Zia Sheikh – Jumuah Gratitude 11272015

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The importance of honesty and all three types of blessings is emphasized in Islam. A woman who talked about being honored by the Prophet A.S. and her family is also mentioned. The focus is on happiness and building tawakul to achieve it, while also reminding people to remember their owners and witnessing and providing guidance. The focus is on achieving happiness through spiritual connection with Allah S.W.T. and building tawakul to achieve it.

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			Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest
		
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			I bear witness that there is no god
		
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			but Allah I bear witness that there is
		
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			no god but Allah I bear witness that
		
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			Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah I
		
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			bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of
		
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			Allah He
		
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			has the sustenance for that one day.
		
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			The sustenance for one day.
		
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			If he has all these three blessings, what
		
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			does the Prophet A.S. say?
		
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			Just think about that last thing for a
		
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			minute.
		
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			That how much Allah blessed us in terms
		
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			of food.
		
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			Our refrigerators are full of food.
		
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			Our pantries are full of food.
		
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			If we were to eat for a year
		
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			probably, the food in our houses would not
		
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			finish.
		
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			But the reality is that we continue to
		
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			buy and accumulate and hoard.
		
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			The Prophet A.S. said, If a person
		
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			has the sustenance for just one day, then
		
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			this is all of these three blessings combined.
		
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			It's as if the dunya and all of
		
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			its benefits have been combined for him.
		
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			He has the whole blessings of the whole
		
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			world that have been given to him.
		
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			Just imagine.
		
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			Do we have these three blessings or not?
		
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			Do we have safety and security?
		
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			Most of us would say yes.
		
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			Do we have a healthy body?
		
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			Most of us would say yes, Alhamdulillah.
		
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			And if not, we have good treatment in
		
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			this country to provide for the sicknesses that
		
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			we do have.
		
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			The third thing, do we have the sustenance
		
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			and food for just one day?
		
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			I think everyone would say yes, we do
		
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			have.
		
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			So then, why should we not be grateful
		
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			for the blessings that Allah S.W.T.
		
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			has given us?
		
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			I'd like to also mention another hadith which
		
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			talks about how the Prophet A.S. had
		
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			to deal and the Sahaba had to deal
		
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			with providing for the basic necessities for themselves.
		
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			Abu Hurayr A.S. narrates that the Prophet
		
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			A.S. once left his house in the
		
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			night time or the day time and he
		
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			ran across Abu Bakr and Umar A.S.
		
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			who were both sitting in the street.
		
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			So he said to them, What made you
		
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			leave your houses at this time of the
		
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			night?
		
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			What did they say?
		
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			Hunger, O Prophet of Allah, has made us
		
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			leave our houses.
		
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			We don't have anything to eat, so we
		
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			came out of our houses with the hope
		
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			that somebody might invite us.
		
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			What did the Prophet A.S. say?
		
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			He said, The thing that made you
		
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			leave your houses also made me leave my
		
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			house.
		
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			I'm also hungry.
		
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			Get up.
		
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			And he took them to a house of
		
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			one of the Ansar.
		
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			That person was not at home, so the
		
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			wife received them, made them comfortable and they
		
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			were told that the person, the head of
		
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			the household, he's gone to fetch some water
		
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			for the house.
		
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			And suddenly he turned up and he was
		
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			very happy to see the Prophet A.S.
		
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			and his two companions and he said that
		
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			the most honored person today is me because
		
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			of these honored guests.
		
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			And he brought a branch of dates which
		
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			had different types of dates on them in
		
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			terms of ripeness.
		
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			Some were ripe, some were semi-ripe, some
		
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			were not ripe at all.
		
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			Many people have different tastes when it comes
		
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			to these dates.
		
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			Some people like the crunchy texture of the
		
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			dates that are not yet ripe.
		
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			Some people like the ripe soft dates and
		
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			some like them semi-soft.
		
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			So the host, he put all three types
		
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			on one branch so that people could enjoy,
		
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			the people could enjoy according to their tastes.
		
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			Then he picked up a knife to slaughter
		
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			a sheep.
		
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			The Prophet A.S. said to him, Don't
		
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			slaughter a sheep which gives milk.
		
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			So he went, slaughtered a sheep, put the
		
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			meat in front of them, it was cooked
		
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			and after they had eaten to their fill
		
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			and they were satiated, the Prophet A.S.
		
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			he said to them, What did he say?
		
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			So I swear by Allah, you will most
		
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			certainly be questioned for these blessings on the
		
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			Day of Judgment.
		
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			If you can imagine, put everything in perspective
		
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			now, that they don't have anything to eat
		
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			at home.
		
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			They are forced to eat at somebody else's
		
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			house.
		
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			The fact that Allah A.S. gave them
		
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			from those blessings and made them full, the
		
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			Prophet A.S. said that you will be
		
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			questioned about these blessings on the Day of
		
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			Judgment.
		
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			So where do we stand in terms of
		
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			being questioned by Allah A.S. on the
		
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			Day of Judgment?
		
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			We should think about this very very carefully.
		
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			And I'll just finish off with another similar
		
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			hadith.
		
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			It's narrated from that one of the Sahaba
		
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			said, the Prophet A.S. came out to
		
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			them It seemed that he had just taken
		
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			a shower and he was looking very cheerful.
		
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			So the Sahaba said to him, Ya Rasulullah,
		
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			we see you, that you have come and
		
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			you seem to be very cheerful.
		
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			He said, yes, absolutely.
		
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			All praise is due to Allah S.W
		
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			.T. Then the Prophet A.S. mentioned a
		
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			sentence, There is no harm for a person
		
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			to be rich as long as he has
		
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			taqwa.
		
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			Why is that?
		
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			When a person has taqwa, then he watches
		
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			what he earns.
		
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			He only earns from halal.
		
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			And he spends on halal.
		
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			He doesn't do any dhulm upon somebody to
		
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			attain somebody's wealth illegally.
		
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			So as long as a person has taqwa,
		
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			that coupled with being rich, there is nothing
		
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			wrong with it.
		
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			But then the Prophet A.S. said something
		
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			which is even more important than being rich.
		
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			A person who has sihah and health of
		
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			the body, it is better than ghina for
		
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			that person who has taqwa.
		
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			Again, a person can have all the riches
		
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			of the world.
		
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			He can be the most wealthiest person in
		
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			the world.
		
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			But if he doesn't have health, then he
		
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			will be willing to give up every single
		
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			possession of his life to have a healthy
		
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			life.
		
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			To get rid of illnesses that he has.
		
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			And then the last thing, Internal happiness is
		
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			a true blessing.
		
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			Meaning that ghina, richness and everything, it's on
		
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			one side.
		
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			But happiness inside, satisfaction, peace, it is one
		
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			of the huge blessings of Allah S.W
		
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			.T. So we see many people, you know,
		
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			who are from the celebrities, famous, have lots
		
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			of money, lots of fans.
		
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			Those same people, we hear almost every month
		
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			that they have gone and committed suicide.
		
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			Or died of a drug overdose.
		
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			Why is that?
		
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			Because they try to, and we do the
		
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			same thing, we try to achieve happiness by
		
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			materialism.
		
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			The reality is that materialism is an external
		
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			thing.
		
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			Happiness is an internal spiritual thing.
		
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			External things cannot resolve internal problems, spiritual problems.
		
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			The only way to get happiness is to
		
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			focus on our spirituality.
		
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			To focus on our connection with Allah S
		
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			.W.T. To focus on our relationship with
		
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			Allah S.W.T. To build our taqwa,
		
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			to build our tawakul.
		
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			And then we will get that happiness and
		
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			peace that we are running after.
		
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			That we are trying to achieve.
		
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			And that is why Allah S.W.T.
		
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			says, Be aware that only through the remembrance
		
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			of Allah S.W.T. do the hearts
		
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			find ease.
		
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			And dhikr is not just to make a
		
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			tasbih.
		
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			Although this is part of it.
		
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			Dhikr means remembering Allah S.W.T. throughout
		
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			the day.
		
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			Fulfilling his commands and obeying him when we
		
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			are supposed to obey him.
		
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			Staying away from his disobedience.
		
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			All of these things are the remembrance of
		
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			Allah S.W.T. And when a person
		
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			does that, then he will get the itminanul
		
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			qalb.
		
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			He will get the happiness of the heart.
		
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			So this is what we should be focusing
		
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			on rather than materialism.
		
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			And that is what truly will make us
		
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			happy.
		
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			I pray that Allah S.W.T. gives
		
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			us to understand and practice what is being
		
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			said and heard.
		
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			And we bear witness that there is no
		
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			god but Allah, and there is no partner
		
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			for him.
		
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			And we bear witness that our master and
		
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			guardian is Muhammad, his servant and messenger.