeah hi ru aka Yom Yom Allah I
seek your help as seeker
		
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			assistance. And then what do you
say? A slightly SHINee cola? Yeah
		
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			Allah take care of all my affairs.
Well I had to kidney Ilana FSI
		
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			total Fatah ain yeah Allah do not
take your your mercy your
		
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			supervision away from me or your
your care for me for now even for
		
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			a second. I want you to manage my
I want you to look after me 24/7
		
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			year Allah. This is how much we
need ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada. So the
		
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			prerelease I was telling us this
is something for us to think about
		
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			that do enough for Allah as much
as you need him. What do we need
		
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			Allah 24/7 that I need to be
serving Allah 24/7 Now how do we
		
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			serve Allah 24/7 It doesn't mean
that we cannot sleep it doesn't
		
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			mean that we cannot eat, but
everything that we do, we do it
		
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			according to the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam if I'm
		
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			sleeping according to the Sunnah
of the Prophet salaam, it becomes
		
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			really bad if I'm going to the
restroom and I'm doing it the
		
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			Sunnah way, it becomes very bad.
So that is why every single moment
		
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			in our life could be very bad to
Allah subhanho wa taala. And then
		
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			the last thing the province has
some he said is and look at this
		
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			statement properly. So he says
what am I Linetti be further is
		
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			Saba rica Allah
		
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			that do enough? Now the literal
translation is that do enough for
		
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			the fire of jahannam. As much as
you have the patience to be in the
		
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			fire, John now, think about that
for a moment. What the property is
		
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			telling us is whenever we commit a
sin,
		
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			ask ourselves do we have the
patience to endure the fire?
		
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			Johanna? I'm gonna photography
Allah one. It is mentioned about
		
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			him that whenever he would go home
at night, and he would take some
		
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			time out for Maha Sabha, he would
always lit a candle. And he would
		
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			always put his finger near the
candle. And he was all he would
		
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			always ask himself, you have a
club, he referred to himself and
		
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			he would ask himself, do you have
the patience to endure this, he
		
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			will just touch the fire a little.
And this fire of this dunya is
		
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			nothing compared to the fire that
akhira and this is why Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala reminds us over and
over again. When it's a habit of
		
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			the Allah Allah on whom we're on
the way to taboo. And they were
		
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			saying it's too hot, it's too hot.
And they had to let go of
		
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			everything and just go into taboo,
what Allah subhanho wa Taala say
		
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			that will now do Johanna a
Shahara, you think this is hot,
		
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			the heat of Jahannam is far
intense, as far as severe than
		
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			this heat that you are enduring.
When we go outside. And this Texas
		
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			heat, we think this is a lot. This
is nothing compared to the fire of
		
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			the era. So the problem is or
someone's telling us that in one
		
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			way, whenever we're about to
commit a sin, we're about to do
		
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			something that is wrong. Ask
ourselves put yourself if you were
		
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			to just even be close to your fire
your gas lighter, I mean your your
		
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			your gas stove, and you just sit
there and you turn on and you put
		
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			your hand right over it. Right
before we commit a sin if you were
		
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			to simply do that any one of us
and ask ourselves, do I have the
		
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			patience to endure this than
hellos? Go ahead and do it. But if
		
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			we don't have the patience to do
it, then we stay completely away
		
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			from it. So this is the Hadith of
the Prophet a set of four things
		
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			he mentioned. He talked about
dunya he talked about the Ophira
		
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			he talked about Allah subhanho wa
Taala he talked about the fire
		
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			Jahannam even I'm surely laughing
with Allah Allah he says out of
		
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			4000 Hadith that I've memorized
and I learned this hadith is the
		
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			most important Hadith to me. And
so this is a Hadith that I will
		
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			always all all of us to always
think about inshallah always
		
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			reflect upon what is doing, what
is the Africa where do we need to
		
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			go? What our focus should be, and
what are we seeking protection
		
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			from I ask Allah subhana wa Tada
to give all of us itovi To think
		
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			about this hadith to reflect upon
this hadith and to live by this
		
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			hadith Amira al Amin what is that
Kamala Harris said I'm already
		
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			gonna tell you about a cattle
		
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			in Ireland Mussolini now almost
Lima D one meaning I mean it will
		
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			quantity now look on it that he
was slowly being I was born in
		
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			Poland he was saw the Rena was
Slavia before she you know
		
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			what unfortunately no one was
watching I think one downside Dino
		
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			one downside being Ponting was on
me now was all in.
		
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			Wouldn't have you heavy lean
affordable gentle home one
		
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			Hatfield lot. The ones that get in
long I get
		
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			what's going on.
		
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			I
		
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			feel
		
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			one gentleman I lean