Yahya Rhodus – Knowledge & Wisdom Imam alHaddad #13 Ustadh Amjad Tarsin

Yahya Rhodus
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The speakers discuss the benefits of learning from the great variety of knowledge and worship, particularly science and religion. They emphasize the importance of finding one's own path to achieve goals and finding one's own success. The segment also touches on the importance of measuring health and eating habits during meetings with Allah, and the importance of seeking guidance and understanding one's spiritual path. The speakers also mention the importance of finding a father in one's life to avoid distraction from reading books and the lack of praise.
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Smilla Rahmanir Rahim Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen Hamza

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Nickleby Jelani, what you hear are ugly Mizutani. Also La La was a la

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modaco Karim Allah say Sayidina Muhammad ha Tamil MBR even more

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saline early hippo you being a poet hitting walls hobby Hill

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ordering my Amin woman Toby son well who then either Yeoman Dean

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Allahumma I live now my young Pharaoh not one fat on me ma i

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love Turner was in early Monday I Kareem your Harley Mohalla gonna

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be whole Oklahoma Health we're gonna be hardcore epilayer in a

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rubbish Ronnie salary while you're certainly Emery rock later

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melissani have gone holy

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Alhamdulillah so continuing with that, Ohio, from the book of Imam

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Abdullah bin Allah we had done all the Allahu Anhu one of our Nabhi

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he may Allah be well pleased with him and benefit us through him.

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He's talking about in the last several row has we've been looking

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at various chapters related to knowledge, and related to

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beneficial knowledge, neutral knowledge, harmful knowledge, how

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to prioritize them, what the most beneficial types of knowledge are.

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And we're now on chapter 16,

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where Eman and her dad titles it, how to choose how to choose what

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you know what one needs between knowledge, and what kind of

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knowledge and worship and so forth. So this is a little bit of

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a longer chapter. So we'll spend more time reading what your mom

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and her dad says. And learning from that and benefiting from

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that, and only commenting where it's necessary be in the nighttime

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smella some seekers of the real and how one of the names of Allah,

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traveling on the way to God, look at the great variety of sciences

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and works and the multitude of paths to God the Exalted and are

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at a loss to decide which to choose. So they hold perplexed.

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Now, if he was in such a state as under the caring gaze of a

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scholarly share, who has direct knowledge and realization, it is

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incumbent upon him to follow Him and accept whatever science works

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state or way, whether religious or worldly, his shake, rent

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recommends or specifies to him, this will suffice to fulfill all

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his needs. If he has no share, or if his chef does not fulfill the

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conditions we have just mentioned. Then let him know first of all,

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that some sciences and actions are obligatory and incumbent upon all.

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These are the sciences of iman faith, which safeguards one's

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beliefs and of Islam, such as purification, ritual, prayer,

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fasting and other similar things, one must know and practice these

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regardless of one's particular circumstances. When this is done,

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one may then choose the sciences works, behavior and states that he

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feels are most suited to him, most beneficial to his heart and

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nearest to the good pleasure of his Lord. These will be clear to

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him if his intention, desire and Quest for God the Exalted and his

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path are sincere. So here Imam and had that is, is highlighting the

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ways that a person is able to choose between the various

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sciences that are available, whether those sciences or the

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sciences is of the Quran, the sciences of the Arabic language,

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the sciences of Hadith, the sciences related to the sacred

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law, whether that's fifth or also the sciences related to athlete to

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Iman, and then going deeper into Kalam and theology and things of

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that nature, going from the sciences that are related to the

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texts, the Scriptures, the Quran, and the Hadith of the Prophet SAW

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Selim, or the sciences that are in service of those greater sciences,

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whether that's logic or rhetoric or otherwise, the Imam and her dad

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says the best thing is that if you have a chef, a scholarly chef who

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has direct knowledge and realisation, meaning that that

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chef is of the people who are so rarefied, and Allah has given them

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to feel that they are able to take people on the spiritual path, then

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the first thing that you can do is ask what they see as best for you.

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Any mom and her dad he says that the sciences are like medicine and

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And sometimes there might be certain medicines that can harm

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you, if you don't use them properly or if you take too much

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of it, or it might not be the medicine that you actually need.

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Right so he says that there are different sciences and that there

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are certain sciences, such as anything related directly to the

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Quran. And having reverence of Allah Tabata, Kota Allah related

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to the Prophet SAW Selim, his Sierra, his Shama and so forth

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that are so clearly beneficial, then instead of looking at them

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sort of like medicine, we could look at them as as nourishment as

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the essential vitamins and minerals that the soul constantly

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and always needs, then there are other sciences that when a person

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goes deeper, they might become really interested, for example, in

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theology, and the shape realizes that that's actually not what's

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best for them. Or someone might become very interested in, in in

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FIP. And maybe in the case of that person, they might be prone to

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arguing, and they might be prone to arrogance. So then the chef

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doesn't think that that's necessarily because of his his

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great insight, recognizes that this is not what's good for the

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student at that point. If a person doesn't have that, then they

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should go through this breakdown that the mom and her dad mentions,

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right, so and to have this sincerest intention, this

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sincerest intention, and to think about what brings the person

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closest to Allah subhanho wa taala. So some people they get

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really interested in the different sciences is almost like an

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intellectual pursuit. And that's not necessarily bad in and of

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itself. But if they're not seeking it to get closer to Allah subhanho

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wa taala, then it can be very dangerous Imam had that continues

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and says,

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At this stage, there are great variations between different

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travelers and seekers of the real and have Allah. Some things will

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suit and benefit certain persons but not others and vice versa.

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Some sciences will suit some but not others. And the same applies

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to works. For example, charity might be what one person needs,

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but another person needs to break their knifes through fasting. A

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person might, whose neffs does not want to be in front of other

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people, maybe the chef will make them teach in front of people. And

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another person who seeks fame, the chef gives them an act of worship

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that they do in private. So once again, and these people they exist

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and they're real, but we have to seek out those who truly fit those

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qualifications. May Allah subhana wa Donna preserve them and benefit

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us through their knowledge and through their Baraka.

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So he says that some of these sciences are not for everyone.

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Some seekers, for instance, for instance, benefit from isolation,

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which improves their states, while for others only mixing with people

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is suitable. Some will benefit only from divesting themselves of

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means, while others must use them. The same applies to traveling

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about or staying put, and other contrasting states and situations.

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A traveler who engages in what he feels is best suited for him, and

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most conducive to the good pleasure and proximity of his Lord

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should neither deny nor be hostile, simply for not being his

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own way or condition to whatever differs from his own circumstances

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and the path he is traveling.

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When these are legally acceptable practices, the correctness of

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which is confirmed by the book of Gandhi exalted and the Sunnah of

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His Messenger SallAllahu taala, he was set out more than a while and

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right so

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what this means is that if a person is on the spiritual path,

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and someone else is doing something different from what

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they're doing, then they should not be hostile, or say My way is

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better or this person is not doing it right. And to recognize that as

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long as whatever the other person is doing is halal within the

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Sharia, then they should leave them to their way Imam and how

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that continues. And he says, for Allah, transcendent and Exalted is

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He to whom all praise belongs, creates for each science, those

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who learn and practice it, for each path, those who travel it,

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and for each station and state, those who live and manifest them.

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To each to each to each

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Each that which suits him best, nothing else. And he Subhanahu wa

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Taala accepts nothing else from them. In this lies, secrets and

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wisdom, the explanation of which would be too lengthy, and which

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are difficult to penetrate, save for those who are possessed of

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inward vision and hearts, see, by the light of God the Exalted are

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well versed and knowledge and to whom God the Exalted from his

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presence reveals the mysteries, the Prophet sallallahu Arny, who

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has said to me, he said, in a hadith at dako philosophy, I mean,

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for inner who young BlueBee Nutella, be careful or be aware of

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the insight of the believer for the believer sees with the light

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of Allah. So this is what he mom and dad is referring to. So if

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someone might be hearing this and say, Hold on This sounds really

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far out. Isn't I've never heard this before. The reality is that

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you have to just look at the state of the so humbled want to lie to

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him. And the fact that they were able to have such a deep insight

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and recognize where people were at and what different people needed.

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There was a man who came to Sheikh Mohammed even serine may Allah

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have mercy on him. And he asked him the question, he said,

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Can a person who commits murder and kills another Muslim can they

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repent?

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And Sheikh Mohammed, Eman Syrian, he said, Yes.

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Another man came to him at another time and said, Can most Can Can a

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person who kills a Muslim repent? And Sheikh Mohammed bin Satan? He

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said, No, can't. There's no Toba after that. So his students were

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confused. They said, how can you give the totally opposite answer

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two different answers to the same question. And Sheikh Mohammed

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immensity and he said, the first person who came and asked the

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question,

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To which I responded that yes, there is Toba, after killing

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someone had sadness and regret on their face.

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So he had this belsito He had this insight. He had this field rasa

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and he recognized the emotional and spiritual state of the person

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before him. He said the second person who came to me and asked,

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Can someone make Toba after killing a Muslim had anger in

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their eyes. So they were preparing to kill someone. Whereas the first

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person had already committed the sin and they were looking for a

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way to turn back to Allah. The second person was thinking about

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it and saying, Is there any way that I can get away with this and

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he said, No.

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So once again, the Allah Ma and the Solly hain, and the people who

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are firmly rooted in knowledge and in any baddha in righteousness,

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Allah subhanaw taala can open up the eye of their heart. So if

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someone is unfamiliar with this, that's fine. But you just need to

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learn a little bit more and to see the miraculous things that the

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Sahaba did, probably alone. Many, many times, and Sheikh Mohammed

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has been sitting is one of the tambourine. So those Sahaba are

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even more amazing in their head and in their states. To continue,

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when a traveler looks into sciences traveler, meaning a

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Salic, someone who is traveling on the spiritual path, when a

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traveler looks into sciences or Allume, works at a man paths and

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states other than his own, he must observe the following.

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If he finds his heart, uncollected and his traveling disturbed, then

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he must refrain from further delving into them and steer away.

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If on the other hand, he finds that he remains collected and

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undisturbed than it is harmless for him to delve into such

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matters. In other words, what he mom and her dad is saying, and you

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know, we live in a world today where people that we love options,

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and we love the fact that we have access to so many different kinds

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of things, but if a person by being exposed to other kinds of

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heirloom and other kinds of Amahl and other spiritual paths and

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states other than the one the ones that he is used to that he has

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taken from his shoe, and then they create like a disturbance for that

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person. Oh, those people do it that way. Oh, those people seem to

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be in a greater had. Oh, those people seem to have more knowledge

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and they start to get you know, confused, then a person should

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refrain and stay away from them. But if another person who's more

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firmly established and understands what's going on, and sees these

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things and says, masha Allah, you know, the total it Allah gather

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the FSL Bashar the paths to Allah are as

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numerous as the breaths of humanity, millions and billions of

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possibilities. So Ma sha Allah this person is going to Allah on

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this path, this person is going to on that path, this person is going

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to Allah with good character, this person is going to Allah with moja

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and fighting against their knifes, this person is going to Allah with

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Lea Malay, this person is going to Allah with Quran, this person is

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going to Allah with charity and edema. This person is going to

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Allah with humility, this person is going to Allah with patience,

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this person is going to Allah with gratitude. There's so many

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choices. But my path to Allah is following what my Sheikh told me

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to do. Oh, but they seem to be progressing faster than I am, then

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look in your own heart. And the moment had dad is saying if you

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get confused by that, and the shade lon can then whisper to you

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avoid looking at anyone else. If you can appreciate it and wish the

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best for everyone, then there's no problem with that.

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Mmm and had that continues. Let them know that there are many

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sciences and paths

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and works and paths that are and that these are in a general way

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suitable for all people. When it comes down to details. However,

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particular people may or may not benefit, or may even be harmed by

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pipe particular sciences works or paths, their likenesses that have

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a table laden with food from which each guest chooses what suits and

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pleases him best, and is in harmony with his constitution and

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leaves the rest which may be suitable or pleasing to others.

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They may also be likened to the marketplace, where there are many

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different kinds of goods, each person enters the market looking

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for what best suits him and fulfills his own particular needs,

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leaving everything else to the others. It is not for him to deny

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or be annoyed by the large number of articles in the market simply

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because he neither needs nor desires them for he does not

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represent the whole of humanity such that none should desire that

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which he himself does not.

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Now that you have grasped the meaning of the examples given by

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the table and the market and the multiplicity of foods on one and

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goods in the other and that they are on offer for each man to take

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whatever he wishes or feel is best for him. Know that in this regard

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people are divided into four groups. The first group comprises

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of those who be holding the multiplicity of foods and goods

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simply take that simply take what suits them and neither desire nor

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are bothered by the rest. They are reasonable superior far sighted

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people as like someone who goes to the store and says oh, I wish I

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could have that. Even though you have something else. Oh that shirt

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looks so nice on that person. My shirt is nice but I wish I had

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that you're gonna get you're gonna get confused. But if someone says

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mashallah that really suits them. And unhemmed it Allah Allah has

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given me something that suits me.

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Then Imam Al Haddad says they are reasonable superior and farsighted

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people. The second group comprises those who take that which is of

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benefit to them, but detest all other things and think that nobody

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can possibly desire them. There is stupidity and short sightedness in

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this. Oh, you know, our tariqa we do this and people who don't do

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this, they're deficient.

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And that what they do, I don't like it. And what they do, I don't

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like that either. I'm no we're the best. So they take what benefits

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them they say mashallah, we have this we have that. Our chef says

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this, we follow these overawed, we do hamdulillah and the person

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benefits from that and that's good. But then they look at

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someone else's. What are they doing? They're doing this they're

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doing that that's not going to be what benefit of that what benefit

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is that? Right so that person has a mom has a stupidity in short

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sightedness, and that's why because you are limiting the

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pounds of Allah subhanaw taala and we need to have respect as long as

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what it's permissible in the Shetty.

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If it's not permissible in the Sharia, you can criticize it and

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rightfully show so you should criticize and say this is haram.

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How can you say that this is gonna bring you closer to Allah when

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this is exactly what Allah told you not to do. So that's a totally

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different situation. The third group comprises those who desire

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everything they see whether suitable and of benefit to them or

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not. They may thus

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Want that which is of no use and no benefit to them? Or they may

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desire one thing some of the time and another some of the time. In

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this there is stupidity, idle curiosity, and lack of insight.

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Right? So this is someone who says, for example, have you heard

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stainless much and so this is someone who says, Oh, I've been

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with this shale for so long and I haven't seen the profit. You know,

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in a dream, this shape is useless. Let me do all this other shit. You

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know how many people see the Prophet with him? Still hold on

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Ali. That's the measure of yours. So look, that's the measure

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measure of your spiritual paths. The most important thing whether

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you see the prophet or not, I mean, there are means to do that.

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And that's definitely a gift from Allah to baraka to Allah. We don't

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under underestimate that. So may Allah Subhana Allah grant all of

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us that as the browser like Sam said, Whoever sees me has truly

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seen me because the shaytaan cannot impersonate me.

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So a normal selenium center minus eight no Muhammad, but that's not

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the measure of the CHE or seeing miracles or that the chef makes

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you feel good. What is the entire point of having a teacher, a chef,

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what is the entire point of embargo,

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it is to overcome your knifes and to be in a state of absolute and

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complete Obadiah to Allah subhanho wa Taala and that's it.

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And much of that does not feel very good on the knifes

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and the fruits of that we are looking for in the alira if we

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have the fruits of that in this world and hamdulillah Zelicah

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football but what we are really preparing for his meeting, Allah

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Tabata go with that.

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And, and being in sha Allah in the company, of the messenger of allah

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sallallahu alayhi wa salam O Allah. So this is like someone

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who, when they see the sciences, and this, you say, Michelle, oh,

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look at this one, and then they go to another shift, they care. And

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they feel like a really spiritual, maybe I should take this person is

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much different than they see another one. You're, you know,

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that's like someone who Yarny you want to It's like someone who's on

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a diet, and then I'm gonna follow this diet. And then like, oh, this

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other person lost weight on this other diet, let me go to, and then

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you mix the two together, then the person actually gains weight and

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gets unhealthy. They mixed the wrong foods like your mama had dad

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was saying that certain foods, okay, if you do this, you have

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high protein, low carb, you know, but then this one is high fat, low

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sugar, you mixed it all together, you're going to you're going to

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not feel good, you're going to become unhealthy. So stick to the

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door that Allah subhanaw taala opens for you. And if there are

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serious issues, that's a different story. We're not talking about

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that. But don't become overly affected by what other people are

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doing. Right? And a lot of people unfortunately it happens to a lot

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of people. Oh, do we have this kind of Vica like like that group?

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Oh, that shakes that does or doesn't, or you know, people get

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caught up. And unfortunately the students have the shields

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oftentimes, who are immature, they can confuse other people on my

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ship has the best Oh, this is the best. And they confuse other

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people but you say liquidly owners and mudgeeraba home to every

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people they have their their water spring, they have their drinking

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place. And everyone if you're sincere with Allah, and you want

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to get close to Allah, Mr. Mullah, don't don't look the same.

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Whatever it is, the person who keeps looking around, never gets

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to their destination. But men Sarala Derby was all but whoever

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sticks to the path and keeps walking along it, they arrive. The

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fourth group comprises those who when they see the number of

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different foods and goods stop. perplexed, unable to decide what

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to desire or choose. You see them bewildered and baffled. Oh, I

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don't know. I don't know if I should do this. I don't know if I

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should do that.

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And it's just like you need to seek ALLAH. Seek Allah subhanho wa

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Taala and do what you think is of the most benefit. And don't get

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you know, it's like when you go, you go to the store. You go to a

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restaurant and there's like way too many options. I don't know

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what to get. But you know on the spiritual path, they say, Allah I

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want you and guide me to the one guide me to the one who will guide

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me to you. Show me the best path in my life for me that will bring

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me to you. And then well you the assumptive at our Callaghan Allah

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and when you are determined HaNasi make that decision and you put

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your trust in Allah Tabata go try that and never look back. Never

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look back.

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Now these states may occur to any of those who still

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See the different sciences works paths and states are Allume man,

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total and hawan Those are the words in Arabic.

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You may see one of them desiring everything another perplexed and

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unable to decide what to do, and yet another holding on firmly to

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something which is of benefit to him, but exhibiting distaste,

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revulsion and antagonism for everything else. In all these last

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three, there's imperfection, lack of insight, and short sightedness.

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So be alert Oh seeker, and understand what we have just said

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for it is important and, and of great moment.

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Some of this issue occurred with my master the chef of will Hassan

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a Chateau de Lille, the Allahu Anhu. At the outset of his

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wayfaring he hesitated much between studying the sciences or

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devoting himself to acts of worship, and traveling the path.

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He remained us for a considerable time until he visited a chef who

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helped him overcome his indecision. And that was Schiff,

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Abdus, salam, even MushiShi on the lower end.

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So in the case of Imam Abu Hassan, Ashanti Lee, should I dedicate

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myself entirely to knowledge or should I dedicate myself entirely

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to the spiritual path? And he found someone who could guide him

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through those questions? Alright, so once again, the answer for him

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from his share is not necessarily the answer for everyone in their

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spiritual journeys. There are some people who need more knowledge.

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There are some people who need more spirituality, and for

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everyone they need both for everyone they need both.

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The story is very well known, a somewhat similar situation but

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failed the venerable Sheikh Abdullah ibn Asad Alia theory of

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the Allahu Anhu said, as I was headed, hesitating whether to

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engage in studies, or devote myself totally to worshiping and

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dedicating myself to God, the Exalted, I happened to pick up a

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book and found in it a piece of paper, which did not belong there,

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and which I had never seen before. Even though I had often perused

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that book, on that piece of paper, where a few verses beginning with

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the following, turn away from your worries, and leave everything to

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Destiny,

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you will by now realize that such things tend to occur to people of

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beginnings, and to travelers at the outset of their paths. So once

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again, a person when they're starting off,

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there is a lot of confusion and the shaitan tries to take

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advantage of that. Should I take this spiritual path? Should I do

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this? Who's the shift for me? And I've noticed that Westerners

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struggle a lot with this, because I think a lot of people suffer

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from

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indecision, you know, that they doubt Well, what if I do this? And

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they, you know, the the opportunity cost, and it's become

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a thing now, where they call it the fear of missing out.

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If I make one decision, I'm going to miss out on another decision.

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What if this happens, what what if, what if, what if what if? Low

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walima cave, the hammock, your mom and her dad says? If and why? And

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how? When you asking that to Allah, why are these? If this

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happens, why did this happen? How did this happen? He said, This is

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the statement of a full right, but like, thorough hammock, man, good

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videocoin do not have your worries, you know, turn away from

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your worries. And as the moment had that said, whatever is decreed

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will happen. You put your trust in Allah and you you have to

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especially at the beginning of this spiritual path, you will have

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to take all of that worry, all of the anxiety that comes maybe with

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the indecision, all of the deep spiritual need of getting close to

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Allah subhanaw taala. And that something needs to change

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considerably in your life, and direct that into to withdraw into

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a strong focus and turn to Allah with every fiber of your being.

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And ask Allah to guide you.

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And they say that if the seeker the one who seeks nearness to

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Allah is sincere, they will find the sheikh at their doorstep.

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And it happens. I've seen it with my own eyes. It happens, where

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people don't even know who the Sheikh is, and then they'll see a

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dream. I'm in town. Come visit me. I saw people will come like all

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this this year. I saw my dream last night like who are you? Like,

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I don't know. I just saw him in my dream last night told me to come

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I'm in town.

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That ILA in the Lafayette halation. Allah has amazing things

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and in His creation, and His will, you know, they say God works in

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mysterious ways. Very true.

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So not to be overcome by worries, but that when we find someone who

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reminds us that the best criteria someone wants to ask me, oh, why

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is the chef so special? And you know, people love like, really

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like juicy answers. All he, you know, has this miracle and that

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miracle on that. And as the mom and her dad, he says, a color

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Kurama Al is the karma. The greatest miracle is steadfastness.

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So I said,

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the reason I love this shave,

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because I've never met anyone in my life, who reminds me of the

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prophesize as much.

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And in reality, there is no greater praise. There is no

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greater praise. So that's what we're looking for whoever reminds

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you of the messenger or whoever in their states in their luck, in

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their knowledge in their presence, then hold on to that person. And

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Allah will open doors for you know, you mom and dad continues

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and he says I once visited the attic below the knower of God.

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Say that I'm the ramen, even chef I did Alawi and he informed me

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that he received a letter from the Sufi Sayed Abdullah bin Mohammed

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Allawi, who lives in Medina, the noble. In that letter, he

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complained that the study of books had become too preoccupying and

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distracting for him or something to that effect. So you doubted him

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and then asked me what he should write back to him. I said, you

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know better. And he said, My own opinion is to ask him to abandon

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the study of books and refrain from too much reading. It

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immediately occurred to me that what say adopt Allah ibn Mohammed

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had complained about what what was what had happened to him, as he

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studied the books and saw the multitude of paths and different

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conditions. This had led him into the kind of perplexity and in

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decisiveness that we have just been discussing, we had actually

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met with say that Abdullah when he visited Medina, the noble to visit

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the messenger of God, many blessings and peace be upon him

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and his family. We saw him and sat in his company many times

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benefited from it, and found him to be a superior Sayed who state

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was that of the people of contraction and anonymity. May God

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allow people to benefit from him, his ancestors and all other

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virtuous servants of his

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energy adding

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this is a very interesting passage by Mohammed.

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Shall not the point here is that certain people as as the mom and

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her dad is indicating here, don't let anyone misunderstand that the

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reading of books and the seeking of sacred knowledge is something

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that the mom and her dad is discouraging. But there are some

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people whose hearts are so attached to Allah subhanho wa

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taala. And they know what they they have the knowledge that they

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need a father dying knowledge of very bad, of the halal and haram

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of EMA and of Ersan. And they're so they're, they're fully turning

00:34:04 --> 00:34:08

their heart towards Allah subhana with Allah that in that case,

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reading different books might not necessarily be what's best for

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them. So it seems that that's what your mom had done. But with that

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being said, you know, I think the greatest way to describe it is

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that if someone is seeking knowledge in an academic setting,

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that's in the vast majority of cases, that's going to be damaging

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spiritually.

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Someone I don't know too many people who studied done their PhDs

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in Islamic studies without their hearts becoming affected. You're

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right, you're taking from the wild if people work too far, and maybe

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they're some of them are Muslims. And you're going to be with them

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for years and read their books and see their analyses and so forth.

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And then you have the people who are the knowers of Allah, the

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hearts that that shine with divine

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Lights,

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the two are not the same.

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You know, to put it nicely, the two are not the same. In reality,

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one is poison. And one is, is nutrition and nourishment. So the

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way that you seek knowledge, the kinds of books that you're reading

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the different paths, a mom and her dad is saying how to choose. And

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he begins the chapter and he ends the chapter with what having a

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shave of realization, who can guide you on your way. And I've

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seen this I've seen

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the same shave, till one person, two people were very close. And

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their journey seems very similar. And he told one of them, continue

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seeking knowledge full time. And the other one asked, Can I seek

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knowledge like my brother, and he said, you stay in Dawa and seek

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knowledge where you can buy your places down.

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And it was, you know, it was amazing, because that's someone of

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insight. He knows what this student needs in their, in their

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service to Allah Subhana Allah and their potential, and he knows what

00:36:07 --> 00:36:10

this student needs and their potential and what will bring them

00:36:10 --> 00:36:13

closest to Allah Subhana Allah, someone on the outside might be

00:36:13 --> 00:36:16

like, Oh, but this is better than having to lie, you got your

00:36:16 --> 00:36:20

answer. It's like, you go to the doctor and the doctor says, okay,

00:36:20 --> 00:36:22

you know what? My knees hurt. Another person says, My knees

00:36:22 --> 00:36:28

hurt. Oh, I can tell from your posture while your knees hurt. Oh,

00:36:28 --> 00:36:30

your knees hurt because of calcium.

00:36:31 --> 00:36:34

The same thing for totally different reasons. You have a

00:36:34 --> 00:36:36

calcium deficiency. You have a problem with your posture.

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But we don't see that so a lot of people might not necessarily

00:36:41 --> 00:36:46

appreciate and understand. And for those who don't have issue, then

00:36:46 --> 00:36:49

they can go through the knowledge is that are of the most benefit to

00:36:49 --> 00:36:53

the heart and not get into contentious things. May Allah

00:36:53 --> 00:36:57

subhanahu Donna rentas tofield May Allah subhanho wa Taala make us

00:36:57 --> 00:37:01

people have knowledge and realization. On May Allah subhanho

00:37:01 --> 00:37:06

wa Taala guide us to the best path. May Allah subhanho wa Taala

00:37:06 --> 00:37:11

guide us to the best knowledge and the best path and the best of man

00:37:11 --> 00:37:15

and the best of acts of worship, and the best of states for each

00:37:15 --> 00:37:19

and every one of us so that we can be of those who arrive at nearness

00:37:19 --> 00:37:24

to him subhanho wa Taala and that He bestows upon us. The lights

00:37:24 --> 00:37:30

have nearness and the garment of honor, and that Allah opens the

00:37:30 --> 00:37:34

eyes sight, the inner sight of our hearts, such that we witness him

00:37:35 --> 00:37:39

and that ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada gives us the tofield to overcome

00:37:39 --> 00:37:44

our lower new fools, and to overcome our sins, and that Allah

00:37:44 --> 00:37:48

subhanaw taala grants us a Toba and us who have a sincere

00:37:48 --> 00:37:54

repentance and cleanses us from all of the shackles and the filth

00:37:54 --> 00:38:01

of our sins so that we can be pure and enter into His Divine Presence

00:38:01 --> 00:38:05

and be of those that he gives divinely inspired knowledge within

00:38:05 --> 00:38:09

their hearts. And may Allah subhanho wa Taala make us people

00:38:09 --> 00:38:13

who are guided and a guide for others. May He fill our hearts

00:38:13 --> 00:38:18

with news and make our hearts irrigate the hearts of others and

00:38:18 --> 00:38:22

feel their hearts with node v laid out for Afia May Allah subhanho wa

00:38:22 --> 00:38:26

Taala make us have the most blessed of the OMA for the Ummah

00:38:26 --> 00:38:30

and the most beneficial of the OMA for the rest of the Ummah and for

00:38:30 --> 00:38:36

all of humanity. And may Allah subhanho wa Taala guide, whoever

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in his infinite knowledge and his decree and his will are destined

00:38:42 --> 00:38:46

to be guided we are guided We ask Allah subhana wa Taala that he

00:38:46 --> 00:38:51

hastened with their guidance, and that we see the manifestation of

00:38:51 --> 00:38:55

the Promise of Allah and His Messenger in our lifetimes and

00:38:55 --> 00:38:59

these lands, and then lands all over the world where Islam enters

00:38:59 --> 00:39:05

every single home, whether it's in the cities, or whether it's in the

00:39:05 --> 00:39:10

faraway places, the small towns and villages, we ask Allah subhana

00:39:10 --> 00:39:14

wa Taala that He grant us that and that He grant us personal heart

00:39:14 --> 00:39:18

email at the end of our lives, and that the last words that we say

00:39:18 --> 00:39:18

are

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Illa Illa Allah, Muhammad Rasool Allah He sallallahu alayhi wa

00:39:24 --> 00:39:27

sallam, Moto hoccleve cleaner be haka Ilya has syndrome and Allah

00:39:27 --> 00:39:31

are battling that ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada actualizes us and its

00:39:31 --> 00:39:35

realities inwardly and outwardly, and that we die upon it and that

00:39:35 --> 00:39:38

we're resurrected upon it and that we meet Allah subhana wa Tada was

00:39:38 --> 00:39:41

it was so low down on the scene. You know, Muhammad wanted a new

00:39:41 --> 00:39:45

sommige Marine, Allah had the neocolonial and slaley hijama and

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Sharmila de la irata dunya and akhira al Fatiha Isla Huddleston

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