The importance of high and sustainable aspirations in Islam is discussed, including the need to strive to achieve them and reward individuals based on their effort. The "hamma" program is emphasized, with emphasis on physical body and relation to the Sharia. The importance of pursuing spirituality and being inspiring is emphasized, along with the need to be aware of one's thoughts and actions to avoid becoming attached to the "twinner and Tearner" transformation.
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Rahmani Raheem hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen salatu salam ala rasulillah he, he was happy he was a
limiter Sleeman kathira de Leon taenia my bad llama la Molina Illa Allah, Allah in the Quran Allah
Allah Hakeem la Molina Mia and Pharaoh now when firing that'd be my lamb Tana was watermelon. Yeah
curry.
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praise belongs to Allah, Allahu Allah to Allah. We praise Allah subhanho wa Taala
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we see colossal pedo attalus assistance, and we seek His guidance subhanho wa Taala and we seek
refuge in Allah subhanho wa Taala from the evils of our souls and the adverse consequences of our
deeds,
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himself, Allah subhanho wa Taala decrees guidance upon the man can misguide that person and will
serve Allah subhanho wa Taala decrease misguidance upon the man can guide him and peace and
salutations be upon the final messenger Muhammad Ali Abdullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
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My dear brothers, and fathers and mothers and sisters Assalamu alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatu.
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I'm not sure if it's very common for everyone to flank the speaker. But if it's possible to fill up
some of the space in the middle that would also be beneficial. Firstly, for myself, so saves me from
telling too much to the right and the left all the time and hamdulillah the brothers in the middle
can feel your brotherhood Zakho here. Just to inform you, I lost my voice a day or a day and a half
ago and have the lights come back. But Allah inherent, but there's still a few issues with some of
the codes. But we'll try and be as audible and clear as possible with the light. And
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from the outset, I'd like to express my delight at being here in Wales, in Cardiff, it's my first
trip ever here. But it looks the same as the rest of the UK. Mashallah. And I'd also like to express
my gratitude to this wonderful Masjid, for the wonderful invite, and to idea for facilitating this
trip, and to you all for your attendance. This Sunday afternoon. I know it's difficult on a Sunday,
to invest time, you don't say sacrifice time we say invest time to invest time and attend these kind
of talks. It's not a flourishing culture, but inshallah we'll get there inshallah we'll get there,
especially on afternoons when Liverpool and Manchester United, have matches against each other.
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ask Allah subhanho wa Taala, to accept our efforts to make this a gathering that is forgiven upon
its departure. And to make this a gathering, that he has a good word, and follows it and ask Allah
subhanho wa Taala, to reunite us many, many more times in this world, as well as unite us in the
hereafter. I mean,
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the title of today's talk is high aspirations, or as we had
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our brother who introduced the program, say earlier with him, having high aspirations and this is
the third talk of a series called making our mark making our mark. So it was a series
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titled around the theme of encouraging action, especially in the programs that would have been
conducted or are going to be conducted here in the southwest.
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We began this journey in Bath.
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And the topic was titled The importance of having a vision.
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And we went on to Bristol, and we discussed the importance of leadership and she had some examples
from the lives of the first generation, the Sahaba of the Allahu Allah.
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And today we have this title, which is also important as all the others, the title entitled, high
aspirations Now, this particular topic
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is not something new.
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for Islam and the Muslims, it's not a discussion that we find only being discussed in the century
that we live in.
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For all praises belong to Allah subhanho wa Taala,
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who made us from amongst those that declared his oneness, and from among those that accepted the
prophecy of Mohammed Abdullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, this declaration and this acceptance that
by default has to make us people have high aspirations that
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Allah subhanho wa Taala said, limits,
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polyamory
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limits Li hava for this, this paradise. Let those who strive strive and inshallah we'll discuss this
idea a little bit more later. And indeed
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Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
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is deserving of praise
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for he took this on
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the agenda has levels has levels and in some narrations, 100 levels 100 levels, and he said some a
level and he was selling them for either sell to Allah.
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Allahu alfetta
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that when you ask Allah subhanho wa Taala for this paradise, don't just ask for any paradise rather
ask for the highest of Paradise and that is Alfredo's. So here
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he is lecturing us to be people have high aspirations, Don't settle for anything less than the best.
Strive to ascertain and attain the best and the sort of loss of Allah Allahu wa sallam.
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He described this alpha dose to be that part of Jelena that covers the middle part of gender. Until
the highest part in this hadith is in Sohail Buhari.
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My dear brothers and sisters, this is manifest, or that which we have shared makes manifest that
this concept of an old him is not something new. It was part of the package of Islam.
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It is something that empties our life, the moment we declare the shadow,
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the moment we declare the Shahada, it makes us people who are part and parcel of the concept of high
aspirations, because our lower and higher aspirations is part and parcel of Islam. And when we look
in the era of Rasulullah, sallAllahu, alayhi wasallam. And when we read the books of region, and
look at what
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the scholars of Hadith have written, about, those who came in the first generations of Islam, and
those happenings in their life, we cannot help but acquire the knowledge that they were people who
have high aspirations, and how can this not be? How can this not be when the price for the believer
is
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the price for the believer is gender. And as Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam described this
gentleman he said, This gender is expensive. Thus he said, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah had
eaten a telomere de la sala lavalla he was reported by Abu hurayrah Ravi Allah, Allah, Allah Allah
He was Jolla the merchandise of Allah subhanho wa Taala is expensive.
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It requires your resources,
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your time
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and your wealth. And this is a reality. We mentioned eyes of Allah subhanho wa Taala is expensive.
It will cost you and your time to add this expensive merchandise is your time in this world. before
Allah subhanho wa Taala takes us to him.
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My dear brothers and sisters, Allah subhanho wa Taala created life and created death. And it's Allah
subhanho wa Taala says, Leah blue Akuma you come
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to test you to make manifest Which one of you is the best in deeds is the forerunner in earning the
hereafter? LEAH Beluga comm au
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best indeed. This by default requires any aspiration or high aspirations What does it require from
us
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higher aspirations Which one of you is best? Indeed, La ilaha illa Allah and Allah subhanho wa Taala
gentlemen to levels into stages to reward people based on their aspirations and achievements,
because reward is directly proportional to effort, right this is a principle found in management.
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The outcome and result is proportional to effort applied.
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And the same thing applies This concept is common sense. Allah subhanho wa Taala will reward us
based on perfect Al Jazeera. Solomon, the reward is based on the effort applied. Thus it was from
the complete justice of Allah subhanho wa Taala that he even made gender into
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wants to reward people based on their effort.
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Now, for us, brothers and sisters,
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our aspirations differ from one person to the next. But for us, we have to realize that these
aspirations
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become raised. And they become lowered based on one concept. And that concept is our E man. We have
to realize this. For us, it's for the disbelievers, it's something else. Because their
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understanding of life and death is different to our understanding of life and death. So our ability
to achieve and acquire and acetate and
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our ability to aspire to be inspired and become inspired is based on our email.
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And our Eman,
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grows,
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becomes passive. Sometimes it's dynamic. Sometimes it stays static, based on our connection to the
hereafter because you and I were not just bodies, but we are bodies with spirituality. There's two
elements to us. We are a body and we are a spiritual entity as well. And this is important we must
understand this. And both entities require nurturing and being looked after. Even in our day to day
many times, a person asks and say we see people fasting the month of Ramadan, but on the day are
very engaged in vice.
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And Allah subhanho wa Taala says
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that is fasting is a means of acquiring taqwa and God consciousness and erecting a barrier between
you and the punishment of Allah subhanho wa Taala. So how can this be that a person, fast the month
of Ramadan, and spends the night in Korea worshiping Allah subhanho wa Taala and then comes to the
overeat and they celebrated it in a manner contradictory to the teachings of Mohammed sallallahu
alayhi wasallam. Here in the UK, how many times do we hear of non Muslims having to leave
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their cities and their towns on the day of eight, because they fear the disturbance by the Muslims
in the celebration of Eagle? Villa, Allah subhanho wa Taala forgive us.
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I mean,
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so many attempt these questions come about that how is this possible? How is it possible that a
person observes Salah masala to turn the handle fascia
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that follow puts an end to that which is immoral, and that which is disliked by Allah? subhanho wa
Taala How is it that a person can observe Salah but they engage in Riba and backbiting and
slandering advise, how is it possible? And the answer to this question is simple. Oh, seven sofala.
no children of Adam, there is no
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contradiction in the Sharia and there is no even defect in the
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evidences of the Sharia. What Allah subhanho wa Taala said is a fact from Allah is so that perhaps
we can attain a taqwa and Salah so that we can be protected against vise and then which is immoral.
But the problem lies in the effort itself, whereby our evader becomes physical and lacks
spirituality, it becomes an ad, a Norman lacks the concept of it being an a bed, a worship.
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So we raise our hands in Tukwila to around but our physical body is doing so. But our heart and soul
is void of what's happening.
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We fast the month of Ramadan with our bodies, we experienced thirst and hunger and perhaps lose
weight.
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But we start the day fasting physically, once our hearts and spirituality doesn't start the day
fasting. So
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we concentrated on the lesser and forgotten about the greater.
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Yes, we two entities, but the greater is the spirituality. So coming back to our earlier point this
man are servants of Allied or children of Adam. It shines and illuminates and raises our aspirations
based on our attachment to the hereafter. This is a fact there is no way you can be attached to this
duty and at the same time be attached to the hereafter it's a seesaw effect. The closer you are to
one, the further you are to the other. The closer you are to why don't you see your paradigm
shifting. They start changing the way you view life changes.
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Things that were beloved to you suddenly become disliked. And things that you never cared about or
automatically become matters that you care about. As you attach yourself to the hereafter.
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Have you become detached from the dunya because our attachment to the hereafter causes the heart to
become soft and causes the soul to become alive look at the month of Ramadan La ilaha illa Allah, we
fast and by physically being styled, we actually feed our spirituality or we should be feeding our
spirituality to feed the soul, the body has to starve.
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Imagine this, you distance yourself from the area, the food and drink and marital relations for a
portion of the day and immediately what what starts becoming fat, our spirituality, our Eman our
heart, it becomes softer, is being fed. Once the physical styles the spiritual is being fed Subhana
Allah, this is a fact.
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And Allah subhanho wa Taala says sudo to Heidi then you might have heard this in a talk of mine
previously. Allah subhanho wa Taala says
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Allah Mia de la Vina Amman
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and Tasha kulu boom lyrically la
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la mina when a akula can levy La
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La
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focus at Hulu. So Pamela, let's ponder over this ayah Allah subhanho wa Taala says as a time not
come to the believers to have hearts filled with Russia. And Russia is not just fear that's cold.
Russia is fear plus, fear with knowledge. You fear while knowing why you fear
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Allah subhanho wa Taala says in the martial law
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This is the evidence that Harsha is inclusive of any of knowledge. Allah subhanho wa Taala says the
truly the ones that have Kashi are the those who are manageable. They don't feel without knowing
they have knowledge as to why they are fearing and who they are fearing. Allah Allah Allah, Allah
subhanho wa Taala contains beneficial knowledge. I mean, I mean, we should ask Allah subhanho wa
Taala for this for Allah subhanho wa Taala commanded His Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam to seek
increased knowledge rockerverb visit in the Alma
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so when we ponder over this ayah we see Allah subhanho wa Taala has not come to the believers to
have hearts filled with Harsha that Allah warns us against that which happened to those before us
and warns us against adopting the way of those before us. But does Allah subhanho wa Taala say,
don't be like those who came before you.
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What happened to them
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repeat became victims of time they became attached to this life.
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And what happened as a result of becoming attached to this lack the house became hardened.
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This is the net result this is what happens. The more you are attached to this world, the lesser
spiritualities attached to the hereafter. The more you attached to financial standing and material
wellbeing and the glitz and glamour of this temporary life. The net result and effect of this is a
hardened heart. Allah tells us in certain headed they became victims of time and started chasing
this life. What was the net result? Casa Cologne, the hearts became hard work can do minimum fasciae
code, and most of them were sinners. This is the result of a hard heart but we should never lose
hope. Because Allah subhanho wa Taala says, lm low and understand
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that Allah subhanho wa Taala
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that Allah subhanho wa Taala can give life to barren land after its death.
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So as Allah can give life to dead land, he can give life to your dead heart. So hello.
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So this is the reality of brothers and sisters, that our aspirations grow and sees based on our
attachment to the hereafter based on our email. This is a fact it's you cannot say because Eman
necessitates belief in Allah and His Malaika His angels and his books and his prophets and the last
day and the Day of Judgment, how can you believe in the Day of Judgment, but behave in a manner
contradictory to this belief?
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How can you aspirations
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act in a manner that contradicts this belief of you, as you know, you will return to Allah and
believe it the last day necessitates belief in death and the grave? Everything with regards to the
after the after starts when we pass away.
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So how can you have Eman and believe in these entities but have aspirations that contradict the
reality of this belief?
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Remember, Eman is belief.
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And it entails action. It's not just talking the talk but it's walking
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The token as well. It has to show in our actions, in our speech in our hearts as well as our
actions. So understand this are servants of Allah, no children of Adam, Islam set high aspirations,
but we differ in terms of our aspirations based on this email.
