Safi Khan – Soul Food for College Students The Du’a Series Class 10

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The speakers emphasize the importance of acceptance and understanding of actions to avoid mistakes and mistakes, avoiding trials and struggles, and avoiding eating too many foods. They also mention upcoming events and q q events, and encourage people to keep up with events on Facebook and participate in a chat. The Prophet used to avoid meat every day and encourages people to join a chat on Facebook to keep up with events.

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			Okay
		
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			It's my lol hamdu lillah wa salatu
salam ala Rasulillah vida. He was
		
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			heavy he edge Marian Salaam
Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
		
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			get to everybody. How's everyone
doing? hamdulillah
		
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			hamdulillah How's everyone's week?
Good. Everyone's Eid when good
		
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			dilla evil others always very
interesting, right? You're like,
		
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			Oh, I just felt like I did this a
month and a half ago two months
		
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			ago. But mashallah, mashallah,
this, this aid is very special
		
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			because of just the significance
right, the history behind it, and
		
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			the the theme of sacrifice that's
involved with it and the story of
		
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			Ibrahim alayhis salam. So it's a
very, very beautiful Eid,
		
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			it almost like, brings you back a
little bit to some of the memories
		
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			you had in Ramadan, obviously,
fasting, you know, through the Day
		
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			of Arafah, kind of synonymous with
fasting during the during the days
		
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			and nights of Ramadan. So,
		
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			on the lunch Allah, hopefully
everyone's either was eventful and
		
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			nice and relaxing.
		
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			sha Allah, we're going to continue
on today with our Thursday night
		
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			series, and we're going to be kind
of inching towards the finish line
		
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			slowly but steadily.
		
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			And we're getting towards this
really immense topic, right? Which
		
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			is something that I kind of told
everybody that we're going to end
		
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			up getting to sooner rather than
later and hamdulillah here is the
		
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			date, which is addressing the
question of the wisdom or what
		
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			happens or why or my dog has not
responded to or why was the answer
		
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			to my dog delayed, okay.
		
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			This is like the all encompassing
dog question, right? Every q&a
		
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			that we've done so far, these past
two months, there's always been
		
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			like, eight people that are like,
Well, why is my dua not being
		
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			answered? And so, today,
Inshallah, we're going to address
		
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			the wisdoms behind why Allah
subhana wa Tada may delay or not
		
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			respond to a dua the way that a
person wants that door out to be
		
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			responded to, there's a lot of
wisdom behind it, by the way, and
		
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			we'll go over inshallah each and
every single one of them. As you
		
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			guys can probably tell through our
series, this book is a book of
		
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			lists. Okay, so all of you like
extremely organized color coded
		
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			notes, and people, you guys are
digging this, you're like, yes,
		
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			great, another 10 point bullet
point lists, here we go. But it
		
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			really is great, because sometimes
a lot of these conversations are
		
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			kind of ambiguous, right? Some
authors, they write about these
		
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			things, and, you know, they leave
it open ended. But what I
		
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			appreciate about this particular
book is that the author is
		
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			actually really methodically
breaking down each and every
		
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			reason with an individual bullet
point. And so in sha Allah, today,
		
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			we're going to go through each of
the bullet points as to why
		
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			there's wisdom behind the delayed
response to your Diaz. Okay, so he
		
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			begins and he says, a person's
Iman is truly tested, whenever
		
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			their dua is not answered on time,
or the way that they haven't
		
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			expected it. And here is the
opportunity that shaitan uses to
		
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			try to sow his worst, his
whispers, meanings that these are
		
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			the moments in which your loyalty
to Allah is tested, right? Because
		
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			when Allah is giving you exactly
what you want, and everything's
		
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			going your way, and every dua that
you make is responded to your
		
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			gravitational pull towards Allah
subhana wa Tada is much more
		
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			simple. But the moments in which
Allah subhana wa, tada may not
		
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			give you what you want, is the
moment in which shaitan tries to
		
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			maximise on the heart of a
worshiper saying that this is my
		
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			chance, this is my chance to draw
this person away from God. And if
		
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			I can get them far enough away
from God, then I can truly,
		
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			completely take them away from
this path that they were on. Okay.
		
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			And so he says, and plants, you
know, shaitan plans, his doubts in
		
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			the believers heart. In this way a
person might start thinking evil
		
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			thoughts about Allah or start
doubting the wisdom of the Divine
		
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			Decree, right? Why did this happen
to me? Why, you know, why would
		
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			Allah not want something for me
that you know, I think is good for
		
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			me. All of these questions come
into the mind of a believer,
		
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			right? Because at the end of the
day, we talked about this
		
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			extensively in previous sessions,
right
		
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			One of the prerequisites of DA is
having the best thoughts of Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala in your heart,
right? When a person makes dua to
		
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			Allah subhana, WA Tada, they're
supposed to have conviction.
		
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			They're supposed to have Yaqeen in
the heart, that Allah will take
		
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			care of them, Allah will give them
whatever is best for them. And
		
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			this is the moment in which
shaitan tries to maximize and say
		
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			that, you know what?
		
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			I can take this person away, I can
pull this person away from ALLAH
		
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			SubhanA wa Tada. Okay. And so, he
says, so whoever falls into this,
		
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			should immediately should
immediately seek Allah's refuge
		
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			from shaitan and turn to Allah
sincerely making it another dua.
		
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			And so really think about this
critically, the goal of a person
		
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			who has shaytans whispers take
over their hearts temporarily
		
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			because of an unanswered dua to
your mind. The solution to that
		
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			unanswered, dua in your mind is
actually another dua. And the
		
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			immediate responses Oh Allah
protect me from shaitan. Okay. And
		
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			this has proven several times, by
the way, in the Quran, I'll give
		
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			you guys a very easy example to
follow. In Surah Yusuf, the story
		
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			of Prophet Yusuf Ali has set up
the chapter in which there was a
		
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			moment where this woman was trying
to seduce profit use of out of his
		
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			setup, right? There are a lot of
different methodologies as to how
		
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			you can handle that particular
moment, you could try to explain
		
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			to that person that what they're
doing is wrong. You could say
		
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			like, oh, like logically, you
reason with them as to why this
		
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			isn't a good idea. You could also
just kind of like, and again,
		
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			there's several different
possibilities here. But what was
		
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			the sunnah of Prophet Yusuf? He
literally says, Allah ma Allah,
		
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			Allah, Allah, Allah literally
means Oh, Allah helped me. Okay,
		
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			oh, Allah helped me. As a
believer, I want you guys to know
		
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			that the greatest weapon that
you'll ever have is the ability to
		
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			call to Allah at the moment of
distress. Okay? You don't have to
		
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			answer any questions logically.
You don't have to break it down
		
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			via like a chart or a graph and
think about make a Google sheet
		
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			about why this is not a good idea.
The moment that something happens
		
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			to you that bothers you, call to
Allah subhana wa Tada as use of
		
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			did Allah Allah, He called out to
him right away. And then
		
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			literally, after he mentioned that
in the Quran, then he told this
		
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			woman, how can you be disloyal to
your husband, and to the one who
		
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			raised me right? And then once she
didn't listen to him, then he ran
		
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			towards the door as the sutra
says, right? But the first option
		
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			always is the moment that you feel
any sort of whispering of shaitan
		
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			is you call out to Allah, Oh Allah
protect me from this, Allah
		
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			protect me from this right? You
want to protect yourself against
		
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			radon at every single interval
that you can possibly call out to
		
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			Allah subhana wa Tada and okay,
that will always be the first
		
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			response that you have as a
believer, okay. So he says, making
		
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			it another dua that he or she be
saved from shaitan is plots and
		
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			that he be granted patience to
withstand the test that he or she
		
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			is undergoing. They should also
ponder over their own limited
		
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			knowledge and intelligence and
realize the infinite knowledge of
		
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			Allah subhana wa Tada and the
extreme wisdom behind divine
		
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			decree. Okay. Now I wanted to I
highlighted this particularly
		
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			because I wanted you guys to see
this, he says, so every dua Allah
		
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			Rebadow remember the beginning of
this series we talked about two
		
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			types of dua, dua Riba and to
masala do Riba is whenever you're
		
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			making dua to Allah subhana wa
Tada seeking a reward right? So
		
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			you say oh Allah reward me for my
patience or Allah give me Jana or
		
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			Allah allow me to be XYZ this is
like basically a duala Very bad
		
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			that you are basically worshiping
while you're making dua. Dua LMS,
		
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			Allah is the Diaz that we make
whenever we want something, okay.
		
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			So he says here that everyone
should understand every dua Riba
		
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			is responded to by giving the doer
rewards in this life and in the
		
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			Hereafter, anytime you call it to
Allah subhana wa Tada for the sake
		
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			of worship, that dua is responded
to. It is responded to the moment
		
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			you make a dua you say Robina
Allah to Zulu, Bada, bada it had
		
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			data and our hub learner Milan
Kurama in Africa until Wahab you
		
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			make a dua that was that was found
in the Quran, know that that dua
		
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			will always be responded to
because Allah promises and says
		
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			you make do out to me out of
worship, I will give you the
		
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			reward that you seek from that
worship. Okay, so anytime you make
		
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			do odd and think about this, think
about like your favorite dogs to
		
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			make from the Quran or the Hadith,
right? You say Robbie Sydney,
		
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			Elmira visit near El Mirage visit
near Alma or you make the dua of
		
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			Prophet Musa Saddam, right? You
say Oh Allah, you know, rugby
		
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			Neelima and delta lamb and Hayden
filthier. You make these doors
		
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			that are found in the Quran, you
know that that door has already
		
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			recorded because you are literally
worshiping Allah and that dua.
		
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			Now, what about the DUA that you
make where you're like, oh, Allah,
		
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			allow me to get married to this
person? Like, I don't know, right?
		
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			Like, what is that? So you make
this dua, and this is a dual
		
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			masala it's a dua of asking Allah
subhanho wa Taala for something.
		
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			And so he says here, every dua
Allah
		
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			Allah is responded to by one of a
few things. Number one, is by
		
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			giving whatever was asked for.
Allah will give you what you
		
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			asked, and I'm sure everybody in
here has experienced of this. You
		
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			make dua to Allah for something,
and Allah gave it to you. Allah
		
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			gave it to you. It's almost like,
and sometimes by the way, those
		
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			experiences are almost tests,
because it almost kind of leads
		
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			you into thinking that everything
that you asked for will always be
		
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			given to you. And that's not how
life works. And everyone knows
		
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			this. That's that's living and
breathing in here right now. You
		
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			know that whenever you want
something, you don't always get
		
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			it. We're teaching our two year
old daughter, I have this right
		
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			now. You want crayons? No, you're
in a bathtub right now. It's not
		
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			going to happen. Okay, like, you
want you want you want, you know,
		
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			a juice box? No, it's 10pm that
you're insane. Right? Like, it's
		
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			not going to happen right now you
realize this is the hard part of
		
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			growing up is that not everything
you want will always be satiated,
		
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			right? So but there are certain
moments where you ask Allah for
		
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			something and Allah will give it
to you, right? You worked hard for
		
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			something you may do all for it.
You say, Oh Allah allow me to pass
		
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			that exam. And Allah gives you a
great exam result the next week,
		
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			you got exactly what you asked
for. Then he says, or Allah will
		
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			give you something equivalent to
it. Allah will give you something
		
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			equivalent to it. Now this is
interesting. Why because
		
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			to you, it may not be equivalent,
but to Allah, Allah knows and
		
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			quality, this is just as good for
you. Okay, so you make dua to
		
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			Allah for something specific.
Allah might not give you that. But
		
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			Allah will give you a favor and
another part of your life that is
		
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			just as good. And you need to find
appreciation for it. Right? You
		
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			asked Allah subhana wa Tada to
allow you to be friends with this
		
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			person. Right? And that friendship
never blossomed. But Allah subhana
		
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			wa, tada gave you another friend
that you never really sought out.
		
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			And that friend ended up being
just as good as a friend that you
		
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			actually wanted or as you thought,
right? This is what it means when
		
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			Allah gives you something
equivalent, okay? And then the
		
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			last, he says, or Allah averts you
from something evil that was to
		
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			befall the one that was making
dua. And this is one of the most
		
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			beautiful ones, I think I kind of
sort of, like gave you a glimpse
		
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			of it a while ago. But imagine
Subhanallah, you asked Allah for
		
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			something and Allah didn't give
you what you wanted. But on the
		
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			day of judgment, you find out that
there was something that was
		
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			written for you, whether it was an
illness, or like a sickness, or a
		
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			misfortune or whatever it may have
been. And Allah changed your
		
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			cutter, he changed your decree. So
you avoided that thing, but you
		
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			never knew about it, so you didn't
ever appreciate it. And this is
		
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			why it's always a sunnah of a
believer to thank Allah for
		
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			whatever they know, and for
whatever they don't know. Because
		
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			there are so many things in your
life that Allah could have given
		
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			you, or prevented you from going
through, but you just had no idea.
		
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			You had no idea. Maybe it was
written for you that you were
		
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			going to get really, really ill
from COVID 19, four years ago, but
		
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			hamdulillah you're one of those
saved people, right? You are
		
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			interested, okay? Perhaps it was
written for you to be tested, but
		
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			Allah saved you from it, right?
Perhaps you were supposed to fall
		
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			and break an arm one day in your
life, but you have no memory of
		
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			breaking any bones in your life.
Perhaps Allah saved you from a
		
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			misfortune like that, right? So
think about that as also an answer
		
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			to some of your Diaz and may not
be exactly what you asked for. But
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala saved you for
something much more severe in
		
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			another part of your life. Okay.
So he says here, a Muslim should
		
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			understand that there are many
wisdoms behind the delayed
		
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			response of a DUA, whether they
realize it or not all of Allah's
		
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			decrees are wise and although it
is not possible that we fully and
		
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			truly comprehend all of the Divine
Wisdom of Allah, it is possible
		
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			that we can glean some of the
benefits of a decree the following
		
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			points have been mentioned by some
of the RMS some of the scholars
		
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			Okay, so number one, the first
benefit of a delayed dua or a
		
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			delayed response to your DUA is
appreciating that Allah is Allah
		
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			Malik. He is the true king. Okay,
meaning no one can interfere with
		
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			the decisions of ALLAH SubhanA wa
Tada and he quotes an ayah in the
		
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			Quran that's very powerful. He
says, la use Urdu and ye Pharaoh
		
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			do well whom use Arun, he says he
is not question regarding what he
		
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			does. Rather, you're the one
that's going to be questioned
		
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			about what you do.
		
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			And there's a reason as to why you
are questioned about what you do.
		
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			I want you guys to think about
this right? Why are you and me up
		
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			for judgment on the day of
judgment and why is Allah subhanho
		
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			wa Taala free from it? Because we
are people from our actions can do
		
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			right and we can also do wrong.
Allah as a Malik the king, we
		
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			testify that Allah cannot do any
wrong. Allah cannot do any wrong,
		
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			even some of the most difficult,
you know, moments in our life to
		
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			comprehend, know that that was not
something that we attribute to
		
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			Allah as wrong or the biller or
		
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			Right. And this is why, by the
way, Muslims heart is so tested
		
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			for loyalty, because we have to
answer these questions to those
		
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			who do not believe in a God. When
they ask questions like, Well, why
		
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			is their poverty? Right? Why? Why
is their childhood illnesses? Why
		
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			are there natural disasters? Why
is there a war and famine? Why do
		
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			these things happen because to the
human logic, these things are bad,
		
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			these things are evil, these
things are horrible, but to us as
		
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			Muslims, as as much as we
acknowledge them as difficulties,
		
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			we will never say that Allah made
something harmful.
		
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			Because even out of a natural
disaster can come some incredible
		
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			good, even out of health issues
can come something that is good,
		
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			even out of difficulty can come
something that is good, right? So
		
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			understanding that. And so he
says, so the Muslim does not
		
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			question the will of Allah.
Rather, they accept it. And
		
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			they're pleased with it. One of
the scholars they wrote, so there
		
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			is none of us who can escape from
the will of Allah and his decree,
		
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			and no one can avert his judgment
or his trials. Verily, We all
		
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			belong to Allah, and we are all
his slaves and part of his
		
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			possessions he does with us as he
pleases. And what He wills the
		
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			moment the first person the first
step of questioning ALLAH SubhanA
		
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			wa, tada is the moment a person
loses the understanding that Allah
		
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			is in control of my life.
		
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			Because for the first time, you're
saying, Why me? Why did this
		
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			happen to me?
		
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			And when a person asked that
question, there's a part of them
		
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			that subconsciously is saying,
		
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			Why didn't Allah do something
better for me.
		
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			But when a Muslim reorients
themselves back and they reorient
		
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			and recalibrate their compass,
they understand that even this
		
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			terrible thing that happened to me
is something that Allah
		
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			controlled. And this is, by the
way, one of the points that I
		
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			believe a sudden Murphy made, like
months ago, when he was teaching
		
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			the benefits of trials, right,
when he was talking about the
		
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			benefits of difficulties and
trials and tribulations in life,
		
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			that, you know, she is a demon
under Saddam, he said that one of
		
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			the points of solace in the heart
of a believer in calamity is to
		
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			note that the same one who allowed
the calamity to take place is the
		
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			same one that will be the one to
take you out of it. Right? So if
		
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			you ever got sick, know that Allah
is the cure, if you ever went
		
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			broke, know that Allah is the One
who will give you the wealth that
		
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			you seek, if you are the one who
was denied from a certain job or a
		
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			certain school, know that it is
only by the Federal, the will and
		
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			the blessings of Allah that you
will be accepted into another
		
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			school or another job. These
things are not you know, these
		
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			things are not you know, exclusive
from one another. And this is why
		
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			ultimately In Islam we don't
believe in God versus the devil.
		
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			You know, like in a lot of other
religions are like they depict God
		
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			and they depict the devil. They're
like, oh, good versus evil. We
		
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			don't believe that. The Shaitan is
not a challenge for Allah shaitan
		
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			shaitan was created by Allah.
		
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			Right? We don't believe that
there's this opposite polar evil
		
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			force that's working against
Allah. That's not true.
		
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			And this is something that's such
a beautiful part of our religion.
		
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			Because if you believe that there
was a force that was opposing
		
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			Allah, then you believe that Allah
can be challenged and our oath of
		
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			Allah, Allah cannot be challenged.
Right? And so this person believes
		
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			that everything that happens in my
life is under the decree of Allah.
		
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			Whatever happened happened for a
reason. I may not know the reason.
		
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			I may not know the reason. And it
may be hard for me to understand
		
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			the reason. But I know that there
is one. I don't live a life of
		
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			coincidence. This is one of the
greatest blessings for a Muslim.
		
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			We do not live lives of
coincidence and chance and random
		
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			randomness. Everything that
happens happened for a reason,
		
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			this past week, I'll tell you, my
life was tested. I literally lost
		
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			my wallet in the middle of a road
as I was driving home. Don't ask
		
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			me how it happened. Something to
do with me putting the wallet on
		
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			the on the on the top of the car.
Okay. And I literally was driving
		
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			home and I get home and I was
checking, right? I was checking.
		
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			And I did like a scan of the
entire you know, glove department
		
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			and the see the driver's seat and
there's nothing there. My pockets
		
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			are empty. So I go home. Oh my
gosh, panela. Right. Like five
		
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			minutes ago, I was pumping gas in
my wife's car. Okay. And so I left
		
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			my wallet on top of the the car
itself and I accidentally drove
		
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			off and the gas station was until
at least like three four minutes
		
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			away from home. I got home I saw
my wallet is nowhere to be found.
		
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			So I had to retrace my steps two
times a one back and forth between
		
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			the gas station on my house two or
three times. And then the last
		
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			time around, I was driving back
okay, I literally did exactly what
		
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			like a normal person would do. I
would go back to the gas station,
		
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			check the surrounding areas, check
maybe like near my house, my
		
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			driveway. My my second or third
time going back and trying to do
		
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			another run. I kept my eyes open
for the opposite side of the road
		
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			and I saw from probably 50 feet
away my wallet on the opposite
		
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			side of the road. Like the
opposite way of traffic. And so
		
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			like I will I was ready I call my
wife and I was like I'm ready to
		
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			cancel
		
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			My car is ready to like restart my
my citizenship in America I don't
		
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			know like
		
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			all these terrible ideas right?
And I go and I look at my wallet I
		
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			actually have a picture of it. I
opened my wallet and humble I
		
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			never ever have any cash on me
ever it's always my cards I'm like
		
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			a super Boomer Okay, so I are not
Boomer I'm a millennial. I never
		
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			have I never have cash on me. So I
opened my wallet just to make sure
		
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			that all my cards are there
everything's there handle all my
		
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			cards are there but the 120 bucks
that were in cash was gone.
		
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			And I I thought to myself, I was
like, Wow, this dude drove up to
		
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			my wallet saw it took the cash out
and said I don't want to deal with
		
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			the pin the PIN codes right to
left the cards there. But then I
		
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			thought to myself and I went home
I said man Subhanallah maybe that
		
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			cash was nevermind to begin with.
		
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			Then maybe it would have been
something that was held against me
		
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			if it was kept with me.
		
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			And so Allah with his decree took
that cash away from me hamdulillah
		
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			right. You know, these are moments
in which your your, your, your
		
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			belief and your, your your
reliance upon Allah is severely
		
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			tested. Okay. Number two. Number
two is he says, the understanding
		
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			that human beings do not have a
right over their Creator, rather
		
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			it is the other way around that
Allah has rights over us. Okay? So
		
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			he says, the one making dua should
realize their lowly status and
		
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			know that they do not have a right
over Allah, that his dua be
		
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			responded to. You know, and this
is a great analogy that I give to
		
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			people don't think that your DUA
is like a restaurant order, right?
		
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			We have like this restaurant
mentality, right? We go to
		
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			Chipotle, and if they skim us on
all of the food there, we send it
		
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			back and make a crazy tech talk
about it to the point the CEO has
		
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			to come out and make a video.
Okay, y'all don't think I was that
		
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			locked in? Did you? Okay, so. So
it's not a restaurant order,
		
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			right? It's not like you go up to
some counter and say, I want this
		
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			exactly the way it is. And if I
don't get that way, I want my
		
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			money back. That's not That's not
how do our works. That's never
		
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			been how do our works. To think
that I have this right to be
		
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			responded to that. If Allah does
not respond to me, then
		
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			something's wrong. Okay? The
author is saying, Don't ever let
		
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			your head think like that. The
moment you think that Allah owes
		
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			you anything, this is the first
mistake that you've made. In fact,
		
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			there are 8 billion reasons as to
why Allah does not have to answer
		
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			your DUA. But Allah answers you
out of his immense mercy. Sorry, I
		
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			don't know why that happened. So
think about that particular point,
		
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			okay, that Allah does not have to
respond to any of you to do as in
		
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			fact, when you go back in your own
life, and think the amount of
		
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			mistakes that you've made in your
life, the amount of times that
		
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			you've neglected ALLAH SubhanA wa
Tada. And you translate that over
		
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			to like a human relationship. And
you think that you've neglected
		
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			this person, day after day, month
after month, year after year, they
		
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			deserve to be treated better than
they're treated by you. And you
		
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			keep asking them for things. Don't
you think in that relationship,
		
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			that person has the right to never
give you anything that you want.
		
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			It's like having a friend that you
like, visit once every once in a
		
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			while. You know, you only talk to
them, when you need something. You
		
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			remember them during bad times.
You never remember them during
		
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			good days. But then you're like
complaining about how they never,
		
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			they never ever answer you the way
that you want to be answered. I
		
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			mean, this is illogical, right? So
but again, Allah is not like that
		
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			Allah responds to us out of his
extreme. Rama has extreme Rama, He
		
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			answers us. But he says, Don't
ever think that you have this
		
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			right for your dogs to be
responded to. They should be wise
		
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			enough to contemplate their own
many faults and shortcomings with
		
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			regards to the rights that Allah
has over him. This will make them
		
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			appreciate that he does not have
any rights over Allah. Now I want
		
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			you guys I'm going to read this
quote out to you guys. It's
		
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			extremely profound. I was reading
this a couple of weeks ago, and I
		
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			was like, subhanAllah my eyes
almost like, teared up because of
		
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			how incredible eminent acclaim or
human the law really encapsulated
		
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			this, this concept. He says, one
of the greatest matters of
		
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			benefits of the heart is that it
looks into the rights that Allah
		
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			has over his slaves, thinking
about how Allah has rights over
		
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			you, because this will cause him
to look at his own self in a
		
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			despicable and lowly manner. Like
whenever you feel proud or like
		
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			haughty or like, you know,
arrogant over anything. You just
		
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			remind yourself you're like, Man,
how many things does Allah do? i
		
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			Oh, Allah and I actually failed to
give to him. Okay, it will really
		
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			make them look in the mirror. You
know, there's always a famous
		
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			statement that whenever
something's wrong, a person looks
		
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			in the mirror, and they clean
their mirror, they clean the
		
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			mirror, they try to clean the dirt
off the mirror. After all of that
		
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			time cleaning the dirt off the
mirror, they realize the dirt was
		
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			actually on them. Right? It's a
very profound teaching, right? We
		
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			always look exterior, right? Oh,
it has to be them. It has to be
		
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			him. It has to be her it has to be
my surroundings. But in reality,
		
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			if you just pointed the finger
back to yourself, we'd realize
		
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			well, this is this is actually a
much more, much more logical
		
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			conclusion that there might be
something wrong with me. This is
		
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			why Allah says in the Quran in
Allah
		
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			Hola yo yo MobiCom in Hatha Yoga
yo maybe unfussy him. What does
		
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			Allah say? He says that Allah does
not change the state of a people
		
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			Hatta until they change the you
don't meet a euro. We unfussy him,
		
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			they change what's within
themselves. That's the greatest
		
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			lesson here is looking internally.
Don't be like, Oh yeah, like,
		
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			Allah is not responding to my dua.
No. Think about all those moments
		
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			that you fail to pray.
		
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			Think about all those moments
where we failed to be kind to our
		
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			parents. Think about all those
moments where we failed to be
		
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			generous in moments in which Allah
gave us the provisions to be
		
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			generous with.
		
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			When we think about those moments,
all of those kinds of allegations,
		
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			oh, Why did Allah not respond to
my dua, they all come crawling
		
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			down? Why? Because you remember
all the moments where you fell
		
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			short. And he says, it will make
this person avoid self conceit and
		
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			vanity concerning their actions
and instead open him the door to
		
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			humility and meekness. He will be
submissive before Allah and give
		
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			up hope of his own self, for he
will realize that success will
		
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			only come about through Allah's
mercy and His blessings. For
		
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			Allah's right, is that Allah be
obeyed, and not disobeyed. And
		
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			Allah be remembered and not be
forgotten, and Allah be thanked
		
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			and not rejected. So whoever looks
into this, right, sorry, into this
		
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			right that his lord has upon Him,
then He will know I'm most certain
		
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			knowledge and that certain
knowledge is that he is not
		
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			fulfilling the rights of his Lord
in a way that he deserves to be
		
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			fulfilled. And that nothing can
save him except divine aid and
		
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			forgiveness. So if he were to rely
upon his own actions, he would be
		
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			destroyed. So this is what those
who have knowledge of Allah look
		
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			upon. And this is what he has
caused them to give up hope of
		
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			attaining any good for themselves,
then made them put all of their
		
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			hope in the mercy and forgiveness
of Allah subhana wa Tada. And this
		
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			is why you know, this quote by
claimants are powerful. This is
		
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			actually kind of this is a little
throwback session, right? For if
		
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			you guys were in our last series
that soulfood, the entire series
		
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			that Sophie we did last time was
about how you can never not rely
		
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			on your own beats to get you to
Jannah. Right? A person who thinks
		
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			that Well, every good thing that I
did is enough for me to get to
		
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			Paradise. They are extremely
mistaken about their status with
		
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			Allah. If you think that just
because you're a little bit
		
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			generous, just because you pray
sometimes, just because you, you
		
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			know, brought your mom one cup of
chai this past week. Just because
		
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			you know, you smiled at your
neighbor one time as you pass by
		
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			them, like cursing them out in the
car as you drove away. Like just
		
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			because you did small little small
acts. Does that mean that you get
		
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			gentlemen? Oh, no. But Jana comes
because Allah is a ramen, and
		
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			Allah food. That's the only reason
any of us have any hope in tasting
		
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			the sweetness of Paradise is that
on the Day of Judgment, we will
		
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			stand before Allah and Allah will
present a record filled with all
		
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			of the mistakes that we made. But
then he will say, yeah, a baddie.
		
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			Oh, my worshipper, I forgive you.
		
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			And at that moment, is the moment
you realize, I got into paradise
		
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			hamdulillah because of Allah's
generosity, and not because of
		
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			myself.
		
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			And this is such a stark
difference from people who think
		
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			that oh, why can I just be good
for the sake of being good? No,
		
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			no, you can't be good for the sake
of being good. Only your goodness
		
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			is limited. I told you guys this
last week, there will come a day
		
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			where your generosity will not be
so generous anymore. There will
		
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			come a day where your kindness
will turn into a little bit of
		
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			rudeness. And when that happens,
you have to turn to Allah and say
		
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			your Allah please forgive me for
me being short with my friend
		
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			today. Please forgive me. For me
being short with my mother today,
		
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			please forgive me for being rude
to my brother today. Those are the
		
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			moments that your agenda is
actually made. So raise your hands
		
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			as much as you can then ask for
Allah's forgiveness. And those
		
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			moments and you'll see Jana coming
closer to you because of those
		
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			reasons. Okay. So number three,
we'll only go over like six of
		
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			them today because we don't have
time to go over all of them.
		
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			Number three, a delay in response
is actually a trial. Okay. And as
		
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			I said before, in our series,
trials are not things that we
		
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			actually hate. Trials are things
that we as Muslims see as
		
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			opportunities to prove our iman.
So he says, when the response of a
		
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			dua is delayed, this is a type of
test and trial that is inflicted
		
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			upon the servant. This
necessitates his or her being
		
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			patient during this trial. So a
person should realize that just
		
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			like their entire life is a trial
and a test for him. So to is a
		
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			delayed response.
		
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			Don't think that this is any
different. If you've been asking
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala for happiness
and again, this is a very serious
		
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			serious dua by the way. We have so
many people in our community that
		
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			ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada has
challenged, has tried with
		
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			with, you know, mental health
issues and physical issues and
		
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			emotional issues and so many
trials and tribulations, okay? And
		
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			you make dua to Allah, Oh, Allah
helped me, help me become happier
		
00:30:12 --> 00:30:15
			helped me become healthier helped
me become more stable. You make
		
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			these two hours.
		
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			The delay in the response to those
two hours could also be trials as
		
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			well.
		
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			The delay to those responses could
also be trolls as well. Okay. And
		
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			he says, We're not blue or can be
Sheree? Well. Heidi fifth, nuttin.
		
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			We're Elena toto Jarrell, and we
touched you with good and with
		
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			evil as a fitna, don't think that
everything that is good is just
		
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			automatically good. What does
Allah say in the Quran, that
		
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			sometimes your family, your
children in your money or test for
		
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			you? Now look around?
		
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			Don't you think that you are
possibly a test for your parents
		
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			at one point in your life? You're
like, Yes, last year, right.
		
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			Like, think about it. Think about,
oh, trust me, I have horror
		
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			stories in my life of like me
going to my mom's room and she's
		
00:31:03 --> 00:31:06
			like, I remember this really faint
memory. Don't judge me for this.
		
00:31:07 --> 00:31:10
			This memory when I was like in
seventh grade, I the classic like
		
00:31:10 --> 00:31:12
			my stomach hurts. I can't go to
school. You're like, oh, really
		
00:31:12 --> 00:31:16
			for the eighth time in like this
past like month. And I remember I
		
00:31:16 --> 00:31:18
			was at home watching the prices,
right? Just like every kid does,
		
00:31:18 --> 00:31:21
			right? And I remember my
grandmother who was like,
		
00:31:21 --> 00:31:24
			mashallah, she was like our second
mother. Okay. She was like,
		
00:31:24 --> 00:31:28
			crying. I was like, something
happened, like, what's going on?
		
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			And she goes, No, I'm just worried
about you. You always came school,
		
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			she was literally crying. And I'm
like, Oh, my God.
		
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			And that they will I actually
checked into school the second
		
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			half of the day, because I felt so
bad. I was like, my stomach feels
		
00:31:40 --> 00:31:44
			better handle that, right? I mean,
you see sometimes like, and by the
		
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			way, like, Well, my grandma would
never she would never complain
		
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			about me. She will never complain
about me. Okay. But at that
		
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			moment, I was a test for her.
		
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			Tests are not only things that are
bad, sometimes tests, are there
		
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			things that you consider good.
Y'all ever got like a bonus from
		
00:32:01 --> 00:32:04
			like your work? You're like, wow,
yes. Right? And then you go and do
		
00:32:04 --> 00:32:08
			something really dumb with that
money. That money was a test for
		
00:32:08 --> 00:32:13
			you. Right? That best friend that
you love and you cherish there was
		
00:32:13 --> 00:32:17
			an evening where you may have
gossip with them. And that
		
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			relationship at that time was
actually a test from Allah. So
		
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			things that you even consider that
are good, maybe test from Allah.
		
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			Right? So know that all of these
things are test from Allah. So the
		
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			delayed response in a dua is a
test from Allah even though it may
		
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			be good for you it's a test from
ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada. Okay,
		
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			number four, knowing that Allah is
Al Hakim, and this is beautiful.
		
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			He says here of all of Allah has
many beautiful names is Al Hakim,
		
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			the most wise so to Allah belongs
the greatest wisdom okay. And he
		
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			says in the Quran, he says, Allah
is described as HC Merton
		
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			Balikatan he is has what we call
perfect wisdom, okay. So, it is
		
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			possible that what a person
desires is not wise for them to
		
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			have and because of this, Allah
has not granted them this or it is
		
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			delayed until such a time that it
is suitable for them. It is
		
00:33:10 --> 00:33:14
			possible that the DUA might be
responded to at a later time due
		
00:33:14 --> 00:33:18
			to factors that Allah alone is
aware of, okay, and I put this
		
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			here and I don't want to forget
this. No, particularly I want you
		
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			I want us to kind of go through
this. Think about the story of
		
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			Musa and his mother. When Musa
added his setup, he was literally
		
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			like floated down a river by his
own mother. Where did Musa end up
		
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			being in? Who picked him up?
Anyone?
		
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			Yeah, Arsia Arsia. May Allah be
pleased with her? Because she was
		
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			a believer. She believed in the in
the concept of la ilaha illa.
		
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			Allah was the one that picked up
baby Musa from that basket. Okay?
		
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			If you were to watch this movie
without knowing the Quranic
		
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			narrative behind it, you'd be
like, is this like some sick joke
		
00:34:02 --> 00:34:07
			like, the mom out of fear of her
son being killed by the Pharaoh
		
00:34:07 --> 00:34:12
			pushes her child in a basket down
a river, and that basket ends up
		
00:34:12 --> 00:34:16
			being in the courtyard of the one
who's trying to kill him? How does
		
00:34:16 --> 00:34:23
			that make any sense? What world is
that fair, right? But think about
		
00:34:23 --> 00:34:29
			this. Perhaps, if it wasn't for
Musa being raised in the home of
		
00:34:29 --> 00:34:32
			federal own himself, maybe Musa
would not have lived long enough
		
00:34:32 --> 00:34:35
			to see the time where he would
actually overthrow the throne.
		
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			Don't you think that there was
some sort of wisdom and Musa being
		
00:34:39 --> 00:34:40
			raised in the house of Pharaoh
himself?
		
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			That Musa was under the protection
of Ostia? And if you all have seen
		
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			this in your life, who is like the
one person in any husband's life
		
00:34:47 --> 00:34:50
			that will melt their heart so
their wife, I did this today? My
		
00:34:50 --> 00:34:52
			wife was like, Let's go mattress
shopping. I was like, Alright,
		
00:34:52 --> 00:34:54
			cool. Like this mattress is
$6,000. I was like,
		
00:34:55 --> 00:34:59
			he really liked it. Like if it
was, she asked us like she told me
		
00:34:59 --> 00:34:59
			I
		
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			versus like what do you really
think about this mattress? Like
		
00:35:02 --> 00:35:06
			it's it's a bed like it's great I
sleep in bed like it's a nice long
		
00:35:06 --> 00:35:10
			it's not like a wooden like I'm
fine but I will get her what she
		
00:35:10 --> 00:35:14
			wants because she's my wife I will
do it for because because she
		
00:35:14 --> 00:35:19
			She's the love of my life and
again and frown as cruel as he is
		
00:35:19 --> 00:35:21
			Don't you think that the one
relationship that he would not say
		
00:35:21 --> 00:35:22
			no to was his own wife?
		
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			Don't you think of Musa ended up
in the arms of anyone else for her
		
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			own would have killed Musa but it
was by the mercy of Allah that
		
00:35:30 --> 00:35:35
			Musa ended up being in the arms of
ossia the one person for all and
		
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			could not say no to.
		
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			And by this decree, Musa was
allowed to live and Musa grew up
		
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			became a prophet of Allah. And
then he is the one that caused the
		
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			drowning of Quran himself.
		
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			So you see, like to us, we're
like, wow, that makes no sense.
		
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			And I want you guys to now
translate that story of Musa over
		
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			to some normal experiences in your
life, where you're like, yeah,
		
00:35:58 --> 00:36:01
			that made no sense to me. Why did
I have to get into a car accident
		
00:36:01 --> 00:36:02
			that day?
		
00:36:03 --> 00:36:08
			Why did I have to be late to that
meeting that day? Why did my mom
		
00:36:08 --> 00:36:10
			have to yell at me in front of
those people that day?
		
00:36:12 --> 00:36:17
			Like, why did that guy like reject
me that day? Why did that happen?
		
00:36:17 --> 00:36:20
			Right? And you can ask yourself a
billion questions.
		
00:36:21 --> 00:36:25
			But when you look back in
retrospect, and you say, Allah
		
00:36:25 --> 00:36:30
			being al Hakim, there must be some
deep embedded wisdom that is
		
00:36:30 --> 00:36:32
			beyond my human comprehension.
		
00:36:33 --> 00:36:38
			There has to be, I refuse to live
a life that I do not believe that
		
00:36:38 --> 00:36:42
			Allah is always because then
everything happened to me. I mean,
		
00:36:42 --> 00:36:44
			I don't blame people. Subhanallah
you know, I'd be really with you
		
00:36:44 --> 00:36:48
			guys. I actually don't blame
people who do not believe in God.
		
00:36:49 --> 00:36:52
			being miserable. I don't blame
them being like being miserable
		
00:36:52 --> 00:36:57
			people. Because what other reason
is there? All of the cruelty in
		
00:36:57 --> 00:36:59
			the world all of the hardship, all
of the difficulties in the world,
		
00:36:59 --> 00:37:02
			they happen for no reason? Yeah, I
would lose my mind as well.
		
00:37:03 --> 00:37:05
			I will lose my mind as well look
at the things that are happening
		
00:37:05 --> 00:37:05
			in
		
00:37:07 --> 00:37:10
			the families being harmed and
children being taken away from
		
00:37:10 --> 00:37:13
			their families. I mean, this, if I
believe truly that this all
		
00:37:13 --> 00:37:15
			happened out of random nature that
I would lose, my mind will lie.
		
00:37:17 --> 00:37:21
			But because I choose to believe in
Allah, I know that there's hope. I
		
00:37:21 --> 00:37:24
			know there's a reason when the
rest of the world may not believe
		
00:37:24 --> 00:37:28
			I believe that there is something
behind it. Okay, so this is an
		
00:37:28 --> 00:37:30
			extremely important part. He says,
you know, he gives an example a
		
00:37:30 --> 00:37:33
			couple, a couple might be praying
for a child and their daughter has
		
00:37:33 --> 00:37:35
			not answered for a number of years
since Allah knows that it would be
		
00:37:35 --> 00:37:39
			better for them to be blessed with
a child at a later date. And
		
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			there's Quran that that talks
about this prophet, zakat. iati
		
00:37:41 --> 00:37:45
			his sunnah. Prophet Zakaria made a
DUA, oh Allah give me a child.
		
00:37:46 --> 00:37:50
			Give me a child to, you know,
carry on my legacy. He was
		
00:37:50 --> 00:37:52
			complaining about how his hair is
becoming white. We talked about
		
00:37:52 --> 00:37:53
			this in the first session.
		
00:37:54 --> 00:37:58
			He was literally in his 80s or 90s
when he had his first child.
		
00:37:59 --> 00:38:01
			Don't you think he could have been
like, Yo, Allah? Why not on my
		
00:38:01 --> 00:38:05
			30s? Like everybody else, one on
my 20s Why not in my 40s? Why when
		
00:38:05 --> 00:38:09
			I'm 80 years old? Why when I'm 90
years old, why? Why this late in
		
00:38:09 --> 00:38:12
			my life, I only have a few years
to enjoy my child's life and they
		
00:38:12 --> 00:38:19
			pass away. Why? No, no. That
Zecharia was the pinnacle of the
		
00:38:19 --> 00:38:21
			best father, he could be at that
time.
		
00:38:24 --> 00:38:28
			Perhaps you were not given
something at a time because you
		
00:38:28 --> 00:38:30
			would not have been ready for it
at that time.
		
00:38:31 --> 00:38:34
			You got rejected, good Hamdulillah
		
00:38:35 --> 00:38:38
			that rejection happened because if
you were given acceptance of that
		
00:38:38 --> 00:38:41
			moment, you would have been tried
severely without acceptance, Allah
		
00:38:41 --> 00:38:44
			actually helped you avoid
something really terrible. By
		
00:38:44 --> 00:38:47
			rejecting you. And by rejection.
You just thought to yourself,
		
00:38:47 --> 00:38:49
			yeah, this is a bad thing. And
another rejection from the law was
		
00:38:49 --> 00:38:55
			actually good. Okay, number five,
the matter might bring evil. Now
		
00:38:55 --> 00:38:58
			this is interesting. Okay, he says
here, following up from the last
		
00:38:58 --> 00:39:00
			point it is possible that Allah
knows that a certain matter
		
00:39:00 --> 00:39:03
			although apparently might appear
to bring good in reality will lead
		
00:39:03 --> 00:39:07
			to evil consequences. So a person
might desire to have money and in
		
00:39:07 --> 00:39:10
			his heart or her heart, they feel
that they will spend this money
		
00:39:10 --> 00:39:13
			for the sake of Allah. And yet
Allah knows that if this person
		
00:39:13 --> 00:39:16
			was given that money, they will
spend it in impermissible ways
		
00:39:16 --> 00:39:19
			that would ruin their Iman. So he
would become like the one that was
		
00:39:19 --> 00:39:21
			mentioned in the Quran and ALLAH
SubhanA wa Taala talks about this
		
00:39:21 --> 00:39:29
			woman whom men or women who men
had Allah let in Tana min Falvo Li
		
00:39:29 --> 00:39:32
			and of them are some who made a
promise with Allah Subhan Allah
		
00:39:32 --> 00:39:37
			Tada. If he bestowed on us
blessings, then we will surely
		
00:39:37 --> 00:39:39
			give charity we will surely be
amongst those who are righteous.
		
00:39:39 --> 00:39:42
			And then when Allah gave them the
blessings they became miserly,
		
00:39:42 --> 00:39:45
			they became tight * and
turned away and averse out of
		
00:39:45 --> 00:39:48
			arrogance. So because of this
Allah punished them by putting
		
00:39:48 --> 00:39:52
			hypocrisy in their hearts okay.
And so he says, Beware old
		
00:39:52 --> 00:39:55
			believer of getting angry or
complaining against Allah other
		
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			for it is possible that the matter
that you'd so desire might be the
		
00:40:00 --> 00:40:03
			very cause of your own
destruction. So this right here,
		
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			okay, this is the one I wanted you
guys to read. This is powerful.
		
00:40:05 --> 00:40:07
			Anybody want to read this?
Actually, I want to give you guys
		
00:40:07 --> 00:40:09
			the honor of reading this, this is
the one I'm actually going to
		
00:40:09 --> 00:40:12
			like, like literally print out and
keep with me forever this line or
		
00:40:12 --> 00:40:16
			this poem or not poem, but this
paragraph that I wrote is
		
00:40:16 --> 00:40:18
			extremely beautiful. Anybody want
to take a shot at reading? Look,
		
00:40:18 --> 00:40:19
			man, are you good at reading?
		
00:40:20 --> 00:40:21
			Okay, go ahead. The Divine decree
		
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			is always about, even if it's in
the form of withholding, something
		
00:40:27 --> 00:40:31
			that is designed. And there's a
blessing even if it appears to be
		
00:40:31 --> 00:40:36
			a trial, and the affliction that
had to fall on him is in really a
		
00:40:36 --> 00:40:38
			few. Okay, so he says.
		
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			So he says here, Divine Decree
related to the believer is always
		
00:40:44 --> 00:40:48
			a bounty, even if it's in the form
of withholding. Even if Allah
		
00:40:48 --> 00:40:51
			withhold something from you, you
say this is a fuddle from Allah.
		
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			This is a blessing from Allah.
Okay? Something that is even
		
00:40:57 --> 00:41:00
			though if it's something that's
desired, and it is a blessing,
		
00:41:00 --> 00:41:04
			even if it appears to be a trial,
and an affliction that has
		
00:41:04 --> 00:41:08
			befallen him, is in reality a
cure. Can you imagine that
		
00:41:08 --> 00:41:12
			mentality someone's like laying in
bed sick, they got like the flu or
		
00:41:12 --> 00:41:15
			like a fever and they're like
hamdulillah hamdulillah you're
		
00:41:15 --> 00:41:17
			gonna Oh, there's another vicar
for it's like a slit for Allah. So
		
00:41:17 --> 00:41:20
			I'm like those 100 Allah right?
No, no, a believer says and
		
00:41:20 --> 00:41:23
			hamdulillah why? What's the reason
why a cure may be a blessing or
		
00:41:23 --> 00:41:26
			sorry, a sickness may be a
blessing to certain people. Give
		
00:41:26 --> 00:41:29
			me something Why do you guys
think? Why would a sickness be a
		
00:41:29 --> 00:41:30
			blessing for certain people?
		
00:41:31 --> 00:41:34
			Think go into your bag of Islamic
knowledge about what Yeah.
		
00:41:35 --> 00:41:38
			I don't know if that's right or
wrong. But like, it's like, if
		
00:41:38 --> 00:41:40
			you're inflicted pain, then like,
you're
		
00:41:42 --> 00:41:44
			beautiful. It's a hadith the
Prophet saw something he said that
		
00:41:44 --> 00:41:46
			there's not even a thorn that
pricks the finger of a believer
		
00:41:46 --> 00:41:51
			except that sins are shed from
their body. Right? So even if I'm,
		
00:41:51 --> 00:41:55
			I'm laying in bed and I'm sick, I
have like a 103102 Fever. It's
		
00:41:55 --> 00:41:59
			like, pounding my head is like I
have a headache. My body's warm,
		
00:41:59 --> 00:42:03
			I'm achy. The true believer knows
every moment I'm experiencing that
		
00:42:03 --> 00:42:08
			throbbing headache. Allah is
shutting sins away from my soul.
		
00:42:09 --> 00:42:13
			Allah shutting sins away from my
soul. you stub your toe, you're
		
00:42:13 --> 00:42:16
			about to like, say something
ungodly. And you say subhanallah.
		
00:42:18 --> 00:42:21
			Right. Because as much as that
toaster being hurt after that
		
00:42:21 --> 00:42:24
			three seconds of not feeling
anything, you know that Allah just
		
00:42:24 --> 00:42:28
			took away something really, really
bad from you at that moment. Okay.
		
00:42:28 --> 00:42:32
			And so he says, even it's in
reality, a cure, even though it
		
00:42:32 --> 00:42:35
			appears a disease. Unfortunately,
due to the ignorance of the
		
00:42:35 --> 00:42:39
			worshiper and his transgressions,
He does not consider anything to
		
00:42:39 --> 00:42:42
			be a gift or a blessing or a cure
unless he can enjoy it
		
00:42:42 --> 00:42:43
			immediately.
		
00:42:45 --> 00:42:47
			Think about how many of us fall
into that category?
		
00:42:48 --> 00:42:50
			If it's immediate, it's a
blessing.
		
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			But if it's not immediate, yeah, I
don't know if I don't I don't know
		
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			if this is good, then or things
that are immediate, I'll actually
		
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			do the inverse of this. Things
that are immediate, may not always
		
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			be blessings.
		
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			Right? You go in for that job
interview. And the person is like,
		
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			When can you start? You're like,
Hamdulillah. Here's the best day
		
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			of my life. No, maybe if you were
delayed a little bit, perhaps you
		
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			would actually appreciate that a
little bit more. I'll give you
		
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			guys a story of my life.
Personally. I worked for several
		
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			years, as a youth director in a
masjid don't know much the
		
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			politics. You know, like how that
works. Right?
		
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			I was a youth director in a mosque
for several years. It was always a
		
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			dream of mine from when I was like
a young person to come and be at
		
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			column and be at roots always. And
I used to always talk to shuffle
		
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			the Nasir, who's one of my
teachers here. And I used to say
		
00:43:44 --> 00:43:48
			shave, I need to come to column I
need to move to Dallas and he
		
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			goes, Just wait. Just wait. You
just started. I'm like, What do
		
00:43:52 --> 00:43:56
			you mean, man, like, save me? Like
reaching out, save me from this
		
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			place. And Sheikh was always like,
no, no, just wait it out. I got
		
00:44:01 --> 00:44:04
			you. I got you. You're gonna get
here, you're gonna get here. Just
		
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			be patient.
		
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			And long story short, I worked in
this place for about four years,
		
00:44:10 --> 00:44:14
			and then hung the line and moved
to Dallas in 2019. And I began my
		
00:44:14 --> 00:44:15
			my tenure here at roots.
		
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			And one time, I had a conversation
with Jeff and he was like, Well,
		
00:44:20 --> 00:44:23
			how do you feel being here? And I
said, Shay, thank you so much for
		
00:44:23 --> 00:44:27
			allowing me to be there for four
years straight. Because why? He
		
00:44:27 --> 00:44:29
			knew that he knew the answer
because he was just testing me.
		
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			He's like why do you say that? I
said because if I didn't go
		
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			through those four years I
wouldn't appreciate the blessing
		
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			of being here.
		
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			If I got this right away, I would
have nothing to compare it to.
		
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			I will think that this is the
standard and by the way guys
		
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			routes is not the standard.
		
00:44:44 --> 00:44:48
			Being here grabbing some coffee,
sitting in legs floor backtrack,
		
00:44:48 --> 00:44:52
			seeing like the glass walls and
seeing projectors and you know
		
00:44:52 --> 00:44:55
			being with people you love and
care about and cherish and being
		
00:44:55 --> 00:44:58
			able to walk over to the masjid
not feeling judged not feeling
		
00:44:58 --> 00:45:00
			unwelcome. This
		
00:45:00 --> 00:45:04
			is not the standard. And sometimes
in order to appreciate real
		
00:45:04 --> 00:45:06
			blessings in your life, you have
to go through those moments of
		
00:45:06 --> 00:45:12
			trials. Right? Why do people who
you guys are watched that? That
		
00:45:12 --> 00:45:15
			movie I'll call this movie a lot
the pursuit of happiness with Will
		
00:45:15 --> 00:45:19
			Smith. Why at the end of that
movie did he was he in tears at
		
00:45:19 --> 00:45:23
			like an entry level job. Because
he knew what it was like to not be
		
00:45:23 --> 00:45:26
			able to pay rent and afford to
keep your lights on.
		
00:45:27 --> 00:45:30
			Because of that, you you
understand, even if I'm making
		
00:45:30 --> 00:45:36
			like $15 an hour, $13 $12 an hour.
I know what it was like to not eat
		
00:45:36 --> 00:45:40
			food. You ever see people that are
that are that are less fortunate
		
00:45:40 --> 00:45:43
			than you look at a meal as though
it's like a filet mignon and you
		
00:45:43 --> 00:45:44
			look at it, it's like Herbison,
like Lebbon
		
00:45:46 --> 00:45:48
			it's like literally bread and
milk. Like, that's all it is. And
		
00:45:49 --> 00:45:51
			they're like, thanking Allah for
it extensively. And you're like,
		
00:45:52 --> 00:45:55
			why are they so because maybe
perhaps this person has a memory
		
00:45:55 --> 00:45:57
			of the previous week where they
didn't eat for two days straight.
		
00:45:58 --> 00:46:02
			But because we eat every day, and
by the way, either aloha is a
		
00:46:02 --> 00:46:05
			great reminder about it.
Sacrificing an animal you know why
		
00:46:05 --> 00:46:07
			the Prophet was amused to
sacrifice, he made it a tradition
		
00:46:07 --> 00:46:10
			to sacrifice what abahani Why Why
was it a thing, the prophet by the
		
00:46:10 --> 00:46:13
			way, didn't used to eat meat very
often. Y'all know this. He wasn't
		
00:46:13 --> 00:46:16
			a vegetarian, but he didn't used
to eat. He didn't used to eat meat
		
00:46:16 --> 00:46:19
			very often. Sometimes nowadays,
we're like, bacon, egg and cheese
		
00:46:19 --> 00:46:22
			for breakfast, you know, chicken
sandwich for lunch biryani for
		
00:46:22 --> 00:46:25
			dinner, right? Like, we're eating
meat three times, three times a
		
00:46:25 --> 00:46:29
			day, the Prophet used to not eat
meat every day because he never
		
00:46:29 --> 00:46:33
			wanted to let himself be convinced
that this is something that's just
		
00:46:33 --> 00:46:34
			normal.
		
00:46:35 --> 00:46:38
			Every time you eat something you
are, Allah has provided you a life
		
00:46:38 --> 00:46:41
			of an animal that was sacrificed
in order for you to enjoy and be
		
00:46:41 --> 00:46:43
			grateful for it. It's not
something that you should take for
		
00:46:43 --> 00:46:48
			granted. Right? So he says here,
and it is in accordance with this
		
00:46:48 --> 00:46:52
			worth his nature. If he were only
given a little bit of
		
00:46:52 --> 00:46:56
			understanding, then he would have
counted being withheld from as a
		
00:46:56 --> 00:47:00
			blessing and the sickness as a
mercy. And he would relish the
		
00:47:00 --> 00:47:04
			trouble that befalls him or her
more than he relishes his ease,
		
00:47:04 --> 00:47:08
			and he would enjoy poverty more
than he enjoys richness, and he
		
00:47:08 --> 00:47:11
			would be more thankful when he is
blessed with little than when he
		
00:47:11 --> 00:47:15
			is blessed with a lot. This is a
profound paragraph that have no
		
00:47:15 --> 00:47:19
			playing wrote about the reality of
perspective, right? When you have
		
00:47:19 --> 00:47:22
			a little be happy about those
little moments that you have.
		
00:47:22 --> 00:47:25
			Right? Y'all y'all remember, I
mean, y'all are getting to the
		
00:47:25 --> 00:47:27
			stage now where the you go back
and think about your life. You're
		
00:47:27 --> 00:47:34
			like, life was so simple. I used
to come home from school and nap.
		
00:47:35 --> 00:47:40
			I used to like eat like the cheap
food and not have to worry about
		
00:47:40 --> 00:47:45
			FAFSA and like applying for
student loans. I mean, golly man,
		
00:47:45 --> 00:47:49
			like my school bills were taken
care of by my parents taxes word
		
00:47:49 --> 00:47:56
			like that, man. Life was simple.
And now you're like, gas ain't
		
00:47:56 --> 00:48:00
			cheap, right? Like, you're like
taking like the inner roads to
		
00:48:00 --> 00:48:04
			avoid like paying a gazillion
dollars and George Bush turnpike
		
00:48:04 --> 00:48:07
			tolls, right. You're like, that's
okay. I'd rather drive an extra 52
		
00:48:07 --> 00:48:10
			minutes I'm fine. Like, the
struggle is real man. The struggle
		
00:48:10 --> 00:48:15
			is real. Life was simple. But how
did we ever take for granted those
		
00:48:15 --> 00:48:18
			moments where we would just sit in
our parents rooms as like 12 year
		
00:48:18 --> 00:48:18
			olds
		
00:48:20 --> 00:48:24
			and we dreamt of being older right
now man I want to be older I want
		
00:48:24 --> 00:48:27
			to have like my own car and now
like the car is like breaking down
		
00:48:27 --> 00:48:30
			in the middle of the road and
like, God, I wish I was 12
		
00:48:32 --> 00:48:38
			Never ever take for granted the
simple things in life. These are
		
00:48:38 --> 00:48:40
			moments that ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada
has really really blessed for
		
00:48:40 --> 00:48:44
			everybody. Okay. In sha Allah with
that we will wrap up for today I
		
00:48:44 --> 00:48:46
			don't want to take too much longer
as 806
		
00:48:47 --> 00:48:50
			Next week in sha Allah, we will
continue on with the list he makes
		
00:48:50 --> 00:48:54
			of the reasons and the wisdoms
behind the delays of response and
		
00:48:54 --> 00:48:57
			dua. Allah's choice is better than
that truth of the servant, it will
		
00:48:57 --> 00:49:01
			go through man does not know the
result of the result of his dua
		
00:49:02 --> 00:49:05
			will go over trials bring that one
closer to Allah. We'll talk a
		
00:49:05 --> 00:49:09
			little bit about something Hadith
sometimes brings good I believe
		
00:49:09 --> 00:49:12
			there's 11 or 12, it causes the
believer to reflect on himself.
		
00:49:13 --> 00:49:15
			The DUA might actually have been
responded to already and you just
		
00:49:15 --> 00:49:17
			didn't know about it. We'll go
through some of these inshallah
		
00:49:17 --> 00:49:22
			Tada next Thursday, Okay, one last
thing I want to do Inshallah,
		
00:49:22 --> 00:49:25
			we'll we will do a q&a today, but
inshallah we'll do q&a next week
		
00:49:25 --> 00:49:27
			because we will wrap up the
chapter and allow everyone's
		
00:49:27 --> 00:49:31
			questions to be a little bit more
well rounded. But I did want to do
		
00:49:31 --> 00:49:35
			it for everybody is in sha Allah,
if you have not already joined the
		
00:49:35 --> 00:49:39
			telegram chat that we have for our
Thursday night community, you can
		
00:49:39 --> 00:49:42
			inshallah just scan the QR code
and be added to that chat in sha
		
00:49:42 --> 00:49:45
			Allah through telegram. This is a
way that we keep up with like, you
		
00:49:45 --> 00:49:48
			know, all of our announcements
when it comes to programming for
		
00:49:48 --> 00:49:51
			this demographic will insha Allah
do a lot of cool stuff. I'm really
		
00:49:51 --> 00:49:55
			excited by the way. A good friend
of mine I'm sure you guys how many
		
00:49:55 --> 00:49:59
			of y'all attended the kalam Diem
night this past Ramadan? The 27th
		
00:49:59 --> 00:50:00
			night I mean, some of you
		
00:50:00 --> 00:50:02
			As we're here, so there was a
person who was speaking with me, a
		
00:50:02 --> 00:50:06
			stud moved from Minnesota. He's
finishing up his PhD and
		
00:50:06 --> 00:50:09
			University of Pennsylvania. He's
going to be joining me in Sharla
		
00:50:09 --> 00:50:12
			in August September to join forces
in terms of like the college
		
00:50:12 --> 00:50:15
			demographic here in Dallas. So
we're going to be doing a lot of
		
00:50:15 --> 00:50:18
			cool stuff not only Thursday
nights at soul food, but actually
		
00:50:18 --> 00:50:22
			going out to campuses and doing
like outreach stuff on like UTD.
		
00:50:22 --> 00:50:26
			SMU UTA Un t insha. Allah, Allah
allows us to travel that far I was
		
00:50:26 --> 00:50:30
			getting, we will Inshallah, reach
out to all of those campuses, and
		
00:50:30 --> 00:50:33
			we'll do stuff in house on college
campuses being the last starting
		
00:50:33 --> 00:50:35
			in the fall inshallah All right,
but definitely join that telegram
		
00:50:35 --> 00:50:37
			chat to keep up with all the stuff
that we do in sha Allah for the
		
00:50:38 --> 00:50:40
			demographic here on Thursday
nights. We'll see you all in sha
		
00:50:40 --> 00:50:43
			Allah next Thursday, said I'm on a
camera to Allah He better
		
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			Catherine