Revival #01 How Sincerity Can Save Your Life

Smilla will hamdu lillah wa salatu salam ala Rasulillah while early he or Sufi woman wala a Salam alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh. Welcome to the first episode in a series that will take us in sha Allah Tala through some of the most important characteristics we are in need of, in three ways at the individual level, at the family level and at the societal Ummah based level, and all of this to cover the theme of the series The revival of the Ummah, may Allah subhanaw taala help us to revive our hearts and our families or organizations and the entirety of the ummah. Allahumma Amin. So we will start with the individual traits and today inshallah Talia will begin with this scene in

mind. In the 10th year of the hijra, in the month of the hija, the final month of the Islamic calendar, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam made his first and only Hajj and there he delivered many reminders throughout hedge. Sometimes people conflate combine all of these as one Farewell Sermon. But there were in fact multiple reminders during the Hajj of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and then what happened a few months after that, in Obi Wan, the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam in the 11th year after the hijra, passed away and return to his Lord and acela to a center and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said some very important words that will help us

to accomplish what we're trying to accomplish with this journey with the revival of the Ummah, which we know we're always in need of, and it will require the individuals of the Ummah to work really hard and to be very wise to be very strong. He said it was a telephone Rob back home, you will meet your Lord. He's saying this to so many people who are listening. So many people have embraced Islam, and he said face no C'mon American, ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada will ask you about your deeds. This is the summary of what the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is saying to the companions, and then he continues, and he warns them do not become

disbelievers after I leave some of you striking the necks of others and then he said sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, Allah Allah uban Lila Shaheed will avoid, let the one who is present convey this message to the one who is absent. Why did he say this? For many who received the message? Whoever more retentive memory than the one who hears meaning it is very possible that there are others who will receive this message from you that I've delivered, and they will benefit more from it. You have to pass this on to others. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam then said in one report, Allah held beloved call you now called Allahu machette. He said, haven't I conveyed Allah's message to

you? And they testified Yes, he said, All lobby witness, oh Allah be witness. Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam conveyed the entirety of the message of Islam, the message of the Lord of the heavens and the earth, he completed his mission. And shortly after that would be an Owen on the 12th on a Monday, according to many scholars, as you look in the history about when he was born, and when he died, you will find an interesting discussion. The Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam on that Monday returned to his Lord and the OMA now, the companions had to carry the torch of Islam forward the final message from the Creator to the creation, now you are responsible for it. So the

Companions they were trained directly by the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, how to move forward with the message, taking principles from it, applying them to new situations, navigating the challenges that would arise. And for the last 1400 years of this great and rich tradition and legacy, the Eman of the Ummah, they believe the fates of the individuals, it would fluctuate. So the faith would fluctuate in the sense that at times, some people some region, some parts of the Ummah would struggle. And that is the case in life until the end of time is but in all places and times there are always going to be people who contribute positively to them with their presence. There are

people who will revive the OMA more than others. There will always be people in the Omaha revive its goodness. And there will always be people working really hard, no matter the challenges the obstacles from now until the end of times to convey the final message of Allah subhanaw taala to the rest of the equation. And there are characteristics all of us here have different characteristics that we are aware of, and things that we are not aware of, that we are in need of as families to as organizations and as societies. How do we revive the Ummah, at different levels and in different facets? Everything you all do? Every single one of us and everyone who is listening to this later,

every single person has a ripple effect on the rest of the world in ways we cannot measure or know. We leave that to Allah subhana wa Tada. The world is impacted by individuals, by families by societies and Allah subhanaw taala tells us here's the scene being set. Contemplate matino courageously nurse

Madrona been maruf what an Honan in muka were taught me know and I believe you are the best nation ever raised for mankind for humanity. And then Allah subhana gave three conditions that will allow you to be amongst the best of nations. What are these three conditions that make you the best nation? That you encourage? What is good, you command what is good, God defined by Allah, you prohibit you discourage you are against what is evil. So you're forbidden forbidden evil as defined by Allah. What taught me when I believe you believe in Allah. So your Eman is there. These three conditions are the foundation of what it means to be a good omens are the best match for mankind.

And the objective of our series inshallah Tada is to revive them. The objective of our series is to revive the goodness that we all know we have the potential for within ourselves and our families, what is the ideal family? What are some of its characteristics are organizations and society at large it is to revive all of this. And we should always intend and raise our children with the belief that we are all responsible for contributing to the revival process of the OMA. It is one of the most crucial topics a Muslim can study, and a sign that there is goodness in dogma that we are still talking about this and pursuing it. This is a good sign. Now there's a famous Hadith many

people asked about, or they think about when we mentioned the revival of the Ummah, and soon to be the widows reported the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, Indeed, Allah will raise up in this ummah, at the beginning of every century, we'll talk about what this means the beginning of every century, someone who will renew their religion menu do Lucha Dena, who is going to revive their religious beliefs and practices for them. So ALLAH SubhanA wa will cause someone to basically come out of every century to do this. And what's interesting here, you look at the commentary, what the scholars have mentioned, historically, sometimes people think this is one individual, one

scholar, and they start to wonder who is that scholar who is the scholar today? Maybe it's a popular person. So you look around like that's the majority of the Ummah today, hollows are almost okay, we're taken care of, we have nothing to worry about. Maybe it's someone famous in the writings or publications. So that's it, we're done. But for sure, in our minds, some people think it has to be that scholar, the alum, it has to be a diary or their area. So what people end up doing is they remove any sense of responsibility from the self, from society, from organizations from collective works from thinking that you are part of that revival that is mentioned in the Hadith, the reviver

of good and Mujaddid. As many scholars stated, it is not just one scholar of the religion, as many scholars have stated in a Theodore hemella. He said, every group of people benefit from some discipline the others do not. He mentioned, for example, even politics being necessary as a structure to facilitate goodness it's necessary for reviving goodness in the OMA. So this is why some scholars, they said Omar bin Abdul Aziz Allahu Allah was a mudra did a revival because he restored Islamic principles. He was pious, but he restored the principle of justice through a political position when he was in power. And because of that regime of law, he was assassinated, but

he did so much good in those two and a half years. Another thing to keep in mind, the Magette does not literally need to be at the beginning of every 100 years, literally 100 hijra, or even a calendar year, something like that year 200 Looks look around who is the Mujaddid born at this time, your 300 as some people wrongly assume. Many scholars say it's from the time of the statement of the prophesy, so then it could be from the time of Prophet to it from his death sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. So we don't know when exactly what else the Magette did, does not have to be one person.

The hadith does not mention it has to be one person as a mammoth, the heavy Rama and others have stated, even 100 Rahim Allah, He says, The combination of good deeds needing to be revived is not limited to one type of goodness, one type of light. And it's not necessarily that all of these traits are found in one person. So here's the question we have today.

If the revival of goodness is diverse, and it has many types and contexts, and if the revivals themselves are many and not just one, then we asked ourselves once again, what is our responsibility? Many people ask who is the Mujaddid? Who is the revival rather we should think what am I doing to revive goodness in the OMA What am I doing to contribute and raise a generation of goodness and a generation that will revive hide in the OMA as well? Reviving goodness can be in people's Iman first and foremost? Because that is the deen as well as a generally the worldview the understanding of Islam, as well as bringing people back to the correct teachings of Islam, perhaps

in a time in which many people have deviated or innovated or many times people are desensitized. So many wrong things have become normalized that someone has to bring people back to the Sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam or someone will bring clarity in a time of country

fusion, or someone will bring refutations of powerful ideologies that are predominant, but in reality they expose these ideologies as weak. So as benefiting from their presence, reviving goodness can mean that you are addressing a major challenge of the time that you are in. Even the religious quote unquote religious, practicing Muslim community, in certain parts of the world, or in certain times in history, and even today can become desensitized, even the students of knowledge and sometimes the Imams, and the teachers, men and women of all walks of life can become desensitized. So they will need someone to remind them to bring them back to the correct principles to be very

clear and direct about what is right and what is wrong.

Reviving goodness can also mean that there is a scholar that takes on one of the biggest issues of their time, even though they are taking the bullet they fall for everyone else, because it it's something you're not allowed to address in your country. In your society. In that time. In history, you're not allowed to talk about the sensitive issue, but that scholar or those groups of scholars, they are willing to do so even if it means they will face some backlash or some impact on their material state. It can also mean reviving a high standard for the Ummah, think about how much are in every Muslim on average has Islamic knowledge. A lot of people actually have PhDs, a lot of Muslims

in many countries are very advanced, and they have developed many sciences of Hamdulillah. And it and many other things cybersecurity and in many fields, the question is what is the standard of integrity that we have in our communities. So it might be that reviving goodness is to bring about a revolutionary or impactful educational strategy that will help bring people back to Allah subhanaw taala especially maybe people were distant, disconnected whatsoever from what is important. All of this is the commentary on that one Hadith, of reviving goodness. And the Prophet saw the light and advise us and reminded us know that whoever revives a tradition from my sunnah, if it dies out after

me will have the reward of those who act upon it, without diminishing from the reward. So if you teach someone something good, you bring people back to something good, and they practice it and others practice it and they teach it and it continues on and on and on with the ripple effect, that you know of this type of revival and continuous charity is a benefit for you every single time someone does it. May Allah subhanaw taala make us amongst those revive the OMA all then young for every walk of life Allamani so then the question is, what is the first characteristic that we are starting with in our series? What is the first thing that is important to when you think about your

journey to Allah subhanaw taala the acts of worship that you do the practices every single day of your life? What will it take for our Ummah to be successful, for you to be successful for us to be revived? It is the trait of sincerity of loss. And when we talk about sincerity in worship, we are talking about if loss as the foundation of faith. And Allah subhanaw taala says in zona la Calcutta, we will help the vulnerable dilla Moakley Salahuddin de la Dino call us indeed We have sent down the book to you or prophet in truth. So worship Allah alone, being sincerely devoted to him. Indeed, sincere devotion is only to Allah. sincere devotion, the class of worship is only for loss of

pinata, you all know the famous Hadith in the Malama to be nearer to the end of the Hadith. And one of the most famous narrations that Some scholars say it is like it's 1/4, or 1/3, of one's religion, deeds are judged by intentions, and you will have the reward only for what you intended. So we know what loss is in a general sense. But when you think about Islam with a class, we are talking here about all acts of worship, every type of variable that has to be intended for Allah alone. One time, a young student was talking about a new act of worship he wanted to do. And he said, You know what, I have a good intention. It's about the intention. We know we hear this all the time we were raised

with it. It's only about the good heart this I meant something good by it. But it brings us to answer the question of what does it take for all of your acts of worship, your Salah, your fasting, anything else to be accepted by Allah for you to get the reward, you want to make sure you have to want to make sure that you are being rewarded for what you're doing. So how do you know an act of worship is accepted by Allah there are two conditions. It's very straightforward. The first condition is that you did the act of worship sincerely for the sake of Allah. That's what a clause is all about. The second condition it has to be a correct action based on Islam based on the Quran.

The Sunnah has to be in agreement with what the Prophet salallahu alayhi salam taught, so you cannot say I want to change Nazareth prayer to five rock as and you can't tell me I'm doing something wrong because I'm praying more than you. You're praying three rockets. I'm praying five, five is greater than three. Allah wants us to pray more. Right? So this person is justifying five rockets of Madrid. With a good intention, but the wrong action. You steal from the rich and

Give to the poor, say, Well, I'm doing something good with it. You play you gamble, you say all the winnings from gambling a lottery, I'm going to give it to charity. So you're trying to justify something with a good intention, maybe that's between you and Allah, but the action is wrong. We need both sincere intention, correct action. So this requires a sincere pure heart constantly being purified and knowledge of what is right and wrong, so that our actions can be accepted. The word is lost the root of it has many connotations. One of them is something that is clear. In fact, something so clear, you can see through which we want our hearts to be our symbolic your figurative

hearts of the soul. To be clear, we want our sincerity to be an act that is internal first and confirmed externally. Some scholars would say floss is the fragrance of the heart and some even said that the angels know when you're intending something good because you have a sincere intention. The hadith books many of them begin with this hadith in the meta might have been yet actions or by judged by and rewarded by intentions and there's a famous story and this is a very important story and you've heard it many times but there's a very famous story that we can take many lessons from will summarize a few inshallah Abdullah in our model, the Allahu Anhu reported the Prophet

sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, while three men were walking, they were overcome by rain, and they took refuge safety in a cave in a mountain. A boulder fell over the mouth of the cave, blocking them inside. So now they are blocked inside this cave, what would you do? One of the men said to the others, think of the good deeds that you have done for the sake of Allah so that you can make dua call upon Allah with this good deed. Perhaps he will relieve us, meaning relieve you of this hardship that you're in. So one of them this is the first of three men. One of them said, Oh, Allah. I had two parents, with my wife and my child and I tended to a flock and when the evening came, I

milked meaning the animals and I served my parents first before even my child. Here. This is the act of what Bill did what he did. This is what's emphasized. He said, One day I went in search of fodder and I did not come back until evening. I found both of them my parents sleeping. So I milked as I had done before I brought the milk stood by their heads, but I hate it to disrupt their sleep, or to even in the narration to serve the child before the parents is wanting to serve his mother and his father, their elderly in age he said my child was crying at my feet and yet I continued standing over my parents meaning next to them until the approach of done so then he said for infant autonomy

they couldn't autonomy if you know your Allah and Anita and too delicate to what jika if you know that I did this seeking sincerely your face meaning just looking for your pleasure, frosh, Lana. I mean, for Jetta na minha Sama, making Johansson your law if I did this sincerely for your sake and you know, you know the reality of my intention, then allow us to be relieved so that we can just see the sky meaning allow this boulder to move, so that we can see the sky meaning allow us to be saved from this hardship. And then what happened? The Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam said the federal judge Allahu minha photo Jetta and Thoreau minha Sana, Allah subhanho wa Taala allowed the boulder

to move and now they are able to see the sky. But still, they can't leave just yet. They're still they need the boulder to move some more. The second man made dua Long story short, he said, Oh Allah, I had a cousin whom I love more than any man could love a woman. I presented myself to her. She refused, until I could give her 100 coins, meaning she was in need. She was poor. And she said if you give me money, so she was in a desperate situation. He basically said I worked hard until I gathered the 100 coins, and I brought them to her. He said and I'll be careful with my wording. I know of him that we have many children attending as well. He basically said when I was about to do

the thing, the act itself that is haram she said oh servants of Allah, fear Allah and do not break what you're not supposed to break what you don't have the right to do. I'm paraphrasing the Hadith to be careful. He said and then I stood and I left her. So he was afraid when she said fear Allah. Fear Allah He was afraid so he said I left her y'all love you know that I did this seeking your sincerely seeking your pleasure than relieve us of this distress. The builder moved again. And now they were able to see more of the sky. The third man said something very interesting when now he has to make dua, he says oh Allah and I'm paraphrasing the story here he says, Oh Allah, I employed

someone to work for me for a portion of rice, meaning what the payments for this man is a portion of rice. When the man finished his work, he said, give me what I deserve. I offered to him his payment, his share, but he did not accept it. What happens? He said I continued planting his share until I had a mouse meaning I had reinvested that rice. I started planting it making money off of it. And then it grew and grew and grew Allahu Alem How long until he started to gather and accumulate from that investment. Cows

and flocks and many other things. Then he came to me, meaning at some point he came back and he said, Fear Allah, and oh violate my rights, meaning in other words, I want my money now. So I said to him, go to this cow, and it's flocks and take them. Imagine you're coming for a payment, let's put a number on it. $10 You owe me $10. And you come back months, years, Aloha, and when you come back later, and the person that owes you says, Okay, fine, go take this house, and everything inside all the property. So the man said back to him, fear alone. Don't make fun of me, don't walk me. I said, I'm not walking, you take the cow, and it works. So he took them and he left. What does this

mean? By the way, for those who wonder about this part of the Hadith, it means that this man was a man of honesty with Allah, their sincerity, that you know what that million dollars I made was from the $10 that did not belong to me, I was holding on to it for someone else. When they came back to me, I gave them the million not the 10 this is a kind of what are kind of piety towards Allah, that is on another level, but this is what we should be practicing every day. So then the man made the same dua as the other two for encounter Thailand or any foul to a delicate Yeah, what do you call for fraudulent? bethia? Federal jail? Allahumma Lufia. So he said, Yeah, Allah, if you know that I

did this seeking your face, meaning for your sake, then relieve us of what remains, the Boulder is still blocking a little more, we need just a little more space. In other words, so relieve us of what remains and Allah relieve them of what remained. The story has a lot of lessons, of course, but one of the interesting points that many scholars point out is that tawassul intercession through one's good deeds is permissible. And this is one of the evidences for it. Tell us soon here, for example, is to ask Allah, on behalf of your good deeds, yeah, Allah, if you know that I did this sincerely for your sake, then please grant me such and such please relieve me of such and such. So

this is when you do something sincere for the sake of Allah. Notice, every time one of these men mentioned, the good deed, they put the condition on it, that Allah subhanaw taala judges them in the moment about whether or not was performed sincerely, was there a loss 100% For the sake of Allah, because a deed that is performed without a loss is not rewarded by law, a deed that does not have sincerely means not for the sake of a loss to show off for worldly things, you'll get what you want for it. But it's not an act of worship in that case, because you'd not intend it as such. The question we might ask ourselves, if we were trapped in that cave, or there's some deeds that we

could think of, that we would ask ALLAH SubhanA data through that your life, you know, I did this sincerely for your sake, then relieve us of what remains? What would you have asked of Allah subhanaw taala, to accept from you in that moment, and to grant you a blessing because of it because of your sincerity? What would you have thought of now I mentioned this once. And one of the brothers it was a lengthy time of thinking, talking about class. He's like, Listen, I'm thinking about this story. I don't I can't think of a big act of worship every one of these three examples in the Hadith. It's a very big act of worship very like noticeable in a while like this man was in that

case with his cousin that man was the one who was supposed to pay back $10 He get back a million for example. So he says I can't think of anything major. But you're consistent good deeds for the sake of Allah are also important to keep in mind, because consistency is a noble and great act of worship.

What are the benefits of sincerity of loss? What are we taking from all of this? Let's summarize 10 Fruits of a class 10 amazing benefits of being sincere. These are all based on the Quran and Sunnah. Number one. And the most important is that your acts of worship are accepted. At the end of the day. If we all died and left this world tonight, and we are held accountable, we would want to know that what we are pinning our hopes on that it's there that it's true that it's sincere. They all know this really was for you. Make sure you are sincere with your Salah make sure you are sincere in private when no one is watching but Allah number two is happiness. You're more content when you know

you did it for the sake of Allah. Number three, Allah subhanaw taala will bless you, he will increase you in baraka and Allah subhanho wa Taala talks about what was it now whom who that Allah Subhan Allah talks about the example of those who story the youth the story was mentioned in the Surah we recite every single Juma that we increase the mean goodness but why because they in a home fit yeah tune these youth airmen will be rugby him they believe in Allah was it no more that as a result of law, increase them in guidance. So you are blessed by Allah, and guidance, reinforcement steadfast and sometimes Muslims ask, How do I stay strong? With all these temptations, all these

hardships all these pseudo intellectual doubts, hold fast to the act of worship starting with internal sincerity and then external. Number four is that Allah subhanaw taala will give you victory, success. And of course we have examples from the Hadith where the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he says in Mo Yan Salah who heard the Ummah, Allah Subhana Allah gives victory the some of the scholars say this means Allah only gives victory to this ummah big

Because of its weak meaning the weak amongst the OMA why because of their drop down what team was Salah team was philosophy, their dura their prayer and their sincerity it's specified. So Nasir is linked to sincerity. When you ask where's the victory for the OMA, let us turn back to sincere acts of worship as well. Let us turn back to Aurora and to Salah May Allah subhanaw taala grant us consistency and sincerity. Number five, of course, if you're sincere in this life, Allah will reward you in the next life. Number six is that Allah subhanaw taala will love you and God that Islam will love you that America angels will love you. And so this is from what from this is from being sincere

to Allah that Allah will call out to Gibreel Ali salaam, and he will say Allah loves so and so. Oh Gibreel so love him Gibreel Islam will love that person and make an announcement to the rest of the heavens, we need them in Africa. Allah has loved so on so therefore you should love him. The dwellers of the heavens will love this person and he's granted the pleasure of the people on earth. Does this mean 100% of the human population? No, it means that people whose hearts are pure, the Prophet sallallahu Sallam the believers loved him and you had yet some people opposing him. So this means those who are righteous will find themselves loving and accepting the one that Allah subhanaw

taala loves. Number seven sincerely gives you resilience in times of hardships. How is it that some people in Gaza are occupied massacred, the rights are violated for over 15 years and in Palestine for 75 years Mr. lochsa with all the tap into it, and yet they are resilient, holding on to their faith. It's because sincerity drives them. Their intention is all for a loss of habitat. So grant your type of strength. Number eight, sincerely protects you from temptations of sinfulness. When you're sincere to Allah. You might for example, think of a scenario where someone is being seduced to do something haram and they make dua to Allah save me for the situation save me from the

situation. Why save me from the situation because if I don't find a way out, if I don't get out of here, I might fall into the sin. So Yusuf Ali Salam was willing to go to prison, rather than accepting while he was being invited to as an example. Number nine, sincerely is a protection. May Allah protect us all against the tricks of the devil? How do we know this? The devil says I will misguide all of them in the coming home and McLaughlin, except for your servants who are sincere, that is your first shield against the shape on May Allah grant us sincerely and protection. And finally, number 10. Sincerity one of its fruits is that it gives you a type of motivation to

continue doing good. So sincerely is the inner quality that grants you the external ability to do good, it confirms what you actually believe. So we're talking here about an internal trait that is developed an externally everything is tied to it. So what's interesting about the story of the three men and the cave,

you'll have Subhanallah many narrations of stories of three people, three people, three people, here you have three people in the cave, and they were sincere. So ALLAH SubhanA save them. But there's a very frightening Hadith found in Sahih Muslim in which the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam tells us about the first three people to be punished on the Day of Judgment. It's a very, very frightening Hadith and a very heavy one. But it's the kind of reminder a person needs when they've become desensitized to sin, heedless towards the law slacking off whether you're a bother showing off not really worshiping unless people are watching. So this is the Hadith of the three to be punished on

the day of judgment before anyone else. So these three one of them to summarize the narration, one of them he's brought forth this man was a martyr, a Shaheed a martyr, we are talking about shahada all the time as Muslims, and how great it is for someone to be a shaheed. So this person is brought forward Allah will remind this man of the favors that he gave him and the man will acknowledge Yes, clo you gave me these favors these blessings. Allah will ask him, What did you do to express gratitude for the man will respond I fought for your sake until I died as a martyr. And Allah will say, You have lied. You fought so that people might call you courageous and they have done so. This

man's intention was not for Allah, it was for people.

He gave up his life for people, not for Allah, but your life doesn't belong to the people belongs to Allah subhanaw taala How can you take the blessing of life and everything Allah gave you and then wasted just to show off just so people say so and so is so brave, they die the Shahada. So the command will be issued in this manner will be dragged on his face and thrown into the fire. Well, yeah, the biller and then a man will be brought forward the second man he had acquired and imparted knowledge or in and read Quran and he'll be brought forward a load remind him of the blessings he gave in the manual acknowledges blessings and Allah will ask him what did you do to be grateful for

it? The man will respond. I acquired knowledge I

Tada I read the Quran for your sake and Allah will say you have lived May Allah protect us, you acquired knowledge so that people might call you a knowledgeable person and you will read the Quran so that they might call you a call that a recital and they have done so meaning what if that was your intention for the people you've got what you wanted, people call you aquatic people said this person's or recited this person is knowledgeable command will then be issued, the man will be dragged on his face and thrown into the fire with any other biller. And then finally, a man that Allah made very rich affluent in this world, brought forward he had a lot of money, Allah asked him

about these blessings, he acknowledged them, what did you do to be grateful demand says, I did not neglect any opportunity, any way in which you like for us to give charity except that I did it. And Allah will say you have lied. You did it so that people might call you generous, and they have done so. command will then be issued and this man will be dragged on his face and thrown into the fire. And in one one variation of the Hadith, the wording. So these are the first of Allah's creation, the fire will be kindled with on the Day of Judgment. May Allah protect us and grant us sincerely alarm me, one of the scariest thoughts, someone is doing something significant of time, energy, blood,

sweat, tears, and then it was all to show off. It wasn't for Allah. They come on the day of judgment, and it's all a deception.

It's like a mountain that the thought they had of deeds, crumbles into dust, nothing at all. What are you going to do then? Was it worth it? For people to validate you to call you knowledgeable to call you generous? Was it worth it for people to say so and so, so brave? Who cares about the people? Sorry, forgive me for being so blunt, really, who cares about other human beings praise of you, when it comes to the bad, who cares?

Because at the end of the day, people are not going to reward you Allah. Well, that's all that matters. You're a bad is for Allah. So I've been taking a lot from Allah, he says something interesting about this hadith, he said, just as the best of people are the prophets, than the worst of people is the one who imitates them, the one who acts like a prophet, but they're not giving the false impression that he is from them, but he is not actually from them. The best of people after that are the, he says are the aroma, the shahada, the Sunday upon them, hopefully soon, they are sincere, and the worst of people, those who imitate them trying to act like they are from them, but

they are not. In other words, this is one of the worst things to do. So when we talk about showing off entity, a lot of people ask, listen, we have heard about hair loss our entire lives, we just need some very tangible practical things that we can do. So what I will share in Charlotte Tyler, are 10 pieces of advice 10 actions that will help the Muslim stay away from the showing off. Specifically, we're talking about acts of worship. And, number one, before you carry out an act of worship, remember that the only benefit, the only benefit you'll have is if the deed is accepted by Allah. And remember this hadith of the first three to be punished on the Day of Judgment. The second

while you are in an act of worship, sometimes it's not an instant act of worship, it's an ongoing thing. Maybe you're a volunteer for an Islamic organization, maybe you're doing something public that people see, if you feel during the act of worship. If you worry about your intention, it's a good sign that you worry. What do you do? Do you start doing the act of worship? You know, shaitan might make me show off I might not be suitable for if you are suitable for what you're doing. And you're worrying about your intention, renew your intention, but continue doing the good after worship. Number three, you'll have many examples here where people talk about sincerity. And in

reality, it is a lifestyle, not a one time occurrence. Loss is an ongoing thing. So you're always remembering always thinking about your intention and how to stay strong, sincere. Number four, remember that the only one who can give you the hasnat and forgive you for the sins because the good deeds also erased sins and it hasn't yet you didn't see it. Only Allah can do that. If someone calls you amazing, somebody calls you recite, or somebody's like, Wow, you're so amazing. You've moved to your voice, blah, blah, blah, somebody is talking about how generous you are because you don't need it doesn't really matter.

Number five, stay away from excessive praise. And try also not to overly praise people to their faces. Now somebody asked Does this mean you're not allowed to praise? You're allowed to praise in some contexts, but if you know the one you are praising, it's going to get big headed, or they might be struggling with their faith they might be showing off as it is, then you have to be wise rather than praise them for their act of worship. Make dua for them. Make dua for one another. May Allah accept from you. That's what the Sahaba used to say as well. May Allah accept from you and us. May Allah accept from you. Why because If Allah doesn't accept, what's the point of this act of worship?

May Allah accept from you may Allah keep you sincere? May Allah grant us sincerity, we can make these types of dua, if somebody has benefited you through a public act of worship. One of the best things you can do is to tell them instead of wow, that's so amazing. You're so amazing. I

Love you so much hear this and you have encouraged me to be a better Muslim closer to Allah. So one of the best things you can share in sha Allah Tada.

Number six is a lot of estafa stuff that Allah to Will you a pure Toba asking Allah for forgiveness. The more you think of your sins, the more sincere you must become. Number seven is to make dua. A lot of people ask is there a specific one you can make a lot of general dua from the bottom of your heart in any language you want. But the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said or people be aware of this schicke meaning the minor form of shoot, for it is more subtle than the footsteps of an aunt. Somebody asked the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, how can we be aware of it? When it is more subtle than the footsteps of an ant or messenger of Allah? He said say and he taught them a

DUA. Allahumma inni rubrica and Oceanica were an alum was the federal Kadima Anna Anna, although we seek refuge with you from knowingly associating anything with you, and we seek your forgiveness for that which we do unknowingly. This is an authentic hadith. Furthermore, you have a beautiful dua reported by Al Hasan from Ramadan the long run he used to say, hola hola, hola, Emmeline. Sorry hon. wa Jalla, hola. Kahan is on the one Tangier on the 150 Shaiya. Oh Allah make my deeds, righteous, sincere, make them pure for your sake and do not let anyone else have a share of the meaning don't make them for the sake of anyone else. You can find this in the book of Zohar by number eight.

Remember the harmful effects of real showing off in this life and in the next life? The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, Whoever acts to be heard, Allah will make him heard whoever asked to show off Allah will show him off. This means we're unaware to home Allah. He said, The scholar said, it means whoever is showing off with their deeds, publicizing it so that people will honor him. And so that they will see him as virtuous Allah will publicize it to people on the day of judgment and disgrace him with it. So you're allowed to share an act of worship sometimes to encourage people. And you have to be very wise because generally the default is what if you can keep

an act of worship? Private, that keep it private? And this shatters the lifestyles of many people in the influencer era. What do you mean, keep it private? All these charities, all these things, we're doing every country around the world, all these poor people on the street we're giving money to, we want views so we can spread the data. And so the more people give charity, your intention is known to Allah. We are not claiming that anyone who is publicizing is doing anything wrong. Not at all. But the default. The default advice in Islam goes back to the Prophet sallallahu sunnah, from zubaid When our webinar the long run is if you can keep an act of worship private, keep it private. Now

sometimes for the sake of Dawa, yes, absolutely. Stay strong, stay sincere, you want to benefit other people try to find creative ways to do it. Try to find creative ways to do it. But don't let it be everything that you have. Number nine, welcome advice. How on earth is advice related to sincerity? If you're sincere, and someone advises you, it's going to benefit your afterlife. So if you're sincere as a believer practicing for the sake of Allah, you want that advice so you can improve and change as our model the long run who said, may Allah have mercy on the one who shows me my fault, and my faults are my flaws. Why? Because the one who advises you, is giving you the best

thing you can possibly have a moment of accountability in this life so that you can change before you die. Imagine standing on the day of judgment. And you see all these people that knew you in the communities and online and you're posting and sharing and doing things and nobody advise you about this obvious thing that you're doing that's wrong, or you all your close friends, your loyal friends, because they thought friendship is about loyalty, blind loyalty. It's not about advice. Whereas in Islam, no, it's about advice for the sake of Allah. This is a big part of Islam. This is what makes us reflect our love for one another that I care about your athletes. But the way you give

advice has to also be wise and prophetic. Number 10. Finally, is always have sincere deeds that nobody else is aware of even the closest people to even your own spouse, your parents, your siblings. This includes charity, and there are categories of people rewarded on the Day of Judgment because of how secret their charity was. And this includes clean money, especially the night prayer. There is no reason whatsoever no reason at all for people to know that you pray at night at all. Maybe yes, you might advise a family member or a sibling, your your children. There should not be people online who know that you pray family you should never be in this moment where you wake up at

4am You pray to them you just did all these acts of worship and then you post something online like some people used to do in Ramadan and other times like hashtag rug the life Come on, man. You just went and did all of this. You prayed for the sake of Allah in the midst of the night no one could see you and you were an embarrassed yourself. And also it's cringy on top of that the hashtag you had to share. So if

You're going to do acts of worship, keep them as private as you can, especially, especially, especially to the external world, people outside of your home, be sincere between you and Allah subhana let there be many good deeds. And of course the night prayer is one of the greatest things that you can do. The Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam said, the best prayer the best Salah after the obligatory prayer is the prayer at night, as a report in Sahih Muslim. Furthermore the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he said, it can be clearly laid upon you, you should pray meaning the night prayer, for it is the habits of those who came before you find now who double sided enough

Kubla Khan, this is something important for us to think about. This is what the righteous did before you always ask how do I imitate? This is one of the best things you can do and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, well who are Cordoba to an era become and it is a nearness to your Lord, you want to be close to Allah, the night prayer. He also said it's a purifier for your sins and also prevents you from additional sins. Sometimes people say I'm addicted, I'm gossiping all the time lying, listening to something looking at something and I'm struggling to abandon a major sin or a minor sin. I'm struggling to leave it to him when laid is one of the most powerful things you can

do. Prophet sallallahu alayhi salam was advised by God Radha salaam yah, Mohammed Krishna sheep for in a coma yet, live as you wish for you will eventually die wireman membership for in nikkormat zuv. And work as you wish do what you wish for surely you will be repaid. Why did men chapter for intercom authorial love whomever you wish or you will for you will surely be separated from them. And then he said a while and shot off and movement clear and will lay the honor of the believer the nobility is in the prayer of the night. And then he said where is the who and his honor the two types of honor here shut off his nobility and honor as well. And then he said and the honor as well

is for him to be independent of people not relying always on the people trying to do things on your own trying to sustain yourself by the will of Allah subhana wa Tada. Furthermore, with many other narrations that emphasize this, and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he said that in other words, there are places in Jannah to summarize the Hadith, there are rooms in Jannah and the Sahaba didn't understand this next description. You can see the inside in the outside from inside and outside you can see the outside from the inside and the inside of NASA they're like how was that okay, what is this thing? Is this like your pearls? Gems jewels they don't fully understand how is

it like then who is this for? So they asked the Prophet salallahu Salam Abu Musa asked, Who are they for jasola Allah. And he said for the one who speaks mildly meaning they have gentle speech and they feed those who are hungry while atomic bomb and those who spend their nights standing for the sake of Allah. What better Allah here called Iman one nurse Unia while people are asleep,

the OMA is revived and renewed when its individuals are revived and renewed. They're almost revived and renewed when it's individuals are sincere and steadfast. Sincerely with Allah. We mentioned some of the dangers of rehab. We mentioned the story of the three people in the cave. We mentioned the 10 different blessings of loss and there are many others we didn't have time to cover we mentioned as well. 10 practical things every Muslim can do when it comes to staying sincere. Now the question is, are we going to act upon these habits these advices from the Quran and Sunnah because they floss moves mountains build civilizations overcomes and predominate over evil. Sincerity is the foundation

upon which everything else is built. If you want to build for the OMA build for your athletes, you cannot build without the foundation of sincerity. And our Ummah, today more than ever before is in need of reviving sloths, first and foremost. And we start with ourselves we hold ourselves accountable and our families, we we work on the things that we mentioned in this lecture in sha Allah Tada and this is one of many things that we will cover in this series, a lot of exciting things to come inshallah Tada, but since God first May Allah subhanaw taala. Grant us sincerely protect us from showing off and protect us from our shortcomings. May Allah Subhana Allah forgive us

for all of our sins, the major, the minor, the past, present and future the sins that are public, the sins that are private, the sins that we remember the sins that we forgot, may Allah subhanaw taala bring down his justice, his support his victory for the Ummah and guide us to the right actions that will lead to more of that support Allahumma Amin or Saudi Lahoma Allah Nabina Muhammad rather early he was a big Marian and we will see you in Charlotte Tata for the second episode in this series are Salam alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh