Yaser Birjas – Being Watchful Means To Be Aware Of What Matters To Your Akhirah

Yaser Birjas
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The speaker discusses the importance of avoiding distractions during daily life, such as drinking and watching others while doing business. They also emphasize the benefits of being watchful of one's behavior to protect one's deen and spouse's lives. The transcript ends with a mention of a graduation night and a brief advertisement for a book.
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As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu.

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Alhamdulillah rabbil alameen, wa salamu alaykum wa barakatuhu,

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wa nabiyyin wa muhammadin wa ala alihi wa

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sahbihi, wa salamu tasliman kathira, thumma ma ba'd,

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ma minna wa rahimahullah wa ta'ala.

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Hadith number 67 in the book of Al

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-Muraqabah.

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The chapter Al-Muraqabah means watchfulness and observation,

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self-examination.

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In this hadith, the Prophet ﷺ said, it

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is from the excellence of a believer's Islam,

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like one of the qualities, the good traits

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of being a true Muslim.

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That's what it means.

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For being a true Muslim, one of those

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qualities, that he should avoid or abandon that

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which is of no benefit to him in

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this world or the hereafter.

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Meaning minding your own business.

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As simple as that.

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And abandoning or staying away from anything that

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brings no good to you in this dunya

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and in the akhira.

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Like what?

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Like what?

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Gossip.

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Like gossiping.

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What is that going to give you anyway?

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False feeling of revenge?

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Of bashing somebody behind their backs?

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So what?

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How is that going to make any effect

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on their lives anyway?

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So that's something you should stay away from.

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What else?

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Backbiting.

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Yes?

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Overindulgence in anything.

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You know what?

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Even, for example, speaking about politics, let's say.

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Some people, they talk politics like they're going

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to solve the international affairs.

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But there's absolutely no benefit from them doing

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that.

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Fine, discuss politics for half an hour, a

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little bit, and that's it.

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Then go mind your business.

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Do that which is beneficial to you in

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the dunya and the akhira.

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Some people, they talk about sports.

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They don't even play it.

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Like they talk about sports so much, I

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wish they were the ones who were playing

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it.

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At least you get benefit from it.

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But just talking about it has no benefit

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to them.

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They are wasting their time on their phones.

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Like nowadays, unfortunately, our life is based on

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what?

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Minding everybody else's business except ours.

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You follow all these people online, watch what

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they do, what they ate, how they laugh,

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the joke they had done on their spouse.

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All these nonsense, no benefit to you in

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the dunya and the akhira.

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Nothing.

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But your business, you don't mind it.

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Your spouse is calling you.

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Your child is calling you.

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You're too busy watching someone else's business.

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Can you imagine how much is that taken

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away from your Islam, from your iman, from

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your deen?

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That's why, if you would like to protect

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your deen and your iman, focus on what's

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really relevant to you.

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What benefits you in the dunya and in

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the akhira.

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Because if you're going to keep going and

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trying to mind everybody else's business in your

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life, you have absolutely no purpose for yourself

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in this regard.

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You're living someone else's life, not your life.

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So how does this fall under the chapter

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of al-muraqabah and self-examination?

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To be careful, scrutinize.

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You need to be watchful of what you

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say, what you do.

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You need to be making sure that I

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am always watching what I do, what I

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say, because I know that Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala is watching me.

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And if I know this is going to

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be beneficial to me in the dunya and

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the akhira, I'll do it.

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Otherwise, I will just stay away from it.

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May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make us

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among those who always have husn, Islam, Ya

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Rabb al-alameen.

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And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala protect us

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from the evil, Ya Rabb al-alameen.

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Wallahu a'lam.

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Any questions, jama'at?

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It's a Sunday night.

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Preparation for tomorrow, insha'Allah.

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We'd like to make it short and sweet

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for you, insha'Allah.

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As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.

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