The Spiritual Ladder – Moderation In All Matters

Sulaiman Moola

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Bismillah he was salatu salam ala rasulillah he sallallahu alayhi wa sallam were bad. There is a myth out there in many circles, that Islam is a religion of total rigidity, exclusive worship, zero flexibility and no concession that is the furthest from the reality. If any person studies Islam carefully, he will realize that in Islam, there is a perfect balance. It's all about striking the fine balance. So let's look at a verse of the 21st Jews of the Quran Chapter number 30 surah two room verse 23, in which Allah subhanho wa Taala says, amin IIT Manoj McConville, a one to come in. And amongst the signs of Allah, Allah, Allah patottie, which reflect His greatness and his

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magnanimity. menemukan belay, when harm is the bounty he has given you of sleep, ask a person who suffers from insomnia, how difficult it used to pass the night. And this is such a great boon from the almighty you retire to bed, the body releases melatonin, it creates the sense of calmness. The next morning, you are fresh, rejuvenated, and energetic to be productive again in the world out there. And Allah also highlights the fact that he has given you sleep in the day when no moving Now hurry me matter.

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I met him in a law and the Arabs would cherish sleeping by day. In fact, I read an article of an Oxford professor who used the term nap Enos that if you take a nap at midday, then you will have happiness and merging the two he said you will have no happiness. And then Allah subhanho wa Taala says obey the law will come in family and then going out in the day and earning your livelihood. In fact, the scholars tell us that the greatest proof that Allah one says to earn is the Quran is replete with exhortations to spend and donate. So in this verse, the scholars tell us that Allah Allah and the know Melinda stir Aha, that sleep is meant to relax you to comfort you it's a bounty

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from the almighty enjoy the time quality sleeping, and likewise working hours to go out to work and earn a livelihood. Meanwhile, as Bob is from the adoption of means, law, you know, Phil Kemal, it does not go contrary. It does not contradict nobility and piety for in number who I mean mini Tada, okay for your Konami nafion will come out something which Allah highlights as a bounty. How can it go contrary to the station of nobility, so if someone is sleeping, let him enjoy the sleep. If someone is earning, let him go out and earn and compliment him. Yes, this is the key thing. We're in nama Yoon Ha in Hammad, Islam prohibits us from over indulging. If you slip in moderation, it's

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productive. If you oversleep, it's counterproductive. You need to earn indeed, but not at the cost of becoming negligent, he lists are oblivious of the Almighty. So the message is enjoy the boundaries that Allah has given you. That's the perfect balance of Islam, but strike the balance and do not overstep the mark. May Allah bless us with the correct balance in all matters. I mean, your ability