Yaser Birjas – Observing Watchfulness At All Times

Yaser Birjas
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The speaker discusses a roadmap for life that aims to avoid mistakes and erase lives, emphasizing the importance of watching behavior and being patient. They stress the importance of treating people kindly and being careful when dealing with them, as it is essential for their success. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of making a mistake and being patient, as it is essential for their success. They stress the importance of being patient and not letting oneself harm others.
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We're still studying together Kitab al-Muraqabah, the

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chapter on watchfulness and knowing that Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala is observing you and watching

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you and watching over you.

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Here in hadith 61, hadith 61 of Riyad

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al-Saliheen.

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Three beautiful statements from the Prophet sallallahu alayhi

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wa sallam.

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Statement number one, he says, qal ittaqillaha haythu

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ma kunt, ittaqillaha haythu ma kunt, fear Allah

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azza wajal, whenever you are or wherever you

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are, wa atbi'a al-siyyi'at al

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-hasrata tamhuha, and follow each sin that if

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you do something wrong, perform good deed after

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every mistake that you do.

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Hopefully it will erase that.

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wa khaliq al-nasa bi khuluq al-hasan,

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and then behave decently and treat people beautifully.

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wa khaliq al-nasa bi khuluq al-hasan,

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treat the people in a beautiful manner.

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So this hadith is considered a road map

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for life, literally a road map for life.

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I remember, sheikh nasheikh al-shanqiti hafidh allahu

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ta'ala al-madina, one time he was

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asked after a class, sheikh, could you please

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help me out find a daily plan?

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Like, you know, I want to become more

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committed to the deen and have my life

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organized and do the right thing and maximize

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my reward.

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So he was asking the sheikh to give

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him like a full program from the morning

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all the way to the evening.

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And I'm sure many of us would love

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to have a program like this, right?

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I know what to do in the morning,

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in the evening, in the afternoon, at night.

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Alhamdulillah, it's a beautiful program.

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So everybody, the sheikh said, well, that's a

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beautiful question.

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Bismillah, get your pens and papers ready so

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we can give you the program.

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And everybody's just getting ready, bismillah, and we

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started from fajr time, before fajr time.

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The sheikh, he says, you fear Allah wherever

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you are.

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And follow any bad deed you do with

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another good deed, it will erase it for

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you.

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And treat people kindly.

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He said, this is the best road map

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I can give you.

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Let's explain that, what it means.

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So the first part says, what does it

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mean exactly?

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Know that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is

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watching you.

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Know that Allah is watching you wherever you

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are, whenever you are, whether you're at work,

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at home, privately, publicly, secretly, openly, with friends,

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with foes, with anybody, doesn't matter where you

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are.

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It doesn't matter.

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If you always know that Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala is watching you, what are you

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going to do?

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You going to challenge Him?

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Are you going to defy Allah azza wa

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jal?

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Are you going to disobey Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala?

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If you truly and genuinely know that Allah

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is watching you, you're going to behave.

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Or hopefully you will behave.

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So that's why if you always have that

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observation and that kind of concept that Allah

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is watching you, and muraqabah, if you have

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that sense of muraqabah, that Allah is watching

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you everywhere you are, everywhere you go, that's

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number one, you will find yourself doing well.

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So I don't have to give you a

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detailed program, because I know you will just

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do well.

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That's the first category, the first thing.

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The second one, وَأَتْبِعَ السَّيِّئَةِ الْحَسَنَةَ تَمْحُوَا۟ and

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follow the bad deed with a good deed

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that will erase it for you.

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What does that mean?

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That's mean because Allah knows no matter how

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much we try to be always perfect in

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our good deeds, as much as we try

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to always observe that, and know that Allah

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is watching us, we're humans.

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We forget, we get lazy, we get distracted.

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So what's going to happen from us?

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We're going to make mistakes.

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I'm going to make a mistake.

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Astaghfirullah, major, minor, doesn't really matter, but mistakes

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will happen.

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But alhamdulillah, part of Allah's mercy, He doesn't

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expect us to be perfect.

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So He said, if as you try to

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always observe Allah in your life and you

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make mistakes, it's alright, not the end of

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the world.

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Just follow it with something good, hopefully it

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will erase it for you.

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If it's something minor, what do you say

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after you make something wrong?

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You said something to somebody and it's like,

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I did something wrong right now.

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So what do I do?

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How do I fix that?

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Astaghfirullah, alhamdulillah, good.

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You looked at something you're not supposed to

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look at.

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So you turn your face away and what

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do you say?

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Astaghfirullah al-Azeem.

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But if you do something really, really serious,

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it requires what, a jama'ah?

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Tawbah.

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I have to get up and make wudu

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and pray two rakahs and ask, Ya Rabbi,

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forgive me what I've done.

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It's kind of serious business right now.

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But the point is, as much as I'm

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trying to be perfect and have the watchfulness

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of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, Allah's watching

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over me and watching me all the time,

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I'm going to forget, I'm going to make

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mistakes.

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Or sometimes I just, I don't know, just

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like, you do it.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala opened the door

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for tawbah and to fix the problem.

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So if I make a mistake, I can

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fix it with good deeds.

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Alhamdulillah.

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The last part of the hadith right now

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is, Qul nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, wa

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khaliq al nasa bi khuluq al hasan.

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When you treat people, treat them with good

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manners.

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What does that mean?

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Like look, if you don't fear Allah azawajal

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day and night, and if you don't have

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the capacity to do good deeds after making

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bad deeds, make sure your mistakes are on

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yourself.

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Don't involve anybody else in that mistake.

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Like don't hurt other people with your faults.

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If you're going to make a mistake, don't

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hurt somebody else.

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So no backbiting, no physical, astaghfirullah, kind of

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like violence, whatever.

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Don't hurt anybody.

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Treat people kindly.

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Like if you're going to mess up, mess

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up on your own self.

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Make a mistake that's between you and Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Do not allow yourself to make your mistake

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involving other people.

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That will hurt them.

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Whether you're stealing from them, lying to them,

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backbiting them, you messed up big time right

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now.

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So that's why the Prophet says, if you're

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going to make any mistake, just be personal.

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When you deal with people, treat them kindly.

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Khaliq al-nasa bi khuluq al-hasan.

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I mean, if you look at this beautiful

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hadith of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,

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wallahi, this is a manifestation of jawami' al

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-kalim.

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Very comprehensive meanings in a few words.

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Like it's truly, truly a road map for

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life.

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You don't need a detailed plan.

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Wake up before fajr half an hour, do

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tahajjud and make wudu.

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Every time you make your salah and pray

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fajr on time, stand till shuruq and then

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do the isbih and adhkar.

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I can give you something detailed.

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You're going to realize that you're getting overwhelmed.

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But if you just observe this and you

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know that Allah is watching you, you have

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that surveillance over you all the time, you

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will observe and you will watch what you

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say, what you do, what you watch, what

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you listen to, what you touch, what you

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hold.

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You will be careful.

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And as much as you try, you're still

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a human being.

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You're going to make mistakes.

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So it's not a matter of if you

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make a mistake.

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No, it's when you make a mistake, fix

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it.

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Fix it with tawbah, with good deed.

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Hopefully it will erase it for you.

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If you're unable to do any of that

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stuff, at least make those mistakes personal.

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Don't hurt other people.

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Treat them with akhlaq and good manners.

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That is the best thing you can do

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for yourself in this dunya and in the

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akhirah.

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So the point from the hadith here is

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to know that if you like to observe

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al-muraqama, know that Allah is watching you,

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it has to be at all times, at

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all times of your life, privately, publicly, with

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your family, with other people, all the time,

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know that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is

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watching you.

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May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala give us

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that sense of taqwa, Ya Rabb al-alameen,

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and the ability to have that watchfulness and

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that muraqama in our hearts.

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We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to

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give us taqwa, haqqa, taqwa.

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And we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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to make us among those who always repent

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back to Him, Ya Rabb al-alameen.

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We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to

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beautify our akhlaq, our manners, in a way

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that is most pleasing to Him, Ya Rabb

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al-alameen.

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Wallahu ta'ala alam.

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Any questions, Jamal?

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Okay, a request from me to all of

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you in regards to your akhlaq and good

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manners to the other people, inshallah, in the

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masjid.

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Please, when you guys come for Salat al

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-Isha, or Salat al-Fajr, Salat al-Maghrib,

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Salat al-Asr, any salah, please, please drive

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slowly.

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Drive slowly, and when you start coming into

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the parking lot, don't go straight from the

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street into your parking spot.

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Slow down, get slowly, don't hurt anybody else,

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Jamal.

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Unfortunately, we had some, a few incidents, almost,

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I would say, almost incidents where someone could

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hurt.

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So we ask you to please be careful

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as you come to the masjid, especially if

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you're going to want to catch the imam

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before he says, salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah, salamu

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alaykum wa rahmatullah.

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That means you're too late anyway, so please

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slow down.

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But seriously, if you're coming to catch the

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salah on time, so please slow down and

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make sure to keep that in mind.

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Jazakumullah khair.

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Salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh.

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