Suleiman Hani – The Revival of the Ummah #06 Having Taqwa of Allah

Suleiman Hani
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The importance of channeling pain and fulfilling personal and family responsibilities to alleviate pain and achieve success is emphasized in Arabic. taqwa, a protection, is a way to protect one's health and safety, and is used to achieve success. The importance of preparing for events and not losing control is also emphasized. The speaker emphasizes the importance of balancing fear and fear in one's behavior, setting goals, and following rules and practices. The speaker provides practical advice on managing one's behavior and avoiding regret and regret regretting past mistakes.
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We started this series with intention on covering

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as many traits as possible to revive our

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hearts, our families, and the ummah. And alhamdulillah

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that we covered the topic of Ikhlas week

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1.

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The 2nd week we covered the topic of

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iman. What is belief in the heart and

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in one's actions?

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The third thing that we covered is salah,

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the first act of worship,

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and the confirmation of your iman.

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The 4th thing we covered is tawakkul, to

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trust in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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And finally, last week we covered which topic?

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Who can remind us?

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Hope and fear, jazakmohiran,

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hope and fear.

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And we mentioned there are a lot of

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things related to hope and fear one of

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which we will cover today InshaAllah Ta'ala and

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it is the topic of taqwa.

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But before we begin officially,

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I just want to emphasize

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again and again

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you know with all that is happening in

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Gaza

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in Palestine and around the world

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that we are required as much as we

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can,

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within our individual capacities

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to channel our

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pain or any grief

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that we experience to something that is pleasing

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to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. It could be

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a dua in that moment,

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it could be you making sure

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your character is good with the people around

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you, it could be that you are fulfilling

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the obligations in Allah, it could be that

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you are repenting

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shtawba from a sin. It could be that

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you're raising awareness around the world. It could

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be that you're taking action in a strategic

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wise manner.

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But at the end of the day, we

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are also different in our personalities and what

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we can handle. So if you are consuming

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something

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that is causing you to feel like you

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can't do anything anymore, that you've lost all

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hope and motivation,

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then there's a different ruling for the one

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who is in that state than the one

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who is able to consume and continue moving

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forward. You are to consume less than perhaps

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of some of the images and videos, but

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channel the productivity, the energy to doing something

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for our brothers and sisters and also fulfilling

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your responsibilities.

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Because to go about living your life

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with your school, your work, raising your children,

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this is an act of worship that is

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part of taking care of the ummah long

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term we cannot give up our responsibilities

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either while we are feeling that pain we

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channel it something productive, channel it something beneficial

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And the reason I say this is because

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it is very, very, very difficult, especially for

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those who are watching and following every single

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thing throughout the day and night. These pictures

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and videos really can can affect this in

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a manner that for some people, they're not

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moving forward anymore. They're not doing anything anymore.

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And that's not productive. That's not what we

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want. So if you're in that state,

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find yourself taking in the the updates that

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will help you

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to continue benefiting our our brothers and sisters

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who are physically going through what they are

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going through and not just, emotionally and mentally.

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We are living, Alhamdulillah, with many blessings and

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freedoms and privileges here. So whatever you see,

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channel it into something that is of gratitude,

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that is beneficial for them, InshaAllah Ta'ala. May

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Allah

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alleviate the fears of our brothers and sisters

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in Mavazah and bring down his aid and

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support and allow us to continue moving forward

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with optimism, with perseverance,

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with jihadu nafs, with striving as much as

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possible to liberate them for what they are

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going through. Let's

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begin with the topic of tonight.

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Who said these words?

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Who said these words?

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The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.

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These are found in number of narrations, authentic

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ahadith where the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam

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would advise the companions to have taqwa of

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Allah and you will notice

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we will define this word, the word taqwa

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the topic of tonight InshaAllah Ta'ala

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but after we define it with the English

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meanings and translations we will stick to using

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the actual term

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And the reason being,

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oftentimes, there are certain terms in Arabic,

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especially if they're very common in the Quran

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or the Sunnah, you will find that there's

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no equivalent foreign English. And so to use

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the English sometimes will miss some part of

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the meaning, so we will try insha'Allah ta'ala

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to define what we are talking about.

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I advise

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you be taqwa Allah to have taqwa of

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. One time the prophet

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sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said to the famous

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companion Mu'ad bin Jabal radiAllahu an

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said to him, oh Mu'ad it's a famous

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hadith

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have taqwa of Allah wherever you are

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and if we were to take this part

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of the hadith, there are 2 other parts,

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2 other lessons but just this first part

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and we were to implement it our lives

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would change significantly.

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To have taqwa

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wherever you are,

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whether you're home alone

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or with people in public, whether you're around

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Muslims or non Muslims, whether you're with friends

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or strangers,

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wherever you are

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it is one of the most concise

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but powerful pieces of advice we can receive

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and implement from the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa

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sallam.

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Many of the righteous

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they would begin their letters of advice to

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each other, they would begin out of love

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for one another

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I advise you to have taqwa of Allah,

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one of them said you will find this

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in Jami under Ulum Al Hikam, he said

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I advise you to have taqwa of Allah

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for it is the most honorable thing that

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you can conceal

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and the most virtuous thing that you can

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present

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and it is your prime investment.

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May Allah help you and us to have

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taqwa and may he reward us for it

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immensely.

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Taqwa sometimes is translated

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unfortunately, it's translated as fear.

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Some of us have seen the translation especially

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maybe 20 30 years ago the Quran translations

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that were common when you would read it

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it would say what fear Allah.

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So the word that was in English, the

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translation that was used is fear but fear

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we spoke about last week and fear has

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a very different meaning. There is a component,

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an element, a type of fear that we

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will talk about that is part of taqwa,

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but that's not the precise

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translation.

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And the word for fear in Arabic is

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what?

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We spoke about this last week. There's also

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a similar word, kashia. These are different words,

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but it's not taqwa.

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Taqwa has more than that, it's more extensive,

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and it comes from the root that also

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has the meaning, so you have,

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but it has the meaning of protection.

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And we talk about protection we have the

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example from the Quran itself where Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala says

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which means their Lord protected them

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from the punishment of the fire. Another example

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this is an example from Suratul Insan so

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taqwa

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is to have a protection,

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a shield,

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a barrier between you and something what is

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that thing and why?

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Taqwa is for you to have a shield

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between yourself

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and the anger of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,

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breaking the laws of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Sometimes we have a type of fear

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and a type of trait

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that prevents all of us from ever committing

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a single crime

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and that there are many reasons for that

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but that deterrence

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protected us from something harmful and we wanted

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to stay away from the harmful

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because of some consequence, there's some reason, you

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value that law, that rule or you want

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to stay away from the harm, so taqwa

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is to stay away from the punishment of

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Allah, from Allah being angry with you, upset

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with you taqwa is for you to fulfill

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the commands of Allah, to fulfill

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all of the commands and to stay away

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from all of the prohibitions to stay away

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from the doubtful things to try to do

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as many of these sun and the recommended

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things and to stay away from the things

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that are considered makru or disliked by Allah.

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Ibrauj ibrahamullah summarizes and he says the essence

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this word we hear about all the time

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the essence of taqwa is to make a

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shield

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which guards you against the anger of Allah

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and the punishment of Allah and this shield

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what does it look like he said it

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is to obey His commands and stay away

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from the prohibitions.

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This is the summary of that shield.

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But then he said, perfect

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taqwa

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requires that one tries to do all of

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the voluntary things, the recommended things to refrain

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from all of the prohibited

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and disliked things. He says this is the

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ultimate form of taqwa meaning there is taqwa

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but there's a higher level of taqwa, second

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degree if you will and that is for

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you to go beyond just the obligatory, beyond

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just saying I'm just gonna do the 5

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prayers to try to have more of a

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shield,

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more of a shield why? Because there's something

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you value, and of course at the end

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of the day, the thing that gives us

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value is not our race, our skin color,

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our languages, our passports,

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nationalities or anything else.

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At the end of the day

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the most honourable of you in the sight

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of Allah are those who have the most

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taqwa and that's not something you can wear

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on your sleeve that's not something that is

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tied to a degree or a job or

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the city that you live in or how

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much money you have or what kind of

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car you drive

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so the wise believer

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is chasing after that, the wise believer is

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looking for what does Allah want, what is

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pleasing to Allah ibn al Qayyim Rahamalaha he

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says in his book Al Fawad that taqwa

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is of 3 levels, by the way when

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we say some scholars say 2 levels, 3

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levels, 4 these are categorizations that the scholars

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have given to better explain something like the

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3 levels of fasting you hear about in

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Ramadan so he says taqwa has 3 levels

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number 1 is to protect the heart and

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your limbs

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from committing sins and forbidden actions that's the

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the simplest way to understand Taqwa

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The second level is for you to protect

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your heart and your limbs from undesirable things

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the makru

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And the third is to protect yourself

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against curiosity

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and that which does not concern you mean

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does not benefit your akhirah.

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And he utilizes for this one the evidence

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from the famous hadith one of the most

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famous narrations

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from the good characteristics of the believer is

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that he leaves that which does not concern

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him. Sometimes people apply this, some scholars

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literally which means mind your own business don't

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get involved don't ask about people's private details

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you're not supposed to do that but also

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the things that don't concern your akhirah they

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don't benefit your afterlife stay away from those

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things that's the 3rd level he's saying in

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other words that's the hardest thing to do

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but that is the most complete type of

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taqwa to stay away from as much as

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possible

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I noticed as I was doing the the

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research for this and preparing it a really

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interesting observation from the Quran

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we noticed for example

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is in the Quran 89 times

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loosely translated as all believers

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and we stated before when you hear you

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ayyuhalladeenaamaloo

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as some of the companions would say pay

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attention

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for Allah will tell you about something that

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is important

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to implement

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or something prohibited or harmful to stay away

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from. So anytime you're reading the Quran, if

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you start noticing yourself you're reading a juz

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or 2 or 3 and you're slacking off

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and suddenly you read or hear

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pay closer attention

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pay closer attention and I'll give you an

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example if you're listening to the Prophet

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sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and you have just

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2 minutes

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to receive a device from him, you're like,

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give me the best advice you can in

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2 minutes.

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You're going to pay very, very, very close

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attention. He's emphasizing an advice for you. And

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if you were listening to him for a

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1000 hours,

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at times you may need a reminder, pay

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attention, pay extra attention. You may even need

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your name to be used, Ahmad, Khaled, Ibrahim

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pay attention.

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So you start listening attentively

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to the message, Allah says

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89 times in the Quran. It It doesn't

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mean we don't pay attention the rest of

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the Quran, but we pay closer attention because

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now we are being addressed very, very exclusively.

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So what's the interesting observation? What am I

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talking about? On numerous occasions, I found in

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these 89 occurrences,

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there's a link between

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and taqwa.

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What are some examples we'll go through quickly

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and as we go through these these are

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some examples

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think to yourself if you are implementing what

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Allah is calling you towards the

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first

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All you who believe have taqwa of Allah

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as He deserves He has a right upon

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you so have that level of taqwa based

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on what is right

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and do not die except in a state

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of submission to Allah

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O you who believe be mindful of Allah

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and say what is correct

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He

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will bless your deeds for you and forgive

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your sins

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Whoever obeys Allah and the Messenger has truly

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achieved a great success

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are we implementing this?

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Fear Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala here fear is

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used in one of the translations because of

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a major sin that follows be mindful of

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Allah have taqwa of Allah and abandon

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dealing with interest if you are true believers

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Riba

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O believers

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pay attention again what does Allah say be

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mindful of Allah have taqwah Allah and seek

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the things that will bring you closer to

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Him what are we seeking and struggle in

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his way

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has multiple connotations of course we understand the

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difference between the physical jihad that is applicable

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in some context and the jihad that is

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always applicable which is jihadunna striving against your

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desires so

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that you may truly succeed are we implementing

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this?

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Surah Tawba O believers have taqwa of Allah

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be with the truthful

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always speak the truth and be amongst the

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truthful may Allah

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make us sincere and honest in all times

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and places

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are we implementing this

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Another example

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O believers have taqwa of Allah, believe in

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the Messenger and Allah will grant you a

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double share of His mercy, a greater reward

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meaning than the previous umam and He will

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magnify your good deeds, He will provide you

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with a light to walk

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with this is the light of guidance in

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this world and the light that is literal

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on the day of judgment when you're crossing

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over the hellfire and He will forgive you

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and Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala is the All

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Forgiving, the Most Merciful, are we implementing this?

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Another example one of the most famous and

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I will wrap up with these 2

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you will notice something different about this ayah

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can anyone tell us what it is?

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What's different about this one?

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Twice

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exactly Jazakmukhiran

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twice Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says it's a

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Allah

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this verse in Surah Al Hashr

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and generally in Friday hutbas here and there

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you might hear it I prefer to utilize

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this one in almost every Jum'ah prayer

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it is the only verse amongst these that

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has an a command it taqwaah twice in

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that context in that wording and it's also

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very short aya so

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This is in in between the 2 commands

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of taqwa. Let every soul

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reflect.

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Means reflect, think, hold yourself accountable

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and think honestly

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about what you have sent ahead for tomorrow.

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If you have something important tomorrow, Thursday, if

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you have something important tomorrow,

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you you perhaps can think for yourself, okay.

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In a few minutes, these are the things

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that I've prepared for tomorrow. That's what's waiting

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for me, and these are the things that

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are not prepared, if you have an exam

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tomorrow you know what you've prepared and what

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you haven't, if you have a job interview

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you know what you've prepared and what you

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haven't, if you have an event you are

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organizing or a wedding you know what you've

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prepared and what you haven't

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think about what you sent ahead for your

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akhirah

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It's really hard to think because you have

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to think through the years

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of doing maybe many, many, many acts of

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worship or also falling into many sins and

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forgetting. May Allah forgive us for the things

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we've forgotten and the things we remember.

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So what's interesting about this, many scholars say

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why does Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala say it's

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a Allah twice

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and in between he tells you prepare for

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your afterlife out of his mercy he says

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he

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doesn't say for the akhira

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he says for tomorrow

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so that he brings the day of judgment

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psychologically closer to you your akhira closer to

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you by using the word ghad tomorrow so

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that you believe realistically

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your afterlife is as close as tomorrow meaning

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you can leave the soil at any moment

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because your akhirah begins when you depart

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and as for why the command is there

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twice there are many reasons one of the

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scholars said it's the takid it's for emphasis

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because you need it in this case prepare

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for the akhirah Be mindful of Allah. Prepare

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for the akhirah. Be mindful of Allah and

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emphasis.

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But another reason the scholars say an interesting

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interpretation,

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the first time Allah tells you taqulah in

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this ayah you are to repent for your

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past sins

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and then if you follow through the ayah

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the command you

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start thinking about your akhir you know what

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what am I doing with my life? What

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about these major sins? What about the Ibadat

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I'm abandoning? What about my character?

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When you start thinking about what you've prepared

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for your meeting with Allah, the second time

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Allah says what tatullah,

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one of the scholars he says, I think

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this was based off of Qataad al Rahmullah,

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the 2nd generation Mufassir,

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he says this will protect you now it's

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a against future sins. You've repented, the first

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time you heard a tapulah, you have asked

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Allah for forgiveness you start thinking about ta'akhira

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and as a result when Allah says what

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taqulla you have a barrier a shield a

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taqwa

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that will protect you from falling into sin

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again

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Allah is aware of everything you do and

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then finally this one starts a little different

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This one I did not select from I

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selected a different one.

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This one has a different type of introduction,

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say, or Prophet,

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to the people that Allah says

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there's something through the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa

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sallam command and remind the people of such

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and such say this

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for those who do good in this world

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they will have a good reward and hasana

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means you'll be given a lot more than

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what you earn

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and Allah's earth is spacious

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those who endure patiently,

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they persevere will be given the reward without

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limits We apply this to anyone who has

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taqwa. We apply this to all the believers,

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generally speaking,

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that we hope and we pray

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those who hold on to their iman and

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they have sabir in nama yuffasabirun

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ajram bi rayi hisaab and they are killed

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for that in Gaza or or anywhere around

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the world now or in the future,

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that they are given a reward without any

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limits. They will be given things beyond our

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imagination from Allah

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taqwa

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sometimes is translated as God consciousness

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mindfulness of Allah type of awe and fear

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mixed in one awareness a shield against Allah

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displeasure

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one time,

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you know many times people come up and

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they ask or they send emails and they

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ask you know I feel like living in

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such and such country

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is haram for me or my family or

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Muslims are we supposed to move? This is

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a very common question in America

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especially every time something new happens in terms

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of immorality,

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terms of fakhisha that is spreading. So in

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recent years, this has been asked perhaps more

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than previous years. Is it permissible for Muslims

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to live in this environment that environment this

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land or that land where should we live

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and the ruling in short varies from family

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to family but Alhamdulillah for the many Muslims

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doing amazing work, Dawah work in their character,

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with their families raising their children being part

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of this society and trying to change

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a lot of the policies and reform society

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for the better Alhamdulillah

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but somebody asked one of the great scholars

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of the past Al Fudayi

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which country do you advise me to live

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in? Where do you advise me to go

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or live in? He said there's no connection

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between you and any country, the best country

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for you is the one that helps you

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to acquire Taqwa,

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you can be living in a land surrounded

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by Muslims as many Muslims are and they

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have no Taqwa meaning some of the children

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have no Taqwa whatsoever,

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you can be living in a country like

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this and Alhamdah you've not just implemented taqwa

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but you're reviving taqwa in many parts of

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the world you are contributing in some way

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or you are facilitating taqwa through structures or

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systems or charity or schools or masajid and

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so on and so forth, The place in

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which you can have taqwa is the best

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place for you.

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Taqwa

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is to be so mindful of Allah to

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know who Allah

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is His Majesty,

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His perfection, that your heart becomes soft

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and you you start worrying about displeasing him.

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Yeah, I don't want to break your laws.

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Yeah, I don't want to displease you out

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of after everything you have given me. I

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don't want to do the thing that you've

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commanded me to stay away from. This is

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what Taqwa does for us. So it is

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to obey Allah

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commands. It is a fortress

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against sinfulness without remorse

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taqwa is what protects you what gives you

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a shield if a bad thought ever crosses

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your mind or bad environment that protects you

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from that and you find yourself looking for

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something more pure, a pure thought, a pure

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environment,

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tapwa is the thing that that makes you

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cautious in everyday life so you're not playing

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around with fire, you're not messing around with

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your relationship with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala you're

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not reckless. Now I'll give some examples of

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recklessness and cautiousness.

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A common example.

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Sometimes when people buy very expensive vehicles,

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they'll anytime they'll park in a parking lot,

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they'll park far away from other cars. And

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why do they we've all seen this or

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maybe some of us have done this. Why

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do they do this? They just they are

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so annoyed by the number of times they've

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parked next to somebody who does not care

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and they open their door right into their

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car and they scratch the expensive pin off

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the car. So what do they do? They

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park far away and say you know what?

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I'd rather walk a little extra rather than

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somebody damaging this expensive car. Why are they

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being very cautious here? They're being cautious because

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they've valued

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their vehicle they've placed the value and they

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don't want anything to harm it so they've

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taken some action

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some people with work mashaAllah every job is

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different but some people with their jobs

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they are the most punctual of people they

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will show up on time which means early

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a few minutes not literally on time they

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will show up on time they will preserve

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their career reputations, they will treat other people

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with dignity, they will never violate the policies

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of their company,

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they will respect other people, and they also

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wanna pass their annual reviews. They don't wanna

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be laid off the next time there's a

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layoff, and maybe they're even looking to get

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promoted in the future so they don't mess

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around with their careers.

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They don't violate the laws of the company.

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They don't cause problems and drama between people.

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Why? Because they have a shield.

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They're placing a shield between them and the

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thing that they

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they value. So they don't want to lose

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their jobs. They don't want to be harmed.

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Some parents, for example. Now, here's a common

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example. A lot of mothers

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are amazing at protecting their children from very

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harmful things. And so they will study things,

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look into things, assess the studies, the research

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about the best way to raise this child,

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the newest studies, the latest things. They'll do

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all these things, and sometimes some people even

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document these things so their parents will benefit.

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This is a very common thing now.

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And they do this especially in an era

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in which there is more harm. There are

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more problems. There are more risks.

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Why? Because that shield that they've placed,

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the shield of care and love and fear,

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protects something they value their own child. And

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of course, this applies to mothers and to

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fathers.

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Sometimes people buy expensive things and they value

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them, so they protect them. So Taqwa

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is to avoid being reckless with Allah.

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Taqwa is to have figure out for yourself

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what is your shield.

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So when you have, for example, a device,

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a phone,

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what types of takwa do you have with

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this device? What rules and practices have you

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implemented or do you implement as a habit

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when you have a computer at home or

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for your children, laptop or a TV or

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access to the internet what types of principles

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and shields would you want there to be

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between your child and something harmful

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When you when you're thinking about your purpose

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in life, your environment,

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the things you watch, the things you consume,

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the

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videos, the

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any audio, the things that you choose to

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listen to, what are the the principles of

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taqwa that you have put between you and

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Haram?

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These are the questions we all have to

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ask ourselves frequently

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because at the end of the day, we

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need to be vigilant. We need to be

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cautious. We complain at times there's so much

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haram in the world, but we don't know

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or we don't take measures to stop ourselves

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from even thinking about the haram or falling

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accidentally into it. I've given an example before.

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I know some people don't like this example,

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and I apologize for being very direct.

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But if we're not direct here, where are

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we going to be direct?

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An example is

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with some types of platforms, social media platforms,

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you can control 100% of the things that

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you see. So with some websites, you use

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adblock. You can't see advertisements.

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With some websites, you choose the pages you

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follow. So, you know, it's all news or

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it's, let's say, Islamic pages or education, something

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about society. So you know what you're going

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to see. Your eyes will fall upon the

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things that you've subscribed to. It's like choosing

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maybe, let's say, the emails that you're getting,

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newsletters, whatever it is that you're doing.

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But then the reality is there are some

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types of apps

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In which you cannot guarantee 100% the things

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that your eyes will fall upon.

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And at times you will find. And if

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you had to count and measure, maybe 1

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out of 10 for some people, literally 1

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out of every 2 videos or 3 videos,

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they will hear something or see something that

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they know they should not be watching or

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see.

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And yes, you can say, okay, scroll away

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from it. That's all that you have to

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go. Scroll away. Move on, move on. It's

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not a big deal. But if you do

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this a 100 times a day

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and many studies are finding people are watching,

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people on social media 3 4 hours a

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day now, if you're doing this for a

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long time and your eyes are constantly falling

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upon haram 5% of the time,

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you're putting yourself in a position where you're

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constantly seeing this thing rather than protecting yourself.

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Is there a way to take a measure

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even in that case? I know this sounds

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like a very extreme example.

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It does sound extreme to many people because

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we become desensitized. May Allah protect us. But

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if we don't talk about the things we

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desensitized with, the things that become normalized, where

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are we going to talk about them? How

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are we going to address them? And we

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are not doing so in a manner that

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is also

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unreasonable,

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so if there is a way to change

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the conditions of what your eyes will fall

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upon and it will only be things that

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are pleasing to Allah alhamdulillah,

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tawqa is to aim for the highest, the

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greatest shield possible. And if you were to

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die in the moment you were watching that

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video, you would not be afraid that your

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eyes fell upon something prohibited by your choice

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or listening to something you should not listen

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to. Of course, in addition to this, many

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scholars have noted in Islamic psychology, many times

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people are introduced to something haram in those

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moments and then the curiosity kicks in, so

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the highest level of tahkhu is to protect

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yourself from those moments as much as you

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possibly can in in a reasonable manner find

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something that is alhamdulillah more beneficial and more

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effective and there are many platforms like that.

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Why do you have taqat at the end

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of the day? Why is there a shield?

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What is it that you value? Like the

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man who values his car, the parent who,

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the mother who valued her child,

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why at the end of the day are

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you doing all of this? Are you taking

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these measures? Are you being consistent? It's because

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you value the right of Allah.

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It's because you want to please Allah it's

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because you're thinking of your meeting with Allah

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you want to be the best human being

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possible

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and that requires shields

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that required some barriers and this is the

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place that you want to end up in

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a in a place that Allah Subhanahu Wa

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Ta'ala is pleased with but then there's the

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question that many people ask where does fear

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come in Why on earth when we hear

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about taqwa, sometimes do we hear it's about

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like a type of khashiya or khoof.

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And there is a healthy part,

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a healthy type of fear that is an

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element of Taqwa as we mentioned last week

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and I'll summarize the example of this it's

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the type of fear

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of being misguided it's the type of fear

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of breaking the laws of Allah it's a

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type of fear in which somebody says you

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know what what if I fall into this

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sin and I don't repent I get prevented

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from tawba or I end up committing it

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again becomes a adah, not tamil but adah

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continuous habit

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or the fear that I might die in

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that state. Some people have died committing sins

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may Allah protect us all and many people

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die doing good things the fear of obviously

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shortcomings the fear of future regret So there's

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a type of healthy fear that someone has.

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It's one element of Taqwa. But at the

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end of the day, that fear is one

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element and it is a healthy type. It

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is the type that allows you to keep

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moving forward.

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It's balanced with knowing that Allah forgives all

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sins so long as you're seeking that forgiveness.

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We need an equilibrium in our lives. I

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gave the example last week and some people

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asked me about it,

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like they found it to be very shocking.

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The example of the student

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that was drinking alcohol and I found out

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later that she was a Muslim student

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and Alhamdulillah years later or months later I

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think repented from what she had done but

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her thought that you know what Allah is

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merciful Allah will forgive me it's not a

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big deal if I drink this was her

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mindset at that time so this is an

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example of ignoring the obvious that this is

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an extreme

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misunderstanding of what Allah's mercy is about and

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it's missing what's the element of a healthy

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type of fear Taqwa is to balance between

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the 2. I will summarize by saying this.

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There are

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many blessings to taqwa, many fruits. And if

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we were to summarize every single one sorry

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if we were to talk about every single

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one we'd be here for another couple of

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hours but to list all 10 just to

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give an example kind of like a survey

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10 blessings of Taqwa that are all found

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in the Quran

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number 1 is guidance if you have Taqwa

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wa ataam taqwa if you have Taqwa Allah

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subhanahu will increase you in guidance Number 2,

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Allah will make things easier for you, the

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ease of matters. Number 3, you will earn

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the love of Allah. Allah loves.

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Number 4 is Allah will give you a

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way out.

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Also, number 5, provide you with sustenance in

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a way you did not expect.

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Number 6, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala accept your

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actions. What is the proof of this from

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the Quran? Allah

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accepts from those who have taqwa, this is

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a very liberating ayah as well number 7

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salvation from the fire number 8 Allah will

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give you the ability

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to distinguish between truth and falsehood

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number 9 Allah subhanahu grant you success and

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number 10 Allah will grant you tranquility of

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the heart a type of paradise and peace

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in the heart that no one can take

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away from you. Many people ask okay

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after hearing all of this and the benefits

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and the things we should do, what is

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the practical advice, how do I move forward

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from here? So what can we do? Number

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1 hold ourselves accountable, think frequently

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This is why I prefer to utilize this

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ayah

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in almost I think every single Friday, let

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every soul reflect because we are in need

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of reflecting,

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especially today

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when every type of app and phone and

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device and responsibilities are distracting us and calling

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to our attention. Seems like many people don't

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have the time to just sit and reflect

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with some peace, just sit after salah for

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a few minutes seems like everything is back

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to back everything is rushed you're never caught

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up, there's always more to do and for

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those who are young perhaps and feel like

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you have a lot of free time and

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sometimes you tell your parents I'm bored, why

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you're gonna regret saying I'm bored one day?

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There's no boredom in the dictionary of the

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believer why there's always something beneficial to do

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and in fact boredom if you explore it

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as a Muslim is if you explore as

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an opportunity to learn something new you will

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find yourself unlocking more of your potential.

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This

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is why Umar radiAllahu anhu he said

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hold yourselves accountable

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before you're held accountable,

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hold yourself accountable in this life as Al

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Hassan al Basirah Muhammad said, if you do

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so in this life, it will be easy

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in the afterlife. When you are actually held

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accountable by Allah, it will be easy, but

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if you don't hold yourself accountable in this

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world, meaning you just live life recklessly, you

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commit sins and you don't think twice, at

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the end of the day you don't care

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what happened that day, the next day you're

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just doing the same things over and over,

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committing sins, ignoring Allah Subhana Wa Ta'la and

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then you leave this world in that state,

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he says your accountability will be very heavy

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and difficult in the next life so be

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a person who holds themselves accountable An example

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from business school and coaching they all say

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is what gets measured gets managed. If you

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measure things often like a project, if you're

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always in project manager, if you're always measuring

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where you are, you're likely to make some

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progress inshaAllah ta'ala, you're likely to look at

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the areas in which there are shortcomings if

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you're managing a group of people at work

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in your company for example if you're not

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following up as a manager, you'll notice after

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some weeks months go by, some people will

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notice. Not every employee is going to be

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top notch productive,

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if there's no, like, follow-up for their managers.

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So you have to follow-up, you have to

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make sure what where are things at this

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week, what system are you using to follow-up,

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the more you measure things the more progress

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you will make. So as believers we apply

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this to our taqwa as well:

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hold yourself accountable, this is the greatest thing

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to measure in fact. The second practical advice:

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so every day hold yourself accountable,

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reflect reflect and if you don't have time

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make time to reflect after every salah take

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some time before you go to sleep reflect

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whenever you can InshaAllah Ta'ala.

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The second advice that is very practical as

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we wrap up here is self discipline, obedience

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to Allah. Sometimes people say, I want to

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enjoy

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my act of worship and that's when I

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will be consistent. Like somebody has said, many

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people have stated, you know what? I don't

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feel anything in salah, so why should I

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pray? And this is working our way backwards

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this is saying what I don't feel anything

00:33:01 --> 00:33:02

in salah so let me give up salah

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you're already praying which is an act of

00:33:04 --> 00:33:07

worship now look for what improving the quality

00:33:07 --> 00:33:08

of salah how do I enjoy it more?

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The sweetness of salah so look for the

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resources that will help you to enjoy it

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but at the end of the day it's

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self discipline

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there are 2 types of pain you either

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choose pain now or in the future the

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pain of self discipline now which is short

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term and eventually changes to a sweetness of

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haybala

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or the pain that is long term of

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regret the pain that is long term of

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regretting

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may Allah protect us from that type of

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pain and allow us to choose the pleasure

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of,

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servitude to Allah now and the pleasure that

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is long term as well the third advice

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as many scholars stated this is actually based

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on the practice of the Sahaba

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if you find yourself falling short

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with regards to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's right,

00:33:47 --> 00:33:49

you committed a sin or you fell short

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with your standards,

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then some of the sahaba would punish their

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nafs, so what would they do? An example

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of this, Umar radiAllahu an, one time look

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at what happened, Umar radiAllahu an miss salatul

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Asir in jamaah

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that was his for him that was his

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shortcoming

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miss salatul Asir in jamaah So what did

00:34:06 --> 00:34:08

he do? He donated

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in charity a very valuable piece of land.

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In fact, his son took this from Abdullah

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binarama radiAllahu anhu and what he did once

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he missed the prayer in Jamaa

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and one of his friends reported about him,

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Abdullah binar, that he started to pray Qiyamulay

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in the entire night. That night he prayed

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the entire night to punish his nafs from

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ever like slipping up, from ever feeling like

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you know I missed something and it's not

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important, no it is important. So what does

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this mean? This is an example, you don't

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have to do the same thing. We have

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certain standards, obviously we're far from this example,

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that I miss salat al Asad in jamaah.

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So I'm going to give all my wealth

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and charity. We're not thinking about that. Some

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people are barely praying their 5 prayers on

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time.

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So the punishment of the nafs, the scholars

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say, is to remind the nafs that you

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are in control, number 1, not your desires.

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And number 2 so that you don't become

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desensitized

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you know what you slipped up

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but if you think it's not a big

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deal you're going to do it again and

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it won't be a big deal the second

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time the third time becomes a hada may

00:35:05 --> 00:35:06

Allah protect us

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so when something happens that you find alarming

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

for yourself keep it keep it as something

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alarming think of it as like no no

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this is a big deal and don't just

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say I'm just gonna say astaghfirullah muhanu ask

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yourself what's an extra act of worship I

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can do to wipe out this sin? What's

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something I don't usually do? For example if

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you don't usually pray qiyamulay

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and you found yourself slipping up one day

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in something you know what I will pray

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a rakas of qiyam tonight. I will read

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more of the Koran tonight. I will fast

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tomorrow because I committed this sin today. Don't

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intend to commit the sin and do the

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act of worship. What I'm saying is if

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you fell into the sin,

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as the prophet

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said in the same hadith,

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follow-up the the sin with a good deed

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to erase

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it so this is an example

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of physical discomfort jihadu nafs

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to force yourself and your Nafs not to

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think that it is in control and to

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avoid becoming desensitized as well. So you are

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punishing the Nafs for the sake of Allah,

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to get closer to him and as well

00:36:08 --> 00:36:10

good deeds erase the sins what do we

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do with all of this in mind you

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have love

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and you have fear you have hope that

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we spoke about last week and today we

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talked about taqwa

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taqwa is the shield and to summarize all

00:36:20 --> 00:36:21

of it in one place

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ibn Rajib

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says he who worships Allah

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with fear, love and hope

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is a Muwahad, the one who really believes

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in the oneness of Allah subhanahu wa ta'alaam

00:36:31 --> 00:36:31

practicing.

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A true believer in the oneness of Allah

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in tawhid will not lean towards one or

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another emotion,

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imbalanced

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of hope, love or fear, as many deviated

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groups have done for this leads to an

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imbalance not only in emotions, but also in

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beliefs.

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Rather, a balance is maintained among every emotion

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so as to motivate the individual to follow

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the true path with the right intention. So

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again, we look at the acts of worship,

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make sure you are fulfilling all the obligations.

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Somebody asked me once, you know what? Even

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that advice

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that you gave,

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a few years ago I actually gave this

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in the the Friday Chutla here and somebody

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said what how do I do that? Like

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just think,

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you can actually do that by surveying and

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thinking about all the obligations. Are there any

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obligations you're missing?

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Survey and think about all the the potential

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sins. Are you falling into any kaba'ir or

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sahwar? Are you falling to any sins?

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And then start thinking about these sunan, are

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you doing any volunteer acts of worship? Start

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thinking about as well the Makruh acts, are

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you staying away from those as well? And

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then eventually you'll start to stay away from

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anything that is doubtful as well, a barrier

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between you and the makruh and the haram.

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One of these scholars Yaheb bin Muadh he

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said congratulations to those who leave this world

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before it deserts them, to

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to those who leave this world before it

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deserts them, to those who build their graves

00:37:47 --> 00:37:49

before they enter them, and to those who

00:37:49 --> 00:37:51

please their Lord before they meet him. So

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wherever you go in life, be a person

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

of balance.

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And if you find yourself right now in

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a phase of life, in a stage in

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which there's an imbalance,

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pay attention to your emotions and to your

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

actions and look for the solution in the

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

opposite emotion. If you have too much hope,

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go to the act that that will remind

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you to have a little more fear. If

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you have so much fear and there's no

00:38:08 --> 00:38:10

hope, go back to the ayaat about hope

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and the mercy of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

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and you will notice this will help you

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as well with advising family members, advising your

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

children, advising

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others in the wisest, most strategic, prophetic manner

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possible to be people of balance. At the

00:38:21 --> 00:38:23

end of the day, we are in need

00:38:23 --> 00:38:24

of taqwa. It is a shield

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that guarantees,

00:38:26 --> 00:38:27

the mercy of Allah

00:38:27 --> 00:38:29

guarantees paradise. May Allah

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make us amongst Al Muttaqeen who practice with

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balance and moderation.

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May Allah forgive us for all of our

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

sins, the past, present, and future, the sins

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

that are public, the sins that are private,

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

the sins we remember, the sins that we

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forgot. May Allah

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aid us and assist us in worshiping him,

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in remembering him, in praising him in the

00:38:46 --> 00:38:48

best manner possible. And may Allah

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alleviate the affairs of our brothers and sisters

00:38:50 --> 00:38:52

in Al Ghazza and and all around the

00:38:52 --> 00:38:54

world and utilize us

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for their relief and for their justice and

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grant us consistency as well. May Allah

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leave this world in a good state and

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to meet him in a good state and

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to be forgiven and standing in safety on

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the day of judgment amongst Al Muttaqeen.

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