Navaid Aziz – Isha Khatira Imamnavaidaziz
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The speaker discusses a woman who had a family member's younger sister unable to marry them and struggled with emotions and family. They emphasize the importance of following the natural reactions of people facing challenges, preparing for them, and not giving them too much attention. The speaker also gives advice on how to handle difficult situations and being prepared for graduation.
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I want to share a reflection on a
verse in Surah Al-Ankabut where Allah says,
after I seek refuge with
Allah
from
the evil of my
heart, I seek refuge with Allah from the
evil of my heart, I seek refuge with
Allah
from
the evil of my heart, I seek refuge
with Allah from the evil of my heart,
I seek refuge with Allah from the evil
of my heart, I seek refuge with Allah
from the evil of my heart, I seek
refuge with Allah from the evil of my
heart, I seek refuge with
Allah from the evil of my heart, I
seek refuge with Allah from the evil of
my heart, I seek refuge with Allah from
the evil of my heart, I seek refuge
with Allah from the evil
of
my heart, I seek refuge with Allah from
the evil of my heart, I seek refuge
with Allah
from the evil of my heart.
to a particular pain, you can get divorced.
You cannot get into the degree that you
wanted to get into.
You cannot get the job that you wanted.
The person that you proposed to doesn't want
to marry you.
A family member passes away.
These are all great tests that you go
through.
Inshallah, if you're patient, your sins are being
forgiven, your ranks are being raised, good deeds
are being written down for you.
But what this also does for you is
that the next time you meet someone that
has gone through a similar circumstance or is
going through a similar circumstance, it leads you
to being empathetic.
It leads you to being kind, merciful, and
compassionate because you knew what that pain did
to you.
You knew how hard it was for you.
And this leads you to be more merciful
and more empathetic towards the other people.
And this is a first lesson that I
want us to take away that as we
are tried and tested, it's not just for
the afterlife, but there's something that you're meant
to take away from this life as well,
which is mercy and compassion towards the creation
of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la.
Number two, I'm gonna share a funny story
with you from my teenage years.
So how many of you have an older
sibling, an older brother or sister?
Raise your hand.
Older brother or sister?
Man, those are challenging relationships, especially if they
are older than you, SubhanAllah.
You get bullied.
It's inevitable.
So I had an older, or I have
an older sister that's four years older than
me, and she was just starting off high
school.
I was still in middle school.
Anytime a friend used to come over, it
wasn't good enough that I went to the
basement or hid in my room or hid
away from wherever her and her friends were.
I would have to physically leave the house.
So I used to have a cousin, my
mom's sister's daughter, that used to live about
a 10-minute walk away.
So every time her friend would come over,
I would go to my aunt and uncle's
house where my cousin is.
And eventually, we spent so much time together,
SubhanAllah, we developed a sibling rivalry.
So she got a new bicycle, I had
to get a better bicycle.
I got a laptop, she had to get
a better laptop.
And things used to keep going back and
forth this way.
Until every quarter, we would get our report
cards, and my mom and dad, may Allah
have mercy upon them, and all of our
parents, I mean, they used to ask me,
how are your grades?
And I'd be super happy.
I'm like, mom, dad, I got an A
in this, a B in this, super happy
with my grades.
But as is typical culture, it could be
Desi culture, Arab culture, but how did your
cousin do?
We have to compare you to other kids.
What else do we do?
And I would be upset.
I'm like, why do I have to be
compared to her all the time?
And mashallah, she was wearing hijab, very studious,
mashallah.
I would make up any excuse.
I'm like, look, she has no social life.
Obviously, she's gonna do better academically.
And it would hurt me a lot anytime
I would be compared.
But as is the sunnah of Allah Subh
'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la, every believer is
gonna have their own personal battle of Badr.
What was my personal battle of Badr?
The day we went for our driving exam.
So she goes and she does her driving
exam, and then she comes home, and she
has tears in her eyes.
And I'm like, man, are these tears of
happiness that she passed, or tears of misery
that she failed?
And then she starts talking.
She says, Mama, Baba, I'm so sorry, but
I failed.
And in the back of the house, you
hear Takbir, Allahu Akbar.
And I'm partying and celebrating.
Such a terrible person, SubhanAllah.
But now the pressure is on me.
I have to go do my driving exam.
If I don't pass, I'm gonna have no
self-respect left in the house.
So I went to my driving exam, and
I want you to empathize with me.
The invigilator says, Mr. Aziz, welcome to your
final driving exam.
I would like you to reverse out of
the parking spot.
So I'm like, Bismillah, I got this.
So I put my seatbelt on, check all
of my mirrors, turn the car on, put
my foot on the brake, and I start
reversing.
I'm going back, I'm going back, I'm going
back.
Boom!
You hit something.
La ilaha illallah.
What's the first word that comes to your
mouth at that time, right?
I want you to imagine.
When we get scared, what is the first
word that comes to our minds at that
time?
Inshallah, it's good words.
We're in a masjid, and we're pious people,
inshallah.
Right?
Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la says,
الذين إذا أصابتوا مصيبة قالوا إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا
إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ That believers, when they're tested by
Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la, their
natural reaction is to remember Allah Subh'anaHu
Wa Ta-A'la, and to remind themselves
that to Allah we belong, and to Him
we shall return.
Now, I want you to imagine.
Let's do this exercise again.
We're reversing back.
You hit something.
Boom!
What word comes out of your mouth?
Naturally, this time it's going to be الذكر.
It'll be لا إله إلا الله سبحان الله
الله أكبر إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ Why
is that going to happen?
Because you're prepared.
You already knew that it was coming, so
you knew what to respond.
And this is one of the objectives of
the ayah that Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta
-A'la is telling us, you have to
be prepared for tests.
And as you prepare for them, you will
know how to respond.
And this applies to all things in life.
If you can assess and analyze all the
troubles and difficulties that you're going to face,
the better you are to respond to them.
You know, I was giving a leadership class
at Qalam yesterday.
And I was telling people that as you
go to give khutbah, there's always going to
be that one uncle that's waiting for you
before you get on the mumber.
And he's going to be like, بيتا, son,
I have some advice for you.
And he's going to be waiting for you
every week.
How do you navigate through that situation?
If you're not prepared, then you'll be like
in a hurry, you'll be rude to him,
you'll ruin the relationship.
He'll be upset at you, he'll file a
complaint against you.
And you know what?
He'll ruin his week, your week, and possibly
your delivery of the khutbah as well.
But if you know in advance that that
uncle is going to be there, you're going
to show up intentionally 20 minutes early.
And you'll be like, uncle, بسم الله, let
me treat you to some tea.
Let's go chill outside.
Give me all of the advice that you
want.
Let him speak till his heart is content.
Make dua for him.
Thank him.
جزاكم الله خيرا.
Let's go give the khutbah and I hope
you enjoy it inshaAllah.
He leaves happy, you leave happy.
And this was able to be done because
you were prepared, right?
So the more preparation you put in your
life in terms of assessing what are the
pitfalls I'm going to face?
What are the ways that shaitan can attack
me?
What are the possible relationship, you know, issues
that I can have?
The more you prepare, the more likely you'll
have a more appropriate response.
So these are two things that I want
us to take away inshaAllah that number one,
that as we go through trials and calamities
and other people experience similar things, let us
be more merciful, compassionate and empathetic towards them.
And then number two, what we learn from
this ayah is the importance of being prepared
and the importance of looking out for where
shaitan can attack us and we can have
pitfalls in our lives.
And the more we prepare and the better
response we can have.
May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grant us
tawfiq, forgive us for our sins and shortcomings,
grant us patience during times of tests, grant
us gratitude and blessings and make us of
those that remember Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
frequently, Allahumma ameen.
As-salamu alaykum wa barakatu Muhammad wa ala
alihi wa sahbihi ajma'in.
Jazakumullahu khayran.
Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
Jazakumullahu khayran.
Thank you very much and welcome to Valley
Ranch.
Welcome home.
InshaAllah.
Wa alaykumusallah.