1 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:12,680 My brothers, my sisters, the first and foremost piece of 2 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:17,880 advice and reminder that we should be commencing with at all 3 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:22,520 times is the consciousness of Allah. 4 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:26,000 Develop a relationship with your maker. 5 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:32,390 That is what will help you. In this world and the next, my 6 00:00:32,390 --> 00:00:36,950 brothers and sisters, when we came onto the earth, one thing 7 00:00:36,950 --> 00:00:41,710 was certain that we tend to forget we're going to leave this 8 00:00:41,710 --> 00:00:45,630 place. When we came into this world, we 9 00:00:45,630 --> 00:00:48,830 came in order to leave it at some point. 10 00:00:49,270 --> 00:00:54,070 That is the only thing that is certain when we don't know. 11 00:00:55,080 --> 00:01:01,160 Unfortunately, while Allah gives us more days to live, we tend to 12 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:07,840 forget the fact that we are going to go back to him when a 13 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:11,840 baby is born. If that baby were to die in the 14 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:17,880 early stages of life, it would be a great loss for the parents 15 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:21,280 and for humanity at large. But. 16 00:01:23,180 --> 00:01:28,500 That particular baby is gone, back to the best possible place 17 00:01:28,500 --> 00:01:33,060 it could be because it didn't even start its life on earth. 18 00:01:34,620 --> 00:01:39,180 It was not witness to all the distractions on this earth. 19 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:43,340 And as children grow up, the same applies to them. 20 00:01:44,420 --> 00:01:50,900 Once they clock puberty, they become responsible at that 21 00:01:50,900 --> 00:01:55,540 juncture. The angels begin to write all 22 00:01:55,540 --> 00:02:00,380 the good and the bad that is done and everything that that 23 00:02:00,380 --> 00:02:06,500 child, now that it has become an adult, will do To develop the 24 00:02:06,500 --> 00:02:09,740 relationship with Allah is also written. 25 00:02:10,100 --> 00:02:16,100 That will be a bonus. You and I grew up today. 26 00:02:16,100 --> 00:02:19,780 We are seated here. May Allah grant us contentment. 27 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:23,480 We're all searching for happiness. 28 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:27,440 Yet when we were babies, we were quite happy and content with the 29 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:30,840 little feed and the little burp and so on. 30 00:02:30,920 --> 00:02:36,400 We started smiling at small things for as long as we were 31 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:42,120 not wet, we were not soiled. It wasn't too hot and we were 32 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:45,880 not made to be scared. We were OK for as long as we 33 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:47,200 were fed. We were fine. 34 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:55,950 Small things made us happy. As time passed, we were sad with 35 00:02:55,950 --> 00:02:58,870 small things. Now we want bigger things. 36 00:02:59,950 --> 00:03:04,030 We need more complicated stuff. The toys that made us happy when 37 00:03:04,030 --> 00:03:07,630 we were babies no longer made us happy as we grew older. 38 00:03:07,630 --> 00:03:10,710 Four years, five years. You can't give me the same toy I 39 00:03:10,710 --> 00:03:16,950 had when I was two years. Later on, we were dissatisfied 40 00:03:17,630 --> 00:03:20,720 until we had. The latest of the time in our 41 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:25,560 hands today, the little children are not happy until you give 42 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:29,200 them the latest technology, the phones and the iPads. 43 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:34,280 And sometimes parents give them these things without actually 44 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:40,400 considering how dangerous it is to give the child this piece of 45 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:43,600 technology if it were unrestricted. 46 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:50,610 But my brothers and sisters. The more Allah gives us life and 47 00:03:50,610 --> 00:03:59,050 the longer we live, why is it that we become so discontented? 48 00:04:00,530 --> 00:04:04,330 We're not happy anymore. Nothing makes us happy. 49 00:04:04,690 --> 00:04:07,960 We want more and more. You have a job whereby you're 50 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,400 getting a salary. You can live, you have clothing, 51 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,080 you have food. You have a decent place to live. 52 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:16,079 You have a bedding, You have a place you can bath and shower. 53 00:04:16,079 --> 00:04:19,279 Perhaps you have a toilet. You can relieve yourself, but 54 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:20,760 you're not happy. What do you want? 55 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:25,040 I need more. I want a bigger salary. 56 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:28,400 I want a promotion. I want a better home. 57 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,160 I want a better car. I want the next phone. 58 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:34,000 But you only had the phone just about a year ago. 59 00:04:34,840 --> 00:04:39,330 We're not happy. You know what we need to develop 60 00:04:39,890 --> 00:04:42,050 contentment. It won't come on its own. 61 00:04:43,450 --> 00:04:47,250 Your happiness is a switch that you need to turn on. 62 00:04:47,250 --> 00:04:50,450 You become conscious of the gifts of Allah upon you. 63 00:04:51,370 --> 00:04:55,690 The more you concentrate on the fact that you are only here 64 00:04:55,690 --> 00:04:59,010 temporary, the greater the chances of you being happy. 65 00:05:00,970 --> 00:05:02,370 You could go right now. So could I. 66 00:05:02,370 --> 00:05:05,850 I could drop from where I am at this moment and I'm gone. 67 00:05:07,470 --> 00:05:11,390 And I lived a life, for example, if someone were to do so of 68 00:05:11,390 --> 00:05:15,430 unhappiness, why was I unhappy? But Allah says, but I gave you. 69 00:05:15,710 --> 00:05:18,310 I gave you a lot. I gave you more than you asked 70 00:05:18,310 --> 00:05:20,270 for. I gave you things you didn't 71 00:05:20,270 --> 00:05:25,430 even ask for me from me. Millions of things, a few things 72 00:05:25,430 --> 00:05:28,430 I kept away from you because I knew it was not good for you. 73 00:05:28,470 --> 00:05:31,990 Or I wanted to just make you closer to me. 74 00:05:32,630 --> 00:05:34,710 You know when you want to promotion and you start asking 75 00:05:34,710 --> 00:05:37,780 Allah. At least it brings you closer to 76 00:05:37,780 --> 00:05:39,220 Allah. You asked Allah. 77 00:05:40,060 --> 00:05:42,100 So Allah says we loved the way you asked us. 78 00:05:42,220 --> 00:05:43,980 We loved the way you cried to us. 79 00:05:44,100 --> 00:05:47,220 We loved the way you came to our house finally. 80 00:05:47,340 --> 00:05:49,420 And we loved the way you started praying. 81 00:05:49,460 --> 00:05:52,740 So we just said let's hold it back further so you can keep on 82 00:05:52,740 --> 00:05:54,580 coming and going for a longer time. 83 00:05:55,420 --> 00:05:58,020 It was a last plan. It was a bonus. 84 00:05:58,780 --> 00:06:00,260 Changed the way you look at things. 85 00:06:00,260 --> 00:06:03,060 My brothers and sisters. Allah has blessed you. 86 00:06:03,940 --> 00:06:08,880 Allah has blessed you. Be happy with the morsel of food 87 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:11,000 and always look at those who have less than you. 88 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:15,840 Take a look at those across the globe, our brothers and sisters, 89 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:19,680 not only in humanity but in faith as well, struggling 90 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:23,440 without a morsel of clean food or water. 91 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:30,280 And here we are, sitting and we are still unhappy. 92 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,160 They wouldn't even mind a grain of rice. 93 00:06:34,500 --> 00:06:36,940 And we have a plate that we throw into the bin when we're 94 00:06:36,940 --> 00:06:39,220 done. May Allah forgive us and we are 95 00:06:39,220 --> 00:06:42,700 still not happy. In order to achieve this 96 00:06:42,700 --> 00:06:47,940 happiness, my brothers and sisters, Allah has sent down 97 00:06:47,980 --> 00:06:55,420 messengers with messages. The Quran is here only for us to 98 00:06:55,420 --> 00:06:59,420 follow it in order to get happiness contentment. 99 00:07:01,350 --> 00:07:04,550 The Sunna of the Prophets of Al Al Asalam and its simplicity is 100 00:07:04,550 --> 00:07:08,230 only there for us to get contentment and happiness. 101 00:07:08,990 --> 00:07:13,470 This contentment is connected to the Dunya as well as the Ahira. 102 00:07:13,830 --> 00:07:17,390 When you lose focus that you're about to go into the Hereafter, 103 00:07:17,670 --> 00:07:22,630 you become very, very sad because the world is such it 104 00:07:22,630 --> 00:07:26,070 progresses faster than you can run behind it. 105 00:07:26,620 --> 00:07:29,980 So as you're running after the dumia and the world, it will 106 00:07:30,060 --> 00:07:34,340 always run faster than you. You can have the best and the 107 00:07:34,340 --> 00:07:36,340 latest, and you could be the wealthiest. 108 00:07:36,500 --> 00:07:40,740 Someone will overtake you. Something will overtake what you 109 00:07:40,740 --> 00:07:43,260 have. There will be things that will 110 00:07:43,260 --> 00:07:46,900 progress in a way that you will no longer be at the top. 111 00:07:48,020 --> 00:07:51,020 That's how the world is. No matter how much you want 112 00:07:51,020 --> 00:07:53,740 something, it will always go quicker. 113 00:07:55,940 --> 00:08:00,180 In terms of Dunya, it will run faster and it will keep you 114 00:08:00,180 --> 00:08:02,900 running behind it. But when you are running behind 115 00:08:03,060 --> 00:08:09,660 Allah in order to please Allah, then you will definitely be the 116 00:08:09,660 --> 00:08:14,140 happiest person even if you have a basic salary. 117 00:08:16,150 --> 00:08:25,550 Fafil Roo ila la hi in Nila Kummin Huna vimum Mumbin. 118 00:08:28,510 --> 00:08:32,870 So run towards Allah. Indeed I am a clear Warner to 119 00:08:32,870 --> 00:08:35,789 you. Rush towards Allah. 120 00:08:35,789 --> 00:08:39,630 It will solve your problems of this world and the next rush 121 00:08:39,630 --> 00:08:43,030 towards your maker worship Allah. 122 00:08:43,850 --> 00:08:47,570 You will not achieve contentment If there is no five daily 123 00:08:47,570 --> 00:08:50,810 prayers in your life. There is no chance of you 124 00:08:51,090 --> 00:08:55,050 achieving the total contentment of this world and the next zero 125 00:08:55,050 --> 00:08:57,050 chance. You might have temporary 126 00:08:57,050 --> 00:09:01,010 happiness due to something material around you, but that is 127 00:09:01,010 --> 00:09:03,210 not contentment. There is a big difference 128 00:09:03,210 --> 00:09:09,010 between the two. Contentment is a condition that 129 00:09:09,010 --> 00:09:12,610 you would actually feel and you would live through. 130 00:09:13,190 --> 00:09:18,710 Even if you didn't have a lot of what others have, you're still 131 00:09:18,710 --> 00:09:22,910 content. Allah does not promise the 132 00:09:22,910 --> 00:09:27,270 believers money, nor does He promise them that you will have 133 00:09:27,310 --> 00:09:31,550 authority on land or good looks or good health and so on. 134 00:09:32,260 --> 00:09:37,220 With all your sickness and your problems and your unemployment 135 00:09:37,220 --> 00:09:40,780 and your difficulties and whatever other issues you have, 136 00:09:41,020 --> 00:09:44,020 when you are close to Allah it becomes irrelevant. 137 00:09:44,060 --> 00:09:48,620 My Salah was in order the minute I said Allah Akbar. 138 00:09:48,620 --> 00:09:53,700 I had a smile on my face. We removed our shoes before we 139 00:09:53,700 --> 00:09:57,300 entered the Masjid. Our connection and contact to 140 00:09:57,300 --> 00:09:59,740 the dunya is outside as you come in. 141 00:09:59,740 --> 00:10:01,660 Forget about it. Leave it out behind. 142 00:10:02,210 --> 00:10:04,570 The minute you come in and you've brought the whole dunya 143 00:10:04,570 --> 00:10:07,730 with you, you have a problem. You are here for Allah. 144 00:10:08,010 --> 00:10:09,970 It's your chance to get close to Allah. 145 00:10:09,970 --> 00:10:14,930 Imagine Allah made us, he says. Look, you can spend your 24 146 00:10:14,930 --> 00:10:18,010 hours how you want, but a few things I'm going to tell you to 147 00:10:18,010 --> 00:10:20,570 do for me. Even those few things we are not 148 00:10:20,570 --> 00:10:24,450 prepared to do. I ask you a serious question, 149 00:10:25,730 --> 00:10:29,640 Very serious. And most of us are guilty. 150 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:33,960 And I'm saying it because I want you to change in a nice way. 151 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:40,640 How many of us have praised Allah today in terms of vicar, 152 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:46,360 we can do better. How many of us said Subhan Allah 153 00:10:46,680 --> 00:10:51,440 Al Hamduli, La Allahu Akbar, La Ilaha Ilala? 154 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:55,400 How many of us have said that when the Hadid says clearly 155 00:10:55,720 --> 00:11:00,480 Kalimatani? Kafi fatani Ala lisani taki la 156 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:05,600 tani filmi zani Habib batani ila rahmani Subhan Allah He will be 157 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:12,440 Hamdi He Subhan Allah He La Vin. 2 words Two words that you say. 158 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:16,400 Very light on your tongue. Very loved by Allah very heavy 159 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:20,080 on the scale. The praise of Allah Subhan Allah 160 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:22,840 he will be hamdi He Subhan Allah he La Vin. 161 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:25,480 We know that but we don't say it. 162 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:31,600 We need to be reminded. We need to be tapped a la vina 163 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:36,960 amanoa tapona in no polo. Go home. 164 00:11:37,680 --> 00:11:43,000 Be the kriller. Allah, be the Kriller. 165 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:50,840 Hitapona indeed, those who believe. 166 00:11:51,330 --> 00:11:54,970 Achieve contentment of the heart through the remembrance of 167 00:11:54,970 --> 00:11:57,730 Allah. For indeed, it is only through 168 00:11:57,730 --> 00:12:00,650 the remembrance of Allah that the hearts will achieve 169 00:12:00,650 --> 00:12:04,010 contentment. You want contentment? 170 00:12:04,690 --> 00:12:07,130 Simple answer. Remember Allah. 171 00:12:08,010 --> 00:12:09,690 Increase your remembrance of Allah. 172 00:12:09,930 --> 00:12:13,850 Relate your day to Allah, Subhan Allah, La, Ilaha La, La, Masha, 173 00:12:13,850 --> 00:12:18,170 Allah, Tabarak Allah, and Hamduli La, and so many other 174 00:12:18,170 --> 00:12:21,550 ways of remembering Allah. Even if you were to pick up the 175 00:12:21,550 --> 00:12:24,670 word of Allah and read it, it's the remembrance of Allah. 176 00:12:25,350 --> 00:12:28,830 If you were to make an effort to try and understand it, it's the 177 00:12:28,830 --> 00:12:31,190 remembrance of Allah. If you're putting it into 178 00:12:31,190 --> 00:12:33,390 practice, it's the remembrance of Allah. 179 00:12:33,670 --> 00:12:36,510 If you're teaching it to others, it's the remembrance of Allah. 180 00:12:36,870 --> 00:12:39,750 Hayrukum menta al Amal puranawa Al amma. 181 00:12:40,070 --> 00:12:42,590 The best from amongst you is the one Who. 182 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:46,040 Teach who learns this Quran and teaches it to others. 183 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:49,960 It doesn't only mean the recitation, although the 184 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:54,200 recitation is a part of it definitely and it is absolutely 185 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,840 important. And you will achieve a reward 186 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:00,840 and you will achieve contentment even if you just recite it 187 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:03,640 without understanding. But the right of the Quran 188 00:13:03,680 --> 00:13:06,040 extends beyond that, don't forget. 189 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,320 Even if you were to listen to the Quran, you'll be having some 190 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:16,720 contentment. If you replace those CD's or 191 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:20,920 those tracks of whatever else that is not beneficial that you 192 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:24,440 have with you. With the with the Quran, you 193 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:28,120 will definitely be able to achieve contentment. 194 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:31,600 Listen to the words of Allah. They are not ordinary words, 195 00:13:32,560 --> 00:13:37,120 they are powerful words. Experiments have been done with 196 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:43,360 people who don't believe. When they listen to the words of 197 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:48,120 Allah, they feel moved. It has a different impact. 198 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:51,640 Those are the words of Allah. But we are Muslims. 199 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:54,960 We don't give so much importance to the word of Allah. 200 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:59,600 Subhana, Hoyta, Allah, my brothers and sisters. 201 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:02,880 Allah has blessed us with the month of Ramadan. 202 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:09,040 You want contentment. Learn discipline. 203 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:13,040 Simple. Ramadan is there to discipline 204 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:16,080 yourself. With that discipline you achieve 205 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:18,640 God consciousness. It is called Takua. 206 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:21,480 Your relationship with Allah improves. 207 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:26,320 You become a person who is refined, beautiful. 208 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:30,040 You speak with respect because the whole month of Ramadan. 209 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:35,120 No swear words, nothing abusive, no harmful words. 210 00:14:35,690 --> 00:14:41,490 My brothers and sisters, many of us, we don't care how we speak. 211 00:14:41,490 --> 00:14:44,970 Why? Because I'm a man or I'm a boss, 212 00:14:44,970 --> 00:14:47,410 I can say what I want. So what? 213 00:14:48,090 --> 00:14:54,770 We swear we abuse. We use words as we please that 214 00:14:54,770 --> 00:14:58,970 are hurtful to our own family members and we expect 215 00:14:58,970 --> 00:15:00,890 contentment and the pleasure of Allah. 216 00:15:01,290 --> 00:15:05,700 It's not going to come. If you say bad words from your 217 00:15:05,700 --> 00:15:09,740 mouth, forget about true contentment, you might be happy 218 00:15:09,740 --> 00:15:12,060 for a moment. Those words are going to come 219 00:15:12,060 --> 00:15:15,620 back to you to haunt you. In Islam, what you do, you pay 220 00:15:15,620 --> 00:15:18,660 for. What you do you pay for. 221 00:15:19,220 --> 00:15:24,260 Don't be mistaken. What you say you pay for unless 222 00:15:24,260 --> 00:15:28,140 you change your ways, unless you repent and seek forgiveness, 223 00:15:28,420 --> 00:15:30,860 then Allah says never mind, forgive it. 224 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:34,320 Sometimes, alas, is We will replace that with something good 225 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:40,840 because you changed your life. So watch how you speak. 226 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:44,200 If you want contentment, your character must improve. 227 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:47,560 Ramadhan is there to improve your character. 228 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:52,040 That's why the Hadid says while you're fasting, even if someone 229 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:55,800 else swears you, you should just say I'm fasting. 230 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:58,920 Have you heard that Hadid? It says. 231 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:03,760 For in Saab Bahu Ahadun, if a person swears one who's fasting 232 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:08,920 abuses, they should just say I'm fasting, which means I'm not 233 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:11,200 going to respond in the same way. 234 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:14,880 That doesn't mean that if you were not fasting, you should 235 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:17,520 have sworn them back. But it does mean that this 236 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:20,840 discipline I'm going to learn right now will be extended 237 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:24,000 beyond the month of Ramadan. I'm becoming a better person. 238 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:28,080 When you can stay away from food and drink, it should make you 239 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:30,470 calm. Many of us become angry. 240 00:16:30,750 --> 00:16:32,790 Don't you know I'm fasting? Get out of here. 241 00:16:33,310 --> 00:16:36,430 Take it easy. It happens to almost all of us, 242 00:16:36,750 --> 00:16:40,830 especially when the fast is long And when your belly is rumbling, 243 00:16:40,830 --> 00:16:43,950 you start grumbling. May Allah, Sup Hana Howata Allah 244 00:16:43,950 --> 00:16:49,870 not let that happen to us. That should not be the case. 245 00:16:49,910 --> 00:16:54,510 As the fast is longer, the extended period of patients 246 00:16:54,510 --> 00:16:58,710 think and keep thinking of those who don't have food. 247 00:16:59,780 --> 00:17:04,020 Those whose days are like this every day, and even their nights 248 00:17:04,020 --> 00:17:06,740 are like this, keep thinking about them. 249 00:17:07,060 --> 00:17:10,500 What will that do to you? It will help you to extend your 250 00:17:10,500 --> 00:17:14,980 hand into your pocket and take out the 50 P that you can afford 251 00:17:14,980 --> 00:17:19,619 or the one pound. My brothers, my sisters, do not 252 00:17:19,980 --> 00:17:24,980 underestimate a charity, even if it is 10 P. 253 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:32,040 Your change will make a change. Remember that, But be dedicated. 254 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:36,720 Be dedicated. Give even if it is a little bit, 255 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:40,680 you don't know which cause it will be that will grant you that 256 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:45,080 entry into paradise. And if there was a cause so 257 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:49,240 loved by Allah your 10P were in there, Allah will grant you 258 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:52,880 success. You see we're thinking 259 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:55,480 holistically. I want to reach out. 260 00:17:55,830 --> 00:17:59,430 The first people I reach out to must be my own family. 261 00:17:59,950 --> 00:18:02,110 Change your lives, my brothers, my sisters. 262 00:18:02,630 --> 00:18:06,230 Reach out to your family, your spouse, your children, your 263 00:18:06,230 --> 00:18:07,950 parents, your brothers, your sisters. 264 00:18:08,070 --> 00:18:10,910 It's going to be very hard. You have to do it. 265 00:18:12,550 --> 00:18:14,950 When Allah tells you you're going to get paradise for 266 00:18:14,950 --> 00:18:17,110 something, that thing is not going to be easy. 267 00:18:17,190 --> 00:18:23,200 It's not a walk in the park. Mashallah what I know about red 268 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:25,840 bridges, Eid in the park. My Allah grant us ease. 269 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:31,480 So my brothers and sisters, it is something tough work on 270 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:33,880 yourself. Are you prepared to refine to 271 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:36,520 become a better person? Allah guarantees you 272 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:38,080 contentment. You'll be happy. 273 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:41,000 Oh that guy. He was shouting and swearing at 274 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:42,840 me. I just smiled and walked away. 275 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:45,400 How happy do I feel? I feel excited. 276 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:47,240 But no. I've been to the gym. 277 00:18:47,360 --> 00:18:49,800 I've built my muscles. When he swore me, I lifted him 278 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:51,480 up. I slapped him, bashed him, and 279 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:53,400 now there is a court case pending. 280 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:56,080 What happened? You lost your contentment, your 281 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:58,120 happiness. You can't even sleep because you 282 00:18:58,120 --> 00:19:01,600 went to do something foolish. You must be responsible. 283 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:05,040 You must be a person who's able to respond. 284 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:09,640 You are responsible. When someone does something, you 285 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:11,600 don't react in a way that is foolish. 286 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,200 You're a believer. The Hadith teaches you and the 287 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:17,170 Ramadan teaches you. That you need discipline. 288 00:19:17,170 --> 00:19:19,890 Control yourself. Think about the reactions of 289 00:19:19,890 --> 00:19:23,570 your actions before you act. And if your actions are the 290 00:19:23,570 --> 00:19:26,850 reaction of someone else's actions, you still need to 291 00:19:26,850 --> 00:19:29,450 consider what will happen as a result of that. 292 00:19:30,930 --> 00:19:36,930 Think about it, another blessed way of achieving contentment. 293 00:19:37,770 --> 00:19:40,810 We spoke about the good words regarding Allah. 294 00:19:40,930 --> 00:19:43,290 It's called the remembrance of Allah Azkar. 295 00:19:43,590 --> 00:19:46,390 In the morning, in the evening, after Salah, etcetera. 296 00:19:46,390 --> 00:19:50,190 Are you going to do those at car a little bit? 297 00:19:50,710 --> 00:19:53,390 Are you going to try? I promise you your life will 298 00:19:53,390 --> 00:20:00,150 change. Fazkuruni, Azkuru, Kumashkaroni. 299 00:20:00,150 --> 00:20:04,830 While attack phone. Remember Me, I will remember 300 00:20:04,830 --> 00:20:08,470 you. Allah says you engage in my 301 00:20:08,470 --> 00:20:11,790 remembrance, I'll remember you. But we don't engage in the 302 00:20:11,790 --> 00:20:14,230 remembrance of Allah. What do we want? 303 00:20:14,230 --> 00:20:17,510 Allah says be thankful, don't be ungrateful. 304 00:20:17,790 --> 00:20:21,110 We've given you a lot. How do I show gratitude to 305 00:20:21,150 --> 00:20:24,030 Allah? Madam, it's 5 Salah a day. 306 00:20:24,830 --> 00:20:27,310 Did you hear that? What did Allah give you? 307 00:20:27,630 --> 00:20:30,670 He gave you everything. How am I going to show gratitude 308 00:20:30,670 --> 00:20:34,110 to Allah 5 Salah a day? It's amazing. 309 00:20:34,110 --> 00:20:37,710 To show gratitude to Allah is very different from showing 310 00:20:37,710 --> 00:20:40,630 gratitude to a human being. When you say thank you, thank 311 00:20:40,630 --> 00:20:43,350 you, thank you, thank you to a human being, I really appreciate 312 00:20:43,350 --> 00:20:44,670 it. They'll probably nod their head 313 00:20:44,670 --> 00:20:49,070 and say OK when you say to Allah I'm going to fulfill my Salah 314 00:20:49,070 --> 00:20:52,310 because I'm thanking you, The reward of that Salah will be 315 00:20:52,310 --> 00:20:55,270 bigger than the thing that you actually got initially from 316 00:20:55,270 --> 00:20:56,870 Allah. That's how Allah works. 317 00:20:59,670 --> 00:21:02,590 Amazing. But you need to fulfill Salah. 318 00:21:04,670 --> 00:21:08,590 We are Muslim in and so many young people come up and say I'm 319 00:21:08,590 --> 00:21:11,390 struggling with Salah. Yes, it's interesting to hear 320 00:21:11,390 --> 00:21:14,110 that and we will still continue to encourage you. 321 00:21:14,430 --> 00:21:16,470 But you're a Muslim, the five Salah. 322 00:21:16,470 --> 00:21:18,830 You should be enthusiastic about it. 323 00:21:19,070 --> 00:21:22,030 You should get up with honor, with dignity, as though you're 324 00:21:22,030 --> 00:21:24,750 catching a flight to go to your favorite destination. 325 00:21:24,830 --> 00:21:28,670 Because one day you will be, you'll be catching a flight to 326 00:21:28,670 --> 00:21:31,110 Genna Tulford. Dos now Allah grant us is. 327 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,160 You start off the day with one verse of the Quran. 328 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:37,920 You will change your life. Your day will be content and 329 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:42,440 then you don't spoil. You don't spoil your good deeds 330 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:45,520 with bad deeds in the middle. You don't. 331 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:51,120 What's the point of struggling to extract the juice from a 332 00:21:51,120 --> 00:21:55,370 beautiful succulent orange? And I've got a glass of orange 333 00:21:55,370 --> 00:21:57,090 juice. And then you spoil it with one 334 00:21:57,090 --> 00:21:59,170 droplet of Najasa and dirt in it. 335 00:21:59,370 --> 00:22:01,250 Who's going to drink the juice? You won't drink it. 336 00:22:01,410 --> 00:22:04,410 The whole. The whole glass was beautiful. 337 00:22:04,450 --> 00:22:07,530 And last minute we dropped one drop of dirt in it. 338 00:22:07,850 --> 00:22:10,330 No one wants it. The same applies. 339 00:22:10,330 --> 00:22:13,690 We work hard, we do a lot of good and we spoil it with one 340 00:22:13,690 --> 00:22:14,770 drop. Don't do that. 341 00:22:14,890 --> 00:22:18,650 That drop is dangerous. It can spoil your entire effort. 342 00:22:20,130 --> 00:22:22,450 Keep it out. So I was saying. 343 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:27,280 That as you praise Allah, you need to understand saying good 344 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:31,560 words to those who deserve the good words around you and those 345 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:35,280 whom you are living with and your parents, your spouse, etc, 346 00:22:35,360 --> 00:22:38,000 is also an act of worship. Say good words to them. 347 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:41,680 It's free. You're investing today. 348 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:46,080 If I told you, listen, there is an investment opportunity here 349 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:48,080 and the returns are really, really great. 350 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:49,680 Everyone wants to say what is it? 351 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,620 What is it? Sobhan Allah, we want to know 352 00:22:52,820 --> 00:22:55,860 because I need a bit of extra income, even if I'm wealthy. 353 00:22:56,380 --> 00:22:59,140 The wealthier we get, the bigger investments we are looking at. 354 00:22:59,540 --> 00:23:01,900 Amazing. But have you invested for the 355 00:23:01,900 --> 00:23:04,180 hereafter? How do you do that? 356 00:23:04,620 --> 00:23:07,500 Go to your wife and tell her I love you so much. 357 00:23:07,900 --> 00:23:11,580 You look so good. Even if, for example, she may 358 00:23:11,580 --> 00:23:14,260 have just gotten up from her sleep or she might have been 359 00:23:14,260 --> 00:23:16,060 busy. That is your investment. 360 00:23:16,060 --> 00:23:19,310 You know the returns there. Not only will Allah be happy, 361 00:23:19,390 --> 00:23:21,710 but it will improve your relationship in your home. 362 00:23:22,950 --> 00:23:27,190 She'll be very happy. Sobhan Allah, attitudes change. 363 00:23:29,270 --> 00:23:31,750 This is a simple example. Go to your children and sit with 364 00:23:31,750 --> 00:23:33,830 them for 20 minutes putting your phone away. 365 00:23:34,110 --> 00:23:38,070 You're investing worth £1 billion you have. 366 00:23:38,070 --> 00:23:39,910 Your phone investment comes down. 367 00:23:40,110 --> 00:23:43,390 There's a loss being water leak. You're going to have to repair 368 00:23:43,390 --> 00:23:48,310 it one day. But we don't communicate with 369 00:23:48,310 --> 00:23:51,190 our kids and we think we will achieve contentment. 370 00:23:51,310 --> 00:23:53,390 What contentment? Your fault. 371 00:23:53,390 --> 00:23:55,310 Your problem. You were never there for your 372 00:23:55,310 --> 00:23:58,390 child as your child grew up. And today, when the child is 373 00:23:58,390 --> 00:24:01,790 deviated, old and doing things that are unacceptable to 374 00:24:01,790 --> 00:24:04,910 humanity, let alone to the Dean of Allah, then you want to 375 00:24:04,910 --> 00:24:06,670 complain. But dad, where were you all 376 00:24:06,670 --> 00:24:07,430 along? Mom? 377 00:24:07,430 --> 00:24:09,910 Where were you all along? You were never here to guide. 378 00:24:09,990 --> 00:24:12,390 You were never here to speak. You were either on your phone 379 00:24:12,390 --> 00:24:15,430 when you were here physically, or you were never here because 380 00:24:15,430 --> 00:24:18,880 you were out with your friends. What did you invest? 381 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:22,360 What contentment do you want? What happiness do you want? 382 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:28,520 Happiness is when you appreciate the time with them, by telling 383 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:32,240 them good words, by going out of your way to tell them how lovely 384 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:34,360 they look. Your children need to hear it 385 00:24:34,360 --> 00:24:37,200 from you how much you love them. They need the embrace. 386 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:39,640 They need protection. They need a male figure, a 387 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:41,560 female figure, as far as possible. 388 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:43,840 Yes, there are people living in broken homes. 389 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:46,640 You're going to have to do the a double job because. 390 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:49,680 La Subhana ho Attaalla has placed it on your shoulders. 391 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:52,960 Meala make it easy. For all those living in such 392 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:57,720 homes, life is tough. The difficulty with us? 393 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:00,600 We're looking for contentment. We're looking for happiness. 394 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:02,080 We're looking for everything else. 395 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:04,520 But do you know what? We're looking in the wrong 396 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:07,200 places. Someone wants happiness, so they 397 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,880 go and commit adultery with the prettiest girl they can find 398 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:12,320 Who's accessible to them. What happened? 399 00:25:13,250 --> 00:25:16,490 2 minutes of joy. They were actually a seed that 400 00:25:16,490 --> 00:25:21,130 you sowed of the destruction of the tree of contentment. 401 00:25:22,250 --> 00:25:25,530 It's a wild weed that came up and destroyed the proper tree 402 00:25:25,530 --> 00:25:29,010 that was growing in your yard. Your wife, your children, your 403 00:25:29,010 --> 00:25:31,690 family. That entire tree that is solid 404 00:25:31,690 --> 00:25:34,130 in its bark and beautiful in its branches. 405 00:25:34,130 --> 00:25:37,090 And the fruit that you got, you're destroying it by a 406 00:25:37,090 --> 00:25:40,170 poisonous plant around it that just took you one minute to 407 00:25:40,170 --> 00:25:42,090 throw the seed in. What did you gain? 408 00:25:42,210 --> 00:25:44,570 What really, did you gain by the adultery? 409 00:25:44,650 --> 00:25:46,490 What did you gain by the gambling? 410 00:25:46,490 --> 00:25:48,650 What did you gain by the intoxicants? 411 00:25:48,770 --> 00:25:50,850 What did you gain by the pornography? 412 00:25:50,850 --> 00:25:54,370 What did you gain? Nothing. 413 00:25:55,490 --> 00:25:59,850 If anything, it was a seed of destruction of my contentment. 414 00:26:00,290 --> 00:26:01,650 No longer happy. Why? 415 00:26:02,010 --> 00:26:05,090 Because I've been watching these dirty things for so many years. 416 00:26:05,690 --> 00:26:07,410 Cut it out. You'll be content. 417 00:26:08,090 --> 00:26:10,570 You'll be happy with your spouse and everyone else. 418 00:26:12,010 --> 00:26:14,330 This is contentment. This is only a tip of the 419 00:26:14,330 --> 00:26:18,170 iceberg, my brothers and sisters. 420 00:26:18,690 --> 00:26:21,290 What's important for us to know is the month of Ramadan is 421 00:26:21,290 --> 00:26:24,250 coming. I have chosen to speak on a 422 00:26:24,250 --> 00:26:29,090 series known as contentment from Revelation where we will look at 423 00:26:29,090 --> 00:26:33,250 verses of the Quran and extract lessons for all of us to be able 424 00:26:33,250 --> 00:26:35,570 to derive happiness and contentment. 425 00:26:35,730 --> 00:26:38,410 What does Allah say? We want to be happy. 426 00:26:38,410 --> 00:26:41,870 We want to be content actually. And Allah tells you well. 427 00:26:41,870 --> 00:26:43,750 I've told you what contentment is all about. 428 00:26:43,830 --> 00:26:45,590 If you want it, you've got to follow this path. 429 00:26:45,590 --> 00:26:47,150 And you know what? You will achieve it. 430 00:26:47,150 --> 00:26:49,910 You will definitely achieve it. We've tried everything else. 431 00:26:49,910 --> 00:26:52,310 It doesn't work. May I lost some Hana ho Atta Ala 432 00:26:52,310 --> 00:26:55,190 Grant us success. For this reason, I decided to 433 00:26:55,190 --> 00:26:58,190 speak about the topic today. We need a tapping. 434 00:26:58,390 --> 00:27:01,830 And I encourage you once again increase the remembrance of 435 00:27:01,830 --> 00:27:04,230 Allah. For indeed, when you do that, 436 00:27:04,750 --> 00:27:09,600 you will be a changed person. MARAC Allahu Liu elekum Phurani 437 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:11,840 was soon now whenever I knew I ya can be mafi him. 438 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:19,200 I'm in a ayato El ikma apulo Pou.