My brothers, my sisters, the first and foremost piece of
advice and reminder that we should be commencing with at all
times is the consciousness of Allah.
Develop a relationship with your maker.
That is what will help you. In this world and the next, my
brothers and sisters, when we came onto the earth, one thing
was certain that we tend to forget we're going to leave this
place. When we came into this world, we
came in order to leave it at some point.
That is the only thing that is certain when we don't know.
Unfortunately, while Allah gives us more days to live, we tend to
forget the fact that we are going to go back to him when a
baby is born. If that baby were to die in the
early stages of life, it would be a great loss for the parents
and for humanity at large. But.
That particular baby is gone, back to the best possible place
it could be because it didn't even start its life on earth.
It was not witness to all the distractions on this earth.
And as children grow up, the same applies to them.
Once they clock puberty, they become responsible at that
juncture. The angels begin to write all
the good and the bad that is done and everything that that
child, now that it has become an adult, will do To develop the
relationship with Allah is also written.
That will be a bonus. You and I grew up today.
We are seated here. May Allah grant us contentment.
We're all searching for happiness.
Yet when we were babies, we were quite happy and content with the
little feed and the little burp and so on.
We started smiling at small things for as long as we were
not wet, we were not soiled. It wasn't too hot and we were
not made to be scared. We were OK for as long as we
were fed. We were fine.
Small things made us happy. As time passed, we were sad with
small things. Now we want bigger things.
We need more complicated stuff. The toys that made us happy when
we were babies no longer made us happy as we grew older.
Four years, five years. You can't give me the same toy I
had when I was two years. Later on, we were dissatisfied
until we had. The latest of the time in our
hands today, the little children are not happy until you give
them the latest technology, the phones and the iPads.
And sometimes parents give them these things without actually
considering how dangerous it is to give the child this piece of
technology if it were unrestricted.
But my brothers and sisters. The more Allah gives us life and
the longer we live, why is it that we become so discontented?
We're not happy anymore. Nothing makes us happy.
We want more and more. You have a job whereby you're
getting a salary. You can live, you have clothing,
you have food. You have a decent place to live.
You have a bedding, You have a place you can bath and shower.
Perhaps you have a toilet. You can relieve yourself, but
you're not happy. What do you want?
I need more. I want a bigger salary.
I want a promotion. I want a better home.
I want a better car. I want the next phone.
But you only had the phone just about a year ago.
We're not happy. You know what we need to develop
contentment. It won't come on its own.
Your happiness is a switch that you need to turn on.
You become conscious of the gifts of Allah upon you.
The more you concentrate on the fact that you are only here
temporary, the greater the chances of you being happy.
You could go right now. So could I.
I could drop from where I am at this moment and I'm gone.
And I lived a life, for example, if someone were to do so of
unhappiness, why was I unhappy? But Allah says, but I gave you.
I gave you a lot. I gave you more than you asked
for. I gave you things you didn't
even ask for me from me. Millions of things, a few things
I kept away from you because I knew it was not good for you.
Or I wanted to just make you closer to me.
You know when you want to promotion and you start asking
Allah. At least it brings you closer to
Allah. You asked Allah.
So Allah says we loved the way you asked us.
We loved the way you cried to us.
We loved the way you came to our house finally.
And we loved the way you started praying.
So we just said let's hold it back further so you can keep on
coming and going for a longer time.
It was a last plan. It was a bonus.
Changed the way you look at things.
My brothers and sisters. Allah has blessed you.
Be happy with the morsel of food
and always look at those who have less than you.
Take a look at those across the globe, our brothers and sisters,
not only in humanity but in faith as well, struggling
without a morsel of clean food or water.
And here we are, sitting and we are still unhappy.
They wouldn't even mind a grain of rice.
And we have a plate that we throw into the bin when we're
done. May Allah forgive us and we are
still not happy. In order to achieve this
happiness, my brothers and sisters, Allah has sent down
messengers with messages. The Quran is here only for us to
follow it in order to get happiness contentment.
The Sunna of the Prophets of Al Al Asalam and its simplicity is
only there for us to get contentment and happiness.
This contentment is connected to the Dunya as well as the Ahira.
When you lose focus that you're about to go into the Hereafter,
you become very, very sad because the world is such it
progresses faster than you can run behind it.
So as you're running after the dumia and the world, it will
always run faster than you. You can have the best and the
latest, and you could be the wealthiest.
Someone will overtake you. Something will overtake what you
have. There will be things that will
progress in a way that you will no longer be at the top.
That's how the world is. No matter how much you want
something, it will always go quicker.
In terms of Dunya, it will run faster and it will keep you
running behind it. But when you are running behind
Allah in order to please Allah, then you will definitely be the
happiest person even if you have a basic salary.
Fafil Roo ila la hi in Nila Kummin Huna vimum Mumbin.
So run towards Allah. Indeed I am a clear Warner to
you. Rush towards Allah.
It will solve your problems of this world and the next rush
towards your maker worship Allah.
You will not achieve contentment If there is no five daily
prayers in your life. There is no chance of you
achieving the total contentment of this world and the next zero
chance. You might have temporary
happiness due to something material around you, but that is
not contentment. There is a big difference
between the two. Contentment is a condition that
you would actually feel and you would live through.
Even if you didn't have a lot of what others have, you're still
content. Allah does not promise the
believers money, nor does He promise them that you will have
authority on land or good looks or good health and so on.
With all your sickness and your problems and your unemployment
and your difficulties and whatever other issues you have,
when you are close to Allah it becomes irrelevant.
My Salah was in order the minute I said Allah Akbar.
I had a smile on my face. We removed our shoes before we
entered the Masjid. Our connection and contact to
the dunya is outside as you come in.
Forget about it. Leave it out behind.
The minute you come in and you've brought the whole dunya
with you, you have a problem. You are here for Allah.
It's your chance to get close to Allah.
Imagine Allah made us, he says. Look, you can spend your 24
hours how you want, but a few things I'm going to tell you to
do for me. Even those few things we are not
prepared to do. I ask you a serious question,
Very serious. And most of us are guilty.
And I'm saying it because I want you to change in a nice way.
How many of us have praised Allah today in terms of vicar,
we can do better. How many of us said Subhan Allah
Al Hamduli, La Allahu Akbar, La Ilaha Ilala?
How many of us have said that when the Hadid says clearly
Kalimatani? Kafi fatani Ala lisani taki la
tani filmi zani Habib batani ila rahmani Subhan Allah He will be
Hamdi He Subhan Allah He La Vin. 2 words Two words that you say.
Very light on your tongue. Very loved by Allah very heavy
on the scale. The praise of Allah Subhan Allah
he will be hamdi He Subhan Allah he La Vin.
We know that but we don't say it.
We need to be reminded. We need to be tapped a la vina
amanoa tapona in no polo. Go home.
Be the kriller. Allah, be the Kriller.
Hitapona indeed, those who believe.
Achieve contentment of the heart through the remembrance of
Allah. For indeed, it is only through
the remembrance of Allah that the hearts will achieve
contentment. You want contentment?
Simple answer. Remember Allah.
Increase your remembrance of Allah.
Relate your day to Allah, Subhan Allah, La, Ilaha La, La, Masha,
Allah, Tabarak Allah, and Hamduli La, and so many other
ways of remembering Allah. Even if you were to pick up the
word of Allah and read it, it's the remembrance of Allah.
If you were to make an effort to try and understand it, it's the
remembrance of Allah. If you're putting it into
practice, it's the remembrance of Allah.
If you're teaching it to others, it's the remembrance of Allah.
Hayrukum menta al Amal puranawa Al amma.
The best from amongst you is the one Who.
Teach who learns this Quran and teaches it to others.
It doesn't only mean the recitation, although the
recitation is a part of it definitely and it is absolutely
important. And you will achieve a reward
and you will achieve contentment even if you just recite it
without understanding. But the right of the Quran
extends beyond that, don't forget.
Even if you were to listen to the Quran, you'll be having some
contentment. If you replace those CD's or
those tracks of whatever else that is not beneficial that you
have with you. With the with the Quran, you
will definitely be able to achieve contentment.
Listen to the words of Allah. They are not ordinary words,
they are powerful words. Experiments have been done with
people who don't believe. When they listen to the words of
Allah, they feel moved. It has a different impact.
Those are the words of Allah. But we are Muslims.
We don't give so much importance to the word of Allah.
Subhana, Hoyta, Allah, my brothers and sisters.
Allah has blessed us with the month of Ramadan.
You want contentment. Learn discipline.
Simple. Ramadan is there to discipline
yourself. With that discipline you achieve
God consciousness. It is called Takua.
Your relationship with Allah improves.
You become a person who is refined, beautiful.
You speak with respect because the whole month of Ramadan.
No swear words, nothing abusive, no harmful words.
My brothers and sisters, many of us, we don't care how we speak.
Why? Because I'm a man or I'm a boss,
I can say what I want. So what?
We swear we abuse. We use words as we please that
are hurtful to our own family members and we expect
contentment and the pleasure of Allah.
It's not going to come. If you say bad words from your
mouth, forget about true contentment, you might be happy
for a moment. Those words are going to come
back to you to haunt you. In Islam, what you do, you pay
for. What you do you pay for.
Don't be mistaken. What you say you pay for unless
you change your ways, unless you repent and seek forgiveness,
then Allah says never mind, forgive it.
Sometimes, alas, is We will replace that with something good
because you changed your life. So watch how you speak.
If you want contentment, your character must improve.
Ramadhan is there to improve your character.
That's why the Hadid says while you're fasting, even if someone
else swears you, you should just say I'm fasting.
Have you heard that Hadid? It says.
For in Saab Bahu Ahadun, if a person swears one who's fasting
abuses, they should just say I'm fasting, which means I'm not
going to respond in the same way.
That doesn't mean that if you were not fasting, you should
have sworn them back. But it does mean that this
discipline I'm going to learn right now will be extended
beyond the month of Ramadan. I'm becoming a better person.
When you can stay away from food and drink, it should make you
calm. Many of us become angry.
Don't you know I'm fasting? Get out of here.
Take it easy. It happens to almost all of us,
especially when the fast is long And when your belly is rumbling,
you start grumbling. May Allah, Sup Hana Howata Allah
not let that happen to us. That should not be the case.
As the fast is longer, the extended period of patients
think and keep thinking of those who don't have food.
Those whose days are like this every day, and even their nights
are like this, keep thinking about them.
What will that do to you? It will help you to extend your
hand into your pocket and take out the 50 P that you can afford
or the one pound. My brothers, my sisters, do not
underestimate a charity, even if it is 10 P.
Your change will make a change. Remember that, But be dedicated.
Be dedicated. Give even if it is a little bit,
you don't know which cause it will be that will grant you that
entry into paradise. And if there was a cause so
loved by Allah your 10P were in there, Allah will grant you
success. You see we're thinking
holistically. I want to reach out.
The first people I reach out to must be my own family.
Change your lives, my brothers, my sisters.
Reach out to your family, your spouse, your children, your
parents, your brothers, your sisters.
It's going to be very hard. You have to do it.
When Allah tells you you're going to get paradise for
something, that thing is not going to be easy.
It's not a walk in the park. Mashallah what I know about red
bridges, Eid in the park. My Allah grant us ease.
So my brothers and sisters, it is something tough work on
yourself. Are you prepared to refine to
become a better person? Allah guarantees you
contentment. You'll be happy.
Oh that guy. He was shouting and swearing at
me. I just smiled and walked away.
How happy do I feel? I feel excited.
But no. I've been to the gym.
I've built my muscles. When he swore me, I lifted him
up. I slapped him, bashed him, and
now there is a court case pending.
What happened? You lost your contentment, your
happiness. You can't even sleep because you
went to do something foolish. You must be responsible.
You must be a person who's able to respond.
You are responsible. When someone does something, you
don't react in a way that is foolish.
You're a believer. The Hadith teaches you and the
Ramadan teaches you. That you need discipline.
Control yourself. Think about the reactions of
your actions before you act. And if your actions are the
reaction of someone else's actions, you still need to
consider what will happen as a result of that.
Think about it, another blessed way of achieving contentment.
We spoke about the good words regarding Allah.
It's called the remembrance of Allah Azkar.
In the morning, in the evening, after Salah, etcetera.
Are you going to do those at car a little bit?
Are you going to try? I promise you your life will
change. Fazkuruni, Azkuru, Kumashkaroni.
While attack phone. Remember Me, I will remember
you. Allah says you engage in my
remembrance, I'll remember you. But we don't engage in the
remembrance of Allah. What do we want?
Allah says be thankful, don't be ungrateful.
We've given you a lot. How do I show gratitude to
Allah? Madam, it's 5 Salah a day.
Did you hear that? What did Allah give you?
He gave you everything. How am I going to show gratitude
to Allah 5 Salah a day? It's amazing.
To show gratitude to Allah is very different from showing
gratitude to a human being. When you say thank you, thank
you, thank you, thank you to a human being, I really appreciate
it. They'll probably nod their head
and say OK when you say to Allah I'm going to fulfill my Salah
because I'm thanking you, The reward of that Salah will be
bigger than the thing that you actually got initially from
Allah. That's how Allah works.
Amazing. But you need to fulfill Salah.
We are Muslim in and so many young people come up and say I'm
struggling with Salah. Yes, it's interesting to hear
that and we will still continue to encourage you.
But you're a Muslim, the five Salah.
You should be enthusiastic about it.
You should get up with honor, with dignity, as though you're
catching a flight to go to your favorite destination.
Because one day you will be, you'll be catching a flight to
Genna Tulford. Dos now Allah grant us is.
You start off the day with one verse of the Quran.
You will change your life. Your day will be content and
then you don't spoil. You don't spoil your good deeds
with bad deeds in the middle. You don't.
What's the point of struggling to extract the juice from a
beautiful succulent orange? And I've got a glass of orange
juice. And then you spoil it with one
droplet of Najasa and dirt in it.
Who's going to drink the juice? You won't drink it.
The whole. The whole glass was beautiful.
And last minute we dropped one drop of dirt in it.
No one wants it. The same applies.
We work hard, we do a lot of good and we spoil it with one
drop. Don't do that.
That drop is dangerous. It can spoil your entire effort.
Keep it out. So I was saying.
That as you praise Allah, you need to understand saying good
words to those who deserve the good words around you and those
whom you are living with and your parents, your spouse, etc,
is also an act of worship. Say good words to them.
It's free. You're investing today.
If I told you, listen, there is an investment opportunity here
and the returns are really, really great.
Everyone wants to say what is it?
What is it? Sobhan Allah, we want to know
because I need a bit of extra income, even if I'm wealthy.
The wealthier we get, the bigger investments we are looking at.
Amazing. But have you invested for the
hereafter? How do you do that?
Go to your wife and tell her I love you so much.
You look so good. Even if, for example, she may
have just gotten up from her sleep or she might have been
busy. That is your investment.
You know the returns there. Not only will Allah be happy,
but it will improve your relationship in your home.
She'll be very happy. Sobhan Allah, attitudes change.
This is a simple example. Go to your children and sit with
them for 20 minutes putting your phone away.
You're investing worth £1 billion you have.
Your phone investment comes down.
There's a loss being water leak. You're going to have to repair
it one day. But we don't communicate with
our kids and we think we will achieve contentment.
What contentment? Your fault.
Your problem. You were never there for your
child as your child grew up. And today, when the child is
deviated, old and doing things that are unacceptable to
humanity, let alone to the Dean of Allah, then you want to
complain. But dad, where were you all
along? Mom?
Where were you all along? You were never here to guide.
You were never here to speak. You were either on your phone
when you were here physically, or you were never here because
you were out with your friends. What did you invest?
What contentment do you want? What happiness do you want?
Happiness is when you appreciate the time with them, by telling
them good words, by going out of your way to tell them how lovely
they look. Your children need to hear it
from you how much you love them. They need the embrace.
They need protection. They need a male figure, a
female figure, as far as possible.
Yes, there are people living in broken homes.
You're going to have to do the a double job because.
La Subhana ho Attaalla has placed it on your shoulders.
Meala make it easy. For all those living in such
homes, life is tough. The difficulty with us?
We're looking for contentment. We're looking for happiness.
We're looking for everything else.
But do you know what? We're looking in the wrong
places. Someone wants happiness, so they
go and commit adultery with the prettiest girl they can find
Who's accessible to them. What happened?
2 minutes of joy. They were actually a seed that
you sowed of the destruction of the tree of contentment.
It's a wild weed that came up and destroyed the proper tree
that was growing in your yard. Your wife, your children, your
family. That entire tree that is solid
in its bark and beautiful in its branches.
And the fruit that you got, you're destroying it by a
poisonous plant around it that just took you one minute to
throw the seed in. What did you gain?
What really, did you gain by the adultery?
What did you gain by the gambling?
What did you gain by the intoxicants?
What did you gain by the pornography?
What did you gain? Nothing.
If anything, it was a seed of destruction of my contentment.
No longer happy. Why?
Because I've been watching these dirty things for so many years.
Cut it out. You'll be content.
You'll be happy with your spouse and everyone else.
This is contentment. This is only a tip of the
iceberg, my brothers and sisters.
What's important for us to know is the month of Ramadan is
coming. I have chosen to speak on a
series known as contentment from Revelation where we will look at
verses of the Quran and extract lessons for all of us to be able
to derive happiness and contentment.
What does Allah say? We want to be happy.
We want to be content actually. And Allah tells you well.
I've told you what contentment is all about.
If you want it, you've got to follow this path.
And you know what? You will achieve it.
You will definitely achieve it. We've tried everything else.
It doesn't work. May I lost some Hana ho Atta Ala
Grant us success. For this reason, I decided to
speak about the topic today. We need a tapping.
And I encourage you once again increase the remembrance of
Allah. For indeed, when you do that,
you will be a changed person. MARAC Allahu Liu elekum Phurani
was soon now whenever I knew I ya can be mafi him.
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