Suzy Ismail – #69 AsSamad

10 May 2018

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The speaker discusses the concept of " handyness" as defined by the name " handyman" and how it can be achieved through personalized behavior and behavior. They explain that " handyness" is not just a desire for independence, but rather a desire for independence in a family environment. The speaker hopes that " handyness" can lead to healthy behavior and family relationships, rather than just independence in individual homes.

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

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the divine into the daily by understanding how we can

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incorporate the 99 names of Allah subhanaw taala, and the

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characteristics of those names into our daily lives to improve

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

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that we're going to talk about today is a summit, which means the

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self sufficient, the eternal, the one who has no need. Now,

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oftentimes in our relationships today in our family lives,

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particularly as as women and as mothers, we may struggle with this

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sense of self sufficiency. And we may try so hard to conform to this

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idealized concept of like a superwoman, where we feel like we

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can show the world that we don't need anyone, that we are self

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sufficient that we are self reliant. Yet we know that Allah

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subhanaw taala is a summit he is the only one who is self

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sufficient. And so when we trap ourselves into this realm of truly

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believing that we can do it all alone, we tend to isolate

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ourselves and find ourselves in the pitfalls of seclusion, which

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does not lead to a healthy or a happy home. So rather than

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constantly turning our critical eye inwardly, and thinking that we

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must prove that we are self sufficient within our families

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within our homes, instead, if we look externally, and see the

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people that Allah subhanaw taala may have placed around us to help

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us become more sufficient, rather than to try to focus on self

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sufficiency, then we can truly see the best part of ourselves and

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give that best part of ourselves, to our families, to our spouses

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for the sake of Allah subhanaw taala. So I pray that Allah

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subhanaw taala a summit allows us to recognize that when he gives us

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people in our lives, it is not because we should turn them away,

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but it is so that we can understand the beauty of the map

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and the connection that we can have with others, just from a

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little higher, and I look forward to speaking to you again, as we

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continue to bring the divine into the daily setup article.