Yassir Fazaga – Faith In Action – EP07 – Relationship With The Self – PT 1

			shaytani r rajim Bismillah Alhamdulillah wa salatu salam ala rasulillah. In the Name of Allah, the
Compassionate, The Most Merciful All praise is due to Allah and made his peace and blessings be upon
our beloved prophet muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, welcome back again to faith in action. And
we begin by saying, Assalamu alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, who made the peace and the
blessings and the mercy of Allah, be upon all of you. And thank you for joining us once again, into
our program, we're still talking about the concept of faith and how in Islam, faith necessitates
action. And that faith without action is really dead. And if what you believe in does not impact how
		

			you behave, then what you believe in is not important. But we've been talking about part of faith is
reflected in our interaction with others and interacting with ourselves. And we left last time in
talking about interacting with self, and how it is that in Islam, Islam teaches self acceptance,
self love, self control, avoid self deceit, avoid selfishness, and so forth. And we left off talking
about the idea of misery. When there is no harmony between our values, principles and ideals, and
our behavior, the higher the gap, the more misery we invite to ourselves. And also, we said that the
higher the gap between our potentials and where we are practically at this point, so that that also
		

			invites a lot of misery to ourselves, because I am aware of where I can be. And I have the tools
that our last panelist Allah has bestowed upon me, that enables me to get to my potential, yet I do
not choose it, or I do not use it. Because I am being held back by my self imposed shackles, beat
procrastination, the laziness, Wi Fi, beat anxiety, whatever it is, sadly, sometimes we are the ones
who hold ourselves back from achieving our potentials. And that can be very pressing. And it can be
very saddening to the point that it can even lead people to be so depressed, that they may even
entertain things such as you know what I would like to hurt myself suicidal ideation. And remember,
		

			that is not acceptable in Islam, hopelessness should never get us to that point. But what we need to
do is overcome this issue. And because sometimes when whenever we see that the potential is so way
out there, and practically where we are is way down here, you see that and it just becomes very
depressing. And all a sense of hopelessness overcomes us at that point. And we don't want that to
happen. So what do we do? They say that, if problems prevent you from seeing your goal, instead,
then you are in trouble, acknowledge the problems, but never lose sight of where it is that you are
going. So what do we do? One way they say that is make yourself take small steps towards achieving
		

			your potential or towards achieving your goal. Mountains, what are they really made of, they're made
of a lot of sand that came together, made rocks that came together that formulated the mountains
that we have. So the point is, nothing ever is insignificant, so long that it is part of what gets
us up there to our potential, we must commit ourselves to it even if it be many times to be very
insignificant. And that is why Subhanallah a person should never undermine act of goodness, acts of
goodness or not to be undermined in the Hadith, the professor lumpy actually literally forbade that
let you learn how to communicate malvaceae. Khurana meraviglia. Do not belittle any act of goodness.
		

			And sometimes he even said that do not belittle any act of goodness, even if it be the sharing of
half a date with someone. Now if you are hungry, half a date does not really make that big of a
difference. But what it does is that
		

			It's a step towards achieving, you know, the elimination of hunger, is it? If that's all what you
can do, then do it. Do not deem it insignificant. Because the minute we deem things to be
insignificant, we stopped doing anything that I can do it because it won't make a big difference.
Well, what are the things that make the big difference? I can't really do it right now. So we ended
up very stagnant. stagnation is not good. So we want to do this. And that's why also in the Hadith,
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam speaks about consistency. I have with Amelie ilahi, Edwin
Mujawar in deeds are our most loved by Allah, our deeds that are consistent, even if it may be that
		

			it is few or as little, but the person is committed to it, there is consistency in these deeds. So
what we want to do is, if you are in that situation, potential is up there, practically we are down
here, what we want to do is we want to take these little steps as we are achieving our potentials,
what these little steps do is that with every step that is accomplished, there is a sense of
achievement, and that is really good for us, because achievement gives us a sense of hope. I did it,
it was done. So inshallah, next time, I will take more steps and so forth. Another point, it's also
very important is that do what is possible right now, and do not wait for the situation to get
		

			better. And that is part of the self deception, that sometimes we practice against ourselves. And
that is, I will do it, when it's the right time. I will do it when it gets better, though many
things, do what is needed right now, do not wait for things to get better. Remember, faith is all
about action. So we are continuously doing something. Okay. And at different times, faith requires
that we do different things. But we must all the time be doing we must all the time, be in action
actions that are most appropriate to the situation that we are in. There is a statement that says
that in an MLM been reliable, we'll be late we'll be late. But certain deeds, Allah accepts and
		

			expect during the day. And he was neither accepted nor expected it is done during the night,
uncertain deeds, Allah accept and expect during the night, and Allah will neither accept nor
expected during the day. Why? Because the night has its own deeds, that they have its own deeds,
different times of our lives, they require different actions depending on what is the challenge that
is presented to us at that point. So at that point, we don't wait for things to get better, what we
do is we do what is needed for the time that we are in. So the point is, do what is needed right now
Do not wait waiting is not good waiting eats up the time. And at that point, we let somebody or some
		

			other event be in control. And we give up that which Allah subhanho wa Taala has given us and that
is the sense of duty and the sense of responsibility that we have been talking about last time.
Another point also that is detrimental.
		

			ignoring what seems to be insignificant initially, may actually change it to a big deal later on.
Give an example, they say that of all the things that we need to take care of regarding our own
personal lives, enhancements, development growth, we can classify it in either that which needs to
be done now. And that which can be taken care of later on. But the way that we have been relating to
the things that can be taken care of later on, is that we absolutely neglect it. Because we tell
ourselves, I'll just take care of it later on. I'll take care of it later on. And at that point, it
was not really a big deal. There were other things that were more important that we were busy with,
		

			which was acceptable, but it is not acceptable, that all the insignificant things that we totally
ignored, because eventually they will become a big deal. So the point is, Do not wait for this
		

			either. Another point that is also equally important is to remember that work is a blessing, not a
burden. Most of us have this vision of when I retire I like to retire when I am young so that I have
absolutely no responsibility. I have no boss to answer to No boss to wait for the check and salary
from I have my thoughts about traveling I have my thoughts about almost what we want to be is
responsibility free. And as such what we do is that we do our work at this point.
		

			nicoma as a burden, and not as an AMA as a blessing. Now, sometimes we may have jobs that really
require a lot of work and pay very little that requires so much attention and exhaust our energy and
there is nothing wrong with being dissatisfied with this kind of work and we should try our best to
you know, get something that is more suitable for us. However, if we view in principle that work in
itself is not is a burden, then we are in trouble. That is not acceptable, but rather what needs to
be done is what is a blessing and insha Allah I will enjoy every bit of it to the best of my
ability. So, in principle, working is good. Please do stay tuned. We're going to take a short break
		

			and we will be right back in Sharla.