Yaser Birjas – Teaching Watchfulness To Our Children

Yaser Birjas
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The importance of watching Islam is emphasized, with emphasis on guidance and guidance to avoid harm and find physical help for success. The need for guidance and assistance for children is also emphasized, along with the importance of helping people to benefit them and achieve success. Jesus is commanding for them, and helping people to benefit them is essential.
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Alhamdulillah Rabbil Alameen.

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Sallallahu wa sallam wabaraka nabiyyina Muhammadin wa ala

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alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam.

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Tasliman kathiratun ma ma ba'd.

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Imam al-Nawr rahimahullah ta'ala, still in

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the book of Al-Muraqaba.

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How to make sure that you have this

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kind of watchfulness.

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Knowing that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is

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surveying you, is looking at you, and is

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watching you subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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And watching over you as well.

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Keeping that in mind, hadith number 62 in

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Riyad al-Sariheen.

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Al-Imam al-Nawr rahimahullah ta'ala.

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Qala an Ibn Abbas radiallahu ta'ala anhuma.

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Qala kuntu khalfan nabiyyina sallallahu alaihi wa sallam

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yawma.

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Says one night, one day I was behind

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the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.

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Riding behind the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.

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Fa qala ya ghulam.

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So he called me.

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Ya ghulam, oh young man, or young boy.

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Inni wa alimuka kalimat.

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Let me teach you, let me instruct you

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in some significant matters.

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Like I want to share a few words

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with you that have significant matters to you.

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Now first of all, this is Ibn Abbas.

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Who was Ibn Abbas to the Prophet?

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Who was he?

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His cousin, right?

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How young was he in that incident, in

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that story?

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Anyone knows?

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He says, ya ghulam.

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Which when we say ghulam, it means young

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boy.

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How old would that be?

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Around nine.

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Nine, ten years old.

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That's the ghulam, kind of like age group.

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So he was young.

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What was he riding?

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Behind the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.

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In the camel.

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What do you learn from this, ajumma?

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What do you learn from this?

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The humbleness of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa

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sallam.

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The humility of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa

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sallam.

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The love of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa

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sallam for his family, his cousin.

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And for these young boys.

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And subhanAllah, it's so important, it's so important

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to be the first person to teach young

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children so that whatever khair that comes out

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of their lives, you get the reward for

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it.

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I was told one time about an imam

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who was teaching in an Islamic school.

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And he was teaching the kindergarten age group.

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Can you imagine the imam teaching the kindergarten?

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What is he teaching them anyway?

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So at some point, out of respect, the

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school decided to move the imam to the

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high school level.

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He starts crying.

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I was like, why?

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He goes, I want to continue to teach

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the kindergarten.

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And when he was asked why, he said

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because the kindergarten children said that this is

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their first exposure to the deen and to

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Islam.

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I want to be the one who gives

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them the basics of the deen.

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So as they grow older, whatever khair comes

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out of it, I will get the reward

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for it.

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But if they are in high school already,

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they passed through a lot of teachers before

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me.

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So can you imagine?

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So the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam was

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teaching Ibn Abbas's cousin.

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And he's telling him, ya ghulam, an endearment

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statement.

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My dear boy, he says.

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Look, I'm going to teach you a few

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important words.

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Basically, listen to me, he says.

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The first statement that he told him, he

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says, be watchful of Allah and He will

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be watchful of you.

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What does that mean?

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Be watchful of what?

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The commandments of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Like live your life by how Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala instructed you to do.

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So be watchful of Allah's commandment.

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Whatever He asks you to do, you do

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it.

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Whatever He asks you to stay away from

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it, you stay away from it.

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You be watchful of Allah and Allah will

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be watchful over you.

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And he says, And if you do that,

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by being watchful of Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala, you'll find Him there for you every

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time you need Him.

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Like if you know Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala, in those good times, Allah will know

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you, will know subhanahu wa ta'ala in

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your difficult times.

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In the hadith of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi

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wa sallam, he says, Know Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala during times of ease, He will

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know you, He will be there for you

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at the time of difficulty.

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And we all go through difficult times.

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Subhanallah.

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If you ask, who do you ask?

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Allah.

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Look what the teachings of the Prophet sallallahu

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alaihi wa sallam to this kid.

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Today, at nine years old, what are we

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teaching our children?

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How to sing?

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How to be a TikTok celebrity?

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All these kind of things, subhanallah.

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And here's the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,

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this child, a lesson for life.

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He says, If you ask, ask someone who

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deserves to be asked.

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And who's the one who deserves to be

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asked?

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Allah azza wa jal.

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If you don't ask Allah, He will be

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upset with you.

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People, if you ask them, they will be

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upset with you.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, He will be

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displeased with you if you don't ask Him.

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So He's the one who deserves to be

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asked.

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He goes, You ask Allah azza wa jal.

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If you ever want help, seek from where?

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From Him subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Today, whenever we go through difficulties, the first

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thing that comes to our mind is what?

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Who should I call?

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Immediately.

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We look for 9-1-1.

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Which is true.

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We need that physical help, no doubt about

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it.

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We need to be safe in the dunya.

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But what is more important, jama'ah?

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Safety where?

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In the akhirah.

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If you're going to be asking for help,

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ask from Allah azza wa jal.

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This instruction is embedded in our deen, in

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our heart, every single day, you have to

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request that.

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How many times, jama'ah?

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At least how many times?

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At least 17 times.

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Where do you say that in your salah?

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It is you that we worship, and it's

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you that we seek for help and assistance.

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So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is commanding

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us here to seek His help.

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And here's the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam

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saying, وَإَذَا أَسْتَعَنْتَ فَاسْتَعَنْ بِاللَّهِ When you seek

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help, seek from Allah azza wa jal.

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قَالُوا عَلَمْ He basically says, وَعَلَمْ What does

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that mean?

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Be absolutely certain.

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That's what it means.

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Have the certainty of knowledge.

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And if the knowledge is coming from the

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Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, is there any

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doubt in that knowledge?

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Absolutely not.

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So he says, have the absolute certainty of

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knowledge.

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أَنَّ الْأُمَّةَ لَوْ اجْتَمَعَتْ عَلَىٰ أَن يَنْفَعُكَ بِشَيْءٍۢ

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لَمْ يَنْفَعُكَ إِلَّا بِشَيْءٍۢ قَدْ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَكَ

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That if the whole world, the whole ummah,

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they get together to benefit you in anything,

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they will never be able to benefit you

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in anything unless Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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has written this for you.

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So no matter how much we try to

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gain support and help from people, if it's

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not written, it's not going to happen.

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So who would you go to first to

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facilitate that help and assistance from Him subhanahu

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wa ta'ala?

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قَالُ وَعْلَمُ أَنَّ الْأُمَّةَ لَوْ اجْتَمَعَتْ عَلَىٰ أَن

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يَضُرُّكَ بِشَيْءٍۢ If they all gather together to

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hurt you, to harm you with anything, لَمْ

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يَضُرُّكَ بِشَيْءٍۢ إِلَّا قَدْ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ They

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will not be able to reach you, they

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will never harm you unless Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala has written this to happen to

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you.

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Which means if it happens, what do you

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do?

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You go back to Allah azza wa jal.

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Ya Rabbi, I know there is hikmah behind

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it.

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I know you Allah have written this.

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I know.

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There is wisdom behind it.

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Help me understand.

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Give me the ability to go through it.

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Give me the ability to win through it

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and grow through it as well too.

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Because I know Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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allowed it to happen.

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Maybe He doesn't like it subhanahu wa ta

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'ala.

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He doesn't love it to happen to me.

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But He allows it.

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And there must be hikmah and wisdom behind

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it.

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Then He said, رُفِعَتْ الْأَقْلَامُ وَجَفَّتْ الصُحُفُ The

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pens had been lifted of the scrolls and

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the ink on the scrolls is drying up.

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What does that mean?

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It's a metaphor.

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That the aqlam, these pens riding al-qadr,

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the predestination that Allah has destined for you,

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they're fated for you.

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They're all lifted.

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And that's it.

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It's been now destined and written that it

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will happen.

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Subhanallah, that statement of jama'ah for a

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believer gives them a lot of peace.

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Many, many people in our time today, the

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non-Muslims, they're so worried about what?

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Their future?

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About taking control of their lives?

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What happens to them?

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What they cannot control?

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Because they don't believe in al-qadr.

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But for a Muslim, I know nothing good

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happens without his permission.

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Nothing bad will happen without his permission.

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So whatever is going to happen, Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala wills it.

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And my job is to be patient when

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it's difficult and to be grateful otherwise, when

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it's good.

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So I'm between being grateful to Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala or being patient with Allah's

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qadr subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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There was another narration in which the Prophet

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salallahu alaihi wa sallam he mentioned, well he

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mentioned earlier to you تعرف إلى الله في

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الرخاء عرفك في الشدة Know Allah in terms

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of ease He will know you in terms

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of difficulty and hardship.

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And he says, وَعْلَمْ Know that whatever missed

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you was never destined to hit you.

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Whatever hit you was never destined to miss

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you.

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قَالَ وَعْلَمْ أَنَّ النَّصْرَ مَعَ الصَّبْرِ Victory comes

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with what?

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Triumph comes with patience.

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Like everything has its due time.

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So triumph will come with patience.

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وَأَنَّ الْفَرَجَ مَعَ الْقَرْبِ And with every hardship,

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there's ease.

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وَأَنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا And every difficulty, adversity

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will bring will

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bring an exit for you out of it.

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May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala facilitate ease

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for us, Ya Rabbul Ameen, in this dunya

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and in the Akhirah.

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Any questions?

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Yes?

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No?

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So the question is we all believe in

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qadr.

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But some people, they become lazy as a

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result of that and they stop working, saying

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Allah did this to me.

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So what do we answer these people?

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Allah azza wa jal, He puts the qadr

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of working and the qadr of laziness.

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And He told people to choose.

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If you choose the qadr of working, you'll

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get the benefit of that.

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And if you choose the qadr of laziness,

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then you'll get the problem with it.

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So it's their choice to what Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala allowed to exist.

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But they made the wrong choice.

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Wallahu a'lam.

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Subhanakallah wa bihamdik.

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Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

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