Suleiman Hani – Revival #02 Belief – Key to Personal and Community

			Today we will cover the second trait of the individual inshallah Tada and that is the trait of iman
the trait of email. Now the word Eman cannot be translated in any single term in the English
language cannot be translated very easily. And we'll see why as we explore the topic today in sha
Allah Tala, that has many connotations, it has many layers, it has some pillars to it as well. And
it is not a word that oftentimes you will find a close translation for. Sometimes you will see the
word faith, other times beliefs. And there is a little bit of both, of course, but it's much more
than that. I'll start with something like I'll start with a joke, just so we can start off light
		

			Inshallah, tada, we don't usually start with jokes, but episode two, Inshallah, I will start with a
joke. And some of you have heard this joke before. That one time, a young man, he calls a chef, and
he says, I'm struggling. I have this temptation. I'm struggling with this problem. Struggling with
my faith. He says, what's going on? He says, I feel like I'm constantly thinking about this girl,
and I can't get her out of my mind. So the chef tells him make dua.
		

			He's like, Okay, I'll make dua. He says what kind of diet should I make? He's like there's so many
derived from the Quran that will help you purify your heart and ask a lot to protect you from
anything evil and ask them how to fill your heart with faith. So he says give me an example of a
your art from the Quran. So he references an idea that we will cover today in sha Allah, Allah
Muhammad bbe man I was a man who feel called me Oh Allah, make Iman faith belief, beloved to me, and
decorate my heart with it. And as he continues he's trying to explain the dirt the young man
interrupts he says he or she her name is Iman you're telling me to make though.
		

			Of course, this is a joke. So nobody take it seriously inshallah I will make cannot have success. If
there are no believers, there is no Ummah without Iman. There is no amount without Iman.
		

			And Iman is just an individual experience. But your Eman has ripple effects on all of society. And
your Eman has ripple effects on the future of mankind as well. The level of your Eman and the
consistency of that level as well has an impact on your family on your workplace, your education,
the people you interact with in society, the man of a believer could be the reason that many people
in this country have converted to Islam or heard about Islam. Your Eman could be the reason that
you're elevated to higher ranks in paradise. So let us start with first talking about the blessings
of email. There's a lot of good news a lot of glad tidings if I were to ask, what are some of the
		

			blessings of iman that you know from the Quran or sunnah there are so many examples were mentioned
seven or eight inshallah. The first, Allah subhanaw taala tells us about and we hear this in the
Sierra and we study this as well the Bedouins who come to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam,
and they are boasting that they've accepted Islam. They are bragging about it and you know this from
Surah, turut, Yamuna, alayka and Islam. They are regarding their acceptance of Islam as a favor to
you like they think hey, I became Muslim so you should appreciate what I'm doing like it's a favor
to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam will let me know Allah Islam. But Allah Who Yamuna Allah
		

			caminhada community Imani In Kuntum Saudi clean Allah subhanaw taala commands the Prophet sallallahu
Sallam tell those individuals who said that tellows Bedouins O Prophet, tell them do not regard your
Islam as a favor to me. Rather it is Allah who has done you a favor by guiding you to Iman, it is
Allah who gave you this blessing by guiding you to Eman indeed if you are faithful. Allah subhanho
wa Taala shows them and shows us multiple favors. And amongst them is the fever of Eman. So first
and foremost. We find this reference in the Font was very interesting wording, although it can cut
up a fee to you to be himolla Eman that Allah has written a man in their heart to a year the
		

			homebuilder men and Allah subhanho wa Taala aided them Biru when men meaning a type of spirit from
him. So in other words, the man that you have in your heart, your spiritual heart, your rule or your
club, sometimes they are interchangeable. This is from Allah subhanaw taala. And someone may ask
well, what about those who don't have it written in their heart? Is that fair? No, Allah subhanaw
taala saw something sincere in your heart and in your actions. So he blessed you with EMA that
you're able to embrace it. The second blessing of Ema is that Allah subhanaw taala makes a man
beloved to those whom He loves and because he sees something good in them and then he beautifies
		

			them with it. And that goes back to the area that we just referenced in the story. When I came in
Allah who had the LA common eemaan Allah had made Iman beloved to you was a Jana who failed to
become and he decorated your hearts with so your heart becomes beautiful with iman. So the beauty of
the heart is proportionate to how much Eman you have. And then what kind of Raha ecoman COFRA Wanfu
Kawana Seon with a coma Rashid and this is part of that dua that we sometimes make. So Allah
subhanaw taala made Hadith to you, this belief in Allah and mischief and immorality and this is a
blessing from ALLAH SubhanA wa
		

			Add. The third blessing very quickly of iman, is that it has a type of taste. And example that we
always have in the Arabic language is when you say the sweetness of something had I wanted Iman. So
when you talk about sweetness, the example obviously that we can give, if you're really hungry or
you're fasting, and then the very first thing you eat is that date and sweet. Yes. And some people,
maybe they'll say I don't like dates, but the very first thing you eat, and the sweetness that it
has generally sweet things are beloved to people in terms of food. Generally, when you have a really
good fruit, it's considered, you know, something amazing. It's a great experience physically. And
		

			I'll give you an example. Just a few weeks ago, a friend sent me just like the small box of tropical
fruits from Trinidad. And he's like, I think you'll like these. I know you've traveled there before,
but you didn't perhaps you didn't try these. And I tried them. They were amazing. In Arabic, we call
them Michelin English, they have multiple, they have multiple types in terms of the fruit itself,
and it's very, very sweet. It's very sweet. It's not it's not like the dairy you guys are things
that you guys know. So when I tasted it, I thought Subhanallah every time we find a new fruit from a
different country, and we eat it, and we're like this is so amazing. And we find that Allah subhanaw
		

			taala references the fruits of gender, especially. And when we talk about these fruits, they're not
cut off a turtle supply as much as you want. And the only similarity between the fruit of Jannah and
the fruit you have here is the word itself, but rather the experience the quality, the quantity is
very different. So sweet things we understand this experience at the physical level. But what about
the spiritual level? Think of a time in your life in which you felt like you were really really
content or enjoying an act of worship, or connected to Allah more than perhaps the day before or the
week before or the minutes before. Maybe you were making dua, maybe you went for armor or maybe you
		

			went for Hajime was the first time you experienced something new and you made dua to Allah you were
connected to Allah you tasted the sweetness of iman. Or you put your trust in Allah and or you saw a
dua being accepted in a specific way. You tasted the sweetness of faith. The Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam said, Thou PiFan II man, he has tasted the sweetness of faith and memorably below
here on the one who is pleased content with a law as his Lord woven Islami, Dena and Islam as his
religion will be more handmade and Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and with Prophet Muhammad
as His messenger and this is similar to the DUA we are supposed to make as part of a thorough saga.
		

			I'll lead to Mila Hiraga Erbil, Islam, Medina, Wahby, Muhammad Sallallahu, alayhi, Salam and a B and
what are Sudha there's a sweetness of faith that you experience when you're content with Islam.
Someone may be intellectually convinced Islam is true. And they do all the acts of worship. They
stay away from all the prohibitions, but they feel like they do not like active worship. And they do
not like staying away from the prohibitions, not in the sense of desires, but internally,
spiritually, psychologically, they feel like they hate it. And I've had people for example, in many
classes, they'll say, Listen, I know Islam is true. I will never leave aside Michelle data, but I
		

			feel like I hate to do these acts of worship, why why am I like that? How can I overcome that? And
so oftentimes, in these conversations, we'll talk about the sweetness of faith that you can
experience when your Eman starts to increase. May Allah subhanaw taala grant us that. Number four of
the blessings of Eman Allah subhanaw taala gives us an analogy a parable. It's like the example of a
beautiful and strong and blessing tree and the example is in surah, two Brahim when Allah subhanaw
taala gives us the example of Kadima, tenplay EBA and he gives us the opposite example as well. But
Kennametal Paiva is the Shahada. It is your Eman it is your faith. Khashoggi a rotten point here. It
		

			is like a good tree by yours not just good by your base pure by you but is blessed. I'll slow her
thumb but its roots are very firm will follow half is similar. Its branches are out there's an
entire lecture we can give just on the parable and salted Brahim La ilaha illa being like the st. So
Allah subhanaw taala gives us the example of Eman the stronger your iman the more rooted your Eman
in terms of your foundation, your connection to Allah spiritually intellectually, the more
beneficial you are and also your branches are out what does this mean? You're benefiting society,
your family, other people you cannot revive though without Eman. You cannot possibly look at a
		

			pathway where someone says Listen, we can revive the OMA The only thing we need is social justice.
The only thing we need is one good leader one good ruler. You need Eman whether in that ruler or in
that system or in that educational program or that curriculum or in that movement or in social
justice? You can't have any of this without Eman included in it. May Allah subhanaw taala grant us
that number five of eight. Iman, as we said, has a type of sweetness to the extent that the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he said Whoever has three traits, three characteristics within himself
we'll find the sweetness of faith. And this these mean three amongst many others, the first the one
		

			who loves Allah and His Messenger more than anyone else more than rather I should say anything else
		

			The second is the one who loves a servant, another person, their friend, for example, only for the
sake of Allah subhana wa Tada and one who hates to turn back to Kufa to disbelief after Allah
subhanaw taala saved him just as much as he hates to be thrown into the fire. The example of this I
believe I mentioned this last week, or maybe one of the Friday hookless is the man who had converted
to Islam. And he used to have a lifestyle that sometimes people think is what they want. He said he
was a rapper, small time rapper, and he dealt drugs, and he was drinking alcohol, he would club on
the weekends, he was doing a lot of the things that people think is amazing or is fulfilling. He
		

			said, I felt empty. Anyways, long story short, he converted to Islam. He said, If somebody offered
me a billion dollars, he's like, and of course, I mean, more than that, as well, I would never go
back to what I used to do before. I would never go back to that lifestyle. Why? He said, Now I feel
like I'm really living life. This is the real life. And of course, we know he means by this, this is
why I was created. Now I feel alive. There's real meaning that's attached to my actions. And it's
not arbitrary. It's not constructed by society. It's not a social construct. So oftentimes, when a
nihilist a meaningless lifestyle, when somebody says there's no purpose to life, and they don't
		

			believe in an afterlife, and they reject belief in God. And they claim you have to come up with your
own meaning. Oftentimes, they will realize as they're coming up with their own meaning that it's a
paradox, You are contradicting your claim that life is meaningless. And you are trying to come up
with your own meaning for it, it's subjective, it will change so you're giving yourself meaning
because you've removed the actual meaning that came with it, the purpose of life to worship Allah
subhanaw taala. So this man he says to these young youth in this program, he says you guys have no
idea like you guys think it's cool to do those things. But I used to live that lifestyle. I wasn't
		

			happy inside. And I'm blessed with Islam. I'm blessed with what I have now. And I if you offered me
anything of this world, if you offered me a billion dollars, literally I would not go back to that
lifestyle.
		

			Number six, Iman has a light that fills the heart *. Now the concept of * is mentioned the
Quran many different forms, but amongst them, Allah subhanaw taala tells us not just Allahu NeuRA
semi Awatea and in surah to noon at noon as well the verse of the light as it's called, one of the
verses by the way that has so much commentary in the books of Tafseer but Allah subhanaw taala also
talks about the one who walks with the light in this world. So you have in Surah Al Hadith this
example Yeah Even Latina or you who believe it took one hour me it will be rasuluh he believes in
Allah and follow the messenger or be conscious of Allah and follow the messenger yo t come ki
		

			Fleeman Rama to give you a double share of His mercy there is a meaning to this wire John Lacan
neuron Tim Shuna behave and he will give you a node to walk with be not fee. So when Allah subhanaw
taala says neuron Tim Shona, be wealthy to come along with a photo Rahim. It means that if you
believe in Allah subhanaw taala and you follow the messenger Allah His salat wa salam, so you have
taqwa in your life, it means that ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala is not just going to give you a light that
is there. When you're connected, let's say in one moment to one situation, one environment, so it
has conditions rather tenshun A Bihi, you're walking with light. When you're walking with light, it
		

			means that as Allah subhanaw taala blessed you with the man and you're doing the right things and
you believe in Allah, you are a source of light for others, you are a source of light through your
character, you are a source of light in terms of your education, your source of light in terms of
your workplace, it's not limited. And here's the beautiful part, the light of this world, that new
order that Allah mentioned is linked to the newer of the Accra. So on the Day of Judgment, a lot of
people may not know this, but they slid off the bridge over the Hellfire when people all of humanity
has to cross. What you mean Camilla wherever everyone has to cross. Initially, there is no light.
		

			Initially it is pitch black darkness. So everyone who's about to cross so it's the Muslims, the
believers and it is the Mona fealty and the hypocrites the rest did not make it. The hypocrites are
here for a reason. Because they fake their Islam in the soil. They're about to cross now. And as
they are about to cross this light is given to them. And as you know from Surah, Al Hadid and Surah
to Tallinn, that light is extinguished for them on aphelion, they are not able to see any more why
they fake their light in this world. And so they were given a deceptive light in the next life and
they in fact, they were living upon darkness, but the believers are able to see they are able to see
		

			in proportion to the news that they had an assault on the light with which you walk in this world in
terms of your connection to Allah your connection to a know the revelation itself as is one of its
nicknames will give you more light as you're crossing over the Hellfire so you're able to see by the
mercy of Allah subhanho wa Taala and this is a blessing from Allah number seven. Eman is mentioned
the Hadith as conquering and not being conquered. The stronger your Eman the list of freeing you are
of worldly things and people. The stronger your Eman the less afraid you are of the enemies of
Islam. The stronger your Eman the more likely you are to be courageous and brave even if there is
		

			Sometimes nervousness even if there's sometimes wonder how will I succeed? Where's the victory going
to come from, to how they may have wondered some of them at times, and they were constantly
reminded, constantly reminded the Prophet sallallahu alayhi salam told us Eman conquers everything
else. It is not conquered meaning nothing can conquer it. This comes with a strong Iman. And
finally, number eight, Iman was which deserves its own again 123 topics, its own series has many
levels, and it has many branches has many levels and it has many branches. The Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam tells us that it's composed of 60 Odd branches. In other words, there are many
		

			different levels and branches and facets to Iman, amongst them. The highest and most important is
what what is the most important aspect of iman the branches
		

			La Ilaha from the authentic hadith it is La Ilaha illa Allah so the shahada is the best facet of
iman is the foundation. And the lowest part is in multiple other Anatolia to remove something
harmful from the path. This is the lowest level of Eman one time, by the way, one of my friends was
sharing, he was driving with one of our teachers, and he was making the kid do Subhan Allah
hamdulillah in and Allahu Akbar. And at one point, he was just repeating the shahada over and over
and over just form of the Canada, you know, you know, and then they got to an area where there was a
branch on the side of the streets in a residential area. It's not even in the middle of the road.
		

			But he said, Can you just, you know, pull over, he pulls over and the sheriff gets on, he's still
saying, You didn't lock and he removes this branch. And my friend when he shared this, I said, it's
very amazing Subhanallah he's making declare the highest branch of Eman and he sees something on the
street to the lowest branch and least meaning you can do so remove something harmful from the path
that sometimes we don't think twice, we see things and assume somebody else will remove it. But this
is the lowest degree of faith, why it is a way to protect other people are we to serve humanity and
it's a reminder for us about the different facets of iman, one of the signs of iman
		

			is that you want to study Iman, that you want to know more about it that you want to explore the
branches of iman that you want to be reminded of it that you don't think for example, well I've
heard about imam for 50 years of my life or 10 years of my life where I took an entire Islamic
Studies class about a man I don't need to learn more. The Sahaba always felt like they needed to
renew their Iman jet. Did you eat manna from the Prophet sallallahu? You said it says renew your
Eman. How do we do that? Yeah, rasool Allah, Kaif Energen do Imana he said acromioclavicular Allah,
repeat la, la meaning just increase in that. And the Sahaba at times would also say things like
		

			let's meet together let's go congregate. Let's go to the masjid. Nope means to believe for an hour
Does this mean we're only going to believe for an hour? No, it means to be reminded of Allah and to
increase our Eman for a moment. And the way to do this through remembrance of Allah subhanaw taala
going all the way back to the time of the Sahaba tambourine, we find something interesting in our
history in our theological history, that the first theological controversy was over controversies is
a subjective term controversy or dispute among some people was how do you define Eman and who is a
movement? And I know this is not something for us to worry about in our times and hamdulillah but
		

			who is a man and how do you define things takes us to a small and towards a small tangent very
quickly. How do we define things? For example, when it comes to scriptural evidence, you know what
Salah is based on the Quran and Sunnah you don't you don't define Salah based on its literal,
linguistic definition, you have the linguistic and the shadow a definition for different terms.
Otherwise we would say Salah is just a type of Dr. Sleater a connection. The second is through a
linguistic evidence. So it's not from the Quran and Sunnah. But it's based on pre Islamic poetry.
It's based on the commentary of the people of that time how they spoke. So you look at the language
		

			of the people, and you'll contextualize the scholars will contextualize what this word meant at that
time. So, for example, they used to refer to either the Caribbean in the eye of Surah tonight and as
you're making look, what does this mean Eid al cabin. And also when you talk about voodoo up to the
elbows, including the elbow, when you talk about your feet, how do you wash the you wipe. So all of
this is included in some of the language of the people and the third sometimes is through the
cultural norms as well. So a lot of scholars will say the word suffer. It's mentioned in the Quran,
you have many a hadith about who is a Mustafa, how far do you have to go to be a traveler, somebody
		

			reaches out and says, I work an hour away, which is very common in the US. I work over let's say 70
miles away, and I come back home every single day. But that's my work. Am I allowed to am I
considered a massage and when I go to work, so I can do a clustered for the rest of the time I have
this job. And so the reality is you you look at and many scholars rather, they looked at the
cultural understanding of suffer, and not only what some scholars have said, which is a valid
opinion that it's based on a fixed distance. Otherwise in some contexts, you'll have somebody who's
not really a muscle fit. And they're taking advantage of something that they are not supposed to be
		

			taking advantage of. And the opposite somebody who's actually traveling but it's, let's say close by
and they're not considered Mustafa based on the madhhab that they are following. So the scholars
will look at different contexts and extract from them the principles the maximum that we need based
on of course
		

			There's a certain methodology a certain set of principles and they will follow this in terms of
their rulings. The word Iman has two main meanings. The word Eman number one comes from or means to
protect, to secure Amina. And what it means is basically to grant protection to or to grant security
to this is pretty straightforward. The second is to believe and the proof of this is in the Quran,
one of the many proofs to believe someone so I believe what you said to me, this is a type of Eman
what does that mean? What is the example who can tell us the proof from the Quran Surah Yusuf?
		

			Before that one that men know how to use if this is good, there's one before it.
		

			So you fight or sorry, a different one I shouldn't say before, then you are not going to believe us
men here is not a believer and ALLAH SubhanA here, you're not going to be a believer in us in what
we are saying to you, woman to be what Milena? What are the things you're not going to believe us?
In other words, to believe and a type of security to envelop someone with protection? And so the
scholars of the past there was a dispute. Yes, the scholars of the past we find over maybe 500 600
statements from the Sahaba from the tabular in the next generation from the generation after that
the best three of generations and you'll compile all of these narrations, all the statements, all
		

			the elements of the definition and you'll find it summarized as Eman is comprised of statements and
of actions. Some will say it is internal and it is external Eman is something that increases and
decreases these are all different components that the user has celibacy Rahimullah. He said he said
Eman is not to decorate oneself externally meaning it's not to show off rather it is not false hope
it is what settles in the heart and it is confirmed with your actions. So you have multiple elements
to the concept of Iman and you have the famous statement of Abdullah bin Omar but all the Allahu
Anhu actually is a very important one as a as an evidence. He says that we learned Eman and then we
		

			learned the Quran and increased us in Eman. So you have from this some components of what Eman
means. So when we talk about Iman at the end of the day we say this is the comprehensive definition
Eman is a belief in the heart. And it is statements on the tongue and it is confirmed by your
actions actions of the limbs and it increases and decreases. This is what the Eman is according to
her sunnah. Obviously you have other groups that have different definitions. And this is beyond the
realm of our discussion today. Eman is based on what if somebody were to ask you how do you have
faith you just you're a blind follower. Is that what Eman is is like blind faith. This is why we
		

			said you can't translate Eman as faith. It's a very weak translation. Because usually, especially in
the US, or in most Western countries, if you say faith, it has multiple definitions and
connotations. But amongst them, they mean faith in something you don't have an evidence for.
Sometimes it means I have faith in you. I mean, there's no evidence, but I have faith you'll get it
done. It's a type of Hope sometimes faith here. And sometimes faith means like religion, your faith
tradition, faith here in terms of iman, we should say is based on the fitrah. First, the natural
disposition. The natural disposition means we have a type of knowledge, a type of knowledge that we
		

			are born with and develops as we mature as we grow. And there are a lot of actually psychologists
who hold this opinion. Amongst them is Dr. Justin Barrett. He's a famous psychologist. And he
studied psychology of religion and anthropology and evolutionary psychology. He's a Christian, but
he has an entire book on this topic for those interested in this field. It's called Born believers
and he talks about how the natural religion the natural beliefs of the human beings as children, if
you don't corrupt them, if you don't change them if you don't secularize them, if you will, is to
believe in a higher power is to believe that the soul moves on the soul meaning the person who died
		

			physically their body died but the person is still alive somewhere. This is the natural faith. This
is the fifth row of course for us. The second is evidence that the Quran is from Allah Eman is based
on something very tangible empirical you can study it the Quran and it already has the third is
evidence that the Prophet sallallahu Sallam is a true prophet. The fourth is the signs of Allah
around us today. And as we advance in science and technology should bring us even closer to Allah
subhanaw taala the fifth is experiences that we have. Most times when we ask someone why do you
believe in Allah subhanaw taala it's not based on an intellectual evidence that they're going to use
		

			to convince someone else rather they know from experience, I experienced something they'll say, I
know I felt things over my the duration of my life. And finally, trust in Allah subhanaw taala and
the search for higher meaning and purpose. Eman has many pillars and I'm not referring to the six
pillars of iman that are mentioned the famous Hadith to believe in Allah and the angels and the
cutover the scriptures and the messengers. Rather, there are pillars that we just mentioned, which
is in the heart, on the tongue, and in your actions. These are three things we need to actually talk
about as a foundation. Why? Because if we don't focus on these screen terms
		

			of revival for us as individuals we will be missing some potential. So as for the first belief in
the heart, so this is knowledge affirmation that I believe in Allah subhanaw taala, the Bedouins
that we mentioned at the very beginning of the session, politic are among the Bedouins came in. They
said we believe we have Eman putting them took me know what I concluded Islam. Now do not say that
you are believers with Eman rather say we've submitted we've become Muslim. While Mar an email
you'll feel polu become until basically, Iman actually faith actually enters your heart until your
belief in Allah subhanaw taala settles in the heart. So there is an action of the heart that takes
		

			place. There is a relationship with Allah Subhana Allah that starts internally before anything
external happens. And there are no scholars who denied the reality that if someone is being
tortured, like Ahmad vinyasa while the Allahumma and he says something external that he does not
mean internally, he says to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that he still believes and he's
very sad and scared and upset that he said something that they wanted him to say, as he's being
tortured, that he's not a Muslim, he's disbeliever. But he doesn't believe what he's saying on the
tongue. He said this just so he won't be tortured. And he was reminded, actually, in a verse, not
		

			just Hadith, he's reminded the verse in Surah tunap, that this is not considered Cofer, because he's
being tortured in the moment, it's beyond the realm of his capacity, he's not held accountable for
it. So no one denied this amongst the scholars or movements in the history of Islam, that this
person actually is a believer in Allah subhanaw taala. The second when we talk about the actions of
the heart, I imagine Kulu Ramadan called Allah subhanaw taala says, when levena a shed do hug
vanilla, those who believe and may Allah subhana make us amongst them have a an intense love for
Allah, they are more loving of Allah Subhana Allah, this is referring to comparison to others. So
		

			when you love Allah subhanaw taala, you experienced certain types of psychological, spiritual
emotions. And this is a really crucial point here. Because many times people ask what is the
relationship between the emotions and the internal thoughts that we have with our iman? What are
some examples? An example obviously beyond the scope of our talk today, an example of like, telecoil
to trust in Allah, where does that come from? Or your hope, in Allah's mercy that you never lose
hope that Allah will forgive you, if you keep repenting sincerely, you can't lose that hope. Because
Allah told you not to lose that hope. But also there's fear, there's Hashem, that that Hush you have
		

			has to also have a certain quantity and a certain quality to it, that you don't want to have
shortcomings. You don't want to violate the laws of Allah, you don't want to be considered somebody
who's committing that spiritual crime or religious crime. So there are a range of emotions you're
afraid to meet along, you're not prepared. There's also the emotion of a type of emotional state.
There's the experience of gratitude to Allah. Use the experience of optimism with Allah to flirt
with mean an email that you're thinking good of Allah and has no one biller. This is all a part of
iman. And there's an overlap between the psychospiritual as well. But at the end of the day, when
		

			you hear people making fun of God, insulting Allah subhanaw taala, insulting the Prophet sallallahu
sallam, the feeling you have internally that something is wrong, that you're upset about it. That's
a good sign. mean what this is a sign that there's Iman there, you're you're you're frustrated that
people are insulting the Creator, how can you insult the One who created you? How can you how can
you be as a Muslim, okay, now you don't feel anything at all. When you see somebody drawing for
example, the Prophet sallallahu Sallam obviously is not him, trying to depict him and mock him and
insult him. You know, it's not him at a site to us. But the Muslim naturally will feel something
		

			like Oh, what are you doing mocking the final messenger of Allah Subhana Allah who came to save you
from the Hellfire came to give you mercy came to give you salvation? How can you mock the very
person who is trying to benefit you in this life and the next so when you hear people making fun of
religion or Allah subhanaw taala. Of course, I'm not talking about your physical reaction here I'm
just talking about the internal state what happens that feeling like something is wrong. That's a
sign of iman. That's the type of emotion that we are talking about here. But again, there are many
others amongst them as you respect and higher higher towards Allah hangout many times people will
		

			talk about it as with regards to clothing or your I would like what's supposed to be covered, or
many times it's limited, just the scope of hijab has much more than that includes that, but it's
more than just your clothes. It's more than just what people can see. It's how you carry yourself,
your interaction with others. It's the way you talk. It's also the way you are in private between
you and Allah subhanaw taala that is higher meaning what? Either lamp tester Hey, if you have no
higher up before, first and foremost yet you're going to do this is one meaning you're going to do
whatever you want, because you're following your desires not not modesty towards Allah modesty
		

			towards Allah is that you're cautious. So the scholars have understood it did not disagree for the
most part until a certain point in history that Eman increases and decreases if you want think of
maybe a knob that you turn and if zero means no iman and let's say the maximum of this knob is 100.
Your Eman can go up and can go down. A man can rise and can fall and of course there are many
examples of this from the Quran will cover later inshallah Tada and then you have an example as well
in the devil himself. And this is why we talked about the internal state before the external. We
know the story of Adam it his system and how Allah subhanaw taala commanded the devil to pray
		

			St. This is when he was still a believer. And at this point the devil he's not amongst the melodica
in terms of his being his essence, he's not from the Metallica, he's amongst the jinn. But Allah
Subhanallah gave him the ability, the blessing of being amongst them, and I can because he worship.
Now here's a really crucial point. None of us saw what the devil saw. We weren't there to see rows
and rows and rows of melodica. May Allah subhanaw taala protect us from any pride. May Allah
subhanaw taala protect us from any Kibito that can completely destroy a moment or cloud our
judgment, because in that moment, you knew you saw loss of data. You saw them at Attica, the devil
		

			believes in Allah. Even the devil believes in Allah subhanaw taala which is why atheism is
considered the lowest level of cover. Even the devil believes in Allah subhanaw taala but what did
he do externally? Abba was stuck about what can Amina caffine he rejected the Command of Allah he
has his Kibet man his pride manifested externally now in action, and he is now classified amongst
had caffeine sometimes Muslims say oh a caffeine is someone who doesn't know the truth No, or a
caffeine is someone who rejected belief in Allah know, the devil believes in Allah subhanaw taala he
believes in Allah subhanaw taala but rather he rejected worship of Allah subhana tan, which is why
		

			it's so frightening for someone to not have seen a lot and to be arrogant for someone to not see
Allah subhanaw taala and to have Kibet May Allah subhanaw taala protect us. The second is the Eman
that shows up on the tongue. Why are we separating the tongue from the limbs? Because the scholars
say there's so much emphasis in the Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet alayhi salatu salam of
emphasizing now EDA and Allah, vicar do all of this, this is a sign that you are a believer who men
say we believe in Allah. So these are examples for suited buckler. I'm not these are examples of
what's said on the tongue. And then the third is your actions. And this is where there's some
		

			dispute and there was dispute among some scholars historically, how much of your action is required
to prove your email to confirm that humanity in your heart? How much or how little In other words,
and so the frightening thing is to think that if the devil rejected one such that one prostration
and this is considered a type of kibble arrogance that you disobeyed Allah subhanaw taala What about
the one who rejects 30 such diversity, meaning all of their prayers as an example? So ALLAH SubhanA
wa Tada. Throughout the Quran combines Iman with Arman sada Alladhina amanu Wilhemina, Sania had not
once, not twice, but over 30 or 40 times and maybe 50 or 60 different passages of the Quran, your
		

			belief your iman is always linked to your actions while I'm you know, Salah hat. So it's actions of
the limbs, they are connected. And this is our human psychology. If you believe in something, your
action sometimes will reflect it, that you're going to do something, you're going to live by it in
some way. If you have a strong belief, you're going to do a lot of actions, you're going to do a lot
of different things. And it's unreasonable to assume that someone can say they are a movement. They
have Eman in Allah subhanaw taala. And never ever do a single act of worship. But I don't mean
they're about to like they just became Muslim. No, they don't intend to ever worship Allah. But they
		

			say I believe in Allah. So the scholars say the manifestation of Imam they might be Muslim. But the
manifestation of Eman has to be in some action. Maybe you stayed away from something haram, maybe
you you mentioned that you know, and Allah, so there's some false hope otherwise. And we always give
this example of the university student, we have many students who just started their semesters, may
Allah make it easy for you. An example is you start the semester and say, I will not follow any of
the metrics of success according to the syllabus, I'm just going to do what I want. I'm going to
skip every class every assignment, and you have a 0% in this class, and then you expect that 100%
		

			What's the unreasonable to assume something other than the actual metrics that were given to you. So
in other words, Allah subhanaw taala reminds us and this is also through the, the Hadith that we
mentioned, of the different branches of iman, that La ilaha illa. Allah is the highest branch, but
the lowest branches to move something harmful meaning an action, to do something to move to do
something with your lives. It's the lowest type of emotion. Now, many times people will say, listen,
but he has a good heart. She has a good heart. And this is a very common misunderstanding of faith.
Sometimes it's taken from Christianity, because in Christianity, you will find there's an emphasis
		

			on the concept of grace in what God has forgiven you already. So who cares what you do, that's not
what they say, but that's what it entails. And that's why for many Christians, Christianity is a
very symbolic shell like religion, there's a shell, but it's very hollow on the inside. And that's
why many Christians are leaving Christianity. There isn't too much emphasis on your actions. No, no,
it's all the grace of God. We have combination of mercy from Allah subhanaw taala. But also, does
that be mechanical? Yeah. Malou related to what you used to do, so you're looking for the Mercy of
Allah. This is like the example one time I walked into sunnah.
		

			Okay, no, it's okay. Hamlet in the example I walked into, in Dearborn, I walked into a store, sorry,
a restaurant to pick up some food for the family. It was a pickup order.
		

			And as I got there, I walked in. And of course, this has to happen in Dearborn, Michigan. I walked
in and they see me like, Chef, can you answer this question? There's an argument. And they don't
know me. I don't know them. I don't know why they said, Chef, maybe you saw beard. And you know,
some people were like, oh, beard means chef. Okay. So they're like, we have an argument, like the
guy to register with the guy who's paying for his food. I said, I'm just here to pick up my food,
like, I gotta go. They're like, No, no, no, please, very fast, very fast. I'm like, okay, as I'm
paying. I'm like, it has to be fast. So what's the argument? The guy who's buying his food? He's
		

			saying, Listen, I don't believe Salah is mandatory. Because I know a lot of people who pray and they
have really bad character. And at the end of the day, all that really matters to Allah is what's in
the hearts. Like, if we have good hearts. There's Iman in the heart. Why is the salah matter? I know
some people who pray they have the worst character. They're the worst people and they're worse than
some of the the non Muslims that I know. And other guys saying what's Well, no, but you need like,
you need to pray. It's mandatory. If you leave it, you could potentially be risking your Islam
altogether. So I'm like, listen, it's summarized as follows. Do you believe that good character is
		

			mandatory? He says yes. And like I know, that's what you're arguing for? It's mandatory. Yes. But
put it on the side for a moment. It's mandatory. That's the ruling on it. We know this, we have
countless evidences that good character is a big part of Islam. It's one of the heaviest things on
the scale on the Day of Judgment. Let's move over to a different topic Salah is it's mandatory. He
says all by know, people who pray and I'm like, hold on, hold on, you keep going back to these bad
people. You know, you can't say I know what's in people's hearts. You judge things based on the
external as Allah gave us the judgments not for me to judge where you're ending up? No, the action
		

			itself? Is this obedience of Allah a good thing or a bad thing? Is I don't like to answer it that
way. So you're trying to avoid the question. Because at the end of the day, you can't see someone
has a good heart. You can't see in their hearts, you can assume good of people and you should. But
if the external action is something Allah defined as evil contradicts Iman, then you cannot say this
is a good action, or a good lifestyle. So we don't judge things based on what people say she's so
kind. He's so kind. Kindness is in alignment with what Allah tells us is good. So you're right.
That's a good thing. Before you to say he has a good heart. You don't know that. Sometimes you even
		

			know your own heart. How can you talk about the hearts of other people? So yes, Muslims with bad
character do not represent Islamic teachings. Even if they pray, they fast they attend them a
surgeon, even if there are men who are always in the masjid or women who were the proper agent
doesn't matter. The bad character is its own discussion, and it's a bad thing. That's not the role
model of Islam. You look at the prayer. Is it mandatory? Yes. Leaving prayer is a major, major,
major sin. Yes. In fact, it's a very dangerous major sin. So it's, they're not mutually exclusive.
In other words, don't talk about Iman as this symbolic idea, it's a very postmodernist discussion
		

			usually comes again, from Christians and from societies that want a watered down religion. You know,
if someone's kind in character, that's enough to say what he has a good heart. She has a good heart.
That's all that Allah cares about. That's, that's not what Allah tells us. So where are you getting
this from? In other words, you need to include with this the actions of the limbs. Eman and Islam
are sometimes intertwined. And if someone were to ask you what is the difference between Islam and
Iman, you could think of maybe some ayat that mentioned both, like the one we just mentioned about
the Bedouins or you could think of the hadith of Marina Renata, the long Hadith, in which Dr. Satan
		

			came and he asked and he came to teach what is Islam what is Iman what is right. So the scholars
saying this is the strongest opinion the scholars see there is a lot of evidence that when they are
used together, they have distinct meanings. When they are used in different contexts, they are
interchangeable. So it depends on the context of the Quran, or the Sunnah, but generally are
interchangeable. And then where's the dispute? Where's the dispute amongst early generations, it's
about whether or not Iman increases or decreases. There are some groups in fact, who said the Imam
does not increase or decrease it's on or off binary, like zero or one. You either have a man or you
		

			don't. And there are some Muslims today who follow this opinion. But the overwhelming majority of
scholars and actually we shouldn't say because this goes back to the first generation, the
overwhelming majority of the Sahaba determining we have literally over 500 statements to this
effect, understood Eman as having multiple components. And many of them will specify with those
components that it rises and falls. Are there some major scholars who didn't see that? Yes, there
are Imam Malik Rahim Allah says Iman increases based on the Quran, Eman increases, so it's not
static on or off. It's not binary, I should say. But he said doesn't decrease the overwhelming
		

			majority of scholars that no increases and decreases and there are many examples from the Quran and
from the Sunnah. But let's start with a story, the famous story of a little of the long run and the
one who reports the hadith is none other than hamdulillah and all the love and this is a famous
Hadith reported in Sahih Muslim where basically he leaves his home and he runs into a book and all
the long run and as he runs into he says Keifa enter your handler how're you doing? And he says
enough of a handle about himself. He says handle has become a hypocrite. So
		

			He says what happened? What are you saying? Allah Subhan? Allah Metropolia? What are you saying? So
he says to him to summarize, he says, when we are in the company of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam, we reflect on hellfire and Paradise as if we are seeing them with our own eyes. You know, in
that time, that place where you're hearing maybe a lecture on Janna in detail, you feel like you're
seeing it. You feel like your Eman is so strong. So he says it's like we're seeing them with our own
eyes. But when we are away from the Prophet alayhi salatu salam, and we attend to our wives, our
children, our business, our work are finally in other words, most of these things pertaining to the
		

			athlete or they slipped from our minds. God that He said for one law he in law, Nilekani, Florida,
we experienced the same thing. Like I know what you're talking about, I relate to you. So what did
they do? They went to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and as they go to him for follow us
with Allah He SallAllahu Sallam when they said when he said the same thing enough of a handler, he
said to him, one Maddock, what happened? What happened to you guys? Like what does this mean? And
look at the concern of the sahaba. So he says, Yeah, rasool Allah and he says the same thing when
we're with you. It's like we see paradise Hellfire when we're back home with our wives, our
		

			children, our work our business. In other words, we don't feel the same way. Our Iman decreases.
It's not like we're seeing the athlete anymore. So the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam gave him
advice and this is the famous advice we always talk about, but he swore by Allah subhanaw taala
we're living in fcbd he said if you were to be consistent interview Munna Allah Mata ko noon. If you
were to be consistent in that feeling that you have your Eman is really high. Mata Hakuna nd when
you're with me with the victory and upon remembrance of Allah subhanaw taala the Prophet alayhi
salatu salam said then the melodica would come down and greet you. The Maliki would come down and
		

			greet you were in your homes and in your Pathways meaning as you're walking around while working
you're humbler however many that's not the case. You're not always going to have that high level of
email. Well, I can your handle lotsa. And he repeated this three times, sir, was a time for this.
And a time for that time for this. And the time for them a time for this and a time for them. In
other words, the Sahaba were concerned here, amongst them otherworldly Aloha, and we can't even
imagine the Eman of overthrow the law one, the greatest follower of Rasulullah sallallahu sallam,
and they are worried because their email is not consistently high. So with that very common question
		

			we hear or we feel and we experience, why do I feel like my email is low or I feel bad that my email
is low. It is an actual thoughts a concern for the believer, but there are solutions. But you cannot
have the wrong expectation that you will always be in a lecture 24/7 reading Quran 24/7 upon ticket
and your art 24/7 You're going to have times in which you have to attend to your family time in
which you have to attend to your job you have to survive, you have a livelihood, it doesn't mean
take that as an excuse to not do it anybody either because some people take this highly to the
opposite effect or the opposite end of the spectrum they become very lacks, they'll say to those who
		

			are practicing properly with balance. Oh, you're too hard on yourself. You're doing too much. No, I
take care of my family take care of my job. But I do believe that I don't want to be lacks with my
Eman either. So don't also go to the other extreme. It is it should be mentioned theologically. Of
course, generally speaking amongst the Shia, the Hawa there is the mortality that there are many
other groups as well. They do not agree that Eman increases and decreases and even among some of the
scholars of the Sunnah. Amongst them many scholars not all who are amongst the Ashanti creed. They
do not believe that Eman rises and falls either but it just depends on the scholar that someone is
		

			falling but again, the majority of the early self the early generations this is what they believe
that is the safest thing to follow this why? Because Allah subhanaw taala tells us in solitude and
fun and a very powerful reminder. You have actually multiple examples we can give maybe 10 evidences
from the Quran and Sunnah. But amongst them Surah two and finding the second is enamel McMinnville.
Alladhina EDA Luca along with Gina Audioboom. The believers those who have Iman are those who when
Allah is mentioned, their hearts are moved, their hearts are moved. Why that truly led him to the
tomb Eman when His Verses are recited upon them. It increases them in Eman while they don't behavior
		

			tobacco and this is one example. Another example in the Quran, family Medina fez that tomb Iman and
warm yester Sharon, this is a second example the third example Leah's dad who Iman and Mara Imani.
There are many others like this for them to increase in Eman upon their email. In other words, there
is an increase in demand that cannot be ignored. What about the decrease? The decrease was mentioned
the story of humble that we don't feel the same way all the time. The second type of decrease is
mentioned a very frightening Hadith. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said that Zan in the
fornicator does not communicate while he has EMA media at that moment. They don't have EMA. It
		

			doesn't mean they become careful. they've rejected Islam and they don't believe in Allah. No, nobody
said that amongst the scholars. But in that moment, they don't have Imana
		

			Last apartheid I mean what their Eman is very low. And the second example the Prophet SAW Allah I
send them he said, I swear that he has no iman. I swear that he has no iman, I swear that he has no
iman, the one whose own neighbors are worried about what he will do meaning of the harm that comes
from him. Does that mean this person became a caffeine? They've left Islam? No. So the word caffeine
and coffee in general is a very, very, very serious thing. But these are absolute minimum level and
Eman and Majmudar. Scholars say is for someone to believe in Allah subhana data in the messenger to
testify to this and for there to be something in their actions. But there's a higher level and this
		

			is where most believers are or ascribe or aspire to be. This is a Eman in Wajid the minimum
obligatory level of ima is that you do the things that Allah commanded the five pillars, you stay
away from the prohibitions, and they are not that many. The cupbearer are not that many if you fell
into something that you repent to Allah, these are the people who are guaranteed to be saved from
the hellfire. This is where the guarantee is asked for that first level, the absolute minimum,
perhaps Allah subhanaw taala will punish or He will have mercy it's up to him. But it's mentioned
upon and there are many threats towards somebody who commits these types of major sins without any
		

			talbo Without any Amen. There are reminders in the Sunnah, that the one who does not pray has no
guarantee that they will be saved in the next life. So they may say I'm a movement I believe in
Allah subhanaw taala but they don't practice the overwhelming majority of Islam you leave their
judgment to Allah but you see this is you're putting yourself in the most dangerous position
possible. As for the minimum it is to do the bare minimum of Islam. This includes the five prayers
there are many scholars of course, as you know, many scholars who said what distinguishes the Muslim
from the carpet is Salah, Telugu Salas mentioned the Hadith. This is why some scholars said if you
		

			intend to leave the prayer, and you don't believe that it is obligatory. This is a type of Quran
because you rejected the Quran and the Sunnah. What if somebody left the salah according to the
majority, not all, somebody left the salah. But they know it's a sin. They know they've committed a
major sin they know it's held on to do that they know there's potential punishment. They know
there's potential, how far all of that they know they're the risks that they're taking, playing with
that fire. This person is still a believer. But this person is far from Allah in that moment,
meaning there's no Eman in that moment. So the minimum level, according to many scholars, is for you
		

			to pray your five prayers. This is why when people talk about Muslims or extremist like who are
these conservative Muslims, you ask like non Muslims experts on Islam they say oh, not the ones who
pray five prayers No, no, the moderate ones they pray three prayers are to pray. What are you
talking about? Who told you that like pillars of Islam we teach our children and we know the five
pillars of Islam is the absolute basics. So there are different rulings on the one who leaves the
law but regardless of the ruling, regardless of the opinion that someone follows from the different
motherhood what's frightening is that in the Quran, Salah is constantly linked to the people of Jana
		

			the believers and abandoning Salah is constantly to the people of the Hellfire with Kibera and other
things as well. Masada confy suffered what caused you to be in the Hellfire the people agenda say to
people the Hellfire Babu, Lemna communal masala, and we were not amongst those who prayed and those
who felt the poor, but it goes all the way to the end of that passage and they they don't believe in
the afterlife as well. So it's not just salah, but Salah is something that distinguishes the Muslim
from the Catholic. So that's something that cannot be avoided, something that cannot be ignored. So
the majority of scholars say again, the one who leaves salah, but they know it's mandatory, this
		

			person has committed one of the most major severe sins in Islam, and there's a threat that is
attached to it, but they're still believers. Otherwise there are a lot of complications that arise
when people reject this. Let's summarize in the last seven minutes, the practical things we need the
practical things this is all kind of like theory, what we can XiMa and what can we do to strengthen
our email as for what weakens Iman, it is first and foremost the major the minor sins, all types of
sinfulness will weaken one's ima. Someone does not go from being super practicing to suddenly
committing Zina. Now there is a process in between for example, they thought about it. For example,
		

			they texted someone for example, they open the door Shavon kept whispering they kept tricking them.
So it took some time before they committed a sin. A man does not vanish just like that. If you've
been building it for years, and you're sincere, there's hope that comes with that sincerity. And the
believer who slips up is so afraid and they have so much remorse they go back to Allah subhanaw
taala so sinfulness cannot be ignored. Now many times people ask what about the cabana? It was a
sophomore at summer major summer minor. We'll get into that perhaps in a future lecture inshallah
Tada but the Sangha is what's called minor sins this is one classification. So Allah if they are
		

			piled up the prophets analyzing gave the analogy of a group of people who are traveling and they all
collect one firewood, each sahaya minor sins you think just a minor sin. It's not a big deal. But
you put them all together and you can now like this massive fire, in other words, saw it with a
certain attitude of arrogance or disobedience towards or could become amongst the cadet According to
some scholars, that you no longer feel bad not the action itself. The attitude the internal
arrogance that may come with it. May Allah protect us the second and by the way, here's what we'll
do. Actually, this is an easier way to remember what weakens the man what strengthens him
		

			When compared side by side because they are all related number one, what we can see man is
sinfulness, what strengthens the man is Tober what strengthens him as you're always asking a lot for
forgiveness stuff that Allah to booty. And we give many examples in the previous session in previous
lectures. So you ask Allah Subhana Allah for forgiveness in many different forms now in Allah
subhana, can you continue on learning from the lecture two weeks ago. So the second point, what we
can imagine, is a bad environment or bad friends, we know this, you can be righteous and religious.
But if you live amongst a group of people for a long period of time, and everyone is evil, and
		

			morality is all around you, and it starts to affect you slowly, slowly, slowly desensitizes you, for
example, it could have an impact on you, everyone is different, maybe you are not going to be
affected. But most human beings are impacted by their close friends, by their environments, the
place you spend 40 hours a week by the schools that they attend and the things that they learned. So
regardless of how religious you are a tone, you couldn't be affected by things outside of the home.
Regardless of how religious you are at home and outside of the home, you could be affected by the
things you consume on your devices, because you're watching so many of these things. So in other
		

			words, you protect your environment, filter, reassess. How does this affect my emotions? My mental
state, my spiritual state, my physical state, my financial state, how does it affect me in terms of
my after, and the opposite, of course, good friends and good environments. We have so many
reminders, but at the end of the day, the believer side side the believer like is affected by their
friend, they pull you, they affect you. So believers will be with their friends on the day of
judgment, but those who are evil, meaning two types of evil friends will be fleeing from each other.
And Akela Uyama in bogglingly bad when I do inland water clean. I love the word not just for Selena,
		

			it's a stronger word close friends. Helene is a very close friend will be enemies to each other on
the Day of Judgment, except for Animoto clean the God conscious and Allah Subhana Allah give them
good news on that day. Choose your environments your friends very cautiously. The third is
beneficial knowledge. So what corrupts is a lack of knowledge is dwelling in ignorance what corrupts
is taking actually doubts and doubtful information and the wrong values the wrong moral systems
watching things consuming things that are harmful to your outfit onto your worldview. And what helps
your iman is constantly taking in that which is beneficial. The profits on the lesson have always
		

			made dua Alemany as I look at him and Nafisa. What is unclear but I'm an amateur campaigner. And in
the Quran, the only command to ask for more of something before rubbish Sydney, or email and say, My
Lord, Increase me in knowledge. So beneficial knowledge, what can we do consistency, consistently?
hamdullah we have now we've had other programs, we have a weekly class every Wednesday as an
example. This is an example of learning consistently. But what can we do beyond just one place one
time? What can we do for our children, if they are constantly learning, learning, learning,
especially in very crucial years of development, that they are learning that which is beneficial for
		

			their alcohol, number four of harmful things, is to consume a naturalistic, secular, atheistic
foundation of morality. This comes from society, it comes from public education, it comes from
secular universities. It comes from the books that we read a fiction comes from movies and TV shows
as well that people take in sometimes without checking twice, not just oh, is there something
inappropriate for my child, not just in terms of how gory is this or the language? How does this
affect your athlete? How does it affect your worldview? How does it affect what you think is right
and wrong? If someone passes by billboards and advertisements for alcohol every single day, or they
		

			see this hundreds of times a day online or through some I don't know, movie or TV show? Even though
you know It's haram, and you don't ever intend to do it? The feeling that you had the first time you
saw it, were like, Oh, the villa, may Allah protect us, May Allah guide these people, that feeling
starts to change. That's what we mean when we say, desensitized, So protect yourself when it comes
to the wrong moral systems. And of course, the opposite of this is what immerse yourself in systems
that will benefit you, with good friends, with environments with books with everything that helps
you. And finally, the thing that we can Eman that many times we ignore is laziness is inaction that
		

			you know what you're supposed to do, and you're simply not doing it. You're overthinking it. Like
why am I not praying? So now you got up after so why am I not praying, son? Stop thinking I just
pray that today because you're at home you think should I pray to rock as before? Why are you
thinking about print shaitan wants us to be very slow to do acts of worship things that will boost
your iman and to be very fast to commit sin. And we want to be the opposite, where we are rushing to
your acts of worship, and we don't rush ever into sinful sorrow that we think twice and we seek
protection from Allah subhanaw taala so the opposite of laziness and inaction here and by the way,
		

			laziness the profit made against it as well, alarmingly, although becoming an Emmy one hasn't wow.
Oh, do we come in on our Dizzy Wilkerson, incapacity and laziness, which has become very common. In
fact, many researchers say that it's not just because of like chronic fatigue or because of somebody
like doesn't have access which almost nobody has access to eating healthy, to exercising, to moving
about up and about if you have a job where you're always sitting around that you're making sure
you're doing the best thing you can do for your head.
		

			So you're staying busy with good things, maintaining your health, maintaining your health, in terms
of your body and mind is an act of worship that will affect your body as well. So taking care of
your body in terms of being fit and eating clean, healthy foods is an act of worship. And we have to
emphasize this in our communities, especially when many I think we have many doctors here from
China. Many people are informing us every other week. There's another study there's another evidence
is another proof that the foods that people are eating are causing so much harm to them. And the
lazy or people gets the less likely they are to even want to do anything of self discipline,
		

			including acts of worship. And so the opposite of this interval has an attitude hipness, yet do
actions, do actions. And when Allah subhanaw taala tells us about Jana, he tells us what either you
can fail yet and after seeing what an officer compete, let the competitors compete. He tells us what
Sadhguru was. The whole race rush to Allah's forgiveness rushing here is not going to come with
laziness and finally, to reflect difficult, reflect on Allah, reflect frequently. These are five
very practical things that we can avoid and five practical things we can implement in sha Allah
Allah. But at the end of the day, the stronger your Eman the happier you will be internally in terms
		

			of your contentment. The stronger your email, the more protected you are by law the melodica will
surround you the stronger your iman the less worried you are about the future uncertainties of this
life. The stronger your Eman the less worried you are about the enemies of Islam. The stronger your
Eman the more likely you will have as a source of benefit for other human beings to revive your
family to revive your ummah has to come from something internal first and foremost. And that
internal Eman that is written upon the hearts comes from Allah subhanho wa taala. And finally, of
course the stronger your iman, the more light you will have in the grave and on the Day of Judgment.
		

			We ask Allah subhana wa Taala to make Iman faith, belief, action, Beloved to us and fill our hearts
with it and to protect us from anything that leads to disbelief or anything that leads to
immorality, anything that leads to weak Eman. We ask Allah subhanaw taala to make us supportive to
our families, to our friends to our communities that when someone is struggling with weak Iman we
know how to lift them up how to advise how to help We ask Allah subhanaw taala to guide us and guide
others through us and to make us a means of revival in the Ummah and we ask Allah subhanaw taala to
protect us in this life in the grave and on the Day of Judgement, wa salam ala Nabina Muhammad wa
		

			early he was a big Marine. What does that mean? We're here and we'll see you all in sha Allah after
salata, Russia of course, we'll see you all in sha Allah for the next session, we are going to
continue with some traits of the individual reviving basically the OMA and then we will move on to
the family and then we'll move on to society Inshallah, to Allah, so we'll see you then inshallah
cerametallic well
		

			Sasha Are you it's good to see you. How are you? Good to see you as well.
		

			Please,
		

			do not have light and all that.