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Salaam alaikum Rahmatullah he 
wabora Cato Miss Milaya Rahmani 

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Rahim al Hamdullah was Salah to 
a Salaam Ala rasullah while Ala 

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Ali he was happy hegmain. 
We praise the loss of Hannah 

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Hoyter, his entire household, 
all his companions. 

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We ask Allah sob Hana ho Atta 
Allah to bless them all and we 

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ask Allah sob Hana ho Atta Allah
to bless every single one of us 

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and to bless our offspring, 
those to come up to the end. 

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May Allah sob Hana ho Atta Allah
grant ease to every one of us 

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and may Allah sob Hana ho Atta 
Allah make easy for us whatever 

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difficulties we may be going 
through. 

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My brothers and sisters in Islam
it is indeed an honor to be here

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at this beautiful venue the Zaid
bin Mohammed family gathering 

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and to be able to speak to you 
this evening on a topic that 

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will bring about lots of 
contentment if we were to take 

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heed because it comes from Allah
subhana ho Atta Allah and from 

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the words of the Blessed 
Messenger Salahu alayhi waselam.

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May Allah's peace and blessings 
be upon Him and every one of us.

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Similarly, what we do need to 
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created us, we had no choice. 
None of us seated here can say I

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had a choice to come onto the 
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It was imposed on us by the 
Supreme Deity, the one in 

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absolute control, the one who 
has created the entire creation.

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He decided that He wants us to 
be created too and this is 

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evidence enough to prove that we
owe him. 

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We owe him because some people 
go through difficulties and they

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think I don't want to live. 
But in actual fact you have to 

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live because the one who made 
you knows why he made you and 

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This is why Allah Subhana Ho 
Atala makes it absolutely clear 

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that he is the creator, He is 
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beginning. 
If you were to start the Quran, 

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and I'm sure all of you if not 
most of you would know the first

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verse of the opening Surah or 
chapter of the Quran where loss 

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of Hanaho Atala. 
Says Alhamdulillah. 

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Here Amin, all praise is due to 
Allah, Rabbula Amin. 

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The term Rabbun refers to the 
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sustainer, provider, protector, 
curer, the one in whose hands 

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lies absolutely every aspect of 
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He is known as Rob Bone. 
So he is Rob of Al Amin. 

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He is the Lord of the worlds, 
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the beginning to this day and 
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He is the Lord. 
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like he takes care of human 
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Why am I mean but you feel out 
on the in La La. 

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It is going nothing that walks 
on earth, nothing that walks on 

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earth or that treads the earth 
except that it's sustenance is 

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upon Allah. 
Don't worry about sustenance. 

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Allah will sustain you. 
Allah will provide for you. 

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Allah will give you just like 
Allah. 

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Subhana ho attala gives the bird
that flies suspended in the air.

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Lo anakum tatawa Kalu na Allah 
hakka tawa kule Lara zakakkum 

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kamayor zukotail tehdu himasan 
wataru hobeitanan the prophets. 

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Allah ho alehi wasalem says if 
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attaala in the proper way. 
He will sustain you just like he

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sustains the bird. 
He will look after you. 

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Now some people sit back and 
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Allah says he will look after me
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So let me just sit back and 
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I can be lazy. 
I can be anything. 

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Whatever is written for me will 
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Well lahi the hadith is not 
complete. 

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The hadith says meaning what 
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We still need to speak about the
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It says that bird leaves the 
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morning. 
It goes out and comes back at 

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the end of the day with a belly 
that is filled where it got its 

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food from the help of Allah. 
But it worked hard throughout 

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the day. 
Many of us work very, very hard.

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We work hard. 
Allow, will give you, allow, 

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will provide, keep on calling 
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The difficulty is sometimes the 
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us in a way that we don't 
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The owner of the money that 
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the maker who made us, so when 
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wealthier people. 
Subhan Allah, I will say, or I 

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will recite a few verses through
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lecture that will prove to you 
that if you want sustenance, you

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need to get closer to Allah. 
You need to get closer to your 

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maker. 
He will provide for you. 

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He will grant you Subhan Allah. 
So we all find that in our lives

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as we are born and we grow up, 
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Our parents face challenges to 
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Our parents find it difficult. 
Our mothers have spent sleepless

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nights, our fathers as well. 
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lazy, sitting back, relaxing and
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You need to take care of the 
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Sometimes you need to give the 
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give the mum a little bit of 
sleep and say don't worry 

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tonight I'm on God, Samhan 
Allah, do we do that Marshallah.

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I hope it will happen by the 
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Mela make it easy but we feel 
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It's not easy. 
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expecting and we get so happy. 
Mashala, I'm expecting Mela make

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it easy. 
Mela grant you a birth that will

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be inshala easy. 
It won't be free of difficulty 

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but Allah can make it as easy as
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However, once the child is born,
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Life changes. 
You go through hardships, 

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sleepless nights. 
You might struggle in terms of 

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finances because now you have a 
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But Allah knows that that is His
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earth for. 
To strive within the obedience 

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of Allah, Subhana, Hawat, Allah.
So that by the time you leave 

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the earth you have already 
developed a link with the maker 

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whom you are going to return to.
And you have lived a life such 

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that the baton you passed it on 
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Yesterday I was speaking to a 
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telling them, you know what? 
It would be quite simple to 

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divide our lives into three 
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alehi was seldom says that Amaro
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sabreen. 
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members of my Oma between 60 and
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Let's take the lower figure, the
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The previous generation is 
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Do you realize that the 1st 20 
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teachers, whoever else they are 
teaching you how to live your 

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life. 
The 2nd 20 years you are living 

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your life. 
Subhan Allah. 

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So now I'm graduated, perhaps 
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I'm living my life. 
I got married, I have my 

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children. 
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I'm enjoying a little bit here 
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You clock 40 years after that, 
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You are now preparing the next 
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It's amazing how these 60 work 
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This is not from the hadith of 
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division, This is just from our 
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We will notice that the first 
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the previous generation are 
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about. 
The middle of it, you are living

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your life, the end of it. 
You are busy teaching other 

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people how to live the life. 
It goes to show you where Allah 

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says is Kalara Mukalil mala 
Inkati in Niger ilom film Arandi

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Khalifa. 
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Howataala when you're up told 
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Khalifa on earth. 
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One of the meanings is those who
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That is all one of the meanings 
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That means I came. 
My parents taught me I led a 

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life. 
I teach my children. 

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I leave, they lead their lives, 
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leave and so on. 
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plan of a la subhana ho atala. 
So I will face challenges. 

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I was created in order to face 
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simple. 
It is filled with obstacles. 

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Just like if you were to enroll 
into a beautiful college that 

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has a very high name in terms of
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It's not going to be a walk in 
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It's going to be difficult. 
You need to be facing 

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examination after examination 
and test upon test. 

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And guess what? 
The more qualified you become, 

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the more difficult the tests are
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They're very easy, simple tests.
They give you an interview. 

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They ask you what do you know 
about medicine and you say, 

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well, not much. 
They say, well that's why you 

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are here. 
Come, we will teach you. 

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As they teach you one concept, 
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When they teach you 20 concepts,
they test you about 20 concepts.

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Then you go into the practicals 
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after you have passed the final 
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So when it comes to the earth, 
alas of Hana Hawata, Allah tells

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us I put you into this exam 
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You will go there. 
You will learn what it's all 

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about by the time you clock 
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You are now called Mukelef. 
You are responsible. 

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You are answerable to a lot. 
Subhana ho attala. 

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What will we do, Alas, is. 
Mahasi banna su Ain utaku Ain 

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akulu a man nawa hum Lai ufta 
noon while I call the fatten 

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ladini. 
While I are lemon along lavino 

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Sodaku, while I are lemon and 
Cadivin, Suratul and Kaboot. 

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Alas is does man think, do you 
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you to say we believe and you 
will not be tested? 

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In fact, we have tested those 
before you as well in order to 

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determine and distinguish who 
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and who are false in their 
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People say sometimes why I'm a 
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Why do I have so many tests? 
Why do I have so many 

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difficulties? 
Why do I have so many hardships?

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I can tell you why. 
Because you are in the school. 

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You are in the exam room. 
You have undertaken that Allah 

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is one. 
You have believed that Allah is 

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1 and you believe this is the 
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Alice is OK. 
Come. 

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You really believe we're going 
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So how will we test you? 
You believe Ally is the 

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Sustainer. 
You believe Ally is the Cura. 

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You believe. 
Ally is the all wise, the all 

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knowledgeable. 
You believe he is the Lord of 

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the world. 
OK, so when we make you sick or 

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ill, Merla grant us cuo say 
Amin. 

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When we make you sick or ill, we
want to see what you do. 

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Will you employ methods that are
against what we have taught or 

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you will do that which is 
permissible. 

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You go to the doctor. 
You may want to read some Quran,

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you may want to look after 
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There is something called more 
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meaning those chapters of the 
Quran whereby if you were to 

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read them, you would be 
protected from the devil and his

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progeny. 
You need to read them morning 

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and evening. 
It is like medication. 

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If you have high cholesterol and
the doctor tells you you need 5 

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milligrams of Crestor every 
single day at this time, what 

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will happen if you miss it? 
If you stop it, your cholesterol

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levels will go high. 
The same applies if Allah tells 

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you to protect yourself from the
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You need to read the last two 
suras of the Quran or you need 

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to include with it Ayatul Kursi 
which is a verse of the Quran in

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Suratul Bakara. 
And if you don't do that, don't 

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blame anyone when you become ill
or sick. 

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Remember this, it's a test from 
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You need patience in order to 
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Now one might be asking this is 
an introduction to a beautiful 

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topic. 
When it was advertised, I saw it

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said there patience and prayer. 
Sabhar was Salah. 

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That's what it said. 
Sabhar was Salah. 

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And I'd like to add to that as 
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being generous, the importance 
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So why did I start this way? 
To show you that we will be 

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tested. 
He came onto the earth in order 

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to just enjoy without being 
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No, you will enjoy with the 
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Allah did not say you're not 
going to enjoy, but there will 

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be pockets of difficulties that 
will overtake you at times so 

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difficult, so hard that you will
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encourage you. 
You will need people around you 

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to give you some hope. 
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if you take a look at the short 
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end, Allah says let me mention 
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In L in Santa, la Fin Hoso Il La
Vina Amano Amino Sonny hating 

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whatever. 
So whatever. 

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Some will be hacking whatever. 
Some will be sober. 

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Allah swears an oath by time. 
Allah says I swear by time that 

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all mankind is at loss. 
All mankind is at loss, except 

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for those who believe and do 
good deeds, and they encourage 

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each other or they remind each 
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they constantly remind each 
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Wow wow, Subhan. 
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Constantly. 
If I see you, you're in a 

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difficult time, difficult 
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You are my perhaps son or 
daughter or spouse or whoever 

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else you may be to me, just a 
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It is my duty, if I'm a good 
believer, to tell you, don't 

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worry, everything will be okay. 
It's fine. 

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It will be okay. 
Turn to Allah. 

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Don't lose hope. 
Continue. 

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We're all struggling. 
We're all going through 

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challenges. 
Keep on going, don't give up. 

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Those words are so powerful. 
My brothers and sisters use them

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often. 
Encourage people at your 

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workplace. 
Muslim, non-muslim, whoever it 

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is. 
Give them a word of hope. 

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Because when you give them a 
word of hope, Allah will create 

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hope in your own life and Allah 
will give you so many doors and 

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avenues of goodness and a loss 
of Hana Hawata. 

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Allah will bless you in a 
million and one ways. 

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So This is why if you were to 
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Bacara, verse #155, alas, says 
quite clearly, we will test all 

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of you. 
You know, it's like a college. 

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It reminds me of a college where
you know someone in charge is 

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telling you every week you're 
going to have a test and every 

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month you'll have a slightly 
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And every year you're going to 
have a major examination if you 

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graduate, guess what? 
We're going to make it more 

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difficult for you if you pass. 
We're going to make it more 

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difficult for you. 
You're going to get the 

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following year more difficult 
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So don't think that once I pass 
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I'm going to sit back, relax, 
Wow. 

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You will get a prize at the end 
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Perhaps you get a certificate 
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How happy are you? 
Your parents are happy, you are 

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happy, your family is happy, and
you can get a brilliant job or a

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placement at a university of 
your choice because you have all

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a stars or distinctions. 
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No, I spent sleepless nights. 
I worked hard. 

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I gave up my iPhone, imagine 
because I needed to study. 

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I gave up my games, my Facebook,
my Twitter, my Instagram because

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I needed to study while lahi. 
The exams of Allah are far more 

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important than those, so if you 
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more difficult, Allah says. 
Well, I never knew one Akon 

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bishay imminal kaufi. 
Well you were 1A posimminal 

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amwali. 
Well, Fussi was summer A. 

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Aalu in Nalilai or in na Elai in
Rajian. 

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What a beautiful verse. 
Suratul Bakara verse #155. 

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And after that, alas says we 
will definitely test all of you.

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You know the term in the Arabic 
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It is called attacked. 
A kid means emphasized in a 

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powerful way. 
There is an extra lamb. 

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There is a double noon, which 
means definitely, definitely we 

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are going to test. 
You do not think that you are 

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going to get away without a 
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You have to be tested. 
What are you going to test us 

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with, a la seche imminal hof. 
Part of fear. 

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You might be scared. 
Sometimes fear might overtake 

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you. 
Whatever fear it is, fear is of 

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so many different things. 
I leave that to you to think 

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about. 
So alas starts off by saying 

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Minal health. 
Well juer, you will be tested 

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with hunger so many different 
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Maybe there might be food but 
you may not be able to eat it or

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they may not be food and you 
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May Alasubhana matala grant us 
the ability to appreciate the 

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food we have. 
And This is why one of the best 

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things that I have heard is the 
fact that this is the year of 

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giving in this particular 
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Generosity and giving. 
When you have eaten, don't 

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waste. 
Make sure that whatever is left 

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behind is given to those. 
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know I visited Far East Asia and
I remember entering a restaurant

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and I learned something. 
I remember the name of the 

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restaurant. 
It was 2 pie, two pie. 

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That was the name. 
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Because I said to myself, there 
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So two pies. 
That's the name of the 

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restaurant. 
Some of you might know it if you

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visited the Malaysia, Singapore,
perhaps the Philippines, 

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etcetera. 
So they said that you pay so 

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much for a buffet and we will 
charge you by weighing your 

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plate when you are leaving to 
see how much food you have left 

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behind for every 100 grams or 
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Charged so much. 
I cannot remember the figure. 

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And I was so impressed because I
told myself, Subhana La, we have

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a bad habit. 
What is the bad habit? 

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Well, lahi, it's a buffet. 
I took my plate. 

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I fill. 
I fill. 

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I'm not worried. 
I'll just fill it. 

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Why? 
It's a buffet, that's why. 

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And I filled it full like a 
mountain. 

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You know, Subhana lah. 
And what did I eat? 

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One or two things. 
And I left it and I'm gone. 

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What did you take it for? 
I paid for it. 

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You paid for it. 
That does not justify the 

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wastage. 
This is why congratulations to 

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the rulers who are trying to 
conscientize us about wasting 

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rather than wasting. 
Give it away. 

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Make sure that you give Subhan 
Allah Going back to the verse, 

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Allah says Allah will test you 
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We started with fear and hunger 
and lack of wealth or loss in 

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produce or loss of life. 
All these things are mentioned 

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in this verse. 
Then Allah says give good news 

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to those who are patient, those 
who bear sober, those who are 

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understanding the control that 
Allah has of entire creation. 

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I was asked once if Allah is so 
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The child asking me the question
had a beautiful question. 

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If Allah is so merciful why do 
people die? 

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Because to him death is the end.
So I said, my son, if you 

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believe, you will realize that 
it's the mercy of Allah that 

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actually makes us die. 
Allah does not allow you to 

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taste pain beyond a certain 
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And This is why if you are 
inflicted with some harm or you 

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are hurt or injured beyond the 
point it becomes numb, beyond 

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the point you become 
unconscious, and beyond the 

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point you lose your life. 
Because Allah does not want you 

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to feel pain beyond a certain 
point. 

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And on top of that, my son and I
was talking to this young boy. 

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I told him, I said, do you know 
what? 

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When you have worked so hard 
throughout the year, what 

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happens at the end of the year 
at your school, you have a prize

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giving. 
Would you love it if you were 

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called up on the stage and you 
were given your prize? 

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He said, obviously I would love 
it. 

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Is that not a big gift? 
Yes, it's a very big gift, I 

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said. 
So a lot tells you that while 

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you're on earth, we will test 
you again and again. 

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Whoever passed those tests, we 
will call them up for the prize.

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You know, there is a Hadid, 
which speaks about the day of 

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prize giving. 
When I say the day of prize 

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giving here, I'm referring to 
the Day of Judgment and what 

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happened thereafter or what will
happen thereafter. 

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I'm sure you've heard of a 
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Muhammad, peace be upon him, 
says there are 7 categories of 

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people who will be granted a 
special shade the day that there

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will be no shade besides that 
shade of a Las of Hana Hata 

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Allah Sabatun. 
You will know who Mullah Who? 

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Tata Villa Arshihi Yo, Mala 
Villa in La Villa Lu. 

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And there are 7 categories. 
What is that? 

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Those are all prizes of those 
who endured. 

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They were patient, they were 
forbearant, they practiced 

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restraint, they tried their 
best. 

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They constantly sought the 
forgiveness of Allah. 

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Allah will call them out on the 
day of judgment and Allah will 

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say, you know what you tried 
hard. 

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We tested you. 
We tested you with the toughest 

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of tests, but that's because we 
love you. 

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The Hadid says in Allah either 
Ahabba, Abdan, Ibtala. 

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When Allah loves a slave, he 
tests him, He tests her. 

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If you have problems, my 
brothers and sisters remember I 

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do too. 
He does too. 

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Everyone else does too, of a 
different nature. 

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We have issues. 
We all deal with it differently 

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depending on our closeness with 
our maker. 

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This is why the verse says give 
good news to those who bear 

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sober, to those who are patient.
Give good news to those who 

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understand they need to develop 
their link with their maker and 

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the hadith also says Eva Mulaj, 
Eva Miliptila. 

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The greater reward will be with 
the greater test. 

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Apply this to the school 
situation. 

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It's true when you have a simple
question, what is 1 + 1? 

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I think they give you half a 
mark for getting it right. 

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But when you have a long 
question that took you half an 

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hour to solve, they give you 20 
marks. 

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Do you agree? 
The same applies with Alas of 

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Hana Ho Atala. 
When he gave you a test that 

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lasted five whole years, six 
years, you had difficulty, you 

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struggled, you went through one 
thing after another, Financial 

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problem, social problem, health 
problem, spouse problem, every 

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other problem you can think 
about. 

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Allah will give you 90 out of 
100 based on that. 

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And then you graduate. 
When you how do you graduate? 

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You have to get to the price 
giving. 

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Where is the price giving on 
this side of life or that side 

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of life? 
It's on that side of this life. 

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What that means is there is a 
life that is absolutely eternal,

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that begins the day this life 
ends. 

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So this is what I was explaining
to the young lad to tell him you

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know what you want to get to the
prize giving without going to 

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the school on that day. 
Without climbing on the stage. 

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You cannot, you cannot achieve 
Janna without dying. 

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If I were to ask you today how 
many of you want Janna put up 

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your hand. 
Everyone will put up their hand,

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right? 
The whole crowd Who wants 

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paradise? 
Everyone. 

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But if I were to ask you who 
wants to die right now, I think 

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we all just look down. 
I don't want to die. 

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But you want Janna. 
Janna is on the other side. 

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May Allah make it easy for us to
understand. 

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This is the blessing of Allah. 
This is the gift of Allah. 

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Subhana Huat Allah, live your 
life to its extent. 

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Allah chooses when you will die.
You are not allowed to harm 

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yourself. 
Alas is while I talk on Tunu 

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Fusakum in Allah can I become 
Mahima. 

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Do not harm yourself, Do not 
kill yourself. 

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Do not commit suicide in any 
way. 

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For indeed Allah is very 
merciful upon you. 

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If only you realize my love. 
Subhana, Howata Allah help us 

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realize this. 
So these are the blessings of 

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Allah. 
We need to be patient and that 

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patience we will be able to 
achieve when we develop a link 

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with Allah. 
Now what link with Allah? 

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Subhana Howata Allah you will 
notice many times in the Quran 

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many places Allah links two 
things. 

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He links what is called Sabar 
with Salah. 

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So he says bear patience and 
establish your prayer. 

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I can read for you a few verses.
The 1st is verse #45 of Surat Al

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Bakaram, Allah says. 
What's there in Who is Sabarni? 

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Was Salah seek help through two 
things Sabar and that is simple 

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Translation is patience. 
But I will get to the longer 

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translation Inshallah in a few 
moments seek patience through 

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supper. 
Patience, sorry. 

450
00:27:25,810 --> 00:27:30,850
Seek help through patience. 
Seek help through patience and 

451
00:27:31,570 --> 00:27:34,770
prayer. 
What's the connection between 

452
00:27:34,770 --> 00:27:37,370
the two. 
Let's go back to the hadith of 

453
00:27:37,370 --> 00:27:40,610
Abu Malekal Ash Ari Ravi Allahu 
Anu the prophets of Allahu Ale. 

454
00:27:40,650 --> 00:27:44,130
He was Selam and Sahi Muslim is 
narrate is recorded to have said

455
00:27:44,610 --> 00:27:50,620
that a who who shot rule Iman 
that's the beginning of the 

456
00:27:50,620 --> 00:27:52,500
Hadid. 
He speaks of cleanliness. 

457
00:27:52,660 --> 00:27:56,340
We spoke about that today in 
Jumra in the Friday lecture. 

458
00:27:56,740 --> 00:27:59,700
That cleanliness is half of your
faith. 

459
00:27:59,740 --> 00:28:02,500
It is a huge portion of your 
faith. 

460
00:28:02,660 --> 00:28:05,900
You need to maintain 
cleanliness, not only that which

461
00:28:05,900 --> 00:28:12,740
is physical, but cleanliness in 
terms of a clean mind, clean in 

462
00:28:12,740 --> 00:28:16,340
terms of your relationship with 
Allah, clean in terms of your 

463
00:28:16,340 --> 00:28:18,700
relationship with the rest of 
the creation of Allah. 

464
00:28:18,700 --> 00:28:22,060
Your character and conduct needs
to be clean and you need to 

465
00:28:22,060 --> 00:28:25,300
maintain cleanliness in every 
aspect of your life. 

466
00:28:25,580 --> 00:28:31,460
But that hadith continues to 
say, was Salah to Noorun as 

467
00:28:31,460 --> 00:28:35,740
Salah to Noorun, the prayer. 
When we speak of Salah, we are 

468
00:28:35,740 --> 00:28:38,940
talking of the five daily 
prayers and you can add to it 

469
00:28:38,940 --> 00:28:42,860
that which is voluntary. 
Allah says that Salah is a light

470
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:47,480
and then after that the Prophet 
Muhammad Sallada Salam. 

471
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:50,040
Obviously these are his words 
but the message is from Allah, 

472
00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:54,360
Subhana hawata Allah. 
He says a Salah to Noorun and he

473
00:28:54,360 --> 00:29:03,080
says thereafter when it comes to
sabar he says what's sabru dia, 

474
00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:09,160
Sabru Patience is a light but a 
different type of a light. 

475
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:13,120
One might ask what's the 
difference between Noor and dia?

476
00:29:13,550 --> 00:29:16,750
Let me tell you, go back to the 
Quran to see the difference. 

477
00:29:16,790 --> 00:29:25,710
Alas, is Hua la? 
Vinja Ala Shamsadunya Amazing 

478
00:29:25,710 --> 00:29:29,310
verse alas of Hana. 
What Alice says it is he who has

479
00:29:29,310 --> 00:29:39,070
made the sun via and he has made
the moon Noor. 2 words used to 

480
00:29:39,070 --> 00:29:43,590
refer to light. 
The difference is 1 is calm and 

481
00:29:43,590 --> 00:29:46,870
serene. 
It comes with a beautiful 

482
00:29:46,950 --> 00:29:51,950
atmosphere and an ambience that 
is different, that is Noor. 

483
00:29:52,990 --> 00:29:57,270
So when you fulfill your Salah, 
A Salah to Nooran Salah will 

484
00:29:57,270 --> 00:30:01,990
bring about lots of comfort. 
It is called Kurotu Lion. 

485
00:30:01,990 --> 00:30:05,430
The prophet Salah La, who I know
he was, Salim says I have been 

486
00:30:05,430 --> 00:30:08,990
granted the coolness of my eyes 
in Salah. 

487
00:30:10,690 --> 00:30:14,890
So when you fulfill your prayer 
and you do it, you've washed 

488
00:30:14,890 --> 00:30:17,610
yourself. 
You have a beautiful place and 

489
00:30:17,610 --> 00:30:22,130
you start off Allahu Akbar. 
Amazingly, there is a beautiful,

490
00:30:22,130 --> 00:30:25,530
serene feeling. 
It is something that is filled 

491
00:30:25,530 --> 00:30:29,570
with contentment, just like the 
light of the full moon. 

492
00:30:29,610 --> 00:30:32,050
When you are to look at it, it 
is white. 

493
00:30:32,340 --> 00:30:33,980
It does not have a burning in 
it. 

494
00:30:34,140 --> 00:30:36,460
It is cool. 
You can look into it. 

495
00:30:36,580 --> 00:30:40,980
It is absolutely beautiful. 
You achieve contentment, beauty,

496
00:30:40,980 --> 00:30:43,820
calmness and so on from your 
prayer. 

497
00:30:44,300 --> 00:30:47,100
But when it comes to Sabur, 
Sabur means patience. 

498
00:30:47,260 --> 00:30:51,340
It also refers to restraint. 
Let me take a moment to explain 

499
00:30:51,340 --> 00:30:53,100
to you the three categories of 
Sabur. 

500
00:30:53,460 --> 00:31:00,180
Sabur means that patience. 
Normally we just use the term 

501
00:31:00,180 --> 00:31:03,040
patience. 
But when you have to fulfill the

502
00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:06,600
command of Allah, Suhana, Howata
Allah, the strength that is 

503
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,520
required to do it is also known 
as Sabor. 

504
00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:15,720
I am bearing Sabor because I 
need to fulfill the laws of 

505
00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:17,920
Allah. 
There are two major types of 

506
00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:21,120
laws one is the Do's and the 
other the don't's. 

507
00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:25,600
So for the do's I need supper to
do them to get up early morning 

508
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,320
to read Salah Tulfajjar Suhana. 
Allah is not a joke. 

509
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:33,070
Get used to it. 
It becomes your habit. 

510
00:31:33,350 --> 00:31:36,870
You will open your eye 
automatically at the time of 

511
00:31:36,870 --> 00:31:40,950
Salah because you're used to it.
Your body has this computer that

512
00:31:40,950 --> 00:31:43,830
is amazing. 
That's the gift of Allah. 

513
00:31:44,110 --> 00:31:48,190
But if you're a person who 
sleeps anytime, any day, you're 

514
00:31:48,190 --> 00:31:50,310
not worried about it. 
It's going to be really tough. 

515
00:31:50,310 --> 00:31:53,110
You put one clock, two clocks, 
three clocks, and each one of 

516
00:31:53,110 --> 00:31:55,670
them you press snooze, snooze, 
snooze, and still when you 

517
00:31:55,670 --> 00:31:58,030
snooze, you lose. 
So you've lost your salaatal 

518
00:31:58,030 --> 00:32:00,600
fudger. 
That's what happened Mehla 

519
00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,600
Subhana Hawata. 
Allah forgive us, but you need 

520
00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:06,080
the strength to fulfill this 
instruction of Allah. 

521
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:13,280
Subhana Hawata Allah that is 
known as a Sabru Alata to bear 

522
00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:16,600
patience regarding the obedience
of Allah. 

523
00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:20,320
And then you need a different 
type of restraint which is also 

524
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:24,880
included in the meaning of Sabru
restraint to abstain from the 

525
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:26,880
prohibitions of Allah the 
don'ts. 

526
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,700
I see something. 
I want to do it, but it's in the

527
00:32:29,700 --> 00:32:31,540
displeasure of Allah. 
So I say no. 

528
00:32:31,700 --> 00:32:34,340
I will stay away from it. 
To stay away from it, you need 

529
00:32:34,340 --> 00:32:36,260
power. 
You need restraint. 

530
00:32:36,300 --> 00:32:39,700
You need Sabre. 
And the third type of Sabre is 

531
00:32:40,700 --> 00:32:42,940
patience. 
That is required to accept the 

532
00:32:42,940 --> 00:32:48,020
decree of alasum hana ho attala.
When alasum hana ho attala has 

533
00:32:48,220 --> 00:32:52,620
destined something for you, we 
know it is predestined. 

534
00:32:53,580 --> 00:32:56,740
When that happens, we have to 
surrender to the decree of 

535
00:32:56,740 --> 00:32:59,080
Allah. 
Allah took the life away of 

536
00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:01,080
someone close to you. 
It has to happen. 

537
00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:03,360
He told you he will do that in 
the Quran. 

538
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:04,960
He said it. 
I'm going to do this. 

539
00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:07,480
That's what he said. 
So Allah will do it. 

540
00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:10,440
We have to lose our loved ones 
because we have to go. 

541
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:13,400
Don't worry if you do good 
deeds, Allah says. 

542
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:16,280
Well, Lavina Ammanu. 
Ataba. 

543
00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:21,230
Tumduriya Tumbi Imani. 
I'll hack on her. 

544
00:33:21,230 --> 00:33:23,390
Be him. 
The ring at home a lot. 

545
00:33:23,390 --> 00:33:28,110
Gives good news to those whose 
family members follow up in that

546
00:33:28,110 --> 00:33:29,310
goodness. 
Alas says. 

547
00:33:29,310 --> 00:33:30,990
We will gather you together 
later on. 

548
00:33:30,990 --> 00:33:32,790
Don't worry, you're going to 
meet each other. 

549
00:33:32,830 --> 00:33:35,830
You can gather in paradise. 
The condition is you need to do 

550
00:33:35,830 --> 00:33:37,870
good deeds. 
You need to try, you need to 

551
00:33:38,030 --> 00:33:39,750
believe and you need to. 
You know. 

552
00:33:39,750 --> 00:33:42,430
There are people sometimes they 
don't believe in the hereafter. 

553
00:33:43,270 --> 00:33:47,840
I remember once I was sitting on
an aircraft and I was sitting 

554
00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:50,560
next to someone and I meet a lot
of interesting people. 

555
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:53,800
Masha, Allah, Tabarakalan, This 
brother tells me, you know what,

556
00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:55,920
you guys are crazy. 
I said what do you mean you 

557
00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:57,920
don't even know me? 
You're calling me crazy. 

558
00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:00,680
He says you believe that we're 
going to hell. 

559
00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:02,720
I said sorry, what religion do 
you belong to? 

560
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:05,960
He says I'm an atheist. 
I said, you know, with all due 

561
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:08,639
respect, obviously we have a 
live and let live policy and 

562
00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:11,360
Masha, Allah, we we will coexist
by all means. 

563
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:13,840
But I want to tell you why are 
you worried about it when you 

564
00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:16,199
don't even believe in the 
hereafter? 

565
00:34:17,460 --> 00:34:18,460
Me. 
He was quiet. 

566
00:34:18,780 --> 00:34:20,460
I said OK Have you thought about
it? 

567
00:34:20,820 --> 00:34:23,620
If you are worried about what 
I've said about the hereafter 

568
00:34:23,620 --> 00:34:26,699
when you don't even believe in 
it, it means deep down perhaps 

569
00:34:26,699 --> 00:34:29,540
there is something in you that 
is telling you, hey what if this

570
00:34:29,540 --> 00:34:31,420
guy is telling the truth. 
Subhana Allah. 

571
00:34:31,659 --> 00:34:34,139
May Allah Subhana Hawata Allah 
help us and guide us. 

572
00:34:34,380 --> 00:34:36,100
May Allah open our doors like I 
say. 

573
00:34:36,100 --> 00:34:39,900
Well here my brothers and 
sisters, we have a live and let 

574
00:34:39,900 --> 00:34:42,219
live policy. 
We will coexist. 

575
00:34:42,260 --> 00:34:45,219
We will have our differences. 
We have to have the differences.

576
00:34:45,580 --> 00:34:48,420
These differences must not make 
us become violent. 

577
00:34:48,620 --> 00:34:50,380
They must not make us spread 
hate. 

578
00:34:50,580 --> 00:34:54,020
They must rather make us engage 
one another in positive 

579
00:34:54,020 --> 00:34:57,340
discussion so that we can be 
enlightened regarding the 

580
00:34:57,340 --> 00:34:59,660
decisions we have made in our 
lives. 

581
00:34:59,940 --> 00:35:03,980
May, alas of Hanaho Attahala, 
grant us the ability to make the

582
00:35:03,980 --> 00:35:06,540
best decisions based on sound 
knowledge. 

583
00:35:06,700 --> 00:35:10,850
So I was speaking about the 
light of the sun and the light 

584
00:35:10,850 --> 00:35:14,490
of the moon and the fact that 
this one is called the Ya and 

585
00:35:14,490 --> 00:35:17,890
that one is called Noor. 
So, alas, is with the Sala you 

586
00:35:17,930 --> 00:35:21,970
achieve the Noor and with the 
supper you achieve the the Ya. 

587
00:35:22,250 --> 00:35:26,210
The YA is like the sun. 
When I need to abstain from 

588
00:35:26,210 --> 00:35:29,090
something there is a bit of an 
energy required. 

589
00:35:29,250 --> 00:35:33,250
It's a little bit of heat. 
I see something I really love, I

590
00:35:33,250 --> 00:35:37,370
really like, but there is a 
certain power that is required 

591
00:35:37,370 --> 00:35:40,690
for me to stay away. 
Whereas when it comes to Salah, 

592
00:35:40,890 --> 00:35:45,570
that is a very positive energy. 
I just say Allah and I'm so 

593
00:35:45,570 --> 00:35:50,050
calm, I'm so relaxed to Hanala. 
Imagine going onto the ground 

594
00:35:50,650 --> 00:35:54,010
and putting your forehead or 
forehead however you want to 

595
00:35:54,010 --> 00:35:58,210
pronounce it, putting it onto 
the ground and saying, Oh my 

596
00:35:58,210 --> 00:36:01,090
maker, you are the highest, you 
are the greatest. 

597
00:36:01,690 --> 00:36:05,950
Oh you who made me, I declare 
your praise and I declare that 

598
00:36:05,950 --> 00:36:09,190
you are the highest. 
Subhana, Rabbi Allah Allah, 

599
00:36:09,270 --> 00:36:12,830
that's what the Muslims say when
they go down into prostration. 

600
00:36:13,030 --> 00:36:16,910
It is a position filled with 
humility between you and your 

601
00:36:16,910 --> 00:36:21,310
maker direct. 
Imagine you go down and you are 

602
00:36:21,310 --> 00:36:25,270
picturing this to say I'm in 
front of my maker on my you know

603
00:36:25,270 --> 00:36:30,230
prostration on all 7 bones and 
I'm there saying, Oh my maker 

604
00:36:30,230 --> 00:36:33,110
you are the highest. 
That is such a beautiful 

605
00:36:33,110 --> 00:36:35,270
feeling. 
This is why the prophets Allahu 

606
00:36:35,270 --> 00:36:40,270
ailey was seldom says a Salah to
Noor Salah is Noor, it has in it

607
00:36:40,390 --> 00:36:45,270
beauty. 
And then this verse comes to be 

608
00:36:45,270 --> 00:36:51,220
understood. 
Yeah, I you Alavina Amanustain 

609
00:36:51,220 --> 00:37:00,260
who be sobering was so long in 
Allah Amaro sabini W #153 of 

610
00:37:00,260 --> 00:37:03,180
Surat al Bakara. 
Allah says oh you who believe, 

611
00:37:04,500 --> 00:37:08,580
seek assistance, seek help. 
Help regarding what your issues,

612
00:37:08,580 --> 00:37:10,340
your problems, whatever you 
have. 

613
00:37:10,580 --> 00:37:13,540
The assistance you will get will
be through two things. 

614
00:37:13,700 --> 00:37:16,110
Two major things. 
Sabar and Sala. 

615
00:37:16,310 --> 00:37:19,190
Bear patience and I've explained
to you the three aspects of it 

616
00:37:19,550 --> 00:37:22,550
and fulfill your prayer. 
Why fulfill your prayer? 

617
00:37:22,910 --> 00:37:26,110
You develop your link with 
Allah, you develop your link 

618
00:37:26,110 --> 00:37:29,310
with your maker. 
I tell you the more patient you 

619
00:37:29,350 --> 00:37:33,510
are regarding abstaining from 
prohibitions, the more sweetness

620
00:37:33,510 --> 00:37:36,030
you derive from this beautiful 
Sala. 

621
00:37:36,990 --> 00:37:40,110
When a person has stayed away 
from prohibitions, he will 

622
00:37:40,110 --> 00:37:43,760
definitely or she will 
definitely be able to achieve a 

623
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:48,320
beautiful sweetness and a taste 
of that prayer, such that he or 

624
00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:51,040
she will want to pray every 
time. 

625
00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:55,080
And more than just the 
obligatory prayer, even that 

626
00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:58,680
which is over and above the 
obligation voluntary. 

627
00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:03,200
I enjoy it because now I know 
the value of this prayer. 

628
00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:07,000
So you have a problem, their 
patience, but together with it 

629
00:38:07,460 --> 00:38:09,660
build your link with Allah 
because he has the solution to 

630
00:38:09,660 --> 00:38:12,500
your problems. 
And what is the solution to my 

631
00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:14,860
problems? 
Well Lahi, the owner of that 

632
00:38:14,860 --> 00:38:17,100
solution is Allah. 
If I need wealth, he will 

633
00:38:17,100 --> 00:38:19,340
provide. 
If I need anything, he will 

634
00:38:19,340 --> 00:38:22,700
provide. 
You know it's amazing how we 

635
00:38:22,700 --> 00:38:24,580
take a look at certain acts of 
worship. 

636
00:38:25,540 --> 00:38:29,100
A byproduct of those acts of 
worship happens to be things 

637
00:38:29,100 --> 00:38:31,180
that we are looking for in our 
day-to-day lives. 

638
00:38:31,580 --> 00:38:35,100
You know when we seek 
forgiveness of Allah, it is one 

639
00:38:35,100 --> 00:38:41,180
of the ways of earning 
sustenance, wealth. 

640
00:38:41,740 --> 00:38:46,260
If I have a blockage of say, my 
wealth, I feel as a human being 

641
00:38:46,300 --> 00:38:48,060
something is wrong. 
What is wrong? 

642
00:38:48,460 --> 00:38:51,220
I don't know. 
I cannot earn oh I'm earning. 

643
00:38:51,220 --> 00:38:53,980
My money is getting wasted. 
I don't understand my brother, 

644
00:38:53,980 --> 00:38:56,500
my sister. 
Perhaps you are doing something 

645
00:38:56,540 --> 00:38:58,860
prohibited. 
Perhaps you are engaged in 

646
00:38:58,860 --> 00:39:00,940
Haram. 
Your money is being wasted. 

647
00:39:00,940 --> 00:39:03,780
There is no baraka, no blessing.
The Quran teaches us this. 

648
00:39:03,940 --> 00:39:07,380
Going back to the story of the 
prophet Noah, may peace be upon 

649
00:39:07,380 --> 00:39:10,540
him new halahi Salaam. 
Allah says that new told his 

650
00:39:10,540 --> 00:39:14,330
people and this is in Surat nor 
full to stop. 

651
00:39:14,370 --> 00:39:22,290
Virura back home in Nahuka. 
Nawafara Yurusini Sama Alain. 

652
00:39:22,330 --> 00:39:40,610
Kumidarara Vayum Didi Kumbi 
Amwali UA Banni. 

653
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:47,400
He will open the skies with 
beneficial rain as a result and 

654
00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:51,760
he will grant you wealth and 
children that you so desperately

655
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:53,200
want. 
Amazing. 

656
00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:58,720
Now it is wrong for us to say I 
am praying because I need money.

657
00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:02,200
I don't have money today. 
We were taught if you pray you 

658
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:04,800
will have money. 
Or if you ask a lost 

659
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:06,400
forgiveness, you will have 
money. 

660
00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:09,880
So I am only seeking forgiveness
to have money. 

661
00:40:10,340 --> 00:40:15,140
The intention is wrong because 
that wealth, that sustenance, 

662
00:40:15,140 --> 00:40:21,540
those children are a byproduct. 
Byproduct means you will seek 

663
00:40:21,540 --> 00:40:24,540
the forgiveness of Allah because
you are remorseful regarding 

664
00:40:24,540 --> 00:40:26,700
what you've done. 
You will pray because you 

665
00:40:26,700 --> 00:40:29,660
consider it an honor and an 
obligation unto Allah. 

666
00:40:29,780 --> 00:40:33,740
And Allah says as a result of 
that your door will be opened 

667
00:40:33,780 --> 00:40:36,140
and we will start providing for 
you slowly but surely. 

668
00:40:37,570 --> 00:40:41,530
Again, there was a youngster 
once after my speech I spoke 

669
00:40:41,530 --> 00:40:44,490
about forgiveness and so on and 
how allow will open your doors 

670
00:40:44,490 --> 00:40:47,730
if you were to pray and if you 
were to be seeking the 

671
00:40:47,730 --> 00:40:50,250
forgiveness of alassum hana ho 
atala constantly. 

672
00:40:50,330 --> 00:40:52,730
So three days later the boy 
comes to me and he says, you 

673
00:40:52,730 --> 00:40:54,730
know what, I've been praying for
three days. 

674
00:40:54,730 --> 00:40:57,130
I haven't missed a prayer, but 
I'm still struggling with the 

675
00:40:57,130 --> 00:40:59,330
same problem. 
I tell him, my son, how old are 

676
00:40:59,330 --> 00:41:01,530
you? 
He says, I think it was 16. 

677
00:41:02,490 --> 00:41:07,510
I said for a few years you have 
not been praying. 

678
00:41:08,230 --> 00:41:10,350
Now you expect three days 
dedication. 

679
00:41:10,350 --> 00:41:12,390
Every problem will be resolved. 
That's not it. 

680
00:41:13,750 --> 00:41:17,630
If you were not studying for so 
many years, suddenly you study 

681
00:41:17,630 --> 00:41:20,350
for three days and you want to 
get a doctorate, the masters, 

682
00:41:20,590 --> 00:41:23,630
whatever that doesn't happen, it
will come with hard work. 

683
00:41:23,710 --> 00:41:27,510
Dedicate yourself, perhaps, you 
know, fulfill it for a year and 

684
00:41:27,510 --> 00:41:29,630
you see things start opening one
after the other. 

685
00:41:29,870 --> 00:41:32,710
My brothers and sisters, when 
you go through difficulty, 

686
00:41:32,710 --> 00:41:37,290
sometimes you think it is bad 
for you, but Allah knows it is 

687
00:41:37,290 --> 00:41:39,370
the best thing for you. 
I give you an example. 

688
00:41:39,850 --> 00:41:43,530
People who have health problems,
financial problems, family 

689
00:41:43,530 --> 00:41:47,260
problems, any other issues that 
you have, you have an issue. 

690
00:41:47,260 --> 00:41:50,260
You're trying to get married. 
You don't know if that marriage 

691
00:41:50,260 --> 00:41:53,500
is actually going to work. 
I know of people who have fought

692
00:41:53,500 --> 00:41:55,940
to marry someone. 
They marry them, they have a 

693
00:41:55,940 --> 00:41:57,700
child or two and there is a 
divorce. 

694
00:41:57,860 --> 00:42:00,340
And then they say I should never
have fought for this, but you 

695
00:42:00,340 --> 00:42:02,460
didn't know. 
Perhaps a lot created an 

696
00:42:02,460 --> 00:42:04,940
obstacle in order to keep you 
away from it. 

697
00:42:05,060 --> 00:42:07,820
This is why there is something 
known as Istihara. 

698
00:42:07,980 --> 00:42:11,220
Istihara meaning seeking the 
guidance of Allah, some Hana 

699
00:42:11,220 --> 00:42:12,980
Hawata, Allah in a certain 
matter. 

700
00:42:13,140 --> 00:42:16,100
What do we say at the end of 
that supplication? 

701
00:42:16,140 --> 00:42:19,580
We say, oh Allah, if you know 
that this is not good for me, 

702
00:42:19,780 --> 00:42:23,260
it's not good for my Dean, it's 
not good for my faith, for my 

703
00:42:23,460 --> 00:42:26,620
present, for my future, then 
keep it away from me. 

704
00:42:26,780 --> 00:42:29,020
Create a barrier between that 
and myself. 

705
00:42:29,180 --> 00:42:31,900
So suddenly many barriers are 
being created. 

706
00:42:32,060 --> 00:42:34,540
But you still say my Stehara was
positive. 

707
00:42:35,020 --> 00:42:37,100
It was positive. 
You don't know. 

708
00:42:37,220 --> 00:42:41,300
We have a mis notion. 
People think when you read this 

709
00:42:41,300 --> 00:42:43,740
draw of Estehara you will see a 
dream. 

710
00:42:45,180 --> 00:42:49,780
That's not true. 
You may, but 90% of the time you

711
00:42:49,780 --> 00:42:52,460
won't. 
It will either be facilitated, 

712
00:42:52,620 --> 00:42:56,780
made easy or made difficult. 
Read the meaning of that dua and

713
00:42:56,780 --> 00:42:58,580
you will know how you will get a
response. 

714
00:42:58,820 --> 00:43:02,380
Oh Allah, if this is good for 
me, it is good for my Dean, my 

715
00:43:02,380 --> 00:43:05,580
Dunya, my life, my future, my 
Akhira, my hereafter. 

716
00:43:05,740 --> 00:43:07,980
Then make it easy for me and 
give me blessing in it. 

717
00:43:08,100 --> 00:43:10,020
So suddenly the doors start 
opening. 

718
00:43:10,100 --> 00:43:11,460
The next day you get a phone 
call. 

719
00:43:12,470 --> 00:43:14,270
The following day someone tells 
you a good word. 

720
00:43:14,870 --> 00:43:17,630
Then someone else tells you, my 
brother, I heard something nice.

721
00:43:17,990 --> 00:43:22,750
It's all positive signs and 
things are facilitated. 

722
00:43:22,990 --> 00:43:25,230
So the point I'm raising is we 
will all go through 

723
00:43:25,350 --> 00:43:30,110
difficulties, problems, issues. 
Why are they better for us at 

724
00:43:30,110 --> 00:43:35,070
times? 
Ajaban the Emeril Moemini the 

725
00:43:35,070 --> 00:43:38,190
Prophets Al al Asalam says the 
affairs of a true believer are 

726
00:43:38,190 --> 00:43:42,540
amazing because when goodness 
comes in his or her direction, 

727
00:43:42,780 --> 00:43:45,260
he or she is thankful it's 
better for him. 

728
00:43:45,700 --> 00:43:49,580
And when difficulty and hardship
comes in his or her direction, 

729
00:43:49,820 --> 00:43:52,660
he or she bears patience. 
That is better. 

730
00:43:52,980 --> 00:43:58,420
How many of us, in all honesty, 
we don't really pray properly. 

731
00:43:59,060 --> 00:44:02,420
We don't really obey the 
instructions of Allah in a 

732
00:44:02,420 --> 00:44:05,300
proper way. 
We are weak and we say I'm weak.

733
00:44:05,300 --> 00:44:10,780
I'm a human, you know. 
I remember 1 man was telling me 

734
00:44:10,820 --> 00:44:16,700
that every time I remind a 
friend of mine about the wrong 

735
00:44:16,700 --> 00:44:19,900
that he's doing, he keeps he 
keeps on saying make your eye 

736
00:44:19,900 --> 00:44:22,140
for me. 
Make your eye for me. 

737
00:44:22,700 --> 00:44:25,020
Brother, stop your alcohol. 
Make your eye for me, brother, 

738
00:44:25,020 --> 00:44:27,020
stop the drugs. 
Make your eye for me. 

739
00:44:27,540 --> 00:44:30,900
Brother, stop the pornography. 
Make your eye for me Well 

740
00:44:31,180 --> 00:44:33,900
together with your eye. 
You need to do something as 

741
00:44:33,900 --> 00:44:35,890
well. 
Yes, Doha is powerful. 

742
00:44:35,890 --> 00:44:39,730
Continue making Doha especially 
like for our children, for those

743
00:44:39,730 --> 00:44:42,530
whom we don't have sometimes 
absolute control over. 

744
00:44:42,770 --> 00:44:45,610
One of the most powerful 
elements and aspects is Doha. 

745
00:44:45,770 --> 00:44:47,090
You want something? 
Make Doha. 

746
00:44:47,330 --> 00:44:51,090
But I want to tell you, when 
Allah exposes you to something 

747
00:44:51,090 --> 00:44:53,050
that you need to make a Doha 
for. 

748
00:44:53,450 --> 00:44:57,530
He's showing you who is the 
boss, he's showing you who is in

749
00:44:57,530 --> 00:45:02,090
charge and he brings you to him.
Like I was saying, many of us, 

750
00:45:02,370 --> 00:45:05,700
we're not ideal. 
But don't you agree that after 

751
00:45:05,700 --> 00:45:09,820
we've had a big problem in our 
lives, we become better in terms

752
00:45:09,820 --> 00:45:12,900
of our relationship with Allah? 
You have a problem, you have a 

753
00:45:12,900 --> 00:45:16,460
difficulty, You have a sickness 
and suddenly you go to the 

754
00:45:16,460 --> 00:45:20,780
mischief for the first time in 
so many weeks and then you 

755
00:45:20,780 --> 00:45:23,860
become regular and then you lay 
raise your hands and you say, oh

756
00:45:23,900 --> 00:45:26,420
Allah, I'm crying to you, help 
me. 

757
00:45:26,900 --> 00:45:29,540
I seek forgiveness for the evil 
I've done. 

758
00:45:30,580 --> 00:45:32,860
Wow. 
So Han Allah, what happened? 

759
00:45:33,530 --> 00:45:37,450
Had it not been for that 
difficulty in your life, you 

760
00:45:37,450 --> 00:45:40,170
perhaps would not have called 
out to your maker. 

761
00:45:40,250 --> 00:45:43,050
So don't you see how it was a 
gift for you? 

762
00:45:43,330 --> 00:45:46,890
Allah says, oh I love you. 
Look at this worshipper of mine.

763
00:45:47,010 --> 00:45:52,170
The Hadid says Allah becomes so 
happy with the repentance of 

764
00:45:52,250 --> 00:45:56,850
anyone of his worshippers. 
So you made Allah happy, but 

765
00:45:56,850 --> 00:46:01,130
Allah brought you in. 
Allah roped you in through 

766
00:46:01,130 --> 00:46:04,490
difficulty. 
Had it not been for that 

767
00:46:04,490 --> 00:46:08,410
hardship, perhaps you may not 
have come through. 

768
00:46:08,610 --> 00:46:12,450
So This is why that Sabra and 
Salah, they come together. 

769
00:46:12,970 --> 00:46:15,810
They come together. 
You will bear patience regarding

770
00:46:15,810 --> 00:46:19,450
the difficulties you are facing,
but at the same time you make 

771
00:46:19,450 --> 00:46:23,570
sure that for the solution of 
those difficulties you turn to 

772
00:46:23,570 --> 00:46:24,930
Salah. 
Where do we get this? 

773
00:46:24,930 --> 00:46:27,330
From the Prophet Salahu Ali. 
He was Salem. 

774
00:46:27,880 --> 00:46:32,320
In several narrations mention is
made of how either Hazabahu, 

775
00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:36,760
Amorun, Fazia, Ilasala when 
things used to overtake him. 

776
00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:41,520
When a difficulty used to come 
in his direction, immediately he

777
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:43,880
used to make haste towards 
prayer. 

778
00:46:44,080 --> 00:46:48,400
Sala that is the best of 
creation, the most noble of all 

779
00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:50,880
prophets Salla la who ale he was
Salam. 

780
00:46:51,040 --> 00:46:53,040
May Allah's peace and blessings 
be upon him. 

781
00:46:54,040 --> 00:47:00,430
If he used to resort to prayer 
whenever he had any form of 

782
00:47:01,070 --> 00:47:03,670
issues or matters that were of 
concern. 

783
00:47:04,350 --> 00:47:06,710
What about us? 
How many of us? 

784
00:47:06,710 --> 00:47:08,830
You have a problem? 
First thing you do, you wash 

785
00:47:08,830 --> 00:47:12,790
yourself and you cry to your 
maker, Oh my maker, help me try 

786
00:47:12,790 --> 00:47:15,750
it. 
He will help you and continue. 

787
00:47:15,790 --> 00:47:18,110
And don't say why are you not 
listening to me? 

788
00:47:18,230 --> 00:47:19,590
He heard you. 
He knows. 

789
00:47:19,710 --> 00:47:22,630
He knows when the time is right.
He knows what is better for you.

790
00:47:23,470 --> 00:47:26,430
Sometimes you want to deal a 
business deal and you're making 

791
00:47:26,430 --> 00:47:28,390
to add to Allah. 
You want a job. 

792
00:47:28,550 --> 00:47:30,310
You're asking Allah, Allah, my 
job. 

793
00:47:30,710 --> 00:47:34,750
Allah knows perhaps you might 
get that job and as a result of 

794
00:47:34,750 --> 00:47:38,030
some relationship you developed 
at the job, you might lose your 

795
00:47:38,030 --> 00:47:39,830
marriage. 
So Allah says hang on, that job 

796
00:47:39,830 --> 00:47:41,310
is not good for you. 
We're not going to give it to 

797
00:47:41,310 --> 00:47:42,830
you. 
And you're busy saying Allah, 

798
00:47:42,910 --> 00:47:44,030
why you're not giving me the 
job? 

799
00:47:44,830 --> 00:47:46,510
Trust Allah. 
He knows. 

800
00:47:46,670 --> 00:47:48,870
Trust your maker. 
He knows what he's doing. 

801
00:47:49,510 --> 00:47:53,510
He will give you the right job. 
Sometimes a person earns too 

802
00:47:53,510 --> 00:47:56,910
much, they end up in the clubs, 
they end up drinking in the 

803
00:47:56,910 --> 00:47:59,550
pubs, they end up wasting their 
money, they end up doing things 

804
00:47:59,550 --> 00:48:02,670
that perhaps are immoral and so 
on because they've got money. 

805
00:48:03,910 --> 00:48:06,870
So losses for you. 
I'm going to keep you at a job 

806
00:48:06,870 --> 00:48:13,030
where this perhaps the seller. 
You don't get to this particular

807
00:48:13,390 --> 00:48:14,710
issue and problem. 
May I? 

808
00:48:14,710 --> 00:48:16,590
Loss of Hana Hawata. 
Allah guide us. 

809
00:48:16,750 --> 00:48:18,870
And may I loss of Hana Hawata 
Allah open our doors. 

810
00:48:18,990 --> 00:48:22,590
So if you take a look at Surat 
Paha, I was making mention of 

811
00:48:22,590 --> 00:48:25,190
the risk. 
And alas, of Hannah, what Alas 

812
00:48:25,190 --> 00:48:31,310
says what more like abyssality? 
Was Pabi Railingha Lanas 

813
00:48:31,510 --> 00:48:41,190
Anukaris or Nah no Narozo Conca 
one verse #132 Surat Paha Ala 

814
00:48:41,190 --> 00:48:47,870
says instruct your family to 
fulfill the obligational prayer 

815
00:48:48,230 --> 00:48:53,220
and be patient upon it. 
Now this is the patience to obey

816
00:48:53,220 --> 00:48:56,780
the instruction of Allah. 
Alas is we are not asking you to

817
00:48:56,780 --> 00:48:59,220
sustain us. 
We are not asking you 

818
00:48:59,220 --> 00:49:02,780
sustenance. 
We will provide for you, you 

819
00:49:02,780 --> 00:49:05,060
fulfill your prayer, we will 
provide for you. 

820
00:49:05,060 --> 00:49:09,700
So my duty is to fulfill the 
prayer for the sake of Allah. 

821
00:49:09,980 --> 00:49:13,020
As a result of that, I will be 
provided for. 

822
00:49:13,260 --> 00:49:17,260
I will be getting sustenance and
I will be leading a content 

823
00:49:17,260 --> 00:49:19,380
life. 
My brothers and sisters. 

824
00:49:19,380 --> 00:49:22,740
These are just some of the 
benefits of this beautiful 

825
00:49:22,740 --> 00:49:26,980
patience. 
Do you know that in order for us

826
00:49:26,980 --> 00:49:31,540
to earn paradise, we need two 
important qualities? 

827
00:49:32,020 --> 00:49:36,300
The first quality is Takwalahi. 
Takwalahi means the 

828
00:49:36,300 --> 00:49:39,060
consciousness of Allah. 
You need to be conscious of your

829
00:49:39,060 --> 00:49:41,220
maker. 
I need to be conscious of the 

830
00:49:41,220 --> 00:49:45,540
fact that I'm going to return to
my maker. #1 #2 is personal 

831
00:49:45,580 --> 00:49:49,420
Kholoki. 
I need good character, good 

832
00:49:49,420 --> 00:49:52,060
conduct. 
If I have good character and 

833
00:49:52,060 --> 00:49:55,020
good conduct, I can earn 
paradise through that. 

834
00:49:55,700 --> 00:49:59,140
How or why? 
Let me explain. 

835
00:50:00,940 --> 00:50:05,460
Dakwa or consciousness is 
connected to your link with your

836
00:50:05,460 --> 00:50:10,260
maker and character and conduct 
is connected to your link with 

837
00:50:10,260 --> 00:50:13,820
the creatures of the same maker 
who made you. 

838
00:50:15,180 --> 00:50:20,120
So Allah made me right and Allah
made all of you, and Allah made 

839
00:50:20,120 --> 00:50:22,440
the animals and Allah made 
everything else. 

840
00:50:22,960 --> 00:50:26,080
My relationship with Allah needs
to be correct and my 

841
00:50:26,080 --> 00:50:30,040
relationship with the rest of 
the creatures of the same Allah 

842
00:50:30,040 --> 00:50:34,800
who made me needs to be correct 
because I need to acknowledge 

843
00:50:35,440 --> 00:50:39,720
that the same. 
So there's definitely some 

844
00:50:39,720 --> 00:50:42,720
rights that need to be fulfilled
between us. 

845
00:50:43,600 --> 00:50:46,080
It's amazing. 
This is why, my brothers and 

846
00:50:46,080 --> 00:50:49,960
sisters, it's important for us 
to bear patience when it comes 

847
00:50:49,960 --> 00:50:52,240
to the development of your 
character. 

848
00:50:52,600 --> 00:50:55,920
When the prophets Allahu Alehi 
Wassalem told a young lad who 

849
00:50:55,960 --> 00:51:00,240
asked him for advice lata dab, 
that means don't get angry. 

850
00:51:00,880 --> 00:51:03,520
He says, OK, give me more 
advice, he says Lata dab. 

851
00:51:04,130 --> 00:51:06,770
Don't get angry, he says. 
OK, give me more advice, he 

852
00:51:06,770 --> 00:51:08,490
says. 
La tada, don't get angry. 

853
00:51:08,690 --> 00:51:11,770
I mean, imagine if you were to 
ask me or I were to ask you a 

854
00:51:11,770 --> 00:51:15,450
question, give me advice and you
just told me one word once, 

855
00:51:15,610 --> 00:51:18,290
twice, thrice. 
I think we would get irked or 

856
00:51:18,290 --> 00:51:22,210
irritated. 
Perhaps when it comes to Rasuru 

857
00:51:22,210 --> 00:51:25,370
la Sala, La La Salaam, it only 
showed the importance of 

858
00:51:25,690 --> 00:51:29,050
controlling your anger. 
Control it. 

859
00:51:29,330 --> 00:51:33,640
Many of us in the home who we 
tend to explode, explode 

860
00:51:33,640 --> 00:51:35,880
literally. 
Why? 

861
00:51:35,960 --> 00:51:38,600
Because they are vulnerable. 
You know when you go to work, 

862
00:51:38,720 --> 00:51:41,960
how many hours are you at work 
for a few hours in the day? 

863
00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:46,880
It's easy to put up a show to 
pretend whom you are not. 

864
00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:50,720
But the Prophet Salah al al 
Assalam, says hayrukum hayrukum 

865
00:51:50,720 --> 00:51:54,680
Li ahli he the best from amongst
you are those who are best to 

866
00:51:54,680 --> 00:52:00,320
their Al here includes primarily
your spouse and thereafter your 

867
00:52:00,320 --> 00:52:02,040
family members. 
Why? 

868
00:52:02,450 --> 00:52:07,850
The reason is they see you 24/7.
They see you in the condition 

869
00:52:09,930 --> 00:52:14,330
you If your wife or your husband
or your children or your parents

870
00:52:14,490 --> 00:52:17,290
can bear witness. 
Those who live with you can bear

871
00:52:17,290 --> 00:52:21,570
witness that you are a lovely 
human being, Then you are indeed

872
00:52:21,570 --> 00:52:24,610
a lovely human being. 
Because they know you, as we 

873
00:52:24,610 --> 00:52:27,290
would say inside out. 
They know everything about you. 

874
00:52:28,090 --> 00:52:32,730
This is why, my brothers and 
sisters, will you make an effort

875
00:52:32,730 --> 00:52:37,530
to develop the beautiful 
characters and conducts that 

876
00:52:37,850 --> 00:52:40,690
need to be developed within the 
home. 

877
00:52:42,690 --> 00:52:46,450
Will you improve the way you 
speak to your spouse, your 

878
00:52:46,450 --> 00:52:48,610
children? 
Will you develop your 

879
00:52:48,610 --> 00:52:52,250
relationship with others, those 
who are Muslim, those who are 

880
00:52:52,250 --> 00:52:55,090
not Muslim? 
I've been faced with so many 

881
00:52:55,090 --> 00:53:00,410
emails and so many requests of 
people who have embraced Islam. 

882
00:53:00,810 --> 00:53:05,810
And they say, but why sometimes 
some of the Muslims don't really

883
00:53:06,330 --> 00:53:09,930
accept us. 
What do we offer a person who 

884
00:53:09,930 --> 00:53:13,090
declares shahada? 
When someone declares their 

885
00:53:13,090 --> 00:53:15,930
shahada, they enter the fold of 
Islam, they revert to Islam. 

886
00:53:16,130 --> 00:53:19,690
We say takvi, don't we? 
And then everyone says Allahu 

887
00:53:19,690 --> 00:53:21,250
Akbar. 
And that's all. 

888
00:53:21,250 --> 00:53:24,410
After that you go away. 
The same brother. 

889
00:53:24,410 --> 00:53:26,210
Mashallah. 
He's purer than you because he 

890
00:53:26,210 --> 00:53:28,610
accepted Islam. 
Now he wants to marry within 

891
00:53:28,610 --> 00:53:30,090
your family. 
What do you say? 

892
00:53:30,090 --> 00:53:32,170
No, no, no, no, no, no. 
Not at all. 

893
00:53:32,650 --> 00:53:35,370
What does he know? 
He doesn't belong to my city, my

894
00:53:35,370 --> 00:53:37,530
village. 
He doesn't come from my country.

895
00:53:37,610 --> 00:53:40,650
He doesn't belong. 
But hang on, Is that what Islam 

896
00:53:40,650 --> 00:53:43,410
taught? 
Are you not ashamed of yourself?

897
00:53:44,040 --> 00:53:47,080
Subhan Allah, the day he 
declared his Shahada you were 

898
00:53:47,080 --> 00:53:49,520
the one who said that me so 
loudly. 

899
00:53:49,560 --> 00:53:51,560
You should have just said my 
brother I love you. 

900
00:53:51,560 --> 00:53:53,400
I declare that I love you. 
Really. 

901
00:53:53,400 --> 00:53:55,600
We are equal. 
Subhan Allah, you didn't need to

902
00:53:55,600 --> 00:53:59,320
scream and yell like a hypocrite
when you did not have the 

903
00:53:59,320 --> 00:54:03,640
feeling in your heart. 
Bilalip Naraba have the Allah 

904
00:54:03,640 --> 00:54:06,600
and then his brother. 
There is a story mentioned about

905
00:54:06,600 --> 00:54:09,840
their marriage. 
How they were from Africa but 

906
00:54:09,920 --> 00:54:14,480
they were married Subhan Allah 
within the companions of 

907
00:54:14,480 --> 00:54:17,800
Rasulullah Salalah Ali. 
He was Salam because of their 

908
00:54:17,800 --> 00:54:21,600
value, because of the fact that 
they were believers. 

909
00:54:21,760 --> 00:54:26,560
The prophet peace be upon him, 
speaks about character and link 

910
00:54:26,560 --> 00:54:29,000
with the maker. 
If those two are in order with 

911
00:54:29,000 --> 00:54:31,120
an individual, let them get 
married. 

912
00:54:31,160 --> 00:54:34,240
Subhan Allah, I know I diverted 
a little bit to mention this 

913
00:54:34,240 --> 00:54:38,520
because it requires a lot of 
restraint and it requires 

914
00:54:38,520 --> 00:54:42,040
discipline and it requires a 
link with Allah and it requires 

915
00:54:42,040 --> 00:54:46,200
lots of knowledge to be able to 
embrace one another, to be able 

916
00:54:46,200 --> 00:54:51,880
to save yourself from racism. 
Many of us think that we are not

917
00:54:51,880 --> 00:54:56,880
racist, but when the test comes 
to us, we fail it dismally. 

918
00:54:57,400 --> 00:54:59,880
The Las of Hanauat Allah 
safeguard us. 

919
00:55:00,080 --> 00:55:02,840
May that not happen to us. 
My brothers and sisters, you 

920
00:55:02,840 --> 00:55:05,000
know we have difficulties 
amongst ourselves. 

921
00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:08,010
Sometimes you have a problem, 
you have an issue. 

922
00:55:08,090 --> 00:55:09,650
Someone did something bad to 
you. 

923
00:55:09,650 --> 00:55:12,250
Maybe your husband, maybe your 
wife, your children, maybe 

924
00:55:12,250 --> 00:55:14,570
someone you worked with, maybe 
someone on the street. 

925
00:55:14,850 --> 00:55:20,410
I promise you, as a Muslim, you 
need to consider forgiving them.

926
00:55:21,930 --> 00:55:25,690
Why? 
Because Allah says sometimes 

927
00:55:25,690 --> 00:55:30,010
when you forgive and when you 
embrace and when you bear 

928
00:55:30,010 --> 00:55:34,010
patience, it is more beneficial 
for you. 

929
00:55:34,130 --> 00:55:40,340
It is better for you. 
While I'm Sabara Wafara in 

930
00:55:40,460 --> 00:55:47,820
Nadalika Laminas mil or more 
those who bear patience and 

931
00:55:47,820 --> 00:55:50,340
forgive. 
Indeed, that is the best of 

932
00:55:50,340 --> 00:55:52,140
affairs, the best thing you 
could do. 

933
00:55:52,660 --> 00:55:54,980
It's difficult. 
It's not easy. 

934
00:55:55,100 --> 00:55:57,820
Someone might say they're doing 
bad to me so much. 

935
00:55:57,980 --> 00:56:01,460
They're doing bad to me so much.
How can I keep forgiving them? 

936
00:56:01,780 --> 00:56:05,370
You have a point. 
But consider this, if you 

937
00:56:05,370 --> 00:56:08,970
forgive, there is a greater 
chance that Allah will forgive 

938
00:56:08,970 --> 00:56:12,850
you. 
And if you are patient, there is

939
00:56:12,850 --> 00:56:15,210
a greater chance Allah will be 
patient with you. 

940
00:56:15,930 --> 00:56:20,570
Amazing. 
And sometimes, if you don't 

941
00:56:20,570 --> 00:56:26,650
forgive, the price you shall pay
might just be far greater than 

942
00:56:26,850 --> 00:56:30,090
if you were patient for a while.
I give you one example. 

943
00:56:30,370 --> 00:56:32,930
There was a sister who contacted
me some time back. 

944
00:56:33,490 --> 00:56:37,300
She has three children. 
Her husband unfortunately had an

945
00:56:37,300 --> 00:56:44,260
affair with someone and she told
me that I need your help, but 

946
00:56:44,260 --> 00:56:46,300
please don't tell me to be 
patient. 

947
00:56:48,260 --> 00:56:51,460
OK, you need my help, but please
don't tell me to be patient. 

948
00:56:51,780 --> 00:56:54,420
So I told her my sister, what 
did he do? 

949
00:56:54,500 --> 00:56:56,900
He did this. 
He did that wallah, he no 

950
00:56:56,900 --> 00:56:58,980
justification. 
That was bad. 

951
00:56:59,140 --> 00:57:01,420
It was unacceptable. 
It was terrible. 

952
00:57:01,540 --> 00:57:03,820
It was really wrong. 
It was major. 

953
00:57:04,380 --> 00:57:06,260
Has his life changed? 
Has he admitted? 

954
00:57:06,260 --> 00:57:09,180
Yes, he's admitted. 
Has he said I'm sorry? 

955
00:57:09,180 --> 00:57:11,420
Yes, he has. 
Has his life changed in any way?

956
00:57:11,420 --> 00:57:13,900
Yes, it has. 
But I can't forgive him. 

957
00:57:14,900 --> 00:57:20,020
OK, no problem. 
If his life has changed, if he's

958
00:57:20,020 --> 00:57:24,250
become very transparent now in 
his relationships, if you are 

959
00:57:24,250 --> 00:57:28,970
satisfied that he has made an 
effort, and if you are seeing 

960
00:57:28,970 --> 00:57:32,850
within him that he's becoming a 
better person, then I would 

961
00:57:32,850 --> 00:57:34,810
suggest you consider the 
following. 

962
00:57:34,970 --> 00:57:38,610
That if you want to divorce just
because of a mistake that was 

963
00:57:38,610 --> 00:57:42,130
made, perhaps you might become a
statistic. 

964
00:57:42,410 --> 00:57:47,920
But if you are after seeing all 
this positive change, remember 

965
00:57:47,920 --> 00:57:51,080
I'm saying this because I don't 
encourage people to just bear 

966
00:57:51,080 --> 00:57:54,040
patience and bear patience and 
bear patience and the guy keeps 

967
00:57:54,040 --> 00:57:56,160
on harming and harming and 
harming and harming. 

968
00:57:56,280 --> 00:57:58,360
No, no. 
There is a limit beyond which 

969
00:57:58,360 --> 00:58:01,440
nobody can tolerate it. 
My brothers and sisters. 

970
00:58:01,560 --> 00:58:04,840
Sometimes the difficulty is with
the sisters, but a lot of the 

971
00:58:04,840 --> 00:58:06,120
times it's with the brothers 
anyway. 

972
00:58:06,600 --> 00:58:13,880
So what would happen is, I told 
her, perhaps if a divorce 

973
00:58:13,880 --> 00:58:17,760
happens, you may be a statistic 
whereby he will get married 

974
00:58:17,760 --> 00:58:19,320
again. 
He's a happy man and he's 

975
00:58:19,320 --> 00:58:22,560
excited and perhaps someone much
younger and you know, there is 

976
00:58:22,560 --> 00:58:25,080
no shortage, etcetera, etcetera.
And I said what will happen to 

977
00:58:25,080 --> 00:58:26,840
you? 
You will have gone away. 

978
00:58:27,040 --> 00:58:29,440
Now you're going to struggle 
because you're going to fight 

979
00:58:29,600 --> 00:58:32,280
for maintenance. 
You're going to fight for 

980
00:58:32,280 --> 00:58:34,560
something else. 
You people will look at you. 

981
00:58:34,560 --> 00:58:36,800
There is a stigma attached, 
unfortunately. 

982
00:58:37,120 --> 00:58:42,290
You know, I was asked recently 
about divorced women and what is

983
00:58:42,290 --> 00:58:45,610
the encouragement Islam has 
given about marrying those who 

984
00:58:45,610 --> 00:58:47,650
are divorced. 
And I said, look, you don't need

985
00:58:47,650 --> 00:58:50,890
to look at my life or the lives 
of the companions for this. 

986
00:58:51,050 --> 00:58:53,730
You can go straight to the life 
of Muhammad Salah Alain, he was 

987
00:58:53,730 --> 00:58:57,090
Salem. 
All his wives were previously 

988
00:58:57,090 --> 00:59:01,090
married besides one. 
Did you know that Subhan Allah, 

989
00:59:01,690 --> 00:59:03,970
all his wives were previously 
married? 

990
00:59:04,410 --> 00:59:07,800
Besides one Ayesha Rabia, Lahu 
Anha, the rest of them were 

991
00:59:07,800 --> 00:59:10,600
previously married. 
So there is a very high status. 

992
00:59:10,760 --> 00:59:13,040
There is nothing wrong. 
If a person's been through a 

993
00:59:13,040 --> 00:59:18,320
divorce, they are still as pure.
The most pure of all chose that 

994
00:59:18,320 --> 00:59:22,560
type or those types of women. 
Subhanana widows and divorcees. 

995
00:59:23,520 --> 00:59:27,280
So my brothers lets not have a 
misunderstanding to say someone 

996
00:59:27,280 --> 00:59:30,080
who's divorced is actually 
someone who is cheap or they are

997
00:59:30,080 --> 00:59:31,920
low or they have lost their 
value. 

998
00:59:32,120 --> 00:59:36,240
No way sometimes they will add 
value that you would never have 

999
00:59:36,240 --> 00:59:39,080
imagined. 
Go back to Rasurala salahu Alain

1000
00:59:39,080 --> 00:59:41,720
he was Salaam. 
Take a look at how he used to 

1001
00:59:41,720 --> 00:59:47,910
miss Khadija been to Hawaii the 
allahu Ana beyond her death such

1002
00:59:47,910 --> 00:59:51,390
that there is a Hadid that makes
mention of the fact that he used

1003
00:59:51,390 --> 00:59:55,870
to keep a good relationship by 
giving some gifts to some of her

1004
00:59:55,870 --> 00:59:58,910
friends later on. 
Amazing. 

1005
00:59:59,110 --> 01:00:01,830
Who are these people? 
These are the friends of Hadija 

1006
01:00:02,910 --> 01:00:04,870
and he used to send to them 
something sometimes. 

1007
01:00:04,950 --> 01:00:06,430
He used to remember them 
sometimes. 

1008
01:00:06,430 --> 01:00:11,070
So going back to what I was 
saying, I told the sister, Look,

1009
01:00:11,070 --> 01:00:15,420
my sister, if you bear patience.
And you try to increase your 

1010
01:00:15,420 --> 01:00:17,940
link with Allah, supper and 
Salah. 

1011
01:00:18,100 --> 01:00:20,660
You need to make sure that you 
develop your link with Allah 

1012
01:00:20,820 --> 01:00:23,820
that will occupy you. 
It will keep you in the right 

1013
01:00:23,820 --> 01:00:26,980
track and their patience. 
Look at the man. 

1014
01:00:27,060 --> 01:00:30,180
Remember Allah, thank Allah. 
Subhana Hawata. 

1015
01:00:30,180 --> 01:00:33,620
Allah you will find within no 
time things will improve. 

1016
01:00:33,980 --> 01:00:36,740
You know what? 
A few years down the line, I 

1017
01:00:36,740 --> 01:00:41,260
can't recall how many, but I got
a message from this brother 

1018
01:00:41,260 --> 01:00:45,180
saying my brother, I want to 
tell you that the advice you 

1019
01:00:45,180 --> 01:00:49,940
gave my wife was so brilliant. 
We went through the most 

1020
01:00:49,940 --> 01:00:54,900
difficult time, but today our 
relationship is far stronger 

1021
01:00:55,100 --> 01:01:00,420
than it ever was before. 
The problem we had look at the 

1022
01:01:00,420 --> 01:01:03,380
gift of Allah. 
Well, I'm on sabara wafara in 

1023
01:01:03,380 --> 01:01:05,060
Nadalika. 
I mean azmil umur. 

1024
01:01:05,260 --> 01:01:08,540
Allah says it clearly. 
Whoever is prepared to bear 

1025
01:01:08,540 --> 01:01:11,380
patience and forgive, that's the
best thing you could do. 

1026
01:01:13,100 --> 01:01:15,380
Subhanallah, it's the best thing
you could do. 

1027
01:01:15,580 --> 01:01:19,460
There are so many verses that 
speak about the reward of those 

1028
01:01:19,460 --> 01:01:26,860
who bear patience in this world 
and the next in Namayo Fasabio 

1029
01:01:26,860 --> 01:01:35,300
na Ajara, who indeed Allah 
Subhana Hota. 

1030
01:01:35,380 --> 01:01:41,020
Allah recompenses, those who 
bear patience in an unlimited 

1031
01:01:41,020 --> 01:01:44,560
fashion, unlimited in this world
and the next. 

1032
01:01:44,680 --> 01:01:47,000
You will see the fruits of your 
patients. 

1033
01:01:47,320 --> 01:01:50,160
But if you're not patient, 
impatient, what will happen? 

1034
01:01:51,760 --> 01:01:56,840
You taste a little bit of it. 
I am not saying that you need to

1035
01:01:56,880 --> 01:02:00,240
endure oppression. 
I'm not saying that. 

1036
01:02:00,720 --> 01:02:06,520
I am saying that when you do 
good by being patient where you 

1037
01:02:06,520 --> 01:02:11,480
can be patient. 
Allah never ever throws the 

1038
01:02:11,480 --> 01:02:14,760
reward of those who do good. 
I want to give you the most 

1039
01:02:14,760 --> 01:02:19,040
beautiful example. 
Yusuf Ale is Salaam the prophet 

1040
01:02:19,040 --> 01:02:23,320
Joseph may peace be upon him. 
I'm sure you know the story. 

1041
01:02:23,480 --> 01:02:26,240
It is amazing alasses in the 
Quran. 

1042
01:02:26,600 --> 01:02:30,920
Nah, Nuna kosso Alain ka Ahsan 
al Casas. 

1043
01:02:31,120 --> 01:02:36,720
We are relating to you the most 
beautiful of stories. 

1044
01:02:38,480 --> 01:02:41,120
That was the story of Yusuf the 
Prophet Joseph. 

1045
01:02:41,320 --> 01:02:45,320
The whole chapter is named after
him and it is the only story 

1046
01:02:45,400 --> 01:02:48,520
that is found in one place from 
the beginning to the end. 

1047
01:02:49,720 --> 01:02:52,960
At the end, you know the 
brothers of Yusuf Alehis Salaam.

1048
01:02:52,960 --> 01:02:56,400
What did they do to him? 
They tried to harm him. 

1049
01:02:56,400 --> 01:02:58,320
They wanted to kill him. 
They put him in the well. 

1050
01:02:58,320 --> 01:03:00,200
They did this to him. 
They did that to him. 

1051
01:03:00,200 --> 01:03:03,410
They did so much they literally 
plotted against him. 

1052
01:03:03,410 --> 01:03:06,810
They tried their luck against 
him, They threw him in the pit. 

1053
01:03:06,810 --> 01:03:09,970
He got up, someone sold him, 
someone bought him, someone 

1054
01:03:09,970 --> 01:03:13,730
tried to lure him to committing 
a sin, They jailed him and he 

1055
01:03:13,730 --> 01:03:16,290
continued. 
Subhan Allah bearing patience. 

1056
01:03:16,450 --> 01:03:18,370
How many things? 
Plenty. 

1057
01:03:18,370 --> 01:03:21,210
One after the other. 
So many things. 

1058
01:03:21,810 --> 01:03:24,410
At the end, Allah made him a 
powerful person. 

1059
01:03:24,410 --> 01:03:29,450
He was in authority and finally 
his brothers came in. 

1060
01:03:30,020 --> 01:03:33,460
He was so delighted. 
But obviously he needed to deal 

1061
01:03:33,460 --> 01:03:36,700
with this matter. 
He had a good heart. 

1062
01:03:37,100 --> 01:03:38,620
How many of us have a good 
heart? 

1063
01:03:40,700 --> 01:03:43,380
It's not too late. 
You can develop your heart. 

1064
01:03:43,460 --> 01:03:45,340
You can develop the qualities of
your heart. 

1065
01:03:45,460 --> 01:03:47,580
You can eradicate the hatred you
have. 

1066
01:03:47,740 --> 01:03:51,540
You can work on the jealousy, 
the envy, the ill feeling. 

1067
01:03:52,580 --> 01:03:55,640
People get jealous very quickly.
It's becoming more and more 

1068
01:03:55,640 --> 01:03:57,480
common. 
You have a beautiful car. 

1069
01:03:57,600 --> 01:04:00,880
You have Subhan Allah, a 
beautiful robe. 

1070
01:04:00,920 --> 01:04:03,120
People become jealous. 
I can't believe it. 

1071
01:04:03,200 --> 01:04:06,040
It's becoming worse. 
Work on these qualities. 

1072
01:04:06,040 --> 01:04:09,640
Look at use of Alahi Salaam, he 
asks his brothers. 

1073
01:04:11,000 --> 01:04:16,580
Allah makes mention of it. 
Kaala halalim tum ma fal tum bhi

1074
01:04:16,580 --> 01:04:30,060
yo sufa WA akhi is tum jahi loon
kaalu inna kala aunta Yusuf kala

1075
01:04:30,060 --> 01:04:37,300
Anna Yusuf wahada akhi called 
the man all. 

1076
01:04:38,690 --> 01:04:48,090
In Nahumayi Atakiwa hospital for
in Allah Allah you doing ajonal 

1077
01:04:48,090 --> 01:04:55,610
Mohsini subhan Allah, Allah says
He asked his brothers. 

1078
01:04:56,130 --> 01:05:00,050
Do you know what you did to 
Joseph and his brother when you 

1079
01:05:00,050 --> 01:05:02,410
were ignorant? 
Look at him blaming the devil. 

1080
01:05:03,050 --> 01:05:06,250
Look at him blaming Chetan when 
you were ignorant, which means I

1081
01:05:06,250 --> 01:05:08,050
excuse you. 
Do you know what you did to 

1082
01:05:08,050 --> 01:05:10,770
Yusuf and his brother? 
They immediately thought to 

1083
01:05:10,770 --> 01:05:12,970
themselves. 
It's impossible for anyone to 

1084
01:05:12,970 --> 01:05:16,490
know what was done to Yusuf and 
his brother unless it's him 

1085
01:05:16,490 --> 01:05:18,130
himself. 
They looked at him and they 

1086
01:05:18,130 --> 01:05:21,090
said, what's the possibilities 
of you being Yusuf? 

1087
01:05:21,370 --> 01:05:25,850
Are you Yusuf? 
He says yes, I am Yusuf. 

1088
01:05:26,650 --> 01:05:31,330
This is my brother. 
Allah has favored us. 

1089
01:05:32,370 --> 01:05:34,610
That's the word he didn't say. 
I hate you guys. 

1090
01:05:34,610 --> 01:05:36,410
I'm going to fix you guys. 
I'm going to show you guys. 

1091
01:05:36,410 --> 01:05:38,650
I'm going to make sure I'm the 
leader today. 

1092
01:05:38,650 --> 01:05:39,770
I'm going to jail you. 
I'm going. 

1093
01:05:40,010 --> 01:05:43,530
That's what we would do. 
I think a lot of us would do 

1094
01:05:43,530 --> 01:05:46,650
that to our own spouses, let 
alone someone else. 

1095
01:05:47,210 --> 01:05:48,370
We would do it. 
I'm going to fix you. 

1096
01:05:48,370 --> 01:05:51,610
I'll show you. 
I'm going to make you regret 

1097
01:05:51,610 --> 01:05:53,090
your decision. 
Etc, etc. 

1098
01:05:53,090 --> 01:05:54,970
We have bad words. 
So what happens? 

1099
01:05:54,970 --> 01:05:57,930
We suffer as a result of our own
plot. 

1100
01:05:58,290 --> 01:06:02,280
We struggle. 
We suffer because we have a bad 

1101
01:06:02,280 --> 01:06:03,640
plot. 
Don't do that. 

1102
01:06:03,880 --> 01:06:09,160
Try to find within your heart 
the soft spot that will look and

1103
01:06:09,160 --> 01:06:11,800
learn from the stories Allah 
makes mention of. 

1104
01:06:11,920 --> 01:06:13,720
He doesn't talk about it for 
nothing. 

1105
01:06:13,840 --> 01:06:17,280
He talks about it because he 
wants you to learn a lesson from

1106
01:06:17,280 --> 01:06:20,600
it. 
So he says Allah favored us. 

1107
01:06:21,080 --> 01:06:24,820
You know what that means. 
In one sentence, he told them no

1108
01:06:24,820 --> 01:06:28,460
matter what you did, what you 
tried from the beginning to the 

1109
01:06:28,460 --> 01:06:31,260
end. 
Look at how Allah gave me as a 

1110
01:06:31,260 --> 01:06:37,260
direct result of your action. 
Had you not plotted against me 

1111
01:06:37,260 --> 01:06:39,740
from the beginning, I would not 
have been here. 

1112
01:06:41,620 --> 01:06:44,980
Sometimes we lose the job. 
We get so upset, but we don't 

1113
01:06:44,980 --> 01:06:47,060
realize Allah wants to give you 
a better job. 

1114
01:06:47,580 --> 01:06:50,180
Only after five years you're 
going to say Hamdulillah. 

1115
01:06:50,860 --> 01:06:53,140
You might start your own 
business and it might flourish. 

1116
01:06:53,690 --> 01:06:56,730
And Allah says, look, you were 
so upset when you lost the job, 

1117
01:06:57,130 --> 01:06:59,330
look at where you are today. 
So be happy. 

1118
01:06:59,490 --> 01:07:01,090
My brothers and sisters is 
there. 

1119
01:07:01,090 --> 01:07:04,290
In Obi Sabri was Salah. 
So long as you're bearing 

1120
01:07:04,290 --> 01:07:08,330
patience and your Salah is in 
order, nothing evil can happen 

1121
01:07:08,330 --> 01:07:09,650
to you. 
No, it cannot. 

1122
01:07:10,050 --> 01:07:12,130
Yusuf Alai, his Salam says, I am
Yusuf. 

1123
01:07:12,130 --> 01:07:15,650
This is my brother. 
Allah has favored us for indeed 

1124
01:07:15,810 --> 01:07:21,570
whoever is conscious of Allah 
and they bear patience. 

1125
01:07:22,400 --> 01:07:25,760
Allah will never waste the 
reward of the those who do good 

1126
01:07:26,840 --> 01:07:31,520
in Nahu, Mayetta, Kiwayasbi. 
For in Allah hello you do a 

1127
01:07:31,520 --> 01:07:35,240
general Mohsinin. 
Those, indeed those who are 

1128
01:07:35,240 --> 01:07:38,120
conscious of Allah, conscious of
Allah, meaning you fulfill the 

1129
01:07:38,120 --> 01:07:40,920
obligations as best as you can. 
You abstain from the 

1130
01:07:40,920 --> 01:07:43,920
prohibitions as best as you can.
You seek the forgiveness of 

1131
01:07:43,920 --> 01:07:46,400
Allah as best as you can. 
That is the consciousness of 

1132
01:07:46,400 --> 01:07:48,280
Allah. 
Consciousness of Allah is to 

1133
01:07:48,280 --> 01:07:52,790
create a barrier between you and
a lost displeasure by fulfilling

1134
01:07:52,790 --> 01:07:54,870
his commands and staying away 
from prohibitions. 

1135
01:07:55,110 --> 01:07:56,590
That is the consciousness of 
Allah. 

1136
01:07:57,030 --> 01:08:01,510
It is called Takwa Lai. 
So whoever is conscious of Allah

1137
01:08:02,790 --> 01:08:10,350
and bears patience, Allah will 
not waste the reward of those 

1138
01:08:10,350 --> 01:08:12,310
who do good. 
Imagine Allah calls them 

1139
01:08:12,310 --> 01:08:15,030
Marcinin. 
Allah says they are the ones who

1140
01:08:15,030 --> 01:08:17,470
do good. 
Who is a good, who is a doer of 

1141
01:08:17,470 --> 01:08:20,790
good. 
A doer of good is a person who 

1142
01:08:20,790 --> 01:08:23,029
has Takwa and Sabur. 
How do I know it? 

1143
01:08:23,229 --> 01:08:26,590
Because it is in this verse and 
it is in several other verses as

1144
01:08:26,590 --> 01:08:29,149
well. 
Allah will not waste your reward

1145
01:08:29,149 --> 01:08:31,470
when you were patient. 
Allah will give you. 

1146
01:08:31,830 --> 01:08:37,109
The problem is, my brothers and 
sisters in patients, we become 

1147
01:08:37,109 --> 01:08:38,750
impatient. 
You know what that means? 

1148
01:08:39,470 --> 01:08:41,109
We say, OK, I'm going to 
forgive. 

1149
01:08:42,069 --> 01:08:45,149
And after a while you say, oh 
Allah, I'm still waiting. 

1150
01:08:46,870 --> 01:08:50,240
You are becoming impatient. 
That's why the Hadid says USTA 

1151
01:08:50,240 --> 01:08:53,560
Jabuli, A Hadi kumalamya stagin 
beautiful narration. 

1152
01:08:53,800 --> 01:08:56,000
When you make do out to Allah, 
you call out to Allah. 

1153
01:08:56,000 --> 01:08:58,760
Oh Allah give me Allah grant me.
Allah says we will give to all 

1154
01:08:58,760 --> 01:09:00,960
of you for as long as you are 
not impatient. 

1155
01:09:01,120 --> 01:09:03,720
So that's a Haber of the law. 
And whom asked the question what

1156
01:09:03,720 --> 01:09:05,760
is this impatient? 
What do you mean impatience? 

1157
01:09:06,000 --> 01:09:09,319
He says for one of you to say, I
called out and I called out and 

1158
01:09:09,319 --> 01:09:11,000
I called out. 
But Allah didn't answer. 

1159
01:09:11,160 --> 01:09:14,399
That means you became impatient.
Allah knows when I say Allah. 

1160
01:09:15,560 --> 01:09:18,529
I'm looking for a job. 
Firstly, I need to develop a 

1161
01:09:18,529 --> 01:09:20,450
link with Allah. 
You know when you know someone. 

1162
01:09:20,450 --> 01:09:23,130
When you are close to someone 
you say give me a job. 

1163
01:09:23,130 --> 01:09:24,930
You don't have a job. 
Come, come, come. 

1164
01:09:24,930 --> 01:09:26,370
I'll give you double the salary 
taken. 

1165
01:09:26,410 --> 01:09:28,290
Why? 
Because I'm friends with you and

1166
01:09:28,290 --> 01:09:30,850
you're a big boss. 
Allah is bigger than anyone 

1167
01:09:30,850 --> 01:09:32,529
else. 
So when you have a good 

1168
01:09:32,529 --> 01:09:35,010
relationship with him, what are 
you looking for? 

1169
01:09:35,770 --> 01:09:37,770
Ta ar rafi La La If you're 
rakhai. 

1170
01:09:38,609 --> 01:09:39,569
Yeah, it is Coffee. 
Shit. 

1171
01:09:39,569 --> 01:09:42,850
Dad, the Prophets are a lot. 
As I'm clearly says, get close 

1172
01:09:42,850 --> 01:09:47,609
to Allah during times of ease. 
The problem with us is we only 

1173
01:09:47,609 --> 01:09:49,529
get close to Allah during times 
of difficulty. 

1174
01:09:49,729 --> 01:09:51,010
Well, that's good. 
It's good. 

1175
01:09:51,330 --> 01:09:53,210
But there is something better. 
What is better? 

1176
01:09:53,689 --> 01:09:55,490
Times of ease. 
You have no problem right now. 

1177
01:09:55,490 --> 01:09:57,890
You have a job, you have a wife,
you have a husband, you have 

1178
01:09:57,890 --> 01:09:59,450
children, you have a car, you 
have a house. 

1179
01:09:59,450 --> 01:10:01,490
You have a good salary, you have
everything else. 

1180
01:10:01,490 --> 01:10:03,810
You have peace, you have 
serenity, you have get close to 

1181
01:10:03,810 --> 01:10:06,530
Allah. 
Now you know why the day 

1182
01:10:06,530 --> 01:10:08,770
difficulty is about to come in 
your direction. 

1183
01:10:09,210 --> 01:10:12,610
Allow will be closer to you. 
Allow will get closer to you. 

1184
01:10:12,850 --> 01:10:17,210
So This is why we say when you 
lose a job, I'm giving you 

1185
01:10:17,210 --> 01:10:21,770
practical examples right? 
And you say Hola give me hey be 

1186
01:10:21,770 --> 01:10:26,530
patient it might take a while 
but if you do, if you try, if 

1187
01:10:26,530 --> 01:10:30,370
you are impatient you may not 
get it because you are saying 

1188
01:10:30,370 --> 01:10:34,210
Hola I'm calling out to you for 
the last 40 days you did 

1189
01:10:34,210 --> 01:10:35,250
nothing. 
Stop for Allah. 

1190
01:10:35,370 --> 01:10:37,690
That is an insult to Allah. 
Don't do that. 

1191
01:10:38,130 --> 01:10:41,410
Mehlas of Hana Howata Allah 
grant us ease and Mehlas of Hana

1192
01:10:41,410 --> 01:10:48,000
Howata Allah create for us an 
environment that makes it easy 

1193
01:10:48,000 --> 01:10:52,640
for us to fulfill our Salah. 
It's not easy to be in good 

1194
01:10:52,640 --> 01:10:55,440
company, it requires a lot of 
restraints. 

1195
01:10:55,640 --> 01:10:58,800
Sometimes you have glamorous 
company company that is bubbly 

1196
01:10:59,000 --> 01:11:02,000
but with them you don't ever 
think of your obligations unto 

1197
01:11:02,000 --> 01:11:04,600
your maker. 
Then you have a small problem. 

1198
01:11:04,960 --> 01:11:08,040
That problem can become big if 
you forget your maker in 

1199
01:11:08,040 --> 01:11:11,560
totality. 
But if you continue to obey a 

1200
01:11:11,560 --> 01:11:15,580
law, you try your best. 
That doesn't mean you don't 

1201
01:11:15,660 --> 01:11:18,140
enjoy. 
Some people think when I have a 

1202
01:11:18,140 --> 01:11:20,900
good relation with Allah, it 
means I must just sit at home 

1203
01:11:20,900 --> 01:11:23,060
and that's it. 
I'm not allowed to enjoy 

1204
01:11:23,060 --> 01:11:23,900
anything. 
I cannot. 

1205
01:11:23,940 --> 01:11:26,060
I must just sit. 
Then I'm a pious person. 

1206
01:11:26,060 --> 01:11:29,600
No bias. 
People can also enjoy some Hana 

1207
01:11:29,600 --> 01:11:32,600
La within the limits of Allah. 
The only difference is they 

1208
01:11:32,600 --> 01:11:36,120
enjoy in such a way that they 
don't compromise their 

1209
01:11:36,120 --> 01:11:39,560
obligation unto Allah. 
If I go for a party or a picnic,

1210
01:11:39,720 --> 01:11:42,400
I don't compromise Allah's 
instruction. 

1211
01:11:42,640 --> 01:11:48,040
When it comes the time for 
prayer I pray because I know I 

1212
01:11:48,040 --> 01:11:50,000
need to please Allah, some Hana 
Hawata Allah. 

1213
01:11:50,080 --> 01:11:53,720
But once I finish my prayer I go
back and I'm sitting and talking

1214
01:11:53,720 --> 01:11:55,400
and so on. 
I don't back bite. 

1215
01:11:56,640 --> 01:11:59,800
I need to be patient. 
When we back bite, we are sowing

1216
01:11:59,880 --> 01:12:04,480
a seed of evil that will grow a 
lot of evil that will come back 

1217
01:12:04,480 --> 01:12:07,040
to us. 
But when we fulfill prayer, when

1218
01:12:07,040 --> 01:12:12,000
we are charitable, when we give 
that which is good in the cause 

1219
01:12:12,000 --> 01:12:15,520
of a loss of hana ho attala, 
we're sowing a seed of goodness.

1220
01:12:15,720 --> 01:12:18,240
It will grow in goodness and 
come back to us. 

1221
01:12:18,600 --> 01:12:22,320
May I Loss of Hana ho Atta Allah
grant us goodness. 

1222
01:12:22,640 --> 01:12:28,160
So my brothers and sisters, so 
many verses of the Quran, Alas 

1223
01:12:28,160 --> 01:12:32,840
of Hana Ho Atala speaks about 
how it is better to bear 

1224
01:12:32,840 --> 01:12:35,920
patience. 
I hope you've understood this. 

1225
01:12:36,800 --> 01:12:40,320
I want to spend a moment to 
speak about a difficulty that 

1226
01:12:40,320 --> 01:12:45,600
people are facing today. 
We live with one another in our 

1227
01:12:45,600 --> 01:12:51,600
families, in our homes, and 
sometimes we get irritated with 

1228
01:12:51,600 --> 01:12:55,230
one another. 
We make life difficult for one 

1229
01:12:55,230 --> 01:12:57,790
another. 
Sometimes you're making life 

1230
01:12:58,150 --> 01:13:03,190
difficult for your daughter, for
your son, for your spouse, for 

1231
01:13:03,190 --> 01:13:06,190
your daughter-in-law, perhaps 
for your son-in-law. 

1232
01:13:06,230 --> 01:13:10,910
Maybe for someone you're making 
life difficult for them by doing

1233
01:13:10,910 --> 01:13:14,470
what? 
By imposing on them things, By 

1234
01:13:14,470 --> 01:13:16,790
living with them, without 
considering them. 

1235
01:13:16,990 --> 01:13:20,860
You need to bear patience 
because there is a great chance 

1236
01:13:20,860 --> 01:13:25,700
that Allah, Subhana Hawatala can
create a different type of 

1237
01:13:25,700 --> 01:13:29,140
difficulty for you in a short 
space of time. 

1238
01:13:29,820 --> 01:13:34,100
And This is why when you do 
evil, there is a chance that 

1239
01:13:34,100 --> 01:13:37,060
that evil will definitely come 
back to you in some way or 

1240
01:13:37,060 --> 01:13:39,740
another, even if you are to harm
an animal. 

1241
01:13:41,420 --> 01:13:44,500
Subhana Allah. 
Moments ago we were speaking 

1242
01:13:44,500 --> 01:13:47,740
about giving, because you know 
that this is the year of 

1243
01:13:47,740 --> 01:13:52,870
generosity and giving here in 
the UAE and I'd like to let you 

1244
01:13:52,870 --> 01:13:57,310
know something interesting. 
I always mention this because I 

1245
01:13:57,310 --> 01:14:00,430
love it. 
Each time I speak about it a new

1246
01:14:00,470 --> 01:14:05,390
aspect of it dawns. 
So the hadith is in Bukhari, 

1247
01:14:05,670 --> 01:14:08,990
where the prophets are all Al 
Asalam speaks about a man who 

1248
01:14:08,990 --> 01:14:16,760
was thirsty and he went into or 
he went down a well. 

1249
01:14:16,880 --> 01:14:20,200
Now I presume at the time the 
wells were such that you had to 

1250
01:14:20,200 --> 01:14:24,520
go down to get things. 
You know if there is a bucket 

1251
01:14:24,800 --> 01:14:27,840
with the rope it will go down. 
If there isn't, you have to go 

1252
01:14:27,840 --> 01:14:30,480
down. 
So he went down and he drank 

1253
01:14:30,480 --> 01:14:33,280
some water because he was 
extremely thirsty. 

1254
01:14:33,280 --> 01:14:37,080
It was a very hot day. 
It was a dry day and a dry 

1255
01:14:37,080 --> 01:14:42,280
season and he came up. 
When he came up, he saw a dog. 

1256
01:14:44,480 --> 01:14:47,920
He saw a dog. 
Let's be honest. 

1257
01:14:49,360 --> 01:14:53,360
If you saw a dog right now, what
would you do? 

1258
01:14:55,480 --> 01:14:57,680
Am I right? 
Am I right? 

1259
01:14:58,920 --> 01:15:02,040
It's a reality. 
We would run away. 

1260
01:15:02,120 --> 01:15:05,280
Hey, move, move, go this way. 
That way many of us, maybe not 

1261
01:15:05,280 --> 01:15:07,240
all of us, many of us would run 
away. 

1262
01:15:08,040 --> 01:15:11,120
A dog is coming from one corner.
We already walking through the 

1263
01:15:11,120 --> 01:15:13,210
other corner, that's what would 
happen. 

1264
01:15:13,290 --> 01:15:15,250
So you can imagine this 
relation. 

1265
01:15:15,890 --> 01:15:19,970
And we do know there are more 
rules and regulations pertaining

1266
01:15:20,170 --> 01:15:21,970
to our relationship with the 
dog. 

1267
01:15:21,970 --> 01:15:25,290
Then there are when it comes to 
sheep and goats and animals that

1268
01:15:25,290 --> 01:15:28,410
we can eat perhaps and maybe a 
cat or a kitten etcetera. 

1269
01:15:28,530 --> 01:15:30,130
Dogs. 
There's a few more rules and 

1270
01:15:30,130 --> 01:15:33,450
regulations in Islam regarding 
your relationship with the dog. 

1271
01:15:33,450 --> 01:15:37,930
However, what is absolutely 
interesting is this Hadith 

1272
01:15:37,930 --> 01:15:40,570
speaks of a dog. 
There was a dog for either 

1273
01:15:40,570 --> 01:15:43,930
Kalbuniya Lath ya kuluthara, 
minalapash. 

1274
01:15:44,050 --> 01:15:47,490
What happened? 
The dog was painting and it was 

1275
01:15:48,370 --> 01:15:56,170
licking the sand from thirst. 
It was a sign of thirst. 

1276
01:15:56,410 --> 01:16:00,170
Very thirsty dog. 
So the man looks at the dog and 

1277
01:16:00,170 --> 01:16:03,490
immediately he felt mercy. 
What did he feel? 

1278
01:16:03,810 --> 01:16:05,850
He felt mercy. 
But guess what? 

1279
01:16:07,240 --> 01:16:09,720
He didn't have a container or a 
bucket. 

1280
01:16:10,280 --> 01:16:13,760
He thought to himself. 
This dog is as thirsty as I was 

1281
01:16:13,920 --> 01:16:16,800
before I went into the well. 
I was fortunate enough to be 

1282
01:16:16,800 --> 01:16:19,480
able to go down the well. 
The dog will not be able to go 

1283
01:16:19,480 --> 01:16:23,240
down the well, so let me go down
the well for the dog. 

1284
01:16:24,920 --> 01:16:28,320
So Hannah Love For who? 
Not for who? 

1285
01:16:28,840 --> 01:16:31,320
For what? 
For a dog. 

1286
01:16:32,840 --> 01:16:35,940
So he went down the well and he 
realized, you know, the best 

1287
01:16:35,940 --> 01:16:38,340
thing I can use to fill the 
water is my own shoe. 

1288
01:16:39,100 --> 01:16:42,060
My own shoe. 
So he took out his leather sock,

1289
01:16:42,060 --> 01:16:44,020
It's called a hoof in the Arabic
language. 

1290
01:16:44,140 --> 01:16:46,660
He took it out, he removed it, 
he filled it with water. 

1291
01:16:46,700 --> 01:16:51,860
He came up and he took the time.
He made the effort to actually 

1292
01:16:51,860 --> 01:16:56,060
take that and to give the dog 
some water to quench the thirst 

1293
01:16:56,060 --> 01:16:58,460
of the dog. 
Amazing Sobhan Allah. 

1294
01:16:58,740 --> 01:17:05,380
Allah loved the deed so much 
that Allah forgave his sins. 

1295
01:17:07,620 --> 01:17:11,340
I love forgave you sins. 
I asked myself a question. 

1296
01:17:11,340 --> 01:17:14,100
How come this wasn't another 
human being? 

1297
01:17:14,140 --> 01:17:17,020
Why wasn't it a cat? 
Why wasn't it something sweet 

1298
01:17:17,140 --> 01:17:20,420
like a parrot or a bird that's 
was feeling thirsty. 

1299
01:17:20,460 --> 01:17:23,460
So it came onto my hand and I 
said, you know, drink some 

1300
01:17:23,460 --> 01:17:25,620
water, something sweet. 
Why is it a dog? 

1301
01:17:25,900 --> 01:17:29,180
It is a dog. 
I believe, in order for us to 

1302
01:17:29,180 --> 01:17:35,630
learn a lesson, that there is a 
reward in everything that has a 

1303
01:17:35,630 --> 01:17:38,910
life. 
So if there is another human 

1304
01:17:38,910 --> 01:17:43,790
being who might be totally 
different from you, in faith, in

1305
01:17:43,790 --> 01:17:49,350
inclination, in ways, in so many
different ways, in dressing, 

1306
01:17:49,350 --> 01:17:54,390
whatever else totally different 
from you, for you to reach out 

1307
01:17:54,390 --> 01:17:59,870
to a human being is far more 
important then for you to reach 

1308
01:17:59,870 --> 01:18:04,830
out to an animal, although the 
latter is also important. 

1309
01:18:05,550 --> 01:18:08,990
What that means is Islam teaches
us to be kind to animals, 

1310
01:18:08,990 --> 01:18:11,190
definitely. 
But Islam teaches us to 

1311
01:18:11,190 --> 01:18:14,110
prioritize. 
Like I've always said, if you 

1312
01:18:14,110 --> 01:18:17,750
have a man drowning and next to 
him there is a dog, you don't 

1313
01:18:17,750 --> 01:18:20,830
start with the dog, you know, 
you start with the man. 

1314
01:18:22,510 --> 01:18:25,150
And this time I gave an example 
of a man because the last time I

1315
01:18:25,150 --> 01:18:28,510
gave an example of a woman and I
heard someone saying unless it's

1316
01:18:28,510 --> 01:18:30,830
your mother-in-law, me Ala 
suhana huachala. 

1317
01:18:30,830 --> 01:18:33,630
Forgive us, that's not on, 
that's not on at all. 

1318
01:18:33,990 --> 01:18:38,230
So my brothers and sisters, what
we need to know is we will save 

1319
01:18:38,230 --> 01:18:40,110
both. 
The intention is to save the dog

1320
01:18:40,110 --> 01:18:43,510
and the man, but we start off 
with the man, save him, we go 

1321
01:18:43,510 --> 01:18:45,550
back, we take the dog and we 
save the dog. 

1322
01:18:46,110 --> 01:18:52,030
So if Allah Suhana Huachala is 
teaching us that he delivered 

1323
01:18:52,030 --> 01:18:58,320
this man from sin or he forgave 
him, should I say as a result of

1324
01:18:58,320 --> 01:19:02,400
compassion towards this animal, 
why can't we be kind to one 

1325
01:19:02,400 --> 01:19:05,160
another? 
Why can we not be kind? 

1326
01:19:05,280 --> 01:19:09,000
Why don't we reach out to one 
another, become generous, donate

1327
01:19:09,000 --> 01:19:13,400
and give and try not to waste 
the excess. 

1328
01:19:13,480 --> 01:19:15,080
Learn to reach out to one 
another. 

1329
01:19:15,320 --> 01:19:18,040
I promise you, you will achieve 
the forgiveness of Allah. 

1330
01:19:18,280 --> 01:19:21,000
If Allah forgave the man for a 
dog, what do you think he's 

1331
01:19:21,000 --> 01:19:23,640
going to do If you were kind to 
an A human being? 

1332
01:19:24,120 --> 01:19:28,540
Subhan Allah, common logic. 
This is amazing. 

1333
01:19:28,660 --> 01:19:31,860
And we should talk about this. 
We should speak to one another 

1334
01:19:31,860 --> 01:19:33,940
about it. 
Because many people think I'm a 

1335
01:19:33,940 --> 01:19:34,820
Muslim. 
That's it. 

1336
01:19:35,020 --> 01:19:37,980
I'm I'm a good Muslim. 
I I just look down and carry on.

1337
01:19:38,060 --> 01:19:39,980
I ignore the rest of the world 
around me. 

1338
01:19:40,100 --> 01:19:44,980
Yes, one thing is lowering the 
gaze, but it doesn't mean when 

1339
01:19:44,980 --> 01:19:47,500
something is happening that 
requires your assistance. 

1340
01:19:47,500 --> 01:19:50,900
You use the excuse of lowering 
your gaze to allow them to 

1341
01:19:50,900 --> 01:19:52,460
suffer. 
And you say I was lowering my 

1342
01:19:52,460 --> 01:19:53,460
gaze? 
I'm a good Muslim. 

1343
01:19:54,220 --> 01:19:56,030
What are you talking about? 
Allah. 

1344
01:19:56,030 --> 01:19:58,150
Suhana Hawat. 
Allah grant us goodness and 

1345
01:19:58,150 --> 01:20:02,950
ease, my brothers and sisters. 
We all ultimately want paradise,

1346
01:20:02,990 --> 01:20:06,670
don't we? 
Without patience you won't get 

1347
01:20:06,670 --> 01:20:11,430
paradise. 
Because patience is the correct 

1348
01:20:11,470 --> 01:20:14,950
answer to most of the tests that
Allah tests us with. 

1349
01:20:15,990 --> 01:20:19,270
The correct answer is patience. 
Imagine a standard answer, 

1350
01:20:19,270 --> 01:20:20,630
Patience. 
How do we know this? 

1351
01:20:20,870 --> 01:20:24,150
Listen to what Allah says. 
So that Fusillat verse #35. 

1352
01:20:24,560 --> 01:20:27,640
Speaking about Paradise. 
Oma, you love. 

1353
01:20:27,640 --> 01:20:34,240
Call her in La Lavino Sodom. 
Oma, you love. 

1354
01:20:34,240 --> 01:20:43,760
Call her in lazu. 
How we know we who will attain 

1355
01:20:43,920 --> 01:20:49,240
this beautiful paradise? 
It will not be attained except 

1356
01:20:49,240 --> 01:20:53,740
by those who were patient. 
It will not be attained except 

1357
01:20:53,740 --> 01:20:57,380
by those who will have a great 
portion from Allah. 

1358
01:20:57,540 --> 01:21:02,780
Subhana Howata Allah This 
patience that you endure. 

1359
01:21:03,140 --> 01:21:05,580
You will definitely see a reward
for it. 

1360
01:21:05,860 --> 01:21:08,220
Yousuf alehi Salam. 
I told you he forgave. 

1361
01:21:09,420 --> 01:21:12,540
If he did not forgive, what 
would have happened? 

1362
01:21:14,420 --> 01:21:17,740
Have you thought of that? 
If he did not forgive, what 

1363
01:21:17,740 --> 01:21:24,050
would have happened? 
Well, I can't even say because 

1364
01:21:24,130 --> 01:21:28,690
he did forgive. 
But I can imagine the story 

1365
01:21:28,690 --> 01:21:33,130
would not have ended well. 
Do you agree it has ended in 

1366
01:21:33,130 --> 01:21:35,930
such a beautiful way? 
Where last says he forgave them.

1367
01:21:36,250 --> 01:21:39,890
Then he called his parents. 
Then his parents came up and 

1368
01:21:39,890 --> 01:21:42,970
even the father when the 
children said we did wrong. 

1369
01:21:42,970 --> 01:21:47,050
You know what he says? 
He says I will seek a last 

1370
01:21:47,050 --> 01:21:49,980
forgiveness for you. 
Allow will forgive you. 

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01:21:50,140 --> 01:21:53,900
He is most forgiving, most 
merciful, but he was patient 

1372
01:21:53,900 --> 01:21:56,420
with them. 
We need to be patient with our 

1373
01:21:56,420 --> 01:22:00,260
children. 
They may do things that perhaps 

1374
01:22:00,260 --> 01:22:03,500
are not ideal, but that's what 
we're there for. 

1375
01:22:04,380 --> 01:22:07,660
And the loss of Hana Ho Attaala 
will be patient with us. 

1376
01:22:10,780 --> 01:22:14,420
Similarly, many times people say
things to us. 

1377
01:22:15,940 --> 01:22:19,300
People spread rumor about us. 
Everyone of us without 

1378
01:22:19,300 --> 01:22:21,660
exception. 
Someone somewhere behind your 

1379
01:22:21,660 --> 01:22:23,820
back or even sometimes in your 
presence. 

1380
01:22:23,980 --> 01:22:26,500
They will say things that are 
not accurate about you. 

1381
01:22:26,740 --> 01:22:30,180
They will say things that are 
hurtful, they will lie about 

1382
01:22:30,180 --> 01:22:32,060
you. 
They will say things behind your

1383
01:22:32,060 --> 01:22:34,900
back that are absolutely 
derogatory, that are 

1384
01:22:34,900 --> 01:22:37,940
unacceptable. 
What does Allah say about that? 

1385
01:22:39,980 --> 01:22:41,540
You have to go back to the life 
of. 

1386
01:22:41,540 --> 01:22:45,130
Muhammad Salah Lau Alain him 
Asalam he was known as Afbal UL 

1387
01:22:45,170 --> 01:22:49,130
Kalkiwa Akram Russoli the best 
of creation, the most noble of 

1388
01:22:49,130 --> 01:22:53,330
all prophets and people said 
that he was a womanizer. 

1389
01:22:53,530 --> 01:22:56,210
They said he was after money. 
They said he was after power. 

1390
01:22:56,330 --> 01:23:00,090
They said he was just after the 
authority he wanted and he was a

1391
01:23:00,090 --> 01:23:05,130
greedy audubillah, meh lasif 
goddess and a loss of Hannah who

1392
01:23:05,130 --> 01:23:12,130
at Allah says. 
Fossbi Rala Maya Kununa Wassabi 

1393
01:23:12,250 --> 01:23:18,810
Beham, the Arabic Kabela Tunu 
and Shamsinua Kabela Rubina. 

1394
01:23:20,450 --> 01:23:26,170
Verse #39 of Surat Kaf. 
A law says be patient regarding 

1395
01:23:26,170 --> 01:23:29,330
what they are saying. 
They will continue saying 

1396
01:23:29,330 --> 01:23:32,650
things. 
Be patient, don't get upset. 

1397
01:23:33,290 --> 01:23:38,270
And if you want to help yourself
then you need to declare the 

1398
01:23:38,270 --> 01:23:42,150
praise of Allah constantly. 
Subhan Allah Hamdurilla Praise 

1399
01:23:42,150 --> 01:23:46,310
be to Allah, Glory be to Allah. 
I glorify you, Oh my maker. 

1400
01:23:46,790 --> 01:23:50,270
I declare your praise, Oh my 
maker, you are the greatest, Oh 

1401
01:23:50,270 --> 01:23:53,810
my maker, etc. 
And it will help you to overcome

1402
01:23:53,890 --> 01:23:57,130
rumors that are being spread 
about you behind your back. 

1403
01:23:57,410 --> 01:24:00,370
Don't turn towards them, don't 
incline towards them. 

1404
01:24:00,610 --> 01:24:04,170
You need to bear patience. 
You need to seek Allah's help. 

1405
01:24:04,490 --> 01:24:08,490
But this verse shows us that 
people will talk about you, 

1406
01:24:08,690 --> 01:24:10,930
especially when you're a good 
person. 

1407
01:24:12,570 --> 01:24:15,290
They may say things Muhammad 
Salah Laho Alaihi was. 

1408
01:24:15,290 --> 01:24:19,450
Salem was the best. 
They said the worst things about

1409
01:24:19,450 --> 01:24:21,530
him, but they were just a 
handful. 

1410
01:24:22,000 --> 01:24:25,280
What happened at the end? 
At the end the loss of Hannah 

1411
01:24:25,280 --> 01:24:36,200
what Allah says in a cafe na can
mustazi oh Mohammed. 

1412
01:24:36,400 --> 01:24:39,800
So La La ho alahi was Salem. 
We have safeguarded you. 

1413
01:24:40,760 --> 01:24:46,290
We have sufficed you against 
those who would like to mock 

1414
01:24:46,290 --> 01:24:48,450
you. 
They won't be able to harm your 

1415
01:24:48,450 --> 01:24:50,850
reputation. 
The people can do what they 

1416
01:24:50,850 --> 01:24:52,370
want, they can say what they 
want. 

1417
01:24:52,490 --> 01:24:57,770
Your reputation is intact 
because you praised Allah. 

1418
01:24:57,770 --> 01:25:00,130
You were patient, you fulfilled 
what Allah wanted. 

1419
01:25:00,370 --> 01:25:03,690
Same applies to us, obviously on
a totally different level. 

1420
01:25:03,850 --> 01:25:07,370
But if you are patient Allah 
Subhana Howata, Allah will grant

1421
01:25:07,370 --> 01:25:10,490
you the best of this world and 
the next he will protect you. 

1422
01:25:10,610 --> 01:25:14,890
Your name will be purified for 
you by the help of Allah. 

1423
01:25:14,970 --> 01:25:18,210
Subhana Howata Allah. 
If not in this world, then in 

1424
01:25:18,210 --> 01:25:22,090
the next look at Ayesha, the 
Allah and her. 

1425
01:25:22,090 --> 01:25:28,690
What happened to her? 
She was accused of so much but 

1426
01:25:28,690 --> 01:25:32,740
Allah cleansed her and Allah 
purified her and Allah revealed 

1427
01:25:32,740 --> 01:25:35,420
verses speaking about her 
purity. 

1428
01:25:35,660 --> 01:25:40,100
Radhi allahu Anna May allahs of 
Hana Hawata Allah help us to 

1429
01:25:40,100 --> 01:25:44,860
cleanse our hearts regarding one
another and to cleanse our 

1430
01:25:44,860 --> 01:25:47,820
hearts regarding the companions 
of Muhammad. 

1431
01:25:47,820 --> 01:25:51,260
Salahu alahi was Salam. 
We need to develop a beautiful, 

1432
01:25:51,260 --> 01:25:54,940
clean heart and we need to 
understand that Allahs of Hana 

1433
01:25:54,940 --> 01:25:59,300
Howata Allah has tested us in 
every way and we need to pass 

1434
01:25:59,300 --> 01:26:01,660
that test. 
My brothers and sisters, there 

1435
01:26:01,660 --> 01:26:04,940
is a lot that can be said. 
But I've spoken this evening 

1436
01:26:04,940 --> 01:26:13,820
about Sabah and Salah and 
giving, giving and I hope that 

1437
01:26:13,820 --> 01:26:17,860
we've benefited from what I've 
said this evening. 

1438
01:26:17,860 --> 01:26:22,380
Or should I say, this afternoon 
I visited a group of children 

1439
01:26:24,140 --> 01:26:30,000
and we spoke about giving and I 
explained to them in a way that 

1440
01:26:30,000 --> 01:26:34,400
I felt was the best when you 
speak to children. 

1441
01:26:35,760 --> 01:26:41,440
Later on when I uploaded this 
talk, someone told me that I 

1442
01:26:41,440 --> 01:26:43,760
think you need to tell the 
adults the same thing. 

1443
01:26:44,560 --> 01:26:49,280
So in 2 minutes I will speak to 
you about the benefits of 

1444
01:26:49,280 --> 01:26:52,920
giving. 
We always hear when you give, 

1445
01:26:53,520 --> 01:26:56,370
you get right, when you give, 
you receive. 

1446
01:26:56,530 --> 01:27:01,890
We hear that a lot. 
Zakat is actually referred to as

1447
01:27:02,450 --> 01:27:07,890
arms to the poor and needy or 
charity generally. 

1448
01:27:08,050 --> 01:27:10,450
It is a small percentage, 
perhaps 2 1/2%. 

1449
01:27:10,890 --> 01:27:13,810
Allah. 
Calls it a habba mataluna 

1450
01:27:13,890 --> 01:27:20,810
vinayun fikuna fi, sabili lahi 
kamathali habba Allah says the 

1451
01:27:20,810 --> 01:27:24,050
example of those who spend in 
the good cause of Allah. 

1452
01:27:24,840 --> 01:27:28,000
And the cause of Allah is any 
good cause for the pleasure of 

1453
01:27:28,000 --> 01:27:29,680
Allah. 
Any good cause is called the 

1454
01:27:29,680 --> 01:27:32,720
cause of Allah. 
Those who spend is like the 

1455
01:27:32,720 --> 01:27:36,280
example of a seed, the example 
of a seed. 

1456
01:27:36,520 --> 01:27:42,080
So I want to ask you, when Allah
asks you to pay your zakat, what

1457
01:27:42,080 --> 01:27:45,000
percentage is it? 
Perhaps perhaps 2 1/2 percent 

1458
01:27:45,080 --> 01:27:48,460
Okay. 
In most cases it is 2 1/2. 

1459
01:27:48,620 --> 01:27:51,380
If there is farming or mining, 
maybe the rules do change 

1460
01:27:51,380 --> 01:27:57,620
slightly, but let's speak about 
the general public 2 1/2% and it

1461
01:27:57,620 --> 01:28:03,540
is a seed. 
When you eat fruit, what 

1462
01:28:03,540 --> 01:28:05,460
percentage of the fruit is a 
seed? 

1463
01:28:06,900 --> 01:28:09,420
Say I have an apple. 
I'm eating an apple. 

1464
01:28:10,300 --> 01:28:13,620
How much of the apple do I eat? 
98 percent? 

1465
01:28:13,620 --> 01:28:17,710
97, 1/2% 2 1/2% seeds. 
What do I do? 

1466
01:28:17,710 --> 01:28:19,670
I leave it. 
What do I do with it? 

1467
01:28:19,870 --> 01:28:22,830
Well, if I'm sharp enough, that 
seed I don't eat. 

1468
01:28:23,110 --> 01:28:24,510
I give it back. 
To where? 

1469
01:28:25,030 --> 01:28:26,630
To where it came from. 
Where did it come from? 

1470
01:28:26,750 --> 01:28:28,110
Came from a tree? 
A farm? 

1471
01:28:28,270 --> 01:28:31,470
So what I do is I take the seed.
If I could be bothered to put 

1472
01:28:31,470 --> 01:28:35,070
the seed back into the soil to 
look after it, it will grow. 

1473
01:28:36,270 --> 01:28:39,550
Who ate the apple? 
You ate the apple. 

1474
01:28:39,830 --> 01:28:42,190
The whole apple. 
Yes, the whole apple. 

1475
01:28:42,550 --> 01:28:45,980
You ate it. 
But the small seed you left it, 

1476
01:28:46,540 --> 01:28:50,140
you put it back into the earth. 
What happened? 

1477
01:28:50,700 --> 01:28:55,060
Allah through His power caused 
that to grow. 

1478
01:28:55,420 --> 01:28:59,020
And to give you how many apples?
Thousands. 

1479
01:29:00,100 --> 01:29:02,180
You now have thousands of 
apples. 

1480
01:29:02,940 --> 01:29:04,460
But it started off with one 
apple. 

1481
01:29:05,380 --> 01:29:08,700
Are you following? 
The same applies to any other 

1482
01:29:08,700 --> 01:29:10,500
fruit. 
Look at the pears. 

1483
01:29:11,740 --> 01:29:14,460
Subhan Allah, you have the pear,
you eat it. 

1484
01:29:14,780 --> 01:29:15,940
Who ate it? 
You ate it. 

1485
01:29:16,020 --> 01:29:17,540
How much of it? 
All of it. 

1486
01:29:18,900 --> 01:29:20,580
But what I left was just the 
seed. 

1487
01:29:20,980 --> 01:29:23,060
Well lahi, the same applies to 
your wealth. 

1488
01:29:23,500 --> 01:29:28,220
If you want, when you give your 
charity, you ate your wealth. 

1489
01:29:28,260 --> 01:29:31,060
You ate all of it. 
What you gave was a small seed. 

1490
01:29:31,060 --> 01:29:34,580
Alas is kamathali habba. 
It is the example of a seed. 

1491
01:29:34,660 --> 01:29:38,460
It's so insignificant. 2 1/2 
percent is so small. 

1492
01:29:38,700 --> 01:29:42,420
Give it. 
It is actually meritorious to 

1493
01:29:42,420 --> 01:29:44,930
give more than that. 
And what will happen? 

1494
01:29:45,290 --> 01:29:50,370
It will go down and as you water
it with good character, good 

1495
01:29:50,370 --> 01:29:52,890
conduct. 
La tu tulu sadakati kombilmani, 

1496
01:29:52,890 --> 01:29:54,810
well other. 
Don't ever destroy your 

1497
01:29:54,810 --> 01:29:58,010
charities by bragging and being 
foul mouthed. 

1498
01:29:58,010 --> 01:30:01,890
No, don't be good and Allah will
bless you in a million ways. 

1499
01:30:02,010 --> 01:30:05,690
You find the tree will grow and 
you will have lots and lots of 

1500
01:30:05,690 --> 01:30:08,170
wealth. 
This is the example that we gave

1501
01:30:08,170 --> 01:30:11,970
to the children, and I'm letting
you know that when you sow that 

1502
01:30:11,970 --> 01:30:16,900
seed by giving, you shall 
receive much more than you gave 

1503
01:30:16,900 --> 01:30:20,220
by the will of Allah. 
So let this be a year of giving.

1504
01:30:20,380 --> 01:30:24,500
Give as much as you can and 
continue even beyond this year. 

1505
01:30:24,660 --> 01:30:28,340
For indeed you will reap much 
more than you have sown by the 

1506
01:30:28,340 --> 01:30:31,940
will of a loss of Hana, Hamata 
Allah, Akulu, Kalihada or Salahu

1507
01:30:31,940 --> 01:30:35,260
A Salama Baraka Allah, and Abina
Mohammed, or Salama Alaikum or 

1508
01:30:35,260 --> 01:30:36,500
Ahmad to Lahiwa Baraka.