Salah Mahmoud – Sunday Morning Seerah- 9.8.24

Salah Mahmoud
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The importance of forgiveness and the use of words in addressing difficult situations is emphasized in a lecture on time spent on one's life. A message from Allah to stay in peace is also discussed, along with a message from the Prophet to encourage people to be strong and confident. The importance of having a clear understanding of one's beliefs and values is emphasized, along with the need for people to be patient and not harm themselves or others. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of knowing the past and future to avoid mistakes and ease in decision making.
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Today, I'm going to give you a lecture

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on how to make the most of the

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time you have left in your life.

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So Allah made him free from that which

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they said, and he was a disobedient to

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Allah and to it.

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O you who have believed, fear Allah and

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speak a just word.

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He will correct your deeds and forgive you

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your sins.

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And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has

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certainly attained a great success.

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Indeed, We have presented the Trust to the

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heavens and the earth and the mountains, but

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they refused to bear it, and we were

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afraid of it, and man bore it.

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Indeed, he was ever unjust and ignorant.

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That Allah may punish the hypocrites and the

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hypocrites and the polytheists and the polytheists, and

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that Allah may forgive the believers and the

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believers.

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And Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful.

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A

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'udhu

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Billahi Minash Shaitanir Rajeem.

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Thank you for coming.

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Our Shaykh is right here, Shaykh Fazal.

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He's just finishing his Tisha, the last Raka.

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He's almost done, so please stay in your

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places.

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Just give him a minute.

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Jazakum Allah Khair.

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We'll take it afterwards, Inshallah.

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The breakfast is ready, Inshallah.

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We will let the sisters know in a

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couple of minutes, and then when Shaykh Fazal

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is done, the brothers will come and join

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us.

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He's in the Tisha hut.

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Just give him a minute, please.

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Jazakum Allah Khair.

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We thank Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most

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Merciful, for giving us this opportunity to be

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here and pray Salat in Jama'ah for

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Fajr.

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We ask Him to continue to keep us

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sincere and steadfast in this journey of life.

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And we ask Him to make us among

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those who are righteous at all times, at

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ease, and during times of difficulty.

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For indeed, we are living in a time

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where an individual is confronted with many different

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types of difficulties that they never thought once

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would be ever possible.

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Whether that would be with regards to temptation,

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with trials, tribulations, with one's own family members,

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with children, with neighbors, in the workplace, different

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types of difficulties, to such a point that

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a person sometimes is in awe.

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And they ask themselves, O Allah, why so

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much difficulty?

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O Allah, when will it end?

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O Allah, it looks like I'm the only

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one being afflicted, and everyone seems to be

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in ease, or at ease.

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And these questions sometimes come to mind, although

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we try to fight it, and we try

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to push back, and continue to be sincere

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and steadfast, and have patience, we always look

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for answers.

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And if you look for answers, look no

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further than the hadith of the Prophet ﷺ.

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It's a very beautiful hadith of the Prophet

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ﷺ, where he said in a hadith of

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Mus'ab ibn Sa'id, may Allah be

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pleased with him and his Prophet, he said,

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I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said,

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O Messenger of Allah, which of the people

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get tested the most?

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Which of the people are in the most

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difficulty?

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The Prophet ﷺ said, He said, indeed the

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Prophets go through the most of difficulties.

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Then those nearest to them, those who are

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nearest to them in iman, and so on

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and so forth.

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A person will be tried in accordance to

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the level of deen, the level of iman

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that the person has.

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Allah will never test you beyond what you

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are capable of.

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And know that if Allah ﷻ has tested

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you with a matter, Allah ﷻ tested you

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with the wisdom behind it, that you are

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capable, and you can fully overcome that difficulty.

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A person will be tried in accordance to

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the level of their religion.

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If a person is very firm in their

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deen, they're consistent in the masjid, they're consistent

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in the circles of knowledge, they're consistent in

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remembering Allah ﷻ, and their religion is very

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strong, Allah says, the Prophet ﷺ said, his

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tests will become more and more severe.

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And if he is very brittle with regards

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to his religion, he will be tried in

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accordance to the level of his religion, of

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his iman.

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The Prophet ﷺ said, those tests will continue

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to go and continue to stay until a

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person is walking on the face of this

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earth, and he does not have any sins

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upon him.

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Allah will continue to test a person to

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purify him, and continue to test him to

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elevate him, not to harm him.

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In another hadith of the Prophet ﷺ, hadith

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of Suhaib ibn Sandan, may Allah be pleased

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with him, The Prophet ﷺ said, He said,

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how wonderful is the matter of a believer,

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for indeed the matter of a believer, or

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the affairs of the believer, all of it

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is in good.

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And it is very important, he said, this

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does not go for anyone but a believer.

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Not just anyone, only a believer.

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If prosperity comes to him, he thanks Allah

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ﷻ, or she thanks Allah ﷻ, and that

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is good for him or her.

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And if difficulty comes upon them, they are

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patient, they are steadfast, and they continue to

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hold strong to the Deen of Allah, and

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he said that is good for them.

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Brothers and sisters in Islam, if you are

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tested in any way, regardless of how difficult

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that test is, always remember that Allah ﷻ

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is all wise.

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Always remember that Allah ﷻ is all merciful.

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Always remember that Allah ﷻ is all knowing.

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If He is all wise, there is obviously

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wisdom behind testing you.

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And what is wisdom in general?

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How can we even define wisdom?

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Wisdom is to put the right thing in

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the right place at the right time.

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That is wisdom.

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And Allah ﷻ is complete in wisdom.

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And so if it is happening to you

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at this point in your life, there is

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wisdom behind it.

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Allah ﷻ is all merciful.

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So along with that wisdom, there is mercy

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in it.

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And He is merciful upon you, upon your

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family, and everyone else that is afflicted by

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that test.

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Even the animals and the insects, how they

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are afflicted, Allah ﷻ even takes them into

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consideration and puts them into the equation and

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has mercy upon them as well.

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So He is all merciful and He will

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not harm anyone in any way.

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Rather, Allah ﷻ looks for an excuse to

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admit someone into Jannah.

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A person remembered Allah ﷻ, remembered the greatness

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of Allah ﷻ and shed one tear and

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Allah ﷻ gave him Jannah because of one

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tear.

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And He is all-knowing.

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You may say, why did this test come

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now?

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Why is this happening now in my life,

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in my business, in my family?

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Why now?

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Allah knows the past, the present, the future,

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the impossible.

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If it was to be possible, the outcome

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of that, Allah ﷻ has full knowledge of

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your situation and every other person in this

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world.

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Allah says in the Qur'an, أَلَا يَعْلَمُ

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مَنْ خَلَقَ The One who created you, the

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One who sustains you, the One who fashioned

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you.

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Is He not fully aware of everything that's

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happening in this world?

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Rather, He is.

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So if you put these three attributes of

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Allah, and we can mention so many more,

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wisdom, why is this happening?

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Allah has wisdom in it.

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Allah would not do it without wisdom.

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So then you get patience.

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Why is this happening now?

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Allah ﷻ is merciful.

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Allah ﷻ, I pray to Allah ﷻ, I

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beg Allah ﷻ, I come to the masjid,

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I try my best, although we are weak

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and we make sin, I try my best

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to be the best person I can, and

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Allah knows my heart, and Allah knows I

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want good.

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So Allah looks at me with mercy, and

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I know Allah ﷻ is all-merciful, so

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therefore there is mercy in this test that's

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happening.

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Allah is all-knowing.

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Maybe there are certain angles of this test

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that I'm not looking at in the right

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way, but Allah ﷻ knows of the seen

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and the unseen, and how it will impact

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my life 20 years from now, and maybe

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the lessons that I will learn will help

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the whole ummah, or maybe the whole community,

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and I will get the reward for it,

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for being patient, and as a result, it

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will help me for my akhira.

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Allah is all-knowing, so it gives you

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patience in this dunya, and during those tests.

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There's a very beautiful hadith of the Prophet

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ﷺ, that he said, Allah gives this world

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to those who love and those who don't

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love.

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Allah ﷻ, He gives this worldly life, all

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the riches that you see, all the glamour

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and beauty, Prophet ﷺ said, He gives it

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to whom He loves and whom He does

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not love.

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A person doesn't make one sujood their whole

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life, and Allah will give them their whole

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dunya and what's in it.

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And a person makes sujood night and day,

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and is worshipping Allah, and crying to Allah,

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and Allah ﷻ gives them something very minimal.

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Because the skill, the skill is not how

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much dunya you have.

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Allah gives the dunya to whom He loves

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and whom He doesn't love.

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وَإِنَّمَا يُعْتِي الْإِيمَانُ وَالدِّينُ مَنْ أَحَبُّ He only

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gives this iman and the religion to only

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those who He loves.

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He just doesn't give it to anyone because

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it is very precious.

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He only gives it to those whom He

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loves.

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فَإِنْ أَعْتَى اللَّهُ لَعَبْدَ الْإِيمَانُ وَالدِّينُ فَقَدْ أَحَبَّهُ

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If Allah ﷻ has given you iman and

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given you the deen, regardless of how difficult,

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how much difficulty you're going through, regardless of

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how long it's been, always remember that so

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long as you have iman and you are

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holding on to the deen, Prophet ﷺ said

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Allah loves you.

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And if we know Allah loves us, then

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that difficulty becomes ease.

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Knowing that the Creator is pleased with you.

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Knowing that the Creator is aware of exactly

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what's happening in your life.

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Knowing that the Creator tested you and can

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take away that test in a matter of

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seconds.

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Knowing that the Creator is always there and

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always listening to your du'as.

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Knowing all of this brings ease and comfort

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to the heart.

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And through these hadith of the Prophet ﷺ,

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we find ease in them.

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And we're able to keep strong.

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