Nadim Bashir – Like Two Wings Of A Bird

Nadim Bashir
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The speakers discuss the importance of balance in life, pursuing spirituality and pursuing hope and fear. They stress the need for a believer to strive for the love of Allah and pursue hope and fear, as well as the importance of shaitan in shaitan's life. They also touch on the importance of building up a sense of peace and comfort, fear, and accountability in life, and stress the importance of not overthinking one's fear and expressing faith in life.
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Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest,

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Allah is the Greatest.

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I bear witness that there is none worthy

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of worship except Allah.

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I bear witness that there is none worthy

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of worship except Allah.

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I bear witness that

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Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.

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I bear witness that

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Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.

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Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest,

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Allah is the Greatest.

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Come to

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success.

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Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest.

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There is none

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worthy of worship except Allah.

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One of the greatest distinctions between Islam and

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the other religions of the world is that

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Islam emphasizes on balance.

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Study all the religions of the world, and

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you will see that when it comes to

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their aqeedah, or when it comes to their

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ibadat, when it comes to how they interact

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with others, there is a disparity.

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They will be leaning towards one extreme, and

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it is a spectrum for them.

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Yes, our deen talks about these things also,

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but our deen has always emphasized on balance.

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When it comes to your religious spirituality, and

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it comes to your family obligations, your worldly

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obligations, our deen has taught us that you

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don't go to one extreme, but be balanced

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in these matters.

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When it comes to our ibadat versus our

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akhlaq, there are some who are excelling in

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one area, and they lack the other area

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completely.

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Our deen has taught us, be balanced.

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Make sure your ibadat is good, but make

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sure your akhlaq is also very good.

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When it comes to spending money, our deen

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has taught us, don't be too extravagant, and

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don't be greedy, but rather take the middle

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path.

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وَكَانَ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ قَوَامًا As Allah says in

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the Qur'an.

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When it comes to a personality, there are

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some who are too soft, that people walk

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right over them.

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There are some who are too harsh in

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their approach, and people want to be away

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from them.

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Islam has taught us, have a firm kind

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of personality, and there is no greater personality

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than the personality of Rasulallah ﷺ.

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So we understand that there is a balance

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in every single aspect of our life.

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Today the balance that I want to highlight

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and address in this brief khutbah, is the

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balance that existed in the life of every

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single prophet, every single nabi, and it exists

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even within our pious predecessors, and that is

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the balance between الخوف والرجاء, between hope and

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between fear.

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Brothers and sisters, the reality is that when

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we observe the events of this world, when

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we look at everything that is taking place,

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many of us are becoming hopeless.

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Many of us are becoming...

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we're filled with fear.

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You see people today doing things, and they

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are not even asking themselves, that what are

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they gonna say to Allah ﷻ on the

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Day of Judgment.

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So hence we are living in a world

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that is developing hopelessness within us, and we

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see the actions of others, and we think

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that they have absolutely no fear.

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Brothers and sisters, this is why we talk

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about these spiritual things, because in a hopeless

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world that we live in, we need to

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develop hope.

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And in a fearless world that we live

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in, where no one has the خوف of

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Allah, people are doing whatever they wanna do,

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in a world like that, we need to

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develop the fear and the taqwa of Allah

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ﷻ.

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Ibn Qayyim rahmatullahi alayh, he gives a very

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beautiful analogy.

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He says that خوف and رجاء, he gives

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the example of a bird.

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He said that when we talk about spirituality,

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at the forefront of spirituality is the love

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of Allah ﷻ.

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Because if a person truly loves Allah, they

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will do everything they can to please Allah

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ﷻ.

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Today you and I, we say, we love

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Allah ﷻ.

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Today you and I, we say, we love

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Rasulullah ﷺ.

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Today you and I, we say, we love

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our deen.

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We stand up, we beat our chest that

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we are Muslims.

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But subhanAllah, our entire life, if not entire

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life, a major portion of our life is

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against the deen of Allah ﷻ.

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Goes directly in contradiction to the Qur'an

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and the sunnah of Rasulullah ﷺ.

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Brothers and sisters, when it comes to spirituality,

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the key thing is the love of Allah

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ﷻ.

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So Ibn Qayyim, he gives the example of

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a bird.

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He says the head of the bird is

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that love that you have for Allah ﷻ.

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Because without the head, the bird is of

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no good.

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Likewise, without this goal of earning Allah's love,

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this life is worthless.

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This life has no good to it if

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I'm not trying to seek the love of

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Allah ﷻ.

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And then he says, that when it comes

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to earning the love of Allah, a believer

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is always between hope and fear.

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And he says, hope and fear is like

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the two wings of the bird.

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If the two wings are healthy, a bird

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will soar.

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Likewise, a believer, when they have hope and

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fear in their life, and they have the

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love of Allah as their primary goal, they

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will soar in their iman.

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They will soar in times of difficulty.

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They will not be on the bottom, but

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they will always go higher and higher.

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But Ibn Qayyim says, that what if one

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of those wings are damaged?

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What if both wings are damaged?

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He says that then that bird is not

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able to soar high.

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He's not able to fly into the air.

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And as a result, he will be on

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the ground, and he becomes a prey for

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the other animals, for the other predators.

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Likewise, a believer, a believer who does not

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earn, he does not live to earn the

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love of Allah, and then they don't have

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hope in their life.

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They have no fear in their life.

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Then they will become part of the bottom

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feeders.

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And then that is when shaitan comes and

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attacks a person.

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Shaitan, when a person is soaring high, shaitan

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can no longer handle that person.

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That is why when you think about the

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life of Umar ibn Khattab r.a, his

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iman was so strong, that shaitan would not

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get close to Umar ibn Khattab r.a.

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So this is why brothers and sisters, as

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Ibn Qayyim is explaining, that a believer should

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yearn for the love of Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَ

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تَعَالَى, and they should desire the love of

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Allah.

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But at the same time, the love of

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Allah can only be achieved through establishing hope

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and fear.

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And this is something that we have seen

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from the lives of the prophets, Anbiya a

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.s. Brothers and sisters, what is hope to

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begin with?

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Hope is that source of light, that source

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of energy, that energizes people to achieve great

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things.

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It is considered a necessity for those seeking

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Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى, and it continuously motivates

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a person.

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It is a motivating mechanism, a motivating force

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that propels a person to strive to please

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Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى.

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Brothers and sisters, when we study the Qur

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'an, the Qur'an teaches us that all

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the prophets, all the Anbiya a.s., especially

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those who were sent with missions, and they

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went to different people, different qawm, different nations,

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different tribes, calling people to Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَ

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تَعَالَى, and especially in those situations where they

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were rejected.

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Or there were some situations where there was

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an immense amount of adversity, and challenges, and

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fitnas in their life.

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There were times where even our Anbiya a

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.s., these prophets that are mentioned in the

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Qur'an, there were times where their iman

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could have been rattled.

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There was a time where even their iman

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could have been shaken.

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And they probably had some fear in their

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hearts.

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But Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى always put iman

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in their hearts, that no matter what challenge

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stood in their way, they were able to

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overcome that challenge.

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It did not matter.

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It was nothing that could stop them.

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There was nothing that could stop them from

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making dua.

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There was nothing that would stop them from

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coming close to Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى.

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And brothers and sisters, this is exactly what

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hope is.

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Brothers and sisters, we live in a world

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as I said earlier, where we see the

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events taking place, we see our personal lives,

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we see our society, and we always are

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asking, where can I drive this hope?

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Where can I build up this hope of

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Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى?

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My brothers and sisters, the reality is, that

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even when we look at the oppressors today,

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and subhanAllah, we look at the oppressors sitting

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in our nation's capital.

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We see the oppressors all over the world

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today.

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There was a time when people are talking

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about Palestine.

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It's been one year since the onslaught has

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taken place, has started, and the genocide has

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started against our brothers and sisters in Gaza.

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And there was a time when there were

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so many people talking about it.

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But today you see, that the entire world

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is asleep.

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The entire world is asleep.

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Our Muslim leaders are asleep.

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They are oblivious of what is taking place.

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We used to read about genocides in our

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history books, thinking that how can a genocide

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happen today, when the world is gonna be

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completely silent, and the world is gonna be

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blind about it.

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But yet we see the same thing happening

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in front of us.

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In times like this, we have to always

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remind Allah, and put your hope in Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala, that Allah will most

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certainly bring these criminals to justice.

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And when it comes to when we think

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that will my dua be accepted or not,

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in that situation, we need to have hope

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in Allah that yes, every dua of mine

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will be accepted.

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When things keep on getting tougher in our

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life, when the challenges mount one upon the

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other, in that time we need to have

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hope that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will

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be the one, and He is the only

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one that will turn our life around.

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It is Allah who brought this challenge upon

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us.

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It is only Allah who can get us

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and deliver us from that challenge.

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When it comes to thinking about do I

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have any road for redemption, I've committed many

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sins in my life, is there any way

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that Allah will forgive me?

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Allah tells us, لَا تَقْنَتُ مِن رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ

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Do not lose hope in Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala, Allah will grant you forgiveness.

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If you sincerely ask Allah for forgiveness.

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When we underestimate one good deed, thinking that

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what will one good deed do?

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Brothers and sisters, have that hope in Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala, that this one good

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deed can take me to Jannah.

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Just like the prostitute who fed that hungry

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dog, one good deed of hers took her

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to Jannah.

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And likewise when we hear the stories of

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the Qur'an, when we hear the stories

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of the anbiya a.s, when we hear

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about the seerah of Rasulallah ﷺ, when we

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hear the verses about Jannah, and the blessings

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of Jannah, that is when we need to

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have this continuous hope in Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala, that Allah will make me from

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amongst the people of Jannah.

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اللهم اجعلنا من اهل الجنة We ask Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala, and we have that

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hope in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, that

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Allah will do this for us.

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But brothers and sisters, here is the problem

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that we have.

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There are many of us who feel like,

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I have so much hope in Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala, and I can keep on

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committing sins.

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And there will be no accountability, because Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala is Ar-Rahman Ar

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-Rahim.

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I have this hope in Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala, this is where we are wrong.

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Yes, we understand that Allah is Ar-Rahman

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Ar-Rahim.

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But ask yourself a simple question, imagine if

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your son or your daughter came to you,

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and they did wrong things.

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They did wrong things, and they come to

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you and they tell you, that you should

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forgive me, because you are a loving father.

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You should forgive me, because you are a

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loving mother.

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We also understand as parents, as human beings,

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that this is something, this logic is not

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right.

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This idea that a loving father, a loving

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mother should always forgive their children, in all

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circumstances, we understand that this is not correct.

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So when it comes to Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala, likewise we understand, He is Ar

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-Rahman Ar-Rahim, He is Al-Ghafoor Ar

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-Rahim, He is the one who forgives at

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all times.

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But that does not mean that we deliberately,

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we disobey Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, and

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we do not have any fear of the

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repercussions from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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This is where brothers and sisters, the fear

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comes into the picture.

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Now, when it comes to fear, we talked

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about hope, let's talk about fear.

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The fear of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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is a different kind of fear.

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See, if someone brings a snake in front

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of you, you will run away.

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You see a spider, you run away.

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You see something that makes you scared, you

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run away.

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You see someone that you're scared of, you

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run away.

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The fear of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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is unique.

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The fear of things and people makes us

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run away.

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The fear of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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makes us come closer to Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala.

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We understand the majesty of Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala.

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We understand the power of Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala.

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We understand the qudrah of Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala.

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His ability to do whatever He wants.

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His ability to create as He wishes and

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so forth.

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Brothers and sisters, when we understand this, then

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this builds fear of Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala within us.

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Then we come closer to Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala.

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And we understand that what will happen if

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I don't obey.

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At the same time, I also fear that

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I could be deprived from so many blessings

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of life if I don't obey Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala.

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If I do whatever I want, I fulfill

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all my desires, and I have no fear

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of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Brothers and sisters, then how does that develop?

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How does that show your love, our love

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to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala?

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Just like a human being.

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A lot of times, we don't wanna displease

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our father.

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We don't wanna displease our mother.

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Why?

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Not because of the fear.

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Yes, we fear that if I displease them,

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their hearts are gonna be broken.

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I don't wanna see my mother's heart broken.

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I don't wanna see my father's heart broken.

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Likewise, brothers and sisters, when it comes to

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the fear of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,

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it brings us closer to Allah jalla wa

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ala.

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The fear of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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should deter us from committing sins.

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The fear of Allah should make us obey

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Him.

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A person who fears Allah in this dunya,

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has no fear in the hereafter.

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لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ For a

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person, on the other hand, who does not

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fear Allah in this dunya, they have a

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lot to fear in the hereafter.

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One place we will have to fear Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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A logical person says, let me fear Allah

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in this dunya.

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And it's not like as if Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala has made everything haram in

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our life.

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There are many things that Allah has made

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halal, and there are some things that Allah

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has made haram.

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Unfortunately, you and I, we don't like to

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take that which is halal, but we're always

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trying to run towards that which is haram.

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That is our problem.

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The problem is not that Allah has made

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certain things haram.

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The problem is that we want to do

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only those things which Allah has made haram.

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This is where the problem is.

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So brothers and sisters, think about this from

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the perspective of this taqwa and this fear

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of Allah that we need to have.

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When we abuse people, when we deliberately abuse

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their rights, brothers and sisters, we need to

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fear Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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When we abuse people, often because why?

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Because I'm in the position of power.

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I am the older one in the family.

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And subhanAllah, how many times I hear stories,

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after stories, after stories.

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The eldest brother in the family, he's acting

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like a godfather.

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I can tell my entire family to do

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whatever they want, and I can snap my

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fingers.

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Because culturally this has been acceptable.

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The eldest brother, the eldest sister, that eldest

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brother, that eldest sister, who feels like they

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have power because they are older, remember, fear

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that there's one

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who has more power than you.

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You are subservient to Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala.

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I hear so many cases that we cannot

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do what's right in the family, because the

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eldest brother, he has said something.

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And everyone has to listen to him.

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And everyone has to follow him.

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If that eldest brother or that eldest sister

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is going to Jahannam, khalas, the entire family

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is going to Jahannam.

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Because everyone thinks that we have to be

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subservient to that person.

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Fear Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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When we commit haram and privacy, fear Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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When we cheat people, and we cheat in

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business, and we take money from other people,

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and we don't give back.

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Brothers and sisters, we need to fear Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Brothers and sisters, this is how a believer

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lives.

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We listen to the words of the Qur

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'an, we listen to Jannah, the verses about

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Jannah, and we are so happy to hear

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those verses, and it creates hope in our

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heart.

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But when we listen to the stories of

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those people who Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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punished, when we read the verses of Jahannam,

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when we read the verses of Jahannam, then

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this should create fear within our heart.

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And let me be very blunt about this.

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There are many people who say, when you

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tell them about the verses of Jahannam, oh

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brother, oh sister, don't talk to me about

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negative things.

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Don't you know Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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only loves?

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Don't talk to me about these negative things.

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Islam is always positive.

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These kind of people have been trained to

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think that Allah loves you so much, that

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no matter how much haram you're doing, Allah

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still loves you.

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Yes, Allah loves us, no doubt.

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But that does not mean that we keep

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on breaking the laws of Allah, and we

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keep on using this card that Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala loves us.

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Because as I shared 2-3 weeks ago

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in a khutbah, the sign of the munafiqoon

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is, وَغَرَّتْكُمُ الْأَمَانِ That these people, they have

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so much doubts in their deen, they never

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follow their deen, and at the end of

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the day, they just kept on saying, Allah

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will keep on forgiving me, Allah will keep

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on forgiving me.

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That's no different than a Christian who says,

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I can keep on doing whatever I want

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to do, because Jesus Christ died on the

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cross for me, and I'm sinless, and He

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has taken the burden of everything.

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That's not how our religion works.

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We have to own up to the wrong

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that we have done.

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There should be hope, that Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala will forgive me.

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And there should be fear, that I have

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to answer to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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As long as a person is between hope

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and fear, then this bird, just like Ibn

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Qayyim says, this is like a bird, this

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bird will keep on flying higher.

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But if a person is not balanced between

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hope and fear, and they both compliment one

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another, they both compliment one another, if we

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do not have this balance between hope and

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fear, then just like that bird, it will

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crash on the ground, and then we will

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become a prey to the fitnahs of shaytan.

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So I ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,

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that may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala first

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of all, give us the tawfiq, that our

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primary goal of life is to earn the

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love of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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And may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala always

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build within us, this balance between hope and

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fear, between khawf and raja'a.

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Amin Rabbil Alameen.

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بارك الله لنا ولكم في القرآن العظيم ونفعنا

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وإياكم بات وذكر الحكيم أستغفر الله لي ولكم

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ورسال المسلمين فاستغفروا إنه الغفور الرحيم بسم

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الله الرحمن الرحيم إن الحمد لله نحمده ونستعينه

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ونستغفره ونعوذ بالله من شرور أنفسنا ومن سيئات

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عمالنا من يهديه الله فلا مضل له ومن

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يضل فلا هادي له ونشته أن لا إله

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إلا الله وحده لا شريك له ونشته أن

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محمد عبده ورسوله أما بعد I want to

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quickly just...

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and the last thing I do want to

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mention which I just quickly touched upon the

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balance between hope and fear a person who

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only has hope they become complacent there is

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no remorse there is no concept of accountability

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these are people who only have hope on

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the other hand there are people who have

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only fear and what fear does is it

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creates hopelessness it creates disparity within a person

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in a person there is no Quran there

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is no hadith that can build up hope

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within a person that is why brothers and

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sisters there are people who are only hopeful

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and there are people who live in fear

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at all times the smallest action, the smallest

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wrong they think that Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى

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is going to punish them you think that

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these are just things I'm making up Wallahi

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I've seen people like this they think that

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the one sin yes our sahabah رضي الله

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عنهم they would say that there are times

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where they would commit one sin and they

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think the wrath of Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى

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will come upon them and there will come

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a time where they will commit sins after

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sins and the wrath of Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَ

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تَعَالَى will not come down immediately so when

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they hear these kind of things they feel

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like the wrath of Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى

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is going to come upon me immediately and

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that is where I have to explain to

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them they need to hear the verses of

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the Quran when they recite in every single

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rak'ah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem Al-Ghafoor

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Al-Raheem when they hear these kind of

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things then slowly and gradually they become hopeful

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but brothers and sisters we have to play

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this balance game in our life when I

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do something that is good I am hopeful

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from Allah that Allah will reward me when

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I do something that is wrong and we

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all know when we do something that is

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wrong we all know when we are doing

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something that is wrong that is when we

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need to be fearful of Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَ

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تَعَالَى not because Allah is going to send

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me to Jahannam not because of that because

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I have to stand before Allah on the

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Day of Judgment we have to stand before

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Allah on the Day of Judgment and we

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have to give an account there is no

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one today when we do wrong things we

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hide behind other people we hide behind other

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people and justify our wrong doings in the

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akhirah it's you or I and Allah سُبْحَانَهُ

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وَ تَعَالَى and there is no one else

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مَا لَكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ مِنْ وَلِيٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

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there is no one that we can hide

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behind on the Day of Judgment it's Allah

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and us and Allah will open up every

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single record Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى will have

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evidence of every single wrong that we have

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done so this is why brothers and sisters

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we need to always be fearful of that

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day I ask Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى that

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just like our Prophets our Anbiya عَلِيم سُبْحَانَهُ

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وَ تَعَالَى just like they demonstrated hope and

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fear in their life likewise in our life

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may Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى grant us the

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tawfiq to instill hope and fear in every

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single aspect of our life اللهم انصر الاسلام

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والمسلمين اللهم انصر الاسلام والمسلمين في كل مكان

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اللهم انصرنا على من خالفنا واحفظ بلادنا وأصلح

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أولادنا واشف مرضانا وعاف مبتلانا وارحم موتانا واخذ

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بأيدينا إلى كل خير وعاصمنا من كل شر

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واحفظنا من كل ضير اللهم قسم لنا من

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خشتك ما تحول به بيننا بين معصيتك ومن

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طاعتك ما تبلغنا به جنتك ومن يقين ما

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تهوينه علينا مصائب الدنيا ومتعنا بأسماعنا وأبصارنا وقواتنا

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ما أحيتنا واجعله مبارث منا واجعل ثأرنا على

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من ظلمنا وانصرنا على من عادانا ولا تجعل

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مصيبتنا في ديننا ولا تجعل الدنيا أكبر همنا

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ولا مبلغ علمنا ولا إلى النار مصيرنا ولا

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تصلت علينا من لا يرحمنا اللهم إنا نسألك

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علما نافعا وعملا متقبلا ورزقا واسعا وشفاءا من

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كل ذا اللهم إنا نعوذ بك من علم

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لا ينفع ومن قلب لا يخشع ومن نفس

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لا تشبع ومن دعاء لا يستجاب اللهم انصر

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الإسلام والمسلمين في كل مكان اللهم انصر الإسلام

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والمسلمين في كل مكان اللهم انصر المظلومين في

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كل مكان اللهم اهلك الظالمين اللهم اهلك الظالمين

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اللهم اهلك الظالمين كما اهلكت عادا وثمود امي

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رب العالمين ان الله يأمر بالعدل والإحسان وإيطاء

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ذي القربة وينهى عن فحشاي منك والباغ يعيذكم

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لعلك الذكرون فاذكروني اذكركم واشكوري ولا تكفرون اقيم

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الصلاة Straight

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in lines, fill in the gaps.

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There's still a lot of space inside the

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main hall, fill out the gaps.

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Brothers in the back two rooms, please come

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inside the main hall.

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Brothers in the multipurpose hall, please come inside.

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Sisters, any sisters in the multipurpose hall, please

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come inside the main hall.

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Sisters, please make sure the rows are straight,

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the rows are complete.

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Straight in lines, fill in the gaps.

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If there's any brothers inside the lobby area,

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please make sure the rows are straight.

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Look around you, please make sure the rows

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are straight.

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الله أكبر الله أكبر أشهد أن لا إله

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إلا الله أشهد أن محمد رسول الله

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حي على الصلاة حي على الصلاة حي على

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الفلاح حي على الفلاح قد قامت الصلاة قد

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قامت الصلاة الله أكبر الله أكبر لا إله

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إلا الله قل

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أعوذ برب الفلق من شر ما خلق ومن

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شر غاصق إذا وقب ومن شر النفاثات في

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العقد ومن شر حاسد إذا حسد الله أكبر

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الحمد لله رب العالمين الرحمن الرحيم مالك يوم

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الدين إياك نعبد وإياك نستعين إهدنا الصراط المستقيم

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صراط الذين أنعمت عليهم غير المغضوب عليهم ولا

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الضالين قل أعوذ برب الناس ملك

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الناس إله الناس من شر الوسواس الخناس الذي

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يوسوس في صدور الناس من الجنة والناس الله

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أكبر السلام

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عليكم ورحمة الله السلام عليكم ورحمة الله يَعْلَمُ

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مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ

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مِّنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا شَاءُ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ

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وَالْأَرْضِ وَلَا يَعُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ

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