Omar Suleiman – The Knots, Whispers, Sticks & Stones of Shaytan

			Dear brothers and sisters, I'm going to get right into it because it is a long topic, but one that
is so specifically relevant to them a bond. And that is the topic of the impact of the shale clean
upon us the impact of the devils. And when we talk about the impact of the shale theme, we know that
one of the blessings of Ramadan is that Allah subhanho wa Taala chains the shale clean and we've
talked about in previous hopup what that exactly means according to various interpretations of the
scholars but at the bare minimum, they are limited in the impact that they can have upon us once
Ramadan comes. So what that means is imagine being a prisoner whose sole purpose is to ruin someone
		

			and you know that you're about to be put in chains. How hard Are you going to be working in the 10
days or two weeks before you go into that prison to make sure that you leave enough seeds of discord
and distractions that that person cannot meaningfully connect to a lot in a way that when you come
out you will not have the same impact? So the shale team will be extremely busy in chat done in
these next 10 days in particular as we await Ramadan Allah Allah but does not I'm alone. Oh Allah
allow us to reach them a blonde llama I mean, and so as they are particularly busy, I wanted to run
through a few narrations where the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam talks about the tactics or
		

			shavonne and some of the underlying things that we can take from it, because they're actually
incredibly empowering. You know, usually, there's a sense of you talk about the sale thing, and it's
going to just instill a lot of paranoia on Oh my god, I can't succeed because the shale cleaner out
there No, every time the Prophet sallallahu alayhi Salaam talks to us about the impact of the shale
theme. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam gives us a way to overcome them, so that we
understand in their body lay silica and even some fun, as Allah says, My servants As for my
servants, you have no control over them, except for those that willingly follow you. So what are the
		

			underlying themes and I'm going to run through them and I want you to try to identify in your own
life, your own interaction with them, first and foremost, and a cinematic quality alongside narrates
that the Prophet sallallahu it was that I'm saying said in a Shavasana while they're on hotma, who
called me Adam for in the Kabbalah finance, we're in nasiha. in Tacoma kalba, who for daddy can was
was al furnace, the Prophet sallallahu. And he was someone said, verily, shavon is lying overweight,
over the heart of the child of Adam, he's waiting right over your heart. Think about the last few
weeks what we've been talking about your thoughts, your heart, protecting them. So Stefan is right
		

			there waiting over your heart, to see when he can get in. He's waiting for the opportunity to ambush
and one is that ambush. That ambush is when you forget Allah subhanho wa Taala How can I wait for
him to forget so I can penetrate that moment. So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, if
you remember Allah, He sinks away, he can't do anything. He has to retreat. He has absolutely
nothing to get into. If you remember Allah, because that's your fortress is the remembrance of Allah
in your heart and your words and your deeds, the places in which Allah is remembered. shavon is just
not finding an opening, but the moment that you forget shavon will devour your heart. And that is
		

			and what swas openness the whisper and the one who retreats he waits for the moment that you forget
Allah subhanho wa Taala so he can penetrate so a space or a place including the heart and the mind
where a lot is not remembered is right for the shape on he's waiting for it. So obviously when you
remember Allah that He doesn't have much of a place to go and every night before you sleep the
Prophet sallallahu wasallam said yeah to shape on or other coffee at the Roxy de comida who Anam
tada rocket that every night when you sleep gets on top of your head and he ties these three knots.
And as he ties these theme that three knots Yogi will mechanically rock that in our lake and Yogi
		

			will kill them I can put it in my can yo buddy movement can or couldn't hear aka he strikes the
place of every knot. And as he ties every night he says chalet can even Pauline, you have a long
night ahead of you. You work so hard today. Sleep, sleep, make sure that you go deep into your
sleep. You have a long night ahead of you what a long day that you had already. Go ahead and sleep
and sleep deep, deep deep so that you don't wake up for prayer for in a state or
		

			For that cut Allah in handla director if you wake up and you remember Allah one of the knots comes
loose for in taba in Hamlet. And then if you make another knot comes loose for inshallah in Hamlet.
And if you pray then the last of the three Rocha the last of the three knots comes loose and the
Prophet salallahu it was set on set for us behind our seat and by evenness were Illa Baha beat the
NFC Caslen. So you wake up fresh, pure sold energetic spirits. You undid all three knots, because
you remember the last panel, whatever you did, will do and you went to the prayer, you came to your
Salah, and you know the difference between the days you miss budget, and the days that you don't, in
		

			fact, you know the difference, especially the days that you pray in the masjid and you're fresh, and
the days that you even barely catch it. But there is a difference in your energy. There's a
difference in your spirit as you're waking up right as you're going through those days. And the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, as he's sharing this with us, what is the underlying theme?
Then Josie Rahim? Allah says the main tool of shavonne is procrastination. Wait, he didn't tell you
don't pray when you went to sleep at night. He said, prolong your sleep. He didn't tell you Salah is
not important. Don't remember Allah don't do will says what a long day you've had shanique Sleep,
		

			sleep, put off your prayer. It's okay, the time will come. And that is how shavon corrupts all of
our acts of worship when we know at least here that worship is important in that we have to do what
we have to do, then shavon can merely mess with our priorities. He can merely mess with us by making
us procrastinate and isn't that the cause of failure for a person? Right and their personal affairs
as well? I know what to do, but I don't really do it because well I've had a long day. I know I
should be doing this but I'm stuck in this I know that I shouldn't be making this change in my life.
But you know everyone else around me does it too. So I can wait a sense of urgency is put off of
		

			you. And that is a disease that is a disease may Allah protect us from it with our overcoming of
sins when we we know we're committing a sin I know I have the sin it's not as bad as that person
sin. Everyone else does it anyway. It's okay I can wait maybe next time about this summer but I
didn't really feel it inside Who told you you're gonna live to see the next one hold on Who told you
you're gonna live to see the next Jumeirah the next day? But in your mind that subconscious Yeah, I
know, I could be doing this obligation a little bit better, but you don't have to do that at least
I'm doing something. I'm kind of doing this obligation so I can put off fulfilling it later on.
		

			Besides looking everyone else around. I have time procrastination. That's what Satan is gonna come
he's not, you know, he's not going to immediately corrupt your ideas or standards, he'll just break
your spirits and busy you and mess with your priorities. So you keep putting stuff off putting stuff
off putting stuff off. And then listen to this. What is the connection between the whispers and the
knots and the personal and the interpersonal meaning there is a deep connection between that and
family and community as well. Listen to this narration inserted into the job that will the alarm
which says that the profit slice and I'm set it in a shape planner. But yet Isa and yahuda who Elmo
		

			saloon when I can fit it she bainham shape one has given up hope that he can take people who pray to
Allah and make them pray to him. He's lost hope in you in that sense. He knows that you pray or that
you at least know that you should be worshiping Allah. So what is he doing that he visits you with?
busies you with each other? to him he bainer let me create discord and fitna amongst them, so that
they can fight each other because they're not worshiping me. But if they fight each other, at least
there'll be too busy than to worship Allah and that will give me more entrance to penetrate and
Subhana Allah, that's where you see the incitements procrastination, and then incitement between his
		

			a bad between the servants of Allah subhanho wa Taala. And have you ever gone to sleep at night and
you wonder like, why am I suddenly getting all these bad thoughts about my family? Why am I suddenly
thinking like, I'm getting mad about something. As I'm, I'm in bed. I'm just starting to think about
that. You know, I'm thinking about I can't believe she said that to me. I can't believe he did this.
And you're sitting at night and you're boiling. Listen to this narration about mama or the allow.
Narrator And it's his narration he says in a release. I'm sorry. He says in the shape Ana. Yep. de
la philosophie haidakhan by dinner, your free shoe who knew who were you? Hey, you know, when you
		

			hear your owner, he said that shape one comes to you at night after you've gone to sleep. said Good
night to your family. What you Hey, you know, they already you know, they gave you a sense of of
good wishes, you know, at least even if it's just a courtesy. Good night. Good night.
		

			See you tomorrow. Good night, Baba. Good night, Mama, good night, honey, whatever it may be. So
Stefan comes to you. And obviously, there's, there's a symbolism here, call us up and he rude, I
will hedge our shade. Leo Libra, who I
		

			was think about the imagery of this, he starts throwing rocks at you and sticks at you in anything
to incite you, against your family to get you mad at your family. You ever woke up from bad dream
and you got mad at your spouse, mad at your kids? You're going to sleep at night and you're boiling,
and you're getting angry. And now unfortunately, you can just pick up the phone and text. I'm
getting really upset. I can't believe you said that. So you start boiling in your thoughts. Instead
of remembering a lot at night. You're getting mad at your friends, you're getting mad at your family
member. So of all my model DLL Tada, and who says, Hey, you know, what are the daddy fella Yaga Baba
		

			de Leanna home and I'm going to share a poem. He said, when that happens to you don't get mad at
your family. Don't fall for it. So while he's tying knots on your head to distract you from a lot
		

			to get you to procrastinate. He's also saying can you believe he said that to you? Can you believe
she said that to you? Wow, you know, you should do something about them. So not only are you putting
off the worship of Allah, the remembrance of Allah, you're boiling in bed, like imagine if someone
was standing on top of you throwing rocks at you poking you and saying go do something, say
something. And then spamela you know, it's like, instead of going to sleep at night, like the
Prophet slice on taught us to clear our hearts and forgive people. And that's your entrance agenda.
you're filling your heart with anger, analysis, pick up a phone, send a text, make it worse, go
		

			ahead and compound the situation. All the while you have less time for the worship of Allah subhanho
wa Taala. I'll share with you this last narration Sharla just because of time, and it is a powerful
narration. And I want you to think about it because again, something like these things always hit
right before them alone. It's like now why now? Like there's always the fits in on and things just
start hitting you before it on a button. It's like this is the worst time it can happen. Right? This
narration every time I read it, I think about the imagery of it. But also the law he sallallahu
wasallam in that Lisa Jamar Asha who
		

			at least sets up His throne upon water. Why does he do that? To try to imitate the Lord of the
worlds whose throne encompasses all things. So he sets up His throne, right? Like I am. I am my own
person. That's his ego, his arrogance. And then he starts to call his followers to him at dinner men
who manzanilla Obama whom pfitzner Pamela, the prophets license of the closest people to sublease,
when he sits on his throne on water and the shale theater next to him is the one who causes the most
fitna, that's what least loves the most, the opposite. The Prophet slice, and I'm said the closest
of you, to me on the Day of Judgment are those that have the best luck, the best character, the
		

			closest shout lien to blease when he's talks to his followers are the ones that cause the most
fitna. So he then starts to say, he says, tell me what you all did. Yeah. Do you all have to cat our
cat? So one of them says, I did this and I did that. Nobody says Mansell. natashia. That's nothing.
Next, what did you do? So the sales team starts to tell blease, the corruption that they caused on
the earth. And then he says, some may or
		

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			slash safe on says I stepped on him until I caused him to split from his family.
		

			I caused the breakup.
		

			And then Billy says come here. He says what a good father, what a good follower you are, what a good
What a good shape on you are and he embraces him. I like you the best messed up the marriage messed
up the relationship. And that's not to say to your brothers and sisters that there aren't real
reasons sometimes for for splits. And that's not to escape responsibility. When we do the things
that we say it's a pawn. He was telling his follower, didn't you hear the Hadeeth? No, I mean, take
responsibility, but that's to say, how happy he becomes when he pollutes, that when he messes up
families, tears us apart from each other. Don't fall for it. That's the connection between the
		

			personal the interpersonal, the family, the community, too busy us with each other and negativity so
that we can't long for Allah subhanho wa Taala and pursue him with positivity and productivity. May
Allah fill our hearts with the love of Him. May Allah Subhana Allah not give the shape on any
opening into our hearts or our lives with his whispers or his knots or histones or whatever it is in
Ramadan or outside of Ramadan. May Allah allow us to remember him so frequently that the shape on
finds no place within us. May Allah protect us as individuals from him.
		

			tract our homes from him, protect our communities from him and allow us to be engaged with what is
pleasing to Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah Ameen. okorocha we have those who can recite I'm assuming
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