Yaser Birjas – The Believers Affairs Are Always Good

Yaser Birjas
AI: Summary © The importance of being patient and grateful towards prosperity and prosperities is emphasized, along with the need for testing health and personal security to determine if achieving a blessing from Allah is possible. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of being content and satisfied with God's actions, protecting individuals from evil behavior, and remaining quiet while experiencing temporary sadness. The message of Sabr is also discussed, with a focus on obtaining satisfaction and contentment, and protecting individuals from evil behavior.
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And why is that?

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Because the hadith is about how magnificent the

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affair of the believer is. Hadith number 27,

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then the other

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In this hadith, the messenger of Allah sallallahu

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alaihi wa sallam,

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he's saying,

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how wonderful

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is the case of a believer. Like how

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astonishing,

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how pleasing,

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how amazing,

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like how how beautiful that I fear the

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believer.

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And he says, how so,

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There is good for him in everything.

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There is good for him in everything

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and this applies only

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to a believer.

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Because if you believe in Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala

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and you believe in the Qadr of Allah,

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if you believe that this life is just

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a test no more. If you believe that

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no matter what happens, Allah has wisdom in

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it. If you can if you believe in

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all of that,

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definitely you will find good in everything. So

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he explained that

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If prosperity

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attends him,

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he expresses great gratitude to Allah and that

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is good for him.

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And if adversity befalls him, he endures it

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he endures it patiently

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and that is better for him.

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So what does that

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mean? Means that as a Muslim, as a

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believer, I am expected, I am required to

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respond

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always responsibly

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and to

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behave in a way

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that no matter what befalls me, the grace

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is is the the the the gratitude is

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to Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala forever happens.

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And we mentioned in many of our lectures

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before.

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How your iman as a believer is between

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two things.

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Between being patient

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against adversities

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and being grateful towards prosperities.

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So you always have your heart between these

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two matters. And subhanahu, a true believer is

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the one that when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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gives them so much, what do they think

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about this?

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A blessing from Allah,

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and it's still a test. As Allah says,

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we're gonna try you with that which is

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difficult, like adversities, and also with prosperity

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as a mean of fitna for which means

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trials.

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So even the prosperity we go through is

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also trial.

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It's not like you're escaping the the the

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test. No. It's part of the trial as

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well too. So as a believer,

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I've always think about this.

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If Allah

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sends me prosperity my way, I need to

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be grateful to Allah Azzawal for this namah,

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for this blessing, All the time. And we

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talked about this for a little bit, I

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tell in my class actually before,

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shukr, you do the gratitude how? With your

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tongue,

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by always expressing Alhamdulillah. Ashukul Alhamdulillah.

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By your heart, which have this kind of

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satisfaction with

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and blessing and rida, have this in your

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heart. And through your actions as well too,

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by sharing and giving and so on. So

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it's very important to have this gratitude.

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And being patient,

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if Allah subhanahu wa ta test you with

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otherwise.

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Can be tested in many different ways.

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Tested with your with your marriage,

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with your

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job, with your personal health,

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the situation.

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You guys don't have microphones?

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Omar, can you check the women's section please?

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They don't the speakers seems to be off

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there.

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So,

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the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam again,

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he said that's it's part of the test.

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So we all have our own ways of

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going through that, subhanAllah. Not not all of

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us,

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have it the same. And subhan, many, many

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of us, when they think of their own

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test,

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they think that they are the only ones

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who's going through difficulties and hardships.

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But if you try even to think of

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or comparing what you go through with other

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people's other situation,

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you will just need to be quiet

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and say, Alhamdulillah,

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at least I'm not being tested with my

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health.

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Alhamdulillah, I'm not being tested with my safety

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and security.

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I'm not being tested with my family.

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People have different test. And the believer always

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remember that look,

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this because it happened,

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it meant to happen,

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and Allah wills it.

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Not necessarily he loves he loves it, but

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he wills for this to happen as part

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of the test. And it's my job to

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pass this test whether by being grateful

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in the face of prosperity

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or being, of course, you know, patient in

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the face of adversity.

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Finally, if you guys remember,

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we said that Ibn Kaib he says,

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against the Qadr of Allah when Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala was to test people with matters.

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People they have,

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they respond differently

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and Ibn Qayim said they go through 4

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phases.

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Some people they go through a Tasakhut,

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means whining and crying about it and complaining

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and like this spread all over the world.

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He said this is haram.

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Especially when they say things are considered haram.

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Like saying, complain about Allah

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like why me,

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You Allah just, you know, I'm the good

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guy, I'm the good girl. So complaining about

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and that is prohibited.

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That's called the saqhb.

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The second

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he says called as Sabr.

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As Sabr is when you

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withhold yourself and restraining yourself

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from saying or doing something displeasing to Allah

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Even though

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your heart is not accepting it,

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Like you're not happy with it, you're probably

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upset,

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but you you keep your mouth, you know,

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under control.

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And that is the meaning of now sabr

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over here, that's the bare minimum.

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As the prophet mentioned when he was holding

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his son

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and he was crying.

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So how would they point that to him?

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He said this is mercy. And then

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says

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like we might shed tears over this manner

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but and our heart are in so much

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grief,

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but our tongues will say nothing except that

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which most pleasant to Allah

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and to a departure of Ibrahim,

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we're in complete sadness. Like we can't stop

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this as a father of Allah, but we

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say nothing but most pleasing to Allah

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So that's

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sabr. The He said, this is the bare

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minimum, that's obligatory.

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The third level, he says it's called

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That's when you bring satisfaction and contentment.

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It's not just like you stay quiet,

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you do nothing,

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instead your heart is at ease with Allah's

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judgment.

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I know this is from Allah, so I'm

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okay.

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So you don't complain,

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but at the same time you don't go

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out and celebrate. You're just content with Allah's

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Qadr here. Now need to keep in mind

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that doesn't mean you cannot change the Qadr

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of Allah by the other Qadr of Allah.

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So if you're content with what happened, doesn't

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mean you cannot go and seek, you know,

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to change the circumstances

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by all possible means.

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So that's parabarud.

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Now the 4th category which is the highest

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one,

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Now that's the the the station of gratitude.

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Can you imagine?

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You're grateful even though you see destruction all

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around you, catastrophes around you. Allah, the manifestation

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of this is in today.

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Allah make it easy for the people.

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They are the manifestation of this man.

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How many times I've seen people in the

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face of destruction

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and all what they say is what?

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This is just dunya.

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Allah will give us better than that. Like

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wow, how can people in the face of

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such atrocity,

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they have this sense of, you know, subhanAllah,

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you need comfort and and satisfaction and and

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peace and tranquility.

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That's the meaning of this hadith.

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Only a true believer,

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only a true believer will be in such

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situation, such condition.

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So make sure that you keep your mind

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inshallah and heart attached to that. That may

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make us among the

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true believers, You're abilalameen.

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Among those who always always face up to

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala with gratitude. And we

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ask Allah Subhanahu to keep our heart content

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and all the peace and tranquility that comes

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from him Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. We Allah protect

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us from any harm.

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We ask Allah to protect our brothers and

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sisters,

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We ask Allah to protect them, You Rabbi

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Alamin. We ask Allah, Subhanahu, to bring them

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with them victory, You Allah, You Rabbi Alamin.

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Protect their households, their livelihood, their children, their

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their their their massage, their communities, You

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Allah And we ask Allah

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to protect our young men and women who

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are in campus on the campus around the

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country.

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We ask God to keep them safe

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And keep them firm under iman and their

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belief in justice. We ask Allah to

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shelter them from any evil and any wrongdoing

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against them, You're a man.

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Any question

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Ajamal?

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