Navaid Aziz – Al Wasiyah Assughra

Navaid Aziz
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The importance of knowing the meaning of taqwa and creating a barrier between oneself and the wrath, anger, and punishment of Allah subhan frustration is emphasized in the conversation. The speakers emphasize the need to be mindful of one's behavior and protecting one's heart, eyes, and ears to avoid future mistakes and the importance of forgiveness. The class is about theiss and the brother's questions, emphasizing the importance of reading the text of a scholar and the specific title of the book.
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So,

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I am doing a one off halaqa.

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Insha Allah. What I'm hoping to achieve is

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to give you an introduction to the book,

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and then you guys can read the book

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on your own

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It's actually a very short book

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with footnotes. It's about 28 pages long. With

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footnotes, it's about 28 pages long.

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And we're gonna jump straight into it.

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So what I would suggest is take a

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picture of the of the screen. This was

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published in the nineties. It's available for free

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as a PDF online so that you find

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this exact version

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online

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There are a few other versions that are

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out there, but I found this one to

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be the most concise with the best English

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and you all with the most beneficial

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footnotes. So it's called a concise

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legacy. In Arabic, it's known as

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So to give you context behind this, there

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is a Moroccan sheikh by the name of

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Abil Asim Al Qasim Abdul Yusuf ibn Muhammad

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al Sabdi.

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And he, at some point, had come into,

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interacting with Sheikh Islam Ibn Taymiyyah

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And he was very impressed with what he

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saw by Sheikh Islam Ibn Taymiyyah.

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So later on in life,

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when he needed advice,

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he wrote a letter to Ibn Taymiyyah asking

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him about 4 things. Asking him about 4

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things. Number 1, what is the best piece

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of advice you can give me with regards

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to my dunya and akhirah?

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Number 2, what books should I be studying?

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Number 3,

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what is the best skill set that I

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can develop

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with regards to getting a profession

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in which Allah

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will increase and bless my risk.

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And then last but not least, to explain

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to me what are the best deeds after

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the obligatory deeds. What are the best deeds

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after the obligatory

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deeds? So I wanna do like a a

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quick survey.

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Imagine you're Ibn Tayni right

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now. Someone comes up to you and says,

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what is the best advice you can give

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me for my dunya and akhira? What advice

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are you gonna give them?

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Miss Milag, go ahead. Yeah.

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Yes, you. Don't waste your time. Don't waste

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your time. Love it. Great advice. What else?

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Excellent. Try your utmost best not to miss

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your prayers.

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Madinah. You have your hand up. You came

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running all the way from the back.

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Go ahead.

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Always use your eyes instead of your mouth.

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That is some deep stuff, bro.

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So look at the halal and stay quiet.

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That's what I'm gonna take over.

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The taqo of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. Excellent.

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Okay. So that's good for question number 1.

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Question number 2.

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What books should we be studying? Someone asked

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you for a recommendation for books. What advice

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are you gonna tell them with regards to

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books to read?

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Let's go with sisters. Bismillah, go ahead. Yeah.

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Read the Quran. Okay. Excellent. What else? Brother

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in the back. The seerah of the Prophet

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sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Excellent. What else? I'm

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gonna try to go to people that I

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haven't that haven't answered already. Bismillah.

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The men around the Messenger of Allah sallallahu

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alaihi wa sallam. Excellent.

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People that haven't answered already. People that haven't

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answered already.

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Anyone over here? Someone asked you for a

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book recommendation.

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What are we recommending?

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The alchemist? When the

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moon splits, so the seerah of the Prophet

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sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Excellent. Let's go to

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question 3. Someone comes up to you, you

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can imagine they're like a confused university student.

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They're like, I wanna get a job. Can

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you tell me what's like the best job

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that I can get that Allah

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will increase my risk and bless my risk

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for me? People that haven't answered yet.

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Become a doctor. Become a doctor.

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Allahu Akbar. Okay. What else? Go ahead.

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Become a teacher. Excellent. You know, that's fascinating.

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In the province of Alberta, if you become

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a teacher, it's you're pretty well off after

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a few years. And most other provinces, if

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you work in an Islamic school, you're getting

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paid like below minimum wage.

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What else? What other professions are we encouraging

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people to go into? People that haven't answered

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yet.

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Stay at home dad.

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Take care of your children. Yes, 100%. But

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don't stay home. Seek your risk. Your own

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business. Start your own business. Become an entrepreneur.

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Excellent. I love it. One more from the

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sisters. Any more recommendations for jobs?

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No?

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Isabella, go ahead. Yeah.

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Sorry?

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A software developer? Women in Tech?

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Okay. Nice.

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And then last but not least,

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after the obligatory deeds,

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what is the most beloved deeds to Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala?

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After the obligatory deeds, what is the most

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beloved deed to Allah? The zikr of Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala. Excellent. What else? Tawhid?

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Isn't tawhid obligatory?

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I thought it was.

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Yeah. So I said after the obligatory deeds.

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After the obligatory deeds.

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Sister in the back.

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The deeds that are most consistent. Excellent. Excellent.

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The sunnah, the sunnah? The sunnah of the

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prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam.

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Go ahead.

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Sorry.

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Giving charity.

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Okay. Good answers. So let's go

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through what Sheikh Al Islam Ibn Tayni says.

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So Ibn Tayni

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I want us to understand context now.

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So

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actually, yeah. Let me read this out to

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you. So

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when Ibn Tayni responds

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to this, he's between 36 to 39 years

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old. And I want you to think about

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how Abu'l Asim is talking to Ibn Taymiyyah,

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even though Abu al Asim is older than

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Ibn Taymiyyah,

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look at how he refers to his teacher.

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He says, I requested our leader, the sheikh,

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faqih, imam, respected scholar, vanguard of the predecessors,

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leader of the later generations,

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reviver of the deen, expressor of rare and

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wonderful ideas with great eloquence and literacy. The

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most

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I've met in the lands of the east

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and the west. Abdul

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Abbas Ahmadibault Taymiyyah. May Allah enable us to

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continue benefiting from him. That's how he refers

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to him at the age of 36 to

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39. And Ibn Tayni hasn't

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even reached, you know, his pinnacle as they

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say. So it shows you the type of

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individual that Sheikh was.

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Number 2, it shows us the importance of

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being able to ask great questions.

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If you ask great questions, you're gonna get

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great responses.

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Right? So as a part as a student,

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you want to learn how to ask great

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questions which are going to be most beneficial.

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Because you never know who ends up benefiting

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from them. That's subhanallah. 700 years later, here

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we are benefiting from this.

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Number 3, and perhaps for me this was

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like one of the most important ones.

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When we think of generosity,

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we often think of financial generosity.

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Sheikh al Aslambim Taymiyyah

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He shows us that generosity

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is a spirit.

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It's not something restricted.

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So you're you're generous with your time, you're

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generous with your words, You're generous with your

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responses.

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You're generous with your interactions with people.

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And this is the mindset that we wanna

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develop.

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Your mom is right there. Mom is right

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there. Mom is right there. She's just behind

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you. She's just behind you. Right there.

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You want to have a generous spirit that

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whatever you do, you come across as generous.

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So you praise people with generosity. You thank

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people with generosity.

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You spend time people with generosity.

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And this is what Ibn Taymiyyah

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does. That, subhanallah, someone writes you a letter,

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like by natural reaction would be, dude, how

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did you get my address? Like, how did

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this happen? How did I get myself in

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this situation? And then if someone was to

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ask me a question, I'm like, who has

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time to write 28 pages?

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I'll be like, you know, let's get on

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a phone call, let's meet in person, we

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can discuss this. Or at best kalas in

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1 page, you know, I'm gonna respond to

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you. Bashayk al Islam is obviously better than

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me. He responds in 28 pages.

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And there's a benefit here, that why is

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it called

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Ibn Taymiyyah

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he responded to many letters that were written

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to him.

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This was a smaller letter that he responded

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to as opposed to a much larger letter

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that he wrote, which became known as alwasiyatul

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Kubra, which became known as alwasiyatul Kubra. So

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So now Ibn Taymiyyah

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he starts answering the question

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with regards to the best advice that you

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can receive with regards to your dunya and

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Accra,

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he doesn't respond to it with his own

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words.

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He says, the best advice that you can

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ever receive is the advice of Allah

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and His Messenger

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And this teaches us an important lesson with

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regards to epistemology.

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What Where do we derive our knowledge from?

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Our ultimate source of knowledge and the truest

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form of knowledge that we will ever have

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as human beings is from Allah

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and His Messenger

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So he quotes a verse from the Quran

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where Allah

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says,

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That verily We have enjoined on those who

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were given the book before you, and on

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you, O Muslims,

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to fear Allah.

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So this is the wasi of Allah

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to the people before us, and to

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us as well. And this shows us a

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very important lesson, not only with regards to

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our epistemology,

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but also with regards to the continuation of

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the message. So as Allah

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sent revelation down to people, there were certain

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key themes that were consistent

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throughout history. So the message of tawheed is

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a consistent message. Worship Allah

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alone. Obey Allah

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alone. Another one of those consistent messages

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is to live a life of god consciousness,

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to live a life of taqwa. So here

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Allah

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says that we have advised the people of

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the book before you, as well as you,

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to have taqwa of Allah

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Now, we're not gonna get into a detailed

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discussion on this, but Imitayni

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he answered this later on, there are two

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meanings of taqwa. He says, taqwa comes with

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2 meanings in the Quran and the sunnah,

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a general meaning

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and a specific meaning.

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As for the general meaning of taqwa, it

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is the deen in its in its entirety.

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Follow the deen in its entirety, this is

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the taqwa of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And

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then he says the specific meaning of

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taqwa is to create a barrier between yourself

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and the wrath, anger, and punishment of Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala. It is to create a

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barrier

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between the wrath, anger, and punishment of Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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So what is the general meaning of taqwa

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folks? What is the general meaning of taqwa?

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Yeah? All of the deen in its entirety.

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The deen in its entirety. And what is

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the specific meaning of taqwa?

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To fear Allah and to create a barrier

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between the punishment, anger, and wrath of Allah

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and your

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self. Then he goes on to, where did

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the Prophet

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give a similar advice? And he brings the

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hadith of Mu'adh

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He says, O Mu'adh, fear Allah wherever you

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may be, and follow-up a bad deed with

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a good one, and it will wipe it

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out, and behave towards people with beautiful

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manners.

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Why would this be a very significant

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advice of the prophet

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Who knows why?

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The prophet

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gave many advices to many people. But why

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this one in particular?

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Why would

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ibn Tayni'ar himullah choose this?

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Go ahead. Was it when Abu Adalaylahu went

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to Medina to give dua? No. He went

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to Medina to give dua? Yeah. He went

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somewhere. Yeah. I'm sorry. He went to Yemen,

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Asant. Tayb, now let me put you on

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the spot. Who is the companion that was

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sent to Medina?

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Call a friend. Call a friend? Yeah. Which

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friend are you choosing?

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Mas'ab ibn Umar. Mas'ab ibn Umar. Ascentum.

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Okay. So the prophet

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chose Mu'adhib al Jabal to go to Yemen.

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And this is basically a farewell advice, and

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this is how you need to treat it.

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The prophet

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he already knows that his time is coming

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to an end, but Mu'adh ibn Jabir

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doesn't know this. So the prophet

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wants to impart something with mu'ad,

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that if he does not meet him again,

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he has enabled

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to be successful. He has enabled

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to be successful.

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Successful what? A successful servant of Allah

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and a successful leader in his community, and

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a successful leader in his community.

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So he gives them this advice, that fear

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Allah

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wherever

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you may be.

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Whether you are in Madinah,

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whether you are in Yemen, always have the

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taqwa of Allah

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And this is such important advice over here

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because

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often times we may think that if I'm

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in a particular

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land, I will be a better Muslim.

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Right?

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And this can happen for small, short glimpses,

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for small, short instances.

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You go for Hajj and Umrah,

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your life is completely changed during that time.

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But what you experience at Hajj and Umrah,

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is it sustainable with and of itself? No,

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it isn't.

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It is the novelty factor that kicks in

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that you're away from all of your distractions,

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you're away from all of your other obligations,

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you can focus

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purely on the worship of Allah

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and that is why you experience that iman

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high. And this is why, if you look

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at the letters that were written between the

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salaf, one of the beautiful letters that was

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written was from Salman al Farsi to Abu

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Darda

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When Abu Darda asks him to come back

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to Madina. And Salman al Farsi

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he basically says, why? Why should I come

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back to Madinah?

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The land that you live in does not

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make any one person more holier than the

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other.

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So if it is not the lands that

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make us holy, how do we protect our

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faith? It is through the taqwa of Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala. So wherever you may end

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up in life, live with this notion that

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I need to be conscious of Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala. And I want to dig deeply

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into this very briefly.

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Taqwa

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is the ability to control your thoughts.

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Taqwa is the ability to monitor your thoughts.

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Taqwa is the ability to change your thoughts.

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That is what the taqwa of Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala

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is. So you're constantly thinking,

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what am I thinking about? Why am I

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thinking about it? How did those thoughts get

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there? And how do I change them to

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the most beneficial

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thoughts? Because eventually your thoughts will become intentions,

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and your intentions become actions.

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So he wants he really want to be

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looking at

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what is the best thing that I can

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do right now to attain the pleasure of

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala? What is the best

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thing that I can do right now to

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attain the pleasure of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala?

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And then we'll come to this briefly,

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almudaawamaalakpa.

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Being constantly

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in the state of obedience to Allah

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is what you should be striving for. And

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if an individual

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can be in a state of constantly

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striving

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in the obedience of Allah

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you don't have time or opportunity for sin.

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You don't have time and opportunity for sin.

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So good deeds within of themselves

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are the ultimate protective factor between you and

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disobedience.

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Good deeds are the ultimate protective factor between

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you and the wrath and anger of Allah

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Number 2, he says follow-up a bad deed

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with a good one and it will wipe

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it out.

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Who can remind me of the verse in

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the Quran

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that says a similar message? Bismillah.

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Had the whole hadith.

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I've tested you enough.

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Surahood. So in Surahood

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verse 111, Allah

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says,

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Indeed, the good deeds wipe away the bad

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ones. Indeed, the good deeds wipe away the

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bad ones. The majority of Mufassirun,

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they said that the good deeds that are

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being referred to over here

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are the salawatulcomes,

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the 5 daily prayers. You keep off your

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5 daily prayers, and it'll wipe away your

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sins.

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The minority

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of scholars, they said no. It is something

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specific

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that you should be doing.

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Alimintayni,

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in

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this letter, it seems

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he inclines towards this.

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And he inclines towards the fact that the

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type of sin that you commit

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requires

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a specific type of good deed that will

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wipe it out. So for example,

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if you, you know, accidentally fell into some

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sort of dubious transaction

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in wealth, then you should give sadaqa to

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wipe it out. You should give sadaqa to

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wipe it out. So it has to be

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similar in nature, and that is what Ibn

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Taymiyyah

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alludes to over here. Ibn Taymiyyah

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he eventually goes on to say

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that there are 4 things,

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there are 4 good deeds

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that will wipe away your sins. There are

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4 good deeds that will wipe away your

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sins. And I want us to understand this

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to the best of our ability.

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What are the 4 good deeds that imintaymiyyah,

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rahimuhullah,

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refers to?

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Being patient

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on the trials of Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Being patient on the trials of Allah

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Number 2

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is tawba.

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Number 2 is tawba. And they're not in

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the order that Ibrahim Demi mentions. I'm I'm

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mentioning this from the from from my memory.

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Well, actually, let's do this in the order

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that Imtayna mentioned. That's bad. So the first

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one that he mentions is tawba. That is

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the best deed that you can do to

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wipe out your sins.

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Number 2,

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he says, making istighfar

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without tawba. Making istighfar

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without tawba. And we'll explain all these within

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the highta'ah.

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Number 3,

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he says the kafarat,

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those specific deeds that will expiate

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sins.

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And he says there are general kafarat and

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specific kafarat.

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So the specific kafarat,

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actually we'll go into that when we explain

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it. Okay. So general kafarat, specific kafarat. And

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then the last one he mentions,

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number 4,

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is to be patient upon the trials. To

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be patient upon the trials.

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And then the last piece of advice he

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says, the prophet tells Mu'adh,

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is treat people with the best of manners.

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Treat people

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with the best of manners. So let's go

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through what Ibn Taymiyyah

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goes on to explain.

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The excellence of Mu'adh ibn Jabal. The excellence

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of Mu'adh ibn Jabal. So he's quoted the

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hadith, the advice that the prophet gave him,

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now he's talking about the virtues of Mu'adh

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ibn Jabal. From the virtues of Mu'adh ibn

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Jabal, the Prophet

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says, he was the most knowledgeable

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of the halal and the haram. He was

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the most knowledgeable of the halal and the

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haram. From the virtues of Muadh ibn Jabal

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is that he will be a foot ahead

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of all of the scholars of the ummah

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in the hereafter, that he'll have a lofty

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position in front of all the scholars of

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the Ummah. From the virtues of Muadh ibn

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Jabal that Abdullah bin Masood radiallahu ta'ala anhu

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used to say about him, that he is

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an Ummah within of himself

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like Ibrahim alaihi salaam. He is an ummah

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within of himself like Ibrahim alaihi

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as salaam. So these are some of the

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virtues of Muadh

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ibn Jabal.

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Now,

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ibn Taymiyyah, he now goes into

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why was this advice so comprehensive. So we

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already mentioned it's a pharaoh advice. The prophet

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wanted to give him the best advice that

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he could. But he summarizes what every human

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being needs to survive.

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He says, your whole entire life

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is in fulfilling two rights.

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The rights of Allah

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and the rights of the creation.

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Okay?

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So now let's repeat the hadith of Mu'adh.

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Have taqwa of Allah

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wherever you are.

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Follow-up a bad deed with a good one,

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and it will wipe it out. And treat

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people with the best of manners.

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Which of these are the rights of Allah,

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and which of these are the rights of

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the creation?

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Bismillah.

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That's towards the people. Okay.

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I'll accept the first and the third. And

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number 2 is divided in in in both

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actually. Right?

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Number 2 is divided in both. So having

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taqwa of Allah

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is the right of Allah

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Follow-up a bad deed with a good one,

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and it will wipe it out. The majority

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of this is for Allah

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but there's a share of this with regards

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to the creation as well. And treat people

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with the best of manners is the right

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of the creation, is the right of the

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creation. So now, ibn Taymiyyah

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he goes on to what are the types

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of actions through which sins can be forgiven.

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And the first of them he mentions is

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tawba, repentance.

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So the word tawba actually means to return.

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Right? Linguistically, it means to return. So you've

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gone off a path, you return,

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kataab. Right? He returned to it. When scholars

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talk about tawba,

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there are 5 prerequisites

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that they mentioned. There are 5 prerequisites

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that they mentioned. Number 1, sincerity

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to Allah

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Number 2, giving up the sin immediately.

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Number 3,

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making intention

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to never return to the sin.

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Number 4,

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feeling remorse and regret.

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Number 5,

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is to do it in its appropriate time.

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To do it in its appropriate time. Meaning

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before death. The prophet mentions, before the soul

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reaches the throat, or before the sun rises

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from the west. So these are generally five

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conditions

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of tawba.

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This is if the sin is in relation

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to you transgressing the boundaries of Allah

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If you have transgressed the creation, then there's

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a 6th condition.

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There's a 6th condition

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which is you return the rights of the

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people. You return the rights of the people.

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Now let's go through all of this. So

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the first one is sincerity.

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And this is the most important of all

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affairs. Of any act of worship that you

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do, it has to be sincere for the

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sake of Allah

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But particularly, when it comes to giving up

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sins,

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it shouldn't be

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because, oh, what will the people say?

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Or you know what? No one else is

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doing it so I shouldn't be doing it.

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Or you know what? This person will only

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marry me if I give up the sin.

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And you can think of a variety of

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scenarios.

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Perhaps a brother doesn't pray, and he knows

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that the sister will only marry him if

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he starts praying. So for the sake of

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getting married, he starts praying. Vice versa, sister

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doesn't wear hijab, the the sister knows that

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the brother will only marry her if she

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starts wearing hijab.

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Right? So here your intentions are not pure,

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you need to make them sincerely for the

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sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And that

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is the only way that Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala will accept this from you.

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Number 2, you stop the sin immediately.

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As soon as you realize and you know

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that it is a sin, you have to

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give it up.

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And this is where people make a mistake,

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the delusion of time.

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I will give it up later on. I

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always have later on in life to start

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praying. I always have later up in life

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to stop smoking, or whatever it may be.

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Right?

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But we know for a fact that none

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of us are guaranteed time. We do not

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even control the next second. So one has

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to make the intention

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to give it up immediately.

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Number 3

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is that you make the intention

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to never return to it. You make the

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intention

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to never return to it. And this is

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perhaps the trickiest one. Particularly, when we talk

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about addictions, particularly, when we talk about dependency,

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particularly when we talk about human weaknesses.

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The reality is,

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is that Allah

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does not hold you accountable for the results,

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He holds you accountable for the intention and

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the effort. And that is what you have

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to remember.

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There are certain sins that people will continue

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to do for the rest of their lives.

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There are certain sins that people continue to

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do for the rest of their lives.

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Shaitan wants them to think,

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don't make tawba because you're gonna keep returning

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to the sin.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tells you

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that keep making tawba

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even if you keep turning back to the

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sin. That is the only way eventually you

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will over commit.

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So in your mind, every time you commit

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to the sin,

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you make the intention, inshallah, this is the

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last time I'm doing it.

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Even if you keep falling into it, you

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have to make the intention to never return

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to it. Number 4

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is that you feel remorse and regret.

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And this is spiritually,

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in our times, the hardest one.

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That we are constantly bombarded with so much

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haram,

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with what we are exposed to on social

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media, with what we listen to on the

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radio,

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with what we see in society

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around us,

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your heart can only handle so much

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that eventually, when you fall into the sin

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yourself,

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you no longer feel bad about it.

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And you question yourself, why don't I feel

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bad? And that's a very important question to

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ask.

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The reality is it's because we've we've become

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desensitized.

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So how do we counter this desensitization?

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You have to heavily monitor

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what you expose yourself to.

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You are

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responsible

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for what you expose your eyes, ears, heart,

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and mind to.

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No one else

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is responsible for that.

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Right?

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That indeed the hearing, the sight, and the

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heart, all of that we will be questioned

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about.

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So you have to monitor what you're exposing

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your eyes, ears, and heart to. And that

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is the first step in protecting our hearts

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and our minds, and keeping them sensitive to

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the haram.

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Number 2,

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is asking Allah for

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protection.

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Right? You're constantly asking Allah

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for pardon and for protection.

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Number 3,

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surround yourself

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who will help you and protect you. Surround

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yourself with those who will help you and

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protect you.

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Right? We understand that we are very social

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beings.

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The The people that we socialize are the

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things people that we do activities with, that

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we converse with, that we socialize with, that

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we watch things with. If all of us

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have that same mindset that we need to

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protect our eyes, ears, and heart, the likelihood

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of being exposed to haram is very, very

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minimal.

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Right? So that is

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how you feel remorse and regret. That is

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how you feel, remorse and regret.

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Number 5,

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before

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the sun rises from the west or the

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soul reaches the throat. Meaning, before death. Right?

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And I think that's pretty obvious.

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Now we move on to, what if you

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have transgressions against other human beings? You stole

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someone's money,

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or

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you spoke ill of someone and tarnished their

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honor.

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With regards to stealing someone's money, the answer

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is pretty obvious.

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You return their money to them, this is

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a part of your tauba.

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Now, how about with something that's not tangible?

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Right? Someone's honor is not tangible. How do

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you return someone's honor to them? And the

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scholars have, you know, elongated

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explanations on this to summarize of which

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they say that you break this down into

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2 scenarios.

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Scenario number 1, they know about it. Scenario

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number 2, they don't know about it.

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Scenario number 1, if they know about it,

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it is mandatory for you to go to

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them and to apologize to them. It is

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mandatory for you to go to them and

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to apologize to

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them. Scenario number 2, they don't know about

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it. This further falls into 2 categories.

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Number 1,

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you know that they are very difficult to

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deal with.

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They get angry very easily. They sever ties

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very easily.

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In this sort of situation,

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you do not go and apologize

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to them.

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And then you have a different path that

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you follow.

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Or the other reality is this person is

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very easy going.

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And you know that they love to forgive,

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and they're they're easy to pardon and easy

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to forgive.

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Now it becomes obligatory

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for you to go and seek forgiveness for

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them, from them and,

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apologize

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to them. Okay? So now going back to

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a path a over here, where you know

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they get easily upset and they sever ties,

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and the consequences

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could be very severe and dire. What do

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you do in that situation?

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In that situation, there's 3 things.

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Number 1,

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in the audience that you spoke ill of

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them, you speak good of them.

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What if you can't find that audience? That's

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fine.

00:32:04 --> 00:32:06

Seek forgiveness for them with Allah

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Oh, Allah forgive so and so for their

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sins. Oh, Allah overlook their shortcomings and mistakes.

00:32:12 --> 00:32:14

Oh, Allah replace their bad deeds with good

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ones. Right?

00:32:15 --> 00:32:16

Give sadaqah

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on their behalf. Give sadaqa on their behalf.

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So these are the measures you take to

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even return people's honor. These are the measures

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that you take even to return

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people's

00:32:28 --> 00:32:28

honor.

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Right? So this, in summary, is what we're

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referring to, tawba.

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Tawba would and of itself is a good

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deed. So when the prophet says, do a

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good deed to wipe out the bad deed,

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the best deed that you can do is

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tawba.

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Then number 2, Ibn Taymiyyah

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he mentions to make istighfar

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even without making tawba.

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And subhanAllah, this is a very fascinating one.

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You're not giving up the deed completely,

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but you're still seeking forgiveness.

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Ibn Taymiyyah

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he

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mentions this very specifically

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that with the intention

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of seeking forgiveness,

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that eventually Allah guides you to making tawba.

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Eventually, Allah

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guides you to making tawba.

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He mentions very interestingly over here, that when

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tawba and istighfar

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are mentioned in isolation of one another, they

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mean the exact same thing.

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Tawba and istighfar

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mean the exact same thing. That with your

00:33:30 --> 00:33:32

heart, you're making the act of repentance, and

00:33:32 --> 00:33:35

with your tongue, you're seeking forgiveness from Allah

00:33:36 --> 00:33:39

However, when they are brought together in the

00:33:39 --> 00:33:41

same sentence, in the same paragraph, then they

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have 2 distinct meanings.

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Tawba is the act of the heart,

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and then istighfar is the act of the

00:33:48 --> 00:33:51

tongue, to seek forgiveness from Allah subhanahu wa

00:33:51 --> 00:33:51

ta'ala.

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Let's look at a couple of things.

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Why is Ibn Taymiyyah

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encouraging people to make istighfar?

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says,

00:34:07 --> 00:34:09

That Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will not punish

00:34:09 --> 00:34:10

the people as long as you are amongst

00:34:10 --> 00:34:13

them, Muhammad salallahu alayhi wa sallam. And Allah

00:34:15 --> 00:34:17

will not punish them as long as they're

00:34:17 --> 00:34:19

seeking forgiveness. So meaning during the time of

00:34:19 --> 00:34:20

the prophet as long as the prophet is

00:34:20 --> 00:34:23

alive, the punishment of Allah will not come

00:34:23 --> 00:34:24

down upon the people.

00:34:24 --> 00:34:26

But how do they secure their safety

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after the death of the Prophet

00:34:30 --> 00:34:31

It is to seek forgiveness.

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Now, towards the end of the life of

00:34:34 --> 00:34:34

the Prophet

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after Surat Al Nasr came down in particular,

00:34:38 --> 00:34:39

we see that the Prophet

00:34:40 --> 00:34:42

is seeking forgiveness from Allah

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70 to a 100 times plus a day.

00:34:46 --> 00:34:47

Yet Allah

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in multiple places has told us that all

00:34:50 --> 00:34:51

of the sins of the Prophet

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are forgiven.

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So why is the Prophet

00:34:55 --> 00:34:56

seeking forgiveness?

00:34:57 --> 00:34:59

Who can tell me? Why is the prophet

00:34:59 --> 00:35:01

making istighfar if all of his sins are

00:35:01 --> 00:35:01

forgiven?

00:35:07 --> 00:35:08

So the brother's answer is, should I not

00:35:08 --> 00:35:10

be a grateful slave to Allah

00:35:11 --> 00:35:12

Istighfar is to seek forgiveness.

00:35:13 --> 00:35:15

To be a grateful slave, you say, alhamdulillah.

00:35:17 --> 00:35:17

I mean,

00:35:18 --> 00:35:20

why not be a grateful slave like Jesus?

00:35:21 --> 00:35:24

But I'm saying there's a disconnect between istighfar

00:35:24 --> 00:35:26

and be a great being a grateful slave.

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There's, you know, to be a grateful slave

00:35:29 --> 00:35:30

is to use the blessings of Allah to

00:35:30 --> 00:35:31

get closer to Allah

00:35:32 --> 00:35:34

There's many other ways to be grateful to

00:35:34 --> 00:35:34

Allah

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There's specific reasons as to why the prophet

00:35:37 --> 00:35:38

is making istighfar.

00:35:39 --> 00:35:39

Yeah.

00:35:43 --> 00:35:45

From Surah Anno, I know what you're saying.

00:35:45 --> 00:35:47

Jazakul okay. So those are from the benefits

00:35:47 --> 00:35:49

of risk. What do we get out of,

00:35:49 --> 00:35:52

making istighfar? Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala opens up

00:35:52 --> 00:35:54

their doors of risk with regards to having

00:35:54 --> 00:35:56

children, with regards to having wealth, with regards

00:35:56 --> 00:35:58

to rain coming down. But why is the

00:35:58 --> 00:35:59

Prophet

00:35:59 --> 00:36:01

making his tighfar even though all of his

00:36:01 --> 00:36:02

sins have been forgiven?

00:36:05 --> 00:36:08

Excellent. So that is one reason. So that

00:36:08 --> 00:36:10

is that the people follow his example. The

00:36:10 --> 00:36:10

prophet

00:36:11 --> 00:36:13

knew that whatever he did, the people would

00:36:13 --> 00:36:15

do as well. And he wants to lead

00:36:15 --> 00:36:16

by

00:36:16 --> 00:36:17

example.

00:36:17 --> 00:36:19

What's reason number 2? Why is the prophet

00:36:19 --> 00:36:20

making a stikfar?

00:36:21 --> 00:36:23

To raise his level in jannah. Allah's Messenger,

00:36:24 --> 00:36:24

There

00:36:25 --> 00:36:27

is there is nothing left.

00:36:27 --> 00:36:29

But good answer. Go ahead.

00:36:33 --> 00:36:34

To make him human,

00:36:35 --> 00:36:37

that's a very interesting answer. Expand further.

00:36:45 --> 00:36:48

Allow me the flexibility to interpret your words

00:36:48 --> 00:36:50

in the right way, inshallah. Okay?

00:36:50 --> 00:36:52

So, ibn Khudamain al Ghazali

00:36:53 --> 00:36:55

they go on to explain is that seeking

00:36:55 --> 00:36:57

forgiveness from Allah

00:36:58 --> 00:36:58

is not

00:36:59 --> 00:37:01

restricted to committing sins only.

00:37:01 --> 00:37:04

Right? The sinful people seek forgiveness from Allah

00:37:05 --> 00:37:07

for the sins that they commit. The more

00:37:07 --> 00:37:10

righteous a person gets, then they seek forgiveness

00:37:10 --> 00:37:12

for falling into

00:37:12 --> 00:37:13

You fall into

00:37:14 --> 00:37:16

something that is disliked. So it's not haram,

00:37:16 --> 00:37:17

but it's something that is disliked.

00:37:18 --> 00:37:20

A level higher than this

00:37:20 --> 00:37:22

is that you seek forgiveness from Allah

00:37:23 --> 00:37:24

for missing out on the

00:37:25 --> 00:37:27

That you seek forgiveness from Allah

00:37:27 --> 00:37:29

that Allah has presented you an opportunity to

00:37:29 --> 00:37:31

do a good deed, and you missed out

00:37:31 --> 00:37:33

on it, so you seek forgiveness from Allah

00:37:35 --> 00:37:37

for that. This is reason number 2, as

00:37:37 --> 00:37:38

to why the prophet

00:37:39 --> 00:37:41

is making a istighfar. And I'll give you

00:37:41 --> 00:37:42

reason number 3 just for the sake of

00:37:42 --> 00:37:43

time,

00:37:43 --> 00:37:44

is that the prophet

00:37:46 --> 00:37:47

is showing us

00:37:47 --> 00:37:48

that Allah

00:37:49 --> 00:37:51

loves this deed, so you should do it.

00:37:54 --> 00:37:55

Right? Allah

00:37:56 --> 00:37:59

loves those that purify themselves physically and spiritually,

00:37:59 --> 00:38:01

and he loves those that repent.

00:38:01 --> 00:38:03

So he's showing us how to become from

00:38:03 --> 00:38:05

the beloved of Allah

00:38:05 --> 00:38:06

That is why the prophet

00:38:07 --> 00:38:08

is making istighfar.

00:38:08 --> 00:38:10

So the second thing that Ibn Taymiyyah

00:38:10 --> 00:38:12

mentions is making istighfar

00:38:13 --> 00:38:14

without tawba

00:38:14 --> 00:38:17

in hopes that as you make your istighfar,

00:38:17 --> 00:38:18

Allah

00:38:19 --> 00:38:20

guides you to tawba. And this is a

00:38:20 --> 00:38:22

very important point over here.

00:38:23 --> 00:38:24

We, as human

00:38:24 --> 00:38:25

beings,

00:38:25 --> 00:38:26

do not control

00:38:27 --> 00:38:28

the act of tawba.

00:38:29 --> 00:38:30

Tawba

00:38:30 --> 00:38:33

is tawfiq from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

00:38:34 --> 00:38:36

Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala does not give tawba

00:38:36 --> 00:38:37

to everyone.

00:38:37 --> 00:38:40

Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala only gives tawba

00:38:40 --> 00:38:42

to those whom he loves.

00:38:42 --> 00:38:44

Right? This is why we see

00:38:44 --> 00:38:46

regularly in the Quran,

00:38:48 --> 00:38:50

That Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala granted them the

00:38:50 --> 00:38:53

ability to perform tawba, and thus they performed

00:38:53 --> 00:38:55

tawba. Right? So this is a gift from

00:38:55 --> 00:38:57

Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. So Ibn Taymiyyah is

00:38:57 --> 00:38:59

saying that you may not be at that

00:38:59 --> 00:39:00

level right now where you're able to perform

00:39:00 --> 00:39:04

tawba, but hopefully through consistent istighfar, you become

00:39:04 --> 00:39:05

beloved to Allah,

00:39:06 --> 00:39:07

and then Allah

00:39:08 --> 00:39:08

guides you

00:39:09 --> 00:39:10

to tawba.

00:39:10 --> 00:39:11

Then Ibn Taymiyyah

00:39:12 --> 00:39:14

he talks about the kafarat,

00:39:15 --> 00:39:17

those deeds which will expiate

00:39:17 --> 00:39:18

deeds.

00:39:18 --> 00:39:20

And he says, these are specific

00:39:21 --> 00:39:21

and general.

00:39:22 --> 00:39:23

As for the specific,

00:39:24 --> 00:39:26

he talks about the individual

00:39:26 --> 00:39:29

that has marital intimacy in the daytime of

00:39:29 --> 00:39:29

Ramadan.

00:39:30 --> 00:39:32

So an individual that has marital intimacy in

00:39:32 --> 00:39:33

the daytime of Ramadan,

00:39:34 --> 00:39:36

what are the good deeds they need to

00:39:36 --> 00:39:36

do

00:39:36 --> 00:39:39

in order to repent to Allah Subhanahu Wa

00:39:39 --> 00:39:40

Ta'ala? Who knows?

00:39:40 --> 00:39:42

Marital intimacy in the daytime of Ramadan,

00:39:43 --> 00:39:44

what are the deeds you need to do

00:39:44 --> 00:39:46

in order to be forgiven? Go ahead.

00:39:49 --> 00:39:51

You've jumped to the ending. There's before it.

00:39:53 --> 00:39:55

Excellent. Freeing a slave,

00:39:55 --> 00:39:59

and then as the sister said, fasting consecutive

00:39:59 --> 00:40:01

2 months. So number 1 is to free

00:40:01 --> 00:40:03

a slave. If you're unable to free a

00:40:03 --> 00:40:05

slave, then you have to fast 2 consecutive

00:40:06 --> 00:40:06

months.

00:40:06 --> 00:40:08

What if you're not able to fast 2

00:40:08 --> 00:40:09

consecutive months? What do you do then? The

00:40:09 --> 00:40:12

farmers who do it. You feed 60 people.

00:40:12 --> 00:40:15

You feed 60 people with food that you

00:40:15 --> 00:40:16

yourself would regularly

00:40:16 --> 00:40:19

eat. So we see it's a very specific

00:40:19 --> 00:40:22

deed that you need to do in order

00:40:22 --> 00:40:22

to compensate.

00:40:23 --> 00:40:24

And here we learn

00:40:24 --> 00:40:26

that the specific

00:40:26 --> 00:40:27

kafarat

00:40:27 --> 00:40:29

are for major sins in Islam.

00:40:30 --> 00:40:31

Specific kafarat

00:40:32 --> 00:40:33

are for major sins in Islam.

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So with regards to major sins, there has

00:40:36 --> 00:40:38

to be a specific tawba.

00:40:39 --> 00:40:41

And if there's a specific deed that is

00:40:41 --> 00:40:41

mentioned,

00:40:42 --> 00:40:44

it has to be done. It has to

00:40:44 --> 00:40:45

be done.

00:40:46 --> 00:40:48

Who can think of other deeds that have

00:40:48 --> 00:40:50

specific kafar? Actually, I'm sorry. Let me retract

00:40:50 --> 00:40:52

that. We have a shortage of time. Another

00:40:52 --> 00:40:55

action is lihab in Surat Al Mujadala. Right?

00:40:55 --> 00:40:58

When a man says that you are like

00:40:58 --> 00:41:00

my mother for me, and he refuses to

00:41:00 --> 00:41:01

have intimacy with his

00:41:02 --> 00:41:03

wife. Another action

00:41:03 --> 00:41:05

is in the days of Hajj. If you

00:41:05 --> 00:41:07

do some of the muhduraat,

00:41:07 --> 00:41:09

then there are specific deeds that you need

00:41:09 --> 00:41:10

to do. So if you go hunting in

00:41:10 --> 00:41:12

in Hajj or you kill an animal, then

00:41:12 --> 00:41:14

you have to give charity of a similar

00:41:14 --> 00:41:17

animal like it. Right? So these are examples

00:41:17 --> 00:41:18

of specific

00:41:18 --> 00:41:19

kafarat.

00:41:19 --> 00:41:21

And what we learned over here is about

00:41:21 --> 00:41:23

the major sins. So as I mentioned, specific

00:41:23 --> 00:41:25

tawba for major sins, and those that have

00:41:25 --> 00:41:27

deeds, you have to do the good deeds

00:41:27 --> 00:41:29

with them, Which brings us to the minor

00:41:29 --> 00:41:29

sins.

00:41:30 --> 00:41:31

Minor sins

00:41:32 --> 00:41:32

are forgiven

00:41:33 --> 00:41:35

through the good deeds that you do.

00:41:36 --> 00:41:37

This is when the prophet

00:41:38 --> 00:41:39

mentions,

00:41:39 --> 00:41:41

one prayer to the next,

00:41:42 --> 00:41:42

one

00:41:43 --> 00:41:44

Friday to the next,

00:41:44 --> 00:41:46

one umrah to the next,

00:41:46 --> 00:41:48

one hajj to the next,

00:41:49 --> 00:41:50

all of it is forgiveness

00:41:51 --> 00:41:51

of sins.

00:41:52 --> 00:41:55

Right? So a person that has minor sins,

00:41:55 --> 00:41:57

it's good that they make tawba for it,

00:41:57 --> 00:41:59

but even if they don't, the good deeds

00:41:59 --> 00:42:02

that they do will wipe out their sins.

00:42:02 --> 00:42:05

So when you're performing wudu, the droplets of

00:42:05 --> 00:42:07

water that are falling off, they're forgiving your

00:42:07 --> 00:42:09

minor sins. When you're in ruku',

00:42:10 --> 00:42:12

your sins are falling off of you just

00:42:12 --> 00:42:14

like leaves fall off of a tree.

00:42:14 --> 00:42:16

Right? When you walk to the masjid, with

00:42:16 --> 00:42:18

each step that you take, there is a

00:42:18 --> 00:42:20

sin that is being forgiven.

00:42:20 --> 00:42:22

These are all in reference

00:42:22 --> 00:42:24

to the minor sins. These are all in

00:42:24 --> 00:42:27

reference to the minor sins. So specific kafarat

00:42:27 --> 00:42:29

is in relation to the major sins that

00:42:29 --> 00:42:32

have specific deeds. The general kafarat are the

00:42:32 --> 00:42:34

general good deeds that we do, are the

00:42:34 --> 00:42:37

general good deeds that we do. Let's pause

00:42:37 --> 00:42:38

over here.

00:42:39 --> 00:42:40

Who can think of

00:42:41 --> 00:42:42

major

00:42:42 --> 00:42:43

good deeds

00:42:44 --> 00:42:45

that can be done

00:42:46 --> 00:42:47

to wipe out major

00:42:48 --> 00:42:48

sins?

00:42:49 --> 00:42:51

Both of these narration, one, we have a

00:42:51 --> 00:42:53

hadith for 1, and then we have a

00:42:53 --> 00:42:55

statement of Ibn Abbas for the other. So

00:42:55 --> 00:42:57

I want you to think of what is

00:42:57 --> 00:42:59

the greatest good deed that you can do

00:42:59 --> 00:43:01

that would wipe out a major sin that

00:43:01 --> 00:43:03

you have committed? And then you can sponsor

00:43:03 --> 00:43:05

or at least claim it. Sorry?

00:43:06 --> 00:43:07

Go ahead.

00:43:08 --> 00:43:10

Allahoquard. Miss I'm so sorry. I didn't see

00:43:10 --> 00:43:12

you. Yeah. But it's okay. The question was

00:43:13 --> 00:43:15

You wanna answer a previous question?

00:43:17 --> 00:43:19

Some people So which question are you answering?

00:43:19 --> 00:43:20

Tell me that.

00:43:21 --> 00:43:23

Just close to this one. It's close to

00:43:23 --> 00:43:24

this one but I don't know which one

00:43:24 --> 00:43:26

it is. It's coming. It's coming. So it

00:43:26 --> 00:43:27

hasn't come yet.

00:43:56 --> 00:43:57

So you're asking me a question. You're not

00:43:57 --> 00:43:58

answering a question.

00:43:59 --> 00:44:01

Okay. So questions, we'll do nothing to do

00:44:01 --> 00:44:03

at the end. Right now, I'm asking you

00:44:03 --> 00:44:05

questions that I need answers to insha'Allah. But

00:44:05 --> 00:44:06

I will answer your question, bayan alayhi wa

00:44:06 --> 00:44:08

ta'ala, later on. Okay? So who can think

00:44:08 --> 00:44:11

of specific good deeds that we can do?

00:44:11 --> 00:44:12

Oh, sorry. General good deeds that we can

00:44:12 --> 00:44:15

do that will wipe out major sins?

00:44:17 --> 00:44:19

Dhikr? Good guess, but no.

00:44:21 --> 00:44:22

Good guess, but no.

00:44:23 --> 00:44:25

The sister behind you. Same thing?

00:44:25 --> 00:44:28

So sadaqah? Good guess, but no. Hajj. Hajj.

00:44:28 --> 00:44:29

Who said Hajj?

00:44:30 --> 00:44:30

Okay.

00:44:30 --> 00:44:32

What about Hajj?

00:44:33 --> 00:44:34

There's a specific action in Hajj that the

00:44:34 --> 00:44:36

Prophet tells us.

00:44:39 --> 00:44:41

Romeo jamarat. The Prophet

00:44:41 --> 00:44:44

says, With each stone that you throw, a

00:44:44 --> 00:44:46

major sin is being forgiven. With each stone

00:44:46 --> 00:44:47

that you throw, a major sin is being

00:44:47 --> 00:44:48

forgiven.

00:44:48 --> 00:44:50

Number 2, a man came to Abdullah ibn

00:44:50 --> 00:44:50

Abbas

00:44:51 --> 00:44:53

saying that he had killed someone. Abdullah ibn

00:44:53 --> 00:44:54

Abbas said,

00:44:55 --> 00:44:57

I know of no deed better

00:44:57 --> 00:44:59

than being good to one's mother that will

00:44:59 --> 00:45:02

wipe out this sin. I know of no

00:45:02 --> 00:45:05

good deed better than serving one's mother that

00:45:05 --> 00:45:07

will wipe out this sin. So the scholars

00:45:07 --> 00:45:09

generally mentioned if a person has had

00:45:10 --> 00:45:12

numerous major sins that they've committed,

00:45:12 --> 00:45:15

they should strive to perform hajj and intentionality

00:45:16 --> 00:45:18

at the jamarat. Think about the sins that

00:45:18 --> 00:45:20

they've committed. Number 2, is if they're not

00:45:20 --> 00:45:22

able to, or if they have the ability

00:45:22 --> 00:45:24

to perform hajj and do this, to take

00:45:24 --> 00:45:26

care of your mother to the best of

00:45:26 --> 00:45:29

your ability. To take care of your mother

00:45:29 --> 00:45:31

to the best of your ability.

00:45:32 --> 00:45:33

Ibn Taymiyyah now

00:45:34 --> 00:45:35

goes on a very quick tangent.

00:45:36 --> 00:45:38

Before he gets to point number 4, who

00:45:38 --> 00:45:40

can remind me what was point number 4

00:45:40 --> 00:45:40

according to

00:45:41 --> 00:45:43

as to what will forgive your sins?

00:45:43 --> 00:45:46

Being patient on the trials and tribulations that

00:45:46 --> 00:45:46

Allah

00:45:46 --> 00:45:48

test you with. So before he gets to

00:45:48 --> 00:45:50

that, he goes on a quick tangent.

00:45:50 --> 00:45:53

He says that there is a disease that

00:45:53 --> 00:45:55

the Muslim Ummah has been plagued with, and

00:45:55 --> 00:45:56

that is to follow the footsteps

00:45:57 --> 00:46:00

of the nations before you, particularly the Christian

00:46:00 --> 00:46:01

nation and the Jewish nation.

00:46:01 --> 00:46:04

The Christian nation had no concern for revelation,

00:46:04 --> 00:46:07

had no concern for objective truths and reality.

00:46:07 --> 00:46:08

And Allah

00:46:09 --> 00:46:09

called them

00:46:10 --> 00:46:11

those that went astray.

00:46:12 --> 00:46:14

The Jewish nation, some of them,

00:46:14 --> 00:46:16

they knew what the truth was,

00:46:17 --> 00:46:19

but they chose not to follow it, or

00:46:19 --> 00:46:21

they found ways to circumvent it.

00:46:22 --> 00:46:24

And he says that the Muslim, umma,

00:46:24 --> 00:46:26

will fall into the exact same thing. So

00:46:26 --> 00:46:28

you have to be very conscious

00:46:28 --> 00:46:30

that you do not fall into this. And

00:46:30 --> 00:46:32

this goes back to reminding the people with

00:46:32 --> 00:46:33

regards to epistemology,

00:46:33 --> 00:46:35

you have to care about your sources of

00:46:35 --> 00:46:37

knowledge. You have to care about your sources

00:46:37 --> 00:46:38

of information.

00:46:38 --> 00:46:40

It's not about I feel, it's not about

00:46:40 --> 00:46:43

I think, it's about what did Allah and

00:46:43 --> 00:46:44

His Messenger

00:46:45 --> 00:46:45

say.

00:46:45 --> 00:46:48

Once you know that, then you know that

00:46:48 --> 00:46:50

you have to follow it. There's no option

00:46:51 --> 00:46:54

there, thereafter. You have to follow what Allah

00:46:54 --> 00:46:55

and His Messenger

00:46:57 --> 00:46:59

said and did. So now he gets to

00:46:59 --> 00:47:01

that 4th point, which is patience in the

00:47:01 --> 00:47:02

face of misfortune.

00:47:03 --> 00:47:04

And this is where he brings the hadith

00:47:04 --> 00:47:05

of the prophet

00:47:07 --> 00:47:09

that there is no sadness,

00:47:10 --> 00:47:11

there is no pain,

00:47:11 --> 00:47:13

there is no misery,

00:47:13 --> 00:47:15

there is not even the pricking of a

00:47:15 --> 00:47:16

thorn

00:47:16 --> 00:47:18

that pricks the believer,

00:47:18 --> 00:47:19

except that Allah

00:47:20 --> 00:47:23

forgives some of their sins. Except that Allah

00:47:23 --> 00:47:26

forgives some of their sins. So the greater

00:47:26 --> 00:47:28

the trial, the greater the calamity from Allah

00:47:29 --> 00:47:30

the greater the forgiveness

00:47:31 --> 00:47:31

from Allah

00:47:33 --> 00:47:35

And I think this is, an important point

00:47:35 --> 00:47:36

of reflection

00:47:37 --> 00:47:39

that when you study the books of tazkiyah,

00:47:40 --> 00:47:42

they usually mention about

00:47:42 --> 00:47:44

10 things that will forgive your sins.

00:47:45 --> 00:47:46

Ibn Taymihyah

00:47:47 --> 00:47:48

highlights 4 of them.

00:47:49 --> 00:47:51

What are the other remaining 6 that the

00:47:51 --> 00:47:53

scholars of Tasqiya mentioned?

00:47:53 --> 00:47:56

It's in reality to understanding the life of

00:47:56 --> 00:47:57

this world.

00:47:57 --> 00:47:58

Meaning,

00:47:59 --> 00:48:01

let's reverse engineer.

00:48:01 --> 00:48:03

Daras salaab, jannah is

00:48:04 --> 00:48:07

an abode only for the pure.

00:48:08 --> 00:48:10

Only the pure will enter into Jannah.

00:48:11 --> 00:48:13

And that is why the hadith that specifically

00:48:13 --> 00:48:16

mentions, the last person that is entered into

00:48:16 --> 00:48:16

Jannah,

00:48:17 --> 00:48:19

what is the last action that he goes

00:48:19 --> 00:48:19

through?

00:48:20 --> 00:48:23

He's dipped, and he's cleansed, and he's purified,

00:48:23 --> 00:48:25

and then he's entered into

00:48:26 --> 00:48:26

Jannah.

00:48:27 --> 00:48:30

So the scholars mentioned over here that you

00:48:30 --> 00:48:32

have to be purified in this life.

00:48:33 --> 00:48:35

And it will either happen through the good

00:48:35 --> 00:48:37

deeds that you do and the repentances

00:48:37 --> 00:48:38

that you do,

00:48:38 --> 00:48:41

or it will happen through the hardships and

00:48:41 --> 00:48:41

calamities

00:48:42 --> 00:48:43

that you face in this life,

00:48:44 --> 00:48:45

or

00:48:45 --> 00:48:47

the pangs and the sufferings that you go

00:48:47 --> 00:48:48

through at the time of death,

00:48:49 --> 00:48:52

or the questioning in the grave, the squeezing

00:48:52 --> 00:48:53

of the grave, and the punishment

00:48:54 --> 00:48:55

of the grave,

00:48:55 --> 00:48:57

or the trials and tribulations

00:48:58 --> 00:49:01

of the hissab itself, meaning the actual reckoning,

00:49:02 --> 00:49:04

or the trials of the day of judgment

00:49:04 --> 00:49:07

itself, like crossing over the sirat.

00:49:08 --> 00:49:10

These are all means of purification.

00:49:12 --> 00:49:12

So

00:49:13 --> 00:49:15

what we need to understand over here,

00:49:15 --> 00:49:16

you can voluntarily

00:49:18 --> 00:49:19

purify yourself

00:49:19 --> 00:49:21

through the good deeds that you do,

00:49:22 --> 00:49:23

or Allah

00:49:24 --> 00:49:25

will force

00:49:25 --> 00:49:26

purification

00:49:26 --> 00:49:28

upon you. Or Allah

00:49:29 --> 00:49:31

will force purification

00:49:31 --> 00:49:32

upon you.

00:49:32 --> 00:49:34

And this is such an important point to

00:49:34 --> 00:49:35

understand.

00:49:35 --> 00:49:37

You have a conscious decision to make,

00:49:38 --> 00:49:39

either I can purify myself

00:49:40 --> 00:49:40

through repentance and

00:49:41 --> 00:49:42

through good deeds,

00:49:42 --> 00:49:43

or Allah

00:49:44 --> 00:49:45

forces purification

00:49:45 --> 00:49:48

upon me through trials and tribulations,

00:49:48 --> 00:49:50

through the grave, through the events of the

00:49:50 --> 00:49:51

hereafter.

00:49:51 --> 00:49:53

And the last step, and may Allah

00:49:53 --> 00:49:55

protect us from that ameen,

00:49:55 --> 00:49:57

is that you actually go to the hellfire

00:49:57 --> 00:49:58

to be purified.

00:49:58 --> 00:50:00

And that is why certain believers

00:50:00 --> 00:50:02

throughout all of this, they would not have

00:50:02 --> 00:50:03

been purified,

00:50:03 --> 00:50:05

but they have to go to the hellfire

00:50:05 --> 00:50:07

in order to be purified.

00:50:07 --> 00:50:09

And these are people that had tawheed,

00:50:09 --> 00:50:12

but also had committed major sins that they

00:50:12 --> 00:50:14

did not repent from. They had tawheed, but

00:50:14 --> 00:50:17

they also had major sins that they did

00:50:17 --> 00:50:18

not repent from.

00:50:18 --> 00:50:20

Now, let's get to the question that Abu

00:50:20 --> 00:50:21

Bakr

00:50:21 --> 00:50:23

asked. The people of Jannah are talking to

00:50:23 --> 00:50:24

the people of the hellfire.

00:50:26 --> 00:50:29

How did you end up in this situation?

00:50:29 --> 00:50:31

Why are you in the hellfire? Subhanallah, you

00:50:31 --> 00:50:33

seem like a good person when I knew

00:50:33 --> 00:50:34

you in the dunya.

00:50:37 --> 00:50:39

We were not from the people that used

00:50:39 --> 00:50:39

to pray.

00:50:40 --> 00:50:41

So one of the biggest

00:50:42 --> 00:50:42

reasons

00:50:42 --> 00:50:44

why people, believers,

00:50:44 --> 00:50:47

will end up in the * fire is

00:50:47 --> 00:50:48

that they were not consistent

00:50:48 --> 00:50:49

with their prayers.

00:50:50 --> 00:50:53

So now, with regards to making up prayers,

00:50:53 --> 00:50:55

you have 2 main schools of thought.

00:50:55 --> 00:50:58

You have the latter day hana billah, and

00:50:58 --> 00:51:00

then you have the jumbur. And I'll present

00:51:00 --> 00:51:01

both to you.

00:51:01 --> 00:51:02

The jumbur

00:51:03 --> 00:51:04

scholars said

00:51:04 --> 00:51:06

that after the age of puberty,

00:51:06 --> 00:51:08

whatever prayers you've missed,

00:51:08 --> 00:51:10

you have to make them up. You can't

00:51:10 --> 00:51:13

remember approximately how much they were? You approximate.

00:51:14 --> 00:51:16

And how do you do that? So for

00:51:16 --> 00:51:19

every fajr salah you pray, you pray another

00:51:19 --> 00:51:20

fajr with it to make it up. For

00:51:20 --> 00:51:22

every duhr you pray, you make another duhr

00:51:22 --> 00:51:24

to make it up. For every asr you

00:51:24 --> 00:51:26

pray, you make another asr to make it

00:51:26 --> 00:51:28

up. This is if there are large quantities

00:51:28 --> 00:51:29

in number.

00:51:29 --> 00:51:30

If there are just a handful and you

00:51:30 --> 00:51:32

have a good idea of what they were,

00:51:32 --> 00:51:34

then you can pray all of your prayers

00:51:34 --> 00:51:36

at the same time that you've missed, and

00:51:36 --> 00:51:38

be it in lahi ta'ala, that is your

00:51:38 --> 00:51:40

tawba for missing prayers.

00:51:40 --> 00:51:42

That is the approach of the jumhur, the

00:51:42 --> 00:51:43

majority of scholars.

00:51:44 --> 00:51:46

The minority of scholars from the latter day

00:51:46 --> 00:51:46

Hanabilah,

00:51:47 --> 00:51:49

ibn Taymiyyah, Sheikh Abner Saymeen,

00:51:50 --> 00:51:51

Rahim Mohammalah,

00:51:51 --> 00:51:52

and other scholars,

00:51:53 --> 00:51:53

they said

00:51:54 --> 00:51:56

and this is what like, it's important to

00:51:56 --> 00:51:57

understand this distinction.

00:51:57 --> 00:51:58

And a per a person

00:51:59 --> 00:52:02

who intentionally leaves off the prayer has left

00:52:02 --> 00:52:03

a fold of Islam.

00:52:03 --> 00:52:05

Has left a fold of Islam.

00:52:05 --> 00:52:08

So when they make tawbah to Allah, they

00:52:08 --> 00:52:09

re embrace Islam,

00:52:10 --> 00:52:12

and all of their sins are wiped out,

00:52:12 --> 00:52:14

and all of their sins are wiped out.

00:52:15 --> 00:52:17

So what they are obliged with is be

00:52:17 --> 00:52:20

consistent with your prayers moving forward,

00:52:20 --> 00:52:22

and try to pray as many sunnah and

00:52:22 --> 00:52:24

nawafil as you can. And try to pray

00:52:24 --> 00:52:25

as many sunnah and nawafil

00:52:25 --> 00:52:26

as you

00:52:26 --> 00:52:27

can.

00:52:28 --> 00:52:30

Now, what does a person do in this

00:52:30 --> 00:52:30

situation?

00:52:31 --> 00:52:33

I think a person needs to have a

00:52:33 --> 00:52:33

sincere

00:52:34 --> 00:52:35

conversation with themselves.

00:52:36 --> 00:52:38

Where if a person believed that they were

00:52:38 --> 00:52:39

still Muslim,

00:52:39 --> 00:52:40

yet they were lackadaisical

00:52:41 --> 00:52:43

with their prayers, they should follow the approach

00:52:43 --> 00:52:44

of the majority.

00:52:45 --> 00:52:47

That is the safer approach and the better

00:52:47 --> 00:52:47

approach.

00:52:48 --> 00:52:50

However, if a person feels that you know

00:52:50 --> 00:52:52

what, subhanAllah, I had left Islam. I didn't

00:52:52 --> 00:52:54

care about what Allah said, and what the

00:52:54 --> 00:52:56

prophet said, and I didn't care about the

00:52:56 --> 00:52:57

other aspects of Islam,

00:52:58 --> 00:53:00

and I had stopped praying. Then for this

00:53:00 --> 00:53:02

person, they make tawba, they seek forgiveness from

00:53:02 --> 00:53:02

Allah

00:53:03 --> 00:53:05

and they become consistent with their prayers moving

00:53:05 --> 00:53:08

forward. They become consistent with their prayers moving

00:53:09 --> 00:53:09

forward.

00:53:10 --> 00:53:12

Does that answer your question Abu Bakr? Good.

00:53:13 --> 00:53:15

Yeah. Yeah? Okay. Alhamdulillah.

00:53:16 --> 00:53:16

Taweed.

00:53:17 --> 00:53:19

So now, let's move on to the last

00:53:19 --> 00:53:20

part of the advice

00:53:21 --> 00:53:21

of,

00:53:24 --> 00:53:26

of the prophet to Madam in Jabal.

00:53:27 --> 00:53:29

He says, when Allah

00:53:31 --> 00:53:32

says,

00:53:33 --> 00:53:35

That you, O Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam,

00:53:36 --> 00:53:37

are of the highest

00:53:38 --> 00:53:39

standard of character.

00:53:40 --> 00:53:42

This is referring to the whole entire deen.

00:53:42 --> 00:53:44

And he uses the hadith of Aisha

00:53:46 --> 00:53:48

that when the when Aisha

00:53:49 --> 00:53:50

described the Prophet

00:53:51 --> 00:53:51

she says,

00:53:54 --> 00:53:56

That his character was the Quran, meaning he

00:53:56 --> 00:53:58

embodied it in its entirety, and he lived

00:53:58 --> 00:54:00

it in its entirety. And this is what,

00:54:03 --> 00:54:04

actually means.

00:54:04 --> 00:54:06

So in order for us to understand

00:54:07 --> 00:54:09

what good character actually means,

00:54:10 --> 00:54:12

it is to live the whole entire deen.

00:54:12 --> 00:54:14

And this goes back to the first part

00:54:14 --> 00:54:16

of the hadith, to live a life of

00:54:16 --> 00:54:18

taqwa, to live a life of taqwa.

00:54:18 --> 00:54:20

But now he goes on

00:54:20 --> 00:54:22

to something very very specific,

00:54:23 --> 00:54:25

and that is the virtues

00:54:25 --> 00:54:28

of having good akhlaq. The virtues of having

00:54:28 --> 00:54:29

good akhlaq.

00:54:29 --> 00:54:30

So the prophet says,

00:54:31 --> 00:54:34

the most complete of the believers in iman

00:54:34 --> 00:54:37

is he who has the best of character.

00:54:38 --> 00:54:40

And from the best of character is having

00:54:40 --> 00:54:41

ikhlas with Allah

00:54:42 --> 00:54:44

From the best of character is having,

00:54:44 --> 00:54:47

ikhlas with Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. The Prophet

00:54:47 --> 00:54:47

says,

00:54:48 --> 00:54:49

shall I teach you

00:54:50 --> 00:54:52

that which if you do,

00:54:52 --> 00:54:54

you will reach the station

00:54:54 --> 00:54:57

of the one that fast during the day

00:54:57 --> 00:54:58

and prays during the night,

00:54:59 --> 00:55:01

strive to perfect your akhlaq.

00:55:02 --> 00:55:04

The prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam says in

00:55:04 --> 00:55:05

a separate hadith,

00:55:05 --> 00:55:06

the individual

00:55:06 --> 00:55:08

that gives up argumentation

00:55:08 --> 00:55:10

even when they are right, will have a

00:55:10 --> 00:55:12

house in the lowest level of paradise.

00:55:13 --> 00:55:15

The individual that gives up lying

00:55:16 --> 00:55:16

even,

00:55:17 --> 00:55:19

that gives up lying even if they are

00:55:19 --> 00:55:21

joking, will have a house in the middle

00:55:21 --> 00:55:22

levels of paradise.

00:55:23 --> 00:55:27

The individual that strives to perfect their akhlaq

00:55:27 --> 00:55:30

will have a house in the highest levels

00:55:30 --> 00:55:32

of paradise. Will have a house in the

00:55:32 --> 00:55:33

highest levels

00:55:34 --> 00:55:35

of paradise.

00:55:36 --> 00:55:37

And I wanna share something

00:55:38 --> 00:55:38

specific

00:55:39 --> 00:55:40

with you.

00:55:41 --> 00:55:44

Okay? So that is striving for good character

00:55:44 --> 00:55:45

in its generality.

00:55:45 --> 00:55:47

But what does good character actually look like?

00:55:48 --> 00:55:48

Ibn Taymah

00:55:49 --> 00:55:51

goes on to say, It is from the

00:55:51 --> 00:55:53

good nature of a worshiper that when a

00:55:53 --> 00:55:56

person cuts off relations with him, he continues

00:55:56 --> 00:55:57

to associate

00:55:57 --> 00:55:59

him by greeting him,

00:55:59 --> 00:56:02

respecting him, praying for him, asking Allah to

00:56:02 --> 00:56:03

forgive him,

00:56:03 --> 00:56:07

speaking well of him, visiting him. If someone

00:56:07 --> 00:56:09

deprives the worshiper of knowledge and wealth,

00:56:10 --> 00:56:13

he responds by presenting them to him, meaning

00:56:13 --> 00:56:14

knowledge and wealth.

00:56:14 --> 00:56:15

He does

00:56:15 --> 00:56:18

He who does injustice to the worshiper with

00:56:18 --> 00:56:21

regards to his blood, wealth, or honor, he

00:56:21 --> 00:56:22

forgives him.

00:56:22 --> 00:56:24

These are some of the characteristics

00:56:24 --> 00:56:26

that constitute good nature.

00:56:26 --> 00:56:29

Among them are some that are obligatory

00:56:30 --> 00:56:33

and others that are recommended, and others that

00:56:33 --> 00:56:34

are recommended.

00:56:35 --> 00:56:36

So Ibn Taymiyyah, he

00:56:37 --> 00:56:39

highlights a very important point over here, which

00:56:39 --> 00:56:41

is our understanding of good character

00:56:42 --> 00:56:44

is, oh, let me be kind, let me

00:56:44 --> 00:56:45

be generous.

00:56:45 --> 00:56:47

But that is not the essence of good

00:56:47 --> 00:56:47

character.

00:56:48 --> 00:56:51

The essence of good character is when people

00:56:51 --> 00:56:53

disrespect you and they treat you badly,

00:56:54 --> 00:56:57

you treat them with kindness and mercy. I'm

00:56:57 --> 00:56:59

not talking about abuse here. I'm not talking

00:56:59 --> 00:57:01

about someone, you know,

00:57:01 --> 00:57:03

taking advantage of you. That's not what I'm

00:57:03 --> 00:57:04

talking about. Right?

00:57:07 --> 00:57:08

The believer does not fall in the same

00:57:08 --> 00:57:09

hole twice.

00:57:09 --> 00:57:12

What I'm speaking about is regular interaction.

00:57:13 --> 00:57:15

Right? A one off interaction.

00:57:15 --> 00:57:17

Someone doesn't give you the respect you deserve,

00:57:17 --> 00:57:19

someone doesn't initiate salam to you,

00:57:20 --> 00:57:22

someone younger than you, you know, looks with

00:57:22 --> 00:57:23

you, looks at you in a in an

00:57:23 --> 00:57:25

angry and mean way.

00:57:25 --> 00:57:26

Ibn Taymi says

00:57:27 --> 00:57:30

that your true good character comes out when

00:57:30 --> 00:57:32

you're treated by people like this.

00:57:33 --> 00:57:35

That is when you see what your akhlaq

00:57:35 --> 00:57:35

is like.

00:57:36 --> 00:57:39

When people don't respect you, you still respect

00:57:39 --> 00:57:42

them. When people don't share their knowledge and

00:57:42 --> 00:57:45

wealth with you, you share your knowledge and

00:57:45 --> 00:57:46

wealth with them. Remember going back to generosity?

00:57:47 --> 00:57:48

Ibn Taniyah did

00:57:49 --> 00:57:51

a remarkable job highlighting this.

00:57:52 --> 00:57:52

Generosity,

00:57:53 --> 00:57:54

nobility

00:57:55 --> 00:57:56

is with everyone,

00:57:56 --> 00:57:57

but particularly

00:57:58 --> 00:58:01

those that cut you off. Particularly those that

00:58:01 --> 00:58:02

cut you off. And this is what the

00:58:02 --> 00:58:03

prophet

00:58:04 --> 00:58:06

strive for. That time and time again, people

00:58:06 --> 00:58:08

are abusing him, yet the prophet

00:58:08 --> 00:58:11

seeks forgiveness for them and overlooks them. And

00:58:11 --> 00:58:13

when they ask for, you know, the,

00:58:14 --> 00:58:15

the spoils of war, he gives it to

00:58:15 --> 00:58:18

them. He doesn't withhold from them. And this

00:58:18 --> 00:58:19

is what the prophet

00:58:20 --> 00:58:22

was. So I think, if you remember something

00:58:22 --> 00:58:23

about good character,

00:58:24 --> 00:58:24

remember this.

00:58:25 --> 00:58:27

Good character is not with people that treat

00:58:27 --> 00:58:28

you well.

00:58:28 --> 00:58:31

Good character is with people that do not

00:58:31 --> 00:58:33

respect you and do try to cut off

00:58:33 --> 00:58:35

ties with you. That is who you strive

00:58:35 --> 00:58:36

to have good character

00:58:37 --> 00:58:38

with.

00:58:38 --> 00:58:41

Which now brings us to the second question,

00:58:41 --> 00:58:44

which is what is the best deed after

00:58:44 --> 00:58:44

the obligatory

00:58:45 --> 00:58:45

deeds?

00:58:46 --> 00:58:48

And he says that the scholars differed

00:58:48 --> 00:58:51

to 3 opinions. The scholars differed to 3

00:58:51 --> 00:58:52

opinions.

00:58:52 --> 00:58:54

Opinion number 1,

00:58:54 --> 00:58:55

the dhikr of Allah

00:58:56 --> 00:58:58

Opinion number 2,

00:58:58 --> 00:58:59

seeking knowledge.

00:58:59 --> 00:59:01

Opinion number 3,

00:59:03 --> 00:59:04

Going on an expedition

00:59:05 --> 00:59:07

with the Muslim ruler for the sake of

00:59:07 --> 00:59:08

Allah

00:59:09 --> 00:59:11

He said, These are the opinions of the

00:59:11 --> 00:59:14

scholars with regards to what is the best

00:59:14 --> 00:59:14

deed.

00:59:15 --> 00:59:17

But then he goes on to say, What

00:59:17 --> 00:59:19

is the evidence for these things? Where did

00:59:19 --> 00:59:22

people come up with these? So then he

00:59:22 --> 00:59:23

goes through multiple narrations

00:59:24 --> 00:59:25

where people came up to the Prophet

00:59:26 --> 00:59:27

and he said, You Rasulullah,

00:59:28 --> 00:59:30

which are the most beloved deeds to Allah?

00:59:31 --> 00:59:32

In one narration, the Prophet

00:59:33 --> 00:59:34

says,

00:59:35 --> 00:59:38

Right? Prayer on this appropriate time, or prayer

00:59:38 --> 00:59:40

at its earliest time.

00:59:40 --> 00:59:43

In another hadith, the sister mentioned that the

00:59:43 --> 00:59:44

most beloved of deeds to Allah

00:59:45 --> 00:59:48

are the most consistent of them even if

00:59:48 --> 00:59:50

they are few. Another hadith he mentions,

00:59:51 --> 00:59:52

righteousness to Allah

00:59:53 --> 00:59:55

Another hadith he mentions,

00:59:56 --> 00:59:58

That is the most beloved deeds to Allah

00:59:59 --> 01:00:01

So all of these answers are given,

01:00:02 --> 01:00:03

and Ibn Taylih

01:00:03 --> 01:00:05

says that what we learned from this

01:00:06 --> 01:00:07

is that you have

01:00:08 --> 01:00:08

context

01:00:09 --> 01:00:09

specific

01:00:10 --> 01:00:11

and then general.

01:00:12 --> 01:00:13

As for context

01:00:13 --> 01:00:13

specific,

01:00:14 --> 01:00:17

then if then the prophet saw within people

01:00:17 --> 01:00:19

what he knew was best for them and

01:00:19 --> 01:00:20

he advised them with it.

01:00:21 --> 01:00:23

Now that the prophet does not know your

01:00:23 --> 01:00:24

specific situation,

01:00:25 --> 01:00:27

we have to come up with general guidelines.

01:00:28 --> 01:00:30

We have to come up with general

01:00:30 --> 01:00:30

guidelines.

01:00:31 --> 01:00:33

What are those general guidelines?

01:00:34 --> 01:00:36

Those general guidelines are

01:00:37 --> 01:00:38

starting off

01:00:38 --> 01:00:39

with that

01:00:39 --> 01:00:42

which will keep you engaged with Allah subhanahu

01:00:42 --> 01:00:43

wa ta'ala the most.

01:00:43 --> 01:00:46

And he uses the term dhikr over here,

01:00:46 --> 01:00:47

but when we think of dhikr, we think

01:00:47 --> 01:00:52

of subhanAllah, alhamdulillah, Allahu Akbarla, illahi lalah, walaahu

01:00:52 --> 01:00:54

lalahu lahu lahu kwata illa billah. But Ibn

01:00:54 --> 01:00:54

Taymiyyah

01:00:55 --> 01:00:56

he says that dhikr

01:00:57 --> 01:00:58

is with the mind, it is with the

01:00:58 --> 01:01:00

heart, and it is with the tongue.

01:01:01 --> 01:01:03

Where your thoughts are route, what is most

01:01:03 --> 01:01:04

pleasing to Allah

01:01:05 --> 01:01:07

Where your heart is longing for the love

01:01:07 --> 01:01:10

of Allah, fearful of Allah's punishment, hoping for

01:01:10 --> 01:01:11

the reward of Allah

01:01:12 --> 01:01:15

And then your tongue is engaged in the

01:01:15 --> 01:01:18

remembrance of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And he

01:01:18 --> 01:01:20

breaks this down into general and specific.

01:01:20 --> 01:01:22

He says the best specific

01:01:22 --> 01:01:25

dhikr is the recitation of the Quran.

01:01:26 --> 01:01:27

There is no

01:01:27 --> 01:01:30

thing better than the recitation of the Quran.

01:01:31 --> 01:01:33

And then the general dhikr that we have

01:01:33 --> 01:01:35

been prescribed with, and the general dhikr that

01:01:35 --> 01:01:37

we have been prescribed with. And he breaks

01:01:37 --> 01:01:39

this down scenario by scenario.

01:01:39 --> 01:01:41

So he says there are adqa that we've

01:01:41 --> 01:01:44

been taught to do with certain deeds.

01:01:44 --> 01:01:46

So you wake up,

01:01:46 --> 01:01:48

what dhikr do you make? What do you

01:01:48 --> 01:01:49

say when you wake up from your sleep?

01:01:52 --> 01:01:54

Asant. Right? You praise Allah

01:01:57 --> 01:02:00

How about what is the dhikr for entering

01:02:00 --> 01:02:02

the masjid? What do we say when we

01:02:02 --> 01:02:02

enter the masjid?

01:02:06 --> 01:02:06

Excellent.

01:02:07 --> 01:02:09

We say, bismillah wsalatwassalamu

01:02:09 --> 01:02:11

alaarsulillah, Allah mftahli ababarrahmatik.

01:02:11 --> 01:02:14

Right? So you have athkar that are mentioned

01:02:14 --> 01:02:15

for specific deeds.

01:02:15 --> 01:02:17

So that is the best dhikr that you

01:02:17 --> 01:02:18

can do at that

01:02:19 --> 01:02:19

time.

01:02:20 --> 01:02:21

Right? So specific

01:02:21 --> 01:02:22

action,

01:02:22 --> 01:02:23

specific dhikr.

01:02:24 --> 01:02:25

Then we have

01:02:25 --> 01:02:26

specific time,

01:02:27 --> 01:02:28

specific

01:02:28 --> 01:02:28

dhikr.

01:02:29 --> 01:02:31

So when the adhan is being given,

01:02:32 --> 01:02:33

what is the best thing that you can

01:02:33 --> 01:02:35

do? Should a person recite Quran at that

01:02:35 --> 01:02:36

time?

01:02:36 --> 01:02:38

No. Should a person be saying subhanallah, alhamdulillah,

01:02:39 --> 01:02:41

Allahu Akbar at that time? No. The best

01:02:41 --> 01:02:43

dhikr that you can do is to repeat

01:02:43 --> 01:02:44

after the Mu'adin.

01:02:45 --> 01:02:48

Right? After salatul fajr, you've done your athkar

01:02:48 --> 01:02:49

pertaining to the salah,

01:02:50 --> 01:02:51

then you do athkarasabah,

01:02:52 --> 01:02:53

pertaining to the time of the morning.

01:02:54 --> 01:02:55

After salatul Asr,

01:02:56 --> 01:02:58

after you've done your athkar of the salah,

01:02:58 --> 01:03:00

you do athkaral masaad, the athkar of the

01:03:00 --> 01:03:02

evening. So those that are in relation to

01:03:02 --> 01:03:03

the time.

01:03:03 --> 01:03:06

Then after that, you busy yourself with the

01:03:06 --> 01:03:07

regular dhikr of Allah

01:03:08 --> 01:03:10

And he says the statements are 5. Subhanallah,

01:03:11 --> 01:03:11

Alhamdulillah,

01:03:12 --> 01:03:15

Allahu Akbar, La ilaha illallah, and Laahu lahu

01:03:15 --> 01:03:17

lahu lahu wata illa billah. And he says,

01:03:17 --> 01:03:19

you busy yourself

01:03:19 --> 01:03:22

with these adkar. Now, quiz time. Out of

01:03:22 --> 01:03:25

these 5, which is the best of them?

01:03:28 --> 01:03:29

So out of the 5, subhan'Allah,

01:03:30 --> 01:03:30

Alhamdulillah,

01:03:31 --> 01:03:33

Allahu Akbar, La ilaha illallah, and La Hawla

01:03:33 --> 01:03:36

walaqwata illallah. Which is the best of them?

01:03:36 --> 01:03:36

Our brother-in-law.

01:03:39 --> 01:03:42

Why? There's a hadith mentioning it. There's a

01:03:42 --> 01:03:44

hadith mentioning it. Allahu Akbar. You can't go

01:03:44 --> 01:03:45

wrong with that. You can't go wrong with

01:03:45 --> 01:03:47

that. There's a hadith that mentions it. There

01:03:47 --> 01:03:49

is a hadith that mentions it. The prophet

01:03:50 --> 01:03:53

says that the best thing that I and

01:03:53 --> 01:03:55

the previous messengers have been taught is to

01:03:55 --> 01:03:58

say, la ilaha illallah, wahdahu la shirikala,

01:03:58 --> 01:03:59

the whole mulkwahulhamd,

01:04:00 --> 01:04:00

wahu a laqulishain

01:04:01 --> 01:04:03

kadir. And this is where an important lesson

01:04:03 --> 01:04:04

needs to be taught,

01:04:04 --> 01:04:06

that the term when we say tasbih,

01:04:07 --> 01:04:08

not only does it include

01:04:09 --> 01:04:10

but it includes

01:04:11 --> 01:04:12

subhanAllah,

01:04:19 --> 01:04:21

All of this is included in the tasbih.

01:04:22 --> 01:04:24

Then you have the tahmid, all the versions

01:04:24 --> 01:04:25

of Alhamdulillah.

01:04:25 --> 01:04:28

Allahu Akbar, all the versions of Allahu Akbar.

01:04:28 --> 01:04:30

La ilaha illallah tahleel, all the versions of

01:04:30 --> 01:04:31

La ilaha illallah.

01:04:34 --> 01:04:35

And all the versions of all the versions

01:04:35 --> 01:04:37

of that. So understand that all of that

01:04:37 --> 01:04:38

is included.

01:04:39 --> 01:04:40

So the conclusion that Imatayni

01:04:41 --> 01:04:41

mentions

01:04:42 --> 01:04:44

with regards to the best deed after the

01:04:44 --> 01:04:44

obligatory

01:04:45 --> 01:04:45

ones,

01:04:46 --> 01:04:48

r is the act of dhikr, but embodiment,

01:04:49 --> 01:04:50

mind,

01:04:50 --> 01:04:51

heart,

01:04:51 --> 01:04:53

and tongue. Right?

01:04:53 --> 01:04:55

What is the most beloved thing that I

01:04:55 --> 01:04:57

can do right now for Allah

01:04:58 --> 01:05:00

The heart loving, fearing, and hoping for Allah

01:05:01 --> 01:05:03

and the tongue being engaged

01:05:03 --> 01:05:06

either with a specific dhikr related to time

01:05:06 --> 01:05:09

or a specific dhikr related to action.

01:05:10 --> 01:05:12

Okay. So that is the best deed that

01:05:12 --> 01:05:15

the slave can do. We're almost done because

01:05:15 --> 01:05:16

the last two questions, Ibn Taymiyyah

01:05:17 --> 01:05:20

You can almost sense he's getting fatigued. Right?

01:05:20 --> 01:05:21

He's like, okay man, let me get, you

01:05:21 --> 01:05:23

know, finish this letter.

01:05:25 --> 01:05:28

Now, what is the best profession that a

01:05:28 --> 01:05:29

person can get into?

01:05:29 --> 01:05:30

Ibn Taymiyyah

01:05:31 --> 01:05:33

he says, there is no profession

01:05:34 --> 01:05:36

that you can get through which Allah

01:05:37 --> 01:05:40

will hasten your risk or increase your risk.

01:05:40 --> 01:05:43

But the best quality that you can develop

01:05:43 --> 01:05:45

is to have tawakkul in Allah

01:05:50 --> 01:05:52

That whoever lies, upon Allah, Subhanahu wa ta'ala,

01:05:53 --> 01:05:55

Allah will suffice for them.

01:05:55 --> 01:05:58

Now, understand that this is not tawakkul

01:05:58 --> 01:05:59

in isolation.

01:06:00 --> 01:06:01

This is tawakkul

01:06:02 --> 01:06:03

with

01:06:03 --> 01:06:05

taqwa. Right?

01:06:08 --> 01:06:10

That whoever has taqwa of Allah, Allah will

01:06:10 --> 01:06:11

make a way out for them.

01:06:13 --> 01:06:16

And will provide for them from ways that

01:06:16 --> 01:06:17

you do not expect.

01:06:17 --> 01:06:18

So the taqwa

01:06:19 --> 01:06:21

is to take your physical asbaab,

01:06:21 --> 01:06:22

the tawakkul

01:06:22 --> 01:06:24

is to leave it now in the hands

01:06:24 --> 01:06:24

of Allah

01:06:25 --> 01:06:26

And that is why the prophet

01:06:27 --> 01:06:29

says, that if you were to have

01:06:29 --> 01:06:32

tawakkul in Allah, a tawakkul that he is

01:06:32 --> 01:06:35

truly deserving of, he would provide for you

01:06:35 --> 01:06:37

just like he provides for the bird that

01:06:37 --> 01:06:38

leaves its nest

01:06:39 --> 01:06:40

hungry in the morning,

01:06:41 --> 01:06:42

and comes back at night with its stomach

01:06:42 --> 01:06:44

full. So you have to take the physical

01:06:44 --> 01:06:46

means, that is the taqwah of Allah

01:06:47 --> 01:06:51

After you tried your utmost best, then you

01:06:51 --> 01:06:53

rely upon Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala.

01:06:53 --> 01:06:56

The prophet says that the best risk that

01:06:56 --> 01:06:59

any man can earn is that which is

01:06:59 --> 01:07:01

with their two hands. And that which he

01:07:01 --> 01:07:03

gives his family is a sadaqa, that which

01:07:03 --> 01:07:05

he gives his slave is a sadaqa.

01:07:05 --> 01:07:06

Right?

01:07:06 --> 01:07:08

Which brings us to the last question,

01:07:09 --> 01:07:10

what is the best book that I can

01:07:10 --> 01:07:13

study? What is the best book or series

01:07:13 --> 01:07:15

of books that I can study? And Saman,

01:07:15 --> 01:07:16

it's a very fascinating answer.

01:07:17 --> 01:07:17

Ibn Taymiyyah

01:07:18 --> 01:07:21

he says, that our times have drastically changed,

01:07:21 --> 01:07:24

and your access to knowledge will depend

01:07:25 --> 01:07:26

to where you are in the world.

01:07:27 --> 01:07:29

So see what is easily accessible to you,

01:07:30 --> 01:07:32

and seek your knowledge wherever you are. Find

01:07:32 --> 01:07:34

the experts of the land there.

01:07:34 --> 01:07:37

However, if I was to recommend one book

01:07:37 --> 01:07:37

to you,

01:07:38 --> 01:07:40

I would recommend this book to you.

01:07:41 --> 01:07:42

Which book is it?

01:07:43 --> 01:07:46

It's not the Quran. It's not the Quran.

01:07:46 --> 01:07:48

Right? The Quran is the book of Allah

01:07:48 --> 01:07:50

This is a book by human being.

01:07:51 --> 01:07:52

Riadas saliheen,

01:07:53 --> 01:07:56

good guess, but not yet. Okay. Go ahead.

01:07:57 --> 01:07:59

Sahil Bukhari. I sent it. It was Sahil

01:07:59 --> 01:07:59

Bukhari.

01:08:00 --> 01:08:01

He said, I would recommend

01:08:02 --> 01:08:04

that you read Sahil Bukhari,

01:08:04 --> 01:08:06

and this will not suffice your journey of

01:08:06 --> 01:08:07

knowledge. He says these exact words, it will

01:08:07 --> 01:08:10

not suffice your journey of knowledge, but it

01:08:10 --> 01:08:12

will good you give you a good exposure

01:08:12 --> 01:08:14

to the vast majority of Mas'id. It will

01:08:14 --> 01:08:16

give you a good exposure to the vast

01:08:16 --> 01:08:17

majority of Mas'id.

01:08:18 --> 01:08:20

Let me contextualize this

01:08:20 --> 01:08:23

for my day for our day and age.

01:08:23 --> 01:08:25

And if a student of knowledge wants a

01:08:25 --> 01:08:28

starting point, what should they start with?

01:08:28 --> 01:08:29

I would recommend

01:08:30 --> 01:08:31

2 books.

01:08:31 --> 01:08:32

Number 1,

01:08:32 --> 01:08:34

the explanation of Imam An Nawis for the

01:08:34 --> 01:08:36

hadith by Jamal Zerboso.

01:08:36 --> 01:08:38

It's a 3 volumes on the 2 The

01:08:38 --> 01:08:40

new version has 2 volumes. It's just been

01:08:40 --> 01:08:40

condensed.

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As a student of knowledge, you should have

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that. Number 2, there is a series of

01:08:46 --> 01:08:48

aqeedah books by Sheikh Omar al Asqar called

01:08:48 --> 01:08:50

the aqeedah series. Belief in Allah, belief in

01:08:50 --> 01:08:52

the angels, belief in the day of judgment.

01:08:52 --> 01:08:54

I think it is imperative for people to

01:08:54 --> 01:08:56

have these two books,

01:08:56 --> 01:08:57

as a student

01:08:57 --> 01:08:59

of knowledge. That is where you should start

01:08:59 --> 01:09:01

off with. You want to go even further?

01:09:02 --> 01:09:04

Then get Riad al Salihin as well with

01:09:04 --> 01:09:07

his commentary. The darasalam version in English, it

01:09:07 --> 01:09:09

has brief commentary after every hadith, go with

01:09:09 --> 01:09:10

that.

01:09:13 --> 01:09:15

And that is where ibn Taymiyyah,

01:09:15 --> 01:09:16

rahimahullah,

01:09:17 --> 01:09:17

concludes.

01:09:18 --> 01:09:19

So I'll We'll actually,

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read the conclusion that ibn Taymiyyah has.

01:09:22 --> 01:09:23

He says,

01:09:24 --> 01:09:26

so we ask Allah Almighty that he sustains

01:09:26 --> 01:09:28

us with guidance and firmness,

01:09:28 --> 01:09:31

instills in our hearts our corrected,

01:09:31 --> 01:09:32

direction,

01:09:32 --> 01:09:34

protects us from the mischief of our own

01:09:34 --> 01:09:35

selves,

01:09:36 --> 01:09:38

that he does not allow our hearts to

01:09:38 --> 01:09:39

deviate after giving us guidance,

01:09:40 --> 01:09:42

and that he bestows on us mercy from

01:09:42 --> 01:09:44

him. He is the most generous.

01:09:44 --> 01:09:46

All praise be to Allah, Lord of the

01:09:46 --> 01:09:48

worlds, and his blessings

01:09:48 --> 01:09:50

be on the most noble of messengers.

01:09:51 --> 01:09:53

And this is from,

01:09:53 --> 01:09:56

you know, the etiquettes of concluding. And so

01:09:56 --> 01:09:58

on, this is a big reminder for myself.

01:09:59 --> 01:10:01

From the etiquettes of concluding is that you

01:10:01 --> 01:10:03

always conclude with a du'a. They can be

01:10:03 --> 01:10:05

a general du'a that you make in relation

01:10:05 --> 01:10:06

to the event,

01:10:06 --> 01:10:10

or the specific kafaratul majlis that the Prophet

01:10:10 --> 01:10:13

used to make. And this is the dua

01:10:13 --> 01:10:15

that he concludes with, asking Allah

01:10:15 --> 01:10:17

for guidance and istikamah.

01:10:17 --> 01:10:18

And asking Allah

01:10:19 --> 01:10:20

for direction,

01:10:20 --> 01:10:22

that our hearts do not deviate

01:10:22 --> 01:10:25

even from the mischief of our own selves.

01:10:25 --> 01:10:26

And that Allah

01:10:27 --> 01:10:29

bestows upon us His mercy.

01:10:30 --> 01:10:32

So now, one important thing that I forgot,

01:10:32 --> 01:10:33

and I should have done this at the

01:10:33 --> 01:10:33

beginning,

01:10:34 --> 01:10:36

is that from the etiquette of the student

01:10:36 --> 01:10:36

of knowledge,

01:10:37 --> 01:10:40

is that when you start reading the text

01:10:40 --> 01:10:42

of a scholar or a sheikh,

01:10:42 --> 01:10:45

you begin by making dua for the author.

01:10:46 --> 01:10:48

So you start off by saying, qalal mu'alifu

01:10:48 --> 01:10:51

rahiman Allahu aya. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

01:10:52 --> 01:10:53

or the author I said, may Allah subhanahu

01:10:53 --> 01:10:55

wa ta'ala have mercy upon him and us.

01:10:55 --> 01:10:56

So I forgot to mention that at the

01:10:56 --> 01:10:58

beginning, but that is a proper etiquette for

01:10:58 --> 01:11:00

reading a book that you start off by

01:11:00 --> 01:11:02

making du'a for the author. That may Allah

01:11:02 --> 01:11:04

have mercy upon the author and upon us,

01:11:04 --> 01:11:06

and then you begin reading. Number 2, when

01:11:06 --> 01:11:08

you conclude a gathering, you conclude with a

01:11:08 --> 01:11:11

general du'a in relation to what was discussed,

01:11:11 --> 01:11:14

and then the specific dua of Kaffaratul Majjis.

01:11:14 --> 01:11:17

And number 3, Ibn Taymiyyah He reminds us

01:11:17 --> 01:11:19

that no good deeds are possible

01:11:19 --> 01:11:22

except by the will of Allah Subhanahu Wa

01:11:22 --> 01:11:23

Ta'ala. And you praise

01:11:23 --> 01:11:27

for that. Alhamdulillah. Bifadlihi waniamihi tatimu

01:11:27 --> 01:11:28

as salihat.

01:11:28 --> 01:11:31

So on in general, I take about 6

01:11:31 --> 01:11:33

hours to to cover this text in its

01:11:33 --> 01:11:34

entirety.

01:11:34 --> 01:11:36

I wanted to give you an introduction. I

01:11:36 --> 01:11:37

wanted to give you an introduction to the

01:11:37 --> 01:11:39

text. What I'm hoping for

01:11:39 --> 01:11:42

is that you will go home, download this,

01:11:42 --> 01:11:44

and in your own time, study this bi

01:11:44 --> 01:11:48

idhnillahi ta'ala. Study this bi idhnillahi ta'ala. Expand

01:11:48 --> 01:11:50

your horizons. See how Ibn Taymiyyah interacted

01:11:50 --> 01:11:53

with his students. See what questions this person

01:11:53 --> 01:11:56

asked. See the responses that Ibn Taymiyyah gave.

01:11:56 --> 01:11:57

Look at how generous Ibn Taymiyyah was his

01:11:58 --> 01:12:00

with his time and with his knowledge, and

01:12:00 --> 01:12:01

try to find those subtleties

01:12:02 --> 01:12:03

and embody them to the best of your

01:12:03 --> 01:12:04

ability. InshaAllah,

01:12:05 --> 01:12:06

the class that I did in 6 hours,

01:12:06 --> 01:12:08

one of them was recorded

01:12:08 --> 01:12:10

in Sacramento and I'm hoping within a couple

01:12:10 --> 01:12:12

of weeks, it'll be uploaded online for you

01:12:12 --> 01:12:15

to follow along as well. Baytin Allahu Ta'ala.

01:12:15 --> 01:12:18

But I hope that suffices as an introduction.

01:12:18 --> 01:12:20

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala knows best.

01:12:21 --> 01:12:21

And

01:12:22 --> 01:12:24

I will take your questions. We have about

01:12:24 --> 01:12:25

12 minutes till,

01:12:26 --> 01:12:27

isha time,

01:12:28 --> 01:12:28

Subhan'Allah.

01:12:33 --> 01:12:35

With regards to salah, so if somebody takes

01:12:35 --> 01:12:38

the second opinion where where those who miss

01:12:38 --> 01:12:40

salah on purpose, then they leave the call

01:12:40 --> 01:12:43

to Islam Yeah. And they make Tawba. Yes.

01:12:43 --> 01:12:44

Does that mean they actually pass this to

01:12:44 --> 01:12:45

me? What is this?

01:12:48 --> 01:12:49

We'll we'll stop for

01:12:51 --> 01:12:53

when we stop with the halakah, we'll make

01:12:53 --> 01:12:54

the adhan and they come right after

01:12:56 --> 01:12:57

I appreciate the enthusiasm,

01:12:58 --> 01:13:01

though. So so sorry. It's okay. So if

01:13:01 --> 01:13:02

that person misses the intentionally,

01:13:03 --> 01:13:05

they're out of the way of,

01:13:07 --> 01:13:07

thinking.

01:13:23 --> 01:13:25

Cover from that specific salah that

01:13:26 --> 01:13:28

I'm gonna write you down? And the second

01:13:28 --> 01:13:29

part of that is when it comes to

01:13:29 --> 01:13:30

the,

01:13:31 --> 01:13:33

are you throwing a stone for a specific

01:13:33 --> 01:13:34

category of sin or,

01:13:35 --> 01:13:37

a specific sin in and of itself?

01:13:37 --> 01:13:40

So if you do credit card rira, if

01:13:40 --> 01:13:42

you added that one time, but you're trying

01:13:42 --> 01:13:43

to think of the sin, or can you

01:13:43 --> 01:13:46

say rira in general? Because there's too many.

01:13:46 --> 01:13:46

Excellent.

01:13:47 --> 01:13:48

So as a general etiquette,

01:13:48 --> 01:13:51

as a student of knowledge, when people are

01:13:51 --> 01:13:53

are asking questions or the teacher is speaking,

01:13:53 --> 01:13:55

we try our utmost best to remain silent.

01:13:55 --> 01:13:56

If it's something that needs to be discussed,

01:13:57 --> 01:13:58

we can go outside or to a separate

01:13:58 --> 01:13:59

room,

01:13:59 --> 01:14:02

So let's learn together, inshallah, as students of

01:14:02 --> 01:14:04

knowledge. So the brother's question is with regards

01:14:04 --> 01:14:06

to 2 things. Number 1, with regards to

01:14:06 --> 01:14:08

the salah. He says if someone takes the

01:14:08 --> 01:14:09

second opinion that they leave the fold of

01:14:09 --> 01:14:10

Islam,

01:14:11 --> 01:14:13

do they only have 2 chances as per

01:14:13 --> 01:14:14

what the ayah mentions?

01:14:14 --> 01:14:16

So I think with regards to this question,

01:14:16 --> 01:14:17

there's something important to understand.

01:14:18 --> 01:14:20

We, our our own selves never make it's

01:14:20 --> 01:14:22

tihat. We always leave up to leave it

01:14:22 --> 01:14:24

up to the scholars to make ijtihad. So

01:14:24 --> 01:14:26

a person has a specific question, go to

01:14:26 --> 01:14:28

your local Mufti, ask your question,

01:14:29 --> 01:14:31

explain the whole scenario in this in totality,

01:14:31 --> 01:14:34

and ask them what I should do. Ask

01:14:34 --> 01:14:35

them what I should do.

01:14:36 --> 01:14:38

That is how you handle the situation. With

01:14:38 --> 01:14:40

regards to the ayah itself,

01:14:40 --> 01:14:41

Allah

01:14:41 --> 01:14:44

is reminding us that you cannot abuse Allah

01:14:45 --> 01:14:48

That if you make a sin, and you

01:14:48 --> 01:14:50

feign tawba, make the sin again, and you

01:14:50 --> 01:14:53

feign tawba, then by the 3rd time, Allah

01:14:53 --> 01:14:54

subhanahu wa ta'ala is not even gonna give

01:14:54 --> 01:14:56

you the opportunity to faint tawba, He'll let

01:14:56 --> 01:14:58

you die upon your sin. That's what's going

01:14:58 --> 01:15:00

to happen. So when tawba is made, it

01:15:00 --> 01:15:02

has to be sincere. It has to be

01:15:02 --> 01:15:04

sincere. The brother's second question is with regards

01:15:04 --> 01:15:06

to jamarat. We mentioned that the prophet said

01:15:06 --> 01:15:08

that when you throw the jamarat,

01:15:08 --> 01:15:10

your major sins are forgiven. The brother is

01:15:10 --> 01:15:13

asking, do we make a general intention for

01:15:13 --> 01:15:14

all of my sins dealing with raba, all

01:15:14 --> 01:15:16

of my sins dealing with alcohol, all of

01:15:16 --> 01:15:18

my sins dealing with that? Or do we

01:15:18 --> 01:15:19

think of specific sins?

01:15:20 --> 01:15:20

And Allah

01:15:21 --> 01:15:23

knows best, but it is the specific sins

01:15:23 --> 01:15:25

that are thought about. And with each jama'ah,

01:15:26 --> 01:15:28

a specific sin is forgiven. So if a

01:15:28 --> 01:15:30

person has done a lot, then we go

01:15:30 --> 01:15:34

to righteousness to one's parents along with performing

01:15:34 --> 01:15:35

multiple Hajjis.

01:15:37 --> 01:15:37

And Allah

01:15:38 --> 01:15:40

is the most forgiving, and Allah knows best.

01:15:50 --> 01:15:53

Who grew up under? USSR. The USSR. The

01:15:53 --> 01:15:56

Soviet Union. Yes. Yeah. He never played, but

01:15:56 --> 01:15:59

then when he came to a, I'm afraid

01:16:11 --> 01:16:14

So as I've mentioned in response to

01:16:14 --> 01:16:16

this, every person should have a mufti that

01:16:16 --> 01:16:18

they go to, that they have an interaction

01:16:18 --> 01:16:20

with. Go and ask a question to that

01:16:20 --> 01:16:20

specific mufti.

01:16:21 --> 01:16:23

Just explain your situation and scenario, and the

01:16:23 --> 01:16:25

mufti will give you a specific answer. So

01:16:25 --> 01:16:26

for that brother, that is what I would

01:16:26 --> 01:16:28

advise him to do. And Allah, Subhanahu Wa

01:16:28 --> 01:16:30

Ta'ala, knows best. Go ahead.

01:16:33 --> 01:16:34

This book.

01:16:34 --> 01:16:35

So as I mentioned, take a picture of

01:16:35 --> 01:16:38

the book. You literally go into Google, type

01:16:38 --> 01:16:40

the concise legacy, even send me a PDF,

01:16:40 --> 01:16:43

and you'll get multiple versions. This is the

01:16:43 --> 01:16:44

version that I encourage.

01:16:45 --> 01:16:46

And if you read Arabic, just look,

01:16:48 --> 01:16:49

and there's multiple

01:16:49 --> 01:16:51

online in the Arabic language for this book

01:16:51 --> 01:16:52

as well.

01:16:54 --> 01:16:56

Any other questions from the sisters? Yeah. Go

01:16:56 --> 01:16:56

ahead.

01:17:03 --> 01:17:04

Sorry. Can you repeat the last part? Does

01:17:04 --> 01:17:05

that also include?

01:17:06 --> 01:17:07

Delayed prayers.

01:17:07 --> 01:17:10

The people who delayed their prayers. No. So

01:17:10 --> 01:17:12

if you delayed a prayer

01:17:13 --> 01:17:15

within its, allotted time,

01:17:15 --> 01:17:18

you don't make up that prayer. Here, the

01:17:18 --> 01:17:21

prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam says, pray your

01:17:21 --> 01:17:22

sunnah and pray your nawafil,

01:17:22 --> 01:17:25

and those sunnah and nawafil will fill in

01:17:25 --> 01:17:25

the deficiencies

01:17:26 --> 01:17:28

of your heart prayer. However, if you delayed

01:17:29 --> 01:17:32

a prayer past its allotted time, then you

01:17:32 --> 01:17:34

do have to make up that prayer.

01:17:34 --> 01:17:37

Seek forgiveness from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, and

01:17:37 --> 01:17:39

then also increase in your sunnah and nawafir

01:17:39 --> 01:17:40

to help fill in the deficiencies.

01:17:43 --> 01:17:44

Any more questions for the brothers?

01:17:46 --> 01:17:48

With respect to,

01:17:49 --> 01:17:49

when

01:17:50 --> 01:17:51

the talks

01:17:51 --> 01:17:52

about

01:17:53 --> 01:17:53

respect

01:17:54 --> 01:17:55

and the character.

01:17:55 --> 01:17:57

If you have a family member that's mortared,

01:17:57 --> 01:18:00

that's no longer Muslim, how are you supposed

01:18:00 --> 01:18:01

to extend that,

01:18:02 --> 01:18:04

sort of respect to that person that is,

01:18:04 --> 01:18:06

belligerent with the way they believe and doesn't

01:18:06 --> 01:18:09

believe in Islam anymore? Are you supposed to

01:18:09 --> 01:18:10

keep your distance, or are you supposed to

01:18:10 --> 01:18:11

still extend

01:18:11 --> 01:18:12

that line of communication?

01:18:13 --> 01:18:15

Excellent. So the brother's question is with regards

01:18:15 --> 01:18:17

to a family member that has left Islam

01:18:17 --> 01:18:19

and is belligerent in their interaction

01:18:20 --> 01:18:21

with you.

01:18:21 --> 01:18:22

So at the end of the day, Allah

01:18:23 --> 01:18:25

wants us to facilitate Tawba for as many

01:18:25 --> 01:18:27

people as possible. So in this sort of

01:18:27 --> 01:18:28

situation,

01:18:28 --> 01:18:31

as long as it's not psychologically and physically

01:18:31 --> 01:18:33

affecting you, then you should keep ties with

01:18:33 --> 01:18:35

this person. Try to encourage them to repent.

01:18:35 --> 01:18:37

Show them your good character. Show them the

01:18:37 --> 01:18:38

virtue of Islam.

01:18:39 --> 01:18:40

Show them, you know, how it,

01:18:41 --> 01:18:42

enhances

01:18:42 --> 01:18:43

social discourse,

01:18:43 --> 01:18:45

and that is what one should do along

01:18:45 --> 01:18:47

with making du'a for them. However, if one

01:18:47 --> 01:18:51

is physically impacted or psychologically and emotionally impacted,

01:18:51 --> 01:18:54

then they are excused from keeping, their distance.

01:18:54 --> 01:18:56

But they should still make du'a that Allah

01:18:56 --> 01:18:59

guides them and allows them to repent, before

01:18:59 --> 01:19:00

they pass away. And Allah

01:19:01 --> 01:19:01

knows best.

01:19:02 --> 01:19:04

Any last questions from the sisters?

01:19:08 --> 01:19:10

Thayib. Let's conclude with that. Jazakam Makran for

01:19:10 --> 01:19:12

being a wonderful audience. May Allah

01:19:12 --> 01:19:14

accept our good deeds, forgive our sins and

01:19:14 --> 01:19:15

shortcomings.

01:19:16 --> 01:19:17

Allow us

01:19:17 --> 01:19:19

to implement the good that we learned in

01:19:19 --> 01:19:22

today's class, grant us the tufiq to become

01:19:22 --> 01:19:24

students of knowledge and to continue learning till

01:19:24 --> 01:19:26

the day that we meet Allah Subhanahu Wa

01:19:26 --> 01:19:28

Ta'ala and that we don't die except that

01:19:28 --> 01:19:30

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is pleased with us.

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