Nadim Bashir – The Best Advices To Learn From Shaqiq Al-Balkhi Pt.2

Nadim Bashir
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The speakers discuss the importance of maintaining good deeds and avoiding harms in relationships. They stress the need to be mindful of one's opinion and study the Quran for clarification. The speakers also emphasize the importance of connecting to past people and the need to connect to people of the past.
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We started a, a story,

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about a sheikh.

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His name was

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Shaikh Al Balakhi,

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and he had a student

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by the name of Hatem Al Assam.

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And Hatem Al Assam had

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stayed in the company of his sheikh

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for 30 years.

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And at the conclusion of 30 years, he

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asked him

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that you stayed in my company for 30

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years. What have you learned?

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And he said that there were 8 things

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I learned.

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I covered 2 things last time. Anyone remember?

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I know if you you don't even remember

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what you probably ate yesterday

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or what I recited in salat yesterday.

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This was 2 weeks ago. But anyone remember?

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So the first one was

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that

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everyone has a beloved,

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and when it comes to every single beloved,

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we will be we will be separated from

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our beloved.

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Hence, you should love that one thing

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that is gonna remain with you for eternity.

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And what is that one thing that's gonna

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remain etern with with us for eternity? Is

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our

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good deeds.

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Our good deeds are gonna stay with us

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in this duniya.

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And in the kabr, when our family, our

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possessions, everything comes back home, the only thing

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that will remain with us is our good

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deeds.

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So, hence, you should make the good deeds

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your beloved.

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The second thing is

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that in this dunya, Allah sub there are

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so many people who are committing so much

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aggression,

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and there are so many people who are

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following their desires. And I realize

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that the best person is that person

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who actually follows taqwa,

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as Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says in the

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Quran.

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says that anyone

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who fears Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

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What does

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mean? The place of Allah. It means, as

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many ulema have said, when we stand before

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Allah on the day of judgment.

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And we have to answer of everything that

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we have done. So this is Maqamrabihi.

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Anyone

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who realizes that I have to stand before

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Allah

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and I have to answer for my actions,

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if a person has that mindset

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and that mindfulness,

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then people will stop doing what they are

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doing. So these are 2 things that we

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covered. The third thing that he that he

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mentioned is

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that people are so obsessed

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with hoarding this duniya.

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And this is something that we find in

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the hadith of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam

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when he says, lo analibli adamawadiya

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mindhabin

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ahabbaayyakoonalahu

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wadian.

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Any person who has one valley of gold,

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they will want not one valley of gold

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but they want 2 valleys of gold. Today,

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you have one house, one property, we're not

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satisfied.

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We want 15 properties. When you have 15

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properties, you feel like that I've gained 15,

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I can get another 15. So whatever dunya

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we have,

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we always want more and more.

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What Hatem al Aslam said is that I

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realized that everything that we have today

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will eventually

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leave our hands.

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The only thing that will remain forever

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is with what what is with Allah

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And that is why he then recited,

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What a beautiful verse of the Quran. Whatever

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we have and this is why I think

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about it for a moment.

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I know that there are practices that take

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place within some certain families

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that, you know, people will say that this

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is my parents' home. And this is something

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that happens often overseas.

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The same house that they are living in,

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probably their grandparents were living in that same

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house.

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But here in America, you know that people

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buy and sell houses very often.

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The houses that you and I, we are

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working so hard for,

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we take 30 years to sometimes pay off

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that mortgage and so forth. Think about it

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for a moment. In 50 years, probably 80

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years, even a 100 years for sure, that

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same house that today, you and I, we

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are living in, someone else will be living

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in that same house.

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The car that you and I, we are

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driving, if we don't drive it into the

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ground, someone else will be driving that car.

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Whatever we have today

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is gonna go in the hands of someone

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else. And this is why there's a

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where Allah

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says that, Youqulu ibn Adam

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mali mali.

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The son of Adam says,

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my wealth, my, you know, my wealth, my

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estate,

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my possession and so forth. But the only

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thing that truly belongs to the son of

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Adam is whatever he has ate and it

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has gone away. Do you understand? Whatever money

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he had, he spent it, that was his.

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Otherwise, whatever we have think about it. Today,

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if you and I were to die today,

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all the money that we have

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in our savings, our 401 ks, I our

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IRA,

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and any other assets that we have,

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we worked so hard for is gonna go

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in the hands of someone else. And this

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is the system.

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On the other hand, he's saying,

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Whatever we have, whatever you have, will all

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come to an end. And and it will

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go to the hands of someone else. The

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only thing that will remain with us, that'll

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be part of our possession

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is what we have sent forward to Allah

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Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. That Quran,

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that salat, that adab, that akhlaq, whatever good

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that we have done. That sadaqa,

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that sadaqa jaria. Whatever we have done for

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Allah,

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will save that for

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us in the akhirah.

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That is the only thing that we can

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guarantee, and Allah can guarantee

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that we have worked hard for,

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and that investment will not go anywhere. And

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this is why Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says,

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Whatever Allah has,

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it is better and it is everlasting.

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And this is the thing that, you know,

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the human being always thinks about. I don't

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want something that's gonna be temporary. I want

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something that is long lasting.

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Whatever I want, I want it to be

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for eternity.

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I don't like the temporary. If someone tells

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you, I'll give you a job. You know,

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this is a job, but it's a temporary

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job. On the other hand, I'll give you

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a job that is everlasting.

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Of course, any person

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who can think logically will say that you

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you take the everlasting job, you take the

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long lasting job. Everything in this duniya we

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talk about long lasting. We want things like

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that. So Allah subhanahu wa'ala was telling us

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that the focus should be is that whatever

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you do, you do it for Allah

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and that is what you should be worried

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about. That is the third thing. The fourth

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thing that he said was

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that in this duniya,

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people are after 2 things.

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They are after dignity,

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and they're after strength and power and authority.

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And he says that, I looked around and

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I observed that when it came to dignity,

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people will do whatever it whatever they can

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in order to achieve dignity.

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That means that a lot of times we

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would even walk over other people.

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We would take away other people's rights and

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deprive them of their rights.

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Why? Because I'm looking for dignity. He says

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that at times we would do things insincerely,

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without sincerity,

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because I'm looking for dignity. And subhanAllah, this

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is something that every single person wants. They

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wanna be dignified.

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They wanna be respected.

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No matter what happens at home, I may

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be the worst person at home, but in

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society, I'm gonna come, I'll put us another

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face on. Why? Because I want everyone around

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me to respect me.

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Or he says

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that people are looking for power and authority.

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And in order to achieve that power and

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authority,

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people will kill one another.

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You see what's happening, you know, subhanahu wa'ala

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all over the world right now.

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People for the power Governments.

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In order to achieve power and strength and

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authority,

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what they will do? They will take money

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from other people, but not give them their

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rights. They will kill other people,

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and this is the standard and the norm

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in this day and age. Why? Because this

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is my way of gaining power and authority.

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To which, Hatim alaihis salam said, that I

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then focused

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on the Qur'anic verse when Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala said, that the most

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dignified person People are looking for dignity.

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The most dignified person in the eyes of

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

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is the one who has taqwa.

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This is what Allah This is what Hadam

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alaihi was saying, is that Allah says in

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the Quran

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that we all have come from different backgrounds,

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different ethnicities,

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different cultures, and so forth.

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Now, when people come together, and they're coming

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from different backgrounds and so forth, of course

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there's always gonna be a sense of competition.

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There's gonna be a sense of superiority. Who

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is superior? Who is inferior? Allah

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has leveled

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the playing field for everyone.

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It does not matter who you are. You

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could be Arab, you could be Ajam, you

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could be from here or there. It does

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not matter. The only thing that Allah

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sees is our taqwa.

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The more a person has taqwa,

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the more a person is dignified in the

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eyes of Allah

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And if the entire world

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does not dignify a person,

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but Allah dignifies a person,

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that person is truly dignified.

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Duniya will think of us and so forth?

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I've talked about this before. There's 2 things

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you can never control. What people are gonna

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say about you, and what people are gonna

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think of you. If there's only one person

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or the one that we should be worried

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about what they think of us, it is

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. The whole world can

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say this person is a terrible person.

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But if I know that I'm on the

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Suratul Mustaqim,

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if I know I'm doing things the right

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way, and if I

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know that deep down in my heart I'm

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doing things the right way to the extent

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that Allah will love me, and I'm following

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Quran and sunnah of Rasulullah sallam, that's all

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that we need to worry be worried about.

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We need to be worried about Allah's opinion

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about us, not the world's opinion because the

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world changes.

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Was today normal? Will become abnormal today. What

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is abnormal today? Will become normal tomorrow. This

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is the world that we live in. If

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there's one standard that does never ever change,

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is the standard of Allah

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Allah does not say that today I want

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this and tomorrow I want this. This is

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not how Allah

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functions. So He's basically saying is that I

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realized that the person the most dignified person

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is the person who has taqwa, and I

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also realized

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that if we want salvation, if we want

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to be safe in this dunya

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and the akhirah,

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you have to truly believe in the Qur'an.

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And SubhanAllah,

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if you study the history of the Qur'an,

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when the Sahaba radiAllahu ta'anhu, who they were

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before the Qur'an

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and who they were after the Qur'an. There

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is no book in human history Let me

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make this very clear. There is no book

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in human history

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that was able to bring such a transformation

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the way the Quran was. And wallahi,

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I stand here and I don't care what

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anyone says in this dunya. If we're looking

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for the solution to all of our problems

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today in the world, it is in the

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Quran.

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Allah

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gave us the Quran

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as a timeless

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guidance.

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It does not matter. The Quran was revealed

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1400 years ago. But even till today, the

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Quran is applicable,

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until the day of judgment the Quran is

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gonna be applicable.

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And all the solutions to all of our

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problems are in the Quran. You have to

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sometimes wonder if Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala sent

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says so many prophets.

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124,000

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prophets.

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And He sent 300 and something odd amount

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of,

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ambiya in Rasul.

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Think about it for a moment. Allah

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sent all these prophets, and all these anbiyah,

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and all these messengers.

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But if you look at the Quran, there's

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only a handful of stories

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amongst all of them, probably a fraction. Think

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about it. Why do you think that Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala mentioned only those stories in

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the Quran?

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Because Allah knows

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that we are as a ummah. These are

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the stories that we need to connect to.

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Allah could have bring think about I mean,

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sometimes we have to just sit down and

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think. Allah could have brought stories

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of the people of the past

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that their challenges might be irrelevant to us,

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or their stories or their lives might be

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irrelevant to us.

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Allah brought only those stories in the Quran

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that are relevant to us. And every single

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story

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of every single prophet

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or even prophets,

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they all will find you'll find some relevancy

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to what we are going through today. It's

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a timeless guidance.

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Finally,

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he says that I realize

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the fifth thing he said And I'm This

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is the last thing I'm gonna, finish with

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today is He says that I realize

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that I found people demanding from each other

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when it comes to attain this duniya.

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They will put each other down

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and they will disrespect each other. There will

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be envy towards each other. There'll be hatred

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towards each other. And this is a duniya

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that we

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live in. There's so much hatred, there's so

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much hasad, there's so much jealousy. Why? Because

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of what other people have. And he says,

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I realized, I focused on the Quran, and

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I found a verse that helps me understand

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this. And he says, the Quranic verse is,

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Allah is telling us, I have created a

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balanced system in this dunya,

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and I have divided everything of this dunya.

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In order for this dunya to function, in

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order for this dunya to operate, I've divided

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all the responsibilities

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amongst the people so we can have a

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balanced dunya. And Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has

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put the love of these things differently of

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everyone. You might find one person who loves

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like a doctor. They love to They studied

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anatomy physiology, for example. Every single doctor has

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studied anatomy physiology. They have studied science and

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so forth. But studying anatomy physiology is everyone's

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cup of tea? No. There are some people

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who hate science.

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Some of the students are like, yeah. I

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hated science. Okay? They don't like science. They

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don't wanna study anatomy and physiology. They don't

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wanna study anything related to science.

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But then they are good at something else.

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And think about it. If every person was

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a doctor,

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who would do the IT jobs?

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Who would do all the other jobs? Allah

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Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala Think about it in every

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single sector of this duniya, no matter from

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the most dignified all the way to the

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bottom. And by the way, in this duniya

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and in our society, we always label this

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is a dignified job and this is not

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not a dignified job. And I'll just say

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this one thing.

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A dignified job in the eyes of Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala is considered as a halal

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income. You know, by the way, a Uber

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driver,

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that is still a dignified job in the

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eyes of Allah Subha Nahuwa Ta'ala.

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The society If you if you say, I'm

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an Uber driver, some people might look down

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on you. But if a person who works

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hard with their hands And I say this

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to the youth all the time. Don't worry

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about what kind of job you're doing. But

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if you're doing a halal job

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I mean, Dawud alaihis salam, Allah subhanahu is

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talking about Dawud alaihis salam, that he was

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a a blacksmith. Wa alan nala hulhadid, he

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used to work with copper at that time

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of Dawud alayhis salam And not only that,

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but in many societies, in many civilizations,

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working with copper, working with, you know, metal

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and so forth was not considered as a

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very dignified job. But Allah is telling us

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that's not the criteria of of a dignified

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job. If it's a halal job, you work

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hard for

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it, that's a dignified job in the eyes

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of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So Allah is

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So the So what he's saying is, I

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have divided everything amongst everyone. And I remember

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my teacher, when we were saying this aya,

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he gave a very a very

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drastic example. But to help us understand,

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he says

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he says that if every he says if

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every person

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was a mechanic.

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Okay? If every person was a mechanic, who

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would take care of the health of people?

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And if every person was a doctor, then

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he says that who would go and do,

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like, the tough jobs in our society?

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Who would do the tough jobs in our

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society? You have a plumber,

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you tell someone, I'm a plumber. Some people

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might, you know, might not look at that

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as a dignified job.

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But come the snow the snow season,

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when all the pipe pipes are blocked and

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there is leakages everywhere, the most demanding job

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is the who? The plumber. Right? So Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala is telling us that I

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have in order for this duniya to function,

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there are so many sectors, and I've divided

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everyone into different sectors, subhanAllah.

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And that's why we have a balanced dunya

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in some capacity. So Sheikh Hatem al Assam

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is saying that I realize that why are

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we so envious about others? Allah has given

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us a certain talent and every person has

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a certain talent. If we use that talent

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and we achieve our dunya, this is something

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that has already pre is already predestined by

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. There's no need to

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be hatred toward to be hating towards each

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other. There's no need to be jealous towards

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each other. Whatever Allah has destined for us,

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our qadr, that's all we're gonna get. So

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these are three things that he mentioned. I

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mean, once again there are 8 things. I

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shared 2 things last time. Today, I shared

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3 more things. The remaining 3 things inshallah,

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I will cover next week. I ask Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala

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to make us amongst those whose hearts are

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always connected to Allah. May Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala give us a tawfiq that while we

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are living in this duniya, we can protect

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ourselves from the fit from the fit of

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this duniya, and our hearts are always remaining

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and connected with Allah

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