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Brothers and sisters, if I were to ask each one of you here, what do you want the most in life? Some of you may say I want health. Some of you may say I'm looking for financial stability. Some may say that I'm looking for stability in life in general. I, my life is seriously and constantly a roller coaster. Some will say that I'm looking, I'm facing a personal challenge in my life. And I'm looking for solutions to that challenge. And then the follow up question that I would ask you will be this. What if Allah gave you what you wanted? You want money? If Allah gave you money? What would that bring you? You will say happiness. If you're looking for health, and I asked you, what would you get

if you had that health, you will say happiness. Ultimately, no matter what we're looking for all of us here we're looking for happiness in life. We want to be happy. We want to be in a situation where we're not constantly going through the stages of struggle in life. But brothers and sisters, the reality is that Allah subhanho wa Taala has created happiness as a byproduct of sacrifice. Allah has made happiness a byproduct of hard work, Allah has made happiness a byproduct of consistency. There is no place on duniya where you can tell someone that happiness will be given to you immediately. We all understand that we live in a Dounia where you work hard first, and then you get the results.

Even in this dunya we are asked by ALLAH SubhanA wa taala. To believe in Allah to be consistent in believing in Allah subhana what to Allah, work hard, you will go through struggles of life, but then ultimately at the very end, Allah subhanho wa Taala will give us a place as the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he says, Man, I know what was going on, send me out what a hotter Allah Colombia. In sha Allah, Allah subhanho wa Taala will give us Jana But the rule is the principle has always been that you work hard first and then you will get the results today inshallah in this hotbar I want to talk about that where is this true happiness that we're looking for? Where does true

happiness lie? And what does the Quran and the Sunnah say about true and everlasting happiness? First of all, is that when the Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet SAW Allah while you some talks about happiness, ultimately the ultimate happiness and success and not only that, but the complete opposite of that failure is the failure or the success of the hereafter. That is why Allah subhanho wa Taala he says in the Quran, for men whom Shakti Yun was salaried, instead of who the law says, For men whom chakra universal aid for a man Avena Shaku furaffinity la vie has a feed on washer here, Holly Dena fee ha Madame Addis Ababa to allow the inland Mushara book in the Rebecca Island

Lima you read well I'm a Lavina story do fulfill Jana hottie Dina fee ha Madame Mata snowwhite Masha Robuck or an oil mucha Luz ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada says that when you talk about ultimate failure is a failure of the Hereafter a person who will not receive their book of deeds in their right hand, but rather they will receive it in their left hand. This is a person who will be sent to the fire Johanna. That is what Allah subhanho wa Taala refers to as ultimate failure. On the flip side, when Allah talks about ultimate success, Allah talks about ultimate ultimate success in the context of the Hereafter that it is regarding that person will amend Lavina story to fulfill Jana sada. This is

something that we are looking for ultimate happiness, Allah says that it will be happening in the state of Jannah it will happen where you will not find any kind of issue, you there will not be any kind of challenges in that place of Jana, there will be no worries, there'll be no anxiety there will be nothing that journey will consumes you my mind and your mind. We will not go through that in Jannah. That is the ultimate happiness that we're looking for. But Allah says that will be only in the hereafter. Of course, does that mean that there is no happiness in this? Dunya? No, of course not. There is happiness in this dunya but we have to understand that every single good that we

experience in life, it is very temporary. And likewise every single challenge that we face in this dunya is also very temporary. There are scholars of the past,

such as Imam rock, as for honey and Imam Ghazali and gray sky

Listen philosophers of the past who have explained, there are happiness in this life. For example, a person who experiences wisdom, courage, justice, or a person may have physical happiness in life, such as Allah has given them health, strength and beauty. And there's other external virtues that people may experience in life, such as wealth, status, and friends. These are things that do exist. But at the same time, whenever Allah talks about this dunya he reminds us that this dunya is temporary. And that happiness that we're trying to find over here in this dunya it is also very temporary. That's why instead of universe, ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala he says, Will Allah Who yet the

rule II that that is Salam? I call you Allah subhanho wa Taala says he is calling us to Darussalam the place where there will be complete happiness and complete peace Darussalam but before that was salam, what does Allah subhanho wa Taala say, he says, He gives a parallel of this dunya he explains to us that what happiness in this dunya means, he says in the masala highlighted dunya karma in Anza. Now Hamina summer a factor or Toby Hina, battle owl, me My goodness Allah. Allah says the example of this dunya is like the water that comes from the sky, and the Earth absorbs that water. And because it absorbs that water, it produces vegetation, it produces crops and food, through which

the animals, other human beings, they benefit from this hut, either, or the zoo rufa was the unit where one

or the other you have, and there comes a situation when you look at the crops, and it brings a smile to your face. And there comes a situation where the human being believes that he has complete control over the situation, he is running the entire operation, that at that time, Allah subhanho wa Taala reminds them, that they're not the ones who are in charge of happiness, but rather it is Allah who's in charge of happiness hut and whatnot.

Runa Laila and our heroine for Jana Hasid. And Callum Turner, Bill Adams, Allah subhanho wa Taala says that overnight, there is a calamity that comes from Allah subhanho wa Taala day or night, and it removes everything they have worked hard for, as if nothing existed from before. And then Allah subhanho wa Taala think about this example. And then in the next idea, Allah says, Will La Jolla there only that that is Saddam, that he is calling us to Darussalam that what does that mean? First of all, it means that just like this land was barren at one time, and then there was vegetation, and then Allah brought it again to a state of being barren, and it does not have anything, likewise is

the happiness of this dunya there is happiness, and you believe that this happiness is going to go on. And then one incident Subhanallah one incident, one sickness, one incident, one calamity, one tragic situation, it changes the course of your entire life. This is Allah Subhana Allah is telling us that this is what true dunya is, there is no such thing called everlasting happiness in this dunya today, we are looking for that everlasting happiness in the wrong place. If I were to tell you that there is an iPad in this room, and the back room, and you're looking for it upstairs, you will never find it, because it's not in that place. Likewise, we're trying to find something where it

does not exist, how will we find that today you and I we exert so much energy to find happiness in this dunya whereas the happiness in this dunya is always very temporary. Number two is Allah subhanho wa Taala gives us the example of farming and agriculture. Because just like in this dunya, just like in this dunya we work hard, and then we get the results. Likewise, Allah gives the example of this dunya that this is the place where you work hard. And then you will see the results were in Darussalam. This is a place to work hard. This is a place where yes, there will be happiness, it'd be temporary, but at the same time, they will be difficult times but it will be temporary to the

Christian mindset. By the way, there are many Muslims who have the same mindset of like a Christian, that if I do good if I'm a Muslim, I read Quran I pray salah, I come to the masjid every single day. Why is Allah bringing this upon me? I thought I'm doing I'm pleasing Allah and because I am doing so much for Allah. In return. I want Allah to give me a peaceful life. Now

realizing brothers and sisters, that our relationship with Allah is not transactional. It's not that I do for you and then you do for me, Allah subhanho wa Taala is deserving of arriba whether we accept it or not, if we're going through the most peaceful life and light, it will peaceful situation in life and everything is going according to plan and we have no issues in life. At that time, Allah is deserving our worship. And on the flip side, if we're going through the most difficult time in our life, even during that time, Allah is deserving of our worship, our relationship with Allah subhanho wa Taala is not transactional. So now the question is,

that, if this is what we understand, if this is truly what it is, then what is the source of happiness in this dunya even this temporary source of happiness? How can we attain this happiness in this dunya? The, the answer is, there are two things that we can do to attain some happiness in this dunya. And by the way, before I talk about this happiness, I want you to understand that happiness does not here mean happiness here does not mean that this that there will be no challenges in life. This is not our understanding of happiness. This is Allah's understanding of happiness. And Allah's understanding of happiness is that you will go through challenges in life. But if Allah can bring

you happiness, you will get through those challenges in life and you'll be able to you'll be able to maneuver around them, you'll be able to move through life, despite those challenges, just like we find in the case of Rasulullah sallallahu it was said no, think about this man, who was the best man to be sent ever on the face of this earth by Allah subhanho wa taala, the most closest man to Allah subhanho wa Taala there is no one who can compare to the to the piety and the taqwa of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, yet this is a man that before even he came into this dunya Allah took away his father, Allah took away his mother at the age of six, his loving grandfather at the age of

eight, and then constantly one after another Rasul Allah. So Allah was something he worked hard. He is not like other people who grew up in a very lavish community in a very lavish family. He grew up in the family of Abu Talib, which was historically a very poor family, a very poor family. He was not left behind anything by his father of the lottery. He grew up in poverty, he worked hard.

And then after becoming a Prophet also there was struggle after struggle after struggle. But how was Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, whenever anyone asked us Allah Allahu Allah, he was sending them and after he would exert so much for Allah subhanho wa taala. He never said anything that a person will get the understanding that the prophet is Salam is displeased with Allah, but rather Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was always happy with Allah subhanho wa taala. Because the meaning of happiness in the in the understanding of Allah subhanho wa Taala is that you will have a life though you have challenges, but you will be able to work around those challenges. And Allah

subhanho wa Taala will bring you relief time after time after time. So the question is that how do we attain this temporary happiness in this dunya the very first one is to have to ease and firm belief in Allah subhanho wa taala. And by the way, when we talk about towhees, there are two concepts of terrain. One is called towhee the oluwo here that we acknowledge the fact that ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala is my Lord. Today you ask a Sunday school child, he's probably five years old, who is your Rob he will say my Rob is Allah. But there is a concept of authority which is caught though he's there at the ruble we which is to worship Allah subhanho wa Taala the way he deserves to be

worshipped. Once again, we worship Allah, the way he deserves to be worshipped, not that we worship Him only in times of good and then we leave Allah subhanaw taala in the times of difficulty, because any Muslim who acknowledges the fact that I believe in Allah and Allah is there, Allah does exist and I worship Allah subhanho wa Taala but there is no worship in their life. There is no concept of truly believing Allah subhanho wa Taala even if I am Rahmatullah Allah he says that what is the difference between that person and a person who existed such as Abuja hell, because Abuja hell also he also believed, by the way, go back and stay the Quraysh the Quran actually believed in Allah

subhanho wa Taala to they did believe in Allah. Allah says in the Quran, wala insalata human halacha Snohetta will already lay it all on Allah. If you ask them the who created the skies in the earth, they will say that Allah created the skies in the earth. It was not like they don't believe in Allah, but they committed ship with Allah subhanho wa Taala they committed Shinnick with Allah subhanho wa taala. So even a chi even saying that what is the difference between a Muslim and Amanda

Bucha while the if the only thing they have in their life is they might Rob is Allah but they don't stay away from haram. They don't fulfill the expectations of Allah subhanho wa Taala they don't develop they devote their lives to Allah subhanho wa Taala what is the difference between them and a person like Abu Jamal and think about how profound and how deep that is? This is a place where you and I we need to ask ourselves a question that what is our understanding and what is my relationship with Allah subhanho wa Taala and ultimately when we talk about the Hadith, what is though he, besides the fact that we declare the Oneness of Allah subhanho wa Taala though he is to put your

trust in Allah and Allah system, whether we understand it or not, just like the mother Masada you Salam, just sighs the mother Musa Yusuf, she is being told to put her child in a basket, who is she trying to protect her child from from from Fidel and his army, and she's being told to put her child in a basket to put him in the river where there are animals that could potentially devour Masada, Islam. And not only that, even if he's protected from the animals, this river will pass by the palace of who have fit own. Logically it makes no sense. Why would I want to put my child in that kind of situation, but she her trust and Allah system, whether she understood the benefit of it or

not, that's called to hate, though hate means that we accept the father of Allah subhanho wa Taala Yes, I understand that you and I, we all have challenges in our life. But this is where we have to put our iman and our trust in Allah, that if this is what Allah wants from us, then we truly we put our trust in Allah subhanho wa taala. So here it is to acknowledge that everything that Allah expects from me, does not require a cell's pictorial or an explanation. Allah does not you know, many people, they say that in order for me to do something, it has to make sense to me. If Allah wants me to do this, it has to make sense to me. No brothers and sisters, when Shavon tried to do

the same thing. Allah subhanho wa Taala cursed him to the Day of Judgment, when shaytaan was told to make sense that to Adam alayhis salaam, he tried to apply logic in that kind of situation. He tried to apply logic in that kind of situation, the unhide on men, it doesn't make any sense. Why should I make sense that to him Holika Danny Manawa halacha whom in plain makes sense that fire is more powerful than the dirt he should be making says that to me not the other way around, when he tried to use logic when it came to the order of Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah subhanho wa Taala curse shaytaan for eternity. So think about this brothers and sisters, when it comes to the order of Allah

subhanho wa Taala Tauheed means Iman is that we do whatever Allah subhanaw taala wants from us. And so he also means that we have faith in Allah subhanho wa Taala and the good times, and we have faith in Allah subhanho wa Taala in the bad times, just again, once again Musa alayhis salam story, that during while he was going through his struggles of life, during that time, he remembered Allah subhanho wa Taala when he was going through the good times in life, he still remembered ALLAH SubhanA wa Donna. So if we want to find happiness in this dunya we have to put our trust in Allah subhana wa taala. And acknowledging the fact that Allah is our Lord is not sufficient, but we have

to live our life according to the expectations of Allah subhanho wa Taala number two, another source of happiness is that this guidance that Allah subhanho wa Taala has given us ultimately the Quran, which is a source of guidance has to be the primary focus of our entire life. This has to be at the core of our entire life. Subhanallah today, you go, you have to pay consultants, you're in business, you want to talk to a business consultant, you got to pay them per hour per 15 minutes for half an hour. If a student wants academic counseling, academic guidance, you go and you sit with a counselor. Today there are people who are in business as a console as a as a consultant. People come

to them for consultation and so forth. And what do they do? What do they provide in exchange, they provide guidance, they tell people how to do things going forward. Brothers and sisters, we have something that provides us clarification in life. When you and I when we don't know what to do in life. When we are at a crossroads in life. There is something that Allah has given you and I that provides that clarification. It provides guidance, it provides direction, it provides instruction. And not only that, but imagine let me give you one example.

Imagine we're standing at a beginning of a path. It's a dark path. It's only one entry right now, there's only one one source of entry. But as you go forward, there's multiple paths that you can take.

Now if I tell you that the best way to move forward is to go forward

to go forward, take this path and take this path and take this path, you're gonna go, you will take one path, you take the next path, you take the other path, and you follow all the instructions that I give you. But what happens down the road is, there's always going to be something in the back of your mind is that it might go in the right way or not.

It might go in the right way or not. Allah subhanho wa Taala has given us something that not only has he provided us clarification, direction, instruction, but rather Allah subhanaw taala has also told us that those who follow this clarification, this instruction and this direction, they all were successful. Allah gave us stories of the past to show that the people who follow these three things they were successful in life and what is that that is the Quran. Today when we are looking for guidance, I don't have to go in pay someone for guidance that you give me guidance to show me what I need to do in life, but rather we come back to the Quran and we come back to the Sunnah of

Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and this is our ultimate source of happiness, our ultimate source of finding anything in life for clarification and so forth. So brothers and sisters, if you truly want to find happiness in this dunya come back to the Quran. Come back to the Sunnah of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and ultimately come back to this guidance of Allah subhanho wa taala. Today when we look for other types of guidance, that is where you will not find guidance. I tell you honestly when you enslave yourself to anything besides Allah subhanho wa Taala do not feel that that is freedom, rather that you are enslaved to someone else. And what people generally

refer that this that the fact that I'm enslaved to Allah subhana wa Taala How is his freedom? Today the entire world is saying that do not follow a religion because that's not freedom will lie he freedom lies in being a slave to Allah subhanho wa Taala it may not make sense, but this is where freedom lies. And if you truly believe that freedom lies anywhere else, besides believing Allah subhanho wa Taala remember that you become enslaved to a product that become that that is changing every single day. That is why brothers and sisters if you want to find happiness, find ALLAH SubhanA what the ANA, look for Allah in your life, bring yourself back to Allah subhanho wa Taala and number

two is that bring yourself back to the Quran and the Sunnah of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, I asked Allah subhana wa to make us amongst those who will always stick to abide by the Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet, sunnah. And ultimately by the Eman of Allah subhanho wa Taala burdock, Allahu Allah now welcome fipple and Aleem want to find out what he complied with he could hug him and stuff Allah Holly welcome well he sided with Muslim manifesto fill in who will have a photo of him

Mr. Lachman or Haman hamdulillah and I'm gonna start you know doing a selfie to when I want to build I mean surely unforeseen I'm gonna say yet yeah. Molina Miyagi love LA medulla whom when you look further ahead, yeah. When I say Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah wants to know Mohammed and I will do what also do Am I bad. In this last part of the code that quickly I want to discuss that of course, we have to discuss and you know what we are going through the month that we are going through, we as you all know that the month of Muharram has started the month, the month of Muharram started on Wednesday. Today is the third day of Muharram. And this is the very first month of the Islamic lunar

calendar in the time of the prophet in the time after the Prophet sallallahu Adi was setting them when this Muslims got together in the Khilafah of Amara Anahata Radi Allahu taala. And they began to discuss amongst themselves that what will be the very first month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Many people suggested different months based on certain arguments and so forth in certain cases, but ultimately on a hotdog Radi Allahu Allah, He made the decision that the very first month in the Islamic Luna calendar will be the month of Muharram. Why? Because Muharram comes after the hijab, and often people will go for hygiene. And as you all know that anyone who performs a good hygiene,

Allah subhanho wa Taala forgives them in a way as if they are a newborn baby means that they have absolutely no sense on them. So I'm going to have saw this as a fresh new start. Hence the month of Muharram was the very first month, the month of Muharram is the only month in the Islamic lunar calendar that is referred to as the month of Allah subhanho wa Taala sha Allah him haram. When Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam came to Medina, he saw the Jewish community fast in the month of Muharram and especially in the on the 10th of Muharram. And when he asked he inquired, they said that this is the day that Allah subhanho wa Taala say Musa adding Islam from the fitna of an hour

and hence we fast on this day. This is a day of celebration, a day of happiness. Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said that we are more closer to Musashi, Assam

and hence we will fast on this day. And by the way, the next year the legislation of Ramadan took place. So before to move on fasting on haram was nuts, it was mandatory. But then after the legislation of Ramadan, Ramadan became mandatory in the month of Muharram became optional, but not only that, but then Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he also taught us that when you fast on the 10th of Muharram, ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala forgives the sins of one year. And that is why towards the end of the life of the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he said that if I'm alive next year, that I will fast one day before or one day, I'll add one day to the month onto the 10th of Muharram.

So that it is in opposition to the Jewish community. So that is why next week, Thursday, Friday, Saturday is the ninth 10th and 11th of Muharram. Try to talk to your family about it. Now, I understand that many people will bring up other historical events, such as the martyrdom of Kasane rhodiola, Tehran, and at that time, that the situation and the incident of Karbala and so forth, many who believe that we celebrate this day because of the incident that took place in Karbala, we do not do that once again, because at that time, when Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam told us to fast on the 10th of Muharram the by that time that of course the incident Karbala Hana taking place. So

we do not fast on this day because of the incident Karbala by coincidence, the incident Karbala took place on the 10th of Muharram but we remember the 10th of Muharram as the day that ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala saved Mussolini some in the in Bani Hassan II and because once again this is a sunnah of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. So try to talk to your kids about it and next week inshallah tried to make it a point to fast inshallah I asked Allah subhana wa to give us tofield May Allah subhana wa Taala give us the ability to do whatever we can to come close to Allah subhanho wa Taala and to stick by the Quran, the Sunnah and the faith of Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah who was someone

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