Yahya Rhodus – Knowledge & Wisdom Imam alHaddad #10 Ustadh Amjad Tarsin

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The importance of clinging to Islam is discussed, with speakers emphasizing the importance of control and achieving excellence in worship. The importance of affirming oneself by recitation and proper actions is emphasized, as well as avoiding false accusations and hesitant behavior during recitation. The importance of avoiding bad places, being with good people, and being around good companies and ALLAH Subhan ha Tada is also emphasized.

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			Bismillah al Rahman al Rahim Al
hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen from
		
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			the nearly uchumi Jalali watchI
wildly Miss Vani Allahu Malacca Al
		
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			hamdu Hata tarball were like Al
hamdu is probably to a local
		
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			hamdulillah Reba, so Subhanak
learner Selita an early curtain
		
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			took a sneak To add an app Sook
Watson Allahu wa salam ala optical
		
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			Mustafa Sayyidina Muhammad or
other early Hill Aadhaar was hard
		
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			to hit up here woman Toby our son
in law who didn't either Yeoman
		
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			Dean or any Namaha morpheme
erotica or hum Yahama Rafi mean
		
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			hello Marlena million federal now
when certain MB my LANTERNA was in
		
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			early Maniar Karim your Halima
Hello Konami Hello controlling
		
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			Mohaka Konami halco
		
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			alumina wiener to Aluma Tallinn
what does it call what is key when
		
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			NASA will interact? While is etha
when is the further when has had
		
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			domestic be Kitab Allah was
Sunette Yasuni he would do you
		
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			know who the with the law. If the
law which Allah Amaravati he will
		
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			be he was our behind Subhana wa
Tada and hamdulillah
		
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			we're continuing where she left
off from this very unique book and
		
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			profound book of the mom and her
dad, which is been translated into
		
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			English by Dr. Mustafa Badawi,
known as knowledge and wisdom and
		
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			full sorted in me I want all
sorted hijk Meow, or elphic, EMEA.
		
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			And we're on the 11th chapter
where a mom and her dad is
		
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			focusing on son. And the chapter
is titled, The chapter is titled
		
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			acting with excellence. So your
mom and her dad says, may Allah
		
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			have mercy on him and benefit us
by His knowledge. I mean,
		
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			people have realisation, direct
knowledge, clear vision and
		
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			certitude give preference to
excellence, son in the act over
		
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			the act itself. This is because to
them the formal performance of
		
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			Acts, whether it'd be the ritual
prayer, fasting, recitation of the
		
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			Quran, or the invocation of God
the Exalted is nothing but
		
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			unprofitable, hardship and toil,
in the absence of thoroughness and
		
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			excellence, perfection of the
inner dimensions, and what is due
		
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			to God in the way of reverence
humility, attentiveness and
		
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			courtesy, that be fit that holy
and sublime presents. So remember
		
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			head that here is talking about
the importance of whenever an act
		
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			of very bad is done that the it
Fein, the people have direct
		
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			knowledge of Allah subhanho wa
Taala the people have insight. And
		
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			really the purpose of the
spiritual path within Islam is
		
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			really to help us reach this
point. Where we recognize that a
		
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			bad is not just something that
we're ticking off of a list. You
		
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			know, I did my prayers today I did
my Sooners today I did this and
		
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			that and the other, but in
actuality that these are the means
		
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			by which Allah subhanho wa Taala
has invited us and given us the
		
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			opportunity to be in the Divine
Presence. So the point of ADA is
		
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			horrible. The point of worship is
to have presence with Allah
		
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			subhanho wa Taala is to be in a
state of remembrance as Allah
		
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			Subhana Allah says in the Quran to
Prophet Musa alayhis salam or
		
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			ugliness, Salah tele decree and
establish the prayer for my
		
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			remembrance, so that we can be in
a state of remembrance according
		
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			to the manifested into being in a
state of remembrance of Allah
		
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			subhanho wa Taala so that our
Salah that is devoid of vicar is
		
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			really devoid of the soul. And
there's like a lifeless body if
		
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			someone had like, you know,
there's a human being but they
		
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			have no soul. You know that person
is of no use and that person is to
		
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			be you know, to be buried. So a
bad without presence of heart
		
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			without sign in it is a bot that
is just a shell and outward shell
		
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			that has no life inside. So the
mom and her dad is saying that it
		
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			fiend the people have spiritual
insight. The people have the path
		
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			of sun, the higher road of of a
better and worship. Their concern
		
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			is not I did X number of records,
or I read a whole number of edges
		
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			that today of Quran or I did X
number
		
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			have, you know La Ilaha illa
Allah. But their goal was that as
		
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			I'm going to do this act of
devotion for Allah to Baraka with
		
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			the IRA, I am going to do it with
the utmost edip when it sun, and
		
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			reverence and humility and all of
the Divine jelajah learner.
		
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			And even if something is, is
literal in amount, quantitatively,
		
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			the quantitative value might be
small, the qualitative value will
		
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			be great. And if someone has a
quantitative I prayed this many
		
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			rocker has already fasted this
many days. But they don't have
		
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			whole dude with Allah and they
don't have a sign excellence in
		
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			that very bad, then it's, you
know, it's light, it doesn't hold
		
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			a lot of weight. So that's what
the mom and her dad is talking
		
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			about in this chapter and really
bringing to mind is that when we
		
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			are engaged in an act of worship,
that we need to do so with our
		
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			son, that some of those oily hain,
they would put on their best
		
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			effort and their best erode when
they would go into Halawa and pray
		
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			alone, in front of Allah subhanaw
taala. Why, because it's this is
		
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			completely for a lot about a
katana, and they would put on good
		
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			clothing. And sometimes they would
burn, you know, behold, and rude
		
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			and so forth, to beautify the
themselves and to have the utmost
		
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			sun and edit so that they can be
in the Divine Presence. And if you
		
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			put on a practical level, if
someone has a job interview, or
		
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			someone is going to meet, you
know, an ambassador or a
		
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			dignitary, what a learning method
add to allow belongs the highest
		
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			similitude. But this is something
that helps us understand, you
		
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			know, a person might think about
it in advance, and they might say,
		
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			Okay, I gotta buy some new
clothes, I gotta get a nice
		
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			haircut, I have to make sure that
nothing else is I have no other
		
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			plans that day, nothing gets in
the way. And they think about all
		
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			those, all those things. Why?
Because it's so valuable and
		
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			important. And asylee Hain and the
IoT fiend that people have true
		
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			knowledge and deep knowledge. They
recognize that a loss of Hana data
		
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			is the most deserving of that.
Allah subhanho wa Taala is the
		
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			most deserving of those
considerations. So their concern
		
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			of his son in the act of a bada
was greater than the act itself
		
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			and so on. I said what do you mean
like the slot as the most
		
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			important thing Absolutely. But
I'll saw law that fulfills the
		
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			objective of Salah is better than
a Salah that actually contradicts
		
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			the objective of sunnah. Even if
it has the same form.
		
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			Imam had that goes on to say, it
is to this, that his saying refers
		
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			May blessings and peace be upon
him, the messenger of allah
		
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			sallallahu Arny who are earning,
he was talking to Salam. He said
		
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			in a hadith narrated by a
necessity and even manager, how
		
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			many a person in night vigil and
Liam Elaine gains nothing from his
		
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			vigils, but sleeplessness and
weariness, and how many a fasting
		
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			person gains nothing from his
fasts, but hunger and thirst,
		
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			there was a story where the
Prophet sallallahu Arny, who are
		
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			early he was talking to Salem was
told of two women who were fasting
		
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			and the past, so I sent them said
they're not fasting. And they
		
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			said, notice hula, these women,
they constantly they're always
		
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			fasting, they're in a state of
exertion, and it's a hot summer
		
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			day, and they're, you know,
pushing themselves in the worship
		
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			of Allah subhana with Allah and
this fasting, and the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam he
knew from the unveilings that
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala had given him
that they had not established the
		
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			reality of the fasting. So he went
to these women, and in reality,
		
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			what they had been doing on the
days that they were fasting was
		
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			backbiting people. So they'd been
fasting, but they didn't establish
		
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			sign in there fast. So the
prophets of Allah Marathi who was
		
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			sent him said, you aren't fasting,
vomit, what you've been eating,
		
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			and they started to vomit, chunks
of of blood and flesh. The
		
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			spiritual reality of backbiting
manifested when the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, one
of the miracles is that they began
		
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			to vomit. And he said they haven't
been fasting because they've been
		
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			speaking about people behind their
backs. So what Allah Subhana Allah
		
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			wants from us in fasting, what
Allah subhana wa Tada wants from
		
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			us in Salah is to be in presence
is to control the knifes is to
		
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			control what we're saying is to be
mindful of Allah Tabata Katana is
		
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			that the heart comes out in a
state in which it was better
		
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			or then how it entered
		
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			and save now it may God be well
pleased with him said, there is no
		
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			good in a recitation on
accompanied by reflection, save
		
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			nearly an hour before Allah, may
Allah be well pleased with him and
		
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			ennoble his countenance. He said,
you know, reading a quote, I did
		
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			have him mashallah this beautiful,
a Hutton, we, we recognize the
		
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			value of these things in and of
themselves because we revere the
		
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			symbols of God. You know, I've one
shot at Allah. But say not in
		
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			saying that's not the point in and
of itself. Just go read and read
		
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			and read, which is why the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam for
		
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			the vast majority of the Sahaba he
told them not to do a Hutton, more
		
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			than every three days, more than
once every three days, there were
		
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			some of the Sahaba who were the
deepest and knowledge like save
		
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			the Earth man had been our fun out
of the Allahu Anhu and others who
		
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			would do a hunt him every day. But
generally, the prophesy centum
		
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			said don't do a Hutton more than
once every three days. Why?
		
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			Because you need to have time to
reflect upon the Quran. You need
		
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			to internalize the message that
Allah subhanho wa Taala is sending
		
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			us we need to ponder, it needs to
hit us. And it's not just smart
		
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			not to remember him. And if I
mean, don't get me wrong, I'm not
		
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			even trying to get to the end as
fast as possible know, if we read
		
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			the Quran, as the Quran should be
read,
		
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			they will take a very long time,
because just reflecting on that
		
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			ocean, how are you going to get to
the bottom of the ocean that is
		
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			endless, you never will. But
you'll keep going and going and
		
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			going. And one of the earlier
Matt, he said, You know I have a
		
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			HUD term, a type of reading of the
Quran that I do every X number of
		
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			days, one day or three days,
something to that effect, so that
		
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			I have another HUD term that it
takes me a month. I have another
		
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			Hutton it takes me a year. And he
said I have another item that I
		
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			haven't finished yet.
		
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			I've never completed it. But it's
all different levels of deepness
		
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			until the book. So and this is the
beautiful thing also not so that
		
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			we don't misunderstand what the
mom and her dad is saying.
		
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			Remember how that is not saying
don't do a lot of very bad. This
		
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			is someone who has a child would
do 200 Different kinds of Nilufer
		
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			between Valhalla and Aslan.
		
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			May Allah be well pleased with
him. But it's not just I want to I
		
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			want to be in the Guinness Book of
World Records for the most sought
		
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			out and one day know, they were in
a state of how does a child a
		
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			young child do 200 archives?
Because his heart is attached to
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala
		
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			and his grandmother said, take it
easy on yourself. So he said okay,
		
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			I'll do about 100 and they'll cut
it in half. But their goal was to
		
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			be in a state of remembrance with
Allah subhanho wa Taala and you
		
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			see that in obviously the Prophet
sallallahu Arny he wanted a new
		
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			Simonsson but even though Sahaba
will be low on that they would the
		
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			prophesy said I'm gonna say now
behind Abdullah, give us our
		
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			comfort when he would tell Satan
there'd be learn to make the other
		
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			than he was like, give us our
comfort. For them being in the
		
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			dunya was something that they're
fed up with Allah, they, they they
		
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			were in the dunya but there are
times where they could be
		
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			exclusively focused in a Budda was
their comfort. You know, a lot of
		
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			people unfortunately, we're, we're
kind of in the opposite state now,
		
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			where it's like, the bed is heavy.
We got to pray now. Let's get it
		
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			out the way. And that's not that's
not the way that we should be,
		
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			which is why a mom and her dad is
saying having excellence in the
		
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			worship is more important than
just establishing the worship
		
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			itself. So say nobody said there
is no good in a recitation and
		
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			accompanied by reflection.
		
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			Imam had that goes on to say some
of those who performed the outward
		
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			form of such acts but without
excellence, even though they
		
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			expend much effort may fall into
sin.
		
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			Allah subhana wa Donna says
		
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			in salata,
		
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			the meaning of the IRA is that
prayer prevents us from corrupt
		
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			actions in a solid 10 her an
infection you will mooncup that
		
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			prayer prevents us from corrupt
and vile deeds. Right? So the
		
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			lemma they say but what about
people who pray but still have a
		
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			lot of corrupt and vile deeds?
Then the answer to that is they
		
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			haven't established the reality of
the prayer.
		
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			So Imam had that is saying here,
some of those who performed the
		
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			outward form
		
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			In this session, but without
excellence, even though they
		
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			expend much effort, may fall into
sin, and sometimes people, it can
		
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			even shake their faith. They see
someone who outwardly has
		
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			established a lot praise and has
outward knowledge and so on and so
		
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			forth. But then they might do
something that's extremely
		
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			unethical or immoral or haram.
		
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			And people are shaken up, but this
person prays and does this and
		
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			that and the other. Have they been
taught? Or have they achieved sand
		
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			under a better? That's the real
question, that we don't have to
		
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			judge other people buying but that
we have to judge ourselves by when
		
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			we stand before Allah subhanaw
taala Where is my heart? When I
		
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			stand before Allah subhanaw taala
Where are my thoughts? When I
		
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			stand before Allah subhanho wa
Taala Why am I doing this? Is it
		
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			with a son or is it as the moment
had said then says this may happen
		
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			to ostentatious people, and to
others who are less thorough than
		
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			they ought to be, during their
recitations, bow wings and
		
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			prostrations and do not perfect
them as they should.
		
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			They will thus have performed acts
of worship that are no will only
		
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			bring lassitude will only bring
toil and tiredness, and be the
		
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			cause of sin. Why?
		
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			When we are establishing something
that is supposed to be only for a
		
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			lot of Baraka with the idea, and
then we do it without a son, and
		
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			it falls into the realm of
ostentation, then we fall into
		
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			something that's haram than the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa early
		
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			he was talking to send him he
warned us and he said a person,
		
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			when they pray, they will get the
portion of their prayer will be
		
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			accepted according to their focus
in the prayer. So person for some
		
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			people like the prophets, I send
them and they'll Sahaba and
		
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			they'll slowly Hain who are in
witnessing Allah subhanaw taala
		
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			and present with ALLAH SubhanA wa
Tada, they get the full prayer,
		
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			some people might get nine tenths
of the prayer, some people might
		
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			get half of the prayer, some
people might only get a very small
		
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			portion of the prayer. And have
also some also taught us that when
		
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			a person is done with their Salah,
the prayer will either praise them
		
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			and ascend to the heavens and be
beautiful among the angels and
		
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			with Allah subhanaw taala or the
prayer will insult the person and
		
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			say, May Allah treat you as you
have treated me.
		
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			And that the prayer will be thrown
back in the face of the person
		
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			like a rag thrown back in their
face. Because like this is what
		
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			you're gonna present along with.
Oh, where was your heart Where was
		
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			your mind.
		
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			So we have to be careful.
Therefore, when you act be
		
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			thorough, giving every component
of your act, its do with regard to
		
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			God the Exalted, both in
conforming to outward injunctions
		
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			and inward dimensions in the way
of presence with Allah the Exalted
		
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			sincerity and courtesy before him.
Thus, will a few acts performed
		
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			with excellence, be better and
pure in God's sight, then a great
		
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			many performed and properly and
without excellence, know this and
		
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			act on it. And may God guide you,
if someone came to you, and they
		
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			brought you a relatively small
diamond. But it's like a, you
		
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			know, three carat diamond, for
example. But it's compared to a
		
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			rock that you get outside, it's
small. They say this is iron, they
		
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			have a nice little case for it.
And they say, this is a gift for
		
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			you. And you open it up. He said,
What's this tiny little thing? You
		
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			open it up and inside, there's a
diamond.
		
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			There's a beautiful gift. But then
someone comes with this big, you
		
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			know, box and you're like, oh,
what's in here? And then you open
		
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			it up? And it's just a bunch of
rocks?
		
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			Are the two the same? Absolutely
not even though the person came
		
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			was small. So the mom and her dad
is saying that's what we have to
		
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			understand. And someone might say,
you know, I don't have a lot of
		
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			time for that. I don't have time
to have the proper edit outwardly
		
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			and inwardly and Inderal cool and
in the sujood and to think about
		
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			Subhana Biella ATHLEAN blow aureus
is my Lord, the Almighty and
		
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			magnificent and glorious as my
Lord, the Most High that we say in
		
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			sujood Subhanallah BL Allah and to
really think about that, and to
		
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			reflect upon every aspect of the
Salah that is full of deep meaning
		
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			I don't have time for all that.
Okay, you know what I have?
		
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			Don't do a whole lot more, but
have excellence in what you're
		
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			able to do.
		
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			Nobody's telling you to pray all
night long in this fight.
		
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			ashen and to be tired for the rest
of the day. But the Salawat that
		
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			you do have put everything else
aside and bring your heart to be
		
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			present with Allah subhanho wa
Taala
		
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			the messenger of God May blessings
and peace be upon him said, God,
		
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			the Exalted has decreed excellence
for every act. God the Exalted has
		
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			decreed excellence for every act,
that Allah cateva
		
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			son, Allah cliche. Therefore, when
you kill animals, in other words,
		
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			when you slaughter or sacrifice an
animal kill Well, this is
		
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			something that even in the 21st
century, we don't do, and when you
		
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			slaughter slaughter, well, and
what does that mean? It means that
		
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			you do it with precision with care
with it's on that you're you have
		
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			perfection. And you know, like in
most people's minds, when we think
		
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			about people who were very
		
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			intentional in everything that
they did you think of the Samurai,
		
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			you know, that they would sharpen
their sword and they would make
		
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			sure that everything was in its
proper place, even when they would
		
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			pour tea, it would be done with
intentionality, and so forth. And
		
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			you see, the people of Allah
subhanaw taala have that,
		
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			especially and even more so, in
their relationship with Allah
		
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			subhana wa.
		
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			Reflect and understand His words
may blessing and blessings and
		
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			peace be upon him, God the Exalted
has decreed excellence for every
		
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			act, and you will know that the
command is general and covers
		
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			everything. Excellence is the
essence of things, such that when
		
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			deprived of it, they become
defective and ugly, or merely
		
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			mediocre and banal. So,
environment had that is teaching
		
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			us here. That if Sun is really the
diamond,
		
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			that if you present diamonds, in
your a bada, and you have
		
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			presence, and you have humility,
and really they're a bandha you
		
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			bring to their EBA what you are
supposed to bring, and then you
		
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			will get out of that Ariba what
you're supposed to get out, which
		
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			is an increased state of hurdle of
presence with Allah subhanho wa
		
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			Taala an increased understanding
of the Quran. When you fast you
		
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			get a deeper control over your
neffs you watch what you say, you
		
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			watch what you look at, you watch
what you listen to, and you are
		
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			imprisoning your knifes in the
prison of fasting and depriving it
		
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			of Halal pleasures. Let alone
haram desires, then you start to
		
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			really transform
		
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			then you start you know, why does
Imam Al Ghazali say that? You
		
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			know, one of the titles of his
books is you know the alchemy of
		
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			happiness. What is alchemy is that
you turn rocks into gold, that you
		
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			turn this enough sell amount of
the SU which every human being
		
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			has, when a person comes and
fulfills what Allah terracotta
		
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			Allah wants from them. Then they
become Yeah, you get to her Nestle
		
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			Mothma Inna, look at the huge
difference between the the the
		
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			soul that insights and commands to
evil. And then a person through
		
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			this process of tests Kia, have
refinement and devotion to Allah
		
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			subhanho wa Taala and striving to
rid oneself of the lowly traits
		
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			and adorn and beautify the soul
with the praiseworthy traits of
		
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			the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam in those traits that are
		
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			beloved to Allah terracotta Anna,
then they become type of human
		
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			being that when they die, Allah
Jalla Jalla the Lord of Majesty,
		
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			the Lord of infinite perfection
and beauty, the Lord of the lofty
		
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			throne says yeah, a year 200 Soon
Mothma inna Oh, serene so it'll be
		
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			clear all the attend Model D come
back to your Lord, return to your
		
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			Lord pleased and well pleasing,
fed holy theory buddy with holy
		
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			Jannetty enter into My servants
and enter into my garden. Right so
		
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			this is this is what Dean is
about.
		
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			This is what Dean is about. This
is what Islam is all about. And
		
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			this is what human beings are
needed. If this chapter in and of
		
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			itself if we as an ummah, were
able to implement this chapter,
		
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			things would be very different.
		
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			Islam as the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam taught us in the
		
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			lodge, I mean on your head. Bucha
man, Allah is beautiful and he
		
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			loves beauty.
		
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			And the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
wa salam in Hadith Gibreel when
		
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			Gibreel allihies Salam asked the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam what are they? What is the
sun? And what is spiritual
		
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			excellence and tabooed Allah aka
Anika Tara for Olympia, contour
		
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			Rahu for Yurok, that you worship
Allah as though you see him and if
		
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			you do not see him knowing that he
sees you that this word is San is
		
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			related to beauty. Right that
Hassan and Hussein and the names
		
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			of the parasites and his grandson,
their grandsons, they're related
		
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			to the word of beauty that they
were beautiful that the deen is
		
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			meant to beautify. And the
spiritual path is beautified,
		
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			beautifying your soul beautifying
your inner state, unifying the
		
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			aspect of you that is eternal,
that Allah subhanho wa Taala will
		
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			allow to continue into the athlete
or and it will be everlasting.
		
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			So, you know, a lot of people are
concerned about the outward
		
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			beauty. But the outward beauty
will eventually fade one way or
		
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			the other.
		
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			It'll fade by old age or it'll
fade by the end of this life. But
		
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			we need to beautify ourselves in
our state with Allah subhanho wa
		
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			taala. And we do that by having a
son in our acts of worship,
		
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			whatever it may be, having a son
in service, having a son in vicar,
		
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			having a son in Florida, having a
son in sadhaka. You know, and all
		
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			of the different aspects of
worshipping Allah subhanho wa
		
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			taala. We'll look briefly at
chapter 12. And we'll end here in
		
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			sha Allah, because it's related to
chapter 11, where a mom and her
		
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			dad talks about acting with
excellence and chapter 11. He then
		
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			talks about abstaining with
excellence in chapter 12. He says,
		
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			it is as it is incumbent upon you
to excel in everything that you do
		
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			for the sake of God, in the way of
good works devotions and
		
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			benevolence. So is it also
incumbent upon you to excel in
		
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			abstaining for the sake of God,
from evil, forbidden and suspect
		
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			things and cravings? Excellence
here is to refrain from them out
		
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			of sincerity, reverence, modesty,
fear, apprehension, and all of
		
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			God, transcendent and Exalted is
He and not out of shame
		
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			dissimulation or fear of people.
So in other words, when we abstain
		
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			from abstain from that, which is
Haram has nothing to do with other
		
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			people.
		
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			Has nothing to do with other
people, whether they're going to
		
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			judge us for doing it, or whether
on the flip side, they're going to
		
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			judge us for not doing it. Oh,
you're like that? You don't do Oh,
		
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			you're so backwards. You're so old
fashion, your soul, whatever now
		
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			Subhan Allah is the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam told
		
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			us what happened at the end of
time, is that people would find
		
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			virtue blameworthy and would find
vice praiseworthy, flipped. It's
		
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			inverted. To do what? You look,
you know, you look like someone
		
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			out of the 19th century looks so
old fashioned Get with the times.
		
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			It's like no, but the times, the
times need to get right. Not me. I
		
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			don't need to get with the times.
So even when we're abstaining,
		
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			it's not for the blame of people
or it's not out of fear of the
		
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			praise of people, or wanting the
praise of people or out of fear of
		
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			their blame is doing it. Because
Allah Subhana Allah Allah is that
		
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			of Buddhism. He is the Lord of
Majesty. And he is also as we
		
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			focus on and ponder and have hope
in Allah subhanho wa Taala as
		
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			attributes of beauty. We also have
fear of Allah's attributes of
		
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			majesty, that Allah subhana wa
Tada is the one on the Day of
		
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			Resurrection, who's going to make
the mountains crumble into dust.
		
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			Allah is the one on that day when
that majesty becomes more manifest
		
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			and there's no veil. We can't be
heedless of it. The only way Danna
		
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			Sheba the little kids will be go
great in their hair when they
		
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			recognize the majesty of that day,
and the reality of that day. So we
		
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			recognize that now and we avoid
the Haram because of that.
		
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			Excellence in abstention also
includes avoiding situations where
		
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			one may lapse, and any bad company
that may encourage or drag you
		
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			into them. No this successes from
God Transcendent is He. It's
		
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			amazing how he mom and her dad,
may Allah be well pleased with
		
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			him. The one kind of example or
advice that he gives is staying
		
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			away from Bad Company in places
		
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			If you can avoid bad environments,
and you can avoid bad and toxic
		
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			company, you're already in a much
better place in abstaining with
		
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			excellence from the hat. And for
the vast majority of people if
		
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			they want to get right with Allah
subhanho wa taala. If they want to
		
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			devote themselves with ALLAH
SubhanA, WA Tada, they need to
		
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			avoid bad places, and be in the
presence of good places. And they
		
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			need to avoid bad people and be
with good people.
		
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			It's really that simple. It's
simple, but it's not necessarily
		
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			easy for people. It takes a big
sacrifice in the minds of most
		
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			people. But it's that simple, as
far as I sent him said, that a
		
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			good friend, and a bad friend is
like someone who sells musk, a
		
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			perfume seller, and someone who's
a blacksmith, and the good friend,
		
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			they'll either gift to you or give
you
		
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			this perfumed and beautified
scent, such that when you leave
		
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			their presence other people go
		
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			that's such an amazing, beautiful,
I feel like my day has been
		
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			positive, positively affected by
seeing you from being in the
		
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			presence of someone good.
		
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			So then you pass it on that person
becomes beautified. Even in the
		
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			surroundings, their clothing,
their smell, so on and so forth.
		
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			And other people are positively
affected. And a bad friend is like
		
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			a blacksmith, that person might
burn you they might be you know,
		
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			working with something very hot
and you might get burnt, or at the
		
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			very least you're gonna get dirty
from all the soot
		
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			and then you walk out and person
comes in, they're unclean, other
		
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			people don't want to be around
them. So company is everything.
		
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			And the mom and her dad just
really kind of very succinctly
		
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			focusing on that point is an
indication of how impactful it can
		
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			be. So we need to be around good
company and ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada
		
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			says in the Quran, yeah, evil
ADINA, I'm gonna talk Allah Allah
		
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			Kumar Saudi clean, are you who
believe, be mindful of Allah and
		
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			be with the Saudi of clean be with
the people who are true in their
		
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			dealings with Allah subhanho wa
Taala and the dilemma they say
		
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			it's a mercy from Allah that Allah
didn't say well Kunal mineral
		
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			scientifically and be of the Saudi
of clean because that's a tall
		
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			order, but be with the Saudi lien
seek out their company, be in
		
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			their presence. And as Allah
teaches us in the story of the
		
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			people of the cave, and Surah
Tilka that even a dog is mentioned
		
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			in the Quran and is honored by
it's mentioned in the Quran
		
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			because it was in the company of
us have will.
		
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			So if if now in total we had in
our to our is a form of very bad
		
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			to recall the story of this
specific dog because it was with a
		
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			slightly Hain than what about us
if we connect with the inheritors
		
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			of the Prophet sallallahu Arny he
was salam and we fulfill being
		
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			with the Saudi clean. May Allah
subhanho wa Taala give us a son
		
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			Allama yum and Wafaa Halal Halal
Farah Annamalai are filthy natural
		
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			hair we're an ally. Oh Allah Oh
One who has granted enabling grace
		
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			to the people of goodness and
assisted them in it grant us still
		
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			feel the NSA in goodness and
assist us in it. Yeah, hammer
		
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			rock. I mean, we ask you your
Allah, Allah to help them now
		
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			clear magnetically Sharma and then
I mean, Do not deprive us of the
		
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			best of what you have due to the
worst of what we have are most
		
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			Merciful and most generous and
grant us and our loved ones and
		
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			all who listen to this and watch
this and hear this lesson. Grant
		
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			us your economic Ramin to be
allowed to be connected to the
		
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			best of gatherings and the best of
company and the best of
		
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			environments and protect us from
the worst of environments and the
		
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			worst of company yet economic
economic well some alota on a CD
		
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			now Mahamadou early he was heavy
Ultramarine Subhanak Allahumma
		
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			will be home they can shadow Allah
Allah Allah and still feel come on
		
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			a two week
		
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			follow up and I'm gonna be my
attempt to rob the Alim nella, the
		
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			owner of beef again now off again
		
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			about the learner feeding in
		
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