Ramadan 2022 #29 – Burn your ships – Expecting The Best From Allah SWT

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Salam Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam, it was said that thought in his yard May Allah subhanaw taala be pleased with him. When he conquered Spain, he looked at the ocean, and he looked at his ships that brought him to Spain, and he ordered his soldiers to burn them down. He burned his ships. This may seem very, very strange to some people, but deep inside particularly Ziad, may Allah Subhana Allah be pleased with him. He said, since I have arrived to the shores of Spain, with a mission on mind, there is no turning back, my brothers and sisters in Islam, we need to burn our sinful ships, these journeys that we have took in life and in

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Hamdulillah, that Allah subhanaw taala granted us more energy and life to repent and to start doing that which is pleasing to Him with an expectation that he will forgive our sins and show mercy to us then burn your ships, there is no turning back. I converse with many people, when I give them an advice here and there. They will say, I will try my best. Now let me remind you that trying means I'm going to experiment something. So I'm going to try to repent and see how it works with Islam, my brothers and sisters in Islam, there is no such thing as trying your best, there is something more stronger, that will actually generate the necessary energy and actions that will grant you a result

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the result of consistency to follow the path of Allah subhanaw taala. In one of the common Proverbs, we were told do not break bridges, but with Allah subhanaw taala break all bridges that could take you back to where you came from, to square one to sinful activities to haram and break them with confidence that Allah Subhana Allah will substitute whatever you've left for his sake with something far better in sha Allah Allah Allah when Allah subhanaw taala revealed the ayah

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a Johan levena Man or Manon in Amman LUCAM role may zero sambal as love or it is zoom in on any shape on value 10 Evo hula lecom to flare hone all you who believed Listen, all believers, most certainly intoxicants, wine, beer, alcohol, drugs, anything that intoxicates the mind gambling divinations of arrows, visiting fortune tellers and the like all of these activities Allah subhanaw taala said about them, that they are Satan's handiwork shaitan use these activities to mislead you farther away from the path that is leading to Allah subhanaw taala 3020 Boo, therefore don't even come closer to them, let them to flee home so that you may become successful in this dunya and the

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next when the believers in Medina at that time heard this idea when this idea was revealed immediately they went homes and the broke all these glasses of wine and alcohol that they had in the streets of Medina to an extent that the narrator said the streets of Medina were wet as a result of the number of wine glasses and alcoholic glass that were broken immediately after the command was revealed to quit drinking. And is this something easy to do? Lau Allah it is not easy. It is difficult. It is hard when I was into music, leaving that industry without going into details about the Haram and the halal aspect of it. It was a painful journey for me wasn't easy, but to Allah He

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Allah subhanho wa Taala after testing me for quite some time he replaced that with something far better Alhamdulillah Allah subhanaw taala said, Well, John, I mean home in Madani doing IBM Marina Sabol worker who will be Tina, you know,

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Allah subhanaw taala is comforting us, reminding us and we made amongst them leaders who will guide others by our permission by Allah subhanaw taala as will When did this happen? glum? Sabol when they strive with patience to reach to that level when they sacrifice what they like for the sake of Allah subhanaw taala and his will work and will be it now you can own and they had firm faith in our signs in our commands and the teaching of all the prophets only then you can witness the greatness that Allah subhanaw taala will provide for you. So my brothers and sisters in Islam, we need to burn our sinful ships with the intention of never going back to them never taking that path. Again. We need

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to block these internet sites that always bring you back to haram activities once and for all. You need to cancel subscriptions to

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Any channels that usually bring you to haram activities you know them to burn your ships my brothers and sisters Islam don't leave tails here and there that will remind you of your sinful activities and run to Allah subhanaw taala run to Allah subhanaw taala the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam told us in a hadith Bootsy that Allah subhanaw taala stated that if you come walking to Allah subhanaw taala on any speed, Allah will come to you and my brothers and sisters in Islam on a faster speed running, Allahu Akbar. So don't look back. Don't regret leaving the sins, it is hard in the beginning and Allah will test you by various ways to stand your ground and break these bridges that

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may bring you back to haram and while doing that always have high expectation that Allah Subhana Allah will forgive you will have mercy upon you and will admit you to the highest gender inshallah. And if you're still having doubts, remember what Allah subhanaw taala said In another Hadith could see, yeah, anybody could look on door 11 Hideto all of you are misguided, except those who might have guided so ask for guidance from me. And I shall guide you. Allahu Akbar. Look at how Allah subhanho wa Taala is trying to reach out to us so ask Allah subhanaw taala to guide you and He shall guide you and have high hope in Him and have high expectation from him in sha Allah. Zack law higher

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May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us guidance in this dunya and genital for those in the hereafter. I mean, I mean, I mean don't forget to share the video around share this use around with your loved ones, a Salaam Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh