Yaser Birjas – Work Hard To Keep Your Hard Work With You In Your Grave

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The importance of having good deeds is discussed in a book on alayson alay effort, emphasizing the need to put effort into one's good deeds and forgive mistakes and mistakes. The resurrection day is also highlighted, emphasizing the importance of waking up for the day and focusing on individual deeds. The need to prioritize one's investment and hard work is emphasized, along with the importance of waking up for the day to strive for good deeds.

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			As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu.
		
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			Alhamdulillahi rabbil alameen wa salallahu wa sallam wa
		
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			baraka nabiyyina wa muhammadin wa ala alihi wa
		
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			sahbihi wa sallam wa tasliman kathira thumma amma
		
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			ba'd.
		
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			Imam al-Nabi rahimahullah ta'ala fi kitab
		
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			al-Mujahidah, the book on, chapter on al
		
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			-Mujahidah, Struggling and Striving for the Sake of
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and the Cause
		
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			of Allah azza wa jal, hadith number 104,
		
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			104.
		
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			In this
		
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			hadith,
		
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			the Messenger of Allah, salallahu alayhi wa sallam,
		
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			said, Three things follow a dead body, members
		
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			of his family, his possessions, and his deeds.
		
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			Two of them return and one will remain
		
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			with him.
		
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			His family and his possessions return, his deeds
		
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			remain with him.
		
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			Rahul Bukhari Muslim.
		
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			So this hadith, the Prophet, salallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam, has mentioned right now what you could
		
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			consider the reward or the immediate reward you
		
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			get for al-Mujahidah.
		
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			What's the point of you striving for the
		
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			sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and
		
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			the Cause of Allah azza wa jal?
		
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			What is the point of you resisting temptations,
		
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			following good deeds, even though they're lofty and
		
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			high and difficult to acquire and accomplish, but
		
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			I still, I want to wake up at
		
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			night, I want to fast Mondays and Thursdays,
		
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			I want to put myself to fatigue for
		
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			the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			What's the point of all of that?
		
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			He says, the immediate return for this happens
		
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			when you leave this world.
		
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			The immediate return happens when you leave this
		
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			world.
		
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			What is it?
		
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			He says, when people die, naturally, three things
		
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			go with them to the cemetery.
		
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			You'll have your family walk with you, your
		
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			friends, your loved ones, everybody goes with you
		
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			to the funeral.
		
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			And then obviously they bring, maybe they drive
		
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			your car, perhaps, right?
		
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			And maybe some other things that you own
		
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			come with you.
		
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			So, and then your good deeds as well
		
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			too.
		
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			Those two visible things go back home.
		
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			When the funeral is over, they drive your
		
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			car back again to the house.
		
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			And then the only thing that is left
		
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			for you in the grave is your good
		
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			deeds.
		
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			So the reason why this hadith in this
		
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			chapter, Imam Nawaz is telling us over here,
		
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			what do you want to have down there
		
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			in your grave with you in that moment?
		
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			What do you want to have?
		
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			How much do you would like to have
		
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			with you?
		
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			Like, of all these things that you strive
		
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			for in this dunya, which one would be
		
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			worth it to strive for?
		
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			Is it the possessions that goes back home
		
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			when they're done burying you?
		
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			Is it the family that you put all
		
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			your investment in them, and they're still going
		
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			to leave you when they bury you?
		
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			Or is it what is worth it is
		
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			that you put your investment in that which
		
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			stays with you?
		
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			And what's the essence of having your good
		
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			deeds in the grave?
		
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			In another hadith, the Prophet ﷺ mentioned that
		
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			when a person is buried, then there is
		
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			that sense of wahshah.
		
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			Wahshah means estrangement.
		
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			Like, imagine when you're in a weird place
		
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			for the first time, and you start looking
		
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			around, you feel this kind of awkwardness, and
		
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			then you start feeling lonely, and you say,
		
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			my God, what am I going to do
		
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			here?
		
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			It doesn't matter how fancy the place is.
		
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			When you feel out of place, it's weird.
		
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			Imagine when it's dark and you don't even
		
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			see anything, and it's a very, very scary
		
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			moment, subhanAllah.
		
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			And then suddenly, the Prophet ﷺ says, this
		
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			person comes to you with this beautiful smile,
		
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			shiny face.
		
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			And then this person comes and tells you,
		
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			abshir, abshir, I'm bringing you good news.
		
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			Rejoice, I'm bringing good news.
		
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			So the person says, Who are you?
		
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			May Allah ﷻ give you the good news.
		
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			He says, I am your good deeds.
		
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			Allah ﷻ put all your good deeds to
		
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			impersonate an individual that will come to you
		
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			in that moment.
		
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			And part of what your good deeds will
		
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			do, will accompany you in the grave, like
		
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			giving you company until the day of resurrection.
		
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			Imagine when you have somebody in a moment
		
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			like this as a man, speaking to you,
		
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			talking to them.
		
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			What kind of conversation you had with your
		
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			good deeds?
		
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			Allah ﷻ, I don't know.
		
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			You better make sure that you have enough
		
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			to make your good deeds come to you
		
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			in that moment.
		
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			So here's the thing, the meaning of it
		
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			is that people that strive and they struggle
		
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			to make big family, rich family, smart, well
		
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			-educated, successful in this dunya, other people, they
		
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			put their investment in matters of houses, cars,
		
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			fancy watches, whatever that is.
		
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			All these things would not come to you,
		
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			into the grave.
		
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			So you better put your mujahidah and your
		
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			hard work into what is worth it.
		
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			May Allah ﷻ make us among those who
		
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			listen to the speech and for the best
		
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			of it, Ya Rabbil Alameen.
		
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			And make us among those who put their
		
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			effort in that which is meaningful in the
		
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			dunya and in the akhira.
		
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			We ask Allah ﷻ to accept from us
		
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			our best deeds, Ya Rabbil Alameen.
		
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			And forgive us our shortcomings and our sins.
		
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			Any questions?
		
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			So the question is, when you're in the
		
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			grave and you have this, alhamdulillah, hopefully, inshallah,
		
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			the good company of your good deeds, and
		
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			then the resurrection day comes.
		
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			We know that resurrection day has multiple stations.
		
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			And it's scary as well, too.
		
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			So when we are resurrected, are we going
		
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			to remember we had good company in the
		
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			grave so it makes us feel better?
		
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			Alhamdulillah, I had good company, which means I
		
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			did well.
		
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			So I don't have to worry so much,
		
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			you know, on the day of resurrection.
		
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			Are we going to be able to remember
		
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			that?
		
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			The answer is honestly, Allah ﷻ.
		
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			What we know is most likely no.
		
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			Why is that?
		
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			Because the Prophet ﷺ said, when we are
		
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			resurrected, we're resurrected like what?
		
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			The way we were born.
		
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			Everybody, the way they were born.
		
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			You know, you have nothing and so on.
		
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			And everybody is concerned about what?
		
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			What's coming.
		
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			It doesn't matter what passed.
		
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			What's coming right now.
		
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			So even Aisha ﷺ, when she heard the
		
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			Prophet ﷺ saying that people will be resurrected,
		
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			yani naked, the way they were when they
		
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			were born, قالت يا رسول الله وينظروا بعضهم
		
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			إلى بعض Like, are they going to look
		
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			at each other?
		
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			Like, she was so shy, even in that
		
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			moment.
		
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			قالت يا عائشة الأمر أكبر من ذلك Like,
		
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			what are you talking about?
		
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			That day is way, way more than I
		
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			could think of.
		
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			Like, everybody will be so concerned of what's
		
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			coming.
		
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			They don't have to worry about these things.
		
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			No one even dares to look.
		
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			And even if they do, they don't even
		
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			notice anything anymore.
		
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			Because the situation is definitely very, very serious.
		
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			والله أعلم.
		
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			نعم.
		
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			Yes.
		
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			Yes.
		
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			نعم.
		
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			نعم.
		
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			That has to be in groups, you mean?
		
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			Working for a cause.
		
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			No, look.
		
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			The Arabic word is المجاهدة.
		
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			The English translation, striving in the cause of
		
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			Allah ﷻ.
		
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			It's really off from the translation.
		
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			So المجاهدة مجاهرة النفس.
		
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			مجاهرة الشيطان.
		
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			مجاهرة المجتمع, the society.
		
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			So مجاهرة means putting the effort against temptations,
		
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			against sins, and also in adhering to the
		
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			commandments of Allah ﷻ.
		
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			On an individual level and group level as
		
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			well too.
		
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			So you individually, you have مجاهرة every single
		
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			day.
		
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			To wake up for Fajr is مجاهرة.
		
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			To sleep early so you can wake up
		
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			for Tahajjud is مجاهرة.
		
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			Fasting is مجاهرة.
		
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			All of this is مجاهرة on an individual
		
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			level.
		
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			Also, الأمر المعروف.
		
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			نهاء المنكر.
		
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			Which means facing the people, going with a
		
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			group.
		
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			That's مجاهرة.
		
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			الجهاد في سبيل الله.
		
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			As well as مجاهرة.
		
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			All of this is concerned with مجاهرة.
		
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			Overall, we're talking about striving for the cause
		
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			of Allah ﷻ.
		
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			والله أعلم.
		
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			نعم.
		
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			نعم.
		
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			نعم.
		
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			So there will be spread of the harshness
		
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			of the Day of Judgment, but everybody's going
		
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			to be going out worrying.
		
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			All of this, everybody's going to be worrying,
		
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			including الصالحين الأنبياء.
		
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			So remember when everybody is waiting for the
		
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			account to begin, and then they go to
		
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			Adam.
		
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			You know, Adam, أنت أبو البشر.
		
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			You're the first man.
		
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			Ask Allah ﷻ for us, you know, to
		
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			help us start the day.
		
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			And Adam says, Me?
		
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			Allah ﷻ commanded me not to eat from
		
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			the tree, and I did.
		
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			نفسي نفسي.
		
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			Leave me alone.
		
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			I have my own worries to take care
		
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			for.
		
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			So even the أنبياء would be worrying in
		
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			that moment.
		
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			But when will they be, إن شاء الله
		
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			تعالى, in good standing?
		
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			Once they cross the bridge, خلاص.
		
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			Once they cross the bridge over جهنم, you'll
		
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			be fine, إن شاء الله تعالى.
		
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			والله أعلم.
		
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			سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك أشهد أن لا أنت أستغفرك
		
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			وأتوب إليك.
		
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			السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته.