Yahya Rhodus – Futuwwa The Blessing of Islam and Its Light

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The speakers discuss the importance of acceptance of the words "roar," and the root meaning of Raha, which is the blessedest blessing of Islam. They stress the importance of acceptance of the "roar and Raha" words in relation to the words of Islam, and how they can be used to avoid darkness. They also discuss the importance of acceptance of the "roar and Raha" words in relation to the words of Islam, and how they can be used to avoid darkness. The speakers stress the importance of acceptance of the words "roar," and the "roar and Raha" words in relation to the words of Islam, and how they can be used to avoid darkness. They also discuss the importance of acceptance of the words "roar," and the "roar and Raha" words in relation to the words of Islam, and how they can be used to avoid darkness. The speakers stress the importance of acceptance of the words "ro

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			Sir Lemoore Allah hi guys Aina via
		
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			Salah more Allah, Allah Allah
Rahman and Rahim Al hamdu lillah
		
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			wa salatu salam ala Rasulillah.
While earlier he was like a biggie
		
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			Woman, why Allah.
		
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			One of the beautiful poems that we
read a little bit earlier, was a
		
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			poem by Sheikh Mohammed bin and
Hubby,
		
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			the great scholars and righteous
folk, the western part of the
		
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			Muslim world, in Morocco. And in
this poem, he is we're counting
		
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			the blessings of Allah subhanaw
taala upon him, Kim, like a
		
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			minion, mutton Alia how many
blessings you have upon me,
		
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			indicating that blessing after
blessing so many blessings. Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala has showered us
with so so so many blessings upon
		
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			us. And what I'm done, Marcin in a
layup. And you still show me a
		
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			certain you still show me this
benevolence? In this goodness. And
		
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			I experienced all of these favors
that you give me day in and day
		
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			out. And then to remind us that we
had nothing to do with us. He
		
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			reminds us from the very beginning
of the 25th Harsha Janina, you
		
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			have nourished me in the womb, as
an embryo? Did we choose to be
		
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			created that we asked to be
created? Did we have anything to
		
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			do with how we were cared for when
we were in the womb of our
		
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			mothers? From the time that we
were young walk on telly Pablo
		
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			holiday? Yeah, you were there for
me even before my parents,
		
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			Allah subhanho wa Taala was there
for us, even before our own
		
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			parents. And this is something
that we all know.
		
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			But we were reading recently, in
book 39 of the union with Dean
		
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			Kitab at Epcot on the book of
reflection, about how one of the
		
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			great aspects of reflection, it's
a component of it. And then
		
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			there's other components that this
leads to is to that, quote,
		
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			reminding ourselves of certain
meanings, and allowing those
		
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			meanings to settle deep within our
being.
		
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			And every time that we are
reminded of those meanings, and we
		
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			allow them to settle, and we allow
them to impact our hearts, then
		
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			there is a deep secret in this
insofar as it leads to the
		
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			realization of what it is whatever
it is that we are remembering in
		
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			that particular moment. In this
case, we all know that Allah was
		
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			there for us, before our parents,
but when you really think about
		
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			that, that strengthens you.
		
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			And that allows you to approach
life and to approach the world of
		
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			means in a very different way.
		
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			And then he recognizes that helot
30 Muslim man, well, I will follow
		
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			calamari if in the BIA, You
created me as a Muslim, even those
		
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			of us who became Muslim, the
reality is, it's all from Allah,
		
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			whether you were born Muslim, or
whether you became Muslim. All
		
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			gifts even though outwardly we
define them as you have certain
		
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			gifts that are Wahabi and you have
certain gifts that are QSB certain
		
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			gifts that are divinely given and
other gifts that are quote,
		
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			unquote, acquired. But the reality
is even the gifts that are
		
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			acquired, ie that you put a little
bit of effort in to attain that
		
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			gift. It's really from Allah Tada
because Where did you get
		
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			everything that you needed to even
		
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			move outwardly to acquire that
gift is from Allah Tada. So the
		
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			convert and the one who was born
in Assam ultimately is the same.
		
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			Ultimately, they're in the same
position.
		
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			So you create him as a Muslim and
we're not to be for your bounty. I
		
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			would never know have known the
prophets Allah Allahu Allah the
		
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			service.
		
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			I would never have known the
Prophet sallallahu the center. Do
		
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			you realize the Shaka and the ANA
		
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			and terrible state that we would
be or we never have to unknown say
		
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			dinner, Mohammed Abdullah
		
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			as people that entered into this
Deen about non Muslim friends that
		
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			they know from the past, many of
those Muslims who went to school
		
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			with people who are not Muslim,
where are they what are they
		
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			doing? What's their lives? What
are their lives like?
		
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			What kind of state is that to be
in where you're chained by the
		
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			constructiveness of
		
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			of cover of disbelief. Imagine
never ever knowing the Prophet
		
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			Muhammad Salah license. That is
scary. That is really scary.
		
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			It's from the father of Allah
subhanho data that we know, our
		
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			Prophet sallallahu sent him. So
what then should we be doing? This
		
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			is what he says next is Judo
Hakan, Allah giovine That I
		
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			prostrate truly on my forehead. As
Judo hack and other giovine We
		
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			should be in a state of
frustration. And when we stand up
		
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			to pray, it shouldn't be a burden
upon us.
		
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			We shouldn't pray like chickens,
		
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			no, prostrate even those young
folks that have started to pray.
		
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			You've reached the age of seven.
You've reached the age of 10. Even
		
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			before you become legally
responsible, do not pray like a
		
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			chicken.
		
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			Do not pick the ground with
sujood. Train yourself from now to
		
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			give parents hack in when you are
in prostration.
		
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			Realize your utter humility before
Allah glorify Allah and show
		
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			gratitude to Allah that He gave
you Tofik to prostrate before him
		
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			Subhana wa Tada. There was a
beautiful experience. I had one
		
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			time in the main method in
Liverpool, England.
		
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			And there was a very blessed
scholar there who live close to
		
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			the masjid and used to go there
and teach. And in this particular
		
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			masjid, as is the case and so many
of our massage in the West, which
		
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			it's only fairly recently common
in the East,
		
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			where now a lot of people pray on
chairs.
		
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			It wasn't really common in East
because actually, you can't at
		
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			least in some schools, you can't
sit on a chair, if you can
		
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			actually sit on the ground. If you
can't, for some reason prostrate
		
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			before you can sit on a chair you
have to sit on the ground.
		
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			And he was bothered by the fact
that so many people felt with the
		
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			slightest bit of difficulty. They
started praying on chairs, and
		
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			from him for him. He was troubled
by the fact that people weren't
		
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			prostrating. And he was just
imagine how horrible that would
		
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			be, not to be able to prostrate.
		
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			And then we went back to his house
after that he started he commented
		
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			on this. And obviously he has
mercy of the hearts if someone
		
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			really can't sit, because they
have bad knees and they can't sit
		
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			on the ground. So then you sit in
a chair, then there's a
		
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			dispensation. But if you cannot
stand you hunched over, if you
		
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			cannot hunched over, then you sit
on the ground, and you still
		
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			prostrate. And then if you can't
do that, you move to what comes
		
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			after him. But his whole point
was, they're being prevented from
		
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			sujood. This is a person of a man
of faith. We don't want anything
		
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			ever to prevent us from pseudo we
should actually make that dua.
		
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			There were people who loved
personal much one of them said,
		
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			Oh, Lord, you know how much I love
prayer. If you permit anyone to
		
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			pray in the bazaar, after you die
and you go to the intermediate
		
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			intermediary realm, permit me to
pray.
		
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			He loves prayer so much even
wanting to pray in the bazaar.
		
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			And this is something Allah does
grant people, our province sizes
		
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			and Mr. Hadith in Sahih Muslim, he
said that I passed by the grave of
		
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			Moses on the night of the later to
Israel and Mirage, and he was
		
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			alive in his grave praying. He
witnessed this all Allah Allah,
		
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			but it was obvious Saddam. And why
because the pleasure that these
		
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			folks experienced from prayer,
spiritual pleasure is greater than
		
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			any physical pleasure. It is much
stronger and more powerful, and
		
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			more pure and more angelic and
more celestial than any other type
		
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			of pleasure. If you eat too much,
you get indigestion, you don't
		
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			want to eat anything else, that if
you sleep too much, you have body
		
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			aches, and you feel weird, and the
nature of the things of this world
		
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			anything in too much. You don't
want to see that thing for a long
		
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			time. Sometimes he will eat so
much of one type of food, they
		
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			might Acoma Kamala gets sick, they
don't touch that food for 10
		
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			years, or whatever, Yanni. That's
the nature of this world. That's
		
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			not how it is with spiritual
pleasure. It takes a long time to
		
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			receive it because you have to
work hard, but then when you
		
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			receive it a lot. Nothing is more
blessed than that.
		
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			And we had an experience earlier,
		
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			where we went to a place to record
something for someone.
		
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			And subhanAllah this place was not
the very best of places you could
		
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			tell that it was a little bit dark
and that the
		
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			Different things that they had
		
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			as decoration in the house, the
state of the house, you could tell
		
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			it wasn't a good place.
		
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			And
		
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			while we're there you were We were
constricted.
		
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			And leaving both of us felt the
same thing like something's wrong.
		
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			It's something's not right in that
place. And so Hamdulillah we did
		
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			the router with a mom and her dad
after that, and it helped. And
		
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			then Subhanallah some of the
traces still remain when you're in
		
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			a dark place, it affects you, it
affects you. And then you come to
		
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			the moland which is filled with
light. And you sings the praises
		
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			of the Prophet Muhammad, Salah,
liason and you start to realize
		
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			how insignificant darkness is in
front of light.
		
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			You start to realize how when
you're flooded with light,
		
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			darkness doesn't remain in your
heart gets flushed out. But then
		
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			it really made me think about that
very blessed line. It's one of the
		
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			most famous lines of poetry of
Imam Abdullah bin Ali with her
		
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			dad. Now, no Pharaoh in Raha were
her Warden was Tara nettement. It
		
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			is Sara, Allen, Yama, Khaled visa,
is that these words are very
		
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			closely related, even semantically
three of them. But now no fear or
		
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			aura, we are in a state of ease,
and repose, enjoy, and calmness
		
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			and relaxation. The blessing of
Islam is the very blessed greatest
		
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			blessing of all that can be
received.
		
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			And if you look at the root
meaning of this word, Raha
		
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			Raha as a verb, it can mean both a
violent wind and a gentle wind.
		
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			And some of them point to the
different meanings between react
		
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			in React, and react, usually
having the more connotation of
		
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			being a violent wind. And the
linguists speak about these
		
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			nuances. But even so the word roar
and Raha are both related to each
		
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			other and also astera.
		
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			But one of the meanings that we
can take there is, in relation to
		
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			the winds of tribulation of this
world, everyone's going to sail
		
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			through the dunya.
		
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			But for some people, it will, that
		
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			they won't be in a good state when
they do so. And for others,
		
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			there'll be raised, some people
are lower than some people raised,
		
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			Allah Zarafa. And he's the Harford
and he's the Nafa. And he's the
		
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			Dar subhanho wa Tada. And two
people could go through the same
		
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			exact situation, one person less
than the other person that it
		
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			lowers them this Allah to Allah
subhana wa avea. But if you really
		
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			think about that, in reality, from
the blessing of faith in the light
		
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			of faith, do we even realize what
we have? We are enrolled in in LA.
		
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			And we are in a state of Abode
West era.
		
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			What do we not have as believers?
And as we exited, and we started
		
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			talking about the darkness of that
place, we quickly were reminded
		
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			like, no, no, don't talk about it
anymore. Just make the could of
		
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			Allah Tada. And this is important.
		
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			Because there's no doubt there's
darkness in the world. There's no
		
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			doubt there's darkness in certain
people. There's no doubt when you
		
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			go to certain places, there's
darkness. Because when evil has
		
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			been done in a place, it's a place
where there's a lot of shayateen.
		
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			And there's a reality to the
unseen.
		
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			And you have to protect yourself
when you go into those places. But
		
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			you're reminded of the blessing of
Allah Tada upon you when you go
		
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			into another sacred space that is
filled with light, and is filled
		
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			with blessing and how easy it is
to dispel that darkness. But we
		
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			have to be careful. Yes, we should
critique darkness. Yes, we need to
		
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			be aware of the time in which we
live, but only to the extent that
		
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			we need to avoid that evil, but we
should be focusing on the light.
		
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			And sometimes we get dragged into
that, where we complain too much.
		
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			Where if you talk too much about
evil, when was the last time when
		
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			you really started talking about
the end of the time and all of the
		
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			terrible things that are happening
in the world and all of the
		
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			darkness and all of the evil
that's there. When was the last
		
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			time that you left feeling good
about that?
		
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			You don't leave feeling good when
that happens. Yes, you can talk
		
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			about it to assess it to
understand it so that you can
		
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			avoid it but after that best leave
it in focus on the light. Do what
		
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			it is that you can do to draw
nearer to your Lord subhanho wa
		
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			Taala and do acts of goodness and
		
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			Salawat make dua pray all of these
different beautiful forms of
		
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			worship that we have, that will
fill the heart with light. And
		
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			that will dispel all of that
darkness. And this is ultimately
		
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			what we want because the reality
of our faith is a light that ALLAH
		
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			SubhanA wa Tada has placed in our
heart. And the greatest way to
		
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			strengthen that light is to do
what pleases Him subhanho wa Taala
		
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			and to recite his book to recite
the buzzard words of our profits
		
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			on the licen and then to recite
the blessing words of the
		
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			inheritors of the Prophet
sallallahu sunnah who put the
		
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			Quran and the Sunnah into
practice, and therefore what it is
		
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			that they said and what it is that
they were inspired to say, has a
		
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			very strong impact on our hearts
because of the light that is
		
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			embedded in those blessings words.
May Allah have adequate to add a
		
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			fill our hearts with light buses
to be able to travel upon the
		
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			street path in a lot of time to
make a strong and protect us from
		
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			being negatively impacted by what
is happening around us and bless
		
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			us to be means for other people to
experience the light of la ilaha
		
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			illAllah Muhammad Allah rasool
Allah, may our faith grow strong
		
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			and by means of us may people
experienced the realities in the
		
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			blessings in the war in Raha in
the harbor in the Sierra of the
		
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			nettement Islam, the hydro for
Alfia or Salah as you know
		
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			Mohammed and Whitehead, you sabia
Salam when hamdulillahi rabbil
		
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			Alameen