Sadullah Khan – 21st Post Witr Talk Ramadaan 1444 2023

Sadullah Khan
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The speaker discusses the importance of forgiveness and avoiding sin in daily experiences. They emphasize the need to be cautious and differentiate between forgiveness and sin. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of forgiveness and reminding oneself of past mistakes.

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			We continue our theme
		
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			moral guidance from everyday experiences.
		
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			It is commonly said that to is human
		
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			and to forgive is divine.
		
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			And this is true
		
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			as is evident in the fact
		
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			that on the one hand
		
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			that all human beings
		
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			all human beings
		
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			of course the Hadith in the and
		
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			the best of those who and are those
		
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			who repent. But all human beings besides the
		
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			prophets
		
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			but
		
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			other than that everyone
		
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			sins and of course all human beings
		
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			On the other
		
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			hand,
		
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			Allah
		
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			is one who can forgive all sins
		
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			for he is the one who is ghafur,
		
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			is most forgiving, al raheem the most merciful.
		
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			So it's
		
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			true, you know, to is human to forgive
		
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			is divine.
		
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			And wise ones have said
		
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			that forgiveness is Allah's invention
		
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			for coming to terms with a world
		
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			in which
		
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			despite people's best efforts,
		
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			people do
		
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			and people do sin.
		
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			So Allah began
		
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			by forgiving us
		
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			and he invites us
		
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			to forget to forgive others.
		
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			Allah forgives us and he invites us to
		
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			follow the sunnah of Allah
		
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			in order to forgive other people as well.
		
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			As people,
		
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			and ourselves each one individually
		
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			and we know our shortcomings and Allah knows
		
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			even better.
		
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			It is very necessary
		
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			to be cautious
		
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			how we treat others when they are.
		
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			Sometimes we note
		
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			that in our daily experiences with people
		
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			how harsh
		
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			and vicious
		
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			we ourselves
		
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			could be to others.
		
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			There is an incident
		
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			that occurred in the time of the Sahaba
		
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			Allah be pleased with him, passed in front
		
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			of a person
		
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			who had committed a sin
		
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			and some of the people gathered around him
		
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			were yelling him, humiliating him, insulting him.
		
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			So he said to them,
		
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			If you were to find him in a
		
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			pit or in a hole, would you pull
		
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			him out of it?
		
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			They said, yes, of course, we will do
		
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			so.
		
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			So he said,
		
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			He said, so don't insult him. Don't yell
		
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			at him. Don't
		
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			humiliate him.
		
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			But thank Allah that perhaps He has saved
		
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			you from the sin he has committed because
		
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			you may have committed other sins that people
		
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			don't know.
		
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			So perhaps forgive them for the sin that
		
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			he may have committed
		
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			and thank Allah that perhaps you did not
		
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			commit that sin.
		
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			And then the people said,
		
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			Should you not hate him? Should you not
		
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			despise him? To be enraged with him?
		
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			So he said, Abu Darda, the companion said,
		
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			He said, hate his action, dislike his action,
		
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			despise his action if you wish.
		
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			But if he leaves that bad thing that
		
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			he has done, then
		
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			he is your brother.
		
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			From this incident
		
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			among the Sahaba,
		
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			we note
		
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			how the capacity for forgiving people for this
		
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			and now at the same time I want
		
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			you to be very clear people mustn't take
		
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			disadvantage or take advantage of this,
		
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			of this situation.
		
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			It's important that you distinguish
		
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			that we must love people
		
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			and that they're human beings who are worthy
		
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			of being loved.
		
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			But at the same time
		
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			it does not mean that we condone wrongful
		
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			behavior and say, never mind you know he
		
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			said he did wrong.
		
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			Forgive him and forget about it.
		
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			Your responsibility and my responsibility
		
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			is if someone does something wrong to first
		
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			of all prevent it and if they have
		
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			wrong then
		
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			to guide them away from the wrong. So
		
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			perchance, they make tober and don't return to
		
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			the wrong. But very often when we respond,
		
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			we do it out of vengeance.
		
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			Some people find joy
		
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			specifically with someone you don't like or someone
		
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			not connected to you. So be very cautious.
		
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			So exert your best effort
		
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			in trying to prevent the person doing wrong,
		
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			and if he or she stops from doing
		
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			that wrong, then
		
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			have the capacity
		
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			to forgive that person.
		
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			You see Allah is not only Ghafoor, Allah
		
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			is Afu. Different between Afu and Ghafoor.
		
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			Gafoor is to forgive someone. I can forgive
		
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			you but I keep you in my mind.
		
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			Afoo means to expunge. That's why
		
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			Allah Why? We make the dua this time.
		
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			Allah must expunge the sins as if it
		
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			never happened.
		
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			So kafoor is to forgive you for the
		
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			wrong you've done, but I can keep you
		
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			in mind.
		
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			Hafoor is it's almost expanse from your record
		
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			as it never existed.
		
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			So
		
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			we know and Allah calls upon us. It's
		
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			a divine promise.
		
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			Allah is gafurraeem.
		
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			But Allah also reminds you, you also,
		
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			you also sin.
		
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			You also make mistakes.
		
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			If
		
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			you can pardon.
		
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			And you are able to reconcile
		
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			where possible.
		
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			And you can forgive.
		
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			In Allah then know for sure Allah
		
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			is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.
		
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			Because Allah is Most Forgiving
		
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			to those who are Most Forgiving to other
		
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			people.
		
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			So therefore we ask Allah,
		
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			on this first night among the nights of
		
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			Laylatul Qadr,
		
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			The prayer of the Rasul Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
		
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			which he recited on this night.
		
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			O Allah, you are the one who pardons,
		
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			who expuns your sins.
		
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			So pardon us and forgive
		
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			us.