Wael Ibrahim – Striving towards excellence – IHSAAN

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The speaker discusses the importance of pursuing excellence and perfection in all aspects of life, including praying, working, and communicating with others. They stress the need for spirituality and pursuing nurturing connections to Allah Subhanahu Wa ta'ala. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of pursuing a passionate life to achieve perfection and reward oneself.

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			So what exactly
		
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			Hassan is? Can you help me out? Of
		
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			course. That's what I'm here for. Now imagine
		
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			yourself making a sandwich. With Hassan,
		
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			it's not just any sandwich. It is a
		
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			breaking
		
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			record sandwich. It's that mouth watering creation
		
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			that even Gordon Ramsay would approve.
		
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			Is a statement that we often say when
		
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			we make a comparison that Allah
		
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			perhaps is part of it And because Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala can never be compared to
		
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			anything, we say to Allah is the highest
		
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			example. We're not making comparison.
		
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			We're just trying to explain the meaning in
		
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			a way that everyone can grasp. Hassan is
		
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			striving towards excellence and perfection in everything that
		
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			you do. It is as the prophet Muhammad
		
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			peace be upon him mentioned to worship Allah
		
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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala as if he is right
		
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			there in front of you, as if you
		
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			can see him. But if you can't and
		
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			you are not in this dunya, then be
		
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			sure certain that he sees you. And this
		
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			is really the magical touch that we need
		
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			in all our actions from the time we
		
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			wake up in the morning to performing our
		
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			prayers to even interactions with everyone around us.
		
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			So remember, Ihsan is not an optional thing
		
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			for the believers. It should be a lifestyle.
		
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			It should intervene in every moment of our
		
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			existence. The prophet Muhammad
		
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			said,
		
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			Allah commanded ihsan to be applied in everything.
		
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			So when you pray, my brothers, my sisters
		
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			in Islam, slow down. Is it permissible to
		
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			pray tawawih
		
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			behind an imam who recites very fast? Now
		
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			this again is a problem. Don't rush. Pray
		
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			with focus and devotion. You know when you
		
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			have that Zoom call somebody and it's so
		
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			clear, so smooth, you feel like he's just
		
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			sitting next door.
		
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			This is how Ihsan would make you feel
		
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			like when you communicate with Allah Subhana Wa
		
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			Ta'ala, Ta'ala, when you call upon him, when
		
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			you pray to him, when you work, you're
		
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			doing your work with dedication, whether you're a
		
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			barista making that perfect coffee or an engineer
		
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			designing your next big thing. And when you
		
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			help others, you're helping them with a smile,
		
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			with love, with compassion. They can sense it.
		
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			They can see it through you. When you
		
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			demonstrate your kindness,
		
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			show it to everyone, including, by the way,
		
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			your siblings who sometimes borrow your stuff without
		
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			even asking. This is Ihsaan. No option for
		
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			the believers to compromise with Ihsan. Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala said in the Quran,
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala commands just this and.
		
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			You have no option to do otherwise. And
		
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			on a deeper level,
		
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			is all about spirituality.
		
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			It's about nurturing your connection and bond with
		
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			Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta'ala. Imagine this, you had
		
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			that heart to heart conversation with a close
		
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			and dear friend. And no matter what you
		
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			said to him or to her, that friend
		
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			knows you from the inside out. They always
		
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			have your back. They never judge you. They
		
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			always listen. They are always there for you
		
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			whenever you needed them.
		
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			That's your bond with Allah
		
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			through ihsan. It's like you have the ultimate
		
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			VIP connection with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. How
		
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			about ihsan with people, with friends, with family
		
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			members, when it to family, my brothers, my
		
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			sisters in Islam, treat your parents like royalty
		
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			because hey, they cared about you when you
		
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			were helpless, So we deserved the best from
		
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			you. How about friends? You should be the
		
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			friend to be relied upon. You are the
		
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			friend who listens,
		
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			supports and occasionally
		
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			you're the one who annoy them when you
		
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			find them straying away from the path of
		
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			Allah subhanahu ta'ala. You would be the one
		
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			to pull them back. How about our community?
		
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			My brothers, my sisters in Islam, initiate. Don't
		
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			wait for the people to come and ask
		
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			for your help. You should be the one
		
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			to light up any room that you enter.
		
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			And that's not because you have set something
		
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			on fire. And remember,
		
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			is not always about being perfect, but rather
		
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			it's about doing your best to achieve perfection
		
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			and your best is good enough. Your
		
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			best will always be good enough in the
		
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			sight of
		
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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. But do it whether you
		
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			attempt to cook a new recipe, arranging your
		
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			bed, studying,
		
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			working, praying, making dua, do your best to
		
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			be the best. Remember Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			told us in the Quran.
		
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			You will never be given that gift of
		
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			piety unless you spend, not just spend, but
		
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			out of that which you love the most.
		
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			Is to just walk that extra mile to
		
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			achieve goodness. It was said that when 'Arael
		
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			ibn Abi Talib radiAllahu anhu wa'ala was asked
		
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			about ihsan, he said, ihsan is to connect
		
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			with those who cut ties with you and
		
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			to forgive those who wronged you and to
		
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			give those who withheld from you. Never ever
		
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			underestimate
		
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			the reward and the beauty of living your
		
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			life with Ihsan. We all know the story
		
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			of Umar al Khattab radiAllahu anhu wa'ala and
		
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			the milk seller. That girl who refused to
		
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			mix water with milk despite the pressure
		
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			that her mom was putting on her. He,
		
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			radiallahu anhu wa'ala, immediately realized that this is
		
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			the lady that can be relied upon. I
		
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			will offer her to my children to marry.
		
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			So he went to Asim,
		
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			Khattab, all the children of Umar, he brought
		
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			them up and he said, listen up. If
		
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			you don't marry her, I will marry her.
		
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			Because that's this is a lesson for parents
		
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			by the way. Those parents out there who
		
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			are looking for a potential spouse for their
		
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			daughters, look for the person with and vice
		
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			versa. If brothers and sisters out there who
		
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			are looking to get married, look for someone
		
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			who fears Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala despite the
		
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			fact that we cannot see him.
		
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			Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala is asking that rhetorical question.
		
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			Is there any reward for Hassan other than
		
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			Hassan? Of course, there is not. And as
		
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			a result, this relationship, this beautiful relationship, that
		
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			lady and the son of Abu Bakrb al
		
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			Asim, ibn al Khattabdi got married. And through
		
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			this relationship, who was born? Umar ibn Abdul
		
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			Aziz
		
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			The 5th caliph in Islam, Allahu Akbar. Another
		
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			man who was known for his justice,
		
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			fairness, and ihsan. Living with ihsan, my brothers,
		
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			my sisters in Islam, is about making
		
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			every moment of our lives count and doing
		
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			it so beautifully. It's the effort that counts
		
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			and the journey is as important
		
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			as the destination. So as we said earlier,
		
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			do your best to be the best. And
		
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			if you have benefited from this video, then
		
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			do yourself an Ihsan favor and share it
		
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			with everyone else.
		
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			May Allah
		
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			grant us this quality of ihsan.
		
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			Until next video. Assalamu alaikum.