Suhaib Webb – The Foundations of Taqwa in Sura AlJumu’a wImam Suhaib

Suhaib Webb
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The speakers discuss the importance of building a foundation for Islam, including the choice to pursue it in one's life and the importance of understanding the meaning of "meditation" and taking risks. They stress the need to be mindful of one's actions and not to feel burdened with them, as well as the importance of recognizing the sacred power and the holy spirit in one's faith. The speakers also touch on issues of practical and theoretical issues, including theering of the holy Bible and the importance of learning and practicing to improve one's life. They provide free scholarship for a school for a lifetime and encourage listeners to visit their website for educational opportunities.
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All the way from Malaysia. Everyone, let us

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know where you're at, you know, where you're

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where you're watching from, inshallah. That's always extremely

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exciting.

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And I see that B. Kareem, one of

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our best, most amazing instructors at Swiss

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is Masha Allah in the house, Alhamdulillah.

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First of all,

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ask Allah

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to bless each and every one of you,

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Chi Town, Australia.

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Wow. Australia, I think is the farthest so

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far we've seen. Nebraska. What's up, Nebraska? Jersey

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City,

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right across the street, Masha'Allah.

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Las Vegas, Nevada. SubhanAllah,

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the Shai

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from Kosovo.

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Masha'Allah,

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Allahu Akbar,

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That's incredible, man. That is absolutely incredible. The

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UK is in the house.

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Alhamdulillah,

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First and foremost, a blessed

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Ramadan. Nigeria,

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to everybody.

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Saudi Arabia, Al Mamlaka,

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Mashallah,

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Al Hejaz, Alhamdulillah, Al Jazeera, Al Jaziratul Arabyya,

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Mashallah.

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A blessed Ramadan

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to each and every one of you,

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Ask Allah

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to

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make this a month of transformation

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for all of us

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and and a blessing.

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I wanted to share with you

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some thoughts, masha'Allah,

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from Surat Al Jumuah,

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because this is the day of Jumuah,

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masha'Allah.

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Well, we just finished the day of Jumu'ah.

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And this

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day

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is a day that actually reminds us of

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another gathering. So this is called Jumu'at suhra.

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And then when we meet Allah

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it is called Jumu'at

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al Kubra.

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It's a great gathering.

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So the day of Jumu'ah actually is meant

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to remind us of the hereafter.

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And just as

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we gather together in nice clothing,

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and we have

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the light in our faces.

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We will be reminded on the day when

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we meet

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under

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the

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And

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this chapter actually

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provides us what are called

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The foundations

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of this relationship with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

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that is necessary

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for us to have the revival of Islam.

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We have to begin to think about Islam

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as a revival,

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and the revival of the Muslim Ummah

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of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. This

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is very important that Islam becomes

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what motivates us,

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what pushes us, what we live for is

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for Allah.

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And until we do that, insha'Allah, we will

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continue to

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to go through difficulties,

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As Sayedna Umar used to say, we

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are a people that Islam bring brought,

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Alhamdulillah,

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respect to.

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So in Suratul Jumu'ah, we find the foundations

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Alhamdulillah

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of this reform.

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Those who are on the sayer to Allah,

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the

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of Allah.

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And

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Sheikh Ahmed ad Dardir,

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Rahim Ohola,

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he defines

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this path to Allah,

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ista'a to

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That the path to Allah is very simple,

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To obey Allah and oppose the nafs.

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To obey Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, and oppose

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evil.

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Allah

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begins in this chapter. He says

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And so to Jumaa, after

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actually is an imperfect verb.

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And what that means, it has no ending,

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alhamdulillah.

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And you've noticed perhaps in the Quran

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that sometimes this incredible action of glorifying

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Allah,

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as the prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam said

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very beautifully

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that

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The Prophet said that when you say SubhanAllah

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and you say Alhamdulillah,

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you

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feel the scales of the heavens,

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subhanallah,

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with with this khair.

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So Allah says,

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you said

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That everything in the heavens and the earth

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is constantly glorifying Allah

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without an ending, subhan

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SubhanAllah.

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Allah says that you don't understand the way

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that the other creatures around you are making

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tasbih

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of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. But also we

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find in the Quran something really cool, and

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that is that it's used in the past

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tense, Surat Al Hadid

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and Surat Al Hashar.

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Allah

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says

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That everything has praised Allah.

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So some of our teachers said that Allah

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mentions his glory in the past

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and his glory in the present and in

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the future, as if to say that there

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is not a moment

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in existence,

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except that creation

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is glorifying Allah

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And that brings us as human beings.

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Allah

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says, So the birds,

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the skies,

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the atoms, the molecules,

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everything, subhanAllah,

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is saying subhanAllah, except this human being.

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This human being has the choice because Allah

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ordered us,

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you must glorify the name of your Lord.

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SubhanAllah.

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And Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says to say,

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Nabi, salallahu alayhi wa sallam,

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So between all of the creation around us,

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which is in a state of glorifying Allah

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Allah gave us the choice.

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Everything was presented distrust and it refused. Even

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the heavens and the mountains, but human beings

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took this trust. That trust is zikr of

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Allah, in Ma'rif of Allah, and Ibadatullah.

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So the first quality what we're talking about

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for those of you who joined us, are

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qualities that can allow us to live a

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life of faith and devotion.

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Qualities that we should inculcate now if we

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want to experience the revival of Islam in

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our lives.

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And the first is dhikr.

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The first is the remembrance of Allah.

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Allah who

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says

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remember me, I will remember you.

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And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,

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do not be from the negligent. Don't be

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from those who, subhanAllah,

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were negligent of Allah's remembrance.

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says,

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remember your Lord if you forgot him.

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SubhanAllah.

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So the first is super easy to start

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the path to Allah.

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To become a person on Surat al Mustaqim.

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To become a serious Muslim

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is to engage in dhikr,

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remembrance.

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And the best dhikr we can say is

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la ilaha illallah, after the Quran, of course.

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But not everybody can read the Quran. Right?

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So sometimes they feel intimidated, which is okay.

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That's not a bad thing. That's being honest,

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But everybody can say,

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There's no God except Allah.

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The prophet

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said,

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he said the best thing that I and

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any of the prophets before me said is,

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So this is the first quality. For those

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of you who are really listening,

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If you really want to experience a transformative

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Ramadan,

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this is the first thing you're gonna start

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to work on is to say, la ilaha

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illallah

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as you can.

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The prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said,

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Whoever dies and they know well,

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they'll enter Jannah.

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There are 2 etiquettes of dhikr that we

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want to think about. Number 1 is understanding

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the meaning. Masha Allah. People are typing it

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in the chat box.

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The first is to think about the meaning

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of

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and the second is to contextualize

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it within our own lives.

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As one of our teachers said,

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The remembrance of Allah and the recitation of

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the Quran

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meets

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with our situations in life.

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Maybe some people, especially we have a lot

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of people who've embraced Islam, Alhamdulillah, over the

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last few weeks, and they cannot say La

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Ilahi Illallah. You can also say Allah,

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Allah,

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Allah.

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And it's actually unfortunate

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that some people have actually said,

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saying the name of Allah is Bida.

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You Allah. Like, what happened to the Muslim

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Ummah? That now even they're fighting over this

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the name of their Lord to say to

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make zikr with the name of Allah.

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When Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in

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the Quran,

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remember the name of your lord. What is

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the name of our lord? Allah orders us,

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you must remember

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the name of your Lord.

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What is the name of our Lord? Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala. So here in the Quran

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it's very clear.

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And this is a sign that we have

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become lost. We are like Simba on the

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lion king. We look

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in the water and we see a pig,

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but we are the greatest Ummah.

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We look in the water and we see

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a defeated people. We are

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We look in the water and we see

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a sinner, but Allah

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We forgot who we are

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because we forgot our deen.

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And the reason that we forgot our deen

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is we forgot to mention

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That's why

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I used to tell some of my students

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that

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excuse me, that remembrance

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causes us to think.

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And when we think about what we say,

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this leads to cognition and understanding.

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And knowing leads to action.

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And acting leads to you seeing Allah Subhanahu

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wa ta'ala guiding you in your life. You

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gotta take some risks.

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And when we see Allah's guidance in our

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life,

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this causes us to love Allah.

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And the love of Allah

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only causes one thing to happen, and that's

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Jannah.

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So the first quality that we wanna think

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about as we go through Ramadan, because maybe

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we feel burdened, maybe there's a lot going

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on, people have finals. May Allah make your

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exams easier for you Insha'Allah.

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Myself, I have a small child. You know,

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it's difficult. Right before iftar, my 2 year

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old daughter was like,

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park,

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park.

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You know, right before iftar, you basically feel

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like, man, I just want to wait.

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Just want to wait.

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Just want

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to wait. But my my 2 year old,

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she came to me, said, Baba,

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well, I'll I'll bark

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Park.

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I want to go to the park, say,

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You Allah. So we took her to the

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park, man.

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Almost passed out at the park. You know

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what I mean?

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So we all, like we all feel, you

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know, sometimes the struggle to maintain the worship

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in Ramadan, and that's for a very important

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reason that we'll talk about later.

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But a man, he came to the prophet

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because maybe some of you you're like, man,

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I'm not really that good of a Muslim,

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you know, I'm struggling to get it right.

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My family may have not like furnished these

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things for me. That's okay. We still love

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you. You're still part of our family. My

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family didn't even believe in Allah.

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But a man, he came to the prophet

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in a sound narration, and he said and

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he became Muslim in Medina.

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And he said, oh, messenger of Allah,

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the Sharia has become diff he became Muslim

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in Mecca. He said, oh, messenger of Allah,

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alayhi salatu salam.

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The Sharia is difficult.

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Like it used to be easy but now

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it's a lot to do.

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Is there something that you can show me

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that if I do it,

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I I can, like, you know, make up

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for those things. And the prophet said, keep

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your speech

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busy with the remembrance of Allah.

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So the first step, minusool and wussool,

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is The second insult to Jummah Masha'Allah

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Al Madikil Qudusil

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Azzizil Hakim.

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Allah mentions these names, Al Merik,

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Al Qudus,

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Al Aziz,

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Al Hakim, and there's a reason why each

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one of these is mentioned,

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because when we know that Allah is Al

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Malik,

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the one who controls all things, and He's

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Ma'lik,

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the one who controls the micro and the

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macro,

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Then I realized

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I'm owned by

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Allah.

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Allah says that he purchased our lives and

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our property

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to people of iman.

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The next is thank

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you,

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Sadim for helping out and and and typing

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notes. May Allah bless you. Imagine Sadim, every

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letter you get,

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you're getting a lot of.

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Is the sacred,

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the pure.

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And this is one of the important qualities

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that we have with Tawhid is to recognize

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that all power.

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Everything good, evil, bad, whatever comes my way

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is from Allah. Alhamdulillah.

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The second

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is that a Muslim has appreciation for the

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secular. The the the the the the the

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excuse me. That a Muslim has appreciation for

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the sacred,

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and runs in opposition

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to the sacred.

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Allah says, when I you are them, Shah,

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Allah, he for in

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Whoever honors the sacred things.

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This is a sign of taqwa. We live

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now in a society, in an age

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largely dominated by a predatory economic system,

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which is rooted in creating heathenry

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and ripping any notions of this the sacred

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from people's hearts.

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Because if people don't believe in the sacred,

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they become uncritical consumers,

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and they support the beast. They feed the

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beast.

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I remember when I lived in Boston, the

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mayor of Boston, he said, Masha'Allah,

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when the Muslims would go into neighborhoods, the

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crime rate would go down.

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That when the Muslims would go into neighborhoods,

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the liquor stores would be less.

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That when Muslims would move into labor,

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to to to neighborhoods,

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the predatory check cashing places on interest would

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shut down

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because a Muslim believes in the sacred. And

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that's why sometimes people hate us.

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They are envious of you because of what

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Allah has blessed you with. The ma'rifah

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of Allah

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and understanding that a faithful person has non

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negotiables.

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And when we say that Allah is,

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this means that we appreciate

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and honor

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his identification of what is obligatory

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to do as well as what Allah has

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defined as sinful behavior.

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Al Aziz Al Hakim, the powerful, the wise.

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So the second quality, Masha'Allah

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Masha'Allah,

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of the believer

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is what? Sadim can help me type it

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out, is Tawhid.

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And not not theoretical Tawhid. This is the

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problem of the Muslims now. Everybody online

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fighting

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about theoretical Tawhid.

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But where is the practical Tawhid?

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Where is the acting living tawhid of the

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prophets?

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We find people now arguing over very, very

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secondary issues

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where the Muslim world is rocked by dictators,

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illiteracy,

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the the continued

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Western Imperial

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engagement in the Muslim world economically,

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politically,

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militarily,

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and we have time to talk about theoretical

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issues. The Hindu Kush mountains

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are melting and farmers in Pakistan because of

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global

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the global

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climate crisis

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are not able, SubhanAllah, to even grow

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their crops. But you and I are arguing

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over

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theoretical issues.

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When people in the Muslim community feel alone

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and isolated,

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and that nobody cares for them,

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and you and I have time to talk

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about how we are arguing

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over secondary

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theoretical

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issues.

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What happened to this Ummah of the prophet

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Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam?

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Shahwali Allah dehluwee, the great scholar from Delhi,

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India. He said that the Sahaba in the

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Quran only asked the prophet 13 questions.

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It wasn't about all that.

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It was about handling business.

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It was about the the iman led to

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a revival in a person's personality.

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So the first quality, Masha'Allah,

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from the believers for Islamic revival in our

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lives

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is remembrance of Allah. The second is functional

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tawhid.

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And then what does Allah say?

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Pay attention, wallahi. This verse is incredible.

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says the third thing

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is he sent the messenger of Allah.

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Now we have some Muslims who will say,

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can I love the messenger of Allah too

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much? Is this shirk? You Allah.

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This is the same type of Muslim who

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says, can I say Allah, Allah, Allah? We

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don't hate these people also. We don't we

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don't wanna create more fitna, but we need

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to teach these people.

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We said it earlier, Allah says,

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Allah's name is Allah, and he orders me

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in the Quran Quran to remember his name,

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Khalas.

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How could anyone be worried about loving the

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messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam at

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too much?

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Allahu Akbar.

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When a man came to the prophet sallallahu

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alaihi wa sallam,

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and he said, you Rasulullah,

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when I'm with you, I'm so happy. And

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when I'm alone with my family, I feel

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sad because I realized I won't be with

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you in Jannah. I wrote a poem in

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Arabic about this.

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Ahmed.

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As I wrote in this poem, it has

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some mistakes because this one I was, you

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know, like first starting out in writing poetry

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in Arabic. It says

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what?

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That my heaven without you is *. You

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Allah.

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The prophet didn't tell him you love me

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too much, you should fear Allah, you should

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stay away from me.

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Sayedna Mohammed said,

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The person will be with who they love.

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So maybe I have sins.

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Maybe I have difficulties.

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Maybe I have shortcomings.

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As Ahmed Shawki said,

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Sayedna Shawqi said, I threw myself in front

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of the door of the head of the

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prophets. Meaning,

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my love of Sayidina Muhammad salallahu alaihi wasalam,

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insha Allah will carry me insha Allah to

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salvation and success.

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But Allah says the second the third thing

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is to have a relationship with the Prophet

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Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. The first, zikr. The second,

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tawhid.

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The third

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is to have an intimate relationship with Al

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Habib.

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And pay attention. Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala talks

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about the role of the prophet in our

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lives.

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That the prophet's job is to purify us,

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to recite the book and the ayat of

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Allah,

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to teach us the Quran

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and wisdom.

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Look. Actually, the prophet is the dua of

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Sayna Ibrahim alaihis salam, who said and his

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son, Ishmael.

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Sayna Ibrahim and Sayna Ismael said, oh, Allah,

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send to these Arabs

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a prophet

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who

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teach your book to them and wisdom and

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purify them. But Allah, he answered the dua,

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but look, he changed the order. Instead of

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talking about teaching

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and wisdom he starts with what?

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So he says you say

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so Allah

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He changed the order of the dua

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to show us the

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importance

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of So Allah

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says,

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you say him to teach us the book

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Pay attention to this now.

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The beginning of the verse that talks about

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Sayna Muhammad salallahu alaihi wasallam says that the

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prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam was sent to illiterate

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people. Illiterate people, of course, is like a

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physical

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a physical

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lack of knowledge.

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But then at the end of the verses

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says that internally also they were ignorant.

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Their inner state and their outer state is

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misguided

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until

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Allah symptoms Sayyidina Nabi

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So here we see something,

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that a relationship with a prophet is not

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only going to impact me in my spiritual

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situation,

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but also

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in my physical life.

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So the first three qualities of a person,

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Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

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is to say, La ilaha illallah, abundantly,

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functional toe hidden to avoid the differences amongst

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the Muslims. This is a waste of time.

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It's not changing anything.

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And the 3rd,

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Masha'Allah,

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thank you very much, is to have a

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relationship

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with Sayna Mohammed. My wife told me this

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too, Sayna Muhammed sallallahu

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alaihi wa sallam.

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The 4th

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is to remember death.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says

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very beautifully. Right?

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Sorry. The 4th is not to fall into

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cynicism,

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not to give up on the ummah of

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the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam.

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Allah

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Muhammad.

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So after talking about the Sahaba and the

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blessings of the Sahaba and the early Muslims,

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Allah talks about us.

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Because sometimes

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we find some irresponsible

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content providers

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telling Muslims of this age, you're the worst,

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you're evil, you're no good, you have no

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higher than

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you. But the prophet

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said

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Muslim.

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Whoever says the people are destroyed is destroyed.

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Also. Cynicism

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towards Muslims.

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And to fall into hating your fellow Muslim,

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and to have cynicism towards your fellow Muslims,

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is actually to be part of the extension

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of the colonial

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enterprise in Muslim lands.

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That posited and located the Muslim as someone

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backwards,

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as someone not worth loving, not someone being

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cared for. But to love a Muslim is

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actually an act of liberation.

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That's why the prophet called the love of

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each other,

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the spirit of Allah. Because just as the

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spirit of Allah brought life to Adam,

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the love we have for one another brings

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life to our hearts.

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So Allah mentions us in the Quran.

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That the later ummah will be united with

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the earlier ummah. When and where? At the

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of Sayna Muhammad

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So we should not fall into a cynicism

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and given up on one another, alhamdulillah,

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because Islam,

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Alhamdulillah, is this transformative power in our life.

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The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam in a good

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hadith, he said,

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that the later Ummah,

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right, my ummah is like rain. You don't

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know which one is the best, the beginning

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or the end.

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And the Prophet said about us,

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I would love to see

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our brothers and sisters.

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Are we not your brothers and sisters,

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No. No. You're you're my Sahaba, but they

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are the ones that will come after us,

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Allah. The Prophet said, I would love to

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see them.

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So the 4th quality is not to have

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any malice or hatred for Muslims.

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We may differ, we can actually differ, that's

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fine.

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But subhanAllah, how do we differ is very

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different than the rest of the world. So

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what are the qualities we talked about as

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we finished Insha'Allah?

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Number 1,

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the Zikr of Allah, La ilaha illallah.

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Number 2, functional tawhid.

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Number 3, a relationship with Sayna Nabi salallahu

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alaihi wa sallam. And number 4, love of

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the Ummah of the Prophet. As Sayyidina Imam

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Atahawi says, Al Mu'minu kullahu aulia ur Rahman.

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Sayyidina Imam Atahawi says, the believers, all of

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them

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are the auliya of the most merciful.

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The 5th quality

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is remembrance of death.

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It's important that we remember death because it

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helps locate us morally

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and centers us and brings vision to our

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lives.

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The prophet

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said, think about death

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frequently because it will destroy false pleasures.

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Sayna Umar ibn Abdul Aziz, when he would

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feel that he was negligent,

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he would, subhanAllah, go and sit in a

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in a in a grave

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and say, this

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this is where it's gonna matter, You Omar.

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This is where it's gonna matter.

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And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentions the communities

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that came before us,

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and how what led them to be corrupted

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was love of dunya

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and forgetting the hereafter.

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That their books they carried their books like

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donkeys carry books.

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The followers of Sayedna Musa alaihi salatu salaam.

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And what led to this corruption? Allah says,

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The death that you flee from,

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one day will meet you.

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And then you will be returned to the

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one who knows all things, the unseen and

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the seen.

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And Allah will inform you of everything you

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did.

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So belief in death,

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in certainty in the hisab

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is crucial for someone on the way to

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Allah

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because that is going to create a healthy

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balance of fear and hope.

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So Alhamdulillah,

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the first page of Surah Al Jamua,

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we took the following qualities, and Sadeem, we're

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gonna give you a free scholarship to my

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school. If you send me a message on

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Instagram, Alhamdulillah, because you took these amazing notes,

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we're gonna give you a lifetime scholarship to

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Swiss, Insha'Allah.

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The first one we said is the remembrance

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of Allah.

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The second one is Tawhid.

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The third is a relationship with the prophet.

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The 4th is love for the Ummah.

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And the 5th is dhikrul mawtwalhisab,

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is remembering death and locating death in front

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of me.

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Not telling myself, you know, one day I

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got time. If you die tomorrow, you're old

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today, SubhanAllah.

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And the last two qualities, Alhamdulillah.

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Allah

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warns us of the danger of being unhealthily

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attached

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to the glam,

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to the

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bling, to the dunya.

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He says,

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Allah says when you are called to the

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Jum'ah prayer,

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leave everything.

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And that is a life of principles,

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a life of dedication.

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Those people who their business transactions,

00:34:06 --> 00:34:07

the likes on the gram,

00:34:08 --> 00:34:10

the attention they get from non Muslims,

00:34:11 --> 00:34:12

the glitz and the glam,

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that doesn't take them from Allah.

00:34:18 --> 00:34:19

That doesn't take them from Allah.

00:34:20 --> 00:34:21

Being popular,

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being accepted,

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being part of the current doesn't take them

00:34:26 --> 00:34:26

from Allah.

00:34:27 --> 00:34:28

They have principles.

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And we all struggle, I struggle, every one

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of us struggles with principles.

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That's why we make Tawba.

00:34:36 --> 00:34:37

Saydna Sheik Ahmed

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says

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He said every time

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that a wali of Allah sins, they turn

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to Allah.

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So the the the the the second,

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excuse me, the 6th

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is having discipline

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and not allowing ourselves

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to be swayed

00:35:02 --> 00:35:03

by this monoculture

00:35:04 --> 00:35:07

that tries all with all its might

00:35:09 --> 00:35:11

to make us feel as though this dunya

00:35:11 --> 00:35:11

is Jannah.

00:35:13 --> 00:35:15

If you're working for this dunya,

00:35:15 --> 00:35:17

like you're working for Jannah,

00:35:18 --> 00:35:18

check yourself.

00:35:20 --> 00:35:21

If I'm working

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for this dunya,

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like I'm working for Jannah,

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let me check myself.

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And if I let go of the dunya,

00:35:30 --> 00:35:32

if I let go of the hereafter,

00:35:34 --> 00:35:35

seeking the dunya,

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then this means I believe

00:35:37 --> 00:35:39

that the permanence of the hereafter

00:35:40 --> 00:35:42

is not subhanAllah is not really

00:35:42 --> 00:35:44

really there in my heart, man.

00:35:47 --> 00:35:48

The last is balance.

00:35:51 --> 00:35:53

Allahu Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says,

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for either

00:36:07 --> 00:36:09

You know you find Muslims they wanna come

00:36:09 --> 00:36:11

back to Allah, they go super hard, but

00:36:11 --> 00:36:12

this actually is a sign of selfishness.

00:36:13 --> 00:36:15

This is hubris. I'm going hard, so you

00:36:15 --> 00:36:17

get you get the pleasure out. It's not

00:36:17 --> 00:36:19

for Allah, so you can feel good. But

00:36:19 --> 00:36:21

we don't worship Allah for a feeling. Whoever

00:36:22 --> 00:36:24

worships Allah for a feeling worships the feeling.

00:36:26 --> 00:36:28

And we find people who go too far

00:36:28 --> 00:36:28

relaxed.

00:36:29 --> 00:36:32

But Allah says after the prayer is done,

00:36:34 --> 00:36:35

go and work.

00:36:35 --> 00:36:37

Go and seek your livelihood.

00:36:38 --> 00:36:39

So although we

00:36:40 --> 00:36:43

monitor our unhealthy attachments to the dunya, we

00:36:43 --> 00:36:45

still have to use the dunya, mashallah.

00:36:47 --> 00:36:48

And at the end of this chapter, we

00:36:48 --> 00:36:49

find this illustrated

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very beautifully.

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Allah is talking about something that happens, subhanallah,

00:37:03 --> 00:37:05

in the time of the companions of the

00:37:05 --> 00:37:06

prophet, sallallahu alaihi wasallam.

00:37:08 --> 00:37:10

And that is he was giving the jumuah

00:37:10 --> 00:37:10

a khutba

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and a a caravan came into Medina, and

00:37:14 --> 00:37:16

there were musicians playing music according to al

00:37:16 --> 00:37:19

Tabari, and there was people selling stuff and

00:37:19 --> 00:37:21

business, and they all ran out of the

00:37:21 --> 00:37:22

Jummah prayer

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to go go take part in the dunya.

00:37:30 --> 00:37:31

So Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says,

00:37:33 --> 00:37:34

and here you learn something else. So I

00:37:34 --> 00:37:35

didn't say

00:37:36 --> 00:37:39

you, he says, win somebody, you know,

00:37:39 --> 00:37:42

somebody saw it because Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

00:37:42 --> 00:37:45

doesn't wanna shame people. What either I outijay

00:37:45 --> 00:37:48

or when they see business, Allah

00:37:48 --> 00:37:49

hears music,

00:37:51 --> 00:37:52

in Fadu

00:37:52 --> 00:37:53

they flee,

00:37:54 --> 00:37:57

and they left you, oh Muhammad Qaima, standing

00:37:57 --> 00:37:57

by yourself.

00:37:59 --> 00:38:01

This is that illustration of the point I

00:38:01 --> 00:38:02

made earlier

00:38:02 --> 00:38:04

about the balance between principles

00:38:05 --> 00:38:06

and worship.

00:38:07 --> 00:38:08

Principles

00:38:10 --> 00:38:10

and dunya.

00:38:12 --> 00:38:14

So what do we take quickly? Alhamdulillah.

00:38:15 --> 00:38:16

As we finish These 7

00:38:18 --> 00:38:18

qualities

00:38:19 --> 00:38:20

from

00:38:30 --> 00:38:31

The first

00:38:32 --> 00:38:32

is dhikr.

00:38:34 --> 00:38:35

The second and in in particular,

00:38:37 --> 00:38:38

The second

00:38:39 --> 00:38:41

is functional tawhid, not theoretical tawhid.

00:38:43 --> 00:38:44

The third

00:38:45 --> 00:38:47

is having a relationship with Muhammad The

00:38:49 --> 00:38:51

4th is loving this ummah

00:38:52 --> 00:38:53

that the prophet loves

00:38:57 --> 00:38:58

The 5th

00:38:58 --> 00:39:00

is locating death

00:39:00 --> 00:39:02

as a place that will allow us

00:39:03 --> 00:39:03

to

00:39:04 --> 00:39:05

GPS our life, Alhamdulillah,

00:39:06 --> 00:39:06

correctly.

00:39:08 --> 00:39:08

The 6th

00:39:09 --> 00:39:11

is principles and balance.

00:39:12 --> 00:39:13

Right? Not allowing

00:39:14 --> 00:39:16

the glam of the the the glam of

00:39:16 --> 00:39:17

the gram.

00:39:18 --> 00:39:20

I mean, it's interesting it's called TikTok. Right?

00:39:20 --> 00:39:23

Because we believe that every minute, every second

00:39:23 --> 00:39:26

tick of the clock, we're going to be

00:39:26 --> 00:39:27

held accountable for that.

00:39:29 --> 00:39:31

So how are we using those things,

00:39:31 --> 00:39:33

and how are they impacting us,

00:39:34 --> 00:39:35

and how are they impacting

00:39:36 --> 00:39:39

our faith and our relationship with Allah,

00:39:40 --> 00:39:40

and then finally

00:39:41 --> 00:39:42

balance.

00:39:44 --> 00:39:46

So these are the

00:39:51 --> 00:39:52

Subhanahu wa ta'ala. How do we wanna start

00:39:52 --> 00:39:55

our faith? Remembrance of Allah, functional tawhid,

00:39:56 --> 00:39:57

relationship with a prophet,

00:39:58 --> 00:39:59

loving the ummah,

00:39:59 --> 00:40:00

locating death,

00:40:01 --> 00:40:04

balancing between principles and the struggle of dunya,

00:40:05 --> 00:40:07

and then having tawazun and Umar balance.

00:40:09 --> 00:40:11

For those of you who know tomorrow at

00:40:11 --> 00:40:13

Swiss, we actually have 2 classes. I hate

00:40:13 --> 00:40:15

to self promote. I don't like doing it.

00:40:15 --> 00:40:17

We have 2 classes. 1 is gonna start

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tomorrow at 1:30,

00:40:18 --> 00:40:21

1 o'clock InshaAllah, the infographic of the Quran,

00:40:21 --> 00:40:22

and then an hour and a half before

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iftar here in New York City, on the

00:40:24 --> 00:40:25

East Coast,

00:40:25 --> 00:40:28

we're going to have a short class on

00:40:28 --> 00:40:29

prayer with purpose,

00:40:29 --> 00:40:32

you know, how can we improve our prayer.

00:40:32 --> 00:40:33

For those of you who know, I run

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an online school. If you appreciate the work

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I do, feel

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a month, man. We have Swiss students in

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the

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chat box, they can tell you their experiences.

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The amount of information, the amount of resources

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that you have access to, we believe is

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extremely important. We have people memorized in the

00:40:54 --> 00:40:56

Quran, we have almost 300 people on scholarship,

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Alhamdulillah, some of them actually in Gujarat, who

00:40:59 --> 00:41:02

converted as Hindus, and are hiding, subhanAllah, their

00:41:02 --> 00:41:02

Islam,

00:41:03 --> 00:41:05

from their families. We have a large number

00:41:05 --> 00:41:06

of young people,

00:41:06 --> 00:41:07

also who

00:41:07 --> 00:41:08

have,

00:41:08 --> 00:41:09

you know,

00:41:09 --> 00:41:11

like, Sadeem here who's taking the mess the

00:41:11 --> 00:41:13

notes, right? That we, you

00:41:14 --> 00:41:15

know, make sure that we furnish them with

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an educational opportunity. So I wanna encourage you

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we do,

00:41:27 --> 00:41:29

and the style that we do,

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support us.

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Right? Support the efforts,

00:41:34 --> 00:41:36

as we try to really do something that

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we think will be a beneficial for the

00:41:38 --> 00:41:41

Muslim Ummah who speaks English. Inshallah, every week,

00:41:41 --> 00:41:43

we'll try to come Friday night and do

00:41:43 --> 00:41:44

some small reminders.

00:41:45 --> 00:41:45

Tonight,

00:41:46 --> 00:41:48

was this short reflection

00:41:48 --> 00:41:50

on sort of Jumu'ah

00:41:50 --> 00:41:51

and how sort of Jumu'ah

00:41:52 --> 00:41:54

gives us really 7 foundations

00:41:54 --> 00:41:56

for trying to live a better life,

00:41:57 --> 00:41:59

a life of dedication and faith. If there's

00:41:59 --> 00:41:59

any questions,

00:42:00 --> 00:42:02

I'm happy to take your questions now.

00:42:03 --> 00:42:04

Ask Allah

00:42:04 --> 00:42:06

to bless you as well as to our

00:42:06 --> 00:42:06

requests

00:42:07 --> 00:42:08

and to keep you

00:42:08 --> 00:42:09

strong.

00:42:09 --> 00:42:11

Please pray for my mom's friend. She is

00:42:11 --> 00:42:13

on the vent since 2 months.

00:42:13 --> 00:42:14

Ask

00:42:17 --> 00:42:18

Allah May Allah

00:42:19 --> 00:42:20

cure her and bless her.

00:42:22 --> 00:42:24

I got my teeth pulled. What to do?

00:42:24 --> 00:42:26

Yeah. So just make up the day you

00:42:26 --> 00:42:27

missed it. May Allah

00:42:27 --> 00:42:30

make it easy for you, man. That's that's

00:42:30 --> 00:42:32

certainly not a a simple a simple thing.

00:42:32 --> 00:42:35

Right? Getting your teeth pulled is is never

00:42:39 --> 00:42:42

simple situation. May Allah make it easy for

00:42:42 --> 00:42:43

you, Aki.

00:42:45 --> 00:42:46

You can send those notes to whoever you

00:42:46 --> 00:42:47

want,

00:42:48 --> 00:42:49

and if you want, you can send it

00:42:49 --> 00:42:51

to me. I'll I'll post I'll post the

00:42:51 --> 00:42:52

notes on my story

00:42:52 --> 00:42:54

so I can screenshot them with your permission,

00:42:54 --> 00:42:56

and then we will

00:42:57 --> 00:42:57

we will,

00:42:59 --> 00:43:00

share them there.

00:43:06 --> 00:43:06

May Allah

00:43:07 --> 00:43:09

bless your mother and increase her in Khairia

00:43:09 --> 00:43:10

and Nushin. May Allah bless her and raise

00:43:10 --> 00:43:11

her

00:43:15 --> 00:43:17

No. You don't have to make dua for

00:43:17 --> 00:43:19

people that you dislike or even hate or

00:43:19 --> 00:43:20

hate. You know? You don't have to make

00:43:20 --> 00:43:21

dua for them.

00:43:22 --> 00:43:24

Mashallah, welcome, we have someone that's new here,

00:43:24 --> 00:43:26

may Allah bless you, is visiting the graves

00:43:26 --> 00:43:28

of the form of Ibad, of course, this

00:43:28 --> 00:43:28

is

00:43:29 --> 00:43:31

the sunnah of the prophet who said, astaghjartu,

00:43:32 --> 00:43:34

I sought permission from my lord to visit

00:43:34 --> 00:43:36

my mother's grave, and eventually he gave him

00:43:36 --> 00:43:37

permission,

00:43:39 --> 00:43:40

to to

00:43:41 --> 00:43:43

visit the graves. And we know the Sahaba,

00:43:43 --> 00:43:44

they used to visit the graves, say, Narika

00:43:45 --> 00:43:47

used to visit the grave and say, you

00:43:47 --> 00:43:49

know, this is this is where it's gonna

00:43:49 --> 00:43:49

matter. Right?

00:43:50 --> 00:43:51

From Indonesia.

00:43:52 --> 00:43:53

We actually have a a number of teen

00:43:53 --> 00:43:55

programs that we'll be starting. We just finished

00:43:55 --> 00:43:58

last week our teen programs for at Swiss.

00:43:58 --> 00:44:00

We have almost 400 youth, alhamdulillah, in our

00:44:00 --> 00:44:03

programs with myself and Ustaz Abdul Karim. And

00:44:03 --> 00:44:05

we'll start inshallah in the summer again, the

00:44:05 --> 00:44:06

life of the prophet,

00:44:09 --> 00:44:11

as well as some other programs we're working

00:44:11 --> 00:44:11

on You

00:44:13 --> 00:44:15

can go to the graves on any on

00:44:15 --> 00:44:17

any time, alhamdulillah. It's the sunnah of the

00:44:17 --> 00:44:19

prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. He said,

00:44:22 --> 00:44:23

He said, you know, I used to prohibit

00:44:23 --> 00:44:25

people from visiting the graves, but now you

00:44:25 --> 00:44:26

should visit them. So

00:44:28 --> 00:44:29

absolutely, this is we need to stay away

00:44:29 --> 00:44:32

from some of this. This is innovation. You

00:44:32 --> 00:44:34

should the way of the early Muslims was

00:44:34 --> 00:44:34

to visit graves

00:44:35 --> 00:44:37

because it reminds us of death.

00:44:38 --> 00:44:39

We ask Allah

00:44:40 --> 00:44:42

to bless each and every one of you

00:44:42 --> 00:44:44

and keep you in hir against Hadim. Thank

00:44:44 --> 00:44:45

you for taking those amazing notes as well

00:44:45 --> 00:44:48

as everyone else. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

00:44:48 --> 00:44:50

unite us with the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa

00:44:50 --> 00:44:51

sallam and

00:44:51 --> 00:44:54

and revive the beautiful ummah of Sayna Rasool

00:44:54 --> 00:44:55

Sallallahu Alaihi wa sallam.

00:44:58 --> 00:44:58

Rasool

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