Shadee Elmasry – Purification and Prayer Class #1 1of2

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The importance of the title " handy" in Islam is discussed, with one speaker emphasizing the need for salt and saltwater for digestion. The speaker also discusses the importance of praying and showing actual experiences during prayer to prove oneself to Allah. The importance of worship in shaping one's behavior and worship is emphasized, along with the need for faith in oneself to avoid mistakes and show actual experiences during prayer. The speaker emphasizes the importance of showing one's actions as evidence of one's success and the need for faith in oneself to avoid mistakes.

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			You thinking about Allah subhanaw
taala so you have amplified the
		
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			heavens, okay? Hamdulillah you
don't say 100 Allah for another
		
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			you hamdulillah for some things in
the dunya right? So you focusing
		
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			on dunya
		
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			and you making it good, but Subhan
Allah puts the focus on the
		
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			heavens, and how much greater are
the heavens than the Earth?
		
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			Alright, so it fills up what is
between the heavens and the earth,
		
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			because now you realize, I'm not
alone. We're not alone during
		
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			work. There's a massive world
above us. And there's a massive
		
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			world above us. So
		
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			we're merely passers by. Now
prayer is a light.
		
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			Prayer has a light for an obvious
reason. Whoever is whoever makes
		
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			dua, at any moment that you make
dua, you are given a light
		
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			commensurate with the intensity of
your dog,
		
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			a light commensurate with the
intensity of your joy. Okay, so
		
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			someone makes into, we're not
talking about the beauty of the
		
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			words. We're not talking about the
perfection of the Arabic. We're
		
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			not talking about.
		
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			The eloquence of the dog, we're
talking about the desperation.
		
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			Nobody talks about the length,
		
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			not the length, the length is
good, or the lessons make much
		
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			remembrance of Allah. But we're
not even talking about length.
		
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			We're talking about desperation.
Some people, they have this thing,
		
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			where they take their work ethic,
		
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			a positive work ethic, but they
misconstrue it and treat Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala like that. So you
come to your dad and you ask for
		
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			money. Your dad says, Look, son,
you need to start working on your
		
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			own. You go to your friend, he
says stop asking meds are working
		
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			on your own. You go to this
person, you go to this, and they
		
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			start giving you this message,
right? Fine. If human beings will
		
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			give you that message. And you're
gonna say to so far, I'm not going
		
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			to ask. Okay, even though there's
nothing wrong with asking because
		
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			when you ask someone else give
suck. When you ask someone learns
		
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			about your state, so don't think
that asking is wrong. But human
		
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			beings, they don't like someone
who had to push him away. So that
		
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			person will learn let me do it on
my own. Right? With Allah is
		
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			supposed to be the opposite. It's
not supposed to be like that.
		
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			You're not supposed to say, Oh
Allah, you gave me skills. I'm
		
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			gonna do this on my own. No,
you're supposed to act on your own
		
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			which you're supposed to continue
to pray with desperation. Now. So
		
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			much so, so much so the Prophet
peace be upon him said, if you're
		
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			gonna buy a set of laces for your
sandals, a strap for your sandals,
		
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			pray to Rocco's
		
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			prophet was trying to show us
okay. The degree to which we
		
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			should ask that we should never be
in a state of feeling like, I want
		
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			to do it alone, as if I don't want
to burden of US economy. As if
		
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			Allah is gonna he wants you to be
self sufficient. No, it's the
		
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			exact opposite. Allah wants you to
constantly be in need. Okay,
		
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			Prophet Ibrahim alayhi salam, he
went around and he looked for
		
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			food. He couldn't find food. So
you want to take loans from
		
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			people. No one was there to give
him a loan, or the 10th person he
		
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			asked him, the guy who gave him
food, and Ibrahim will pay him
		
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			back later. So finally, probably
not even sitting there eating
		
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			food. And Allah subhana says, Why
are you eating your dinner so
		
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			late? So Prophet Ibrahim says to
him, I didn't have anyone to give
		
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			me the food. No one would lend me
food. And he brought an Allah says
		
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			him and I'm not your friend. He
said yes, but majesty, I can't.
		
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			You're the king of kings.
		
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			He said, Ibrahim asked me for
everything. Even if you need more
		
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			salt.
		
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			So food is a necessity. Right? You
can argue Okay, ask a lot because
		
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			reason says saltwater necessity.
It's a love. It's not a it's an
		
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			additional thing. Right? So it
says Ask me even if you need more
		
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			salt. So everything we have to
turn to Allah and whoever is not
		
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			turning to Allah subhanaw taala is
a big problem, too big trouble,
		
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			okay, because he's not. He's
thinking you can do it on his own.
		
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			What is Allah said, Fine. Do it on
your own.
		
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			Do it. Take what you want. If
that's what you want, then do it.
		
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			Someone saying well
		
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			I have enough let me leave the
door out for the poor, you think
		
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			there's going to be traffic jam in
the heavens? For dua that only
		
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			that leave it for the poor? No.
		
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			So what about someone who has a
lot, and he's very good at dog and
		
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			the poor person doesn't have a
lot. So he has to make dua. So
		
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			you're going to start thinking,
well, in that case, these people
		
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			they have a lot and they have
access to a lot at the same time.
		
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			And then the rich may be thinking,
well, we have Allah give us a lot
		
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			of dunya. So we don't need to
focus on spirituality, but it'd be
		
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			pointless. No, this is Allah has a
distributed things the way he's
		
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			distributed them. Right? And we
have to take advantage of
		
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			everything that he's offered. So
for in the intensity of the prayer
		
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			directly, a light comes down,
okay, directly a light comes down.
		
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			There was a boy, actually, there
was a boy whose father was a great
		
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			preacher. And this boy, Allah
subhanaw, taala, gave him cash. It
		
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			allowed him to see certain things
that were unseen to everyone else.
		
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			So this boy saw an angel coming
down on his father, okay. And
		
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			encouraging him in the in the
speech, he's given this previous
		
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			preaching, and he the voice
seasoning, before coming down,
		
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			encouraging, telling you words,
tell him look at this person, talk
		
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			about this, talk about that. And
he's given even the man himself
		
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			doesn't know this has happened.
Right? So He's his father.
		
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			What is that? How do you how do
you prepare your speech? He says,
		
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			Well, I prepare. And then when I
go up there, I don't know what
		
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			happens. I just putting stuff out
there. And Allah gives me
		
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			inspires, he says, Do you make a
drug before you pray? He says,
		
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			Yes, I always pray that Allah
sends me a force to help me speak
		
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			well to the beat. So he says,
Because Allah I see, in a heavenly
		
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			been coming down helping you
telling you look here, look at
		
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			this man. Remember, when this man
he has a problem talking about
		
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			this verse, literally telling him
what to have with this design, and
		
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			the guys doing everything. So just
from that draw, very simple draw
		
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			out that he makes prayer as a
charity is approved. This is
		
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			really important, because a lot of
people have doubts in their head.
		
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			A lot of people don't feel their
event at all. They don't feel
		
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			their event. So charity, Allah
subhanaw taala has given us the
		
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			physical act that we could do to
prove that we have met or to prove
		
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			that we want, amen. Okay, and that
Allah will give it to us. So what
		
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			the what is, he has his charter.
So charity is of several types.
		
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			There's charity,
		
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			that's known, which is money. It's
the highest level. There's another
		
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			type of charity, time, time is the
time to check. Someone's talking
		
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			to you and you want to go
elsewhere. Right? At the end of
		
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			the day, at six o'clock, someone
calls you on the phone, you really
		
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			just want to get in the car and go
home. Charity if the time charity
		
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			of your time, there's charity of
muscles, someone's talking to you
		
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			smile back, talk to smile back.
All of this is charity. Okay,
		
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			prayer is charity to how to
charity of your time as well,
		
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			because I didn't have any thought
of said Salah is this account of
		
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			time, people why don't mostly
people don't pray, they don't pray
		
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			because something tells them they
have to go. So those skip the
		
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			summers are the only two two
Sundays. Okay, and we'll head off.
		
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			So charity
		
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			is in every stripe, there's a
charity, every every money, close.
		
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			How is closed, it's a charity to
you, if you're if you're going to
		
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			visit someone, okay? Sister,
there's
		
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			this is something, you got to
assess who you're going to visit.
		
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			Because sometimes you need to
dress down. And that's a charity,
		
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			because you're going to be seen,
but you're dressing down so that
		
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			this person that you visit doesn't
feel bad, and that this person has
		
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			kids don't sit there and like oh
my god, this guy not going on dad.
		
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			Right? This is a charity. Okay to
do these physical acts or a proof
		
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			to Allah that you want, amen. And
that Allah will give it to you.
		
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			Okay, so we got to prove with our
actions. Someone who has a doubt,
		
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			simple, give sadaqa to domestic,
give sadaqa to someone poor, give
		
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			out your money, Allah will see
that they'll fill your heart with
		
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			the man.
		
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			You want him then spend time in
the mystery. Spend time and your
		
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			prayer man. Allah sees the time
that you're giving out. He's going
		
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			to fill your heart with you men
don't think it's going to be the
		
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			opposite. It's not like when Allah
gives me men, that I'm going to
		
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			act No, it's the opposite. When I
act and show ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada
		
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			that I want this, then he's going
to give it to me, and then it's
		
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			going to come easy to them.
Alright, so there's gotta be a
		
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			sense of struggle to prove
yourself to Allah subhanaw taala
		
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			now patience is brightness. How is
patient's brightness? A subtle
		
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			Dianna
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala he
		
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			He was our hearts. And our hearts
are like mirrors Prophet said
		
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			they're like, it's like a mirror.
But he also said that for every
		
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			wrong action, we do a black spot
goes on,
		
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			like sparkles. So then that mirror
becomes cluttered up with dark
		
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			spots. So then how does it look
clean this out? He tells us he
		
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			teaches us the worship is the act
of worship. We do these acts of
		
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			worship, okay? When we do these
acts of worship,
		
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			when we clean off our hearts,
every time we sit for thicket,
		
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			every time we sit for Jamar will
do anything. You know, here's the
		
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			problem, though.
		
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			When do you stop an act of
worship?
		
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			Stop when you get tired, right? So
you might actually get tired and
		
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			you got too tired to clean off all
the wrongs that you did. Because
		
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			wrongs are easy. Worship is hard.
So by nature, the wrongs that you
		
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			do will be more than the worship
that you do. Okay? Most cases,
		
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			that's how it is. So Allah
subhanaw taala, he sees your
		
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			effort trying to clean off your
sins. He takes over. How does he
		
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			take over the cleaning? Right? He
starts cleaning up himself.
		
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			sicknesses, poverty, deaths,
insults, loss of honor.
		
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			Even from a papercut car accident,
fender, Bender, annoying person,
		
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			all of these things, right are
ways in which Allah is.
		
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			Allah is better to clean you than
you clean yourself. Because Allah
		
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			is not going to stop. Right? He's
not going to stop. You see people
		
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			with cancer. How do you know what
that person did? He needs it.
		
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			Right? He needs cancer to clean
him out. All of his worship would
		
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			not have cleaned out the wrong
line and out the wrongs that he
		
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			did. Against How about other
people? Allah Even good people who
		
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			say Okay, great people out there,
they don't do anymore because why
		
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			do they still suffer? Well,
easily. Allah subhana wa Tada. You
		
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			worshipped and you got yourself
here. Allah wants you up there.
		
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			But you're ever can't get you
there. So what happens? He causes
		
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			people to backlight you, causes
people to insult you so many
		
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			people say, Why are so many
righteous people insulted because
		
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			they their worship got them here.
But Allah was so pleased with
		
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			them. He wants them here. So he
caused people to back by this
		
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			person to say bad things about him
so that he gets more reward, and
		
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			more read
		
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			all that stuff. So but here's the
key though. Allah Spano Tata in
		
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			Washington,
		
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			you have the ability to push away
this and
		
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			I was watching your heart off, you
have the ability to push him away.
		
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			How do you do that?
		
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			By rejecting what's happening by
being in a state of rejection
		
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			about what is happening, okay? We
push it Allah away.
		
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			And on top of that, we still
suffer. So the cancer won't go
		
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			away. But you're so angry at ALLAH
SubhanA, WA, tada, you're still
		
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			going to have the cancer, and
you're not going to get purified.
		
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			Allah created you in a form. Allah
created you with a family that you
		
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			don't like.
		
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			If you're patient, you benefit
from it spiritually. If you reject
		
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			it, and you're constantly angry,
constantly bitter, constantly
		
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			upset about focusing on the
negative, what have you done,
		
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			you've pushed away the divine him
and pushed away as him. You don't
		
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			want him to clean you. So what do
you have to have patience, just
		
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			like a doctor, the doctor here to
help you. But it hurts. Right? If
		
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			you push away his hand, he's not
going to serve you anymore. And
		
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			you're going to still be in pain.
Right? You're still going to be in
		
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			pain. The doctor is going to help
you. You'd have to be patient and
		
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			allow him to operate upon. This is
Allah subhana wa Tada with his
		
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			tribulation. Love brings
tribulation, don't push it away,
		
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			keep it let it stay, it's going to
hurt, but the outcome is going to
		
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			be much better. Just like if
anyone's ever had internal
		
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			bleeding in certain parts of the
limbs, particularly the fingers,
		
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			the head, the feet, internal
bleeding, there's nowhere for the
		
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			blood to go. So the blood gets
stuck in a certain part of the
		
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			body. That point it causes a lot
of pain. But what does the doctor
		
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			have to do to alleviate that
pressure? He's got to literally
		
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			punctured the skin or the bone
even. Sometimes they have to
		
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			puncture the skull to get that
blood out. Okay? It's going to be
		
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			very painful. process can be very
painful. But if you if you let it
		
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			go and push the doctors head it's
going to be worse. So tribulation
		
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			is a big hammer when it washes it
off.