Salah Mahmoud – How to Increase Your Rizq
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That story I share with you happened about few months ago. So
there was one evening when I had actually two programs, like back
to back, one in our Masjid free school masjid, and the other one
was a different Masjid. So the first school Masjid program was
trivia night. So we had, we usually what we do is we give gift
cards to the the top three winners.
So we gave some gift cards Alhamdulillah, and we were left
with one extra gift card. So the one of the brothers from board
members from the masjid over there. He said, Hey, Sheik, you're
going to another Masjid right now for a program, right? I said,
Yeah. He said, How about this? Why don't you take that, you know,
gift card, give our salaam to the community and
and basically ask questions or a question, and, you know, whoever
answered the question correctly, go ahead and give it to them. Sha
Allah, so I went there. Said, Okay, Alhamdulillah. So I went
there. I gave the talk, I gave the lecture, and I asked the question,
I shared the story. I said, Hey, we had a program, and this is an
extra gift card. So you know, I'm coming, Allah, to share with you
tonight. And they asked the question, and that question was
about Mashallah. Remember very well. So one brother from
mussolin, he raised his hand and he answered the question,
Alhamdulillah, so I give him the the gift card. Now, right after,
right after the program, I had a chance to talk to the brother, so
I said, jezek Allah, that wasn't easy question. Alright, I think
the gift card was like $50 or something. So I wanted to make
sure that you know who answered the question, who takes the gift
card answer like tough question, you know. So fast forward. I spoke
to the brother, and I said, Brother, zakala hayan, it was very
good answer. And then I asked the Brother, where are you from? He
said, Sheik, let me tell you my story. I am actually from Germany,
okay, and I was not supposed to be here today. So I told him, what is
the story? He said, This is my first time in the US. I actually,
I was in Seattle. There was a work over there, and I was my way back
to Germany, the flight, you know, basically there was an emergency
landing in the DFW airport. And when I got in the airport, they
told us that we'll have to spend the night here in Dallas, and
tomorrow, Inshallah, going to catch the flight back to Germany.
And so I said, You know what? Instead of just going to the
hotel, maybe I can go to the masjid. I googled And subhanAllah,
I found the Masjid. You know this masjid, and I came here, listened
to the lecture and answered the question, and I'm going back to
Germany tomorrow.
So that's the story.
And I was like, subhanAllah, like this, brother wasn't even meant to
be here today. I'm or that evident, right? But he came and
Allah subhanaw taala rerouted him just like that, because his risk
and the gift card was written for him. Can you? Can you imagine that
that's a funny the lesson that you and I need to learn, the kadhiya,
or the issue of risk,
the provision from Allah subhanahu wa taala. Allah subhana wa Taala
says office,
you will already in. Inlama,
Allah says your risk is max tube. And Allah swears he doesn't
Subhash Allah, and he doesn't need to swear like a subhanahu wa
taala, Nixon pacola, follow up be some you allowed I swear by the
Lord of the heavens and earth in nahulaq, it is truth. It will come
to you just as you are talking right now, subhanAllah, it's a Haq
that you and I can talk, right? So imagine Allah said, your risk will
come to you. You know, the the qli of risk, Hawaiian, you know, as
imam, as we deal with people, we interact with people, and we deal
with a lot of brothers, especially May Allah make it easy for the
brothers in the, you know, the tech field, there are a lot of
jobs insecurities, you know, a lot of the, what's the word, the over,
whatever the layout, yeah, too much it happens like, literally,
you have a job, everything is going well. All the sudden, you
check the system in active halos, right? So brothers, they talk to
us and say, Sheik, you know, we're going through a lot, and losing a
job is one of the tests from Allah. And so I always interact
with people, and I'm pretty sure a lot of Imams, and we see how, you
know, distressed people become when they lose their jobs, or
where they're going through some financial difficulties, that is
not easy at all. So now it's our job and our rule to kind of calm
them down with a story like this. Like, look at this brother. This
is the first time in the US, right? The brother was in Seattle.
He was not supposed to be even here in Dallas, and he ended up
being in the masjid. Why? Because Allah subhanahu wa has given has
written the risk for him that gift card will not going to anyone in.
Allah succeeded that brother SubhanAllah. Look at this right.
And back to the story of Yusuf alaihi salam. Yusuf alaihi salam
was thrown in the well, right? He was thrown in the will by his
brothers. Imagine the kafila, the caravan that came to that well,
how long have had they been, you know, walking on the desert,
perhaps a month, maybe a month. Imagine Allah subhanahu wa, you
know, made them walk for for a month, or maybe more, because use
of Allah salaam was going to be in that well, and they were going to
save use of Allah, that's the plan. And the work of Allah
subhanahu wa, second Devi, he says, NAFSA coming at that baby
fama call. Maybe
he's sick. He says, relieve yourself from overthinking and
planning for what has been done for you by others, which is Allah.
You do not need to do it for yourself. Okay? You need to do one
thing in the morning. You wake up, log into your computer. You go
your work, you drive your car and go seek your femme, show female
risk and do not worry about the rest. Okay, when I first came from
Egypt to the US, I was in New York, and you know my Masjid there
was close to JFK. And when you have a masjid close to JFK is all
the immigrants in mashallah, they end up coming to your Masjid
first, yeah, and a lot of brothers, sisters. All the
brothers mashaAllah were cabbies. You know, they used to drop the
yellow cab back before Uber and Wallahi. I would hear stories.
They will tell me Sheik from from the first day till the 25th day of
the month, we have no even, don't even have the rent in the last
five days. I don't know what happens. We give the rent and we
get all the bills. Alhamdulillah balaamy, this is tatbir from Allah
subhanahu wa, don't bother yourself. Leave. Let Allah
subhanahu wa, Taala work behind the scenes. If you know how Allah
manage your affairs, Wallahi, Wallahi, Wallahi, you will Yan,
you will love Allah subhanahu wa, so much. Your job is to FEM shufi.
Do your part. Your risk will come to you. But there is type of risk.
It will not come directly to you. Allah will say your risk at the
end of the one of the corners of the Masjid. If you do not go there
and pick it up, it will not come
okay. So to be clear, you cannot sit at home, obviously, and say
that Allah guaranteed that that the risk will come to me. It
doesn't work this way. You know, there was a story of that guy,
this guy who used to be dua for 40 years, to Allah, Subhanahu, WA to
give him a child. Number of years. Oh Allah, give him a child. Oh
Allah, give him a child. And then one day someone said, How about
getting married first,
brother, you're not married, that you ask Allah to give your child.
How is that possible? Right? So your job is to FES. Now there is
some for the sake of time, today, I'm coming to you with Inshallah,
some tips and advice on how to increase your risk and your Barak
inshaAllah, I don't think you will have time to write all of this
down. So Inshallah, when they post this video, go back and Inshallah,
take them one by one as much as you can if you want. Allah,
Subhanahu wa to increase the risk inshallah and to protect your job
and to protect your children and your family. By the way, before I
get into this, 20 tips that I have for you quickly, inshaAllah,
kwana, khawati, money, is just a part of risk. Do we believe in
this? Fact? Money just one portion? Allah, Allah, Akbar,
Allah has you know, he your Haq, 100% money is just 1% 1% Wallahi,
being in the masjid now is risk looking at me right now? Is risk,
hearing me? Right now is risk your family at home, risk your
children, Allahu, Akbar, your health, your you know, your
community, your all of these things, the risk from Allah. But
our problem is, while limiting Subhanallah, our the definition of
risk to money, if I have money, I have risk. If there is no money,
there is no job, there is no risk. Risk is much more than that, and
you have a lot of risk already. Allah has given you a lot of risk
already. Maybe money here and there doesn't come. Why it's a
test from Allah subhanahu wa, sometimes we will test you by
poverty. It will happen sometimes. But Allah Subhan Allah, remember
that before you were born, ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala provided for you
before even making one Raka, before even raising your hands and
making doubt. Allah subhana taala, Allah has provided for you. And
when she Allah, He said, when you were born, Allah closed the one
door for you for is and he opened too through nursing. And then
after this, Allah subhanahu wa closed these two doors, and he
opened multiple doors for you. And then on the Day of Judgment, Allah
has given you, will give you jannah inshallah, look at that. So
your risk is maktab is guaranteed. It will it will come to you.
Sometimes it gets tough. Yes, it happens. But Allah subhanahu wa.
Will see if you have suffer or not. So quickly, quickly.
InshaAllah, Bella, I mean, if you want Allah to increase your risk,
Inshallah, I mean the number of things you can do. Number one, the
first day, I recited, anyone to pay attention, the first ayah
recited today, huh? What was it?
I don't remember myself, so you don't have to remember. I'm just
get it in
in Allah ikata, who you saluna? Alain Nabi, yeah, you Hala, Dina
am and us. Allah Ali. He was Salim with a slim Sala Muhammad,
sallAllahu, Salla, every single day. Have where the meaning that
it's a number of Salah, Salaman, salaah, salaam, that I'm going to
make every single day, every single day. I'm not leaving this
with Dania that Allah subhanahu wa increased me a risk. Well, moving
forward. Inshallah, very quick. Toraka, you have Haja
from Allah subhanahu wa, Allah, You know what I'm going through.
Ya Allah, you know that. You know I'm struggling. My family is
struggling. Ya Allah, I cannot find a job. Ya Allah, please pray
and talk to Allah. Subhanahu wa and you will see the Maharaj is
that the miracle will happen inshaAllah, I mean number three,
alfal. We know this all the time. Alhamdulillah, we speak about that
stuff from Allah. Stop for Allah. Stop for Allah. 100 times, 200
times. Maybe there is one sin once a year that is preventing you
basically from coming to you. It can happen. Okay?
Allah, no Hala salaam, and we know the story. Fakul to staff, fill a
bakum in a refer no Hala salaam, saying that your sin is sama
Alaikum midra speaks to far Allah, Subhanahu wa Taala will descend
the rain upon you. Okay, huh? Why? Um, did you come? Bam, well, and
he will provide you with wealth. Allah gives money. Allah gives
money too. Why am did come? Bam, well, in wabani, wa Jalla, Kum
Janette in waia, jalakam and her staff from the Quran. These are
all examples from the Quran Inshallah, so the first one
assalamualai, Nabi, salallahu, alay wa sallam, the second one is
to raka Inshallah, Hajah, number three, a list of four, ask for
forgiveness. Number four, be content with whatever Allah,
Subhanahu Allah has given you. When you have this, Rida, Bucha,
Allah, Subhanahu wa Allah will increase you Inshallah, where, if
that abukum la, insha kartum la, azidan, naqum, right? And that
takes me to the next one. Hamdul Hamdulillah. Alhamdulillah for
everything, maybe the money is not enough, but I have the community,
I have the family, I have happiness, I have health.
Alhamdulillah. Rami, alhamdulillahi, rabbil, Alami,
always be grateful to Allah subhanahu wa. You know this is
this time is gold between a van and the ikama, all right, between
the Adhan and the comma. Make dua to Allah subhanahu wa taala, if
your risk is not enough, make Allah, Allah during this
particular time. And then, you know what else? And Wallahi, I
tried this. And some brothers that I give the advice Wallahi, they
tried this, and it worked. Sadaqah, I remember I gave before.
And one brother, he came, and he said, Sheik, right after, Juma
Allah, he said, he said, I had a job for 25 years, and I just lost
it. And I'm devastated. 25 years in the same place. Can you
imagine? I told him to lay I comforted, I comforted the brother
a little bit. Alhamdulillah. And then I told him about Stefan, and
I told him, Give Sadaqah. It's like Sadaqah. She comes
struggling. You'll meet you. Give Sadaqah. I said, Walla, he gives
Sadaqah. Give Sadaqah. SubhanAllah. You know the $1 that
you're going to give to a poor person, to the masjid, wherever
that's just to give sadaqah, Allah, not only I'm struggling,
but you know what I'm also going to give sadaqah Inshallah, Bin
lami Wallahi, the brother, came back to me smiling. He said,
Wallahi, I got job better than the one that I was in 25 years
SubhanAllah. These are real life examples. I'm not making these
things up, and I'm sure that each and every one of us has a lot of
examples. Alhamdulillah, rabbal anime. Fast forward, so as sadaq
Ali Omiya, sadaq Ali omiyah, just $1 if you can, and then it's taqta
shahiri. What does it mean from your paycheck, you know, an
automatic payment to sadaqah, charity organization, relief
organization. You know, $10 $20 they don't even think about it.
This is with Dania, that Allah protect your job, that Allah
purify your wealth. Try all of these things, and you would see
the khairah coming to you. Inshallah, what else? Salat al
Rahim, okay, the Prophet saw him says, Man Arada and Yoon salah,
who fear only. He waves at all fear is people, yes, a list of
your family members. Call them once a month. You know this uncle
I'm going to call this month with the near that Allah gives you
risk.
Salathe increases there is and.
Gives the barakah and puts a barakah in your risk inshallah.
What else to help people out. Be with the people. Be in the service
of people. Maybe it cannot help them financially, but you can
guide one brother to find a job, one brother to take care of. You
know, some business here and there. Allah, Subhanahu wa Taala
will give you back inshallah. But I mean, what else? Has no van
nibb has no van Abdi. If you have thought negative thoughts of
Allah, that you'll be poor, Allah will make you poor. If you have
husband, that Allah will give you a better job than the one you
lost. Allah subhanahu wa give you a better job for the other not
familabil. I mean, then, what do you think of the Lord of the
world? Do you think Allah, the owner of the you know, the heavens
and the earth doesn't have a job for you? Allahu. Akbar, we need to
improve our husband. Allah now. Asayu, Alaikum, they said, Do your
part. FEM shufiman Akiba, don't worry how Allah brings risk to
you. Don't worry about it. Allah, Subhanahu wa, once you do a part
halabil as Bab, and leave the rest up to Allah subhanahu wa, and then
number number one. Now 10, bra mashaAllah, that's number 12.
Number 13, brother, you're missing three at dawah, Qatar, Allahu
Akbar, you ask Quran Allahu Akbar, if you know the risk come from
Allah subhanahu wa taala, when you give dawah, and giving dawah
doesn't doesn't mean that you have to stand here and give right by
telling people about Allah subhanahu
wa and and then al ummrah.
If Mai, I'm struggling, if you can go for Umrah, Wallahi, Allah,
Subhanahu wa will open up its good for you. While I was performing
Umrah for the first time my life, as a poor man who was in Egypt,
young, younger brother in Egypt. Before I came to the US, I went to
one of my friends while we making Tawaf, you know, he held my hand
and he said, we are here. Wallahi al Karim, the most generous, will
take care of us. SubhanAllah. One month after the Umrah, I got the,
you know, I got the contract in New York City, Allah, talk about
15 years ago, maybe more Subhanallah, if you can, and go
make dua to Allah subhanahu wa for young people. That's for young
people who are not married, as zawaj, you know marriage increase
the risk. I know the brothers who are married now we're like, What
are you talking about? Well being Baruch, since you got married, but
a risk. And zawaj, Wallahi gives the risk. Wallahi provides. It
provides. Subhanallah, think of your situation before and after
marriage. You cannot, you cannot deny that Allah provided for you.
Maybe you know ups and downs. It happens, but majority of time,
Allah gives risk. WA Enki Hall, I am a min Kumu Salahi, namin Abadi,
Kuma, AK Aram la hum in fodley, give them merit, and Allah
subhanahu wa taala will provide for them. That is zoej Again, this
is for young people, the brothers. Now, you know, I have to go and
say I'm going to get second wife or something. No, that's not what
we're talking about here. All right, what else? Salat al Fajr.
Salat al Fajr. Sayyida ishalada says, I wonder, for those who
don't pray Fajr, how they gonna get the risk, the risk in the
morning. It's written in the morning if you're asleep and not
it's 9am here, alright? In Dallas and in the East Coast, it's it's a
tent, alright? Or, if you imagine, if you live in California, it's
6am and over there, they make a decision Wall Street on your
behalf, and you're still asleep, all right, you need to wake up to
get the barakah for, you know, in the barakah of Fajr, and then talk
to Allah subhanahu wa. Talk to him. Say, Allah, you know my
situation. You know I'm struggling. My family is
struggling. Take care of me, Allah, Allah subhanahu wa, will
hear you, and Allah, Subhanahu wa, comfort you, and He will provide
for you. And then Yahoo number 19,
haram, stay away from haram. Do not take the risk that Allah is
making it difficult for you a little bit that you go and eat
haram and and do something which is haram, because, you know, guys
have no other option. La, la, la, la, la, la. This haram that you
choose, Wallahi, will prevent you from a lot of Halal will come in
the future. Stay in Bilal azawajal. If Allah is making
difficult for you, have supper and do your part inshaAllah balamin.
And finally, their number of haram things, not just ill male here,
number of haram things that if you do Allah, Subhanahu wa Taala will
take the barakah away from
from your risk, like what wala a Zina
as Zina as in a adultery, this money prevents the barakah
completely, alright, the person who you know, who does you know?
The Zina?
And goes in the path of shaytaan, Allah, You Allah, You Allah,
Allah, Subhanahu wa Taala will make it even more difficult for
them and Allah prevent the barakah, not only this, Allah,
they might end up catching disease or something. Your life is not
going to be good, so we stay away. Wala Taq, Abu Zina in Nahu, kena
fahi, Shatan wasa as Abila, may Allah, subhana, wa Taala
increases, Hayato grant us higher to mean Allah, whom I mean
JazakAllah, Iron Barak, Allahu, salaam, Alaikum,
In our muslimity, one Muslims,
Kathy, was
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