Suzy Ismail – #51 AshShahid

			Salam Alikum, it's nice to see you
again, as we continue to bring the
		

			divine into the deli, by
understanding how we can
		

			incorporate the 99 names of Allah
subhanaw taala. And the
		

			characteristics of those names
into our daily lives to improve
		

			our relationship with our spouse,
and with our children. The name
		

			that we're going to discuss today
is as Shahid which means the
		

			witness, knowing that Allah
subhanaw taala is the witness of
		

			all that we do, should be what
motivates us and guides us in
		

			terms of our actions, and the
decisions that we make in our day
		

			to day lives. Yeah, oftentimes,
between husbands and wives, we
		

			will see a situation in which a
husband may do something. For
		

			example, let's say he's hanging
out with friends going out to
		

			dinner, grabbing a bite to eat
before coming home, to the dinner
		

			that his wife had cooked for him.
And he might say something like,
		

			oh, well, as long as my wife
doesn't find out, we might see it
		

			again, vice versa, a wife who has
gone shopping or has done
		

			something, you know, fun with her
girlfriends, and the doesn't come
		

			home to share that information
with the husband. And she might
		

			say something like, Well, you
know, what he doesn't know won't
		

			hurt him. And she may not share
that information with her husband.
		

			With our children, we will often
see them growing up to do the
		

			same. That you know, if mom
doesn't know I got that bad grade,
		

			then it's fine. If dad doesn't
know that I got in trouble in
		

			school, then it's fine. When we
shift the focus of the
		

			accountability to our spouse to
our parents, we lose sight of the
		

			fact that Allah subhanaw taala
truly is the one and only witness
		

			the witness that matters, which
means no matter what actions we
		

			commit, no matter what deeds we
undertake, a last panel Dinah will
		

			always have record of that. So
shifting our focus as husband and
		

			wife, shifting our focus as
parents shifting our focus as
		

			children, sons and daughters is so
important in recognizing that
		

			Allah subhanaw taala witnesses all
of our actions and all of our
		

			deeds, and if it is something that
is not pleasing to Allah subhanaw
		

			taala we shouldn't do it, whether
or not our spouse or our parents
		

			will find out and if it is
something that is pleasing to
		

			Allah subhanaw taala we should do
it, because of course he is the
		

			witness subhanho wa taala. So I
pray that Allah subhanaw taala
		

			allows us all to purify our
intentions and our actions and to
		

			allow us to be the best that we
can be whether someone sees us or
		

			not, because he is the all seeing
and the witnessing does come a
		

			little late and I look forward to
talking to you again, as we
		

			continue to bring the divine into
the daily. I said Armonico