Waasief De Vries – Our Lord grant us Good in this World

Waasief De Vries
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The importance of Islam as a test for one's behavior is emphasized, along with the use of the Quran in the aftermath of Islam. The test is based on revealed deeds and the importance of following the prophet's guidance to achieve success. The speaker emphasizes the need for guidance and learning from the Prophet's teachings to avoid mistakes and pursue deeds for happiness. The importance of teaching children the importance of respect and good behavior is emphasized, along with reforming oneself, one's spouse, and children to achieve success and good leaders and behavior.
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We acknowledge that all praise is due to

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,

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the one who has given us

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this gift of iman that has guided us

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to this religion of Islam.

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A religion that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has

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chosen

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to be the religion

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out of all other religions that will protect

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us from the fire of jahannam that will

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grant grant us entry to Jannah.

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We praise Allah,

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the one who has sent us

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the best of messengers

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and the greatest of creation, Nabi Muhammad sallallahu

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alaihi wa sallam, were the greatest of miracles

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ever to be sent down on mankind,

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the Quran and kareem. And we are the

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holders of that book. We are the best

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of nations because we abide by that book.

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May Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, make us of

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those who are eligible to receive this title.

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May Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, also send his

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greatest

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greetings and salutations upon Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam,

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upon his,

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family and whomsoever might follow his way until

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the day of Qiyam al Amin.

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Respected brothers and sisters

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in Islam,

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Allah

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has not place

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placed us on this earth.

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He has not placed all the signs

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for us on this earth,

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in vain.

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He has not created this great creation

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that we see.

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He has not

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created

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this great creation within ourselves.

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This very sophisticated

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way

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of the body.

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This very sophisticated

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body

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that was designed

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to place their head on the ground in

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sujood Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. He has not

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created this body and the soul in vain.

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He has placed us on this earth for

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a specific purpose.

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And over and over, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

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reminds us about this purpose.

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The purpose is to be tested

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on this dunya.

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To be tested on this dunya,

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to see what our consequences will be in

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the.

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The test is not for Allah to see.

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The test is for us to see.

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Allah

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knows our place.

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Whether it be in Jannah or whether it

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be in Jannah.

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The fact that we are on this dunya

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is only as a proof for ourselves.

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An example of a teacher

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who has seen thousands of students. You see

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that either on the day the student comes,

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he's playing with his phone. He's on WhatsApp.

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He's not taking notes.

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And the teacher can already see he's missing

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a vital part of the introduction.

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He can see that the student is not

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going to pass.

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But it would be unfair

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to fail him at that incident

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at that time.

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Rather the teacher warns him,

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You, if you carry on like this, you're

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going to fail. And the teacher knows he's

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going to carry on like that.

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But as a proof against himself

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as a proof against himself, as opposed to

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the teacher said, I fail you. And he

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says, for what? Because you're not going to

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make this year. Do you say, well, that's

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unfair? He said, well, I'll give you a

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chance.

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And the end of the year come, he

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does the same thing. And the teacher said,

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I knew you're going to fail. It's just

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as a proof against yourself.

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Or I knew you're going to pass. It's

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just as a proof for yourself.

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The book of deeds that is constantly being

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written, it is not for us. It's not

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for Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. It is for

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us.

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As a proof against us. That's why on

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that day, the mouth will be sealed and

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the hands and the mouth will start talking

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about that which the body used to do

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because there's no excuses today. There's no excuses

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on the day of.

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Rather, the proof that will stand is the

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book of deeds that we have done against

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ourselves. That's why this

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Quran, The Quran that we read, it's a

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Huja for us or it is against us.

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Depending on if we follow this Quran or

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if we don't follow this Quran.

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Make us of those who follow the sunnah

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of Nabi Muhammad salallahu alayhi wa sallam thereby

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earning Jannah.

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So we were not placed on this earth

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for nothing. Says Allah

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Are you deluded? Do you think

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Do you have the slightest

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idea

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that

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Do you think we have created you for

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nothing? This great sophisticated being, this great sophisticated

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world.

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Do do you think that we have created

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that for nothing?

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And do you think that you will not

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return from where you came? Do you think

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that we will not answer to Allah

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Allah has placed us on this dunya to

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be tested.

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So that we can be questioned on the

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day of Qiyamah.

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Do we think that we will not return?

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No. We were created for a purpose.

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Says Allah

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So what is this purpose?

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We have created mankind in kabad. What does

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kabad mean? Kabad means turmoil,

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corruption, difficulty.

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That is kabad. We have created mankind in

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kabad. Allah leaves this

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It refers to the dunya.

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From the very,

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birth of mankind, he faces difficulty.

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Difficulty in this world. The difficulty of

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sustaining looking for Isaac. The difficulty that he

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has to go through, the emotion thing the

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emotions that he has to go through.

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The

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difficulty that he has to go through

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to enter

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the the process of death. But the prophet

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himself said it's a very difficult situation.

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We have to go through that. The difficulties

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that one would face in the.

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Besides that, in the grave,

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mankind was created in there's no way we

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can get away from this.

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So this is the test, Jamatul Muslimeen.

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And Allah

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informs us as well,

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by the nafs, by the soul, by the

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ruh, by that being

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that Allah has created.

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We have inspired the soul and showed that

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soul the path to piety, the path of

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righteousness. We have shown that soul, the path

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of evil. How is this? The Quran, it

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was revealed. The Quran is not very difficult

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to accept.

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If anyone were to be explained something about

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Islam, it's not something technical, something that he

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has has to think about.

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That

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the fitra that we were born is to

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realize and to acknowledge and to accept the

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message of Islam

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because this is the natural way, to accept

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that Allah is 1. Therefore, to accept that

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his message is 1, to accept that the

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prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam is 1. Looking

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around this world, if we don't look in

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the Quran, the signs of Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala are numerous,

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indicating that there must be one being,

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one perfect being.

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And then we have to look for one

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perfect message

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corresponding to this being. We will find no

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other book, not the Torah,

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not the not the Injeel, the only book

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that is protected.

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There's completely no doubt. If you are look

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looking at this book in a scientific point

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of view, in a in a in a

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medical point of view,

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any field that you look at, mathematical,

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any way you try to challenge this Quran,

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any way, you will fall flat. If you

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do find fault in the Quran,

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then that fault that you are finding is

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only in your mind. You are seeing something

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that is not there. The orientalist that right

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against Islam,

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they are seeing things that are not there.

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Their visions are blurred.

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One that is looking at this Quran with

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a pure heart cannot but realize that this

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is from Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Allah has

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shown the soul the path to piety and

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the path

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of sin.

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The the outcome of our life,

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the outcome of our relationships,

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the outcome of all our stresses, of

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of all

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of all our effort on this dunya, the

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outcome is 1 of 2. There's no third

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option.

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Simple. The one who purifies the soul. How

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do we purify the soul? In the obedience

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of Allah.

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Purifying the soul in terms of tawhid,

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believing in Allah and his Rasul,

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that is lip service, and then doing nothing

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to negate that. We said that. We cannot

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say that and then come at shirk in

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the same process.

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So,

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in the obedience of Allah.

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That is how Allah explains the consequences of

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our life. Everything

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we deem to be so great, Allah describes

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it in 2 verses.

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If you purify the soul, you are successful.

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If you do not purify the soul,

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you have you spoil the soul with sin

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and without over, then

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if you think of a Jamaat al Muslimi,

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when it is not successful on this dunya,

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yes, it is a great test.

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Dunya is a great test, but it is

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not a test the test that we cannot

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fulfill.

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Not for a Muslim.

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Not with all the aid that we have.

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Not with lay little in Ramadan and the

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bar that is open for Tawba if we

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do make a sin.

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How is it possible for us to die

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with one sin if we making tawba every

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day? It is too easy to attain Jannah

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by following the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.

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But by

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following our own desires,

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our own understanding of Quran,

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and not looking at the understanding that Allah

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intends,

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it is very, very easy to go astray.

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May Allah

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not make us of those people. I mean,

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in another

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short verse, Allah describes the consequences of this

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of of of our lives and our efforts.

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It is simple. There's a group in Jannah.

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There's a group

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in Jannah.

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May

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Allah not make us of those

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that would that would enter Jahanam at all.

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I mean

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So what is this path to Jannah that

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Allah has inspired for a slave? What is

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the way to Jannah? Today, it's a bit

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confusing. One can become confused. We are living

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in an age of information and technology. If

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we want to know something, we can Google

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it. The Internet is there. Anything we want

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to know, we can get.

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This one said this. This one said that.

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We can get it on the internet. We

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can even download certain,

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sermons

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of of of fatwas that we are looking

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for. But this can be very dangerous.

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How do we sift through this one and

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that one? How do we know which one

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is right and which one is wrong?

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How do we stick to the prophet sallallahu

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alaihi wa sallam when one is saying the

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prophet did this and the other is saying

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the prophet did that? There is a way

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of sifting through this, and this safest way

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to do is to follow like 1,000 have

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done. Are you going to follow the opinion

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of 1 man?

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One man reading a hadith in Bukhari,

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He understands something because he knows some Arabic.

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He studied 10, 20 years,

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and he goes contrary

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to thousands of people that have studied 80

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years.

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Scholar after scholar, it is safer to stick

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to that which 1,000 have said, and therefore,

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you have your former dahiib. This is a

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way of sifting through what is haram and

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what is not haram. The madhab is an

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aid. The madhab is a way to make

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it easy for us to follow the prophet

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sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.

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Now,

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So what is the path to Jannah?

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The path to Jannah, the prophet sallallahu alaihi

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wasallam describes in a hadith that everyone will

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enter Jannah, famous hadith, except those who refuse.

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And and the Sahaba asked, will he refuse

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Jannah? How is this possible? Because there's cause

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and effect.

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In this world, there is cause and effect.

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If you want Jannah, you have to walk

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that path.

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And the path to Jannah is in the

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obedience of Allah.

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The path in the obedience of the Rasul

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and Allah. The path to Jahannam,

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he's straying away from that path.

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Keep us on the

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So what we learned from this hadith

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that to attain Jannah, we we need to

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do righteous deeds. We need to do good

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deeds to to stick on this part of

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the siratul mustaqim. It says Allah, Subhanahu Wa

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Ta'ala, after taking an oath an oath by

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by the night and that which it covers

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by the day as,

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as it brightens.

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Everything that Allah is the one who has

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created mankind.

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Indeed, your strivings on this dunya.

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We are all striving.

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Everyone

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is created in kabad.

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There's no exclusion to this.

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There is a striving. There is a stress

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that each and everyone in this Masjid have,

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whether that be of our business,

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whether that be with regards to our children,

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whether that be of something that we've done

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in the past. We there is a turmoil.

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There's something that we are striving that we

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are striving for.

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But the striving is.

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It's it's completely

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diverse.

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Some people are striving, and they are working

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so hard, but they are striving in the

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wrong direction.

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As for the one who is giving Sadaqa

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and the one who inspires,

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The one

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who believes

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Sadaqa,

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he believes, he deems the Aqirah to be

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truthful.

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He deems

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to be truthful. The 2 angels that will

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question him, he deems that to be truthful.

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The one who ponders in the scale

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which our deeds will be weighed the day

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that the one that ponders and believes about

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the.

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That person,

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he believes

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in the in in the bliss that Allah

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has promised us

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as believers.

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Obviously, that one,

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that particular individual, he has Yaqeen. He will

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strive for that.

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For this person, we will make it easy

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for him to obey Allah.

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If you believe

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the higher degree of your certainty, it's easier

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to obey Allah.

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And on the contrary, woman, the

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one who is stingy

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and he seek himself to be independent.

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He thinks that his uncle is sufficient.

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Our uncle is not sufficient, Jamaat Muslime.

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Even if we work out something and we

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understand something analytically, it's not sufficient.

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We need the divine guidance of Allah. We

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can be the cleverest person in the entire

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world. Look at rocket scientists.

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Some of the most cleverest people that that

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is deemed to have the highest of IQs

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in the world, they are kafir.

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They cannot accept

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that there is an Allah

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because he's he thinks that his mind is

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independent.

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This is how he fools himself. This is

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how Shaitan fools himself. We need the divine

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guidance.

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And such a person would deny

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that there is an Aqira, that there is

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a Jannah.

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Therefore, he follows anything that will benefit him

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only on this dunya. May Allah not make

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us of those people, army.

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Jamat al Muslimeen, from this verses, what do

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we learn? We learn that success.

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Success is for the one who does good

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deeds.

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Jannah is dependent on good deeds and the

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rahmah of Allah

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and

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that is dependent on belief.

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Secondly, what we learn from these verses

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is that this

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Jannah,

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this path of good deeds,

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having a good will is not simply enough.

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We need the Tawfiq of Allah Subhanahu Wa

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Ta'ala. We need Hidayah from Allah Subhanahu Wa

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Ta'ala.

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We need the divine guidance.

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We cannot think that we are independent from

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Allah.

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Foolish is that individual

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that thinks he will attain success

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in this world

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and in the akhirah

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without

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calling Allah

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for guidance. It is something that we do

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every day and it is something that we

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should ask Allah with sincerity

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to keep us on the Surah Al Mustateem

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and not take it for granted that we

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are of those individuals. May Allah protect us.

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Amen.

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So Jaimadu Muslimeen

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acknowledging and realizing the fact

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that the best that we can be

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as individuals, the best that we can be

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without the help of Allah is nothing.

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It's failures.

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We realize that we are weak and because

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of that, we need to make dua.

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This is the importance of dua.

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Because by making Dua,

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we teach and we remind ourselves

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that we are in need of Allah.

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We take it for granted that we're going

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to eat eat lunch this afternoon. Therefore, we

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don't

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ask Allah for rizik anymore.

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This is how shaitan

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starts deluding us.

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This is the deception of this dunya, and,

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ultimately, one thing leads to another. And we

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think that we don't need Allah

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anymore. So the power of dua and the

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importance of dua is to remind that Allah

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does does not need our dua.

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Allah doesn't need our dua

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in order to send rizik. He send rizik

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irrespective.

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We know that because this entire dunya is

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sustained by Allah. Some make duas, some don't.

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But it's it's to remind ourselves.

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Every action of the slave,

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every action salah, zakah, no matter what we

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do, it is not for Allah at all.

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It benefits us. It is only for us.

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So realizing this Jamatul Muslimeen, we realize the

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importance of calling upon Allah.

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So it is through these prayers, through these

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duas

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that we learn our dependency on Allah.

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Now Jamaat al Muslimen, a person only asks

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for that which he needs.

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A person

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only make Dua.

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He calls.

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He asks for that which concerns him. For

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that which is which is worrying to him

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now.

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If somebody asks you for something, you know

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that that is bothering him. You know that

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that's a concern. He won't ask you for

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help if he doesn't need help.

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So knowing this fact,

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if we look at the way that Allah

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has taught us in the Quran how to

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make dua,

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If we look at the Hadith of the

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Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and we look at

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the Hadith,

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the Duas that he has made,

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what we learn from the Hadith is what

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worried the Prophet,

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what concerned the Prophet,

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Because this would be expressed in his Dua

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and by learning that we know what should

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really concern us, which is of benefit to

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us.

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And by looking in the Quran, Allah Subhanahu

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Wa Ta'ala teaches us what we should be

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concerned about

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by

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by means of teaching us what dua to

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make.

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So we find the prophet,

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ask seeking Allah

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from refuge,

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of of bad conduct, of giving the wrong

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Kaaba,

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of of of being in the dependency of

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people, of being overpowered by death,

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asking Allah for his mercy, various duas.

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And through these duas, we realize what we

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should ask for and what we should should

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strive for in this dunya.

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So what I want to highlight today in

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the next 5 to 10 minutes

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is a particular dua.

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There are many duas.

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There are many, many duas, but this one

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dua is very comprehensive.

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Very, very comprehensive.

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It's a dua that most of us know.

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We make it every day.

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I want to highlight this. Why?

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Because by a greater understanding

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or reflecting

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or even reminding us, we find that

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we find that when we know something,

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we might have knowledge about something.

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But when somebody else says it, something that

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we know it reminds ourselves. Even the prophet

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sallallahu alaihi wasallam.

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When certain Sahaba that he instructed to recite,

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he told the Sahaba that's enough.

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You have brought me now to tears.

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Why didn't the prophet cry before that?

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Because

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to hear the truth on somebody else, this

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is how Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has designed

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this deen.

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So what is this dua?

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What is a comprehensive dua? There's there's a

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dua that only restricted for this dunya and

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is one that is restricted for the akhura.

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And we should make sure that we are

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asking for both. Allah

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highlights this fact

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after,

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speaking when speaking about the rituals of Hajj,

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which we have just come out of that

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season now.

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Some people only ask things for this dunya.

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1 man asked Allah for a car,

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but there's nothing for him in the afterah.

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Another man

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asked Allah for that same car.

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But for him, there's a great reward in

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the afterah as well.

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Why? Because that one man's vision was restricted

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to this dunya. He just wants to drive

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from a to b. The other man's vision

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was

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in aid, in an assistance

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to help me fulfill my obligations so I

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can drive to the Masjid, so I can

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get from a to b, so I can

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look for Isaac with that aid of that

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car. So our duas must never be restricted

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to this dunya. Always, we look to the

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akhirah.

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So what is this dua?

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Allah

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says in Surat Al Furqan,

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where he mentions

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The slaves of Allah. The

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Ibadul Rahman Then Allah mentions

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many qualities of them.

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Many many qualities of Ibadul Rahman. But what

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is so special about Ibadul Rahman?

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Nobody can enter Jannah because of their deeds

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alone. Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala through their deeds,

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through the sincerity of their deeds, through their

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strivings, Allah would reward them with Rahma and

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rahma is the key to Jannah. You cannot

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enter Jannah without the rahma of Allah Subhanahu

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Wa Ta'ala. If you have done everything that

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is requested of you,

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but the sincerity is not there

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and Allah does not give you rahma, you

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cannot enter Jannah.

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But if somebody has done very little deeds,

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but that deeds was done with such sincerity,

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Allah grants him rahma. He enters the higher

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place of Jannah. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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makers of those people who attain the rahma

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of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So this Ibadur

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Rahman, Allah mentions various qualities of them, but

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one of the qualities is al adina,

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those who. So who is those who? This

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is the Ibadur Rahman. Those who are entitled

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to get the rahmah of Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala. Those who are entitled to earn the

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jannah of Allah.

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Oh, our Lord.

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Making

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making dua.

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Grant for us.

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Grant for us.

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Grant us. Grant us.

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From our spouses.

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And from our children

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coolness of the eye. Grant them. Let them

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be a coolness of the eye.

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And make for the make them a leader.

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This is a very, very comprehensive dua ji

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mad Muslimen. Let's look at this. What is

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what is Allah instructing us or teaching us

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to ask for?

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Grant us from our spouses

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and our children. Again, who is this going

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to benefit? Is it going to benefit Allah

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in the least?

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It's going to benefit us.

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This is what we should aspire for. This

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should be on our agenda. This should be

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our priority.

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To be of the Ibad al Rahman when

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we make this dua, we think of this.

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Grant from our spouses

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and our children. So our wives and, likewise,

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the supply from the wife to the husband.

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Spouses

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and from our children and our children's children.

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Our progeny because we want to leave

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something that will benefit us in a 100

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years from now. In 500 years' time from

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now,

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when we're pushing up more than days as

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we're pushing up, so trees are ready.

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Then we want a child of our a

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son of our son's son somehow.

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He's still making Ibadah,

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and that deed is still going on, and

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we're still getting a reward. This is what

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we want.

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So our spouses,

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what is a good spouse?

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What is something that should please us in

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our spouse?

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We look for various things.

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What should we look for in a spouse?

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What should we look for in our wives?

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Through all those qualities that is found in

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our wives, through everything that we love, there

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must be one thing.

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She should please him when he look when

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he looks at her, it should be pleasing.

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Why? Because she is in obedience of Allah.

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She reminds him that this dunya

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is a means to get to the akhira

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just like she will please him in the

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akhira as well. But I'll grant her spouses

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like that.

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She would obey him. She obeys him when

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he commands him in that which he can.

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When he commands her to put on a

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hijab,

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then she obeys him. When he commands her

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don't go to that place there's haram there,

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she obeys him. In everything that he can

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command her which is halal, she obeys him.

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She protects his honor. She don't ghiba about

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him. My husband is like this and my

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husband is like that, and the husband to

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the wife as well. They don't make about

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each other. They protect each other's wealth, and

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they protect each other's honor in the absence.

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And they will assist one another.

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How very few are those spouses that assist

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one another in the obedience of Allah?

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A good wife is a wife that says

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it is time to go to the masjid.

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A good wife is one that would say

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we are suffice.

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We suffice ourselves for that which is halal.

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Don't bring us meat.

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Don't bring us money that was earned in

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a Haram way.

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Don't bring us money that is attained

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through riba in the bank or through a

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certain policy when you die.

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Don't bring us that. We don't want that

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1,000,000.

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We want the gold.

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We want money that is not gonna go

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up on this dunya. We want wealth that

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will go through to the akhirah.

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Very few are those spouses that encourage one

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another. When the husband goes out, don't bring

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us haram. Bring us halal.

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Hunger, we can suffice with.

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Patience, we can suffice with. But the disobedience

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and the anger of Allah, this is something

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you don't bring into our house.

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So we should assist one another in the

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obedience of Allah. May Allah

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make us of those because we know

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we know

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that it is our spouses

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that can assist us with good and help

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us to be the best we can. And

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we know also

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if if if it's not like that at

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home,

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then

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then the day is spoiled, and we're not

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the best that we can be. May Allah

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grant us the understanding. May you grant us

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the best in this dunya a mean, the

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best of spouses.

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It is these same spouses that Allah

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says.

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The best of goods on this world is

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a suitable

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spouse. And if we look in the in

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the in the in the sphere of Islam

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only, it would be a pious

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a pious wife and a pious spouse, a

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husband to the wife and the wife to

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the husband.

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So Jamatul Muslimeen,

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through everything we can love about our spouses,

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for those who are not married, for everything

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that you look for in a spouse,

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Jamil is one. Beauty is one thing.

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Richness is another thing. It is beneficial.

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It makes life easy.

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Her lineage, she comes from that particular family.

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She's from this family, from that family.

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Yes. That is one thing, but the prophet

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advises us the most important of this is

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is the deen.

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It is her,

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her piety and her taqwa of Allah Subhanahu

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Wa Ta'ala. And When we speak about Deen,

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we're not just speaking about the Hakam. This

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we must do, this we mustn't do. We're

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speaking about the character.

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How

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often is that lost? The character of Islam.

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Where Salaah is being made, Zakai is being

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given, but there's depression.

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The honor of the man and the honor

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of the female is not upheld because the

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character is not there anymore. The character that

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the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam came to perfect

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is not there. So when a lady has

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this quality,

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good will rub off. It will rub off

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on the man and the man will will

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reflect that. Allah

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grant us that. Amen. Says Nabi Muhammad

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The best thing after Allah,

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after the taqwa, the best thing that will

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benefit you on this dunya and the akhirah

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is a pious wife. May Allah

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grant us those Aamin. May Allah make us

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of those people who are pious. Aamin.

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It is these people that Allah

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reminds us,

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the pious,

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and devoted

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in protecting

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in the husband's absence, and likewise,

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the husband to the wife.

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Says Nabi Muhammad

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from the good things in this world that

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brings you good luck is a pious wife,

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a good home,

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and a a good vehicle.

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And, bad luck is the exact opposite. Grant

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us this.

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In this particular verse that I've read, this

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dua, I will I will I will conclude

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now. Allah

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teaches us,

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grant us from our spouses

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and then also from our children.

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What is the best gift that we can

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give to our child?

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We know that on the top and the

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highest of agenda, if you speak to all

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the elderly, they say respect has been lost.

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Speak to the teachers. Speak to any

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educator. They say the respect is going down.

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The problem

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that,

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arises or the primary problem is not the

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respect.

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Respect doesn't come from the father.

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Respect doesn't come from the mother. As a

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matter of fact, we are not eligible to

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receive the respect that we want

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except

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except that Allah

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gave it to us.

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If Allah did not give this to us,

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then we would not be due to it.

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So the respect that is due to the

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father and the mother is because Allah demands

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that of the child.

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So the problem does not lie in teaching

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your child manners. The problem lies in teaching

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your child education,

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an Islamic education.

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Teach your child and give them a good

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Islamic education. It is always, by the way,

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5, 6 hours spent in school, half an

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hour in Madrasal, and he's late. He forgot

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the Quran, and it also stops when we

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go to,

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when we go to,

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high school, and it goes completely away when

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we go to varsity. Thinking that that foundation

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was enough, and we ask ourselves, why is

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the children so disrespectful?

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Quran, Islamic is a solid education. You cannot

00:31:02 --> 00:31:03

even put your child in a half in

00:31:03 --> 00:31:05

school and think he's gonna be safe there.

00:31:05 --> 00:31:07

You have to look at the teacher.

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Is that environment conducive for an Islamic education?

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It has to be something that is not

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just done haphazardly.

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This is something research is required. And the

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final part of the dua,

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where Allah

00:31:20 --> 00:31:21

says, and make fast for

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the. Make an imam. When does this come?

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When does Allah say we should make this?

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Make for the.

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Those who have Taqwa and imam. After reforming

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your own family, after reforming our spouses

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and ourselves

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and our children.

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We are all shepherds. We will ask about

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that which Allah has given us authority over.

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So once reforming that,

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then we ask Allah make for us a

00:31:48 --> 00:31:51

imam from the muttaqeen. And the muttaqeen develops

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where? At home. Very often, we find we

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don't like this lecture.

00:31:55 --> 00:31:58

We don't like this imam. We don't like

00:31:58 --> 00:32:00

that teacher. We don't like that alim. We

00:32:00 --> 00:32:02

don't like that mawlana. We don't like the

00:32:02 --> 00:32:04

way this class is conducted.

00:32:04 --> 00:32:06

It's very easy to say that, but we

00:32:06 --> 00:32:08

have to realize that we have to play

00:32:08 --> 00:32:10

our part in producing ulama.

00:32:10 --> 00:32:13

The best of ulama is from the location.

00:32:13 --> 00:32:15

A community has to come together. Why is

00:32:15 --> 00:32:17

it that olamah is going from door to

00:32:17 --> 00:32:17

door?

00:32:18 --> 00:32:20

We find go to the olams.

00:32:21 --> 00:32:23

If you give them food

00:32:24 --> 00:32:25

for the day,

00:32:26 --> 00:32:26

they're grateful

00:32:27 --> 00:32:28

because they don't have.

00:32:28 --> 00:32:31

If you assist them with event, they're grateful

00:32:31 --> 00:32:33

because they don't have. These are the best

00:32:33 --> 00:32:35

of people. And we find yet we are

00:32:35 --> 00:32:37

the same people that say, you shouldn't have

00:32:37 --> 00:32:39

said that, you shouldn't have teach like that,

00:32:39 --> 00:32:41

or this class is not conducted properly.

00:32:42 --> 00:32:43

Why is it like that?

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If we want a true leader, Jamatul Muslimeen,

00:32:47 --> 00:32:48

it doesn't matter. We can get the Sheikh

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from Al Azar or from Medina or from

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the Sheikh of Makkah. He's not from us.

00:32:54 --> 00:32:55

He don't understand

00:32:55 --> 00:32:56

our struggles.

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He doesn't understand our language and our environment.

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

The best of rulers

00:33:02 --> 00:33:03

comes from ourselves.

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

One that we saw grow up. But unfortunately,

00:33:07 --> 00:33:10

we chased them away. We make life difficult

00:33:10 --> 00:33:12

for them. We tell our son, okay. You

00:33:12 --> 00:33:13

want to study Dean, but just know, if

00:33:13 --> 00:33:15

you're gonna study Dean, you're not gonna get

00:33:15 --> 00:33:17

that car. You're gonna drive

00:33:18 --> 00:33:19

a Tasov car,

00:33:19 --> 00:33:21

the one without the engine. The help meter

00:33:21 --> 00:33:22

up.

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You're gonna have a difficult life. You're not

00:33:24 --> 00:33:26

gonna buy a house. You're gonna stay in

00:33:26 --> 00:33:28

a shack, so you make your own decision.

00:33:29 --> 00:33:31

I'm just saying you make your own decision,

00:33:31 --> 00:33:32

forcing that child.

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And then we want leaders, and then we

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want good chafar. We want our children to

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recite. It is something called the. Does the

00:33:40 --> 00:33:43

person who is successful. Success,

00:33:43 --> 00:33:45

Falah, is one who strive for success and

00:33:45 --> 00:33:48

achieve it. He's the one who purifies himself.

00:33:48 --> 00:33:50

It starts at home. It starts with reforming

00:33:50 --> 00:33:54

ourselves, our spouses, our children, and then looking

00:33:54 --> 00:33:56

to the interest of those who are studying

00:33:56 --> 00:33:57

deen. May Allah

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protect us. May grant us the understanding. May

00:34:00 --> 00:34:02

make us of those people who reform ourselves,

00:34:02 --> 00:34:05

our wives, and our children. Make make up

00:34:05 --> 00:34:06

of those people who are the.

00:34:07 --> 00:34:09

May make us of those people who produce

00:34:09 --> 00:34:10

good leaders and good.

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