Taleem al Quran 2012 – P18 171E Recap Al-Muminun 1-11

The F law has moved me known, certainly the believers have succeeded. They are on the way to success. Their success is guaranteed. Allah subhanaw taala promises that shortly, very soon they will succeed. And what is the success that is mentioned at the end of these verses? What is their fella? That hula Iike humo? Where he soon Alladhina, Arizona? Dosa homefree. Her Holly dune. So who is the one who is successful? Who makes it to

welfare those the one who makes it to Allah Jana, that is a person who will succeed, which means that if a person doesn't make you to Jannah, then is he successful? No. And also, while we are here in this life, can we ever find absolute success? No, we cannot. Why? Because we're constantly struggling. And also remember that any success of this life, any success of this life, it is nowhere near the success of Allah Hera. Because the success of this dunya What could it be that a person gets a good job or a person gets the best Mark ever or a person gets into all the schools that they apply to? I mean, there could be different types of success, right? But all of these worldly

successes, what are they short lived, they're temporary. Today, you beat a record tomorrow, somebody else will beat you. But success of the era. What is that? Making it to Jana and Latina, Arizona and for those who feel like Holly don't. So what are those actions that lead a person to fit those? What are those ways that lead a person to fit those? What's the first thing that we learned these verses? If you look at the F law help me known, what's the first thing Eman? It doesn't say that certainly people who have these qualities only who do these kinds of actions will succeed because there are many people who have 100% Focus on what they're doing. They have the ability to enter the zone and

whatever action they're involved in. Who are itself concentration and focus itself is not a guarantee of success before that what is necessary. Amen. saccade Afla helmet me known then what is it Alladhina homefield Salatin has your own who are in Salah.

What does it mean by who? Sure, in Salah. I gave you a definition.

That who sure includes two components, what are they?

Her little called fistula and along with that sukoon a trough that first of all, her little confess salah, what does it mean?

The presence of the heart in prayer that the heart is present, it's not distracted. And secondly, the calmness and the stillness of the limbs of the body. How does it work? How does it work? Outside in or inside out? Inside Out, it begins from where? The heart? So how is it that you show humility and submissiveness to Allah in prayer, through the focus and the attention of the heart? And that will demonstrate were on the body so the whole body will also be involved?

Did you do your homework by the way of listening to the lecture?

Did anybody listen to the lecture? Ma sha Allah. I didn't expect you to listen to it yesterday. I didn't ask you to do it by today. But if you did already, Mashallah. You have time, of course you have time, Inshallah, within a few days as your culture begins to decline, then pick it up again. All right. Listen to that lecture because we constantly need motivation, reminder, encouragement, okay. So make sure you do listen to it. All right. After you are in Salah. What's the next quality?

Well, ladina home, I need Lavie more Elune those who turn away from level what is level,

useless, unnecessary things that are meaningless, that must be left that must be dropped.

It has also said that when it's closer to this definition, that level is basically anything that is not conducive to your goals meaning to achieving your goals, anything that will not help you achieve your goals. Rather it is something that will hinder you from achieving your goals. So for example, you're sitting with somebody your goal is to spend quality time with your family. Now if constantly your phone is buzzing, ringing or you have constant interruptions, those inter

options, those phone calls, what are you going to call them? That is level. Why? Because it's not letting you achieve your goal.

Now for a believer, there's a goal also, what is the goal of the believer? I want to make it do Jana, I want to earn Allah's pleasure. So anything that kind of distracts you from that purpose, anything that is not helping you in your journey to Allah, what is that essentially low?

What is that useless, vain, unnecessary? And if we don't get rid of it, what is it going to do? It's going to fill our lives. It's going to slow us down, it's going to occupy us and we won't be able to make it to our goals.

Now, generally in life also, this is a very, very important quality that we must possess the ability to avoid distractions. Why? Because if we're not able to avoid distractions, we cannot focus on our work. If we cannot focus on our work, how can we get it done?

Now if you look at the previous I have what is that Allah de novia? salata him, cause your own pusher to have who should be in Salah? What's the number one step you have to take in your life? What's the biggest change you have to bring in your life?

The number one thing, avoid low because if we indulge in low, what's going to happen? We cannot have for sure in Salah. It's not possible. give me examples of level things that prevent us from concentrating in prayer. What prevents us?

If we don't identify what level is how are we going to avoid it? Okay, negative thoughts about people or assumptions that are baseless about other people? You see, what happens is that when we're quiet, then our mind it begins to work. And especially when we're praying Shavon told us with Coca Cola, remember this, remember this? So if our mind if our heart is filled with negative thoughts for other people, what are we going to be thinking about in prayer? Check yourself what thoughts come to your mind in Salah what distracts you in prayer? Did you notice yesterday in the prayers that you perform? What is it that you were fighting against most? What kind of thoughts were you trying to

shake away so that you could focus in your prayer? What was bothering you in your prayer?

Okay, how much work I have to do because it is exam time? What's the solution to that? That sounds local, by the way. But what's the solution to that? That whatever stress you have, in your mind, get it down on paper? And why is it that we're not able to study? Where's my time going? How come? I haven't done my readings yet? What did I do last week? How come I didn't get my assignments done in time? Where did the Sturm goal where did the semester goal? Why am I falling behind? What is the real issue over here? Lack of time management? And why is it that we're not able to manage our time better? Because you see we only have limited capacity. One is that most of our time, it goes into

fulfilling our desires. What is that desire? I just want to lie down.

Don't feel like getting up.

And half an hour goes by, you're not sleeping, you're not awake. You're not doing anything. You're just lying down following your desire. So what happens that half an hour is lost? It could have been spent in getting ready getting an early start to the day. Right? So poor time management. And the reason behind that is also indulgence in law who what other things come in our Salah to distract us fantasizing, okay, that's true. Daydreaming, just thinking, wishing, hoping, wondering what's going to happen. How is it going to happen? When is it going to happen? Where is it going to happen? With who? And the list goes on. Okay, fears, worries that we may have. Like, for example, with me many

times it happens that when I'm praying, I wonder, Where is my son? What is he doing? What is my daughter doing? Where is she? I hope she's not going downstairs. I hope she's not climbing up the stairs. I hope she doesn't open up the kitchen drawer. I hope she's not in the dishwasher. I hope you don't like you have these thoughts.

I do have these thoughts. These are real fears. And because of that, what happens is that a you lose concentration in your prayer. And secondly, you speed up your prayer because you want to finish it. You're nervous about where your kids are. And that doesn't let you focus in prayer. So recently what I've started doing is I am praying to Allah hope

Ron Amin, okay, I have done my best to keep my children safe and secure and occupied and go things while I'm praying. And when I'm praying to Allah, Allah Who will take care of them, He will take care of them, he will keep things safe in sha Allah. And believe me, this is such a big relief. Because otherwise you're constantly worried. What if this happens, and what if that happens? Well, the list of what ifs, it's endless. I mean, the things that can potentially go wrong, there are so many.

I mean, this fear, who does it come from shape on shape on one says, to be afraid, he wants us to be worried he wants us to be stressed out, and inshallah also he doesn't leave us. So at that time, just remind yourself, I have done my best to get everything done. I have done my best to keep the house safe to keep my kids safe. Now that I'm praying, I'm talking to Allah, Allah, Allah mean, he will take care of my children, I don't need to stress out, I don't need to worry.

And then 100 Allah, this is very helpful.

Any other distraction, that we start comparing our Salah with those who are around us, or we start thinking if our Salah is good enough in front of them. So we think it's my decor proper? Should be I think it is my sujood Was it long enough, did that move too fast, didn't move properly.

And then we start talking to ourselves at that time, remind yourself, I am not praying for them. I am praying for who? Allah subhanaw taala. Remember that if you shorten your prayer, because of people that is also a form of the that is also a form of showing off. Your prayer got affected because of who other than Allah, you're trying to please them, you're trying to satisfy them. That is also a form of thee. So never shorten, lengthen change your prayer, because of the people who are around

when you're hungry. Yeah, that's very true. You are distracted. And this is why in Hadith, what do we learn that if the food is ready, then eat first and then pray. Eat first, don't start prayer. With a hungry stomach, with the food ready at the table getting cold that pizza getting cold, and the cheese that was all nice and melted is now cooling down getting rubbery. And you're having you know these feelings in your heart that you wish you could have eaten first you can eat first you don't have to live in or model the long run who Who is he, as a hobby.

He would sometimes be eating and the other one would go on, he wouldn't stop his food, he would continue eating, the other one would end the coma would begin a coma would end Salah would begin to Tila while he could hear it, he would finish his food and then go

he would finish his food and then go.

Because it's not possible for us that in the middle of our food or when we are hungry, we stop our food and we go pray. We cannot focus on prayer.

If the oven is on or if the stove is on, and you start your prayer at that time, there goes your prayer. Why? Because you're constantly wondering, did I put it on low or medium low? or high? Is the temperature right? Has it been 15 minutes yet? I wonder what's going on. So make sure you take care of these things before you pray. Many times it happens that as soon as you begin your prayer, the list of things that you have to do, you know you start making it basically in your head, right? So make a habit of getting it down on paper be more organized. You see, this is why if you want to make your Salah proper, what will happen, your life will also get fixed.

It will

mean the problems that we're having in life, those fears and anxieties that come up in prayer. So first of all prayer is for the purpose of seeking help from Allah is there enough is somebody will Salah. So instead of stressing out about the problem, what should we do for our heart before Allah subhanaw taala.

Or, for example, you start with your duckweed and you're reading your DUA and you're thinking what Surah am I going to read? What's What am I going to read? And then in that you're thinking about what's what am I going to read in my next rocker, you see, this is a very important thing. Having present moment awareness being in the present. This is a very, very important life skill, that whatever we are doing now at this very moment, we're thinking about that we're doing that all of our energy our mind our focus is attentive towards what the present moment the now

All right, so AlLadhina houfy Salatin class your own well Latina who Marnie love we more Elune now give me examples of low things that occupy our lives, our mind that we can easily get rid of things that should be in the background, things that we should not be paying much attention to do.

Generally in life, that should not be consuming us, to people gave the example of TV shows movies.

You see, when it comes to, for example, watching TV, I don't know about you. But if I ever watched an episode of something, then what happens?

What's gonna happen next?

Whether it is some cooking show or anything, whatever it may be, it's on your mind, what's going to happen next. So any kind of drama, cereal, whatever it is, it stays on your mind. And it's amazing how people are sitting together watching something. And then everybody's just quiet because they're so sad, or they're so worried. What do you think is going to happen? I don't know. What do you think is going to happen? And if you think about it, does it even matter?

Does it even matter? 40 minutes and episode, one hour an episode more than that, sometimes. I mean, it's understandable that every now and then or once a month or something, you need to just unwind and you sit with your family and you want something that's acceptable. But if you're waiting for that next episode to come every week, and in the middle, you're thinking what's going to happen? And you're checking online? Also, what do other people say about it? Or because we're watching previous season shows, we want to know what's going on in this season. See how it occupies us.

It takes place in our heart, we become sad, or we become happy, or we become excited, or we become afraid there next time you're watching something, just put your hand on your heart and feel it.

Does it affect your heartbeat at all? What you're watching? It does, because you're feeling all those emotions. I mean, I'm sure they spent a lot of time making that right. Because they want to captivate you as much as they can. So when Lavina Houma, Annie, lovely Martin Elune. And you see, what is it that will take our interest away from all of these things? Because one is that somebody tells us turn that TV off, turn that TV off. And the other is that you yourself are not interested, you yourself don't want to watch. This is where we want to be right? That that temptation is not there, or that temptation is easy to control. How do you get there? How is it that you lose interest

in these things? How

fill your time with something better, fill your time with something that will make you truly happy. Because you know what watching that episode on TV is not going to make you happy. Because for instance, if you look at people who are working in like multi million companies, and you're wondering, I wish I could do that too.

Or, for instance, you see someone dressed up in a really nice when you're like, I wish I could wear that skirt too, but can't not Hello, it's not possible that we want something over and over again. And we don't want to do it. We want to do it right. But we know we cannot do it, we shouldn't do it. So then what happens you're unhappy inside. And then you see people in love or people fighting or people working and people making a lot of money and people flying on private jets and people, you know, doing this and doing that. And you wonder, for me, it's not going to make you happy. Never. So fill your time with something that is more productive. If you find yourself wanting to watch TV in

the evening, for instance, then you know what, you have a very long evening, you need to do something in that evening, that will truly make you happy. And you see there's so much treasure out there of beneficial knowledge also. But when it comes to learning that we say we have no time. You know, for example, she also called the he has taught the seal of the Prophet salallahu Salam. All of these videos are on YouTube free. And they are beautiful, beautiful. I mean, recently, I was listening to the lectures on the journey of Israel and marriage and there were at least three or four sessions on that and each session is like a little over an hour. Beautiful. It's like as if

you're going on that journey. He goes in so much detail. And if you want to watch that if you want to listen to that, then of course you need to make time for it when you will make time for beneficial things and all these useless things. What will happen to them, you'll get rid of them. So what Lavina humara and Ilahi more Elune

what Lavina whom Lisa Kathy ferry loon constant constantly cleaning themselves being charitable. Alright, so how did the Prophet sallallaahu Salam give sadaqa How did he give charity?

Sorry, King the dashi once gave the process and I gift, a ring, I think was in it. And he gave it to his granddaughter, a mama that wants the prophets of Allah Senna was given a ring that was made of gold, and the Prophet sallallahu sallam. He didn't keep it rather He gave it to his granddaughter

So, what do we learn from this? How can we give sadaqa? Or how can we spend on those who are around us? How can we apply this in our life? What lesson do we learn?

There could be something that has a lot of value that is sitting with you, that you don't use cannot use, like the gold ring, the Prophet sallallahu Sallam himself was not going to wear. Why? Because gold is haram for men. So instead of keeping it, Oh, Anna Joshi sent it, the king of Abyssinia sent it, you know, I'll keep it as a, what is it? Memento? Okay, you know, like a souvenir or something, I'll just keep it. No, the prophets of Allah, some didn't keep it right there. And then a little girl, his granddaughter was nearby, he gave it to her. I was just thinking, when I first read this, how happy that little girl must have been that she gets a ring from her grandfather and a ring that

is shiny.

And that is precious, that has value.

Bringing a smile to a child's face, making them happy, by giving them something that truly has value.

You know, we intend for example, in the onesie, I'm going to give sadaqa All right, and we have this glorious image in our mind that I'm gonna give sadaqa in this way, and it doesn't work out. If it doesn't work out, don't go back home with that money, give it give it to something else, someone else in some other cause, but don't delay.

The Prophet Muhammad somebody was sending you would give charity like, for example, if you bought something from somebody, he would give it back to the seller, he would give it back to this other. I thought that was really amazing, because nobody does that nowadays. If anything, they will say where's my change, like, even if it's five, seven. So I thought that was really amazing. One example was he bought a camera from Omar Vela, who I knew and he gave it to his son, I'm done. So

what's the lesson in this for us?

Surprise people, surprise people by doing something that they never expected. Somewhere they come. When I was doing my research yesterday, I saw that there was a story where there was somebody who was kind of leaning towards accepting Islam. And the Prophet SAW Selim gave him some of the you know, the war booty. And the man went back to his people and he said you should all accept Islam because the prophets of salaam he has no fear of poverty is that so much he gave 100 camels or you know, whole flock to one individual even he gave so much so much that people were amazed. They had never seen any example of such generosity before. It's not about profits or loss of stories, but

it's just since we have listened so many of stories from him. I just wanted to talk about the recent project we have at alHuda and Inshallah, I was thinking like mashallah only this class we have 300 registered students. And the new project we have here at alHuda is we are making nice playground for our elementary school, the cost is between 15 and $20,000.15 1000 means like 300 students if every single student has managed to contribute $50 and is thought only like one person has to donate $50 You can bring four or five friends with you and get $10 from each friend and bring $50 in and we don't have to go anywhere nobody else would need to return even one single dollar inshallah we can

wholly sponsor the whole project in sha Allah, so it was just coming to my mind. So just you know, make intention that inshallah I'll bring in $50 You don't individually have to put $50 Just make other people involved in this project and inshallah you will get the higher you get the reward for the other people's contribution and you have inshallah get the higher from the award for your own contribution inshallah.

That is a very good idea.

So when Latina homeless Kathy ferry loon will Latina homely for Raji him half alone those who guard their private parts Illa Allah as well to him Oh mama look at a man whom for in the homeowner Euro melamine femininity of overall Adeleke for Hola ecoman Doing well Latina homely Emma Annette Hemara the hem rune what does this mean? Those who are attentive to their trusts and their promises meaning they fulfill their promises, their trusts their commitments. What's the difference between Amman Earth and Earth? What is Amana? That which is given to you? What is it that would you take on yourself? What ladina whom Allah Salah wa T him, you have Elune those who guard their prayers. What

does it mean by guarding the prayer?

Praying at the right time? What does that mean? That for each prayer is a window praying within that window now

But after it, not before it because of our convenience, but rather, at the right time, what else is included in guarding the prayer,

performing all of the Salawat not that a person, you know, skips Fajr and then prays will hold it russula and then leaves Maghrib and then each other too tired. This is not guarding the prayer.

All the prerequisites are fulfilled. So guarding the will do. For example, if a person does not care about performing will do or he doesn't think about if he really has will do or not before the prayer, he says, you know, Nevermind, it's okay. Don't think about it. And he just prays anyway. Is that guarding the prayer? No. Likewise, if a person thinks, Well, I can't be bothered which direction the Qibla is in, I'll just pray this way. That's not guarding the prayer. Prerequisites also must be fulfilled. During the prayer also, we have to guard the prayer. How don't let you upon rule the prayer. Don't let your thumb take over. Guard it, preserve it.

perform it? Well Ladino home, Allah Salah Swati him, you have Elune

Hola, Iike Humann weary soon those are the inheritors. Alladhina, Uri Sunil dosa, whom we have Holly Dune, they're the ones who will inherit for those and they will abide there and eternally. There's a hadith and imagine which we learned that the prophets Allah sent him said, There is not one among you who does not have two homes, a home in Jannah, and a home in hell, meaning each person has a destination in Jannah, and a destination in hell booked, reserved from now, for each individual, either a person will make it to that destination in hell. Whatever. Yeah, the biller or he will end up in that destination in Jannah. The prophets have a lot of time said if he dies and enters hell,

then the people of Paradise will inherit his home.

You understand that for each person a place is reserved in Ghana. If he doesn't make it there, and that place is going to be unoccupied. No, Allah subhanaw taala will make that place for Who He will give it to other occupants of Jana. So this way, they become the heirs of Jana.

You understand? Because some people who don't make it, those places will be taken by those who made it agenda Alladhina Arizona and Phil dosa homefree. Holly don't even claim Rahim Allah.

He said something about the five levels of performing the prayer.

Because twice in these verses, Salah is mentioned guarding the prayer performing it with kosher with concentration. So there are five levels of performing the prayer. He said all people with regard to their performance of prayer are in five levels.

Let's check ourselves. Okay, each person must think about themselves. The first level is of the one who is negligent and wrongs his soul. How does he pray? He is the one who falls short in performing we'll do properly. What does that mean? That when they're performing we'll do the elbow is all dry, who cares?

The face is not washed properly. I don't mind.

The feet are not washed properly. Parts of it are left dry, unwashed. This is what not performing the widow properly. He's the one who falls short Secondly, in performing the prayer upon its time and within its specified time, and thirdly, in fulfilling the essential pillars of prayer. So basically every aspect of prayer, he's falling short in it, either all or some. So, this is where we need to look at ourselves, do I take care of my will do? Do I take care about the time of Salah do I take care about the actual Salah how I am performing it? If I am falling short in any of these matters, then who am I?

Who am I? The one who is negligent and the one who is wronging their soul.

Then the second level is of the one who guards his prayer how upon their proper times and within their specified limits. He fulfills their essential pillars performs the will do with care. However, his striving is wasted. Why? Because of the whispering of shape on during the prayer his thoughts. They take him away from his prayer Shavon takes him away from his prayer.

So you understand the difference over here. The first is that a person is not even doing will do properly or not even performing Salah on time. Not even performing slept properly. The

The second level is of the one who is doing well do properly facing the Qibla. Performing the salah properly the method is right everything is right. The physical prayer is there, however, where's the heart?

Where's the heart somewhere else, so his son is stolen from him. The third is the one who guards his prayer within the specified limits, fulfills their essential pillars and strives with himself to rebel, the whispering so his salah is a constant battle.

What does that mean? That every few minutes he's forcing himself to pay attention to prayer?

What's the difference from the previous the previous? Who doesn't care? No who? Sure? Nevermind. Wow, I just finished my prayer. What did I pray? Did I pray for a car to the car? The third level is of who? The one who is constantly fighting, constantly fighting against the shaytaan against his thoughts. So what happens? His salah, of course, it's good in the sense that he has performed everything. However, he hasn't enjoyed the prayer. Why did he not enjoy the prayer, because it was a constant struggle. Then the fourth level is of the one who stands for the prayer, complete and perfect. It's due rights, it's essential pillars, performs it within its specified limits. And his

heart becomes engrossed in performing the salah properly, so that nothing is wasted from it. So in other words, this person has some kind of control over who should were in Salah. You understand? He has developed the habit of who sure in Salah

and this is good.

But his whole concern is directed to words, performing the Salah. So his focus is on who? himself basically

you understand what's going on here. He's doing everything right. But his focus is on himself, which is still good, but there is a better level, which is the fifth level.

And what is that? The one who stands for prayer, like the one mentioned above, but on top of this, he has taken and placed his heart in front of his Lord.

So in other words, his focus is on who? Allah azza wa jal.

Remember when you been asked the Prophet sallallahu sallam, what is your son? What did the Prophet sallallahu Sallam say? And that would Allah get Anika? Tara who? This is the highest level the level of excellence when you're doing any act of worship that you are worshiping as though you see Allah, all your focus your attention is directed to Allah azza wa jal.

And if a person cannot do this, then what's the level below that?

What's the level below that? What are the prophets of Allah? That's what I'm saying that if you cannot do that, then at least you think that he is watching you. So this is why you're performing the prayer properly. Even claim said the first type will be punished. The first type will be punished who the one who doesn't care about the prayer, he doesn't perform it at its right time.

The second time will be held to account meeting he will be questioned who will be questioned.

The one whose heart is distracted in the prayer, he's absent minded in prayer. The third will have his sins and shortcomings. Forgiven. Why? Because he's struggling.

The fourth will be rewarded. Why? Because he has for sure.

And the fifth will be close to his Lord.

The fifth will be close to his Lord, He will be among the Mocha baboon, those who are drawn near to Allah. Why? Because for him, his prayer will become a source of comfort and joy and pleasure. And the one who finds comfort in prayer, then Allah subhanaw taala makes him a comfort for others also, then Allah subhanaw taala also is pleased with this person. May Allah subhanaw taala make us amongst those.

But this is a question that we really need to ask ourselves over and over again. What kind of prayer did I just perform? Which level first, second, third, fourth or fifth? Mark yourself? Check yourself. question yourself, because unless and until we ask ourselves, we cannot improve