Road to Return #30 – Always Put Yourself First

Yahya Ibrahim

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The speaker discusses the importance of self centered approach in life, including prioritizing one's safety and entertainment, and avoiding Speaker 2's "has nothing can give nothing" attitude. They emphasize the need to act like oneself and not allow anyone to serve as a burden. The speaker also mentions the importance of helping others and not being proud of oneself.

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It's all about me, me, myself and I, arrogance, pride, self centeredness. Putting yourself before everybody else in everything all the time, whether they're family or friends or acquaintances or workmates, having a self centered approach where you were the center of the world center of everyone's universe, as you assume, is one of the transgressions against the way Allah Subhana. Allah intended for us to live our life and the sooner of our nebia Mohammed sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.

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Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that you shouldn't value yourself and that you should put yourself in the service of others before you have assured for yourself what's good, Allah tells you in the haoran Yeah, levina m n o qu amphastar como alikum now Oh, you believe save yourself first. And then your family and your loved ones and others. And you can't help someone FAFSA do shakila You're the one who has nothing can give nothing. But that doesn't mean that I will prioritize myself prioritize my safety, prioritize my comfort, prioritize my entertainment at the expense of others, that other people find resentful in my attitude and in my way of life, all about me is a false

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transgression against Allah against the tradition of the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the prophets I send them counters that he says how eurocom and Falco Molina's, the best of you is the one who is most benefiting to other people in society. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, My Dharma lab doofy I only as he can Allah houfy only as long as a person is in the service of their fellow man, Allah subhanho wa Taala will be in the assistance of that person who is serving others. Always look at adding value to your life Baraka to your life blessing into your life by assisting others and the prophets. I sell them said nobody assists a believer with one of the

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pains of their suffering in this worldly life, except Allah will alleviate one of their pains in this life or in the next life, the best way for you to invest in your future, to invest in your own self preservation self protection is to protect the week to assist the needy, to not have a proud boastful present, to not be arrogant and hold yourself at a higher level than others. May Allah subhanho wa Taala not allow us to look at the world as being all about me. And it's me, myself and I rather it should be about us, along with other people. And that is the very basis of the reason we give sadaqa and zeca from the hard earned war, earnings that we have saved. May Allah open your

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heart to the service of others so that we can be followers of our Nabhi Muhammad Sallallahu it was said