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The Herds are the ones who fall in the light of God, and they tend to be the ones who fall into the light of God. The Herds are the ones who fall into the spiritual world, and they tend to be the ones who fall. The Herds are the ones who fall into the spiritual world and are the ones who fall into the light of God. The Herds are the ones who fall into the spiritual world and are the ones who fall. The Herds are the ones who fall into the spiritual world and are the ones who fall. The Herds are the ones who fall into the spiritual world and are the ones who fall. The Herds are the ones who fall into the spiritual world and are the ones who fall. The Herds are the ones who fall into the spiritual world and are the ones who fall. The Herds are the ones who fall into the spiritual world and are the ones who fall. The

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			Spindler Hill Batman Allahumma
hamdulillah hero Bell Alameen wa
		
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			sallahu say Eden and Mohammedan a
shuffle in via the wooden watch
		
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			sitting while early he'll play
you've been hitting was the hobbit
		
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			to hit a ketamine tablet in a
known BSN either Yomi Dean or
		
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			Elena ma whom are thinking better
Hermetica or Hama rocky mean?
		
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			So we will continue our study of
autofilled fellahin these
		
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			blessings, a hadith, and
statements of the Prophet Muhammad
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that
are in a bridge collection from
		
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			the reality of saw the hem of Imam
unknowing.
		
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			This hadith is Narrated by Abu
Musa Abdullah Hibino case already,
		
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			and in the VE sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam called in Allahu Allah azza
		
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			wa jal yob Soto Yoda who will
lelee the YouTuber mercy and a
		
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			hottie. While Yabba Soto yet there
have been heard the YouTuber mercy
		
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			or Layli had the title or a Shem
Soo Min mulready behalf. The
		
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			hadith narrated by Imam Muslim
that translates indeed Allah
		
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			mighty images, extends his hand
during the night, so that the one
		
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			who sinned by day can turn to him
in repentance. And he extends his
		
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			hand during the day so the one who
sinned at night can turn to him in
		
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			repentance until the sun rises
from the west.
		
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			And so in this hadith we have a
that another indication amongst
		
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			the many indications and the
blessing words of our Prophet
		
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			sallallahu Sallam about how our
Lord accepts repentance and this
		
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			is encouraging us to repent and
turn to Allah. And there are two
		
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			very important words that we have
to know here. There's the word
		
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			Toba. And then there is the word
is still thought that Toba is
		
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			repentance. And as our Prophet
said, and Nedum at Toba remorse is
		
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			repentance, ie it is the essence
and the most foundational pillar
		
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			of repentance. And really, this is
a process whereby which that we
		
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			become aware of our purpose here
in life, we become aware of where
		
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			it is that we are going. And we
recognize how that our actions
		
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			relate to that our Lord Who
created us in what he wants from
		
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			us. And so this process of
repentance is a process whereby
		
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			which that we are returning, we
are returning back to the state
		
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			that we were in when we were born
by our mothers, we were born with
		
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			a clean slate, and we were born in
a state of absolute purity. So
		
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			it's this process whereby which we
return to the state of purity. And
		
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			it's only been in that state of
purity, where we prepare ourselves
		
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			to fulfill our the human function
here on Earth, which is ultimately
		
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			to know our Lord. And so really
for us, even though when we speak
		
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			of repentance, we oftentimes
associate repentance with sin. But
		
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			for us, it is a process of
renewal. It is a process of that
		
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			rejuvenation, whereby which that
we are that renewing these
		
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			meanings that we have been endowed
with by virtue of us being
		
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			children of Adam. And so this
hadith is among the many Hadith
		
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			that are in COURAGING us to
repent. And then this word is
		
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			still a thought, which literally
means to seek forgiveness, to seek
		
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			a covering, in other words, is
that for a lot to cover our sins,
		
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			that
		
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			when we that, this is when we say
something like a stole fear Allah,
		
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			Oh Allah, I seek forgiveness of
you. And so they go hand in hand.
		
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			But repentance is more of an
internal thing. There's an
		
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			internal reality to it. And then
it's still far as what we actually
		
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			do ie that we say something like,
Oh Allah, I seek your forgiveness.
		
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			And so again, they do go hand in
hand. And so this hadith is saying
		
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			in the Lucha azo JAL Yub, so to
Yoda, who belaid Allah extends his
		
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			hand during the night. And it's
important here, that whenever we
		
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			have wording that appears to be
anthropomorphic in nature, is that
		
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			we understand exactly what this
means. And remember nobody says is
		
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			that the Buster led the idea of
extending the hand. This is an era
		
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			The
		
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			says a way of saying that Allah
accepts repentance.
		
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			Excuse me, just as that if you
Someone was giving you something
		
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			that you would extend your hand to
receive that particular thing. And
		
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			this scholar says that this is
majaz these are that figurative
		
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			expressions, because that to refer
to Allah to add as having a hand
		
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			like human beings have hand this
is impossible. One of the 13
		
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			necessary attributes of Allah is
that he is absolutely different
		
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			from his creation. So, that when
Allah says in the Quran, you
		
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			handled life, okay, at the hand of
Allah is above their hands. We
		
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			understand this and other verses
and other statements of our
		
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			prophets, I send them in a similar
fashion. So that Allah extends his
		
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			hand during the day, in other
words, is that this is an
		
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			indication of his gentleness, his
looked in his Rockman, in His
		
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			mercy,
		
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			that in order for the one who was
musi who literally did wrong, ie
		
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			that this person committed sins
during the day, in order that He
		
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			may forgive him. And that the
meaning here ultimately is, is
		
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			that the hope is, is that from the
repercussions of what we do during
		
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			the day is it hopefully people
will come to their senses.
		
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			Sometimes we fell short because
that we were angry. And once we
		
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			call down, we have remorse for
what it is that we did a couple
		
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			hours ago, or at night, we have
remorse for what it is that we did
		
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			during the day, that sometimes in
the moment, is that we weren't
		
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			prepared for the situation. And we
did something we shouldn't have
		
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			done. And so hopefully, that when
night comes, it's now a change
		
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			that as nightfall that happens is
that we change psychologically
		
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			even. And so that hopefully we'll
have a different perspective on
		
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			what what actually happened during
the day. Or likewise, if this
		
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			happens at night than the day, and
that in hopes that we will be
		
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			inspired to that return to Allah
subhanaw and data. And that there
		
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			is a narration that indicates is
that there are two angels that are
		
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			on our shoulders that are writing
our good and our bad deeds. And
		
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			whenever it is that we do a good
deed
		
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			is that the angel on the right
shoulder will write it and we will
		
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			have 10 fold the reward for
performing that good deed. And
		
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			whatever it is that we do a wrong
deed from the Mercy of Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala is that the angel
on the right will say to the angel
		
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			on the left that whole leave that
person that seven hours saw out or
		
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			not normally how we think of
hours, but roughly it's the same
		
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			the sub sat low, you sub by
yourself, let him be for seven
		
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			hours, perhaps that he's going to
glorify Allah, or perhaps that he
		
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			is going to seek forgiveness. So
even in terms of the very writing
		
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			down of the sins, and this is one
of the same meanings is that our
		
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			Prophet encouraged us will add to
be a CEO, tell Hassan tiempo
		
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			follow up a bad deed with a good
deed and it will erase it. And if
		
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			you think about the psychological
importance of this, oftentimes
		
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			because of the decisions that
we've made, and the things that we
		
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			did, or we didn't do, we're
oftentimes haunted by our
		
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			decisions. Sometimes this is one
of the things that makes us fall
		
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			into depression. And what our
Prophet is teaching us is that in
		
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			order to prevent that one of the
many meanings it says if he's
		
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			saying is that that thing that
you've done that might bring about
		
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			that a state of grief or you
feeling bad as a result of doing
		
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			it, follow it up quickly,
		
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			and do something that you know,
will that bring about its
		
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			opposite, not only in terms of the
the reward cancelling out the sin,
		
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			but also in terms of the burden of
the sin that we carry on our
		
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			shoulders, is that when it is that
replaced with the light of TA the
		
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			light of obedience is that it
changes our innermost state, and
		
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			then at the level of the Spirit,
then all of the other successive
		
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			levels, there are ways that it
affects the human being, until the
		
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			most outward dimension in terms of
how we deal with people, the
		
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			things that we do outwardly and so
forth. And so that this is really
		
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			indicating to us the
		
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			how the door of repentance is
always open. So Allah extends his
		
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			hand during the night so that the
one who sin during the day can
		
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			turn to him in repentance, and
likewise, he extends his hand
		
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			during the day. So the one who
send by night can return to him in
		
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			repentance, had the Tuttle know as
shrimps, this hub to here we
		
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			return
		
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			Until, until that the sun rises
mid Missouri behalf from the west.
		
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			Because normally the sun rises
from the east, of course, and this
		
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			is one of the 10 major signs of
the end of time is that the sun
		
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			will rise, literally. And there
could be metaphorical meanings to
		
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			this as well. But the sun actually
rises from the west. And this is a
		
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			part of the general trend as we
get closer and closer to the end
		
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			of time, which, incidentally, all
people of all faiths, all over the
		
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			world faiths have an idea of the
end of time, even the micro
		
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			religions in different places,
like Africa, or in that South
		
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			America, or in the Far East, is
that this is a constant. There's a
		
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			book I have upstairs titled
legends of the end, where it
		
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			traces all of the different that
perspectives on the end of time
		
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			and the various traditions,
whether it be the minds, or
		
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			whether it be the Native
Americans, or whether it be
		
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			Muslims, Jews, or Christians or
even that other that world
		
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			religions, that all of them have a
concept of the end. This is the
		
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			nature of the world. And funnily
enough, or you could say,
		
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			ironically, even science, from a
cosmological perspective, you see
		
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			cosmologists speaking of the end.
Now, whether they refer to it as
		
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			that the collapse of the universe
on itself, or to say that the
		
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			universe is going to expand so
much until it gets so big that it
		
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			actually freezes or whether they
say that,
		
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			that human beings are going to
destroy the world, that or we're
		
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			going to, through artificial
intelligence, create robots, that
		
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			are so powerful and so smart that
they outwit human beings and take
		
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			over, and so forth and so on. The
you would be surprised the
		
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			possibilities that they are
considering nowadays, and that
		
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			there are even writers, and one of
them being Martin Rees who are
		
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			questioning whether or not we as a
as humankind are going to get
		
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			beyond this century in which we
live the 21st century,
		
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			just by the nature of the way that
we are that living in this world,
		
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			and how unsustainable it really
is. And even now, to the extent
		
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			that even where we'd have a
dramatic shift, it actually might
		
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			be too late. And that's why
they're having all of these
		
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			different summits on climate
change, and so forth. And really,
		
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			the conversation is not the way
that it should be. And they're
		
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			trying to limit the average
temperature of the heating up of
		
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			the earth to by 2052 degrees,
where it's really in that four to
		
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			five degree mark if it reaches
that. So this is why that it's
		
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			framed, and it's better than
nothing yet, but still, it's very
		
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			limited. That this is where they
say that human beings will become
		
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			extinct, is that we won't be able
to live on planet Earth, it'll be
		
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			inhabitable, anyhow, is that the
sun will rise that from the west.
		
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			And so hot Tattler a Shem Tatsu a
shrimps when Madiba is that this
		
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			door is open, in other words, is
that as long as human beings live
		
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			on Earth, the door for repentance
is open.
		
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			But we know that there's the
science of Cobra, and the
		
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			scientists overall, the great hour
is the actual the hour, the end of
		
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			time, when the Day of Judgment
will the world will end. And the
		
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			Day of Judgment will begin after
that. And of course, we have a
		
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			detailed description of what
actually happens. The angel is
		
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			sort of field blowing on the
trumpet where all human beings
		
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			die, and then that everyone is in
the grave. And then the second
		
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			blowing of the horn 40 years
later, when everyone will be
		
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			resurrected, even those that were
cremated, will be brought back
		
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			together. Even if they weren't
buried in the normal sense of the
		
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			word burial, they will be brought
together and they will be driven
		
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			from wherever they are on the face
of this earth, or even in the sea
		
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			wherever they are to a plane of
judgment. And that's when the day
		
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			of judgment starts is in the
second blowing of the horn and the
		
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			resurrection. But then we have the
scientist solar at the lesser
		
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			Hour, which it relates to our
mortality, that that moment that
		
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			we take our last breath I er
death. When you and I die that's
		
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			considered to be the lesser hour.
And so for us is that this is when
		
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			Toba ends. And they we believe
that when a baby is born,
		
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			is that the spirit is blown in to
the baby that when they're in the
		
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			womb of the mother after three
successive periods of 40 days. So
		
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			at the 120 day mark is when the
spirit is blown that into the body
		
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			in the womb.
		
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			of the mother,
		
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			and then the child is born. And
then that when the spirit is
		
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			blown, they say that it comes in
through the soft spot of the
		
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			child, you know, when the child is
born, they have a soft spot that
		
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			slowly closes in their cranium
that as they get older, and it
		
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			starts from here, and then it
pervades their entire body. And
		
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			then when the angel of death takes
the spirit,
		
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			in that the spirit comes from the
tippy toes, and it's extracted
		
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			from our body, and then it leaves
the same place that it entered.
		
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			And it is taken.
		
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			And it differs for this reason.
And oftentimes they say is it
		
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			people's eyes when they take their
last breath, look up, because the
		
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			spirit is being taken, not always.
But that's oftentimes the case.
		
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			And then all of a sudden, that
same person that you knew, there
		
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			was animate, that was moving, that
you knew was the all of a sudden,
		
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			you see a dead corpse. And it's
this person, that's what you know
		
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			them to be. But that's not the
person. There's some that what's
		
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			happened there. And that science
is attempting, many scientists are
		
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			attempting to explain the way that
the spirit in say, Oh, it's just
		
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			the flashing of neurons, that if
you just do scientific tests on
		
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			certain things, in certain ways of
measuring certain things, it's
		
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			nothing other than a flashing of
neurons, there's no reality to the
		
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			Spirit. And that's a scientific
perspective. And ultimately, that
		
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			you can't ever detect a roar,
which is so funny. Science can
		
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			never that prove or disprove the
spirit. Why? Because the spirit is
		
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			beyond the realm of science. It's
not something material. Like,
		
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			we're the way that we're looking
at matter here right before me,
		
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			it's not something that science
can even detect. So it is, it is,
		
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			in that sense beyond science. And
we see, experientially when
		
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			someone's alive, what happens,
what's that change, that all of a
		
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			sudden, their spirit is taken, and
the body no longer moves.
		
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			And there's no more that the body
is no longer animate. And then
		
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			that all of a sudden, we're going
to bury them, that shortly after
		
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			that, what happened? What how do
you explain that, from a religious
		
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			perspective, from our religion,
it's very easy to say the spirit
		
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			was taken. And then we have a
whole understanding of where the
		
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			Spirit goes, and the what's known
as the BUZZA, the intermediary
		
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			realm, and so forth and so on,
anyhow, is that the scientist
		
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			Solara is that last moment that we
take our last breath, but they say
		
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			is that when the Spirit reaches
what is called the Hatha Hara,
		
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			which is your throat,
		
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			and once the spirit because again,
it's been taken like this. And
		
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			sometimes it's very slow. And when
you see people go through rigor
		
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			mortis, or the pings of death, the
throes of death, or it's
		
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			oftentimes very intense, and
people oftentimes will fall
		
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			unconscious, regain consciousness,
sometimes there'll be a lot of
		
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			violent movement in the body. And
that sometimes the spirit is taken
		
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			very easily, they say, in general,
is that the spirit of the believer
		
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			is taken, like a hair that is in
dough.
		
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			And then the spirit of that of a
disbeliever is like a spike that
		
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			being taken out of wet cotton.
It's much more that severe, may
		
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			God protect us and preserve us.
But anyhow, once it reaches here,
		
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			it's too late. And so we have the
story of the Pharaoh, and Moses,
		
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			where is that once his spirit was
just about to be taken, he said, I
		
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			believe in the God of Moses in the
PN D, that the children of Israel,
		
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			that at that point is too late.
His Spirit would have had already
		
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			reached above the heart of that
which is really the throat and so
		
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			until that moment, either the
sunrises from the west or is that
		
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			our spirit reaches this part of
our body? Is it the door of
		
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			repentance is wide open. And this
is where we have another Hadith in
		
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			Sahih Muslim this hadith in Sahih
Muslim that says Men Tabgha hobble
		
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			and Tatula shrimps whoever repents
before the sun rises Min mulgara
		
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			behalf from the west tab Allah
Allah, God will Recep I will
		
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			accept his repentance. And so this
is one of the beautiful Hadith
		
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			that indicate to us the importance
of repenting and turning to Allah
		
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			Jalla DeLallo. And one other very
important point that we tend to
		
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			forget when it comes to this idea
of repentance.
		
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			We have thoughts
		
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			They are the source of all of our
actions, any voluntary action that
		
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			you will be taken to account for
begins with what is called an
		
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			Arabic a halt. And you could
simply translate as thought, or
		
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			you could translate a suggestion
or a notion. Anyhow, it begins
		
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			with a hothead with a thought.
		
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			And depending on what what it is
that we do with it, will depend
		
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			upon what happens after it. So all
voluntary action begins with a
		
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			thought. And then the next thing
that happens within the human
		
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			being, and this is deep psychology
that you could analyze each one of
		
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			these, that stages in great depth.
The second thing that happens is
		
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			there's what's called the male of
the knifes, the incarnation of
		
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			your soul, depending upon how
purified you are, based upon your
		
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			thought, you will either inclined
towards it, or you will that
		
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			disinclined from it. So depending
upon the thought, ideally, we want
		
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			to have hearts and souls that are
in a tranquil state. So any
		
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			thought of evil any thought to
harm someone, any thought of doing
		
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			something that would count as a
sin, we're detested by it. But at
		
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			the lower stages of spiritual
development, that are thought to
		
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			do wrong will come to the heart
and will incline towards it. And
		
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			this is where we have to work with
ourselves into that, upbraid
		
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			ourselves into that try to refine
ourselves so that when we have a
		
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			thought, and it's a bad thought,
that we turn away from it, and we
		
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			seek refuge in Allah, so you have
the thought, then you have the
		
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			inclination of the soul. And then
the third stage is what's called
		
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			the Hukam of the alcohol.
		
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			What the intellect judges in
relation to that thought,
		
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			and so that the intellect must be
fueled with a knowledge of the
		
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			sacred law, or there's no way to
really have correct thinking. And
		
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			it also must, that be able to have
strength, in terms of its logical,
		
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			rational ability, and to be able
to sift through that falsehood to
		
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			know what the truth of the matter
really is, and to make good
		
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			decisions. And so you have a
thought, you have the inclination
		
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			of your soul, and then you make a
Hukum, you make a judgment with
		
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			your mind,
		
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			or your intellect on how it is
that you're going to interact with
		
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			that thought.
		
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			Do you do it? Do you not do it? Do
you postpone it for now do you
		
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			come back to it. And then only
after that does the intention
		
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			come? Now the thing is, this is
happening so quickly.
		
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			We oftentimes make instantaneous
decisions. So this process is
		
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			extremely quick. And what we need
to learn is to that slow down and
		
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			to think this is why our Prophet
taught an hour to min Allah
		
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			deliberation, consideration is
from Allah, will agile
		
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			administrator in haste is from the
devil, even say this in English,
		
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			haste is from the devil. There is
that knowledge and other
		
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			civilizations as well. And so
deliberating and making sure this
		
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			is a good idea, and developing a
process whereby which we make not
		
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			only major decisions, but even
lesser decisions, we have an a
		
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			wonderful process of istikhara, in
doing the guidance, prayer, and
		
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			Mr. Shah, seeking counsel from
good people that are going to give
		
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			us good advice. And the sign that
we're asking the right person is
		
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			that they would never hesitate to
tell us something that we don't
		
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			want to hear.
		
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			That's a sign that you're seeking
advice on the right person, if the
		
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			person you're seeking advice from
is just their nature is they're
		
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			going to just tell you, whatever
is you want to hear. They could be
		
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			a friend still, but that's not
someone you want to seek advice
		
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			from. You want to seek advice from
someone who that they would never
		
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			hesitate to tell you something
that you know, is not really what
		
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			you want to hear.
		
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			And then after that, we make our
decision.
		
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			And this, of course, doesn't
		
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			eliminate our responsibility to
think things through ourself. But
		
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			we're always going to fall short
and our perspective anyhow, we
		
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			have this amazing process. So
there's these are the four stages,
		
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			you have the thought, you have the
inclination of your soul, you have
		
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			the judgment of your intellect,
and then you have the intention
		
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			that arises. And then the question
is, and this is what the scholars
		
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			have looked very carefully at,
when are we take into account at
		
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			what level
		
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			you're definitely not taking into
account that the level of the
		
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			thought
		
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			and you are definitely not taken
to account for the inclination of
		
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			your soul.
		
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			Where you start to be taken into
account usually is in relation to
		
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			the judgment that you give. There
could be certain instances where
		
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			you're forgiven there. And that's
a whole other topic. We won't go
		
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			into too much detail now. You're
		
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			Definitely take into account at
the level of the intention, and
		
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			most likely take into account in
most situations, the level of the
		
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			judgment that you give that based
upon that thought and your
		
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			inclination of your soul. And this
is why that there's always going
		
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			to be a tension within the human
being, between your desire and
		
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			between what you know what you
need to do. But this is life. This
		
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			is how Allah created us. It's
like, even in terms of someone's
		
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			physical health,
		
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			if you're trying to get on a diet,
and you go to someone's house, and
		
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			there's just some delicious food,
you're trying to cut back on your
		
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			sugar. But is that homemade? That
cherry pie? Is there's pumpkin pie
		
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			Thanksgivings around the corner
with whipped cream, and off, like,
		
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			how are you going to refuse that?
Okay, it's once a year, just eat
		
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			it. But the point is, is that we
even see this in terms of our
		
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			physical health is that you, you
are always going to be enticed
		
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			towards doing certain things. But
then you have to remind us how
		
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			many calories are in there.
		
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			How's this going to affect me, I
have diabetes, if I eat this,
		
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			there's going to be repercussions,
right, so forth, and so on. And so
		
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			the same thing is in relation to
the spirit is that restraint is
		
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			something that we absolutely have
to learn. But the last thing I
		
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			want to mention about this
		
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			is that
		
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			we have to be clear that you are
not your thoughts
		
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			in so that if you have terrible
thoughts, you are not your
		
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			thoughts. And I remember dealing
with a situation where there's an
		
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			individual who had this really bad
thought in this one instance, I'm
		
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			not going to mention what it was.
But this person had convinced
		
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			himself. He was that thing that he
was thinking and it wasn't a good
		
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			thing to do thinking of. But he in
his mind was so bothered by the
		
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			fact that he had the thought he
thought he was that thing.
		
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			And it just required a simple
explanation know is that we are
		
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			susceptible as human beings to the
that metaphorical arrows of
		
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			shaytaan of Satan. And then that
what do we do with them? And this
		
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			is where we have to recognize is
that if we have a bad thought that
		
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			we immediately remind ourselves
that's not me. Right, that is
		
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			shaytaan trying to lead me astray.
But that is definitely not me. And
		
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			if you act upon that thought,
		
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			yes, you could say to a certain
degree, then you are that thing.
		
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			However, if you repent from that
thought, and you fulfill the
		
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			preconditions of repentance, which
are very simple remorse, stop
		
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			doing it intend to never do it
again. And to ask Allah to forgive
		
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			you simple. And the scholars say
is that if you fulfill those
		
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			conditions, Allah will forgive you
from His bounty, then you are no
		
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			longer that thing, ie it is erased
from your psychological profile.
		
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			Do you realize how empowering This
is?
		
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			And how people can they can
really, that renew their entire
		
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			conception of life, that through
this amazing process of job of
		
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			repentance, and that it no longer
is you it is not only not erased
		
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			in your scrolls, it is now erased
from your psychological profile,
		
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			it is no longer you. So, these in
many, many more meanings are
		
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			found. In this listed hadith of
our Prophet salaallah Alia this
		
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			I'll be sending me a lot Anibus
has to be from those who returned
		
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			to him in repentance day in and
day out and to seek his
		
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			forgiveness constantly subhanho wa
Taala
		
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			Bismillah so in the knowledge of
wisdom we left off on chapter 22
		
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			So page 59
		
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			Allahumma salli ala Sayyidina
Muhammad, Nautica Sati will mother
		
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			the jetty which apparently behave
equally as Swati who early he will
		
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			serve him here noon
		
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			Smilla Rahmanir Rahim Al hamdu
Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa sallahu
		
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			wa ala Sayyidina Muhammad wa ala
alihi wa sahbihi wa salam in
		
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			knowledge and wisdom but Imam
Abdullah ibn Halliwell, her dad,
		
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			chapter 22, the people of this
world and those of the next
		
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			one the people of this world the
distracted and those who mix good
		
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			with evil acts give their love to
the people of the Hereafter, the
		
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			practicing scholars, the saints
and the virtuous when they envy
		
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			their obedience and attentive to
God Most High and majestic is he
		
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			and revere them for it. They are
acting well and in obedience, and
		
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			it is for them a sign of good
fortune and success. It may even
		
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			attract and lead them to emulate
those people of virtue, tread
		
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			their pads, engage in the good
works they do, and acquire their
		
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			praiseworthy attributes. This
		
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			does in fact frequently occur, we
have heard that a group of
		
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			heedless and mixed. So now he's
going to tie this into a story. So
		
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			this is the way he begins. And
what he does here is he's
		
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			juxtaposing
		
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			the people of the dunya dunya, the
people of this world to the Al
		
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			Ophira, the people of the
Hereafter. And ultimately,
		
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			everyone is living here in this
world. But what he means here is
		
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			is that the people whose priority
is to prepare for the aka for the
		
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			hereafter, and people whose that
primary preoccupation is, with the
		
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			things of this world.
		
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			So he says, when the people of
this world, and he refers to him
		
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			as the distracted, and those who
mix good with evil acts, so
		
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			different ways of depicting or
describing these people, give
		
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			their love to the people of the
hereafter. So notice here is that
		
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			someone could be one of these
worldly people, they're heed this,
		
00:31:01 --> 00:31:05
			they're preoccupied with that
doing things, oftentimes, they
		
00:31:05 --> 00:31:08
			shouldn't do. But there's a
difference between them doing
		
00:31:08 --> 00:31:14
			those things, and that who their
heart loves. In here, this is one
		
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			of the ways that we start to
understand the importance of love.
		
00:31:18 --> 00:31:25
			And if it were a prerequisite to
that do what it is that the people
		
00:31:25 --> 00:31:29
			that you love, I specific in the
religious context do is that no
		
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			one would be able to love anyone.
Because this is the whole point is
		
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			that you might not be able to,
you're not going to be able to do
		
00:31:36 --> 00:31:41
			what the great righteous people do
for the most part, but the door to
		
00:31:41 --> 00:31:45
			love them is still open. And this
is why we read their stories, you
		
00:31:45 --> 00:31:49
			will hear people that criticize
people that read the stories of
		
00:31:49 --> 00:31:53
			the righteous, and they say you're
trying to expect people to live up
		
00:31:53 --> 00:31:56
			to a standard that no one can
attain. And the fact of the matter
		
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			is, is that this is not how we
should understand this is that on
		
00:32:00 --> 00:32:04
			the contrary, it's at learning
that in these stories, reading
		
00:32:04 --> 00:32:07
			them reciting them, that what
happens, your heart starts to
		
00:32:07 --> 00:32:11
			attach to them, and you start to
love them. And precisely because
		
00:32:11 --> 00:32:15
			you can't reach that what it is
that they have that reached is
		
00:32:15 --> 00:32:19
			that your love of them, will at
least pull you in the direction
		
00:32:21 --> 00:32:23
			and to help you try to emulate
them. So this is what he's going
		
00:32:23 --> 00:32:28
			to say here is as that how there's
a benefit in having that love,
		
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			even if that you're not from these
people. So he says give their love
		
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			to the people of the Hereafter the
practicing scholars, the saints
		
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			and the virtuous, these different
groups of people. The ultimate
		
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			Emmeline are the practicing
scholars, the odia and the Saudi
		
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			hain, this saints in the virtuous,
when they envy their obedience
		
00:32:47 --> 00:32:50
			envy here in the positive sense,
it's actually a flip flop. There's
		
00:32:50 --> 00:32:53
			negative envy and those positive
envy, negative interviews where
		
00:32:53 --> 00:32:57
			you want that blessing removed
from someone. Positive envy is
		
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			where you see someone who's been
given a blessing. You don't want
		
00:33:00 --> 00:33:03
			that blessing to be removed from
them, but you want to resemble
		
00:33:03 --> 00:33:06
			them, and you want to have that
same blessing. That's a positive
		
00:33:06 --> 00:33:12
			thing. And attentiveness to Allah,
hi in majestic kissy and revere
		
00:33:12 --> 00:33:17
			them for it. They're acting well,
and in obedience in it is for them
		
00:33:17 --> 00:33:22
			a sign of good fortune, and
success. And he says it may even
		
00:33:22 --> 00:33:26
			attract and lead them to emulate
those people a virtue tread their
		
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			paths, engaged in the good works,
they do, and acquire their
		
00:33:30 --> 00:33:35
			praiseworthy attributes. This
does, in fact, frequently occur.
		
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			So again, the importance of this
is something that we really need
		
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			to do on a regular basis is read
the biographies of the righteous.
		
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			And this is a genre that
increasingly more and more books
		
00:33:49 --> 00:33:54
			are available in English. And then
we even have people that have
		
00:33:54 --> 00:33:58
			converted in our times, for
instance, and have documented the
		
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			stories of the great people that
they've met. And the book of
		
00:34:01 --> 00:34:06
			Michael Cedric is the one that
comes to mind that at the moment,
		
00:34:07 --> 00:34:10
			and that there are others that
have written that books in our
		
00:34:10 --> 00:34:15
			time as well. However, that this
we need to that write more books
		
00:34:15 --> 00:34:18
			of the sword, so that we don't
think that these are just things
		
00:34:18 --> 00:34:23
			that people experienced centuries
ago, know many of these stories
		
00:34:23 --> 00:34:26
			that our teachers themselves, who
converted right here in these
		
00:34:26 --> 00:34:31
			lands, they experienced them. And
some of them, we're not even
		
00:34:31 --> 00:34:37
			scholarly people. And one of the
example of these blessings stories
		
00:34:37 --> 00:34:41
			is that Michael Cedric mentioned
this is a he says that one time he
		
00:34:41 --> 00:34:45
			was in the Haram and I'm
paraphrasing the story.
		
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			And there was a group of people
that they were talking
		
00:34:51 --> 00:34:55
			and that there was a particular
friend of his
		
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			who used to like to pay for people
to
		
00:35:00 --> 00:35:03
			Go from Mecca to visit the Prophet
and Medina sold a lot, he said.
		
00:35:04 --> 00:35:08
			And he saw someone do this. And he
that made the intention that I
		
00:35:08 --> 00:35:12
			want to do that one day, I want to
give someone money to go visit
		
00:35:12 --> 00:35:17
			Medina. So he says one day they're
sitting down together. And this
		
00:35:17 --> 00:35:19
			would appear to be a strange man
		
00:35:20 --> 00:35:24
			that just comes into the
gathering, and just sits among
		
00:35:24 --> 00:35:27
			them, you can imagine you're
sitting right there with people,
		
00:35:27 --> 00:35:30
			you know, and someone who you
don't know just comes in, plops
		
00:35:30 --> 00:35:32
			down and sits right in the
gathering with you.
		
00:35:34 --> 00:35:37
			And that he extends his hand he
says, Give me charity.
		
00:35:39 --> 00:35:42
			And so that some of the people
kind of look at him like, okay,
		
00:35:42 --> 00:35:46
			that's, you know, poor manners.
You're right in front of the
		
00:35:46 --> 00:35:49
			Kaaba, to come into a gathering to
interrupt and to ask for charity.
		
00:35:50 --> 00:35:52
			So he said, in his mind, he just
kind of in his heart just kind of
		
00:35:53 --> 00:35:57
			turned away and didn't really pay
much attention. And then that
		
00:35:57 --> 00:36:02
			someone was going to give him some
money, this man. And then he says,
		
00:36:02 --> 00:36:06
			he says, No, I want it from you.
And you actually points it,
		
00:36:06 --> 00:36:10
			Michael, he says, I want it from
you. I want to go to Medina.
		
00:36:12 --> 00:36:17
			And it just hit him. And he
realized that, okay, this is not
		
00:36:17 --> 00:36:21
			your normal person. This is a very
special person. And so he
		
00:36:21 --> 00:36:25
			immediately gave him the funds to
go to Medina. These types of
		
00:36:25 --> 00:36:31
			things are examples, and there are
many, many others, anyhow, is that
		
00:36:31 --> 00:36:34
			there's amazing things that happen
when you let your heart that fall
		
00:36:34 --> 00:36:38
			in love with the truly righteous,
it will oftentimes pull you
		
00:36:38 --> 00:36:42
			towards that great good. And you
mentioned this beautiful story
		
00:36:42 --> 00:36:43
			here by one of the
		
00:36:44 --> 00:36:47
			early people Vishal even at
hearth, known as bishop Hill
		
00:36:47 --> 00:36:48
			happy.
		
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			We have heard that a group of
heedless and mixed up people
		
00:36:58 --> 00:37:02
			gathered one day and sent one of
their number with 20 Durham's to
		
00:37:02 --> 00:37:06
			buy fruits, perfume and other
things to live in their gathering.
		
00:37:07 --> 00:37:10
			He went to the market and found
everyone crowding around a
		
00:37:10 --> 00:37:14
			watermelon, each eager to buy it.
The reason being that bishop had
		
00:37:14 --> 00:37:18
			been ill had it had touched it
with his hand.
		
00:37:20 --> 00:37:23
			The man bought it for all the
money he had and took it back to
		
00:37:23 --> 00:37:27
			his companions. We had taken him
long to return. So they asked him,
		
00:37:27 --> 00:37:31
			you took such a long time, you
returned with only this
		
00:37:31 --> 00:37:35
			watermelon. He replied, This
watermelon possesses something
		
00:37:35 --> 00:37:39
			wondrous. They asked what that
might be. And he said, bishop had
		
00:37:39 --> 00:37:43
			been al Hadith, has touched it
with his hand, and I competed for
		
00:37:43 --> 00:37:48
			it until I acquired it for all the
money. They asked, and who might
		
00:37:48 --> 00:37:52
			this bishop be? A servant, he
replied, who has obeyed God, and
		
00:37:52 --> 00:37:57
			was honored by him? Hearing this,
they exclaimed to each other, if
		
00:37:57 --> 00:38:01
			the man of obedience ends up being
so honored by God, the Exalted in
		
00:38:01 --> 00:38:05
			this world, how will it be for him
in the Hereafter, they all
		
00:38:05 --> 00:38:09
			repented and abandoned their
frivolous and futile activities.
		
00:38:09 --> 00:38:14
			And so this is a an an example.
And there are many, this is one
		
00:38:14 --> 00:38:18
			that a mama had dad includes in
his work. And the point of the
		
00:38:18 --> 00:38:20
			story is, is that not that this is
always going to happen to
		
00:38:20 --> 00:38:26
			everyone. But is it people who
that make good intentions, is that
		
00:38:26 --> 00:38:29
			this are types of things that can
happen. And what we take from this
		
00:38:29 --> 00:38:35
			is, is that when you are around
good people, from the blessing of
		
00:38:35 --> 00:38:38
			their presence, the best of you
comes out.
		
00:38:39 --> 00:38:43
			And this is the whole purpose of
the inheritors of the prophets.
		
00:38:43 --> 00:38:48
			Their whole purpose is to bring
out the best in you, every single
		
00:38:48 --> 00:38:53
			one of us has an Adamic potential,
we all have a potential. And the
		
00:38:53 --> 00:38:57
			truly righteous are those who
bring out your individual
		
00:38:57 --> 00:39:02
			potential, what is your potential
as an individual, they bring out
		
00:39:02 --> 00:39:06
			the best of you. And they cover
the worst of you.
		
00:39:07 --> 00:39:10
			And the way they do is they cover
up the worst of you with the best
		
00:39:10 --> 00:39:15
			of you. And so the veil your
faults, and that they bring out
		
00:39:15 --> 00:39:19
			the good that is in you. And this
is the way that they are. And that
		
00:39:19 --> 00:39:23
			you find that when you're in their
presence, is that they're almost
		
00:39:23 --> 00:39:28
			always positive. Their presence is
uplifting. When you leave their
		
00:39:28 --> 00:39:32
			presence, you feel good, that you
might have been heavy, you might
		
00:39:32 --> 00:39:35
			have been stressed out. You might
have been anxious or whatever,
		
00:39:35 --> 00:39:39
			that you leave their presence you
feel better, and that you feel
		
00:39:39 --> 00:39:42
			relieved that you feel like a
burden has been lifted from your
		
00:39:42 --> 00:39:46
			shoulders. These are the people
that we want to be around. And
		
00:39:46 --> 00:39:49
			that this is the purpose is that
we come together to learn this is
		
00:39:49 --> 00:39:53
			the purpose that we congregate for
gatherings of remembrance and so
		
00:39:53 --> 00:39:59
			forth, is so that we can that have
the best of ourselves, be brought
		
00:39:59 --> 00:39:59
			out
		
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			And it's like anything else,
everything has a potential. Every
		
00:40:03 --> 00:40:07
			seed has a potential to be
whatever tree that that seed is
		
00:40:07 --> 00:40:11
			from. But did you plant it? Did
you put it under the ground? The
		
00:40:11 --> 00:40:15
			correct distance? Did you water
it? Did you nurture it. So whether
		
00:40:15 --> 00:40:18
			or not a seed is going to
ultimately be a fruit bearing
		
00:40:18 --> 00:40:23
			tree, that is one thing, but it
exists, it exists in the potential
		
00:40:23 --> 00:40:28
			of that seed. And likewise, in the
heart of every single human being,
		
00:40:28 --> 00:40:32
			lies the greatest potential of
all, which is to come to know our
		
00:40:32 --> 00:40:37
			Lord subhanho wa taala. So in this
case, this was merely a watermelon
		
00:40:37 --> 00:40:40
			that vitiated Hadith that touched
		
00:40:42 --> 00:40:45
			and that bishop would have you
wish it had been and had attached.
		
00:40:46 --> 00:40:51
			And so there was a blessing in it.
And that there is truth to
		
00:40:51 --> 00:40:55
			blessing and blessing people, and
blessing plaisance and lesson
		
00:40:55 --> 00:41:01
			times, and when you're exposed to
that blessing, is that one of the
		
00:41:02 --> 00:41:07
			great things that happens is
transformation. And sometimes
		
00:41:07 --> 00:41:10
			these people are not who we expect
them to be. Sometimes they don't
		
00:41:10 --> 00:41:14
			dress even like that very
religious people seem to dress
		
00:41:14 --> 00:41:16
			Sometimes they're very simple
people. Sometimes they're not even
		
00:41:16 --> 00:41:21
			very articulate, and that
oftentimes are overlooked. And
		
00:41:21 --> 00:41:24
			people deem them to be
insignificant. But their presence,
		
00:41:24 --> 00:41:29
			there's immense blessing, immense
blessing, just in their presence,
		
00:41:29 --> 00:41:34
			and all kinds of things happen
when they come to a place, or they
		
00:41:34 --> 00:41:38
			just make a prayer in a place. Or
they that make a prayer for
		
00:41:38 --> 00:41:42
			someone, and so forth and so on.
And that most of the benefit is
		
00:41:42 --> 00:41:46
			actually intangible, and it's not
witnessed. So these are the people
		
00:41:46 --> 00:41:50
			that we want to seek out, and that
especially for our children, as it
		
00:41:50 --> 00:41:54
			it's always a good idea to ask
people that you believe to be
		
00:41:54 --> 00:41:57
			special to pray for your children.
And this is the way of the people
		
00:41:57 --> 00:41:59
			who came before us is that they
would bring their children to the
		
00:41:59 --> 00:42:03
			righteous, so that the righteous
could that make dua for them, and
		
00:42:03 --> 00:42:07
			so that they could hopefully, that
attain the blessing of that dua
		
00:42:08 --> 00:42:08
			type.
		
00:42:13 --> 00:42:17
			Events like these are frequent
occurrences for unaware and he
		
00:42:17 --> 00:42:20
			lists people when they take to
respecting and loving those
		
00:42:20 --> 00:42:23
			possessed of Taqwa and
attentiveness to God.
		
00:42:24 --> 00:42:29
			On the other hand, when people of
the hereafter and of attentiveness
		
00:42:29 --> 00:42:32
			give their love to the unaware and
mixed up, people of the world,
		
00:42:33 --> 00:42:37
			begin to appreciate them find
their condition pleasant and envy
		
00:42:37 --> 00:42:41
			their enjoyment of the world's
passions and manifold pleasures.
		
00:42:41 --> 00:42:45
			This indicates that their power of
discernment is weak, the
		
00:42:45 --> 00:42:49
			resolution crumbling and that they
have little or no sincerity in
		
00:42:49 --> 00:42:52
			their traveling toward God, the
Exalted and the hereafter. Okay,
		
00:42:52 --> 00:42:56
			so his we don't want his statement
to be misunderstood. So let's look
		
00:42:56 --> 00:42:59
			at this a little bit more closely.
So he says on the other hand, when
		
00:42:59 --> 00:43:02
			the people of the Hereafter ie
these categories that were
		
00:43:02 --> 00:43:06
			previously mentioned, the rightly
guided scholar, the Olia saints,
		
00:43:06 --> 00:43:12
			to Salah hain, the righteous, the
virtuous, is that when that these
		
00:43:12 --> 00:43:14
			are people that are dedicating
their life, or the majority of
		
00:43:14 --> 00:43:20
			their time to the hereafter, is
that if that they love the people
		
00:43:20 --> 00:43:24
			of the dunya, for the sake of the
dunya, this is what he means by
		
00:43:24 --> 00:43:27
			her. Because you're supposed to
love all human beings from the
		
00:43:27 --> 00:43:32
			standpoint that they're creations
of God. But that what he means
		
00:43:32 --> 00:43:36
			here is loving them for the sake
of the world. Love really is true
		
00:43:36 --> 00:43:41
			love is love only for the sake of
Allah subhanho wa taala. And you
		
00:43:41 --> 00:43:45
			love what Allah loves, and you
just like what he dislikes. So
		
00:43:45 --> 00:43:49
			here it means loving them for the
sake of the world. And what he
		
00:43:49 --> 00:43:55
			means by that appreciate them here
is that is that what Malou Elohim
		
00:43:56 --> 00:43:59
			is that they inclined towards
them. In other words, the worldly
		
00:43:59 --> 00:44:02
			pleasures they're inclining
towards, will start to know how
		
00:44:02 --> 00:44:05
			Allah whom they find their
condition, pleasant, in other
		
00:44:05 --> 00:44:10
			words, is that that's they find
that they inclined towards that
		
00:44:10 --> 00:44:17
			wanting to be in that same state.
And that having again, that envy
		
00:44:17 --> 00:44:21
			for their enjoyment of the world's
passions and manifold pleasures.
		
00:44:22 --> 00:44:25
			His point here is is that this is
not befitting of the people who
		
00:44:25 --> 00:44:28
			dedicate themselves to the alcara
is that it doesn't mean that they
		
00:44:28 --> 00:44:31
			don't show love to these people
they do, but they don't incline
		
00:44:31 --> 00:44:36
			towards what those people have. In
fact, they turn away from it. And
		
00:44:36 --> 00:44:40
			this is something that we have to
suffer. And this is a universal
		
00:44:40 --> 00:44:45
			people do not respect religious
people who covet the world. This
		
00:44:45 --> 00:44:49
			is usually the case. People don't
respect religious people who covet
		
00:44:50 --> 00:44:54
			the possessions of others who want
what they have, in a worldly sense
		
00:44:55 --> 00:44:59
			is that we should realize is that
it doesn't mean that that those
		
00:44:59 --> 00:44:59
			are worldly
		
00:45:00 --> 00:45:03
			possessions can't be a blessing
for someone they can. But it's not
		
00:45:03 --> 00:45:06
			something that is coveted in and
of itself, in other words he's
		
00:45:06 --> 00:45:10
			teaching us is that we need to
that distance ourself from the
		
00:45:10 --> 00:45:16
			attachments, you can have worldly
things, you can have a nice that
		
00:45:16 --> 00:45:20
			living, you can have a nice house
in a nice car. But the key is not
		
00:45:20 --> 00:45:22
			to have your heart attached to it.
		
00:45:23 --> 00:45:27
			And not to desire those that live
in a bigger house or to have a
		
00:45:27 --> 00:45:31
			more expensive car or have a more
high paying job and so forth and
		
00:45:31 --> 00:45:34
			so on. To protect your heart from
that. No.
		
00:45:40 --> 00:45:44
			Just as this world just as this
world is vile and insignificant
		
00:45:44 --> 00:45:49
			with all that it contains so to is
he who has desire, greed and
		
00:45:49 --> 00:45:53
			attachment for its passions and
pleasures, and is excessively
		
00:45:53 --> 00:45:57
			concerned with acquiring and
developing them. Thus, when people
		
00:45:57 --> 00:46:00
			of the Hereafter become such that
they envy and respect those of
		
00:46:00 --> 00:46:05
			that description, they may end up
even lonelier than them in degree,
		
00:46:05 --> 00:46:09
			lesser in goodness, and baser an
ambition Sastra raffia
		
00:46:10 --> 00:46:13
			On the contrary, people of
religion and the hereafter must
		
00:46:13 --> 00:46:18
			raise their ambition rise above
people, or excuse me, rise above
		
00:46:18 --> 00:46:22
			finding security in the world and
its people and be repelled and
		
00:46:22 --> 00:46:26
			disgusted by all his passions and
fleeting pleasures, for in
		
00:46:26 --> 00:46:31
			reality, these are but foul defile
defiling filth. So he wants our
		
00:46:31 --> 00:46:34
			perspective to be clear. Now these
are not necessarily things that we
		
00:46:34 --> 00:46:37
			say outward, he's talking about
perspective. And he's given us a
		
00:46:37 --> 00:46:43
			perspective so that we we see the
world for what it is. And again,
		
00:46:43 --> 00:46:46
			it doesn't mean that you don't
take part in it. What he's doing
		
00:46:46 --> 00:46:52
			is giving us a tool to give it to
have a perspective. And this is
		
00:46:52 --> 00:46:56
			that requires a bit of spiritual
struggle. Is it where you can
		
00:46:56 --> 00:47:00
			outwardly be with people, and you
eat with them when they eat and
		
00:47:00 --> 00:47:04
			you talk with them when you talk
but your heart is with Allah.
		
00:47:05 --> 00:47:08
			That's really the goal is that in
any given moment, you're doing
		
00:47:08 --> 00:47:12
			exactly what Allah wants you to
do. And outwardly with the people.
		
00:47:13 --> 00:47:16
			Outwardly you're doing what you
should be doing but your heart is
		
00:47:16 --> 00:47:17
			with Allah Jalla Jalla Allah.
		
00:47:19 --> 00:47:19
			Okay.
		
00:47:21 --> 00:47:26
			The world has been likened to
putrid Karen, and to disgusting
		
00:47:26 --> 00:47:30
			refuse. In the words of the
Messenger of God Himself, Allahu
		
00:47:30 --> 00:47:35
			alayhi wa sallam, and those of the
righteous predecessors. The world
		
00:47:35 --> 00:47:40
			is putrid. Karen says one Hadith
saw dzifa as era and if you ever
		
00:47:40 --> 00:47:45
			been and you smell the dead
animal, how horrible it is. Right?
		
00:47:45 --> 00:47:50
			It smells terrible. When you pass
by that a carrion is basically a
		
00:47:50 --> 00:47:55
			dead and slaughtered animal you
smell it smells terrible. And he's
		
00:47:55 --> 00:47:58
			saying is that the world in and of
itself insofar as it is
		
00:47:58 --> 00:48:03
			disconnected from Allah. In
itself, it's like a dead cow. It's
		
00:48:03 --> 00:48:04
			a putrid corpse.
		
00:48:06 --> 00:48:10
			It was like into that filth which
is expelled from man's gut and the
		
00:48:10 --> 00:48:16
			Hadith of Al Dahuk al Fidel Ibn II
had, where he said were I to be
		
00:48:16 --> 00:48:21
			told, take the world it is listed
there permissible. You take what
		
00:48:21 --> 00:48:26
			you want from take the world it is
listed there will be no asking to
		
00:48:26 --> 00:48:30
			account. I would still be as
repelled by it as any of you is
		
00:48:30 --> 00:48:35
			repelled by a carcass he passes
by, in which he fears may foul his
		
00:48:35 --> 00:48:35
			clothes.
		
00:48:37 --> 00:48:43
			LDF Fei, Yaffe el Yaffe relates in
one of his books, the story of the
		
00:48:43 --> 00:48:47
			vizier who wants went out with the
magnificent escort which so
		
00:48:47 --> 00:48:51
			impressed a group of strangers
that they kept inquiring who is
		
00:48:51 --> 00:48:55
			he? Or who he was, until a woman
by the roadside replied, how long
		
00:48:55 --> 00:49:01
			will he go on asking who is this?
Who is this? This is a servant who
		
00:49:01 --> 00:49:05
			has fallen from the consideration
of God the Exalted and has been
		
00:49:05 --> 00:49:10
			afflicted by him with that which
you now behold. Over here in this,
		
00:49:10 --> 00:49:14
			the vizier returned to the king
requesting to be relieved from
		
00:49:14 --> 00:49:20
			office. Then as a penitent, he
went to Mecca, the noble where he
		
00:49:20 --> 00:49:23
			remained until he died. So this is
very different. We spoken about
		
00:49:23 --> 00:49:26
			this before. But this whole idea
of the Protestant work ethic one
		
00:49:26 --> 00:49:32
			of those principles being that Oh,
because that we are very well off
		
00:49:32 --> 00:49:37
			materially, this is a sign that we
are beloved to Allah, and that
		
00:49:37 --> 00:49:42
			this is not the Muslim
perspective. And there is not a
		
00:49:42 --> 00:49:45
			correlation between being well off
in between being beloved to Allah.
		
00:49:46 --> 00:49:49
			It's actually if anything, it's
the opposite. Now, certainly
		
00:49:49 --> 00:49:54
			someone who has that wealth and
worldly things can be close to
		
00:49:54 --> 00:49:58
			Allah. There's no doubt about
that. But the sign of us being
		
00:49:58 --> 00:49:59
			close to Allah is not
		
00:50:00 --> 00:50:04
			Now that we are well off in the
material sense, and that a good
		
00:50:04 --> 00:50:08
			portion of not the vast majority
of truly righteous people, and
		
00:50:08 --> 00:50:14
			even scholars as it very simply,
and so that this is at the level
		
00:50:14 --> 00:50:18
			of perspective here. And so if you
look at how this lady, this
		
00:50:18 --> 00:50:22
			elderly lady interpreted this,
that people are impressed by this
		
00:50:22 --> 00:50:26
			individual and his retinue in his
horse, probably in his clothes and
		
00:50:27 --> 00:50:30
			everything, everyone that was with
him, and the procession that was
		
00:50:30 --> 00:50:34
			taking place before that, who is
this? Who is this? And that she
		
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			just responded by saying, why you
keep it? How long? Are you going
		
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			to keep asking, Who is this? Who
is this? Right? This is a server
		
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			and who has fallen from the
consideration of Allah. Right, she
		
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			saw the fact that him being in
this procession dressed as he is
		
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			doing, what he's doing is a sign
that his portion was limited to a
		
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			portion of this world. This was a
very different perspective than
		
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			the vast majority of the people of
the world, if you look at the vast
		
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			majority of people who they want
to be like, and what they would
		
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			wish to have, how people just
would do anything to be in that
		
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			magazine, or that on that
television show, or to know so and
		
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			so people would give their souls
for these things. And that what
		
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			he's teaching us here is this is
not the way forward this is not
		
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			the religious life. We want to be
like the truly religious people,
		
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			and the common sight of all
religious people, not just in
		
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			Prophetic teachings, even more so
in Christian teachings, even more
		
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			so that in other that previous
religions, Islam is something that
		
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			really, that joins between the
outward and the inward. But if you
		
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			look at the stories that are
associated with the Prophet Jesus,
		
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			at least, even the stories that
have come down through that Muslim
		
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			traditions of the Prophet Jesus,
Jesus, it son wasn't ascetic. He
		
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			was someone who completely turned
away from the world. We were just
		
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			mentioning how that he was known
his pillow was a rock. And how
		
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			many amazing stories do we have of
the acidic nature of the Prophet
		
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			Jesus? And this is why is that the
Sophia that people try to focus on
		
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			the science of Ersan is that they
tend to quote often the stories of
		
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			the Prophet Isa, Prophet Jesus
Elisa, because of his piety, and
		
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			the way that he turned away from
this world, anyhow, is that this
		
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			is the perspective that we must
have and that at least at the
		
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			level of perspective, we have
clarity then we can try to work on
		
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			ourselves in relation to what is
that we inclined towards? Because
		
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			just finished the last two
paragraphs
		
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			won't be people of religion and
the hereafter behold worldly
		
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			people eager to accumulate and
preoccupied with passions, they
		
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			must feel sorry for them and pray
that they should be freed and
		
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			saved from what they have fallen,
		
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			fallen prey to in turning away
from God, the Exalted and
		
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			heedlessness of the Hereafter,
which is their becoming and their
		
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			appointed times.
		
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			How different is that to what we
just mentioned? So people have
		
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			deemed people religion and the
hereafter, when they see people of
		
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			the world eager to accumulate and
be preoccupied with past they must
		
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			feel sorry for them.
		
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			Right where it's not, oh, I wish I
had with that, that the correct
		
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			religious responses to feel sorry
for someone that in your hope that
		
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			they be freed and saved what
they've been that they've fallen
		
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			prey to?
		
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			God forbid.
		
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			God forbid that the people of the
Hereafter should wish to become
		
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			like them. It is only so with
those who lacked discernment,
		
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			sincerity with God the Exalted,
true detachment or desire for the
		
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			better and more permanent last
abode. He who is so will have
		
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			exchanged that which is better and
longer lasting for that which is
		
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			base, he will have failed to
appreciate the value of God's
		
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			favorite to him when he chose for
him to have him press toward him,
		
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			and the permanent last abode and
preserve him from the affliction
		
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			of turning a wave and forgetting
Him, August and majestic is he in
		
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			the pursuit of this ephemeral,
lowly valueless world? The
		
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			Messenger of God, so Allahu alayhi
wa sallam said, had the world
		
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			weighed in the sight of God's so
much as the wing of a gnat. He
		
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			would never have given a
disbelievers sip of its water.
		
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			There are many other well known
Hadith in this regard. Success is
		
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			in the land of God and success is
in the hand of God. The whole
		
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			matter belongs to him. There is
neither ability nor power saved by
		
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			God, transcendent and exalted as
he
		
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			give us tofi can open up the doors
of understanding and bless us to
		
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			be people knowledge and wisdom.
		
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			them may Allah to Allah bus system
inclined towards the hereafter and
		
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			to prepare day in and day out and
return to him and all of our
		
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			different states Subhana wa Tada.
Also Allah had as even Muhammad
		
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			denied it was obvious and
mysterious AlFar to hide 100
		
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			Attend to be