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Meet me Hey man, why Allah Minetta
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what do the good what healthcare
What do you find what is the fad?
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What has added Tomasi Makita
villa? Also not sort of sold he
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sold Allahu Allah send him What do
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to what Sheila had to add on my
daughter he awkward to be with
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Robbie subhanho wa Tada oh my god,
Mahalo and sod hadn't yet settled
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law. And yet, John in a minute, I
mean, that is in your opinion
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writing in your brain will happen,
the thing will result in a coma
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mad and whatever it is even more
stunning.
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Okay, so that we are again going
to go through a few of the
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intentions here.
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And we have reached the intentions
for what is known as Hello.
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And hello, is essentially
seclusion. It's going into a state
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where you are alone by yourself.
You free yourself up from
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distraction so that you can focus
on what is truly important.
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And we know that it was the way of
our prophets, Allah, Allah and He
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sent him is that he can hit the
Hala he used to go in the state of
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Hawaii, it's the same verb. And a
lot of hit up the cave of Iraq.
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Before that he received
prophethood before he received
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revelation, Salah lighly, do
Serbia send him this was his
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custom. And he would go for that
periods of time. And he would come
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back and get those Oh would take
provision, get provision. And then
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he would return. And his bless his
wife say to her Khadija was very
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supportive of him from even that
time. And that realizing is that
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this was something that was wanted
from him by his Lord for him to be
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in this state. And we don't know
much about the nature of the
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prophets worship. When he was in
the Hadith era, the narration says
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what kind of yet Johannes? And
that hint is that essentially,
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sin, its wrongdoing, and yet the
hand that is ridding oneself of
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it, of it. And obviously, we know
the prophesy centum didn't have
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that problem to begin with, as the
prophets are protected before and
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after receiving prophecy, from
major and minor sins, let alone
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that associating partners with a
loss of Panama data or that
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believing in something that is
that unbefitting for them to
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believe in. And so in other words,
is that the way you would look at
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that, because then the that
narration never nourish and says,
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Well, what tabloid, it's worship,
it's a form of worship. So we know
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that the Prophet was worshiping
the exact nature of what that
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worship was. Allah subhanaw taala
Haarlem, Allah to Allah knows
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best, but we know that he
worshipped, and we know that that
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time of being alone precedes his
receiving of Revelation.
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So there are some say, that point
to the importance
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of people, that being in a state
of isolation being in a state of
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seclusion, before that, they then
have openings and go out to
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benefit people. And that's
understood in in a
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relative sense in relation to each
person.
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And that if you look at it, it
makes sense. Even if someone's a
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physician, there's a time where
they are that focusing on their
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studies, they're in medical school
for however many years and that
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how often do they actually get to
see their family? How often do
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they get to see their friends,
it's a type of seclusion. And even
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in relation to studies, they're
focusing on something so that then
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when they graduate, and they go on
to do their residency, then that
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they're still in a type of
seclusion slightly, that the door
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opens up a little bit at for them
and so forth until they actually
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are licensed and then they start
practicing, but little by little,
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so everything we do, it's kind of
like that. So this is not a
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meaning that is not far from that
our intuition and what we
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understand the way that things
really should be. And that if you
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even look at a plant and a seed
that grows is that a seed has to
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be buried under the earth. This is
why I said city of an alternative
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secondary says it fair enough
sucker out that hole, bury
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yourself in the earth obscurity
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as you said, because is that
anything that is exposed too
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quickly, it won't reach its
fruition.
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If that a that sprout is exposed
too quickly, to a wind or
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rainstorm, is it it could easily
get washed away? If it stepped on
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that it could put an into it very
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easily. And so it's very delicate
at first, until it grows and grows
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and grows and grows and human
beings are like that. And this is
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the way that teachers tend to be
with their students is that they
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want to give them time to grow,
they want to give them time to
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learn. And even it's like that in
their own spiritual lives, it
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doesn't mean that you don't want
to help people, no, you want to
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help everyone on Earth, if
possible. But you also have to
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know where you're at in the
moment, and you can't overextend
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yourself. And you have to know
what your limits are. And it's
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actually very dangerous to
overextend yourself, and to not
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understand your limits. And it's
one of the most beautiful things
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of all, in a traditional setting,
and aromas very clearly from what
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attended even also when I was
studying in Yemen, is that you see
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the different students that along
the way that some were very early
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on in their study, some are
advanced in their studies, some
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had finished their basic studies,
and were starting to teach others
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were seasoned teachers. And then
you have the great shoe, and the
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great teachers who are also
teachers of teachers.
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And you get to see kind of what
they do and what they don't do at
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every stage. And that they're very
careful. And they're very clear on
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what they can't do. They know
their limits. And they stop there.
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And they say, Well, this is how I
can help you. And anything beyond
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that I'm going to send you to so
and so. And this is very important
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in what in the world, but also in
relation to the dean. So that's a
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little preface for the importance
of seclusion that relates to
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stages in our lives. But it also,
as we go through the various
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stages of our lives, happens on a
regular basis. So even if we're
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not fully in a state of seclusion
or isolation, that at least a part
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of the day, we should be in a
state of seclusion or isolation,
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at least a part of the day, even
if it only be five minutes, where
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we're focusing on the relationship
with Allah subhanaw taala. And in
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all of this, whenever we go into a
state of halwa, what intention do
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we make? Or what intentions do we
make? And he's going to mention a
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few. He says the first is that you
devote yourself to, to worship.
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And so when you're in Hello,
that's a time to block everything
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else out in focus yourself on the
worship Allah Tada. We were just
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recording that before the session.
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A lecture from the Bookman, how's
it Aberdeen, the path of the
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worshipers of normal Rosati. And
it's a beautiful book. And he has
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what I call the aka Saba the seven
hurdles and obstacles on the way
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to Allah subhanaw taala. And the
first is knowledge, the second is
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repentance. And the third is that
he calls them our EQ. And there's
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four impediments, and one of them
is the world. And one of the
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things that he says about the
nature of the dunya is that the
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more that we have of it, the more
preoccupied we become law hidden
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and vaulting, outward and
inwardly.
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And I know that just by now living
in a house Subhan Allah, the
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amount of time that it takes just
for the upkeep of a house, y'all
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law, it's one thing if you're
renting, it's a lot easier if
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you're renting, but just the
upkeep of a house, that all of a
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sudden today, one of the fire
alarms starts beeping, and you got
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to make sure you have batteries,
and you realize you don't have
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batteries. So you either have to
order them, or you have to go out
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and get them. And you have to wait
and tolerate the beeping, and go
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or detach it. And then that you
have to if you have a water
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softener, you have to make sure
that you have enough that salt and
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then all of a sudden, an ice
bridge is created in your water
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softener. And you have to call
specialists and wait several days
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for him to come out, take time out
of your day to meet him, and he
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shows you how to do it. And then
you have to change your air
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filters. And then you have to
service that your H vac system in
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the spring. And in the fall, it
makes sure the AC and the heat are
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all working. And then your
basement might flood and you have
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to fix the drain, and you have to
make sure that the drain doesn't
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clog and that the leaves are all
swept up. And you might add on
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something to your house. And
that's a whole process that takes
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a lot of time. It's just constant
and you didn't realize oh my god
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my gutters are my gutters are
filled with that leaves, I gotta
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get that taken care of. It's just
one thing after the other, my sump
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pump now has issues on I gotta get
that fixed. And just the amount of
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time that goes into the upkeep of
a house or just even cleaning a
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house, keeping the carpets clean
or keeping the dishes washed or
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anything, the amount of time that
goes into one house,
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let alone if you had to let alone
if you had three or four, or
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several properties, or that if you
have investments all over the
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place and a whole bunch of
different things. And the point
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is, is that the nature of the
world is that it preoccupies us,
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outwardly and inwardly, outwardly
because
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have, you have to spend all that
time doing those things in it's a
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significant amount of time. If you
just look at everything that we
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need now in the modern world, you
add in all your doctor's
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appointments, and all of your
dentist appointments and going to
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the cleaners, and that making sure
everything's okay for the kids
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school and going to figure out
what's going on. All of these
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things that we have an after
school activities are how they
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would go to the villa, that in of
itself is a lot
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in and of itself. And then you
start adding, let alone you have
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another property, like we have
here. And everything goes along
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with that. It's like having two
and a half homes, because it's a
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bigger property. And, oh, all of a
sudden that you haven't you find
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yourself outwardly having to spend
a significant amount of time until
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you can hire someone just put on
their shoulders.
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But he's not paying attention.
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Or maybe he is, but then inwardly
as well, you're alone, because
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you're constantly thinking, oh my
god, I forgot this, oh, my god, I
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gotta do this. And, and if you if
you if you're not constantly
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thinking about it, something slips
through the cracks.
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And so you have to think about it.
But the point here is, it's just,
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you're preoccupied. Now, if you
make a righteous intention, it's
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not that you don't get rewarded
for it. But it distracts you from
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worship, there's no doubt about
that. Because sometimes, these
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things will come to you while
you're in prayer, these things
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will come to you that, you know,
at times, you should be focusing
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on other things. And that the
point here is, is that this is why
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it's so important, is that we have
times during the day where we just
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devote ourselves to worship, and
you leave your phone outside, and
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that you don't let anything
distract you in that time you
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force it out of your mind, as
difficult as and you just focus.
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And that's very difficult and
different people can process that
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in different ways. And sometimes
you have a list of 100 things to
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do. There's only so many hours you
have in one day. And to be able to
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that stop at a certain point, take
a break in focus on your deen,
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it's essential that we learn how
to do that. And it's not easy,
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it's essential, otherwise, you
just get completely overwhelmed.
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And then you can't do anything,
right? That job that you're
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supposed to be doing or the task
or the duty it's on your shoulders
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or that the religious side of
things. And especially for people
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where it's all or nothing. They're
either fully into something or
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fully not into something is that
we have to find that balance. And
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to be able to that separate all of
these other things are a part of
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our life, which they are and we
have to make intentions behind
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them. But we also have to have
times we just devote our hearts.
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And again, there's different
stages of our lives where this is
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relatively easier or more
difficult. And then that he says
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that you may be accepted by Allah.
Now that can be an intensity we
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make for a lot of various things.
But especially for Hello,
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especially when we're in that
state of Halawa. Yato accept us.
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You want a lot to accept you know,
one of the great duels that we can
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make is that Oh Allah, except us
in the state. We are in as we are.
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Oh Allah accept us as we are.
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Or another version of that is
Allah Mala Domina ADA ma indica.
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Liz Shirley Leisha reminder that,
Oh Allah do not forbid us, do not
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withhold from us the good that is
with you, that because of the evil
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that is with us, and so that you
realize you are I'm falling short,
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and despite my state, except me as
I am a Kabbalah Allah mafia,
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except us just as we are. So, but
then also, to protect people from
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your evil. They explicitly
mentioned this,
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to be very careful to go into
halwa with the intention of
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protecting yourself from the evil
of other people. Because there's
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very suddenly a type of self
righteousness, I'm going to
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protect myself from those people.
Or that's almost like a type of
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arrogance, where you're thinking
you're better than someone else.
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If you go into a state of
isolation if you move into a place
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to be somewhat isolated. And that
to be in a type of seclusion, is
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it your intention is your job, I
know who I am, when I'm around
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people, I'm protecting other
people from me. Right and not the
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opposite, even though he does
mention that from as one of the
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intentions with the focus is that
protecting people from our own
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evil, our own issues that when we
interact with them, but these are
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the type of things that happen.
And we make the intention to
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rectify our heart, as at those
times of seclusion that we have on
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a daily basis on a weekly basis on
a quarterly monthly or quarterly
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basis on a yearly basis, ideally,
that we have different levels of
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seclusion that we that put as that
part of our yearly schedule and
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And one of the intentions that we
make is to rectify our hearts and
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heal during those periods in ways
so that we can then get back to
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work and that help other people,
we also make the intention to
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expose ourselves to spiritual
openings.
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And this is one of the great times
that we are, especially
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that this is one of the great
times when we are that especially
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that receptive to spiritual
openings is when we're in a state
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of Ohio.
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There's there's no doubt about
that. You could receive an opening
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anytime. But when your heart is
focused, your heart is directed
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towards a lot to honor. You are
that in a much greater state in
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order to be able to receive and
the mercy of Allah subhanho What
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to Allah, and there are a number
of other intentions that we can
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make as well. And
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that he also mentions here that
the words of the great Sheikh
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Hasina Shakti, so we'll just read
through these has also mentioned
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10 benefits of halwa. So some of
these are intentions that you can
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make and some of them are seen as
benefits, safety and protection
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from the harm of the tongue,
safety and protection from the
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harm of gazing, shielding and
protecting the heart from
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ostentation flatterer and other
diseases, renouncing the world and
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its pleasures and feelings of
satisfaction towards it, safety
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from Bad Company and from mixing
with those who are based devoting
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yourself to worship the Quran the
resolve to be God fearing and
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pious to attain the sweetness of
obedience to comfort the heart and
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body since mixing with people
brings about the weariness of the
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heart, to protect yourself and
your religion from engaging in
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evil. And the disagreements that
arise from mixing with people. The
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ability to worship with reflection
and contemplation, which is the
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greatest aim of Halawa. And he
that have you saw I've mentioned
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here which is worth reading. What
needs to be stressed about Halawa
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is that is not meant to be
continuous. Just as a sick person
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spends a short spell in a hospital
to rid the body of illness, after
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which time he leaves the hospital
in better health, with stronger
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immunity and enjoying the grace of
health. Similarly, a Muslim who
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spends a short period of Halawa
will subsequently have a
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strengthened relationship with his
or her heart that has been
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replenished with immense
uncertainty. And there has been a
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book published recently, that I
haven't had the opportunity to
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read but it's been translated by
city that Soraka Abdul Aziz Abdul
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Aziz Soraka. The merits are the
benefits of seclusion. And Dr.
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Shadi wrote the foreword to it.
And it's a short treatise by
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Sheikh Abdullah honey and Abba
Lucy, where he they speak of some
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of the benefits of seclusion, and
the various times where it's
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especially
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encouraged. And, you know, we so
we shouldn't think that in all
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circumstances for all people, that
it's always about engaging,
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engaged and engaging. We have to
be balanced in general. Yes, we as
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believers contain a limited,
digitally NAS, you were the best
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of all communities sent forth to
people. So there's no doubt or
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diminish our religion, everything
about our deen that has a social
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dimension.
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And we can't deny that however,
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it doesn't mean that for every
person, and every time and at
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every stage of their life,
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is it many of those obligations or
community obligations are the
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whole point is certain people
fulfill them at certain times, and
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as you go through the various
stages in your life, is that you
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have what's best for you in any
given moment, as long as there's
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someone fulfilling those
obligations, that it removes the
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burden from the other. So it's,
it's, we have to look at things
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holistically, and let for our own
selves and for the community.
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There are times that we simply
have to be in a state of worship,
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it is healthy, to have people in
our community that are focusing on
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worship. And oftentimes these are
people that are means for the
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warding off of tribulation for the
entire community that we live in
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and are that some of the most
important people of all that not
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just for human beings but also for
animals and the environment and so
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forth the blessing of those people
that actually that that goes
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beyond merely the human sector and
goes as well into the other
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kingdoms as well.
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Clear so let's get on why not?
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Because I need this can you just
get the book from he's got it that
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was the 30th.
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This bin or homeowner who was so
that was salam ala Sayidina
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Muhammad in earlier so I'm gonna
send them
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from the book
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knowledge and wisdom. By Imam
Abdullah bin Ali will headed May
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Allah benefits through him I mean,
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the third chapter, good times and
evil times, where he says in every
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epoch, there has always existed
both good and evil, virtuous
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people and villain villains,
people who do good and others who
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corrupt when at a given time,
virtue, goodness, loyalty and
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righteous behavior and manifest
and predominant and corrupt error
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and their people are subdued and
inconspicuous. That time is set to
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be a good that time is said to be
good and righteous. Such were the
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times of the prophets on the law
who I knew he was setting them,
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and his right rightly guided
successors when the time and its
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people are predominantly evil and
corrupt, when good is scarce, and
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the virtuous, few and hidden. Such
times are attributed to evil and
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temptations and are said to be
evil and wicked times of
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temptations and afflictions. Thus,
our times thus our Times described
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according to the, according to
their predominant attributes, for
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no times are ever entirely without
good or evil, are current times
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and those immediately before them
are predominantly corrupt, evil
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and villainous. Good and virtue
are rare, and superior and
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virtuous people few and
conspicuous, subdued and
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vanquished God it is whose health
we seek, he is sufficient for us,
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and He is the best of custodians
Rashanna.
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So this means,
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in this short section, that email
her dad is reminding us about how
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to view our time. And this
actually, is, goes hand in hand
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with what we just took, by the way
of Halloween by intentions,
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because that accordingly, based
upon someone's assessment of their
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time, is the way that they will
respond and carry themselves in
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that particular time. And he's
pointing out the fact that, in
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every time there's always good and
evil, there's always good and evil
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in the world, even during the time
of the Prophet sallallaahu. Selim,
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if this time that we that think so
highly of that, for us is the
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model. There were companions who
did wrong, there's no doubt. Now
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out of other we have a particular
perspective about those companions
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is that we see that wrong from
those companions as being a means
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for us to come to know what to do
after them, when we actually do
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wrong. And we believe that they're
forgiven. We believe all of the
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companions that died upon Iman and
belief in our Prophet sallallaahu
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Selim, they are forgiven by Allah
to Allah and have attained the
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contentment of Allah. So they are
special, and that they are even
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that more special companions
amongst them. That, for instance,
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that those that the promises
inform us about from the battle of
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better is Allah, Allah, Allah,
that Allah Allah, Allah better,
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all along, if I do Machito that,
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that in Allah to Allah, that the
Prophet said is as if ALLAH
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SubhanA wa Tada had that said to
the people who fought in the
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Battle better, is that do whatever
it is that you want, is all of
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your sins are forgiven. And we
know that there were incidents
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where some of them that committed
very serious that
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infractions after that. And that
as this is something special for
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them, though. So anyhow, that in
every time there is good in there
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is evil. And, um, but if you think
about the number of companions
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that existed during the time of
the Prophet slice him, compared to
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the number of people in the world,
it was a tiny fraction. So there's
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no doubt that there's people that
even in their own society, let
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alone in the world, that we're not
doing good. And so that we're when
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we speak about these good times
these evil times as that we speak
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about them in a in a very specific
way. And whereas you could have a
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non Muslim historian who comes in
and says, Oh, well, their whole
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history is focused upon everything
from their own lens, and so forth.
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And, you know, bring in these ways
of viewing the world that make
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Muslim seem as if they're very
naive, and even uneducated in
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their presentation of their own
history. But their whole point is
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that they forget the whole purpose
of, uh, speaking about our quote,
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unquote, sacred history in the way
that we do.
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We speak about our sacred history
in that way. And we call them good
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times, especially these early
times the time of the prophet in
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the hood of our Rashi deen and the
time where there's an abundant
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amount more good than there is
evil. Is that from the standpoint
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of that, how you and I then will
internalize those same principles
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in our own time and be inspired by
their stuff?
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Rice,
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so is perfectly legitimate. And
that perfectly that balance for us
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to look at these times in this
way, because it's supposed to be a
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source of inspiration. And it
doesn't mean that things were
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perfect. On the contrary, they
were real people who went through
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real circumstances, who had to
make real decisions, and sometimes
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fall short in that, however, we
always have to remember to is that
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these were people that were
validated by a law.
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And that is one of those amazing
things, if you think about that.
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These are human beings. They were
human beings. They were human
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beings. However, these were human
beings that took these principles,
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put them into practice, and were
validated by a law
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in most people just simply can't
understand that, for some reason,
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it's very easy to understand. And
it's the same way that we look at
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the great scholars throughout the
centuries, that contributed to the
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development of the various
sciences of the deen, whether it
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be tafseer or Hadith or whether it
be fit or or soul or any of the
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other sciences lower, and on and
on and on, is that it's not that
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they were not assume only prophets
are divinely protected, but they
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were special people. And they were
people in themselves that were
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validated by Allah. And so the
opinion of someone that is
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validated by Allah is not like the
opinion of someone who's not
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validated, validated by Allah in a
number of different ways. And
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sometimes it can look very
similar, but it's different. It's
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different, because of the
validation by Allah subhanaw
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taala. And this is why that when
you have these people have tidied
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that come along, and renew the
deen in any given time and find
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ways to present the same realities
of the Quran, but in the tongue in
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understanding of the people of the
time, is that sometimes there's
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other people who attempt to do the
same thing, but their state with
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Allah is not the same, it doesn't
have the same result. And this is
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the reasons because these are not
people that right have been
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validated by Allah and what we
really mean by that is, is it
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people that Allah to Allah has
taken their affairs over, which is
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if you look at the word in Arabic,
Woody Walia Jelle has a number of
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meanings. One of it is to be
close, okay to be near. And it's
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also to be a patron of,
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into be in control of, and so that
when you take it to a added form
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to Allah, is to take the affairs
over of someone. So the Wali is
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the one that Allah Tala, Allah
Omoro, Allah has taken over that
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person's affair. Does it mean that
they don't act, of course they
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act, but it's not just about them
acting.
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So for instance, that you have
someone who is beloved to Allah,
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tada,
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they make a decision.
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And that decision could be the
same as someone else who doesn't
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have that same state.
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But because that person is beloved
to Allah, there's a blessing in
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that decision.
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And there's an immense amount of
good that comes from that. That's
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just simply not there with the
other person.
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That is very possible. And not
just about a minute, but there's
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also a protection
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is it that when the righteous are
behind something, there's also a
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protection that's there as well,
for that person. And that for
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whatever it is that that person is
doing. There's a protection as a
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result of that. And so that these
are realities that for some
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people, it's it's very difficult
for them to understand. And
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especially when people start to do
new things that aren't the way
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that the things were done before.
But as set up to Hakim Murad
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reminds us in one of his
contentions, roughly, he says, is
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that the reality of tradition is
not just to focus upon the past is
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to do what they did. You connect
to this tradition of the past, so
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that you can understand the
principles in all of its
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manifestations, and all and
understand its historical
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00:29:30
development. And you since you
were speaking on the terms of
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principles, but that relates to
beliefs, it relates to that, legal
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rulings, and so forth, and
different states of the heart and
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all of these different things. But
it's to understand that it is to
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live it and internalize it and do
what it is that they did.
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Now, we have to be very humble in
that regard. Because you look at
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yourself, and who are we compared
to the people who came before us?
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And we don't have that false sense
of humility that doesn't allow us
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to do anything? No, we do it is
that we can do and we never said
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Oh, no, I can never be like them.
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00:30:03
So I'm not going to do anything.
No, we still do whatever it is
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that we are that supposed to be
doing despite our state and
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despite our deficiencies, despite
our shortcomings, and despite our
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00:30:14
lack of knowledge and our lack of
piety and our lack of remembrance
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00:30:17
of Allah subhanaw taala. And you
compare yourself to these people,
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and it's, you're supposed to be
humble in relation to it. But it
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doesn't mean that we can't do
something we have to that take
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what is that we that can and to do
our best. And then, as we heard
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our teachers say, it's, it is
possible as well, where you could
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have someone that has much less
than all of those meanings of
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less, and that there's greater
effects that are brought about on
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their hands from Allah subhanho
data. This is a loss of fair and
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we have to detach ourselves and
result in to do things with
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sincerity, Inshallah, there will
be great things that come from it
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so.
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And every time, there's always
good and evil. There's always
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00:31:02
virtuous people, and there's
always bad people. There's always
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00:31:05
people who do good, and there's
others who are corrupt. But
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00:31:09
generally speaking, when we talk
about a time in this relative
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00:31:12
sense, so we're not necessarily
talking about the entire world,
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00:31:15
usually we're talking about,
right, the Muslim world, we're
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00:31:19
talking about different places
within the Muslim world, but in a
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00:31:22
very general sense, that when a
given time, virtue, goodness,
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00:31:25
loyalty and righteous behavior are
manifest in predominant and
00:31:25 -->
00:31:28
corruption air and the people and
their people are subdued and
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00:31:33
inconspicuous. That time is said
to be good and righteous. And this
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00:31:35
especially refers to that earliest
period
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00:31:40
in Madina Munawwara with the
Prophet sallallaahu, Selim and
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00:31:43
even from before that, and makin
macabre and the rightly guided
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00:31:47
successors, and then to the degree
that also includes the time that
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00:31:51
the Companions lived and the
tabbing. And then the opposite is
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true is that when the time and
it's people are predominant, evil
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and corrupt, when good is scarce
in the virtuous, few and hidden,
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00:32:01
such times are attributed to evil
and temptations are said to be
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00:32:05
evil and wicked times of
temptations and afflictions. And
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00:32:09
despite that, they're always at
even in these times of temptation
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00:32:11
and afflictions. Great, good.
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00:32:18
So, generally speaking, when we
speak of our time, this is a
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00:32:18
difficult time.
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00:32:21
We all feel that it's a difficult
time.
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And if you would rewind and speak
to people 50 years ago, there's a
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00:32:29
lot of people who would say the
same thing. People that were
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00:32:33
living in Turkey, when it was
secularized, would say, Wow, this
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00:32:39
is a very difficult time. Imagine
that having lived under an Islamic
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00:32:45
state. And then all of a sudden,
it falls. Imagine living through
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00:32:46
the fall of the Ottoman Empire.
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00:32:54
And the the fit that is there
after, like, one of the longest
00:32:54 -->
00:32:58
lasting, the longest lasting, that
dynasty, if you think of it like
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00:33:03
kind of in a more Western sense,
but that rule in human history,
00:33:03 -->
00:33:07
all of those years, and then it
falls in crumbles right before
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00:33:11
your eyes. And everything that
happens after that. I mean,
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00:33:13
imagine if you were living on time
you think that the day of judgment
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00:33:14
would be very soon.
00:33:15 -->
00:33:23
And imagine living in Bosnia when
the war took place? And being a
00:33:23 -->
00:33:25
part of a genocide? Yeah, hello,
Dakota.
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00:33:31
I mean, and then in Europe,
imagine witnessing the destruction
00:33:31 -->
00:33:36
of World War One, and World War
Two. Imagine living through that.
00:33:36 -->
00:33:38
And so the point here is, is that,
00:33:39 -->
00:33:45
that we have to understand the
time in which we live, and to know
00:33:45 -->
00:33:48
what is the most important thing
that we can be doing in that time.
00:33:49 -->
00:33:53
And in that regard, there are
certain things that we always have
00:33:53 -->
00:33:56
to be doing. And that's what gives
us clarity.
00:33:57 -->
00:34:01
However, if we leave those things
that we know that we should be
00:34:01 -->
00:34:01
doing,
00:34:02 -->
00:34:06
then things become very, very
confusing. There are things that
00:34:06 -->
00:34:09
you always have to do, we always
have to pray, we always have to
00:34:09 -->
00:34:13
fast, we always have to have good
character, we always have to take
00:34:13 -->
00:34:17
a life of learning, that has to
become the foundation and the
00:34:17 -->
00:34:21
bedrock of our practice. If it
doesn't did the degree that it
00:34:21 -->
00:34:24
isn't will be to the degree that
we are confused by the time in
00:34:24 -->
00:34:27
which we live. And it doesn't mean
that we're going to always have
00:34:27 -->
00:34:31
all the answers of how to respond
to our time, but we make that the
00:34:31 -->
00:34:36
place of focus. We make self
transformation, the focus, we make
00:34:36 -->
00:34:41
the focus our path to Allah
subhanaw taala. And we have to
00:34:41 -->
00:34:44
stubbornly refuse any tendencies
that are taking us away from that.
00:34:45 -->
00:34:49
And if we do a lot to add a will
give us that much more clarity
00:34:49 -->
00:34:52
than other people get in terms of
how what it is that we should be
00:34:52 -->
00:34:59
doing in our time now, and that
your mom or her dad just lived
00:34:59 -->
00:34:59
about.
00:35:00 -->
00:35:04
100 years ago, so he passed away
1132. So what does he say our
00:35:04 -->
00:35:07
current times, and those
immediately before are
00:35:07 -->
00:35:13
predominantly corrupt, evil, in
villainous, good in virtue are
00:35:13 -->
00:35:19
rare. In superior and virtuous
people few, inconspicuous, subdued
00:35:19 -->
00:35:20
and vanquished
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00:35:27
is a member had that. Now keep in
mind, during his time, Imam
00:35:27 -->
00:35:31
Abdullah bin alloyed, her dad, the
one we're reading his books 300
00:35:31 -->
00:35:34
years later, and love so much. And
think of him as one of the
00:35:34 -->
00:35:36
greatest Imams of the Ummah of our
prophesy Center.
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00:35:40
He actually had very few few
students in his time.
00:35:41 -->
00:35:44
And their stories of some of his
great students going to study with
00:35:44 -->
00:35:48
him, where they would ask about
where his house was. And so they'd
00:35:48 -->
00:35:51
find someone in the same
neighborhood like in his same
00:35:51 -->
00:35:54
neighborhood nunnery, do you know
where so and so is.
00:35:55 -->
00:35:58
And they would say, it would be
said to me that old blind man,
00:35:59 -->
00:36:03
double blind man. That's how some
of his neighbors looked at him,
00:36:03 -->
00:36:07
the old blind men. And if you go
to see where he used to teach
00:36:07 -->
00:36:12
part, one of the places used to
teach was in his day, which is
00:36:12 -->
00:36:16
like his, basically now there's
stairs, where he would go from his
00:36:16 -->
00:36:20
home, walk down the stairs, and
then that go to his what you guess
00:36:20 -->
00:36:23
you could call like a patio and
then enter into the masjid.
00:36:25 -->
00:36:27
And there's only place for like
two or three people there.
00:36:28 -->
00:36:31
And so sometimes that when we
think about these great Imams, we
00:36:31 -->
00:36:35
imagine them having, you know,
1000s of students before them. And
00:36:35 -->
00:36:36
that wasn't always the case.
00:36:37 -->
00:36:41
That have you been hassling?
orthos mentions who's one of the
00:36:41 -->
00:36:46
great Imams, great Imams, just he
was just a treasure trove of
00:36:46 -->
00:36:50
knowledge, and could articulate
the message that of his
00:36:50 -->
00:36:56
forefathers in his that spiritual
lineage in such an amazing way. He
00:36:56 -->
00:37:00
said for about 25 years from the
time that he returned from his
00:37:00 -->
00:37:04
travels of study, which took him
to places like Egypt into the
00:37:04 -->
00:37:08
whole domain, and he comes back to
holiday mode. He said, He speaks
00:37:08 -->
00:37:11
of in this context, and I don't
know if that's mubadala. He says
00:37:11 -->
00:37:13
Not a single person came to me
00:37:15 -->
00:37:19
to actually seek knowledge and to
ask from the greatest of things
00:37:19 -->
00:37:20
that I could offer.
00:37:21 -->
00:37:25
He says rather, people always just
were wondering, they'd come to me
00:37:26 -->
00:37:28
and asked me to make dua for
children or this or that, or all
00:37:28 -->
00:37:32
these other types of things. He
says, and on top of all of that,
00:37:32 -->
00:37:35
they even spoke ill of me and said
to him, he was Macassar. He just
00:37:35 -->
00:37:38
fell short in our rights. He
doesn't do this. He doesn't do
00:37:38 -->
00:37:43
that. And this is Imam Morris, not
us. He has he lived in a place
00:37:43 -->
00:37:47
where it was there was a lot of
Bedouin like rough people. But
00:37:47 -->
00:37:50
there's a lot of places where
there's Bedouin like rough people,
00:37:50 -->
00:37:53
and some of them are in the middle
of big cities. But the point here
00:37:53 -->
00:38:00
is is that this is the way things
are. And so it gives you realistic
00:38:00 -->
00:38:07
expectations. And it gives you the
ability to appreciate the good
00:38:07 -->
00:38:10
that a lot about a God has opened
up for you in your time.
00:38:11 -->
00:38:15
And this is something we have to
be thankful for. For opportunities
00:38:15 -->
00:38:22
to that worship Allah terracotta
Allah and to learn our deen in a
00:38:25 -->
00:38:29
an environment that is more
distraction free than others. This
00:38:29 -->
00:38:31
is from the great blessings of
Allah subhana wa Tada.
00:38:32 -->
00:38:35
And if you look at what he says
here, look at these traits that he
00:38:35 -->
00:38:43
says about these righteous people
is that they are Kowloon. So they
00:38:43 -->
00:38:48
are few mesterolone he translates
as inconspicuous, they're hidden
00:38:49 -->
00:38:54
motherlove Boone, they're subdued
and Makoto rune and vanquished
00:38:55 -->
00:38:58
meaning is that their model does
very little that they can actually
00:38:58 -->
00:38:58
even do
00:38:59 -->
00:39:02
they're not able to do a lot and
they're my poor is that their
00:39:02 -->
00:39:07
vanquish they just, there's this
simply things that they want to do
00:39:07 -->
00:39:11
that they can't do. And they're
very limited in SubhanAllah. And
00:39:11 -->
00:39:16
these might be great people. And
so we have to have correct
00:39:16 -->
00:39:19
perspectives and one of the
wisdoms and understanding things
00:39:19 -->
00:39:25
such as it will ward off some of
the Wasp wasa of shaytaan, when he
00:39:25 -->
00:39:30
tries to, that causes us to see
things in other than a way that is
00:39:30 -->
00:39:35
that motivating in relation to
what it is that we can do in any
00:39:35 -->
00:39:40
given time. And in the end, is
that we know that there are 120
00:39:41 -->
00:39:46
that rose of the rose of paradise.
And we know that there will be
00:39:46 -->
00:39:53
people in that even those first
rows that exist in the very, very
00:39:53 -->
00:39:58
last days. There will always be
people that are in those first
00:39:58 -->
00:40:00
rows and the way that
00:40:00 -->
00:40:05
people achieve that is not
necessarily the way that they
00:40:05 -->
00:40:06
think.
00:40:08 -->
00:40:12
And this is why that, it's very
important to understand your time.
00:40:13 -->
00:40:18
Because sometimes we're prevented
from putting in that the energy
00:40:18 -->
00:40:22
needed in order to do certain
things that we don't even see them
00:40:22 -->
00:40:25
as in the realm of possibility
that they will lead to something
00:40:25 -->
00:40:30
great. But not that we see what we
do is great, but that if you have
00:40:30 -->
00:40:33
the perspective that in any given
time that you can reach the
00:40:33 -->
00:40:37
highest degrees of closeness to
Allah subhanaw taala. Oftentimes,
00:40:37 -->
00:40:40
that might come to someone who is
a very simple person doesn't have
00:40:40 -->
00:40:44
a lot of knowledge, and doesn't
even have a lot of worship, but
00:40:44 -->
00:40:48
based upon their circumstances, is
that they reached the highest
00:40:48 -->
00:40:52
degrees of closest to Allah data,
that is also very possible. And so
00:40:52 -->
00:40:56
in other words, is it the more
difficult times become from
00:40:56 -->
00:41:01
another perspective? Is that the
more open
00:41:02 -->
00:41:05
the ranks of closest to Allah
subhanaw taala are
00:41:06 -->
00:41:08
and that's one of the things that
have you ever seen told us at the
00:41:08 -->
00:41:12
retreat, he says is that there are
there's mercy descending
00:41:12 -->
00:41:13
everywhere.
00:41:14 -->
00:41:18
And in that particular place, if
there's very few people that are
00:41:18 -->
00:41:23
there to receive that mercy, it's
likely that a disproportionate
00:41:23 -->
00:41:26
amount of that mercy is going to
go to that a smaller number of
00:41:26 -->
00:41:26
people.
00:41:28 -->
00:41:32
In other words, there's an immense
opportunity. And if Allah if our
00:41:32 -->
00:41:34
prophesy Sam teaches us about
00:41:35 -->
00:41:40
the, about the dove entering into
the souk, which is we should all
00:41:40 -->
00:41:43
have memorized this dua every time
that we go to a mall every time
00:41:43 -->
00:41:48
that we go to a store, and Allah's
wasa every time even that we're
00:41:48 -->
00:41:49
online shopping.
00:41:50 -->
00:41:53
Is it make the daughter Leila
Halawa daughter Sharika Loman
00:41:53 -->
00:41:58
colada hemmed up will you meet who
are Hi Yun Leia moto bat hit
00:41:58 -->
00:42:02
fairwild acquisition Kadir Our
Prophet said Whoever says this dua
00:42:02 -->
00:42:08
when he enters into the soak the
market or a store the buy and sell
00:42:09 -->
00:42:16
is that the he will that have elf
elf has written for him 1 million
00:42:16 -->
00:42:21
good deeds written for him. He
will have elf LC removed 1 million
00:42:21 -->
00:42:25
bad deeds removed him and he will
be raised elf elf Dasha, he will
00:42:25 -->
00:42:27
be raised 1 million degrees.
00:42:29 -->
00:42:34
Just from saying that very simple
invocation. And the son of Satan,
00:42:34 -->
00:42:37
Omar, Abdullah bin Omar Abdullah
and Houma. He used to go into the
00:42:37 -->
00:42:40
marketplace every day just so he
could say that dua.
00:42:42 -->
00:42:45
And the reason this is the case
because our Prophet says another
00:42:45 -->
00:42:51
Hadith, Abba huddle, beloved Allah
He as waka Ha, the most detestable
00:42:51 -->
00:42:56
places to Allah or the
marketplaces. Why, because this is
00:42:56 -->
00:42:59
the place of Shabbat. This is the
place of people's desire.
00:43:00 -->
00:43:05
So that if someone finds like in
their heart, that when they move
00:43:05 -->
00:43:12
to a particular place, they miss
all of these stores, h&m, and Zara
00:43:12 -->
00:43:16
and that don't have their Apple
Store as close as they like it or
00:43:16 -->
00:43:22
whatever the PC corresponding
store is, or they don't have, you
00:43:22 -->
00:43:26
know, all of these things that
they really want there. That's not
00:43:26 -->
00:43:31
a good sign. Gotta work on your
heart. Really, really, it's not a
00:43:31 -->
00:43:34
good sign. Gotta work on your
heart because our Prophet said
00:43:34 -->
00:43:40
those are the Abba hudud beloved
Allah. Right. And if we find
00:43:40 -->
00:43:46
intimacy in malls, and we feel
estranged in a masjid, that's a
00:43:46 -->
00:43:49
sign on the fuck sign of
hypocrisy.
00:43:50 -->
00:43:55
So we got to work on our hearts,
and that we should feel
00:43:55 -->
00:43:59
comfortable in mo Salah in a
masjid, in gatherings of knowledge
00:43:59 -->
00:44:02
and gatherings of the crowd. We
should love our Prophet said about
00:44:02 -->
00:44:07
those fluttered Tao Gray's,
they're in and think of the image
00:44:07 -->
00:44:12
of grazing cattle just graze for
hours and hours and on in goats
00:44:12 -->
00:44:16
Graze for hours and hours on then,
that the metaphor there is one of
00:44:16 -->
00:44:20
feeling so comfortable that we
don't want to get up. You want to
00:44:20 -->
00:44:24
stay and be in that gathering. And
that's the way that it should be
00:44:24 -->
00:44:27
but until we're there we need to
work on our heart into the
00:44:27 -->
00:44:31
Escalade to attitude blesses to be
reality that to make this a
00:44:31 -->
00:44:36
reality within us and that he says
for lovin Mr. Ahn, got it got it
00:44:36 -->
00:44:40
is was helped we seek he is
sufficient for us and He is the
00:44:40 -->
00:44:45
best of custodians, Subhan who
want to Allah and if you rely upon
00:44:45 -->
00:44:49
a lot of adequate data is that he
will facilitate for you what is
00:44:49 -->
00:44:54
best in any given time. And having
said that, and despite all of the
00:44:54 -->
00:44:58
difficulties of the time in which
we live, our teachers Subhan Allah
00:44:58 -->
00:44:59
law
00:45:00 -->
00:45:05
Are that stubbornly optimistic,
stubbornly optimistic and a good
00:45:05 -->
00:45:09
way stubbornly optimistic about
the good and time in which we
00:45:09 -->
00:45:14
live? And I think I mentioned
everyone already, is it when it
00:45:14 -->
00:45:16
was explained to one of our
teachers about the time which we
00:45:16 -->
00:45:22
live? And people's worries with
the that the new political
00:45:22 -->
00:45:27
changes? And that the answer was
very simple latter half. There is
00:45:27 -->
00:45:32
no need to fear El Faro, mocha
Bill alikom. Good is coming to
00:45:32 -->
00:45:38
you. Good is coming to you. And if
Allah Tada, that wants to bring
00:45:38 -->
00:45:42
about good he will, did not Moses
LASR to salaam, they grew up in
00:45:42 -->
00:45:48
the palace of the Pharaoh. Amazing
story, he grew up in the palace of
00:45:48 -->
00:45:48
Pharaoh.
00:45:49 -->
00:45:55
And this is why the Pharaoh tried
to that remind him of this. Right
00:45:55 -->
00:46:01
that at a later stage? Did we not
raise you as a child? Do we not
00:46:01 -->
00:46:05
raise you as a child? And that
trying to make that claim? I could
00:46:05 -->
00:46:09
you think you are that we raised
you as a child. And this happens
00:46:09 -->
00:46:13
oftentimes to people that convert
is that people in their own
00:46:13 -->
00:46:17
society that see their society as
the best society, that in human
00:46:17 -->
00:46:21
existence, and people then that go
against the grain and actually
00:46:21 -->
00:46:24
accept the truth of Islam. This is
oftentimes how they're made to
00:46:24 -->
00:46:28
feel, right? Almost in that sense,
did you not? Were you not raised
00:46:28 -->
00:46:32
in the society. We were not given
all of this opportunity. It is as
00:46:32 -->
00:46:35
if that they're saying like, this
is what you choose to do. Right?
00:46:35 -->
00:46:38
And that even though you had all
of this privilege and all of this
00:46:38 -->
00:46:45
opportunity, and our response is
absolutely hamdulillah Al
00:46:45 -->
00:46:50
Hamdulillah Alinea, Methodism waka
Fabian yet Nam, we think a lot of
00:46:50 -->
00:46:53
adversity Muslim in it is
sufficient, as a blessing
00:46:53 -->
00:46:57
sufficient. And every time someone
looks at you funny, every time
00:46:57 -->
00:47:01
that you go through secondary
checks at the border. And it seems
00:47:01 -->
00:47:04
to happen more and more these
days. Is it just remember Subhan?
00:47:04 -->
00:47:06
Allah, if that's because we're
Muslim.
00:47:08 -->
00:47:12
If that if that's what we have to
go through that extra screening,
00:47:13 -->
00:47:18
and that quad s on our boarding
passes, and all that taught us. We
00:47:18 -->
00:47:22
don't we ask Allah for alpha
alpha. For we want to be we want
00:47:22 -->
00:47:25
things to be facilitated for us.
However, if that's what we have to
00:47:25 -->
00:47:30
go through, that's very little,
very, very little. And, you know,
00:47:30 -->
00:47:35
we should we should, that be proud
of the fact that we are servants
00:47:35 -->
00:47:39
of Allah. That's what true pride,
that's where it lies. True pride
00:47:39 -->
00:47:43
lies in that we are a bead of
Allah. That's our pride and that's
00:47:43 -->
00:47:49
our glory is that we are servants
of Allah subhanho data, and that
00:47:49 -->
00:47:53
we are proud of the shootie of
Satan enormous ly saddened because
00:47:53 -->
00:47:56
those are individual opportunities
for us to show our servitude to
00:47:56 -->
00:48:00
our Lord Tabata, Kota Allah,
Charlotte Allah we will read a
00:48:00 -->
00:48:04
little bit from the men in the
universe. How are we doing on time
00:48:04 -->
00:48:05
here? What time is McGraw?
00:48:08 -->
00:48:09
In two minutes,
00:48:10 -->
00:48:13
wow. Okay, we'll just read a
little bit and so we get a quick
00:48:13 -->
00:48:15
Placida end from CD Abdelfattah.
00:48:16 -->
00:48:20
So we for those following along, I
know there's different prints of
00:48:20 -->
00:48:23
men in the universe. We have the
orange cover, which is one of the
00:48:23 -->
00:48:29
earlier prints that Dr. Mustafa
Betawi says here on toward on the
00:48:29 -->
00:48:33
last paragraph of page 12. The
invisible worlds also exercise
00:48:33 -->
00:48:38
their influence at the individual
level. There is a two way traffic
00:48:38 -->
00:48:42
between each person in the higher
and lower worlds. For instance,
00:48:42 -->
00:48:44
there's a well known Hadith the
effect that whenever a person
00:48:44 -->
00:48:49
others love ilaha illallah, a
pillar of light extending upward
00:48:49 -->
00:48:53
all the way to the Divine Presence
begins to resonate, and continues
00:48:53 -->
00:48:57
to do so until the comment issues
from that presents for it to stop,
00:48:57 -->
00:49:01
to which it replies that it cannot
possibly stop unless the person in
00:49:01 -->
00:49:05
question is forgiven all his sins.
And he mentioned that the Hadith
00:49:05 -->
00:49:09
of the Hadith it's in the
collection of Abu no aim, and
00:49:09 -->
00:49:12
others narrated as well. Other
good deeds also ascend to the
00:49:12 -->
00:49:16
throne. There are noted by the
supreme assembly, the Maillol
00:49:16 -->
00:49:17
Allah
00:49:18 -->
00:49:22
who bless in support those whose
deeds gain their approval and
00:49:22 -->
00:49:25
satisfaction. The corrupt on the
other hand are cursed and
00:49:25 -->
00:49:29
obstructed in their endeavors.
Again, the result of such action
00:49:29 -->
00:49:32
by the supreme assembly is not to
eradicate all even nor will the
00:49:32 -->
00:49:35
people they support always be
perceptively victorious in this
00:49:35 -->
00:49:40
world. Evil is a necessity. Look
at this an overlap of all these
00:49:40 -->
00:49:45
means evil is a necessity. That's
an interesting idea to think about
00:49:45 -->
00:49:51
that. Evil is a necessity and the
times must deteriorate so as to
00:49:51 -->
00:49:55
reach the bottom of the Abyss at
which time the horn will be
00:49:55 -->
00:49:58
sounded and the resurrection
begin.
00:49:59 -->
00:50:00
We
00:50:00 -->
00:50:03
We know the world is going to
deteriorate. This is the decree of
00:50:03 -->
00:50:07
a lot. We know it's going to
deteriorate. But how are you and I
00:50:07 -->
00:50:11
in relation to its deterioration?
That is really the question. There
00:50:11 -->
00:50:15
are also subversive influences
arising from the lower infernal
00:50:15 -->
00:50:19
regions, the Koran states
concerning Satan in his host, he
00:50:19 -->
00:50:23
sees you he in his tribe, for
wins, you see them not. We made
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00:50:28
the devil's allies, for those who
do not believe shaitaan sees us
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00:50:32
but we do not see him. And then
Allah also says, Shall I tell you
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00:50:36
on whom the devils come down, they
come down on every sinful,
00:50:36 -->
00:50:40
slender, and Allah says the devil
is inspire their allies to dispute
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00:50:43
with you. It is also written in
the Koran, those who have said God
00:50:43 -->
00:50:48
is our Lord, then they were, then
we're steadfast upon them, the
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00:50:52
angels this insane fear not
neither sorrow and rejoice in that
00:50:52 -->
00:50:55
garden that you were promised. We
are your allies in this world, and
00:50:55 -->
00:50:59
the next. So what he's trying to
get at here is that these worlds
00:50:59 -->
00:51:02
we do not see. But there's a
reality to them, and there was a
00:51:02 -->
00:51:07
lot taking place there in we are
told about them what we need to
00:51:07 -->
00:51:12
know, to protect ourselves from
them, and to that, do whatever it
00:51:12 -->
00:51:15
is that we can do to benefit from
them. And so even though that we
00:51:15 -->
00:51:18
don't see that what is taking
place there is that we've been
00:51:18 -->
00:51:22
given through the prophetic
guidance, a way of being in a
00:51:22 -->
00:51:26
number of things to do to maximize
our benefit, and maximize the
00:51:26 -->
00:51:31
warding off of the harm of that
the these various realms. And this
00:51:31 -->
00:51:36
is a great blessing of Allah
subhanho wa taala. And so
00:51:36 -->
00:51:43
understanding is so so important,
and that the Prophetic teachings
00:51:43 -->
00:51:48
Subhanallah that the more and more
that you come to realize how great
00:51:48 -->
00:51:51
they are in what it is that our
prophesy centum really, that
00:51:52 -->
00:51:56
conveyed to us, the more you
realize that the blessing of Islam
00:51:56 -->
00:52:00
is indeed the various, the
greatest blessing of all, my love
00:52:00 -->
00:52:05
to Anna, make this blessing firm
in our hearts and to bless us
00:52:05 -->
00:52:09
despite the time which we live to
be from people that are
00:52:09 -->
00:52:13
successful, and live in a way that
is pleasing to Allah to Allah, our
00:52:13 -->
00:52:15
Prophet encouraged us to be like
to be
00:52:17 -->
00:52:23
he encouraged us to be like to be
that in a hadith, that he said,
00:52:23 -->
00:52:26
Indeed, the likeness of a believer
is like a bee.
00:52:28 -->
00:52:32
And what is the bee do? As our
Prophet said eka law even for
00:52:32 -->
00:52:37
wallet by Eva, the prophesy centum
said that be eight from that which
00:52:37 -->
00:52:42
was pure and wholesome, and then
eliminated that which is pure and
00:52:42 -->
00:52:47
wholesome. And then even went on
to say Walcot falam tech sit with
00:52:47 -->
00:52:54
them to sit the when the be lands,
bees don't destroy or ruin the
00:52:54 -->
00:53:01
flowers and the buds and foliage
that they extract pollen from, is
00:53:01 -->
00:53:04
that they didn't break the pedals,
nor did they spoil or ruin the
00:53:04 -->
00:53:09
plants. On the quite the contrary,
they do the opposite. They are
00:53:10 -->
00:53:16
that essential to the that
ecosystem that we live in. And
00:53:16 -->
00:53:19
that this is the way that a
believer that should be in any
00:53:19 -->
00:53:21
time, but especially in the end of
time, because another raishin
00:53:21 -->
00:53:24
generation of this hadith that
mentioned a number of the signs of
00:53:24 -->
00:53:29
the end of time first, and then
mentions that about the believer.
00:53:29 -->
00:53:31
So this is the way that believers
should be we should always strive
00:53:31 -->
00:53:35
despite one's time despite the
difficulties despite the evil
00:53:35 -->
00:53:39
despite all the challenges to that
have a perspective of focusing on
00:53:39 -->
00:53:44
what's good in trying to remain
positive and optimistic so that
00:53:44 -->
00:53:48
inshallah Tada we can then gather
in ourselves that which is good
00:53:48 -->
00:53:53
and then as a result is that not
be problems in further the
00:53:53 -->
00:53:58
province. We want to be help
people heal, and we want to be a
00:53:58 -->
00:54:01
part of the solution actively
words work towards it, because we
00:54:01 -->
00:54:05
know it has honey, that it has
emanated from the bee and we know
00:54:05 -->
00:54:10
that honey is a she fat. And so we
need to be a source of healing for
00:54:10 -->
00:54:13
all of those around us. But we
can't be a source of healing for
00:54:13 -->
00:54:17
others if we're not healthy. If
we're not if we don't have a
00:54:17 -->
00:54:20
conception of what health is, and
we aren't healthy in our own
00:54:20 -->
00:54:24
cells, it makes it more difficult
to help other people maintain
00:54:24 -->
00:54:28
their health as well. We should be
this should be at the forefront of
00:54:28 -->
00:54:31
our mind may Allah Allah give us
Tofik open up the doors of all
00:54:31 -->
00:54:35
good to us and bless us in all of
our different affairs. Bless our
00:54:35 -->
00:54:39
families and our children, our
communities and expose us to the
00:54:39 -->
00:54:42
greatest manifestation of His
mercy in this world and the next
00:54:42 -->
00:54:45
will solve a lot as he admitted my
dad who sent me send him we set
00:54:45 -->
00:54:47
aside 500
00:54:55 -->
00:54:57
Do you have time for a quick
casita Bismillah
00:55:23 -->
00:55:27
But Mama llama all said and
00:55:28 -->
00:55:31
* my mom Monique Oz
00:55:33 -->
00:55:36
was Lana Jamie
00:55:38 -->
00:55:38
was
00:55:39 -->
00:55:40
Nigel
00:55:43 -->
00:55:46
me Volcana 10 All Scheifele
00:55:48 -->
00:55:50
babe okay, no
00:55:53 -->
00:55:55
Joe dogwalk favelas
00:55:57 -->
00:55:58
Joe doe
00:56:02 -->
00:56:03
Baba
00:56:07 -->
00:56:08
Baba
00:56:12 -->
00:56:14
welcome Mina DoD
00:56:17 -->
00:56:19
Why come in a lot
00:56:22 -->
00:56:23
welcome fall
00:56:27 -->
00:56:29
Why come down worldwide
00:56:32 -->
00:56:32
welcome
00:56:37 -->
00:56:40
welcome taca Lam walking and
00:56:46 -->
00:56:47
what
00:56:48 -->
00:56:49
Lamacq also
00:56:51 -->
00:56:53
was Nigel
00:56:56 -->
00:56:59
was Nigel
00:57:02 -->
00:57:03
John
00:57:06 -->
00:57:08
Tao Elijah Gianna been
00:57:11 -->
00:57:14
so mild I am man.
00:57:16 -->
00:57:19
So, Mo lie man
00:57:21 -->
00:57:23
Magna al Hawa in Ghana
00:57:25 -->
00:57:27
Magna Laude
00:57:30 -->
00:57:33
vision Daffy long
00:57:35 -->
00:57:37
vision dotted all
00:57:40 -->
00:57:41
while happening
00:57:45 -->
00:57:47
while helping my wife
00:57:50 -->
00:57:52
by turning Hong Kong man
00:57:55 -->
00:57:55
while in
00:57:57 -->
00:57:57
my own
00:57:59 -->
00:58:00
lane and soft
00:58:04 -->
00:58:05
Leila Psalm
00:58:09 -->
00:58:15
101 All
00:58:19 -->
00:58:21
right. Ma Ma Ma Ma
00:58:24 -->
00:58:26
Ma Ma Ma Ma Ma Ba
00:58:28 -->
00:58:31
was Lana Jami
00:58:33 -->
00:58:36
was Nigel me
00:58:38 -->
00:58:39
harsher?
00:58:43 -->
00:58:44
harsher
00:58:48 -->
00:58:49
while on my wife
00:58:52 -->
00:58:54
while on my wife
00:58:57 -->
00:59:01
I had done mama Obama all said and
00:59:02 -->
00:59:06
done mama llama alcohol said
00:59:07 -->
00:59:10
was Lana Jami
00:59:12 -->
00:59:14
was on Niger Army.
00:59:17 -->
00:59:18
I was going to Elijah
00:59:21 -->
00:59:24
house near Elijah Viet bah
00:59:26 -->
00:59:27
little
00:59:28 -->
00:59:29
that guy there
00:59:33 -->
00:59:34
God
00:59:37 -->
00:59:38
forbid if all
00:59:46 -->
00:59:49
men allow bah bah bah bah
00:59:52 -->
00:59:54
Ba ba ba ba
00:59:56 -->
00:59:57
region
01:00:00 -->
01:00:01
Na Ma
01:00:06 -->
01:00:06
Ma
01:00:10 -->
01:00:11
Ma
01:00:12 -->
01:00:12
Ma
01:00:17 -->
01:00:19
Ma Ma Ma Ba se
01:00:21 -->
01:00:25
but they're my mom mama Pa said
01:00:26 -->
01:00:29
was last night Jeremy
01:00:33 -->
01:00:34
Jeremy
01:00:36 -->
01:00:36
why
01:00:37 -->
01:00:38
now dug
01:00:43 -->
01:00:44
holes
01:00:51 -->
01:00:51
in
01:00:53 -->
01:00:54
your
01:00:55 -->
01:00:56
soil I know
01:01:00 -->
01:01:01
so I know
01:01:15 -->
01:01:16
Maha
01:01:20 -->
01:01:23
Maha locka by boomin one
01:01:25 -->
01:01:27
one saltwater.
01:01:29 -->
01:01:32
One salt y
01:01:35 -->
01:01:36
Ma Ma Ma
01:01:40 -->
01:01:42
Ma Ma Ma Ma said
01:01:44 -->
01:01:47
was Lana Jami,
01:01:49 -->
01:01:49
wiser
01:01:50 -->
01:01:53
Niger army now
