Saif Morad – The key to change

My dear brothers and sisters.

I'm safe and may Allah

bless each and every one of us with

success in this dunya

and the next.

In today's episode, we're gonna be talking about

a man who used to be a thief,

a highway robber,

and then he changed and became known as

the

Many times we try to change.

We wanna improve and get better.

We attend conferences, we get inspired,

we watch motivational videos, we want to take

action, and we actually do take action.

But then we find ourselves back in the

same situation.

That change

was short lived.

So what is the key ingredient

to maintaining change? Let's take a look at

the story of Fudal ibn Iyad and see

what he did

not only to change but to maintain that

change.

Fudal ibn Iyad, he was living a life

of sin, committing many sins,

disobeying

Allah and he says the reason for his

change was

because he was in love with a girl.

So one day he went to see her,

and while he was climbing up her wall,

he heard somebody reciting the

ayah. That is it not time for those

who believe

for their hearts to submit to the remembrance

of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala?

When he heard this ayah,

he said that yes.

Yes, Allah. It is time for me

to turn back to you.

And he left and he went

to an abandoned area and he spent the

night there. While he was there, he noticed

a group of people that were hanging out

there, they were camping out there,

and he was overhearing their conversation.

One of them said that, you know, let's

go. It's nighttime. Let's go. Let's get out

of here. Another person told him that don't

you know this is the area of Fudayl?

This is his area. He's lying somewhere there

waiting for us to come out so that

he can rob us.

And Fudayl ibn Yaayal said that I spend

my nights in the disobedience of Allah Subhanahu

wa ta'ala and

these people are hiding from me.

I don't think that Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala

brought me here except for me to learn

a lesson,

And I make tawba, I turn back to

Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, I repent from my

sins,

and I make my tawba

beside

the holy mosque.

I make my tawba and I dedicate my

life to worship Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala in

Makkah.

So what was the key thing that he

did at this moment

that ensured that he was going to be

able to change?

It's actually quite simple if you think about

it.

He made a decision,

but not any decision.

It was a very specific decision.

He knew what he had to do,

and he

committed to that decision,

and he took action.

Many times when we get motivated, we start

doing, and we start doing randomly.

It's not specific. It's not focus. The decision

is not specific. We don't know exactly what

needs to be done

in order to change.

So we start doing everything and anything that

we can find,

but that's not the key. The key is

consistent

action,

and the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam told

us that the most beloved deeds to Allah

subhanahu wa ta'ala are those

that are done consistently

even though they might be

small.

For any change to be lasting, it must

be consistent.

We need to do it over and over

and over until it becomes a part of

our routine.

And we need to take the first step.

We can't wait for some miracle to come

and happen and change us.

All of a sudden we wake up when

you're inspired and we wanna change. No. We

need to take the first step and Allah

subhanahu wa ta'ala will help us along the

way.

He tells us in the

Quran,

Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will not change the

state of people unless they change what is

within themselves. So we need to take

the first step. We need to make the

decision that I need to change and I

need to be the one responsible for that

change, and we start moving towards Allah Subhanahu

wa ta'ala and he will definitely help us.

So what can we do in order to

implement change?

And this is today's action step.

Number 1, we ask ourselves the question that

isn't it time for those who believe

to submit

to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, for their hearts

to submit to the remembrance of Allah Subhanahu

Wa Ta'ala

and answer this question.

And without a doubt all of us are

gonna say yes,

that it is time for me to change

and what can I do to change?

Number 2,

to decide on one thing we can do

that if we implemented it, it would improve

our lives drastically. It would improve our relationship

with Allah

It would get us closer to Allah ta'ala.

It has to be something specific.

Number 3, to commit to that decision and

start taking action right away.

For example, if I decide that I'm gonna

start praying 5 times a day, I commit

to that. I don't miss my salah, my

prayer no matter what. If I decide that

I'm gonna start reading the Quran, I commit

to reading, for example, 15 minutes a day

and I stick to that and I don't

give it up no matter this situation.

And number 4,

to ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for his

help. Because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala loves to

be asked and he loves to give. And

if we ask him and we show that

we need Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, we humble

ourselves in front of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,

Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will always help us.

And what happens,

and this is inevitable,

that I start taking action, I start I

start

moving towards change, and then all of a

sudden I find myself

going in the opposite direction.

And this is bound to happen.

Shaytan is not gonna leave us alone. The

last thing he wants is somebody getting closer

to Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala.

His mission in life is to make sure

that we disobey Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. He

is the last person

that wants us to be doing good.

So what happens when we find ourselves struggling

to do

the things that we committed to?

What do we do in this case?

We recommit

and we make that decision again and we

start taking action.

And a very important thing is to become

more self aware.

That what was the reason that I'm unable

to

commit to this decision.

For example, if I'm missing fajr,

perhaps it's because I'm sleeping late.

So when we become more self aware

we start making better decisions,

and with better decisions comes

better results.

So if we see the key reason that

I'm missing Fajr is because I'm sleeping too

late or I'm spending too much time on

my phone at night,

we make the decisions to stop doing, to

eliminate that habit from our routine so that

we make sure we get up for Fajr,

for example.

And the most important thing that we can

do is to take action

because action is the key to getting results.

We can learn as much as we want

but if we don't implement it, it's not

gonna bring about change.

And this is what isn't a time is

all about. It's about the practical implementation of

the principle of the Quran to improve our

lives, to get closer to Allah subhanahu wa

ta'ala. Not only improve our lives spiritually but

in every aspect.

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Until next time, may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

bless us

to change and to take the necessary steps

in order to sustain that change.