Salah Mahmoud – Stories Of The Quran- 9.10.24

Salah Mahmoud
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The speakers discuss the importance of remembering death and avoiding worrying too much about it. They stress the importance of living in a healthy state and avoiding worrying about personal matters. D profession is a punishment, and one should not worry too much about the situation. The consequences of not mentioning death are temporary and permanent, and one should be prepared for the exam and ask for permission from Allah.
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If the answer is yes, If the answer

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is no, then how can we prepare ourselves?

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So there are number of things that we

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should

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we should do inshallah.

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The first thing the first thing is

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to

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remember

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death.

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Called

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the destructor

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destructor

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of all, you know,

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basically enjoyments and pleasures.

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That's almout.

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He

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says,

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if you remember

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death, if you you all constantly remember death,

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you will be rewarded with 3 things.

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And if you forget death, you will be

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punished with 3 things.

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Right?

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The first thing that you'll be rewarded you're

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rewarded with when you remember death,

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If you know that you're dying,

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as we said before,

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then it's time to say a stuff of

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Allah. It's time to repent to Allah.

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It's time to catch up with your prayers,

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with your fasting, with your zakah.

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It's time because what we waiting for.

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Right? That's the first thing.

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If someone were to tell you we mentioned

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that last time. If someone were to tell

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you that tonight is your last night in

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dunya, what are you gonna do?

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What are you gonna do? Right?

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You will say, I will be in the

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masjid. I will make a stafar. I will

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I will make to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Okay. Then

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what is stopping you? Because technically speaking, it

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might be my last night. It could could

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might be your last night. You never know.

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There's many people who sleep and they they

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never wake up.

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Right?

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And age is nothing here. Death does not

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discriminate

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against age, gender. It does not.

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Anyone can go anytime.

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Alright? And this is that's the only reality

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in this dunya SubhanAllah. So that

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basically you are not going to procrastinate.

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This is if you constantly remember death. What

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else?

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Your heart is

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content.

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You know, you don't care whether you have

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too much or too little.

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Because you know that eventually you're leaving this

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dunya.

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Alright?

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So you're not gonna worry about your business

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too much. You're not gonna worry about your

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work too much. You're not gonna worry about

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your car too much. You're not gonna worry

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about all of these things. Why? Because you

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always tell yourself that, you know what? I

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will do my my best to be successful

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and to have everything, but this is not

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everything for me. Alright? The 12th

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is in my hand, not in my heart.

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So when you remember death, Khalas. Where are

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we leaving? We're leaving this dunya.

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So live in this dunya as though you

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are a stranger or a wayfarer. I'm just

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passing by.

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When my stop comes, Khalas, I will exit.

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I will get out of the tree.

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Okay?

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That's the second thing. What else he said?

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Muhammadullah,

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wa nashotil Ibadah. Then you will start becoming

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active. In Ibadah and worship Allah Subhanahu Wa

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Ta'ala because again you know that the end

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is coming. Then,

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the salawat,

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the sunan, all of kind of all kind

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of act all active worship, you're going to

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even be more,

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you know, more,

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like keen to doing them.

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And this is very important and this is

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not going to happen unless you have your

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mom your mind your soul about death. You

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know when you have an exam, when you

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have an exam, if you have an exam,

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you know, for students, if you have exams

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what they do? They study and they study

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and they study harder because they know they're

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gonna be questioned.

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Alright? They're gonna be questioned. So these are

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the three things that you will be rewarded

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when you constantly remember death. Okay. What are

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the what are the punishment?

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The punishment, the penalty for not remembering death.

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He says,

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He says,

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I still have a lot of time.

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I'm still young.

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I'm healthy.

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Alright?

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I'm strong. I don't think I will die

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yet.

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Therefore,

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Insha'Allah,

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one day I'll pray.

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Insha'Allah,

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one day

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I will stop the haram job. Insha'Allah, one

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day I will do this.

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Right? Because you don't remember.

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You you say that you will die but

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you don't really believe that you're going to

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die.

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Not gonna be content.

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If you own the whole world,

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it's not gonna be it will never be

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enough for you. Never be enough for you.

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You're still looking for more. Don't take this

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as as I'm telling you, be lazy and

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don't work. You know, actually, some of the

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brothers here, I was given a quote about,

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you know, talking about dunya and how

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worthless dunya is. It's like you're not helping

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people. You're telling people don't don't work,

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you know. Just wait for death and halal.

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That's it. We're not saying that. Obviously,

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says, when it comes

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to for dunya.

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Work for dunya as though you're gonna live

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forever.

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But when it comes to

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to your Jannah, work as though you're going

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to die tomorrow.

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There is a there is a per there

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is perfect balancing here. Alright?

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So when we say that

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one of the consequences of not

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mentioning death and remember that that you're not

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gonna be content because your dunya is going

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to

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control you. You're not controlling dunya.

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Wealth is going to control you.

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Alright? You're gonna lose your health and your

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wealth and your kids and everything because too

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much love for dunya. And that is the,

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subhanallah, that's the punishment of the Ummah nowadays.

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The Ummah, they're dying for dunya. They don't

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want to leave this dunya. They don't even

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want to think about death. Alright?

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So that's another consequence for not talking about

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death, for not mentioning death. Right? And he

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says,

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Why do I need to pray now? I'm

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still young.

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Let me, you know, do whatever and then

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I'll be older.

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I'll be old one day and I'm gonna

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go for Hajj and halos.

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You know,

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the they say that your sins are gonna

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be forgiven. That's it.

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Procrastination.

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That's what's going to happen. Because you do

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not believe that you're going to leave this

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dunya.

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It's a it's it's a punishment.

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Not just a consequence, a punishment.

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Alright? So let's

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be from those

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who constantly remind themselves that they're going to

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leave this dunya.

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Alright? Be as successful as possible.

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There's no problem. There's no contradiction here. But

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constantly remind yourself

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of.

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Then any problem that you might think it's

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big, it will be very small in front

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of you. Very small. Because what is the

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worst what is the worst that can happen

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to you?

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Alright?

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What is the worst that can happen to

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you?

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If you're going through some, you know, financial

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issues, or

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some health issues, or some marital issues, what

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is the worst that can happen?

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What's the worst that can happen? What's the

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worst that can happen?

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At the end of the day, we're going

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to live this dunya.

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That's that's the worst that can happen to

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you.

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That's the worst. So any pain that you

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are struggling with, you're suffering now, or you're

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feeling now, it's temporary. Because the whole entire

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dunya is just temporary.

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So just let it go. And they remind

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that's one of the benefits of remind yourself

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of death and the hereafter.

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So in our journey to the hereafter,

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we learned that the first phase of the

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hereafter

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is al kabra.

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When Nabi

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tells us that we should increase and should

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constantly mention

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the

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which is the destruction or the destructive

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of all pleasures which is.

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We ask Allah

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to make us from those who always remember

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and

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prepare themselves to meet Allah

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because

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the one who wants to meet Allah

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Allah would love his meeting. But if you

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don't wanna meet Allah, Allah wouldn't wanna meet

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you with you. Insha'Allah,

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next,

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next session Thursday,

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we will talk about.

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The rest Insha'Allah. So we said the first

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thing is

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which is

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to always remember

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This is the first

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the first way

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to gain and to get

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So when you meet Allah

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you are ready. When the angel of death

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comes, you are ready. You prepared yourself

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for the exam. Ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

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to accept your

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And don't forget, the Siva conference is on

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Friday, Insha'Allah, not tomorrow,

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the following Friday, Insha'Allah.

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