Omar Suleiman – Tested Like The Prophets

Omar Suleiman

Omar Suleiman – Tested Like The Prophets Uk Tour Wembley Stadium

Share Page

AI: Summary ©

The importance of identifying the ingredients needed to build a successful vehicle and the potential consequences of a collision is emphasized. The speakers stress the importance of being aware of laws and collision laws, being honest, and embracing the concept of a "here after" to achieve success. The importance of testing behavior and emotions to determine one's worth and building a life to achieve goals is emphasized.

AI: Summary ©

00:00:00 --> 00:00:06
			السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته أعوذ بالسماع من
		
00:00:06 --> 00:00:08
			الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله
		
00:00:08 --> 00:00:12
			رب العالمين ولا عدوان إلا على الظالمين ولا
		
00:00:12 --> 00:00:15
			عاقبة للمتقين اللهم صلي وسلم وبركة على عبدك
		
00:00:15 --> 00:00:18
			ورسولك محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم وعلى آله
		
00:00:18 --> 00:00:23
			وصحبه وسلم تسليمًا كثيرًا Have you all ever
		
00:00:23 --> 00:00:28
			seen when they're testing a car before that
		
00:00:28 --> 00:00:33
			car goes to market the crash tests where
		
00:00:33 --> 00:00:37
			they run that car into a hypothetical accident
		
00:00:37 --> 00:00:42
			over and over and over again سبحان الله
		
00:00:43 --> 00:00:46
			it's one of the incredible things to witness
		
00:00:47 --> 00:00:49
			if you watch the way that a vehicle
		
00:00:49 --> 00:00:53
			is made and before the manufacturer can put
		
00:00:53 --> 00:00:56
			anything out on the market they have to
		
00:00:56 --> 00:01:02
			simulate like a thousand car accidents and much
		
00:01:02 --> 00:01:05
			more so that they can trust that that
		
00:01:05 --> 00:01:08
			vehicle is going to meet a certain rating
		
00:01:08 --> 00:01:11
			and then the vehicle hits the market and
		
00:01:11 --> 00:01:13
			it gets a grade and you guys are
		
00:01:13 --> 00:01:14
			like what are you doing talking about vehicle
		
00:01:14 --> 00:01:18
			ratings at this time of the night follow
		
00:01:18 --> 00:01:19
			me for a moment it gets a grade
		
00:01:21 --> 00:01:24
			and the idea is not that you hope
		
00:01:24 --> 00:01:27
			that that car will ever have an accident
		
00:01:28 --> 00:01:32
			but that if an accident was to happen
		
00:01:32 --> 00:01:35
			that it would hold up to a certain
		
00:01:35 --> 00:01:38
			extent and that it wouldn't break and that
		
00:01:38 --> 00:01:40
			the driver and the passenger would be safe
		
00:01:42 --> 00:01:46
			stay with me you're a car manufacturer you
		
00:01:46 --> 00:01:50
			put the car out before anyone purchases the
		
00:01:50 --> 00:01:55
			car that car has been in multiple accidents
		
00:01:55 --> 00:01:59
			so that you know that you're purchasing a
		
00:01:59 --> 00:02:02
			reliable vehicle that can withstand a certain level
		
00:02:02 --> 00:02:08
			of collision your hope is that the car
		
00:02:08 --> 00:02:12
			never actually has that collision but your trust
		
00:02:12 --> 00:02:15
			is in that rating that this is the
		
00:02:15 --> 00:02:18
			safest car on the market that it's built
		
00:02:18 --> 00:02:22
			to be able to withstand this hit over
		
00:02:22 --> 00:02:25
			and over and over again if you were
		
00:02:25 --> 00:02:30
			a car and you had a rating based
		
00:02:30 --> 00:02:34
			upon how you fare in collisions what would
		
00:02:34 --> 00:02:36
			you rate yourself on a scale of 1
		
00:02:36 --> 00:02:39
			to 10 I want to take that back
		
00:02:41 --> 00:02:46
			to a hadith of the prophet where the
		
00:02:46 --> 00:02:50
			messenger of Allah mentions أشد الناس بلاء الأنبياء
		
00:02:51 --> 00:02:54
			the most tested people in the world are
		
00:02:54 --> 00:02:59
			the prophets but then he uses a different
		
00:02:59 --> 00:03:02
			terminology صلى الله عليه وسلم to describe who
		
00:03:02 --> 00:03:05
			else is tested عليه الصلاة والسلام he says
		
00:03:05 --> 00:03:09
			ثم الأمثل فالأمثل and then those that are
		
00:03:09 --> 00:03:12
			closest to them those that are closest to
		
00:03:12 --> 00:03:15
			them closest to them here is not referring
		
00:03:15 --> 00:03:18
			to proximity of time it's an amazing hadith
		
00:03:18 --> 00:03:20
			when you compare it to another famous hadith
		
00:03:20 --> 00:03:21
			where the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said
		
00:03:21 --> 00:03:25
			the best of generations are قرني my generation
		
00:03:25 --> 00:03:28
			ثم الذين يرونهم and then those that followed
		
00:03:29 --> 00:03:34
			that Allah has allocated righteousness disproportionately in this
		
00:03:34 --> 00:03:37
			ummah certainly in the first generations of Islam
		
00:03:37 --> 00:03:40
			with the pious predecessors and the companions around
		
00:03:40 --> 00:03:42
			the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم are the
		
00:03:42 --> 00:03:45
			best generation of Islam so the best generation
		
00:03:45 --> 00:03:47
			is my generation and then that which follows
		
00:03:47 --> 00:03:50
			immediately and then that which follows immediately compare
		
00:03:50 --> 00:03:53
			that to this hadith where it's not about
		
00:03:53 --> 00:03:56
			time it's not about the proximity of generation
		
00:03:58 --> 00:04:01
			that the most tested of people are the
		
00:04:01 --> 00:04:05
			anbiya, are the prophets ثم الأمثل فالأمثل it
		
00:04:05 --> 00:04:09
			puts some perspective to what we're witnessing in
		
00:04:09 --> 00:04:12
			the people of Gaza when we say who
		
00:04:12 --> 00:04:16
			are these people they don't feel quite real
		
00:04:17 --> 00:04:19
			because I know that if I was tested
		
00:04:20 --> 00:04:23
			with even a fraction of what they've been
		
00:04:23 --> 00:04:26
			tested with my collision rating would not be
		
00:04:26 --> 00:04:31
			able to survive I would crumble sooner I
		
00:04:31 --> 00:04:32
			don't think I would have made it that
		
00:04:32 --> 00:04:39
			far with those circumstances and so the proximity
		
00:04:39 --> 00:04:43
			here is الأمثل فالأمثل those that are closest
		
00:04:43 --> 00:04:44
			to the prophets in what?
		
00:04:45 --> 00:04:50
			الأشرف فالأشرف the most noble the closest to
		
00:04:50 --> 00:04:53
			the prophets in nobility the closest to the
		
00:04:53 --> 00:04:56
			prophets in character the closest to the prophets
		
00:04:56 --> 00:05:01
			in faith can expect a disproportionality of test
		
00:05:01 --> 00:05:06
			a disproportionality of trial and the prophet صلى
		
00:05:06 --> 00:05:09
			الله عليه وسلم said يُبتَلَ النَّاسُ عَلَى قَدْرِ
		
00:05:09 --> 00:05:15
			دِينِهِمْ people are tested in accordance with their
		
00:05:15 --> 00:05:18
			faith and so the one who has stronger
		
00:05:18 --> 00:05:22
			deen will face stronger tests and the one
		
00:05:22 --> 00:05:24
			who is weaker in faith will have weaker
		
00:05:24 --> 00:05:27
			tests you know it kind of put some
		
00:05:27 --> 00:05:30
			perspective to that idea of لا يُكلِّفُ اللَّهُ
		
00:05:30 --> 00:05:32
			نَفْسًا إِلَّا وَسْعَهَا Allah does not burden a
		
00:05:32 --> 00:05:35
			soul beyond its scope even though the primary
		
00:05:35 --> 00:05:37
			intended meaning of this ayah is that the
		
00:05:37 --> 00:05:40
			شريعة the legislation that we have does not
		
00:05:40 --> 00:05:43
			burden us beyond our scope that Allah سبحانه
		
00:05:43 --> 00:05:45
			وتعالى has given us what is reasonable, what
		
00:05:45 --> 00:05:48
			is practical what doesn't push us beyond what
		
00:05:48 --> 00:05:52
			is humanly reasonable while pursuing Allah سبحانه وتعالى
		
00:05:52 --> 00:05:55
			while pursuing the divine but there is of
		
00:05:55 --> 00:05:58
			course an implied benefit as well that Allah
		
00:05:58 --> 00:06:00
			does not burden a soul beyond its scope
		
00:06:02 --> 00:06:05
			but just because Allah doesn't burden a soul
		
00:06:05 --> 00:06:07
			beyond its scope doesn't mean that Allah will
		
00:06:07 --> 00:06:09
			not push you to the limits of your
		
00:06:09 --> 00:06:14
			potential and when you see people being tested
		
00:06:14 --> 00:06:17
			in ways that you could not imagine for
		
00:06:17 --> 00:06:22
			yourself nor that you necessarily want for yourself
		
00:06:22 --> 00:06:26
			and somehow passing that test and you compare
		
00:06:26 --> 00:06:30
			their slate of tests to your tests this
		
00:06:30 --> 00:06:34
			hadith can give you some context what's your
		
00:06:34 --> 00:06:37
			collision rating if you were run into a
		
00:06:37 --> 00:06:41
			wall over and over and over again at
		
00:06:41 --> 00:06:43
			what point does the airbag pop at what
		
00:06:43 --> 00:06:46
			point do the windows collapse at what point
		
00:06:46 --> 00:06:49
			are you shattered what's your collision rating and
		
00:06:49 --> 00:06:51
			how do I even prepare myself for something
		
00:06:51 --> 00:06:54
			like that because the answer is not to
		
00:06:54 --> 00:06:57
			ask Allah for more tests just like the
		
00:06:57 --> 00:06:59
			answer is not to wish for your car
		
00:06:59 --> 00:07:02
			to get in an accident it's not the
		
00:07:02 --> 00:07:06
			answer here the answer is to identify the
		
00:07:06 --> 00:07:11
			ingredients that build that vehicle to that place
		
00:07:11 --> 00:07:15
			that make you sturdy and I want you
		
00:07:15 --> 00:07:18
			to remember this and I recognize that it's
		
00:07:18 --> 00:07:23
			late but pay attention to this idea there
		
00:07:23 --> 00:07:27
			are two ways in life that you will
		
00:07:27 --> 00:07:31
			be manufactured you will be constructed you will
		
00:07:31 --> 00:07:35
			be constructed with character and you will be
		
00:07:35 --> 00:07:39
			constructed with circumstance Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
00:07:39 --> 00:07:43
			will build you through your character and Allah
		
00:07:43 --> 00:07:44
			subhanahu wa ta'ala will build you through
		
00:07:44 --> 00:07:48
			circumstances and conditions that you did not ask
		
00:07:48 --> 00:07:53
			for there is the voluntary undertaking of construction
		
00:07:53 --> 00:07:57
			of yourself and then there is the involuntary
		
00:07:57 --> 00:07:59
			conditions that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will
		
00:07:59 --> 00:08:01
			put you through to bring you to a
		
00:08:01 --> 00:08:05
			certain level and many times we don't identify
		
00:08:05 --> 00:08:10
			the connection between character and circumstance and so
		
00:08:10 --> 00:08:12
			what I want you to do is think
		
00:08:12 --> 00:08:16
			about this ayah from the Quran that many
		
00:08:16 --> 00:08:20
			of us have heard in multiple contexts almost
		
00:08:20 --> 00:08:22
			all of them divorced from the original context
		
00:08:23 --> 00:08:26
			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says لَقَدْ كَانَ
		
00:08:26 --> 00:08:31
			لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِمَنْ كَانَ
		
00:08:31 --> 00:08:36
			يَرْجُ اللَّهَ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا that
		
00:08:36 --> 00:08:40
			verily you have in the messenger of Allah
		
00:08:40 --> 00:08:45
			Sallallahu alayhi wasallam an excellent example for the
		
00:08:45 --> 00:08:50
			one that desires Allah that seeks Allah in
		
00:08:50 --> 00:08:53
			the last day and that remembers Allah often
		
00:08:53 --> 00:08:57
			three ingredients are given here to the character
		
00:08:57 --> 00:09:00
			of the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wasallam لِمَنْ كَانَ
		
00:09:00 --> 00:09:03
			يَرْجُ اللَّهَ for the one who wants Allah
		
00:09:03 --> 00:09:06
			who wants the day of judgment and who
		
00:09:06 --> 00:09:10
			remembers Allah frequently think of these three ingredients
		
00:09:10 --> 00:09:12
			in the capacity of character building a lot
		
00:09:12 --> 00:09:15
			of times you hear this hadith being referenced
		
00:09:15 --> 00:09:19
			and it's referenced to tell you about the
		
00:09:19 --> 00:09:22
			importance of smiling like the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi
		
00:09:22 --> 00:09:25
			wasallam smiled and indeed smiling is a sunnah
		
00:09:25 --> 00:09:28
			it's referenced to tell you to be merciful
		
00:09:28 --> 00:09:32
			in familial contexts like the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi
		
00:09:32 --> 00:09:34
			wasallam was merciful and indeed we should be
		
00:09:34 --> 00:09:38
			merciful with our family and with our relatives
		
00:09:38 --> 00:09:42
			no doubt about it it's referenced with mannerisms
		
00:09:43 --> 00:09:46
			and indeed the messenger of Allah Sallallahu alayhi
		
00:09:46 --> 00:09:48
			wasallam had the most refined and perfect of
		
00:09:48 --> 00:09:53
			manners Sallallahu alayhi wasallam I really want you
		
00:09:53 --> 00:09:55
			all there's like 15,000 people here say
		
00:09:55 --> 00:09:59
			Sallallahu alayhi wasallam Allahumma salli wasallam wa baraka
		
00:09:59 --> 00:10:01
			ala nabina Muhammad every time you hear his
		
00:10:01 --> 00:10:04
			name it will only increase you in your
		
00:10:04 --> 00:10:08
			rank when you say Sallallahu alayhi wasallam and
		
00:10:08 --> 00:10:10
			so yes if you were to read the
		
00:10:10 --> 00:10:12
			shama'il of the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wasallam
		
00:10:12 --> 00:10:15
			you would see that he perfects every small
		
00:10:15 --> 00:10:19
			mannerism but there are ingredients that are mentioned
		
00:10:19 --> 00:10:22
			here and these three ingredients are so crucial
		
00:10:22 --> 00:10:26
			to both character and circumstance why?
		
00:10:26 --> 00:10:29
			liman kana yarjul la because if you don't
		
00:10:29 --> 00:10:34
			seek Allah then you may be seeking other
		
00:10:34 --> 00:10:37
			than Allah and that could be shirk that
		
00:10:37 --> 00:10:40
			could be the most disqualifying disease of all
		
00:10:40 --> 00:10:42
			which is to associate a partner with Allah
		
00:10:43 --> 00:10:46
			wal yawm al akhir if you're not seeking
		
00:10:46 --> 00:10:50
			the hereafter but you're seeking this dunya instead
		
00:10:50 --> 00:10:53
			you're seeking this world instead then your good
		
00:10:53 --> 00:10:56
			qualities will only be exercised to the extent
		
00:10:56 --> 00:11:00
			that they bring material benefit here and that
		
00:11:00 --> 00:11:06
			bears the fruit of hypocrisy and if you
		
00:11:06 --> 00:11:10
			are seeking this world wa dhakarallaha kathira remembering
		
00:11:10 --> 00:11:13
			Allah frequently if when you do good deeds
		
00:11:13 --> 00:11:16
			or you exert good qualities or exhibit good
		
00:11:16 --> 00:11:18
			qualities you do that for the mention of
		
00:11:18 --> 00:11:20
			other than Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala then
		
00:11:20 --> 00:11:23
			you are placing in your heart the disease
		
00:11:23 --> 00:11:27
			of riya the disease of showing off to
		
00:11:27 --> 00:11:29
			want to be remembered and praised by other
		
00:11:29 --> 00:11:32
			than Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala so these
		
00:11:32 --> 00:11:36
			three ingredients have three counterparts they all keep
		
00:11:36 --> 00:11:42
			out a particular disease shirk, nifaq, riya they
		
00:11:42 --> 00:11:47
			remove the diseases that corrupt even good characteristics
		
00:11:48 --> 00:11:52
			and eventually those diseases start to show themselves
		
00:11:52 --> 00:11:55
			even in those good qualities so in terms
		
00:11:55 --> 00:11:58
			of character building what makes the Prophet sallallahu
		
00:11:58 --> 00:12:01
			alayhi wasallam so beautiful in regards to the
		
00:12:01 --> 00:12:04
			qualities that he showed to other people is
		
00:12:04 --> 00:12:07
			that he showed those qualities to other people
		
00:12:07 --> 00:12:10
			for the sake of Allah and that's why
		
00:12:10 --> 00:12:14
			even when there was nothing that would make
		
00:12:14 --> 00:12:16
			the human being the person in front of
		
00:12:16 --> 00:12:20
			him sallallahu alayhi wasallam deserving of his excellent
		
00:12:20 --> 00:12:24
			qualities he still exhibited them with excellence because
		
00:12:24 --> 00:12:26
			he was pursuing Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
00:12:26 --> 00:12:28
			not that person in front of him what
		
00:12:28 --> 00:12:32
			makes the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam character so
		
00:12:32 --> 00:12:34
			beautiful and in fact is at the heart
		
00:12:34 --> 00:12:39
			of sitq the heart of truthfulness is that
		
00:12:39 --> 00:12:42
			the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam did not want
		
00:12:42 --> 00:12:45
			a reward in this life for the good
		
00:12:45 --> 00:12:48
			qualities that he exhibited but he sought the
		
00:12:48 --> 00:12:52
			reward of the hereafter instead what makes the
		
00:12:52 --> 00:12:56
			Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam character so beautiful is
		
00:12:56 --> 00:12:59
			he did not give himself the nicknames of
		
00:12:59 --> 00:13:02
			as-sadiq al-ameen the honest one and
		
00:13:02 --> 00:13:04
			the truthful one he didn't tell people to
		
00:13:04 --> 00:13:06
			refer to him in a certain way sallallahu
		
00:13:06 --> 00:13:14
			alayhi wasallam but those qualities became undeniable and
		
00:13:14 --> 00:13:17
			undetachable from the mention of the name Muhammad
		
00:13:17 --> 00:13:21
			sallallahu alayhi wasallam because the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
		
00:13:21 --> 00:13:25
			wasallam sought the praise of Allah azawajal and
		
00:13:25 --> 00:13:28
			not the praise of the people now I
		
00:13:28 --> 00:13:30
			want you to think about in our situation
		
00:13:30 --> 00:13:33
			let's say you're honest let's say you're trustworthy
		
00:13:33 --> 00:13:34
			let's say that you show good qualities but
		
00:13:34 --> 00:13:37
			you show good qualities only to the extent
		
00:13:37 --> 00:13:41
			that they have worldly benefit eventually a little
		
00:13:41 --> 00:13:44
			bit of a collision will expose the insincerity
		
00:13:44 --> 00:13:47
			of those good qualities will expose the insincerity
		
00:13:47 --> 00:13:50
			of that good character may Allah subhanahu wa
		
00:13:50 --> 00:13:53
			ta'ala protect us Allahumma ameen eventually the
		
00:13:53 --> 00:13:56
			character will be exposed and it will show
		
00:13:56 --> 00:13:58
			itself to be for other than Allah subhanahu
		
00:13:58 --> 00:14:01
			wa ta'ala لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ
		
00:14:01 --> 00:14:07
			اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُ اللَّهَ وَالْيَوْمِ
		
00:14:07 --> 00:14:12
			الْآخِرِ وَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا the three ingredients is
		
00:14:12 --> 00:14:14
			if you're pursuing the character of the Prophet
		
00:14:14 --> 00:14:17
			sallallahu alayhi wasallam you're not pursuing the qualities
		
00:14:17 --> 00:14:19
			of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam to be
		
00:14:19 --> 00:14:21
			loved by the people the way that the
		
00:14:21 --> 00:14:23
			Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam was loved by the
		
00:14:23 --> 00:14:24
			people because he was loved by the people
		
00:14:25 --> 00:14:27
			if you're pursuing the character of the Prophet
		
00:14:27 --> 00:14:30
			sallallahu alayhi wasallam you're not pursuing the character
		
00:14:30 --> 00:14:31
			of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam to be
		
00:14:31 --> 00:14:34
			praised by the people because he was praised
		
00:14:34 --> 00:14:36
			by the people for those characters sallallahu alayhi
		
00:14:36 --> 00:14:40
			wasallam but you have to interrogate yourself and
		
00:14:40 --> 00:14:42
			ask yourself do I have the same motivations
		
00:14:43 --> 00:14:45
			that the Prophet of Allah sallallahu alayhi wasallam
		
00:14:45 --> 00:14:49
			had do I want what the Prophet sallallahu
		
00:14:49 --> 00:14:52
			alayhi wasallam wanted do I intend as the
		
00:14:52 --> 00:14:56
			Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam intended am I refining
		
00:14:56 --> 00:14:59
			for the same reason that the Prophet sallallahu
		
00:14:59 --> 00:15:02
			alayhi wasallam was in constant refinement alayhi salatu
		
00:15:02 --> 00:15:06
			wassalam and perfecting the perfect sallallahu alayhi wasallam
		
00:15:06 --> 00:15:10
			while we are inherently imperfect do I have
		
00:15:10 --> 00:15:14
			his intentions do I have his motivations and
		
00:15:14 --> 00:15:18
			subhanAllah there is another ayah that stands almost
		
00:15:18 --> 00:15:23
			entirely in exposure of the opposite of this
		
00:15:23 --> 00:15:26
			ayah Allah azawajal says inna allatheena la yarjuna
		
00:15:26 --> 00:15:31
			liqa'ana waradu bilhayati al-dunya watma'annu
		
00:15:31 --> 00:15:36
			biha wallatheena hum an ayatina ghafilun those who
		
00:15:36 --> 00:15:39
			do not wish to meet us they don't
		
00:15:39 --> 00:15:40
			want to meet Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
00:15:40 --> 00:15:43
			so the opposite of liman kana yarjullah the
		
00:15:43 --> 00:15:45
			one who wants Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
00:15:45 --> 00:15:47
			is the one who hopes to never meet
		
00:15:47 --> 00:15:49
			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala they're hoping that
		
00:15:49 --> 00:15:50
			there is no God that will hold them
		
00:15:50 --> 00:15:52
			accountable they're hoping that there is no God
		
00:15:52 --> 00:15:58
			to meet and instead of desiring the hereafter
		
00:15:58 --> 00:16:02
			inna allatheena la yarjuna liqa'ana waradu bilhayati
		
00:16:02 --> 00:16:04
			al-dunya they are pleased with the life
		
00:16:04 --> 00:16:07
			of this world they're trying to create a
		
00:16:07 --> 00:16:10
			paradise for themselves in this world watma'annu
		
00:16:10 --> 00:16:15
			biha wallatheena hum an ayatina ghafilun and those
		
00:16:15 --> 00:16:18
			who turn away from our ayat is the
		
00:16:18 --> 00:16:22
			parallel of wadhakarallaha kathira the one who remembers
		
00:16:22 --> 00:16:26
			Allah frequently the believer remembers Allah frequently this
		
00:16:26 --> 00:16:28
			person turns away from the signs and the
		
00:16:28 --> 00:16:30
			verses and the mention of Allah subhanahu wa
		
00:16:30 --> 00:16:34
			ta'ala three traits that are the three
		
00:16:34 --> 00:16:38
			ingredients of hypocrisy compared to the three ingredients
		
00:16:38 --> 00:16:40
			of a person who wants to be a
		
00:16:40 --> 00:16:45
			follower of the prophets now here's the thing
		
00:16:46 --> 00:16:50
			Allah will test you Allah will build your
		
00:16:50 --> 00:16:52
			character and then He will test you in
		
00:16:52 --> 00:16:55
			that character and that can elevate your rating
		
00:16:55 --> 00:17:00
			or it can expose a faulty construction and
		
00:17:00 --> 00:17:03
			we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that
		
00:17:03 --> 00:17:06
			what we face in life only brings out
		
00:17:06 --> 00:17:08
			more beauty and a greater reward in the
		
00:17:08 --> 00:17:13
			afterlife Allahumma ameen what is the original context
		
00:17:13 --> 00:17:15
			of this verse when you think of the
		
00:17:15 --> 00:17:17
			character of the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
		
00:17:17 --> 00:17:21
			this verse is in surat al ahzab and
		
00:17:21 --> 00:17:24
			it's situated between a condemnation of the hypocrites
		
00:17:25 --> 00:17:29
			who found every excuse to not struggle alongside
		
00:17:29 --> 00:17:32
			the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and a
		
00:17:32 --> 00:17:35
			praise of the believers who stood with the
		
00:17:35 --> 00:17:38
			prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam despite everything and
		
00:17:38 --> 00:17:41
			even if the circumstance did not allow them
		
00:17:41 --> 00:17:42
			to be with the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
		
00:17:42 --> 00:17:44
			sallam just a few ayat after من المؤمنين
		
00:17:44 --> 00:17:48
			رجال صدقوا معاهد الله علي from the believers
		
00:17:48 --> 00:17:50
			are those who are truthful to the covenant
		
00:17:50 --> 00:17:53
			of Allah منهم من قضى نحب ومنهم من
		
00:17:53 --> 00:17:56
			ينتظر وما بدلوا تبديل they have such strong
		
00:17:56 --> 00:17:57
			resolve they would tell the prophet sallallahu alayhi
		
00:17:57 --> 00:17:59
			wa sallam we missed badr but if we
		
00:17:59 --> 00:18:01
			were there in badr we would have been
		
00:18:01 --> 00:18:03
			by your side and if Allah gives us
		
00:18:03 --> 00:18:05
			another chance we will be by your side
		
00:18:05 --> 00:18:09
			they hated that the circumstance where they could
		
00:18:09 --> 00:18:13
			have proven their character missed them whereas the
		
00:18:13 --> 00:18:15
			hypocrites were trying to find a way to
		
00:18:15 --> 00:18:18
			wiggle their way out of any circumstance that
		
00:18:18 --> 00:18:23
			would make them uncomfortable Allah azawajal places this
		
00:18:23 --> 00:18:25
			characteristic of the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
		
00:18:25 --> 00:18:29
			here this declaration here meaning what?
		
00:18:30 --> 00:18:32
			when you look at the example of the
		
00:18:32 --> 00:18:36
			prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam look at the
		
00:18:36 --> 00:18:40
			example of his struggle sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
		
00:18:41 --> 00:18:45
			why would he struggle the way that he
		
00:18:45 --> 00:18:49
			struggled what caused the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
		
00:18:49 --> 00:18:54
			sallam to endure pain in ways that most
		
00:18:54 --> 00:18:56
			human beings could not endure why would the
		
00:18:56 --> 00:19:00
			prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam find the energy
		
00:19:00 --> 00:19:05
			to keep going after Ta'if to keep
		
00:19:05 --> 00:19:08
			going after Khadija radiyallahu anha died to keep
		
00:19:08 --> 00:19:11
			going after Abu Talib died after they put
		
00:19:11 --> 00:19:14
			intestines on his back, after they massacred his
		
00:19:14 --> 00:19:17
			followers, after they ran him out, how did
		
00:19:17 --> 00:19:20
			he still find resilience sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
		
00:19:20 --> 00:19:22
			what brought the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
		
00:19:22 --> 00:19:24
			back to the battlefield over and over and
		
00:19:24 --> 00:19:27
			over again what brought the prophet sallallahu alayhi
		
00:19:27 --> 00:19:30
			wa sallam to the front lines when the
		
00:19:30 --> 00:19:32
			battle would rage and it would be most
		
00:19:32 --> 00:19:43
			difficult and Allah is saying those
		
00:19:43 --> 00:19:48
			same ingredients drove that behavior from the prophet
		
00:19:48 --> 00:19:51
			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in those moments of
		
00:19:51 --> 00:19:56
			hardship and difficulty he wanted Allah more than
		
00:19:56 --> 00:20:00
			any other human being has ever wanted Allah
		
00:20:00 --> 00:20:03
			he wanted the pleasure and the reward from
		
00:20:03 --> 00:20:04
			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala more than any
		
00:20:04 --> 00:20:06
			other human being has ever wanted the pleasure
		
00:20:06 --> 00:20:08
			or the reward from Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
00:20:08 --> 00:20:14
			'ala and he remembered Allah in quality and
		
00:20:14 --> 00:20:18
			quantity more than anyone else would remember Allah
		
00:20:18 --> 00:20:21
			subhanahu wa ta'ala and so you know
		
00:20:21 --> 00:20:23
			what that looks like and it's really interesting
		
00:20:23 --> 00:20:27
			because the two battles that Allah azawajal exposed
		
00:20:27 --> 00:20:31
			the hypocrites through were the ones that had
		
00:20:31 --> 00:20:38
			the least casualties had only a handful of
		
00:20:38 --> 00:20:44
			people that passed away from the believers which
		
00:20:44 --> 00:20:50
			Allah azawajal revealed exposing the hypocrites the exposure
		
00:20:52 --> 00:20:57
			didn't actually materialize in the full front battle
		
00:20:57 --> 00:20:59
			that it was supposed to be according to
		
00:20:59 --> 00:21:03
			calculations because they went out, they marched out
		
00:21:03 --> 00:21:06
			and it didn't actually materialize in the battle
		
00:21:06 --> 00:21:11
			so the hypocrites were exposed ironically through the
		
00:21:11 --> 00:21:14
			two battles that didn't lead to many casualties
		
00:21:15 --> 00:21:17
			but they found excuses to not be there
		
00:21:18 --> 00:21:20
			they made every excuse to not be there
		
00:21:20 --> 00:21:22
			with the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam they failed
		
00:21:22 --> 00:21:25
			the test, Allah azawajal exposed them now think
		
00:21:25 --> 00:21:26
			of the believers that were in the trench
		
00:21:26 --> 00:21:29
			with the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam and the
		
00:21:29 --> 00:21:33
			Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam rises up covered in
		
00:21:33 --> 00:21:36
			dirt and if you want to know what
		
00:21:36 --> 00:21:38
			it looks like to have the whole world
		
00:21:39 --> 00:21:42
			shutting in your face and everything closing in
		
00:21:42 --> 00:21:44
			on you look at the people of Gaza
		
00:21:44 --> 00:21:47
			and imagine the hisar the blockade of Medina
		
00:21:47 --> 00:21:50
			the attempted genocide on Medina the starvation of
		
00:21:50 --> 00:21:55
			Medina the fear that they could be attacked
		
00:21:55 --> 00:21:58
			from any one of these openings and the
		
00:21:58 --> 00:22:02
			Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam rises covered in dirt
		
00:22:03 --> 00:22:06
			covered in mud because he's digging harder sallallahu
		
00:22:06 --> 00:22:08
			alaihi wasallam stones tied to his stomach because
		
00:22:08 --> 00:22:11
			he's not eating sallallahu alaihi wasallam and he
		
00:22:11 --> 00:22:16
			says Allahumma laAAeesha illaAAeeshu alaakhirah Allahumma laAAeesha illaAAeeshu
		
00:22:16 --> 00:22:21
			alaakhirah O Allah there is no life except
		
00:22:21 --> 00:22:25
			for the life of the hereafter laqad kana
		
00:22:25 --> 00:22:29
			lakum fee rasoolillahi uswatun hasana liman kana yarjul
		
00:22:29 --> 00:22:33
			laa wal yawm al aakhir pursuing Allah pursuing
		
00:22:33 --> 00:22:36
			the hereafter he looks out says O Allah
		
00:22:36 --> 00:22:40
			there is no life except for the life
		
00:22:40 --> 00:22:43
			of the hereafter I'm pleased O Allah I'm
		
00:22:43 --> 00:22:46
			pleased with what you have decreed in this
		
00:22:46 --> 00:22:52
			regard remembers Allah s.w.t frequently you
		
00:22:52 --> 00:22:54
			know when you get struck by a tragedy
		
00:22:54 --> 00:22:56
			when you get put in a difficult circumstance
		
00:22:57 --> 00:23:00
			there is a phrase that you are to
		
00:23:00 --> 00:23:02
			say as soon as it happens it is
		
00:23:02 --> 00:23:07
			alhamdulillah alhamdulillah in good times alhamdulillah in bad
		
00:23:07 --> 00:23:11
			times الذين يذكرون الله قياما وقعودا وعلى جنوبهم
		
00:23:11 --> 00:23:12
			الذين يذكرون الله قياما وقعودا وعلى جنوبهم those
		
00:23:12 --> 00:23:15
			that remember Allah s.w.t standing, sitting
		
00:23:15 --> 00:23:17
			and laying down those that remember Allah s
		
00:23:17 --> 00:23:19
			.w.t in good times and in hard
		
00:23:19 --> 00:23:21
			times there is a verbalization of that because
		
00:23:21 --> 00:23:24
			these people have accustomed their tongues accustomed their
		
00:23:24 --> 00:23:27
			hearts to remembering Allah so frequently that no
		
00:23:27 --> 00:23:31
			matter what hits them they immediately go back
		
00:23:31 --> 00:23:34
			and they remember Allah s.w.t alhamdulillah
		
00:23:34 --> 00:23:37
			لا إله إلا الله الله أكبر at all
		
00:23:37 --> 00:23:42
			times, dhikr to them is like drinking water
		
00:23:42 --> 00:23:45
			it's like breathing, it comes so naturally and
		
00:23:45 --> 00:23:47
			so imagine you being in the trance with
		
00:23:47 --> 00:23:49
			the Prophet s.a.w would the Prophet
		
00:23:49 --> 00:23:53
			s.a.w look at you and say
		
00:23:53 --> 00:23:56
			اللهم لاعيش إلا أعيش الآخرة فأغفر للأنصار والمهاجرة
		
00:23:57 --> 00:23:59
			so forgive oh Allah there is no life
		
00:23:59 --> 00:24:01
			except for the life of the hereafter so
		
00:24:01 --> 00:24:03
			forgive the Ansar and forgive the Muhajireen would
		
00:24:03 --> 00:24:05
			the Prophet s.a.w make that dua
		
00:24:05 --> 00:24:09
			for you would you find yourself in the
		
00:24:09 --> 00:24:14
			situation of making excuses or would you find
		
00:24:14 --> 00:24:17
			yourself alongside the Messenger of Allah s.w
		
00:24:17 --> 00:24:22
			.t and embracing the collision embracing it as
		
00:24:22 --> 00:24:26
			it comes again you don't manufacture the car
		
00:24:26 --> 00:24:28
			with the hopes that it gets in an
		
00:24:28 --> 00:24:32
			accident you don't seek the test and the
		
00:24:32 --> 00:24:35
			trial but you prep yourself for that moment
		
00:24:35 --> 00:24:38
			you prep yourself for that collision how?
		
00:24:39 --> 00:24:42
			by embracing the ingredients and so as you're
		
00:24:42 --> 00:24:44
			in every situation in your life you ask
		
00:24:44 --> 00:24:46
			yourself am I pursuing Allah or am I
		
00:24:46 --> 00:24:49
			pursuing someone else am I hoping for the
		
00:24:49 --> 00:24:50
			hereafter am I hoping for something in this
		
00:24:50 --> 00:24:55
			dunya and am I remembering Allah or am
		
00:24:55 --> 00:24:58
			I remembering other than Allah s.w.t
		
00:24:58 --> 00:25:00
			in these moments that I am in now
		
00:25:00 --> 00:25:01
			let me bring it back to the people
		
00:25:01 --> 00:25:04
			of Gaza and to what this means for
		
00:25:04 --> 00:25:07
			us I want you to appreciate for a
		
00:25:07 --> 00:25:12
			moment that the people of Gaza are not
		
00:25:12 --> 00:25:18
			attached to the outcome of worldly victory in
		
00:25:18 --> 00:25:22
			fact take a step back and recognize that
		
00:25:22 --> 00:25:26
			those who are struggling for a free Palestine
		
00:25:26 --> 00:25:29
			are not attached to the outcome of a
		
00:25:29 --> 00:25:34
			free Palestine because they're not struggling for Palestine
		
00:25:34 --> 00:25:36
			they're not struggling for Palestine they're struggling for
		
00:25:36 --> 00:25:41
			Allah s.w.t they don't attach themselves
		
00:25:41 --> 00:25:46
			to worldly victory to the point that they
		
00:25:46 --> 00:25:49
			would be disappointed by everything that happens along
		
00:25:49 --> 00:25:53
			the way and that's why when shahada comes
		
00:25:53 --> 00:25:58
			to them when they lose their lives they
		
00:25:58 --> 00:26:01
			are pleased with that outcome because they are
		
00:26:01 --> 00:26:04
			those people who are pursuing Allah pursuing the
		
00:26:04 --> 00:26:07
			hereafter and remembering Allah s.w.t frequently
		
00:26:07 --> 00:26:10
			and it doesn't remove anything in terms of
		
00:26:10 --> 00:26:13
			their haybah anything in terms of the awe
		
00:26:13 --> 00:26:15
			and the presence that they have, it doesn't
		
00:26:15 --> 00:26:17
			remove anything in terms of the amount of
		
00:26:17 --> 00:26:20
			struggling and striving that they do they strive
		
00:26:20 --> 00:26:24
			hard but they believe in Allah s.w
		
00:26:24 --> 00:26:27
			.t and they believe in Allah's reward and
		
00:26:27 --> 00:26:30
			they're seeking Allah's reward and here's something else
		
00:26:30 --> 00:26:32
			I want you to appreciate for a moment
		
00:26:32 --> 00:26:36
			and really try to absorb this inshallah ta
		
00:26:36 --> 00:26:40
			'ala when the people of Gaza make dua
		
00:26:40 --> 00:26:43
			and when these people make dua for Palestine
		
00:26:44 --> 00:26:49
			they have no doubt in the ability of
		
00:26:49 --> 00:26:52
			Allah s.w.t to open up Palestine
		
00:26:52 --> 00:26:55
			for them tomorrow to give them freedom and
		
00:26:55 --> 00:26:58
			liberation tomorrow but as much as they believe
		
00:26:58 --> 00:27:02
			in Allah s.w.t's ability and power
		
00:27:03 --> 00:27:05
			to be able to give that to them
		
00:27:05 --> 00:27:08
			tomorrow, they believe just as much in Allah's
		
00:27:08 --> 00:27:12
			wisdom and Allah s.w.t's knowledge in
		
00:27:12 --> 00:27:17
			withholding that worldly victory to their benefit and
		
00:27:17 --> 00:27:21
			to their elevation in the hereafter and so
		
00:27:21 --> 00:27:23
			their trust is there for Allah s.w
		
00:27:23 --> 00:27:25
			.t in the midst of their test, when
		
00:27:25 --> 00:27:27
			I'm making dua in the midst of my
		
00:27:27 --> 00:27:30
			test I don't in any way question Allah
		
00:27:30 --> 00:27:33
			s.w.t's ability to answer that test,
		
00:27:33 --> 00:27:35
			but what is my motivation in life as
		
00:27:35 --> 00:27:37
			a whole, not just my motivation for that
		
00:27:37 --> 00:27:41
			dua you desperately want Allah s.w.t
		
00:27:41 --> 00:27:44
			to open a door for you here but
		
00:27:44 --> 00:27:47
			what is it that you have presented towards
		
00:27:47 --> 00:27:50
			the eternal door of Jannah, to get yourself
		
00:27:50 --> 00:27:53
			there, and so what does this mean for
		
00:27:53 --> 00:27:56
			us right now do we seek test do
		
00:27:56 --> 00:27:59
			we seek trial no, but you know what
		
00:27:59 --> 00:28:03
			we do do we embrace discomfort for the
		
00:28:03 --> 00:28:07
			sake of Allah s.w.t we embrace
		
00:28:07 --> 00:28:09
			discomfort for the sake of Allah s.w
		
00:28:09 --> 00:28:13
			.t we find ways to voluntarily struggle for
		
00:28:13 --> 00:28:15
			the sake of Allah s.w.t we
		
00:28:15 --> 00:28:18
			find ways to strive and make ourselves uncomfortable
		
00:28:18 --> 00:28:20
			for his sake so that should Allah s
		
00:28:20 --> 00:28:23
			.w.t put us in a situation where
		
00:28:23 --> 00:28:25
			we are made more uncomfortable than perhaps any
		
00:28:25 --> 00:28:29
			of us could imagine then we're pleased we
		
00:28:29 --> 00:28:33
			embrace it we've built the resilience because the
		
00:28:33 --> 00:28:36
			car can hit a harder wall at a
		
00:28:36 --> 00:28:40
			faster pace, because you're testing that car in
		
00:28:40 --> 00:28:43
			ways that Allah s.w.t is pleased
		
00:28:43 --> 00:28:45
			and so when you hear Mu'adh r
		
00:28:45 --> 00:28:48
			.a or Abu Darda r.a saying that
		
00:28:48 --> 00:28:50
			had it not been for the long days
		
00:28:50 --> 00:28:54
			of fasting and had it not been for
		
00:28:54 --> 00:28:57
			the long nights of standing and had it
		
00:28:57 --> 00:29:00
			not been for the struggle for Allah s
		
00:29:00 --> 00:29:02
			.w.t then we would wish for death
		
00:29:02 --> 00:29:03
			instead that the thing that we would miss
		
00:29:03 --> 00:29:06
			most in this world is struggling for the
		
00:29:06 --> 00:29:09
			sake of Allah s.w.t then what
		
00:29:09 --> 00:29:11
			do you think is the state of that
		
00:29:11 --> 00:29:13
			person when they actually meet Allah s.w
		
00:29:13 --> 00:29:16
			.t on the day of judgment that Ya
		
00:29:16 --> 00:29:20
			Allah I love to please you and I
		
00:29:20 --> 00:29:25
			love to struggle for you and I'm preparing
		
00:29:25 --> 00:29:28
			myself for that meeting with you and I'm
		
00:29:28 --> 00:29:30
			willing to frame the entirety of my life
		
00:29:31 --> 00:29:35
			in that meeting with you because I don't
		
00:29:35 --> 00:29:38
			live for this world and so I'm not
		
00:29:38 --> 00:29:41
			going to condition my belief in you with
		
00:29:41 --> 00:29:44
			how you treat me in this world in
		
00:29:44 --> 00:29:47
			accordance with how I want now here's what
		
00:29:47 --> 00:29:49
			I also want us to appreciate dear brothers
		
00:29:49 --> 00:29:54
			and sisters we hate tests we hate trial
		
00:29:55 --> 00:29:59
			but sometimes Allah s.w.t will build
		
00:29:59 --> 00:30:01
			us through that test and that trial in
		
00:30:01 --> 00:30:03
			ways that we just could not do through
		
00:30:03 --> 00:30:08
			our own individual test and trial and sometimes
		
00:30:08 --> 00:30:10
			Allah s.w.t will raise you in
		
00:30:10 --> 00:30:12
			rank through test and trial in ways that
		
00:30:12 --> 00:30:14
			you could not have done through your voluntary
		
00:30:14 --> 00:30:17
			worship I want to walk you through an
		
00:30:17 --> 00:30:23
			alternate world where Khalid Nabhan Abu Diya the
		
00:30:23 --> 00:30:27
			soul of our soul is a man who
		
00:30:27 --> 00:30:32
			lives in an affluent area he prays Fajr
		
00:30:32 --> 00:30:37
			everyday in the masjid he reads Quran he
		
00:30:37 --> 00:30:39
			invites people to worship Allah s.w.t
		
00:30:39 --> 00:30:44
			he has an incredible and beautiful smile but
		
00:30:44 --> 00:30:47
			he's never tested the way that we know
		
00:30:47 --> 00:30:52
			that he was tested he lives and dies
		
00:30:52 --> 00:30:57
			that same old man do you think that
		
00:30:57 --> 00:31:00
			his rank on the day of judgement would
		
00:31:00 --> 00:31:04
			be the same do you think that he
		
00:31:04 --> 00:31:05
			would meet Allah s.w.t with the
		
00:31:05 --> 00:31:08
			amount of good deeds with the amount of
		
00:31:08 --> 00:31:12
			people whose lives have been transformed around the
		
00:31:12 --> 00:31:17
			world including Muslims because of him do you
		
00:31:17 --> 00:31:19
			think he still has the same maqam the
		
00:31:19 --> 00:31:24
			same rank now here's the thing the car
		
00:31:24 --> 00:31:26
			doesn't have to get in the car for
		
00:31:26 --> 00:31:29
			accidents the vehicle doesn't actually have to hit
		
00:31:30 --> 00:31:34
			but if the vehicle is built to withstand
		
00:31:34 --> 00:31:35
			for the sake of Allah s.w.t
		
00:31:35 --> 00:31:39
			then surely Allah s.w.t will reward
		
00:31:39 --> 00:31:42
			accordingly and I know that for so many
		
00:31:42 --> 00:31:45
			of us we're in the midst of that
		
00:31:45 --> 00:31:48
			test and that trial and you're going through
		
00:31:48 --> 00:31:51
			a hardship and you're waiting for that hardship
		
00:31:51 --> 00:31:54
			to go away and I want to leave
		
00:31:54 --> 00:31:59
			you with this message don't be so hasty
		
00:31:59 --> 00:32:02
			for the test to flee you to where
		
00:32:02 --> 00:32:04
			you don't take advantage of the test as
		
00:32:04 --> 00:32:07
			you're living it what do I mean by
		
00:32:07 --> 00:32:10
			that your du'as when you're being tested
		
00:32:10 --> 00:32:14
			they're different your closeness to Allah s.w
		
00:32:14 --> 00:32:18
			.t when you're being tested is different where
		
00:32:18 --> 00:32:21
			your thoughts are the quality of what you
		
00:32:21 --> 00:32:23
			exert for the sake of Allah s.w
		
00:32:23 --> 00:32:26
			.t is different and so while you're hoping
		
00:32:26 --> 00:32:29
			for Allah s.w.t to quickly bring
		
00:32:29 --> 00:32:32
			about relief and ease you might be missing
		
00:32:32 --> 00:32:35
			out on the reward of the presence that
		
00:32:35 --> 00:32:39
			reward that is with you right now if
		
00:32:39 --> 00:32:41
			you were to go to the people of
		
00:32:41 --> 00:32:45
			Gaza on the day of judgment and ask
		
00:32:45 --> 00:32:48
			them would you want to come back to
		
00:32:48 --> 00:32:51
			this dunya and go through what you went
		
00:32:51 --> 00:32:56
			through or be spared we already know that
		
00:32:56 --> 00:32:59
			the shaheed would want to come back to
		
00:32:59 --> 00:33:02
			this life not so they can have an
		
00:33:02 --> 00:33:05
			easier life so that they could go through
		
00:33:05 --> 00:33:08
			that shahada over and over and over again
		
00:33:08 --> 00:33:09
			for the sake of Allah s.w.t
		
00:33:10 --> 00:33:13
			because of what they saw of Allah's generosity
		
00:33:13 --> 00:33:16
			because of how Allah treated them and so
		
00:33:16 --> 00:33:18
			let's not be under any illusion that anyone
		
00:33:18 --> 00:33:21
			is not going to receive the full reward
		
00:33:21 --> 00:33:23
			that Allah s.w.t has promised them
		
00:33:23 --> 00:33:27
			inna wa'dallahi haqq verily the promise of Allah
		
00:33:27 --> 00:33:29
			s.w.t is true and this is
		
00:33:29 --> 00:33:32
			what our enemies will never understand about us
		
00:33:33 --> 00:33:38
			the zionists have to try to exert their
		
00:33:38 --> 00:33:41
			* here they have to try to win
		
00:33:41 --> 00:33:43
			it all here because they know that they're
		
00:33:43 --> 00:33:44
			losers in the hereafter that they don't even
		
00:33:44 --> 00:33:47
			know really exists they have to try to
		
00:33:47 --> 00:33:50
			build it here because they've left nothing but
		
00:33:50 --> 00:33:53
			ruins for themselves there they don't understand the
		
00:33:53 --> 00:33:58
			concept of our debt are in paradise and
		
00:33:58 --> 00:34:00
			your debt are in hellfire and so they
		
00:34:00 --> 00:34:03
			live miserable even when they are under the
		
00:34:03 --> 00:34:07
			illusion of power whereas our brothers and sisters
		
00:34:07 --> 00:34:10
			live fulfilled even when they are under the
		
00:34:10 --> 00:34:16
			boot of oppression because they know they know
		
00:34:20 --> 00:34:24
			go back to the three ingredients laqad kana
		
00:34:24 --> 00:34:28
			lakum fee rasoolillahi uswatun hasana liman kana yarjul
		
00:34:28 --> 00:34:31
			laah wal yaum al aakhir wadhakara allaha kathira
		
00:34:31 --> 00:34:35
			how badly do you want Allah in your
		
00:34:35 --> 00:34:37
			prioritization how much do you factor the hereafter
		
00:34:37 --> 00:34:41
			over this dunya and then how often do
		
00:34:41 --> 00:34:43
			you remember Allah s.w.t rather than
		
00:34:43 --> 00:34:44
			seeking the remembrance and the mention of someone
		
00:34:44 --> 00:34:48
			else if you cast your qualities in those
		
00:34:48 --> 00:34:51
			three regards then whether you are in ease
		
00:34:51 --> 00:34:53
			or in hardship you are in a constant
		
00:34:53 --> 00:34:57
			state of elevation don't lose hope in Allah
		
00:34:57 --> 00:35:00
			s.w.t's promise don't lose hope in
		
00:35:00 --> 00:35:04
			Allah's mercy but at the same time build
		
00:35:04 --> 00:35:08
			yourself to an added layer of potential through
		
00:35:08 --> 00:35:11
			engaging in voluntary discomfort for the sake of
		
00:35:11 --> 00:35:14
			Allah s.w.t I end with the
		
00:35:14 --> 00:35:16
			one story of our mother or the sister
		
00:35:16 --> 00:35:19
			of our mother Asma bint Abi Bakr radiAllahu
		
00:35:19 --> 00:35:22
			ta'ala anha wa an abiha and when
		
00:35:22 --> 00:35:25
			Abdullah ibn Umar radiAllahu anhuma wanted to go
		
00:35:25 --> 00:35:30
			and offer her condolences over the crucifixion of
		
00:35:30 --> 00:35:32
			her son Abdullah ibn Zubair radiAllahu ta'ala
		
00:35:32 --> 00:35:36
			anhuma she said how could I not be
		
00:35:36 --> 00:35:42
			patient when Yahya the son of Zakariya was
		
00:35:42 --> 00:35:46
			beheaded and his head gifted to an adulteress
		
00:35:47 --> 00:35:49
			how could I not be patient with what
		
00:35:49 --> 00:35:51
			Allah s.w.t has struck me with
		
00:35:52 --> 00:35:53
			you want to be with the Prophet s
		
00:35:53 --> 00:35:56
			.w.t you want to be with the
		
00:35:56 --> 00:35:59
			Prophets you want to be like the Prophets
		
00:35:59 --> 00:36:02
			then seek to have the motivations of the
		
00:36:02 --> 00:36:05
			Prophets and if Allah s.w.t finds
		
00:36:05 --> 00:36:09
			you to be that sturdy vehicle then it
		
00:36:09 --> 00:36:11
			doesn't even matter if your car ever actually
		
00:36:11 --> 00:36:14
			gets into that collision because Allah s.w
		
00:36:14 --> 00:36:16
			.t already knows what you're made of and
		
00:36:16 --> 00:36:18
			He knows what's in your heart may Allah
		
00:36:18 --> 00:36:21
			s.w.t build us in a way
		
00:36:21 --> 00:36:24
			that is pleasing to Him and may Allah
		
00:36:24 --> 00:36:26
			s.w.t grant us the best of
		
00:36:26 --> 00:36:28
			this life and the next and may Allah
		
00:36:28 --> 00:36:30
			s.w.t allow our brothers and sisters
		
00:36:31 --> 00:36:34
			under oppression to pass their test and allow
		
00:36:34 --> 00:36:39
			us to pass the test of being with
		
00:36:39 --> 00:36:42
			them in their oppression and being a source
		
00:36:42 --> 00:36:45
			of alleviation for them in their oppression and
		
00:36:45 --> 00:36:46
			may Allah s.w.t forgive us for
		
00:36:46 --> 00:36:49
			our shortcomings in regards to Him, in regards
		
00:36:49 --> 00:36:51
			to ourselves, in regards to our brothers and
		
00:36:51 --> 00:36:54
			sisters Allahumma ameen barakAllahu feekum wa salamu alaikum
		
00:36:54 --> 00:36:55
			wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh