Shadee Elmasry – How Shaytan Tricks You (Avoid doing this!)

			The Devil's playbook entry number
three, whatever the prophetic path
		

			is IBLEES promotes the opposite,
and then covers it up with the
		

			virtue. That's a summary of the
devil's playbook. He promotes the
		

			opposite of what Allah and His
Messenger have taught us in the
		

			city on the dean. And then he
covers it up in a virtue to make
		

			you think you're doing something
good. Here's an example. You
		

			mentioned something discouraged,
such as what such as leaning
		

			against the wall at Jamal coming
to Juma in grungy clothes. Some
		

			people come in their pajamas in
the summertime flip flops pajamas
		

			in a T shirt. He just woke up. He
had his waffles. Maybe he brushed
		

			his teeth, who knows. And he came
to the masjid in his flip flops
		

			and his plaid pajamas and an
undershirt. Now, as this stuff is
		

			not funny, says my crew. It's not
cute. It's my crew. You would not
		

			go to anyone's house like this,
let alone Allah's house when the
		

			Prophet said Joomla put on your
best of clothes. Because it's not
		

			enforced. People don't take it
seriously. I wish I had 100%
		

			absolute control over Joomla I'll
send you back. No, I'd send you
		

			back. Don't you're not attending.
Oh, you're not allowed to Yes, I'm
		

			allowed to 100% It's an epidemic.
We got to do something about this.
		

			Go back home and change. Or I give
you a soap. How's that? That's
		

			more diplomatic and political
politically, right here. Take this
		

			Turkish Juba, put it on so you can
respect yourself. Take drama. I
		

			take it seriously. Like an in the
opera. These opera singers will be
		

			so demoralized. The day that
people start coming in drowned in
		

			like this in a Joma awareness PJs.
What is this? There's no respect.
		

			No people don't respect their own.
Everyone respects his profession,
		

			right? And you demand respect to
your profession. I would send you
		

			I want to have bouncers all along.
I'll call them ushers all along
		

			the wall. Get up, get up. Are you
handicapped, there's chairs over
		

			there for the handicapped? Are you
sick, there's chairs over there,
		

			get up, sit up in the rows,
everyone fill up in the rows,
		

			anyone's on their phone? He's
gotten a little stick, tap, tap,
		

			tap, put your phone away. You can
go to a Broadway show right now.
		

			And if you get caught doing this
and they're just singing Lion King
		

			and other songs like that, they're
going to tell you to stop. Why is
		

			it that they have far more respect
for their profession, singing
		

			songs, and we have for the deen of
Allah. That's a command from
		

			Allah, this what's going to save
us is because we have this cheap
		

			mentality. We just begging for
people to come now I'm not begging
		

			to come there's a lot of mosques,
go to another restaurant. There's
		

			a lot of mosques not begging for
anyone to come. We're like
		

			begging, we're just so happy you
showed up. You know what people
		

			actually like other things that
demand respect. They respect what
		

			demands respect. Now I'll tell you
what people say, Oh, come on, at
		

			least they're showing up. So I'll
tell you why this is a false
		

			approach. Number one, it makes the
mediocre, acceptable. You are
		

			accepting of mediocrity. Secondly,
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
		

			salam said, compare upwards in
matters of Deen compared downwards
		

			in matters of dunya. If you buy a
new car, don't go around looking
		

			at other wonderful cars. And then
regretting what you have. In
		

			matters of the dunya of this
world, what you have you compare
		

			down, if somebody gives you
dinner, just some rice and
		

			vegetables, you think about those
who don't even have rice, those
		

			who don't even have food at all.
You compare down in matters of the
		

			world, and you compare up in
matters of religion. So if someone
		

			was to say something like this,
well, well, at least they show up.
		

			What did you just do you compare
down? So you've rendered what God
		

			has made discouraged, to be
acceptable? That's the problem.
		

			Now, here's when you don't compare
up. You don't compare up when
		

			someone did something
praiseworthy. So a child comes in
		

			and says, you know, this happens
all the time father comes up and
		

			says, Son, my son memorized for
suitors of Quran that you don't
		

			compare down and say only for
Sudha. So he's half your age and
		

			you memorize for just know that's,
that's, that would be wrong. He's
		

			memorized for so what is this?
Good? So the benchmark here of one
		

			to compare up and when to compare
down? Is, are they doing something
		

			good? Or is it mcru or haram? Or
worthy of blame? If Allah made it
		

			blameworthy? Why are you making
them and giving them an out?
		

			That's the question. Allah made it
blameworthy. Don't give them an
		

			out. Context is a different thing.
Context is a whole different
		

			thing. Brand new Muslim, for
example. Yeah, that's there's
		

			context here. So the context that
I'm talking about are people who
		

			know better. That's the context.
The context is very important. You
		

			have a brand new Muslim, brand
new, newly repentant, Muslim,
		

			newly repentant, most of Allah. So
you're lucky he's in the masjid.
		

			That's there's context to the
context is you've been 20 years
		

			Muslim and you've been coming to
and leaning for 20 years and
		

			coming in your pjs for 20 years.
There's a different excuse, right?
		

			It's a totally different context.
So that
		

			That's where Be careful of
shaytans tricks. And shaytaan will
		

			trick parents to parents or
liaison or even though sometimes
		

			districts aren't, I think it's
just people. They want to avoid
		

			resistance. And if they have a kid
who needs a push all the time,
		

			they want to avoid the resistance.
So how do they make giving up
		

			looked good? is by comparing down?
Well, at least he's not into
		

			drugs. Yeah, he sometimes skips
his prayers, and he gets C's. And
		

			sometimes he's just spends the
whole night on his phone, but at
		

			least he's not in drugs. This is
terrible. Like you're you're
		

			basically giving yourself an out
to be lazy, justifying laziness.
		

			Remember what we're saying here,
we're saying things that are
		

			agreed upon discouraged, for a
person who doesn't have an excuse.
		

			That's the context, it's agreed
upon to be blameworthy behavior.
		

			For a person whose context does
not give him an excuse. There are
		

			contexts that give you an excuse,
as we set a brand new Muslim
		

			Hamdulillah that even took shahada
let alone, you know, come in with
		

			earrings, ripped, ripped jeans,
who cares, right, you shaking your
		

			head is the most important thing.
So context is here is important.
		

			This is the problem with comparing
down IBLEES then makes you feel
		

			that you know, the Merciful One
makes you feel you're considerate.
		

			And that's why I said the devil's
playbook is to take the exact
		

			opposite of what Allah and His
Messenger call for, but yet cover
		

			it up in mercy sauce, cover it up
in a virtue. This is exactly what
		

			Nietzsche said about the
Christians, when he said that
		

			Christians say turn the other
cheek, and they don't fight and
		

			everything. And he said, this is
nothing other than cowardice and
		

			weakness covered up in a virtue,
it's a false virtue. So remember,
		

			her dad says, The virtue that's
out of place becomes blameworthy,
		

			a virtue that is out of place, and
that's something that we have to
		

			be very careful about here.