Yasir Qadhi – Two Simple Choices

Yasir Qadhi
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The speakers discuss the importance of finding one's own success and happiness in life, rather than hoping for the next one. They also touch on the Prophet sall Drive and Heridays in the Bible, emphasizing the importance of forgiveness and personal growth. The Heridays involve forgiveness and personal growth, and the speaker encourages finding your own happiness.
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All praise is due to a loss of Hannah who Allah, we praise Him and we seek His help and we seek refuge in Allah from the evil of our souls and the consequences of our actions. Indeed, whomever Allah guides, none can misguide. And whomever Allah chooses to misguide, none can guide him back to the straight path. bear witness and I testify that there is no deity worthy of worship except for Allah, and that Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is the messenger of a law realized all Muslims that Allah has reminded us to be conscious of him when he says in the Quran, yeah you hola Gina Amano, tapa la hopko 241 otamatone illa one two Muslim moon. Dear Muslims, Allah subhana wa tada has

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reminded us many times in the Quran, that we have two simple choices. If our goal is this world, Allah says you will get this world. Allah says in the Quran, that whoever wants this worlds, Allah says pneumophila him Armada home fee ha, we shall reward them fully in this world war home fee holla. Cuba has shown and they will not be cheated, they will not be shortchanged. They will get everything they once woman around, Hirata wasaga hassayampa. But whoever wants the next world, and whoever strives for the next world while they believe that is the one who's striving shall be rewarded. Allah subhanho wa Taala mentions in the Quran that cool and both of these worlds number

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two, Adam in common I mean, outside Arabic, we are going to grant both of them from the Blessings of your Lord, how law you will have those who want this world will get this world those who want the next world will get the next world. But the question is which one is our ultimate priority. And Allah reminds us in the Quran, that the believer should make the priority the next world almario world by Nuna, z natural hierarchy dounia Wolbachia to saw their hair to higher on endora because awaba were higher on alcova wealth, and children are the beauty of this world. wealth and children Make life beautiful. Then Allah says well back to solid, the hat, the eternal good deeds that remain

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forever. That is better if you intend those, and Eliza just says that is the better return on your investment hired on a local about that is going to be the best return. So panda law, such a beautiful verse, Allah reminds us, this world is beautiful allemaal wealth albourne own family. It's beautiful. It's nice, there's nothing wrong with it. But if you intend that to be your ultimate goal, if you do everything for the sake of this world, you've lost out on the next world. And whoever chooses the next world, Allah says, you will get this world and the next world, whoever prioritizes the Euro, whoever wants the agenda of Allah, whoever strives for the pleasure of Allah,

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Allah will give him this world and the next world and that is the beauty of our faith. It is not wrong to want to live a good life, but the priority, our intentions, our goal should be the next life. And when we intend the next life, we get this world as well. Rob banner artina fit Jr. has been a World Heritage Center working adult Alba now Allah we want the good of this world and we want the good of the next world and we want you to save us from the punishment of the Fire in a hadith in the Sunnah of our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, Whoever made this world, his goal, listen to this Hadith, whoever made this dunya his goal, this dunya shall never be given to him. He

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is always going to be running after it. And he shall live his whole life in poverty. What does it mean in poverty? It means he's always going to be greedy for more when he has a million he wanted 10 million when he has 10 million he wants 100 million. He shall always live running after the dream of this world. And the prophet SAW Some said and he will be seen his poverty will be seen in front of his eyes. But whoever intended the next world, whoever made the next world his priority, this world will come to him without him lifting a finger and his richness will be in his heart. This is the real richness, whoever intends then

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Next world our Prophet system said, you intend Jenna you want the pleasure of Allah, this world will come to you, even though you don't have to run after it. And the prophet SAW Selim said, his happiness, his richness shall not be in his bank account, because it's not the bank account that makes you rich. The richness shall be in his heart, he shall feel rich, he shall feel happy. So dear Muslims, what is your priority? What is your intention? Why do you wake up in the morning what is bothering you what is always on your mind? Is it this world, our Prophet system has said, You will never get enough of this world to make you happy. However much you have, you will want more or is

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your priority the next world if it is the next world that should handle law, you will get one for the price of you will get two for the price of one you will get this world you will be happy with this world you will be content and you will get the ark era as well. And that's why Allah says well back to soil he had the good deeds that remained forever. That is how you don't end up big that is more rewarding in the eyes of Allah, your wealth will not remain forever your happiness in this world will not remain forever your good deeds will bathia to saw the hat they are your eternal investment, your return on investment from your good deeds, nothing will beat them when it comes to

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this world. Therefore do Muslims plant as much as you can for the seeds of the hereafter plant as much as you can to gain the rewards of the hereafter make the hereafter your priority change your paradigm and think of life after that because that is going to be the eternal life. May Allah subhanho wa Taala bless me and you within through the Quran. And may He make us of those who is versus they understand and who implement as halal and haram throughout our lifespan. I asked Allah forgiveness you as well ask him for he is still a food man.

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Alhamdulillah helwa hadn't had a summit Allah de la la jolla mula, mula Hakuna had whatever I do. One of the main mechanisms that benefits us as we go through this world is the mechanism it is the weapon of choice. It is mentioned in the Athar. It is mentioned in the books of our tradition, that the jaw is the weapon of the believer, he uses it to fight every enemy. Do AR is the weapon of the believer. Raise your hands to Allah subhana wa tada every time you feel defenseless. Raise your hands to Allah and ask for every single need of this world. Never, ever be embarrassed or ashamed to ask from Allah subhanho wa Taala our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, there is nothing that

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is more noble in the eyes of Allah than one of the Sahaba said, the son of Adam, fellow man, the more you ask, the more he shall hate you. And Allah The more you ask, the more he shall love you. Make dua to Allah morning and evening make dua to Allah for every need of yours. Make dua to Allah in secret and in public make dua to Allah whatever opportunity you have, and never feel that a DA is too trivial. No, our mother Ayesha cetera the Allahu Allah, if your shoelace breaks if your shoelace breaks, make dua to Allah that He blesses you with a new shoe lace because if Allah is not going to give you another shoe lace, you're never gonna get it never trivialize your dua to Allah. Our

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Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, anytime someone makes a joke to Allah, Allah gives him something in return either what he wants or another blessing that is equivalent to what he asked for the Sahaba said, O Messenger of Allah. If this is the case, then we shall ask a lot and ask a lot and ask Allah for everything. If this is the case, what is going to stop us from asking and asking and asking the Hadith in Arabic, Eden nescac theory, we're going to ask us here, if you're saying it's an open door, whatever you ask, the Lord is going to give you something Why will we stop asking him? Do you know what the response of our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said was one day said,

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he then stuck filled, he smiled and he said, Allahu

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Allah is much more than what you can ask for. Allah has much more than all that your imaginations might want. Continue to ask and ask and as never stop making your odd make do out for the big and the small, make dry and secret and private. Make dua for every need of yours and never feel any shyness any embarrassment because and with this habit will conclude our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said do our is the backbone of worship. Da is the essence of worship, a drama, about the drama is the essence of worship. There is no action of worship that is more beloved to Allah than the action of so called

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Didn't make do I make do either alone makes this affair easy for you make do either Allah cures any of your sick one make dua that Allah protects you from the virus, make dua that Allah blesses you in this world and the next world make dua for every need of yours and make sure that the bulk of your job is about human and spirituality and about forgiveness and the arc Hara. Because Allah says in the Quran, there are those people who say there are benefits, you know, for dunya. And they never asked about the archaea, or they're never going to get it and the righteous they say robina artina for dunya Hashanah, Warfield, Pharaoh to Santa walk in urban now three phrases are mentioned. Two of

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them are about the after and forgiveness and one of them is about this world use this as a general rule of thumb, make one third of your daughter's about wealth and about health and about family and about this world and make two thirds of your draft about forgiveness and guidance and the next life and that will be following the Quranic example along in the diet for amino Olam allotted and if you had the nimbyism Bonilla Fatah wa hum and Illa for Raja What are they in in la vita wala Maria gone in Russia fighter what I see around India sorta a llama filler. Now what if one in La Nina Saba hoonah been a man wala Rubina Zilla Latina, Amano robina in Nakuru for Rahim Allah Omar is an

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