Allah Will Love You For Your Dhikr | Midnight Majlis 3 | Dr. Omar Suleiman and Sh. Yaser Birjas

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<v SPEAKER_03>I want to welcome you all back again to uh our beautiful late night khat of Shaykh Ramas Al Imam from the Valley Ranch Islamic Center.

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<v SPEAKER_03>This is the 23rd night of the month of Ramadan for this year.

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<v SPEAKER_03>May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make it a blessed night, Ya Rabbil Alameen.

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<v SPEAKER_03>We ask Allah to give us the full reward for Adul Qadriya Rabbil Alameen.

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<v SPEAKER_03>As we study together the book of Imam Ibn Kayimul Jawzi, rahimallah always, which means the downpour of blessings.

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<v SPEAKER_03>When you raise your voice with the beautiful words of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's dhikr, then you you're invoking and you're asking and requesting Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to send abundantly those blessings.

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<v SPEAKER_03>So may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala help us to be among ad-daq.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Those who abundantly remember Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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<v SPEAKER_03>So we can get all these blessings from Allah abundantly.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Shaykhana, how are we doing tonight?

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<v SPEAKER_03>23rd night, mashaAllah.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So how are you doing?

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<v SPEAKER_00>Alhamdulillah.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I mean we had honestly the Tarawih was very memorable.

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<v SPEAKER_00>It's amazing when you know the Quran is being recited with that heart and it's the best dikh.

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<v SPEAKER_03>It is the best dikh, subhanAllah.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Like this Shaykh, I pointed out Allah when I gave the khatra tonight, and I can't help it every time I sit behind or stand behind the Qari.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Or even when we have a gathering, whether it's uh uh a special occasion or people celebrating something and they bring someone to recite the Quran, especially with beautiful recitation, I can't help it, Shaykh SubhanAllah, alhamdulillah being born with the Arabic Tangiani and understanding the language naturally.

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<v SPEAKER_03>I just cannot help it when I look around and see I might be the only person in the gathering who understands what the Imam is reciting.

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<v SPEAKER_03>It is really, it hits so hard.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Two ways.

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<v SPEAKER_03>One, feeling guilty and responsible, because you have a huge responsibility knowing the Arabic language, the language of the Quran itself, and you have now more responsibility to reflect on it.

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<v SPEAKER_03>And the other thing is just I wish and I make dua for everybody wallahi to be given the opportunity and the ability to understand the Quran the way it is recited.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Absolutely.

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<v SPEAKER_03>The Ummah used to be like this before.

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<v SPEAKER_03>But unfortunately, with the change in the educational system, now um the Quran has become a novelty.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Only one child in the household to give the barakah, inshaAllah ta'ala, or you know, only for the people of the Quran who are it's not like a personal uh task upon us to memorize the Quran.

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<v SPEAKER_03>So may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala give you all the ability to understand the Quran.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Because it is indeed the best dhikr, as Allah subhanahu wa mentioned in the Quran.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Tonight, inshaAllah, we're starting from uh um uh point number 18, the benefits of dhikr, as Imam ibn Qayim Brahimallah is mentioning them.

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<v SPEAKER_03>So point number 18 is gonna be on page 117 for those who are uh following with us the English translation, page number 117.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Those who are following with the Arabic page, it's actually gonna be 97, inshaAllah.

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<v SPEAKER_03>97, uh page number 18, and Imam ibn Qudah ibn Qayim Brahimallah is speaking about the benefits of dhikr.

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<v SPEAKER_03>So if you remember, yesterday he started talking about how dhikr mashaAllah purifies the heart and it brings you calm and tranquility and peace and all these beautiful things.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Tonight he starts with number 18.

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<v SPEAKER_03>He says, uh, it removes impurities from the heart to become pure from the rust and corrosion, as it is preceded in the previous hadith.

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<v SPEAKER_03>He refers to a hadith that came in the introduction, which was reported in uh uh Sun al-Bayhaqi, the Prophet said, although it's the Spurge of authenticity, but it says, and the Prophet said here, Likulli Shay in Sikhalah.

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<v SPEAKER_03>He says, everything has a sikhala, and the sikhala means basically is more like a um uh a time it becomes rusty.

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<v SPEAKER_03>So discoloring and rust, just like everything, whether it's your clothes, um any gadget you have at home or anything, subhanAllah, it becomes rusty at some point.

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<v SPEAKER_03>And then when it comes to remove the rust, like polishing, polishing the heart from this rust, will be to the remembers of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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<v SPEAKER_03>He says over here that you have to keep in mind that everything has um eventually becomes rusty or dull.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Like deterioration, condition deterioration, obviously, and the heart does so through heedlessness and desires.

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<v SPEAKER_03>And if you guys remember, we said three gates from which the shaitan enters your heart.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Do you guys remember them?

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<v SPEAKER_03>Well, we forgot them.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Because if you forgot them, that means your doors are open.

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<v SPEAKER_03>So always remember to keep those doors closed for the shaitan.

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<v SPEAKER_03>What are they?

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<v SPEAKER_03>Number one, heedlessness, gaflah, which is basically forgetting by choice, like you ignoring and not doing what you're supposed to do by choice.

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<v SPEAKER_03>The second thing, desires, and the third one, anger.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Work on these things, inshaAllah.

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<v SPEAKER_03>So he says over here the heart becomes rusty because of heedlessness and desires, wajila uh dikru wa tawba to walistighfar.

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<v SPEAKER_03>And he says it's it becomes pure and radiant to remembrance, that's dhikr, repentance, tawba, and seeking forgiveness from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Yeah, and subhanAllah, there's so much to break this down.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Number one, the idea that your heart accumulates rust through constant distraction.

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<v SPEAKER_01>If it's constantly distracted from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, it accumulates rust.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It's like whenever anything else, you say I'm rusty, I'm rusty.

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<v SPEAKER_01>The first time you try to do something after a very long time, what happens?

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<v SPEAKER_01>You get fatigued quickly, and your form is off.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It's all messed up, right?

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<v SPEAKER_01>Whether it's weightlifting or some sort of sport or some sort of exercise or whatever it may be, right?

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<v SPEAKER_01>It's just it's not done with the proper form and it gives you extra fatigue in the beginning.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And then what happens?

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<v SPEAKER_01>You overcome the initial rust and you get back to a baseline.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And subhanAllah, the thing about Ramadan to Ramadan and these seasons of Allah's mercy where you're you're more prone to remember Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, is that your baseline might rise every single year, right?

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<v SPEAKER_01>But then you lose.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Like let's say that you you you know you came up 20%, but then you ended up losing 15%.

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<v SPEAKER_01>So when you get back to baseline, you haven't lost everything.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And this is actually really important because someone might think like, okay, if I can't remember Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, if I'm having a hard time, that means that my heart is dead.

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<v SPEAKER_01>No, it's not dead, it's rusty.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And there are different layers of rust.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Even in the Quran, by the way, kella bel rana ala kulubihim, ma'akanu yaksibun.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Allah talks about a heart that is stained because of sin.

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<v SPEAKER_01>The Prophet said, Innahu, la you'a khalbi, that sometimes my heart becomes fogged.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And the ulama talk about the difference between stain and fog.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Stain and fog.

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<v SPEAKER_01>So there's the stain of sin and there's the rust of ghafla, of heedlessness, of just distraction, like you haven't been working it out enough.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You have not been connecting your heart to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Both of them are treated through dhikr, by the way, but different types of dhikr and different regimens.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Obviously, the sin requires a deeper cleaning, right?

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<v SPEAKER_01>A deeper cleaning to get that stain out of the heart.

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<v SPEAKER_01>So a person comes back to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, and that's why he mentions a tawba, well istighfar, um that the things that bring a person back are dhikr, and then specifically from the remembrance of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, tawbah and istighfar, repentance and the seeking of forgiveness from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, and as a result of that, a person will have their hearts unrusted.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Another thing I'll say here, Shaykh, which is really important, is um this idea like we have of us being purified by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in different ways.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You know, uh I was just thinking about like Surah Shams today.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Um zakah, waqat khaba man dasaha, like when Allah talks about the self.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It says, verily he has succeeded, who has purified it, and he has failed, who has dirtied it, sullied it, corrupted it, right?

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<v SPEAKER_01>If you think about all of the different terms that are used about purification, taskyah, zakqaha, purification.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Salah, one of the meanings of the word salah, it comes from salaitulah, that you uh remove uh the lay uh the layers from the branch, you take it back to its asal, to its origin.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Um you think about fitna, the word fitna, fitna means to burn the impurities off of something.

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<v SPEAKER_01>So Allah puts us through fitan, through fitna, and that burns the impurities off of us.

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<v SPEAKER_01>If we respond with patience, Allah Azza purifies us once again.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And dhikr is the constant removal of the fog.

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<v SPEAKER_01>The constant removal of the fog and the stain so that the heart does not accumulate rust, and of course, worse than that would be the stain of sin.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Allah Shaykh, that reminds me uh in our animal in life, we can't survive without our uh technologies and our, of course, machines and all this stuff and so on.

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<v SPEAKER_03>And we make sure that the machine stays functioning at its optimum level by always changing the oil and polishing it and keep it clean and so on.

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<v SPEAKER_03>And imagine if you don't take care of your car, for example, regularly.

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<v SPEAKER_03>If you don't go and make sure to check, for example, on changing the filters and changing the oil and so on to keep it running.

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<v SPEAKER_03>A dhikr, what tauba, what it's taught, works exactly like that.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Like imagine if you know that in order for you to function spiritually, and even physically, really, you have to take care of the maintain of your heart.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Maintain of your the the health of your heart physically, by eating, of course, healthy, so don't actually disturb the heart, and also by doing the thing that will bring that peace and track to the heart, such as tawbah, um, dikr, and also stighfar.

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<v SPEAKER_03>The three things that you need to always keep polishing your heart, how often do you do that?

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<v SPEAKER_03>And also remind me, uh kind of like a joke in a note in this manner, as a Palestinians, uh, we run on olive oil.

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<v SPEAKER_03>So, therefore, uh when we start to kind of become rusty, when we're out of olive oil, obviously.

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<v SPEAKER_03>I keep saying so.

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<v SPEAKER_03>When when I run out of olive oil at home, we start guys squeaking basically.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So if you ever see Sheikh Yasser just downing a bottle of olive oil, it's not what you think it is.

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<v SPEAKER_00>No, if you hear me squeaking, that means I'm out of olive oil at home, yeah.

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<v SPEAKER_03>But seriously subhanAllah, you always try to maintain that in your household.

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<v SPEAKER_03>You don't want to run out of these essential items, for example, because khalasat ruins your your rhythm, ruins your your life, ruins this and that.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Can you imagine that you you're taking care of everything around you, and you're not taking care of yourself very well.

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<v SPEAKER_03>And you're not polishing your heart properly regularly.

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<v SPEAKER_03>The doors where the shaitan comes through are very well known to you.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Heedlessness, and you can defeat that with dhikr.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Shawa, you repeat that with tawbah.

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<v SPEAKER_03>And then anger, you stighfar from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for the mistakes you have done.

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<v SPEAKER_03>So three gates and three solutions.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Each one of them has its own solution, so always try to keep, inshaAllah, continue to polish your heart.

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<v SPEAKER_03>May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, give it that pure heart, that full wutzki.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Just the point the point that he mentioned here, he says, Sada ulkal, that the rust, uh, the heart becomes rusty because of heedlessness and desire.

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<v SPEAKER_03>So heedlessness, he says, another actually book he spoke about this man, he goes, the difference between Al-Ghafla to one Nisyan.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Al-Ghafla one nisiyan.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Rafla heedlessness.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Nisyan forgetfulness.

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<v SPEAKER_03>What's the difference?

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<v SPEAKER_03>The difference is that forgetfulness happens accidentally.

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<v SPEAKER_03>You have no uh uh no input into that, it just happens uh accidentally.

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<v SPEAKER_03>But heedlessness happens deliberately.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Like you know that you need to pray, but what do you do?

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<v SPEAKER_03>You keep procrastinating.

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<v SPEAKER_03>That's ghafla.

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<v SPEAKER_03>You know that you're fasting and you need to watch your tongue for what you're saying, watch your eyes, what you're watching, but you know, you still, while you know that you're fasting, you go and you do the thing they're not supposed to do when you're fasting, or you say things you want.

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<v SPEAKER_03>So that's ghafla, that's heedlessness.

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<v SPEAKER_03>But nisyan, it happens with everybody.

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<v SPEAKER_03>It's just subhanAllah, I just forgot I I had a sip of water while I'm fasting.

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<v SPEAKER_03>I didn't know I wasn't so you need to keep in mind that ghaflah, it's your you're doing.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Nisyan is a different story.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala forgive us for a Nisyan.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Alhamdulillah Rubila'min.

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<v SPEAKER_03>As you mentioned in the Quran, right?

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<v SPEAKER_03>But for the ghaflah, for that heedlessness, that's something you're gonna be held accountable for.

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<v SPEAKER_02>Absolutely.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Point number 19, he says, from the benefit of the dhikr.

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<v SPEAKER_03>What a beautiful thing.

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<v SPEAKER_03>He says, Dhikr, it wipes away sins and wards them off.

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<v SPEAKER_03>So it wipes sins and wards them off.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Keep them away from you, and if they happen, you can erase them as well afterwards.

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<v SPEAKER_03>He said, it is from the greatest forms of good deeds, and all good deeds wipe away bad deeds.

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<v SPEAKER_03>I remember that reminds me of Haiti Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam shaykh, in which the Prophet mentioned whoever um whoever counts subhanallah a hundred times.

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<v SPEAKER_03>If he says subhanallah bihamdi a hundred times in a day, the Prophet said, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will wipe the sins of that day away, even if it was as much as the foam on the on the uh on the water, like on this on the surf.

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<v SPEAKER_03>This is how much you know sin subhanAllah willing to wipe all these away.

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<v SPEAKER_03>We're talking about the minor sins, obviously, over here, right?

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<v SPEAKER_03>But here's form of dhikr, just saying subhanallah wa bihamdi has that power to remove these sins away from your records.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Why subhanallah bihamdi?

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<v SPEAKER_03>Because when he says subhanallah wa bihamdihi, you're praising Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala twice.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Subhanallah, this is praising Allah Azzawajal by freeing him from any form of imperfection.

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<v SPEAKER_03>When he says subhanallah, it means Ya Allah, I praise you, I remove any form of imperfection from you.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Bihamdihi, when you say Alhamdulillah, that's now the affirmation of all the attributes of perfection to him.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Just like saying, there's negation, there's affirmation, right?

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<v SPEAKER_03>For subhanAllah is the negation.

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<v SPEAKER_03>You negate all imperfections away from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Wa bihamdihi, that's now the affirmation of all, the affirmation is all the good deeds.

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<v SPEAKER_03>So there are the the perfect uh uh attributes of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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<v SPEAKER_03>So therefore, we keep in mind that our dhikr, alhamdulillah, is always giving us extra credit and removes the bad ones.

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<v SPEAKER_01>There's so much to say about the idea that dhikr in this case resolves the past, the present, and the future.

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<v SPEAKER_01>The past it completely removes it away.

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<v SPEAKER_01>For the present, it turns a new page with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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<v SPEAKER_01>For the future, as Ibn al-Khayim Rahimallah says, it weakens the impulse to commit that same sin again.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It weakens the impulse.

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<v SPEAKER_01>So you're not going to feel the same impulse again to commit that same sin.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Disconnects you from that sin.

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<v SPEAKER_01>But I want us to actually break this down a little bit into two different categories.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Number one, in Al-Hasanat y al Ibn Sayyat, what he says here is that good deeds remove bad deeds.

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<v SPEAKER_01>The Prophet said this as a general rule.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Always follow up with a sin with a good deed.

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<v SPEAKER_01>There's a narration from Sayyidina Umar.

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<v SPEAKER_01>If you disobey Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in a place, then don't leave that place except that you did an act of obedience in its place.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Right?

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<v SPEAKER_01>So you messed up in this area of your life, in the physical space, or in this area of your life, rectify that area of your life, rectify that place in your life and replace the bad with the good.

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<v SPEAKER_01>But when it comes to istighfar in particular, so dhikr is a good deed.

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<v SPEAKER_01>That's the point that he's actually making, that dhikr is part of the good deeds.

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<v SPEAKER_01>When it comes to istighfar, look at the mercy of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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<v SPEAKER_01>If a person committed a sin and is sought forgiveness for that sin, the sin removes, or this istighfar removes the sin and turns it into a bright spot on the heart and a bright spot on the record.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Sukhirat Qalbu, the Prophet said, it polishes that part of the heart.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And on the day of judgment, if you sought forgiveness from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, Allah will turn that sin into a good deed.

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<v SPEAKER_01>To a point that a person, when their sins that they have repented for are being counted in front of Allah, they would say, Yeah, Allah, there are some sins that the angels forgot to write down.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Because of how merciful Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is to turn those sins into good deeds.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Alright, but here's where it gets more interesting.

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<v SPEAKER_01>There are two other categories here.

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<v SPEAKER_01>One of them is what the Prophet said that when a person commits a sin, the angel is told to hold the pen for six hours, not six sixty minutes, six periods of time, six hours for a time period, to not even write it down in case the person quickly catches themselves and repents.

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<v SPEAKER_01>So let's say that a person quickly caught themselves and repented.

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<v SPEAKER_01>The irna mentioned that the istighfar will still be on the scroll.

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<v SPEAKER_01>So you'll just have the good deed of istighfar on the scroll.

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<v SPEAKER_01>The sin would not have appeared in the first place.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And then there's a third category which is even more beautiful.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And that is the different level of istighfar, which is istighfar for shortcoming in a good deed.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Istighfar for shortcoming in a good deed.

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<v SPEAKER_01>What the Prophet would do after prayer.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Ishfirullah, istihfirlallah, istihfirullah.

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<v SPEAKER_01>The istighfar of the Prophet was istighfar takhsir, not istighfar dhamb.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It was seeking forgiveness for deficiency, not for sinful deeds.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And that's the best type of istighfar because it's a good deed that follows a good deed.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It's a good deed that follows a good deed.

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<v SPEAKER_01>So it beautifies what was already a good deed.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Your salah was already beautiful.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Your istighfar made it even more beautiful.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And when you finish your manasak in Hajj, Fastahfirullah, then seek forgiveness from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Right?

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<v SPEAKER_01>Until the end of it.

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<v SPEAKER_01>This is building on a good deed.

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<v SPEAKER_01>When your istighfar is a good deed built on a good deed, then it's the most beautiful form of istighfar, and that's the istighfar of the Prophet.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Allah gave us a beauty to do that, but it's not a good thing.

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<v SPEAKER_03>He says it removes dhikr, it removes the strangest, the strangeness between the servant and his lord, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Between the heedless person and his Lord is strangeness, and it cannot be removed except through the remembrance of Allah Azza for dhikr.

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<v SPEAKER_03>That reminds me with a very important, powerful emotional concept in us human beings.

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<v SPEAKER_03>You know, when you travel and you travel for a lot for uh far away, alhamdulillah, look, travel today has become much easier, and even the human connection has become way easier.

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<v SPEAKER_03>So those feelings that I'm talking about, maybe they're not understood properly because of Alhamdulillah, communication is always there.

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<v SPEAKER_03>But back in the days, when people used to travel, there is no mean to communicate with them until they come back again.

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<v SPEAKER_03>And if you're gonna have to communicate with them, you're gonna have to send a letter.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Or maybe make a phone call.

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<v SPEAKER_03>If you go, for example, certain areas that there's one one single phone line in the entire village, right?

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<v SPEAKER_03>So they call, hey, can you call Fulan to come and then so much trouble.

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<v SPEAKER_03>So when people travel, Sheikh, they travel with a lot of memories and emotions and feelings and so on, and they have that wacha, that estrangement.

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<v SPEAKER_03>They travel away and then in a strange land, foreign place, away from home, from the loved ones, and so on.

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<v SPEAKER_03>The only way these people could have survived is by always having those beautiful memories of the loved ones.

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<v SPEAKER_03>That's why you see in the Arabic poetry, it's always full of that.

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<v SPEAKER_03>They always begin by speaking about what?

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<v SPEAKER_03>Whom they love.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Ba'ana su'adu faqal billion.

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<v SPEAKER_03>So they also you speak about their loved ones with their names because their memories remove that estrangement in their hearts.

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<v SPEAKER_03>And that's just a human connection.

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<v SPEAKER_03>And may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala free the people who are, you know, unjustly being prisoned.

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<v SPEAKER_03>SubhanAllah, when you go and you meet with some of them and you speak to them.

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<v SPEAKER_03>What really strengthen them, Alhamdulillah, two things.

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<v SPEAKER_03>When they're as a strong believer, mashallah, they tell you Alhamdulillah, Allah is with us.

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<v SPEAKER_03>The dhikr of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, remove that strange strangeness of the prison.

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<v SPEAKER_03>And also the memory of the loved ones who Alhamdulillah, they keep thinking about them and they always make dua for them and so on.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Those letters are lifelines.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Absolutely.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Write letters to prisoners.

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<v SPEAKER_00>It's a lifeline to them, subhanAllah.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Just write them letters.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It's not hard to write a letter to them, subhanAllah.

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<v SPEAKER_03>SubhanAllah Shaykh, if this is just between human beings, can you imagine uh between Adala Azza wa Jal?

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<v SPEAKER_03>And obviously, in order for this for this person that you remember, the loved one that you remember, to remove uh that that waqsha from your heart, that strangeness in your heart, you have to have that very strong loving connection with them.

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<v SPEAKER_03>To that level.

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<v SPEAKER_03>And that's again between any human being.

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<v SPEAKER_03>So if you would like to remove that estrangement or uh strangeness in the heart, between Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, ask yourself how much do you love Allah Azza wa Jal?

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<v SPEAKER_03>Shaykh.

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<v SPEAKER_01>The concept of wacha.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Like when you put someone in the grave, Allah ma'an is wahasha ta'uf al-kubur.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Oh Allah handle his loneliness in the grave.

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<v SPEAKER_01>There are different ways that Allah can keep you company.

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<v SPEAKER_01>There's the company of the righteous people, there's the company of the angels, there's the company of the Quran.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Subhanallah, like even if you look at the Prophet, when he's speaking to his most beloved Aisha radiallahu anha, will you permit me to be alone with my Lord?

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<v SPEAKER_01>Like let me go be alone with my Lord right now.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Have you missed Allah?

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<v SPEAKER_01>Do you miss him?

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<v SPEAKER_01>You know, like this this idea of waqsha, I'll just put it to you this way.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And I'll ask it as a question, in fact.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Is there a way to measure how distant you are from Allah?

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<v SPEAKER_01>Is there a way to measure how distant you are from Allah?

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<v SPEAKER_01>Yes or no?

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<v SPEAKER_01>How?

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<v SPEAKER_01>How do you measure how distant you are from Allah?

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<v SPEAKER_03>How much sins?

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<v SPEAKER_01>Yes.

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<v SPEAKER_01>In one way, sins are of course putting a barrier between you and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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<v SPEAKER_01>How do you measure how distant you are from Allah by how often you forget Him, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala?

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<v SPEAKER_01>You measure your distance from Allah by how often you forget him, because you forgot Allah which caused you to commit the sin.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Right?

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<v SPEAKER_01>You forgot Allah which caused you to commit the sin.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And when you forgot Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, Allah caused you to forget yourselves, which caused you to harm yourself with that sin.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Right?

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<v SPEAKER_01>Don't be like those who forgot Allah, so Allah caused them to forget themselves.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And so when you come back to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, you know, Shaykh Yassa, like you talked about, like that famous hadith of the person that finds his camel after all this time.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Right?

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<v SPEAKER_01>And Allah's farah with the tawbah, Allah's joy with the repentance of that slave.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Like when you are repenting, you're re-entering a relationship with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, and you're you're apologizing for those sins and you're saying, I won't put this barrier between you and I anymore.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And I will remember you.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And um there's something very powerful about this entire concept.

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<v SPEAKER_03>The Arabic language is so beautiful.

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<v SPEAKER_03>If we want to focus on the word washa, why that strangeness is called washa in the Arabic language?

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<v SPEAKER_03>You understand where it's coming from.

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<v SPEAKER_03>So, washa in the Arabic language, when you talk about um uh beasts in the Arabic language, what are they called?

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<v SPEAKER_03>Wahhush.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Wahush.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Right?

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<v SPEAKER_03>Whether Wahhoshirat.

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<v SPEAKER_03>You talk about the beasts.

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<v SPEAKER_03>And when someone is considered the anika like a beast, it's called Washi.

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<v SPEAKER_03>But what is one thing that is common among all these beasts or these wahush is to be what?

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<v SPEAKER_03>In the wilderness.

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<v SPEAKER_03>They're wild and they usually roam alone.

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<v SPEAKER_03>So when someone is is actually becomes wash, it's basically they become like a beast.

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<v SPEAKER_03>And when they're a beast, they be like wild beasts and they're on their own alone.

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<v SPEAKER_03>And even in the Egyptian subhanAllah, when they talk about how how that the feeling of being in that situation, that status is ugly.

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<v SPEAKER_03>And that's why with the Egyptians, when they want to describe something ugly, what do they say?

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<v SPEAKER_03>Hagawasha.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Wahish, right?

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<v SPEAKER_03>So wahash, hagawasha, right?

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<v SPEAKER_03>So wahhesh basically is like ugly.

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<v SPEAKER_03>But where this is coming from?

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<v SPEAKER_03>From the exact same feeling, because when something is ugly, you become distant away from it, and as a result, there is that sense of strangeness or strange strangeness over here.

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<v SPEAKER_03>You want to stay away distant from it, subhanAllah.

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<v SPEAKER_03>This is what it means over here.

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<v SPEAKER_03>So when we talk about being an uh waqha in the heart, your heart becomes like a wild beast on its own in the wilderness, away from what?

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<v SPEAKER_03>Away from the source of peace and tranquility from its Lord subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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<v SPEAKER_03>So you wanna you wanna bring your house, your your heart to that beautiful uh garden of bliss, to be in the presence of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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<v SPEAKER_03>And the only way you could do that is, like we said, if you want to love somebody, you always remember them.

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<v SPEAKER_03>And if you would like to remove that waqsha, then in this case you have to remember Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, which brings the Hadith in Nabisallam uh about the seven categories Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will shade them, and it's gonna come next, inshaAllah ta'ala, that Allah just says that uh one of those seven categories that will be under the shade of Rahman is the one who says uh uh khalian fafada ta'ina.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Someone remembers Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in seclusion when they're alone, when it's supposed to be a feeling of waqsha, because there's nobody to to enjoy their company.

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<v SPEAKER_03>But that kind of washa was removed.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Why?

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<v SPEAKER_03>Because he's in connection with the divine subhanahu wa ta'ala, and in the in the joy of being with his Lord Subhanahu wa Ta'ala starts crying.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Like it's so joyful, you're just like so happy to be in connection with Lord subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You know about the hadith sheikh, there are two ways to also benefit from it.

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<v SPEAKER_01>One, if you look at the seven categories, it's the only category that requires no position from you whatsoever.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Like you don't have, you're not, you don't rule any place, you don't, you don't, you're not, you don't have to be in a masjid, you don't have to have someone that you love for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You haven't been tempted, you don't have to have money to give charity.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Like these are all these all require positions.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Like everyone can remember Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Everybody can remember Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Another benefit of the hadith that uh uh one of my teachers mentioned is that uh all six of the other categories would have had to be that person in order to be one of those six.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Wow.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Like the just ruler, how would he be a just ruler?

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<v SPEAKER_01>He'd have to remember Allah in private and have some humility in awe, otherwise he'd be taken aback.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Why would that person how would that person find the connection to the masjid?

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<v SPEAKER_01>He'd have to take to the corner, remember Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, and be in awe.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You know, so every single one of those categories is by necessity the seventh category as well.

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<v SPEAKER_03>So, my dear brothers and sisters, Wallahi, just like we mentioned that yesterday, you have to put on your daily schedule 20 minutes on the side where you just be alone.

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<v SPEAKER_03>And don't get scared of being alone because we live in a very over-connected, over-stimulated society, subhanAllah.

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:09.359
<v SPEAKER_03>Being alone is scary these days.

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<v SPEAKER_03>It's like we don't want to be alone.

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<v SPEAKER_03>And even when you are alone, what do you do?

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:16.559
<v SPEAKER_03>You you grab your phone out and start socializing with the with the content that you have on your phone.

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<v SPEAKER_03>So being alone has become something very strange and brings washa to us.

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<v SPEAKER_03>We feel that estrangement.

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<v SPEAKER_03>And therefore, to beat that, you're gonna have to develop that kind of enjoying being alone.

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<v SPEAKER_03>And the only way you could do that if you are with the one that you love the most.

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<v SPEAKER_03>And if you truly have that love for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, being alone with him is no big deal.

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<v SPEAKER_03>It's not a problem.

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<v SPEAKER_01>So you have to really get bored.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Oh, absolutely.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Boredom is something for us to think about.

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:46.720
<v SPEAKER_01>If you get bored easily, that's a problem.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Right?

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<v SPEAKER_01>Um like I saw this meme one time, Shaykh, that uh uh greatest uh it was something like you know, introvert introvert's happiest moment, and it was like when someone cancels plans.

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<v SPEAKER_00>That's like when an introvert is so happy, right?

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:04.079
<v SPEAKER_00>Cancel plans.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Like are you telling me that you watch memes?

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<v SPEAKER_00>No, of course not.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Not in Ramadan.

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<v SPEAKER_03>It's okay, Shaykh, it's okay.

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<v SPEAKER_03>It's halal, inshaAllah.

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.319
<v SPEAKER_03>Inshallah.

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.839
<v SPEAKER_03>Certain memes are halam, yes.

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<v SPEAKER_03>No, the ones that I send you are halal.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Yeah, right.

00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:21.839
<v SPEAKER_03>Well, I say the one that said it's halam ya.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Let's move to the next point.

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<v SPEAKER_03>This is the digging myself.

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<v SPEAKER_03>This is a beautiful thing.

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<v SPEAKER_03>He says, look, when the servant remembers his Lord by extolling his majesty, subhanahu wa ta'ala, like you always speak about the glory of Allah, glorifying him and praising him, subhanahu wa ta'ala, then he too is remembered by Allah at times of difficulties.

00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:20.400
<v SPEAKER_03>Like if you remember Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, Allah will remember you.

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:23.599
<v SPEAKER_03>As Allah said in the Quran, Fatkuruni Adkurkum.

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<v SPEAKER_03>If you remember me, I will remember you.

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<v SPEAKER_03>Imam Mahmad Rahimallah, he said, Imma Mahmad Rahimallahu Ta'ala, he reported in the Musnad, the Prophet saying, as you remember the majesty of Allah Azzawal by saying Tahl means saying La ilaha illallah, Tahmid saying Alhamdulillah, Taqbir saying Allahu Akbar.

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<v SPEAKER_03>All of this he says, by your praise Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, these words revolve around the throne, humming like bees, remembering the one who remembered Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:56.799
<v SPEAKER_03>So wouldn't any of you like to be mentioned by something which he mentioned means in the praise of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala?

00:29:57.200 --> 00:30:00.000
<v SPEAKER_03>Like if you want Allah to remember you, remember him.

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:04.640
<v SPEAKER_03>Those words of remembrance will be humming around the arsh.

00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:11.759
<v SPEAKER_03>So every time you go through something, they were reminded, my Lord, your servant needs help.

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:15.839
<v SPEAKER_03>My Lord, your servant asking you, my Lord, your servant praise you, subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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<v SPEAKER_03>So when you mention Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, Allah says, Fatkuruni adkurkum, you remember me, and I shall remember you.

00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:24.559
<v SPEAKER_01>Shaykh, this is my favorite point.

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<v SPEAKER_01>You know why?

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:28.799
<v SPEAKER_01>This hadith, I remember studying the Shark of this hadith.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Um, in my series last year on the Barzach, is Allah talking to you.

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<v SPEAKER_01>I actually briefly touched on this hadith.

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<v SPEAKER_01>But I'll tell you one of the amazing explanations of this hadith, Shaykh, is that the Prophet is saying, like you send a tasbih and then it goes and it circles around the arch with your name, right?

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<v SPEAKER_01>So the first thing is the dandana we talked about yesterday, the humming sound, right?

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<v SPEAKER_01>So imagine that sound around the throne of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, right?

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<v SPEAKER_01>But here is the second part of how the ulama explained that hadith.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It never stops circling the arch of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala with your name.

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:14.480
<v SPEAKER_01>What that means is like someone who died a thousand years ago remembered Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and they sent it up with their name, and it is still going around, making mention of their name.

00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:20.319
<v SPEAKER_01>The dhikr that you made ten years ago, five years ago, you had a moment in Ramadan last year, it's still there.

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:23.039
<v SPEAKER_01>And it's making mention of your name.

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:25.759
<v SPEAKER_01>And it circles with your name and with your with your remembrance.

00:31:25.839 --> 00:31:33.200
<v SPEAKER_01>And some of the Ridama they used uh of the proof of that, they used by analogy the the hadith of baytul ma'amur, 70,000 angels enter and they never return.

00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:41.680
<v SPEAKER_01>This idea that once something goes to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala from the necessity of its quality of being back, of being permanent, is that it doesn't disappear.

00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:44.079
<v SPEAKER_01>It waits for you until you get to Jannah.

00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:47.200
<v SPEAKER_01>Your good deed waits for you until you get to Jannah.

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:51.119
<v SPEAKER_01>So, like you think about the good word or the good thing that you do here and how quickly it's forgotten.

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:53.920
<v SPEAKER_01>How quickly someone forgets something that you did for them.

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.720
<v SPEAKER_01>Right?

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:56.400
<v SPEAKER_01>They forget the favors.

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<v SPEAKER_01>The dhikr you make today stays there for eternity until it enters you into Jannah.

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<v SPEAKER_01>And like, don't you love that there are all of these things going around, humming around the throne of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, making mention of your name, so the angels are saying, Oh, that's that's Shaykh Yasr's dhikr.

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:14.640
<v SPEAKER_01>Right?

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:17.279
<v SPEAKER_01>That's the dhikr of this person, that's the dhikr of that person.

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:20.559
<v SPEAKER_01>It becomes a call, you know, a culmination of a person's body.

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:23.680
<v SPEAKER_01>Like, imagine a dhakiren, Allah kihir with dakirat.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Like those who remember Allah frequently from the men and the women, Abu Hurr radiallahu ta'a anhu used to do tasbih in a day how many times?

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<v SPEAKER_01>12,000 times.

00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:42.480
<v SPEAKER_01>When he narrated the hadith of the fadl of tasbih, the virtue of tasbir he would do tasbir, his wird was 12,000 tasbihs a day.

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:44.000
<v SPEAKER_01>Someone's like, that's impossible.

00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:45.119
<v SPEAKER_01>I know people.

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:49.440
<v SPEAKER_01>I'm sure you I know people that that do that much.

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<v SPEAKER_01>No.

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:50.480
<v SPEAKER_01>Dikr.

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<v SPEAKER_01>So imagine how many days did he live on earth?

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<v SPEAKER_01>Alright?

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:59.599
<v SPEAKER_01>And like imagine subhanAllah all of the then humming around the throne of Allah with your name.

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:07.839
<v SPEAKER_01>The Prophet is saying, wouldn't you love that there is something that reminds in the heavens of you constantly, consistently?

00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:12.319
<v SPEAKER_01>Our parents, our grandparents, our ancestors, the companions, the dhikr of the Prophet.

00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:16.960
<v SPEAKER_01>Some of their Udama mentioned the expanse of Arshul Rahman, right?

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<v SPEAKER_01>That there is nothing that could ever encompass the expanse of the throne of Al-Rahna, but all of those athkar.

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:39.599
<v SPEAKER_01>It's not music, it's the humming of the dhikr, qadawi-nahl, like the humming of bees, going around for the last 1400 years of the Muslims who have been remembering Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, and their athkar are going up there and going around, and it's only growing until the day of judgment.

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:43.119
<v SPEAKER_01>May Allah Azza allow us to have an abundant portion of those atkar.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Allah.

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<v SPEAKER_03>He says over here, the benefits of dikr, when a person gets to know his Lord through his remembrance in times of ease, then Allah will know him in times of hardships.

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<v SPEAKER_03>It is being narrated, the meaning of which is that a servant who's obedient and remembers and remembers Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala often, when a hardship befalls or asks Allah for a need, the angels will say, Oh Lord, this is a familiar voice from a known servant.

00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:44.639
<v SPEAKER_03>Because they've been hearing this voice forever, making dhikkhr of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:55.360
<v SPEAKER_03>As for the one who is neglectful and turns away, then the angels will say, Oh Lord, this is an unfamiliar voice from an unknown servant.

00:34:55.920 --> 00:35:03.360
<v SPEAKER_03>Imagine, subhanAllah, when you when you make your dua, the angels catch that dua and say, Oh, subhanAllah, I know that, I knew that voice.

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:08.480
<v SPEAKER_03>Shaykh, there's um a viral video, not a meme, but anyway.

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<v SPEAKER_03>You watch viral videos.

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:15.599
<v SPEAKER_03>No, but subhanAllah, I think many of you probably have seen this video.

00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:18.880
<v SPEAKER_03>It's for Allah, it's it's it's so sweet and so beautiful.

00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:26.159
<v SPEAKER_03>Uh uh Subhanallah, it's from Saudi Arabia, a guy, I think he won some sort of a competition on a on a show or something like that.

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:34.400
<v SPEAKER_03>So as he was on the show taking live uh calls, he hears a call says, Hello, and it was his mom.

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:39.039
<v SPEAKER_03>And suddenly on live TV, he drops everything.

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<v SPEAKER_03>He goes, Urhabu! Like his heart was jumping with joy that his mom is calling him, and he's you know, more and just like subhab, he's almost crying that his mom, why be she said, she just only said hello, and he just like recognized the voice immediately.

00:35:59.679 --> 00:36:01.840
<v SPEAKER_03>And that's the voice of a human being.

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:10.079
<v SPEAKER_03>Imagine how much the angels will be joyful and happy when they hear you saying, Ya Rabbah, and they would say, Our Lord, we recognize this voice.

00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:11.760
<v SPEAKER_03>We know that person.

00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:16.880
<v SPEAKER_03>But if someone doesn't do regular dhikr and they say, Ya Rabbah, it's like, who's this?

00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:20.000
<v SPEAKER_03>And they're gonna start trying to say, Who's that?

00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:22.000
<v SPEAKER_03>Can we figure out do you know this person?

00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:24.239
<v SPEAKER_03>I mean, your answer will be delayed, Jama.

00:36:25.280 --> 00:36:29.760
<v SPEAKER_03>But if immediately you just say, Ya Rabba, and they say, We know this person, we know the voice.

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:31.119
<v SPEAKER_03>Can you imagine the joy?

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:34.400
<v SPEAKER_03>SubhanAllah, that's um a human moment.

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:37.360
<v SPEAKER_03>You hear your mom's voice and you just like you jump like crazy.

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<v SPEAKER_03>It's so beautiful to hear that voice, subhanAllah.

00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:41.920
<v SPEAKER_03>It's like an unknown caller on the phone, spam folder.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Absolutely.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Don't be in the heaven spam folder, you know.

00:36:45.360 --> 00:36:47.679
<v SPEAKER_00>Unknown caller, all of a sudden, like, who is this guy?

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<v SPEAKER_00>That's true.

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<v SPEAKER_00>SubhanAllah.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Your number should be saved with the angels.

00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:53.679
<v SPEAKER_00>Your number should be saved, subhanAllah.

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:57.679
<v SPEAKER_00>There's there's a hadith of the Prophet, Tarrafir Allah for Rah, Yarifka Fishiddah.

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<v SPEAKER_01>It's actually like these exact words.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Know Allah in in good times and He will know you in bad times.

00:37:02.239 --> 00:37:07.760
<v SPEAKER_01>Know Allah in adversity, He will know you in uh in prosperity and He will know you in adversity.

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:13.599
<v SPEAKER_01>Um if you sort of break this down between dhikr and dua, dua is a form of dhikr, right?

00:37:13.679 --> 00:37:15.760
<v SPEAKER_01>Dura's a form of remembering Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

00:37:16.400 --> 00:37:20.559
<v SPEAKER_01>Dhikr in your times of ease is the fuel of your dua and hardship.

00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:24.000
<v SPEAKER_01>Dhikr in your time of ease is the fuel of your dua and hardship.

00:37:24.239 --> 00:37:27.519
<v SPEAKER_03>Shaykh, Ibn, sometimes you don't even have to make dua and hardship.

00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:30.800
<v SPEAKER_03>Because Allah will take care of you right away before even you ask.

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.519
<v SPEAKER_03>SubhanAllah.

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<v SPEAKER_01>Zakiriya alayhi salam.

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<v SPEAKER_01>He got cut off in the middle of his dua.

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:34.880
<v SPEAKER_01>Why?

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:37.119
<v SPEAKER_01>Because he was always making dua to Allah Azzawajad.

00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:40.239
<v SPEAKER_01>You always respond to me, O Allah.

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:45.280
<v SPEAKER_01>So Allah responded to him midway in his dua, cut him off and gave him more than what he was asking for.

00:37:45.519 --> 00:38:03.760
<v SPEAKER_01>Ayyub alayhi salam, like when you read about the tafsir of the verses of Ayyub alayhi salam, Idna Darabbah, like the angels were waiting for him to open his mouth and to make a request, because what got him to that position of being envied by the devil in the first place was his frequent mention in the heavens.

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:07.199
<v SPEAKER_01>Like Ibris was like, who is this guy that keeps getting mentioned in the heavens?

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:07.840
<v SPEAKER_01>Right?

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:16.320
<v SPEAKER_01>So the moment that he said, Masani adur, I'm hurt, Ham-Rahmeen, Allah opened up everything for him right away.

00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:19.280
<v SPEAKER_01>They were waiting, Sultan Ma'roof, we know this voice.

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:20.719
<v SPEAKER_01>We know this voice of Ayyub a.

00:38:21.840 --> 00:38:37.599
<v SPEAKER_01>And so you think about yourself, you know, when you call upon Allah, and by the way, here, Allah will know you is similar to La Takunu kaladina nasullah ansalam and fusam, or uh on the day of judgment, when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, uh, nasitukum, I forgot you.

00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:42.000
<v SPEAKER_01>It's not that Allah Azwal doesn't know who you are, but it is the neglect of you.

00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:44.480
<v SPEAKER_01>You neglected me, so I neglected you.

00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:44.960
<v SPEAKER_01>Right?

00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:46.159
<v SPEAKER_01>You've been neglected now as well.

00:38:48.880 --> 00:38:52.719
<v SPEAKER_01>Allah sees them and he will question them, but he's not speaking to them.

00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:54.880
<v SPEAKER_01>Like I know that Allah is not speaking to me.

00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:55.840
<v SPEAKER_01>May Allah protect us.

00:38:55.920 --> 00:39:16.559
<v SPEAKER_01>You know, honestly, like when Shaykh was reciting um tonight, Shaykh Ibrahim was reciting those verses tonight, you know, like you read those verses, and he didn't start crying at the uh atabilla as much asra ta' ala mafar tu fi jambilla, wa in kuntura mina sahiren.

00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:22.719
<v SPEAKER_01>Like I really messed up those statements of regret that you start to make on the day of judgment.

00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:26.559
<v SPEAKER_01>And so it's a scary thought.

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:29.360
<v SPEAKER_01>There's a spectrum here.

00:39:29.760 --> 00:39:35.840
<v SPEAKER_01>Those that will be brought near to Allah Azza, al-Mukhar Rabin, may Allah make us amongst them, and like here, come under the shade of Allah Azza.

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:38.480
<v SPEAKER_01>Come under the shade of His throne.

00:39:38.719 --> 00:39:44.800
<v SPEAKER_01>And those that Allah is not speaking to, you go on the side until you're thrown into hellfire.

00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:46.960
<v SPEAKER_01>That's a scary, scary place to be.

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:58.400
<v SPEAKER_01>And so the frequency of your speaking with Allah Azza here is very much so, an indication of the frequency of your speaking to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and being spoken to Allah over there.

00:39:58.639 --> 00:40:11.039
<v SPEAKER_01>The way that you sought the shade of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in this life from sin and from severity and from trial and tribulation is very much so, indicative of the shade that you will be given from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in the next life.

00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:13.519
<v SPEAKER_01>Like there's a parallel here to everything that's happening.

00:40:13.760 --> 00:40:14.960
<v SPEAKER_01>None of this is random.

00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:20.000
<v SPEAKER_01>So remember, dhikr in ease is what fuels your dua' and hardship.

00:40:20.079 --> 00:40:27.760
<v SPEAKER_01>It's what allows your dua' and hardship to actually be accepted and to be heard by uh Allah and His angels in a way of embrace and acceptance.

00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:31.760
<v SPEAKER_03>May Allah subhanahu wa make our voices recognized and heard in heaven, you're a rame.

00:40:32.480 --> 00:40:33.519
<v SPEAKER_01>Shaykh, can I say one more thing?

00:40:33.679 --> 00:40:35.599
<v SPEAKER_01>Fama Bakat Ali Musama wait.

00:40:36.320 --> 00:40:54.239
<v SPEAKER_01>Like that when Allah talks about like the heavens and the earth crying for some people, that the place of sujood would cry for a person after they leave, the mushaf would cry, that the place that was the gate of the heavens that used to be open for a person when they pass away, it cries because it now knows that it's shut.

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:59.920
<v SPEAKER_01>Everything around us, it's not just Laylatul Qadr that there is traffic between here and the heavens.

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:05.760
<v SPEAKER_01>Everything around us is constantly testifying in regards to our relationship with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:12.159
<v SPEAKER_03>Point number three, he says, Rahimaullahu ta'ala, annahu man jatu mina ada billahita'ala.

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:27.760
<v SPEAKER_03>He says in number number 23, remembrance saves one from the punishment of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

00:41:27.920 --> 00:41:41.519
<v SPEAKER_03>As Mu'adrila reported from the Prophet, no person can do anything more to save himself from the punishment of Allah than to busy himself with remembrance, calling Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Almighty and Majesty.

00:41:41.840 --> 00:41:47.760
<v SPEAKER_01>Because every dhikr, if you go back to the three doors of happiness, when Allah Azza blesses you, you're grateful.

00:41:47.840 --> 00:41:49.039
<v SPEAKER_01>You say Alhamdulillah.

00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:51.280
<v SPEAKER_01>So now that blessing became an ultimate blessing.

00:41:51.440 --> 00:41:53.199
<v SPEAKER_01>When Allah tests you, you're patient.

00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:56.559
<v SPEAKER_01>So you say, Inna lillahhi wa na ilhi rajirun, alhamdrillah.

00:41:56.800 --> 00:42:00.079
<v SPEAKER_01>So now that test became a means of elevation in the sight of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

00:42:02.079 --> 00:42:03.760
<v SPEAKER_01>And when you sin, you seek forgiveness.

00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:06.079
<v SPEAKER_01>So that sin became transformed into a good deed.

00:42:06.320 --> 00:42:08.559
<v SPEAKER_01>Dhikr turns everything into good.

00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:13.920
<v SPEAKER_01>It turns the blessing into a blessing, it turns the trial into elevation, it turns the sin into expiation.

00:42:14.159 --> 00:42:15.920
<v SPEAKER_01>Dhikr beautifies everything.

00:42:16.079 --> 00:42:23.280
<v SPEAKER_01>So every incomplete good deed becomes complete with dhikr, and every sin on your record becomes a good deed by dhikr of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:26.159
<v SPEAKER_01>So it's a barrier between you and the punishment of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:34.880
<v SPEAKER_01>Also, like if someone, when someone doesn't talk to you, someone has, when there's a wrongdoing that's been done to you, and like someone hasn't talked to you, right?

00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:36.480
<v SPEAKER_01>And like there's a there's a distance.

00:42:36.639 --> 00:42:42.400
<v SPEAKER_01>As that distance is being created, you're not hearing the voice, like you're talking about the human voice, and to Allah belongs the highest example.

00:42:42.639 --> 00:42:44.559
<v SPEAKER_01>That anger just brews more and more and more and more.

00:42:44.719 --> 00:42:48.320
<v SPEAKER_01>That's why the Prophet forbade us from cutting each other off for more than three days.

00:42:48.400 --> 00:42:48.480
<v SPEAKER_01>No.

00:42:48.719 --> 00:42:50.239
<v SPEAKER_01>You're not hearing like a voice.

00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:53.039
<v SPEAKER_01>So the distance grows and grows and grows and grows.

00:42:53.119 --> 00:42:58.559
<v SPEAKER_01>And if you have mercy in your heart, someone calls you, no matter how mad you are, like, look, I'm really sorry.

00:42:58.800 --> 00:42:59.679
<v SPEAKER_01>I'm sorry.

00:42:59.840 --> 00:43:04.000
<v SPEAKER_01>I I was away, I messed up, I should have apologized to you a long time ago.

00:43:04.079 --> 00:43:04.480
<v SPEAKER_01>I'm sorry.

00:43:04.639 --> 00:43:05.840
<v SPEAKER_01>Right away, it cools down.

00:43:06.400 --> 00:43:09.039
<v SPEAKER_01>And Allah is so much more merciful than you.

00:43:09.199 --> 00:43:13.840
<v SPEAKER_01>Your heart will usually have the capacity, like someone says, you know, I'm really sorry, you can hear the sincerity.

00:43:14.000 --> 00:43:16.320
<v SPEAKER_01>It immediately, like, you don't want to punish them anymore.

00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:18.239
<v SPEAKER_01>It brings back the good feelings.

00:43:18.400 --> 00:43:29.599
<v SPEAKER_01>So what Muad radiallahu anhu is narrating here of this protection, like this if sin is a barrier between you and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, then dhikr is a barrier between you and the punishment of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:33.440
<v SPEAKER_03>So it's so ironic that Muadilla is also the narrator of the hadith of the Prophet.

00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:42.159
<v SPEAKER_03>When he said, Can you guide me to something I can do that brings me closer to Jannah?

00:43:42.400 --> 00:43:44.239
<v SPEAKER_03>And keep distance between my Jahannam.

00:43:44.320 --> 00:43:45.280
<v SPEAKER_03>So he mentioned a few things to him.

00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:47.360
<v SPEAKER_03>At the end of the hadith, what did he say?

00:43:50.079 --> 00:43:52.000
<v SPEAKER_03>He said, make sure to hold your tongue.

00:43:52.159 --> 00:43:54.880
<v SPEAKER_03>And then Mu'ad, surprisingly, he says, Kala Rasulallah.

00:43:56.880 --> 00:43:58.719
<v SPEAKER_03>Are we going to be held accountable for what we say?

00:43:59.039 --> 00:44:01.280
<v SPEAKER_03>And the Prophet Surprised that Mu'ad didn't know that.

00:44:03.519 --> 00:44:04.400
<v SPEAKER_03>Woe to you, Ma'ad.

00:44:08.800 --> 00:44:13.599
<v SPEAKER_03>Like, what is it that the most thing that throws people on their faces in Jahannam more than the harvest of their tongue?

00:44:13.760 --> 00:44:21.760
<v SPEAKER_03>So he's the one who's narrated this as well, too, knowing that look, busy yourself with dhikr, otherwise you're gonna find yourself busy yourself with something else.

00:44:22.239 --> 00:44:25.679
<v SPEAKER_01>Allah and also the hadith in the Uhibbuk, I love you.

00:44:25.840 --> 00:44:32.639
<v SPEAKER_01>So when the Prophet told him, I love you, so don't forget to say at the end of every salah, Allah inni ala, dhikr dhikriqa.

00:44:35.280 --> 00:44:39.840
<v SPEAKER_01>Oh Allah enable me to remember you, to thank you, and to properly worship you.

00:44:40.079 --> 00:44:48.000
<v SPEAKER_03>Point number four, annahu sabu sakina, rahmati, wafu fil malaikati biddaqamah wa rana be sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.

00:44:48.239 --> 00:44:58.159
<v SPEAKER_03>He said it causes tranquility to descend, divine mercy to envelope the person, of course, and the angel to surround the one whom he remembers in manners of the Prophet has informed us.

00:44:58.239 --> 00:45:08.400
<v SPEAKER_03>Which hadithin Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam fibaitim beautullah yet kuruna kitabullah, waha fatum alaika.

00:45:08.639 --> 00:45:16.960
<v SPEAKER_03>That the Prophet says, any any gathering that comes together to remember Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, but Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala these three things.

00:45:17.199 --> 00:45:27.280
<v SPEAKER_03>Tranquility will come to envelop them, the angels will uh shield them with their with their uh with their wings, and uh uh Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will remember them in a gathering better than this gathering.

00:45:27.360 --> 00:45:32.320
<v SPEAKER_03>And I ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to make this a gathering that is being mentioned in a gathering that's better than this, Ya R Bulameen.

00:45:32.480 --> 00:45:36.079
<v SPEAKER_03>Suran with the angels and have tranquility and peace upon us, Ya R Balami.

00:45:36.320 --> 00:45:41.679
<v SPEAKER_01>Shaykh ibn Hajar Rahimallah Ta'ala actually mentions in the hadith of the Prophet about Nuzul Saqinah.

00:45:41.840 --> 00:45:53.199
<v SPEAKER_01>Sometimes the Prophet mentioned the descent of Saqinah, like in the hadith of uh the companion who was reading Surah al-Kaf, and the horses started to move as it started to come down.

00:45:53.360 --> 00:45:56.079
<v SPEAKER_01>Saqinah and Mala'iqa are synonymous.

00:45:56.480 --> 00:46:01.679
<v SPEAKER_01>Like sometimes the Prophet just uses Nuzulina, and that means Nuzul al-Mala'iqa.

00:46:01.920 --> 00:46:03.760
<v SPEAKER_01>The descent of tranquility is the descent of the angel.

00:46:04.079 --> 00:46:05.760
<v SPEAKER_01>Just like in the Battle of Bedr as well, too.

00:46:05.840 --> 00:46:06.719
<v SPEAKER_01>They brought Saqinah upon them.

00:46:08.000 --> 00:46:11.039
<v SPEAKER_01>Yeah, Allah Azza descended upon him as Saqina.

00:46:11.599 --> 00:46:13.360
<v SPEAKER_01>So one thing to just think.

00:46:13.760 --> 00:46:17.519
<v SPEAKER_03>So if you want to have the presence of the angels in your life and surrounding you, what do you need to do?

00:46:17.760 --> 00:46:18.639
<v SPEAKER_03>More dikhi, right?

00:46:18.880 --> 00:46:21.280
<v SPEAKER_01>You should watch the Ramadan series called Angels in Your Presence.

00:46:24.079 --> 00:46:27.519
<v SPEAKER_01>But on a serious note, like something for everyone to think about.

00:46:27.920 --> 00:46:34.719
<v SPEAKER_01>Um at every moment, you have unseen company all the time.

00:46:34.880 --> 00:46:36.800
<v SPEAKER_01>You always have unseen company.

00:46:36.960 --> 00:46:42.639
<v SPEAKER_01>At every single moment in your life, there are creatures that are around you that you can't see.

00:46:42.880 --> 00:46:47.920
<v SPEAKER_01>And your actions fully determine whether it is angels or shayatin, and there is no in between.

00:46:48.079 --> 00:46:53.760
<v SPEAKER_01>You either have angels around you or you have devils around you, based upon your deeds at all times.

00:46:53.840 --> 00:46:57.760
<v SPEAKER_01>So if you could like think when you're in the midst of things, and again, dikr is about mindfulness too.

00:46:57.920 --> 00:47:01.360
<v SPEAKER_01>Like, what creatures am I attracting around me right now?

00:47:01.440 --> 00:47:03.599
<v SPEAKER_01>Like, who do I think is sitting in this gathering right now?

00:47:03.760 --> 00:47:08.719
<v SPEAKER_01>When you're hanging out with your friends or whatever it is that you're doing, who do I think is sitting in this gathering right now?

00:47:08.800 --> 00:47:16.239
<v SPEAKER_01>Who do I think is with us right now based upon the way that this gathering is unfolding, based upon the things that I'm saying and that I'm doing, based upon what I'm watching?

00:47:16.400 --> 00:47:19.760
<v SPEAKER_01>Am I surrounded by angels right now or am I surrounded by shayatine?

00:47:19.920 --> 00:47:23.760
<v SPEAKER_01>Like you leave certain food out and you attract certain insects and maggots, right?

00:47:24.079 --> 00:47:29.519
<v SPEAKER_01>Like, what are the deeds that I'm putting out to attract a certain type of creature?

00:47:29.840 --> 00:47:40.719
<v SPEAKER_01>The angels love dhikr so much that they love the smell of your breath when you brush your teeth for dhikr.

00:47:41.039 --> 00:47:42.639
<v SPEAKER_01>Like they even inhale that in.

00:47:42.880 --> 00:47:48.719
<v SPEAKER_01>Like, oh, that's the that's that that that breath that is going to be remembering Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

00:47:49.119 --> 00:47:50.960
<v SPEAKER_01>They love everything about your dhikr.

00:47:51.280 --> 00:47:52.480
<v SPEAKER_01>Everything about your dhikr.

00:47:52.800 --> 00:47:56.719
<v SPEAKER_01>Allah Azza made it for them like their oxygen, right?

00:47:57.039 --> 00:47:58.800
<v SPEAKER_01>Like they just they're attracted to it.

00:47:58.880 --> 00:47:59.840
<v SPEAKER_01>The remembrance of Allah is not a good thing.

00:48:00.320 --> 00:48:01.199
<v SPEAKER_01>They're flying around, looking for it.

00:48:01.360 --> 00:48:03.199
<v SPEAKER_01>Yeah, they're flying around looking for it.

00:48:03.440 --> 00:48:05.119
<v SPEAKER_01>They're flying around looking for it.

00:48:05.280 --> 00:48:11.119
<v SPEAKER_01>Come, illah, halumu ila, as the Imam al-Hadith mentioned, even the Arabic language, illa hajatikum.

00:48:12.079 --> 00:48:14.559
<v SPEAKER_03>Come to what they find a circle, they start calling each other.

00:48:14.800 --> 00:48:15.599
<v SPEAKER_01>Start calling each other.

00:48:15.760 --> 00:48:18.320
<v SPEAKER_01>We found we found the gathering of people remembering Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

00:48:18.480 --> 00:48:19.440
<v SPEAKER_01>Come over here, come over here.

00:48:19.599 --> 00:48:21.039
<v SPEAKER_01>And they surround that gathering.

00:48:21.199 --> 00:48:23.679
<v SPEAKER_01>So they cling to that dhikr of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

00:48:23.920 --> 00:48:29.440
<v SPEAKER_01>So you always have unseen company, and that's based upon your seen company and your performed deeds.

00:48:29.519 --> 00:48:35.440
<v SPEAKER_01>You're the one that's choosing what type of unseen company is sitting with you, but there's always unseen company that is around you.

00:48:36.159 --> 00:48:42.639
<v SPEAKER_03>Shaykh number 25 he says, and now several when she sani an al-hibati when namimi will khabi bewilfashiw al-batr.

00:48:42.880 --> 00:48:49.199
<v SPEAKER_03>Because dhikr keeps the tongue busy from backbiting, from slander, from lies, from lewdness, from vain talk.

00:48:49.280 --> 00:48:58.639
<v SPEAKER_03>And indeed, the servant cannot avoid speaking, so either he speaks with the remembrance of Allah and his commandments, or his speech involves these forbidden things.

00:48:58.800 --> 00:49:04.400
<v SPEAKER_03>So subhanAllah, if you remember Allah Azza wa Jal, it makes you it makes your tongue busy with good things.

00:49:04.480 --> 00:49:10.639
<v SPEAKER_03>Otherwise, if you go quiet, you most likely, if you open your mouth, you're gonna say something that you're not gonna be happy with later on, yeah, is calm.

00:49:10.880 --> 00:49:14.000
<v SPEAKER_01>I mean, can you imagine someone going, astakhrullah, astaqrullah, astakrullah?

00:49:14.079 --> 00:49:15.360
<v SPEAKER_01>Yeah, he is like that.

00:49:16.800 --> 00:49:17.840
<v SPEAKER_01>SubhanAllah Alhamdulillah.

00:49:18.079 --> 00:49:25.920
<v SPEAKER_01>I know, can you believe she like your tongue can't go from vikr to ghriba and namima and keddib that easy.

00:49:26.159 --> 00:49:37.679
<v SPEAKER_01>So, as we said like two nights ago, like at the very least, uh a tongue that's remembering Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, even if it's not penetrating the heart, at least it's protecting that tongue, right, from speaking something that's evil as well.

00:49:37.760 --> 00:49:40.480
<v SPEAKER_01>So keeping it busy is a means of protection of it as well.

00:49:40.880 --> 00:50:03.679
<v SPEAKER_03>Number 26, he says, He says, the gathering of remembrance are the gathering of the angels, whereas those gathering of gossip and heedlessness are the gathering of the devils.

00:50:03.840 --> 00:50:11.840
<v SPEAKER_03>So let the servant choose which of uh which is more pleasing and important to him, for he will be with those very people in this life and in the hereafter.

00:50:11.920 --> 00:50:13.519
<v SPEAKER_03>May Allah protect us from the Sarah B'rami.

00:50:13.760 --> 00:50:26.480
<v SPEAKER_03>That reminds me with Hare that when you finish your Far Salah, the Prophet said, when you finish your Far Salah and you sit down making dhikr of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, Allah will send the angels to you to be present with you.

00:50:26.559 --> 00:50:30.480
<v SPEAKER_03>While you're making that dhikr after salah, and what would their job be?

00:50:30.639 --> 00:50:33.840
<v SPEAKER_03>To seek istighfar for you, making dua for you, subhanAllah.

00:50:34.000 --> 00:50:42.800
<v SPEAKER_03>You're making dua and making istighfar and dhikr, and the angels around you making that dua and dhikr for you until you get up from your spot, or if you lose your wudu.

00:50:43.760 --> 00:50:46.320
<v SPEAKER_03>So, but the angels are present.

00:50:46.480 --> 00:50:52.559
<v SPEAKER_03>So if you want to have if you have the angels again being with you to give you that peace and tranquility, always remember Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

00:50:53.119 --> 00:51:10.239
<v SPEAKER_01>There's also Shaykh, this uh hadith in Nabisallam, dunya milnah, that the the world is cursed, everything is cursed within it except for dhikrullah, the remembrance of Allah, wamawala, and everything that surrounds the remembrance of Allah, wa'ariman, a muta'aliman, or a scholar or a student.

00:51:10.480 --> 00:51:14.880
<v SPEAKER_01>And miluna here, the ulima of hadith mentioned, cursed here means deprived of blessings.

00:51:15.039 --> 00:51:18.079
<v SPEAKER_01>It's not going to give you any blessing, it will give you no good.

00:51:18.239 --> 00:51:22.639
<v SPEAKER_01>So, ma'wala, like a gathering, Allah should be mentioned in some way.

00:51:22.800 --> 00:51:27.599
<v SPEAKER_01>And one of the ways that you know you should cut a friendship, by the way, is if it's awkward to talk about Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in that friendship.

00:51:27.679 --> 00:51:38.800
<v SPEAKER_01>Like if you're so distant, if your relationship is so distant from uh from goodness that even saying salamu aikum is awkward as a greeting, and like you bring in religion, what are you why are you talking about deen right now?

00:51:38.960 --> 00:51:41.519
<v SPEAKER_01>That's a friendship that's not a good friendship for you, right?

00:51:41.760 --> 00:51:45.119
<v SPEAKER_01>Some sort of dhikr of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, meaning Allah is remembered.

00:51:45.280 --> 00:51:56.239
<v SPEAKER_01>And a scholar or a student means the environments of of teaching and learning that everything in the world will give you nothing except for those two domains.

00:51:56.400 --> 00:52:03.760
<v SPEAKER_01>The remembrance of Allah and something that surrounds the remembrance of Allah, or the remembrance of knowledge, something that surrounds uh the idea of knowledge.

00:52:04.639 --> 00:52:10.639
<v SPEAKER_03>Remember 27, he says, Rahimallahu ta'ala, and nahu yas adu daku bidikre wa yas adubihi jalisu.

00:52:12.960 --> 00:52:18.639
<v SPEAKER_03>Wallafilu wallahhi, yash ka bi lahuhi wa rafleti, waesh kabihi mu jalisu.

00:52:18.880 --> 00:52:25.519
<v SPEAKER_03>He says Rahimu Allah, the one remembering Allah is happy by his remembrance, and thus makes those around him happy also.

00:52:25.760 --> 00:52:27.760
<v SPEAKER_03>Indeed, he is blessed wherever he is.

00:52:27.920 --> 00:52:43.440
<v SPEAKER_03>As for the one who is heedless and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's remembrance, uh heedless of Allah's remembrance, someone who just chit-chichat, basically chit-chatting all the time, he's made unhappy by his heedlessness and vain talk, and so too does he make those around him unhappy.

00:52:43.519 --> 00:52:46.480
<v SPEAKER_03>And that's subhanAltering Shaykh, fact of life.

00:52:46.719 --> 00:52:50.400
<v SPEAKER_03>Um, you can't make anyone happy if you're not happy yourself.

00:52:50.639 --> 00:52:54.400
<v SPEAKER_03>Like you need to be happy yourself first so you can make others happy.

00:52:54.480 --> 00:53:01.840
<v SPEAKER_03>And if you would like to be happy, obviously, uh, there's nothing better than being in the company of the Lord subhanahu wa ta'ala that gives you joy and happiness.

00:53:02.000 --> 00:53:05.599
<v SPEAKER_03>So when people are around you, they can find that joy and happiness with that.

00:53:05.679 --> 00:53:09.679
<v SPEAKER_03>You're very positive, you're always, mashallah, uh good to be around.

00:53:09.840 --> 00:53:12.079
<v SPEAKER_03>They feel encouraged, inspired.

00:53:12.320 --> 00:53:13.599
<v SPEAKER_03>You bring joy.

00:53:13.840 --> 00:53:24.400
<v SPEAKER_03>But if your uh if your tongue doesn't have dhikr of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, oh it has just you know kind of like backbiting, criticism, whining about things and so on, no one likes the company of that individual at all.

00:53:24.719 --> 00:53:30.960
<v SPEAKER_01>It's uh like Ibn Ata Allah rahim Allah said, Wala yadullah imaqalu.

00:53:31.199 --> 00:53:36.800
<v SPEAKER_01>Do not be around people that don't inspire you by their state of being, or they don't guide you with their speech.

00:53:36.960 --> 00:53:39.840
<v SPEAKER_01>Don't accompany people that don't do one of those two things.

00:53:40.000 --> 00:53:47.360
<v SPEAKER_01>Um you know, if you think about like being in the company of someone who remembers Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, just the way that you feel at the end of it.

00:53:47.599 --> 00:53:54.320
<v SPEAKER_01>You know, the Prophet mentions that a good friend is like a person who sells uh perfume, right?

00:53:54.400 --> 00:53:55.519
<v SPEAKER_01>You smell good at the end.

00:53:55.599 --> 00:53:57.440
<v SPEAKER_01>Like, what's the smell here?

00:53:57.760 --> 00:53:58.079
<v SPEAKER_01>Right?

00:53:58.400 --> 00:54:00.880
<v SPEAKER_01>Your heart feels good, your soul feels good.

00:54:01.119 --> 00:54:08.480
<v SPEAKER_01>And this was something, you know, Imam Marik Rahim Allah would say this about Imam Allaith Rahimallah Ta'ala, taqarrabilla, get close to Allah by being in the company of this man.

00:54:08.800 --> 00:54:11.440
<v SPEAKER_01>Like I feel different when I'm around this person.

00:54:11.599 --> 00:54:16.159
<v SPEAKER_01>And when I leave this person, like my heart and my soul feel different when I'm around this person.

00:54:16.239 --> 00:54:22.079
<v SPEAKER_01>So you accompany people who are remembering Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala uh frequently, and your heart will feel different as well.

00:54:22.400 --> 00:54:39.679
<v SPEAKER_03>Number 28, he says, It gives the servant security from regret and sadness on the day of judgment.

00:54:39.840 --> 00:54:48.880
<v SPEAKER_03>Every gathering in which the servant does not mention his Lord, it uh will be a source of great regret and loss on the day of judgment.

00:54:48.960 --> 00:54:50.800
<v SPEAKER_03>Which is Hadithin Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.

00:54:51.679 --> 00:54:59.440
<v SPEAKER_03>If people get to in a gathering, the Prophet says, Hasratan wa tiratanyomal qiyama.

00:54:59.760 --> 00:55:03.840
<v SPEAKER_03>Like if you sit together with friends and we do a lot of socializing in our time.

00:55:04.239 --> 00:55:16.000
<v SPEAKER_03>We go have coffee together, we sit together in the house, or we sit down around the meal, and like Shaykh mentioned, sometimes we feel kind of like shy, embarrassed to be on the party poop, and talking about Allah Azzawal and talk about dhikr and deen and so on.

00:55:16.239 --> 00:55:18.079
<v SPEAKER_03>Oh, we came here just for the cakes, man.

00:55:18.239 --> 00:55:18.480
<v SPEAKER_03>Right?

00:55:18.639 --> 00:55:20.559
<v SPEAKER_03>So now you're gonna talk about din and so on.

00:55:20.719 --> 00:55:25.280
<v SPEAKER_03>So people they avoid even doing that dhikr out of fear losing friends.

00:55:25.599 --> 00:55:37.679
<v SPEAKER_03>But here we learn that if you sit in a gathering, you spend an hour or more or less, and nothing was mentioned about Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, the akhira, din of Allah, not even a reminder.

00:55:38.320 --> 00:55:41.440
<v SPEAKER_03>That gathering will be a source of regret on the day of judgment.

00:55:41.599 --> 00:55:46.320
<v SPEAKER_03>But with the dhikr of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, alhamdulillah, it counts for you, not against you.

00:55:46.719 --> 00:55:55.360
<v SPEAKER_01>There's a hadith, I'll paraphrase it for the sake of time, that a person, uh a person says a word, la yulkhi la habala, and doesn't pay attention to it.

00:55:55.599 --> 00:56:07.760
<v SPEAKER_01>And it either throws him into the depths of the fire, or on the other hand, la yurkilahabala, he's gotten his tongue so used to speaking good words that the word that he didn't think much of elevates him to the highest ranks of paradise.

00:56:08.000 --> 00:56:10.320
<v SPEAKER_01>So La yurkilahabala is the point here.

00:56:10.400 --> 00:56:11.519
<v SPEAKER_01>Like you're not even paying attention.

00:56:11.599 --> 00:56:19.679
<v SPEAKER_01>Your tongue has become so used to a certain way of speaking that you did not consider this too much, and that's true in sin, and that's true in good as well.

00:56:20.000 --> 00:56:32.400
<v SPEAKER_03>So the last two point you mentioned here, number 29 we mentioned already, is that uh uh when you cry alone in seclusion, it's a source of blessing on the day of judgment to be under the shade of Rahman will be no shade but his subhanahu wa ta'ala.

00:56:32.880 --> 00:57:02.719
<v SPEAKER_03>And the third the last one, the number thirty, he says, in this uh he says that the one who is constantly engaged in the remembrance of Allah, this will be a cause for him to be granted better than those who simply ask for something.

00:57:02.960 --> 00:57:17.920
<v SPEAKER_03>As in the hadith, Umar B-Khattabri when he said, the Messenger of Allah said that Allah says in the Hadith Khudisi, whoever is preoccupied by my remembrance is to supplicate me, I will give him better than I give those who just ask me.

00:57:18.400 --> 00:57:21.039
<v SPEAKER_03>This is uh misunderstood, Shaykh.

00:57:21.440 --> 00:57:23.360
<v SPEAKER_01>Yeah, it could be misunderstood, absolutely.

00:57:24.000 --> 00:57:34.159
<v SPEAKER_01>The idea here is that the thana part of your dua's, the praising Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala part of your dua should not just be something that you quickly get through.

00:57:34.480 --> 00:57:34.639
<v SPEAKER_01>Right?

00:57:34.800 --> 00:57:37.199
<v SPEAKER_01>And so that you get to a talab, that you get to the ask.

00:57:37.519 --> 00:57:40.000
<v SPEAKER_01>It should be something that you actually really immerse yourself in.

00:57:40.079 --> 00:57:42.639
<v SPEAKER_01>And sometimes like you'll think about like the dua that you're making.

00:57:42.800 --> 00:57:46.320
<v SPEAKER_01>When we're praising Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, we're not really getting into that part.

00:57:46.400 --> 00:57:52.800
<v SPEAKER_01>But then once I start getting to my part, which is the talab, the ask, then I start getting really, really, really into it, right?

00:57:52.880 --> 00:57:54.800
<v SPEAKER_01>And really emotional and really desperate.

00:57:55.039 --> 00:57:57.199
<v SPEAKER_01>I want this, I want this, I want that.

00:57:57.440 --> 00:58:01.599
<v SPEAKER_01>Now, one way to understand this as well is to take the situation of Maryam alayh.

00:58:02.480 --> 00:58:07.199
<v SPEAKER_01>Maryam alayhi salam did not ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for a child, right?

00:58:07.519 --> 00:58:11.920
<v SPEAKER_01>But Allah gave her a child, and that's the best blessing that ever was given to her.

00:58:12.239 --> 00:58:23.039
<v SPEAKER_01>If a person is pleasing Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and remembering Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, then Allah will decree in their favor even when they don't ask, because they don't know to even ask for that thing.

00:58:23.199 --> 00:58:26.079
<v SPEAKER_01>In no way was Mariyam thinking to ask Allah Azwaj for a child.

00:58:26.239 --> 00:58:27.599
<v SPEAKER_01>She wasn't even married, right?

00:58:27.679 --> 00:58:29.440
<v SPEAKER_01>But Allah blessed her, right?

00:58:29.679 --> 00:58:40.320
<v SPEAKER_01>When a person is in the constant state of dhikr, then the qadr is responding accordingly, and the du'a is usually to alter the qadr in some way, right?

00:58:40.480 --> 00:58:46.719
<v SPEAKER_01>So the qadr, the decree, is already in response to those things because sometimes you don't even know what to ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for.

00:58:46.800 --> 00:58:53.119
<v SPEAKER_01>So the two ways to really dig into this is to make sure that your thana is meaningful, your praise of Allah is meaningful in your dua.

00:58:53.440 --> 00:59:02.719
<v SPEAKER_01>And the second thing is that your dhikr is in and of itself a form of dua because it is invoking and evoking uh the goodness that would come from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

00:59:09.920 --> 00:59:15.119
<v SPEAKER_03>That if you're always mindful of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, all the time you think of Allah, that's dhikr, right?

00:59:15.360 --> 00:59:16.559
<v SPEAKER_03>Yajallahu maqhraj.

00:59:16.800 --> 00:59:19.119
<v SPEAKER_03>Allah will give you exit out of every difficulty, every hardship.

00:59:21.039 --> 00:59:23.840
<v SPEAKER_03>And provide for you from sources they don't account for.

00:59:24.159 --> 00:59:28.159
<v SPEAKER_03>And you will find risks comes through to you from sources what Allah Allah knows.

00:59:28.320 --> 00:59:32.159
<v SPEAKER_03>And I'm sure each one of us alhamdulillah has experience with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in regard to this matter.

00:59:32.239 --> 00:59:37.199
<v SPEAKER_03>I remember when we were students in Medina Shaykh, we always broke Allah Mustang.

00:59:37.440 --> 00:59:39.199
<v SPEAKER_03>But we survived those years, mashaAllah.

00:59:39.599 --> 00:59:41.199
<v SPEAKER_03>All other blessings, subhanAllah.

00:59:41.440 --> 00:59:42.960
<v SPEAKER_03>But Allah will provide for you.

00:59:43.039 --> 00:59:49.119
<v SPEAKER_03>Like I remember my first Hajj, my first Hajj, it didn't cost me more than 150 riyals.

00:59:49.679 --> 00:59:50.880
<v SPEAKER_03>How much is that in dollars?

00:59:51.039 --> 00:59:51.440
<v SPEAKER_03>$50?

00:59:52.719 --> 00:59:54.559
<v SPEAKER_03>$50 going to Hajjama.

00:59:55.199 --> 00:59:55.599
<v SPEAKER_03>How?

00:59:55.840 --> 01:00:05.599
<v SPEAKER_03>SubhanAllah, I was preparing to go to Hajj with another friend of mine to be together, and we were wondering how we're gonna get there, how much is it gonna cost us, blah blah blah.

01:00:05.840 --> 01:00:12.960
<v SPEAKER_03>And then as we were preparing to go, suddenly I meet somebody, a senior student who was actually doing his uh uh PhD at the time.

01:00:13.199 --> 01:00:16.719
<v SPEAKER_03>He he told me, he he talked to me, he said, Are you guys going to Hajj this year?

01:00:16.800 --> 01:00:17.519
<v SPEAKER_03>I said, Yeah, of course.

01:00:17.679 --> 01:00:19.119
<v SPEAKER_03>He goes, You wanna come?

01:00:19.519 --> 01:00:20.960
<v SPEAKER_03>And I'm like, Bismillah.

01:00:21.119 --> 01:00:22.880
<v SPEAKER_03>He goes, Okay, we'll drive together, inshallah.

01:00:23.119 --> 01:00:25.760
<v SPEAKER_03>But uh, we're gonna need to go a day later.

01:00:26.000 --> 01:00:28.079
<v SPEAKER_03>I said, fine, we'll go with you, inshaAllah.

01:00:28.880 --> 01:00:30.800
<v SPEAKER_03>So he drove us all the way to Mecca.

01:00:31.440 --> 01:00:34.960
<v SPEAKER_03>And we stayed with him because he knew he was there before, subhanAllah, before us.

01:00:35.039 --> 01:00:42.000
<v SPEAKER_03>So he took us to all the places where you need to do, where you actually go where you go to sleep, where you spend your time.

01:00:42.239 --> 01:00:44.320
<v SPEAKER_03>And we just came back again after hajj.

01:00:44.480 --> 01:00:46.320
<v SPEAKER_03>We only cost 150 riyal.

01:00:48.800 --> 01:00:50.480
<v SPEAKER_03>Those days were golden days, mashaAllah.

01:00:51.039 --> 01:00:53.199
<v SPEAKER_03>Now you can't even imagine having Hajj 150 riyas.

01:00:53.440 --> 01:00:56.000
<v SPEAKER_03>But what I'm saying, we all have those experiences.

01:00:56.239 --> 01:01:04.480
<v SPEAKER_03>And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will put in your way things that you will find so much blessing and so much risk come your way, simply if you do your best inshallah, remember.

01:01:07.440 --> 01:01:09.519
<v SPEAKER_00>I think only you have these experiences, mashallah.

01:01:09.840 --> 01:01:10.239
<v SPEAKER_00>Yeah, right.

01:01:10.480 --> 01:01:13.199
<v SPEAKER_00>Bosnia stories, haj stories, inshaAllah.

01:01:13.440 --> 01:01:14.960
<v SPEAKER_00>I'm sure everybody has a story, alhamdulillah.

01:01:15.360 --> 01:01:18.079
<v SPEAKER_00>Sometimes I enter into your office and uh where did you get this from?

01:01:18.239 --> 01:01:18.480
<v SPEAKER_00>You know?

01:01:18.719 --> 01:01:19.360
<v SPEAKER_03>From the house.

01:01:19.440 --> 01:01:19.679
<v SPEAKER_03>Yeah.

01:01:20.719 --> 01:01:21.599
<v SPEAKER_03>Food spreads in.

01:01:21.760 --> 01:01:23.519
<v SPEAKER_03>I think that's actually a chemical mechanism.

01:01:25.119 --> 01:01:27.840
<v SPEAKER_03>So Absekna, we'll take questions, inshaAllah, right now.

01:01:28.079 --> 01:01:33.039
<v SPEAKER_03>So uh somebody commenting on uh the Egyptian word uh wahish, which means ugly.

01:01:33.199 --> 01:01:36.960
<v SPEAKER_03>He has also, the Egyptians also say when they miss somebody, what do they say?

01:01:37.280 --> 01:01:38.320
<v SPEAKER_03>Wahashtini.

01:01:38.480 --> 01:01:39.280
<v SPEAKER_03>Wahishna.

01:01:39.679 --> 01:01:40.239
<v SPEAKER_03>The same thing.

01:01:40.320 --> 01:01:40.880
<v SPEAKER_03>What does that mean?

01:01:40.960 --> 01:01:44.960
<v SPEAKER_03>It means that being away from you makes me feel like I'm in the wilderness.

01:01:45.119 --> 01:01:47.440
<v SPEAKER_03>I'm becoming like a wild beast without you, basically.

01:01:47.920 --> 01:01:49.519
<v SPEAKER_03>Like you tame me, that's what it means.

01:01:49.679 --> 01:01:51.920
<v SPEAKER_03>When I meet you, mashallah, I feel tamed very well.

01:01:52.079 --> 01:01:54.000
<v SPEAKER_03>So that's a beautiful expression with the subject of the.

01:01:56.960 --> 01:01:57.199
<v SPEAKER_01>We should.

01:01:57.760 --> 01:02:01.199
<v SPEAKER_03>I mean, if we dig into dictionary, we find a lot of expression that hashti wahash.

01:02:01.519 --> 01:02:02.320
<v SPEAKER_03>All these things, yeah.

01:02:04.000 --> 01:02:04.320
<v SPEAKER_03>Okay.

01:02:05.199 --> 01:02:06.639
<v SPEAKER_03>A question says over here.

01:02:06.800 --> 01:02:25.119
<v SPEAKER_03>Um somebody's still complaining and saying subhanAllah, I still find it very difficult to feel the connection with Allah and the Quran.

01:02:25.440 --> 01:02:26.000
<v SPEAKER_03>What could that be?

01:02:26.159 --> 01:02:27.039
<v SPEAKER_03>What's the reason for that?

01:02:28.000 --> 01:02:29.199
<v SPEAKER_01>Multiple things.

01:02:29.599 --> 01:02:31.440
<v SPEAKER_01>But the remedy is one.

01:02:31.840 --> 01:02:32.079
<v SPEAKER_01>Right?

01:02:32.239 --> 01:02:35.360
<v SPEAKER_01>So there it could be sins, and a person should diagnose those sins.

01:02:35.440 --> 01:02:41.599
<v SPEAKER_01>And it could be honestly attention span, it could be practice, it could be, you know, just not creating the right environment for it.

01:02:41.679 --> 01:02:42.559
<v SPEAKER_00>So it's multiple things.

01:02:42.639 --> 01:02:47.280
<v SPEAKER_00>But not taking that private time to make the Quran, just simply and quietly, subhanAllah.

01:02:47.599 --> 01:02:49.920
<v SPEAKER_03>And some people have a hard, harder time focusing, Shaykh.

01:02:50.079 --> 01:02:50.719
<v SPEAKER_03>That's also a reality.

01:02:50.880 --> 01:02:55.519
<v SPEAKER_03>And also, Shaykh, sometimes, you know, subhanAllah, the ibadah becomes just a task.

01:02:55.760 --> 01:02:58.159
<v SPEAKER_03>Yeah, and when you read the Quran, I have to read the Quran.

01:02:58.320 --> 01:03:00.079
<v SPEAKER_03>So we just kind of sit down to read the Quran.

01:03:00.320 --> 01:03:02.480
<v SPEAKER_03>So they don't want to connect with the Quran anymore.

01:03:02.559 --> 01:03:02.639
<v SPEAKER_03>Right.

01:03:02.880 --> 01:03:05.039
<v SPEAKER_03>As much as just have it on the checklist.

01:03:05.119 --> 01:03:05.280
<v SPEAKER_03>Right.

01:03:05.440 --> 01:03:07.599
<v SPEAKER_03>Like I did my task for the day subhanAllah.

01:03:07.760 --> 01:03:07.840
<v SPEAKER_03>Right.

01:03:08.000 --> 01:03:11.280
<v SPEAKER_03>So do it with uh mindfulness, we spoke about it in the first session.

01:03:11.440 --> 01:03:14.400
<v SPEAKER_03>And it's even with the Quran, and remember Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

01:03:17.599 --> 01:03:18.800
<v SPEAKER_01>But can I say something, Shaykh?

01:03:18.880 --> 01:03:19.199
<v SPEAKER_01>Yes, please.

01:03:19.440 --> 01:03:23.440
<v SPEAKER_01>If you're bothered by your lack of a relationship with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, that's a good thing.

01:03:24.000 --> 01:03:25.119
<v SPEAKER_01>So that's a step.

01:03:25.599 --> 01:03:27.360
<v SPEAKER_01>If it doesn't bother you, that's a bad thing.

01:03:27.440 --> 01:03:35.199
<v SPEAKER_01>So if it actually bothers you that you're not feeling a connection, um, it's like uh one of their illuminat mentions the difference between a sick heart and a dead heart.

01:03:35.360 --> 01:03:39.199
<v SPEAKER_01>A sick heart feels sick, a dead heart no longer feels.

01:03:39.440 --> 01:03:44.800
<v SPEAKER_01>So it's a good thing that you feel like that distance is there and you want to remedy it.

01:03:45.840 --> 01:03:46.079
<v SPEAKER_03>No.

01:03:46.639 --> 01:03:47.840
<v SPEAKER_03>Um look at this comment.

01:03:48.320 --> 01:03:52.559
<v SPEAKER_03>Someone's saying, Shaykhia said, Do you have a wardrobe in the room in the masjid, mashaAllah?

01:03:53.039 --> 01:03:56.400
<v SPEAKER_03>Like you have a new outfit every time and you're on camera.

01:03:57.119 --> 01:03:58.559
<v SPEAKER_00>Does it does it come from?

01:03:58.800 --> 01:03:59.039
<v SPEAKER_03>Yeah.

01:04:03.599 --> 01:04:05.199
<v SPEAKER_03>No, actually, I have it at home alhamdulillah.

01:04:06.000 --> 01:04:07.199
<v SPEAKER_03>When were you in Afghanistan?

01:04:07.280 --> 01:04:07.519
<v SPEAKER_03>Huh?

01:04:07.760 --> 01:04:08.880
<v SPEAKER_03>When were you in Afghanistan?

01:04:09.039 --> 01:04:09.199
<v SPEAKER_03>Never.

01:04:09.519 --> 01:04:10.719
<v SPEAKER_03>Your Bosnia story.

01:04:11.039 --> 01:04:12.159
<v SPEAKER_03>It's in the heart, Yahay.

01:04:12.239 --> 01:04:13.440
<v SPEAKER_03>Afghanistan's in the heart, inshaAllah.

01:04:13.679 --> 01:04:15.280
<v SPEAKER_03>Allah make it easy for the Mi Rabbil Alameen.

01:04:15.840 --> 01:04:25.519
<v SPEAKER_03>Uh someone's asking, if you make a dua, uh, and that dua is basically was made in a time when the time is guaranteed to be accepted.

01:04:25.679 --> 01:04:29.199
<v SPEAKER_03>Like for example, when you break your fast, when you see the Kaaba the first time.

01:04:29.440 --> 01:04:31.039
<v SPEAKER_03>Um, should we repeat that dua?

01:04:31.199 --> 01:04:35.760
<v SPEAKER_03>Uh I made it in a time should be accepted, so mashallah, done.

01:04:36.639 --> 01:04:39.199
<v SPEAKER_00>Of course, repeating it will only bring goodness with the naith.

01:04:40.000 --> 01:04:41.920
<v SPEAKER_03>But it was made in a time that was guaranteed.

01:04:42.079 --> 01:04:43.199
<v SPEAKER_03>Why do I have to repeat it again?

01:04:43.440 --> 01:04:44.400
<v SPEAKER_03>Will you tell me, Shaykh?

01:04:45.039 --> 01:04:46.400
<v SPEAKER_03>I'm asking you, I'm only asking.

01:04:47.199 --> 01:04:47.920
<v SPEAKER_03>You have the answer.

01:04:48.159 --> 01:04:50.559
<v SPEAKER_03>No, subhanAllah, I mean, who is better than the Prophet.

01:04:52.480 --> 01:04:52.719
<v SPEAKER_03>Right?

01:04:52.880 --> 01:04:54.239
<v SPEAKER_03>The Prophet was guaranteed what?

01:04:54.400 --> 01:04:56.239
<v SPEAKER_03>Not acceptance, forgiveness.

01:04:56.480 --> 01:04:58.079
<v SPEAKER_03>He was guaranteed Jannah even.

01:04:58.159 --> 01:04:58.719
<v SPEAKER_03>But what did he do?

01:04:59.920 --> 01:05:04.159
<v SPEAKER_03>He stands up at night, fin ta hajjid, until his feet are swollen.

01:05:04.320 --> 01:05:06.079
<v SPEAKER_03>And he was asked, why would you do that for?

01:05:06.320 --> 01:05:07.920
<v SPEAKER_03>I mean Allah accepted everything that you say.

01:05:08.079 --> 01:05:09.199
<v SPEAKER_03>Your dua, your dikhir.

01:05:10.719 --> 01:05:11.119
<v SPEAKER_03>What did he say?

01:05:13.519 --> 01:05:15.440
<v SPEAKER_03>Shouldn't I prove that I'm worthy of it?

01:05:15.920 --> 01:05:18.960
<v SPEAKER_03>I need to prove that I'm worthy of it, so that's why I do what I do.

01:05:19.039 --> 01:05:23.280
<v SPEAKER_03>So when you make your dua, you're asking the most generous subhanahu wa ta'ala, keep repeating that dua.

01:05:23.519 --> 01:05:25.199
<v SPEAKER_03>May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala accept from your raban.

01:05:26.320 --> 01:05:30.000
<v SPEAKER_03>What dikr should a Muslim uh never abandon on a daily basis?

01:05:30.320 --> 01:05:34.079
<v SPEAKER_03>Like, salah has understood that somebody should not be in abandoning at all.

01:05:34.239 --> 01:05:39.199
<v SPEAKER_03>But to strip to stay spiritually connected, if there was one dikr that needs to be mentioned regularly, what would that be?

01:05:39.519 --> 01:05:46.159
<v SPEAKER_01>I mean, La ilaha lullah would be the greatest renewal, because that's the one the Prophet mentioned that a person should keep their tongue moist with.

01:05:46.559 --> 01:05:53.920
<v SPEAKER_01>Um but in general, like there's the Prophet mentioned Habulkalami illallah, most beloved of words to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

01:05:54.079 --> 01:05:56.480
<v SPEAKER_01>So it it really goes around the words that you already know.

01:05:56.559 --> 01:05:59.760
<v SPEAKER_01>So there's a tahli, la ilaha, attaqbi.

01:06:13.679 --> 01:06:16.880
<v SPEAKER_01>These are the things that the Prophet teaches us to say every single day.

01:06:16.960 --> 01:06:20.480
<v SPEAKER_01>These are the one phrase, atkar, that you keep yourself busy with, inshaAllah.

01:06:20.960 --> 01:06:21.360
<v SPEAKER_03>Sha'allah.

01:06:22.239 --> 01:06:26.159
<v SPEAKER_03>Someone's saying, sometimes saying my atkar, my mind focuses on the word.

01:06:26.639 --> 01:06:28.400
<v SPEAKER_03>Like Alhamdulillah, for example.

01:06:28.559 --> 01:06:33.119
<v SPEAKER_03>But then my mind goes off track thinking about other things like college or just casual things.

01:06:33.280 --> 01:06:34.639
<v SPEAKER_03>But I'm still saying the atkar.

01:06:34.880 --> 01:06:35.920
<v SPEAKER_03>Is that a bad thing?

01:06:36.159 --> 01:06:40.079
<v SPEAKER_03>So sometimes when I remember, I go back to praying attention afterwards.

01:06:40.159 --> 01:06:43.599
<v SPEAKER_03>But is that a bad thing if I start making dhikr and then my mind goes all over the place?

01:06:43.760 --> 01:06:44.719
<v SPEAKER_03>It's human, Shaykh.

01:06:45.199 --> 01:06:46.239
<v SPEAKER_01>You're a human being.

01:06:47.679 --> 01:06:51.119
<v SPEAKER_01>I mean, I don't know of anyone that has a hundred percent focus.

01:06:51.599 --> 01:06:52.800
<v SPEAKER_01>You're a human being.

01:06:53.280 --> 01:06:55.599
<v SPEAKER_01>Again, once you become aware of it, come back.

01:06:55.920 --> 01:06:56.239
<v SPEAKER_01>Right?

01:06:56.400 --> 01:07:02.880
<v SPEAKER_01>And then try to see how you can make the distraction less by clearing the way before you start your dhikr, right?

01:07:02.960 --> 01:07:11.119
<v SPEAKER_01>So it's like what the Prophet taught us about, even how we prepare for salah, that you know, a person handles all of their needs before their salah.

01:07:11.199 --> 01:07:12.800
<v SPEAKER_01>So they're not thinking about those things.

01:07:12.960 --> 01:07:13.119
<v unknown>You know?

01:07:13.440 --> 01:07:34.719
<v SPEAKER_03>You know, Shaykh Subhala, what comes to my mind in this question here, hadith al-Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, um, when he was walking in his last few days in life, as he was walking out of the masjid going to his house, and then uh uh he said to the Sahaba who were surrounding him, I wish I could live until I meet my beloved ones.

01:07:34.960 --> 01:07:36.480
<v SPEAKER_03>So Sahaba, they were shocked.

01:07:36.960 --> 01:07:38.079
<v SPEAKER_03>Don't you count us among them?

01:07:38.239 --> 01:07:39.840
<v SPEAKER_03>Like, and we are your loved ones?

01:07:40.000 --> 01:07:42.079
<v SPEAKER_03>He says, Unto Mashabi, you're my companions.

01:07:42.159 --> 01:07:43.920
<v SPEAKER_03>You you earned your status basically.

01:07:44.159 --> 01:07:53.360
<v SPEAKER_03>But Ahbabi, another narration, Ichhwani, my brothers, he said, are those who will come after me, they believe in me, uh, even though they have never seen me.

01:07:53.679 --> 01:07:58.239
<v SPEAKER_03>He said, each one of them will have the reward of 70 of you.

01:07:59.119 --> 01:08:00.719
<v SPEAKER_03>Sahaba said, You mean 70 of them?

01:08:00.960 --> 01:08:03.920
<v SPEAKER_03>He goes, No, no, no, 70 of you, the companions.

01:08:05.199 --> 01:08:16.960
<v SPEAKER_03>Why would the reward of us here for doing something Sahaba did, like salah, tasbih, hadikir, would be multiplied 70 times more, if not even more, by the grace of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

01:08:17.119 --> 01:08:21.279
<v SPEAKER_03>So what comes to the mind, subhanahu shaykh, and the lifestyles.

01:08:21.600 --> 01:08:26.800
<v SPEAKER_03>In the past, the amount of distraction was not as as many.

01:08:27.680 --> 01:08:31.039
<v SPEAKER_03>For us, our distractions, yeah, just crazy.

01:08:31.840 --> 01:08:38.319
<v SPEAKER_03>And even even people they ask me, parents, they ask me, how can I, you know, make my son focus on the Quran and this and that and so on so.

01:08:38.479 --> 01:08:38.720
<v SPEAKER_03>Why?

01:08:38.880 --> 01:08:52.640
<v SPEAKER_03>Because they try to compare their kids who live in America and the suburban life in America, with a kid who lives, for example, in Asia or Africa, with that child, his social life revolves around getting together with his friend to memorize the Quran.

01:08:52.880 --> 01:09:00.880
<v SPEAKER_03>They don't have phones, they don't have iPads, they don't have uh uh all the distractions of this dunya, they don't have the possessions that we have in this dunya and so on.

01:09:01.039 --> 01:09:06.159
<v SPEAKER_03>So that's why their heart is more collected, their mind is more collected because their distractions are less.

01:09:06.479 --> 01:09:10.319
<v SPEAKER_03>But our life here in suburban life, subhanAllah, it's crazy.

01:09:10.720 --> 01:09:12.319
<v SPEAKER_03>Your mind is busy with everything.

01:09:12.479 --> 01:09:12.960
<v SPEAKER_03>You know what?

01:09:13.039 --> 01:09:15.840
<v SPEAKER_03>Just try going to open the fridge, see what you're gonna eat.

01:09:16.560 --> 01:09:23.039
<v SPEAKER_03>You're gonna get exhausted, trunk in what you're gonna do, and then you're gonna end up just gonna kind of just go and buy something else.

01:09:23.840 --> 01:09:24.560
<v SPEAKER_03>Why is that?

01:09:24.720 --> 01:09:28.239
<v SPEAKER_03>Because you get so distracted, so you go into analysis-paralysis.

01:09:28.319 --> 01:09:34.079
<v SPEAKER_03>Your mind is always in that process of so that's why sometimes, Shaykh, our dhikr is not yani.

01:09:34.319 --> 01:09:35.760
<v SPEAKER_03>We're not focusing on our dhikr.

01:09:36.239 --> 01:09:40.239
<v SPEAKER_03>There's so many things that would distract us from dhikr of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

01:09:40.880 --> 01:09:44.079
<v SPEAKER_03>You want to focus on your dikr, then turn off the noise.

01:09:45.039 --> 01:09:46.319
<v SPEAKER_03>Turn off that noise.

01:09:46.479 --> 01:09:47.279
<v SPEAKER_03>Whatever that is.

01:09:47.359 --> 01:09:48.399
<v SPEAKER_03>Is it your phone?

01:09:48.640 --> 01:09:49.600
<v SPEAKER_03>Is it your friends?

01:09:49.760 --> 01:09:50.720
<v SPEAKER_03>Is it the TV?

01:09:50.880 --> 01:09:53.119
<v SPEAKER_03>Is it you know all the other stuff?

01:09:53.279 --> 01:09:58.960
<v SPEAKER_03>Just as much as possible, turn off that noise and focus on the beautiful dhikr of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

01:10:00.640 --> 01:10:03.600
<v SPEAKER_03>Someone is asking Shaykh because we talked about Tawbah and Istighfar.

01:10:03.760 --> 01:10:05.840
<v SPEAKER_03>He says, What's the difference between tawbah and istighfar?

01:10:06.640 --> 01:10:08.239
<v SPEAKER_01>Istighfar is part of tawbah.

01:10:08.319 --> 01:10:10.319
<v SPEAKER_01>Tawbah is the turning back to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

01:10:10.479 --> 01:10:15.199
<v SPEAKER_01>Istighfar is one element of the turning back to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, which is the seeking forgiveness for the sin.

01:10:15.520 --> 01:10:21.279
<v SPEAKER_03>Also, some Alamada says istighfar is by the tongue and tawbah also through the actions that brings back to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

01:10:22.720 --> 01:10:32.800
<v SPEAKER_03>Um unrelated to be honest with you, but we're just trying to fill them out over here.

01:10:35.039 --> 01:10:48.239
<v SPEAKER_03>When it comes to remembrance, what is the best way to uh to improve sincerity uh that you have to be with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for a long time, as much as possible to be sincere in that private remembrance.

01:10:48.479 --> 01:10:52.319
<v SPEAKER_01>Um look, I was actually thinking about this, especially in the last ten nights.

01:10:54.640 --> 01:10:58.319
<v SPEAKER_03>You know, no, just want to ask another question, actually.

01:10:58.560 --> 01:10:59.279
<v SPEAKER_01>Is it similar maybe?

01:10:59.600 --> 01:11:00.399
<v SPEAKER_01>No, it's different actually.

01:11:00.880 --> 01:11:05.920
<v SPEAKER_01>Like thinking about in the last ten nights, look, at Hamdah, we have all this programming, right?

01:11:06.319 --> 01:11:08.560
<v SPEAKER_01>And you even have to hajjud after Tadawi.

01:11:09.279 --> 01:11:12.640
<v SPEAKER_01>But there's nothing like taking your own corner at some point in the night.

01:11:12.960 --> 01:11:17.520
<v SPEAKER_01>Uh private remembrance is going to give you the most sincere form of remembrance, period.

01:11:18.239 --> 01:11:30.880
<v SPEAKER_03>So someone's saying if if dhikr helps stop uh stop backbiting, is there any dhikr to say when someone else is backbiting or gossiping to you, or just keep uh uh keep you safe from their words?

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<v SPEAKER_03>I think they misunderstood the point over here because when we say that a dhikr stops you helps you stop backbiting, helps you, because when you do dhikr, khalas, you're busy yourself with dhikr alhamdulillah, so backbiting become distant from your mind to mention.

01:11:45.680 --> 01:11:53.840
<v SPEAKER_03>But if you're sitting with someone who is backbiting somebody else, you know, to you, how am I gonna stop that person and say, Stop for Allah, stop for Allah, stop for they're gonna stop?

01:11:53.920 --> 01:11:55.199
<v SPEAKER_03>No, it's not gonna happen that way.

01:11:55.359 --> 01:11:57.920
<v SPEAKER_03>Instead, you're gonna have to do Amr Ma'v-na'an munkar.

01:11:58.560 --> 01:12:00.000
<v SPEAKER_03>That's your dhikr right now.

01:12:00.079 --> 01:12:02.319
<v SPEAKER_03>Your dhikr is enjoying good, forbidding evil.

01:12:02.479 --> 01:12:06.159
<v SPEAKER_03>You tell this person, I don't like to talk about people like this.

01:12:06.399 --> 01:12:06.960
<v SPEAKER_03>Alright?

01:12:07.279 --> 01:12:10.720
<v SPEAKER_03>And if they insisted, look, I'm sorry, I can't really be part of this.

01:12:10.800 --> 01:12:13.439
<v SPEAKER_03>If you want to continue with this conversation, I'm gonna have to go somewhere else.

01:12:13.520 --> 01:12:18.640
<v SPEAKER_03>So hopefully that Amr Ma'v-na'al munkar will help that individual, inshaAllah ta'barak wa ta'ala.

01:12:19.840 --> 01:12:20.079
<v SPEAKER_03>No.

01:12:20.560 --> 01:12:36.880
<v SPEAKER_03>Uh there's a um there's actually a joke about this, some some ulama, um, some students of knowledge, they were talking about uh um yeah, and among themselves discussing the evil of the shaitan and what the shaitan does to them and this and that and so on.

01:12:37.039 --> 01:12:42.960
<v SPEAKER_03>And there was a guy sitting with them pretending to be in that gathering of master students of knowledge.

01:12:43.279 --> 01:12:49.600
<v SPEAKER_03>So uh uh when they start when they talked about the shaitan so much they turned to me, he goes, What about you?

01:12:49.760 --> 01:12:52.159
<v SPEAKER_03>I mean, what do you what have what issues you have with the shaitan?

01:12:52.479 --> 01:12:54.960
<v SPEAKER_03>He said, I'm sorry, can I get back biting right now, Yanni?

01:12:55.520 --> 01:12:58.159
<v SPEAKER_03>So anything you speak about the shaitan is back biting, Yanni.

01:12:58.239 --> 01:13:00.079
<v SPEAKER_03>So therefore, he doesn't want to get involved in one.

01:13:00.399 --> 01:13:09.119
<v SPEAKER_01>One time I tweeted something like when it was still Twitter like years ago, and I and I said, like, this is satanic, and like the official account of like Satan worshippers said, leave us out of this.

01:13:12.159 --> 01:13:16.079
<v SPEAKER_00>It's like well played, block Audible Shaitan Rajen, but inspired by the shaitan.

01:13:18.239 --> 01:13:18.479
<v SPEAKER_03>No.

01:13:18.880 --> 01:13:20.479
<v SPEAKER_03>Last question, inshaAllah ta'ala.

01:13:21.119 --> 01:13:27.359
<v SPEAKER_03>Can dhikr help interfere with depression and anxiety and you know, thinking of hurting themselves or so?

01:13:27.760 --> 01:13:32.319
<v SPEAKER_01>Yes, it's part of removal of anxiety and depression.

01:13:32.479 --> 01:13:33.680
<v SPEAKER_01>It's part of it.

01:13:33.840 --> 01:13:42.479
<v SPEAKER_01>Um, but there are different elements of depression and anxiety, and so use dhikr as part of the removal of it, but is it the entire removal of it?

01:13:42.560 --> 01:13:44.000
<v SPEAKER_01>Not necessarily, not always.

01:13:44.479 --> 01:13:45.359
<v SPEAKER_03>SubhanAllah, shaykhan.

01:13:45.680 --> 01:13:52.239
<v SPEAKER_03>I mean, I we still remember again the words of Ibn Qayum, rahimallah, the three gates of the shaitan to go through to your heart.

01:13:52.399 --> 01:13:55.680
<v SPEAKER_03>The number one is al-gafla, heedlessness.

01:13:56.000 --> 01:14:00.880
<v SPEAKER_03>SubhanAllah, that's the major, major, major source of depression and anxiety.

01:14:00.960 --> 01:14:04.800
<v SPEAKER_03>Because when you don't remember Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, you become on your own.

01:14:04.880 --> 01:14:05.840
<v SPEAKER_03>You feel alone.

01:14:06.079 --> 01:14:16.640
<v SPEAKER_03>That sense of loneliness, especially when you are with people who hurt you, unfortunately, and there is nobody to help you, you feel, you definitely feel terrible about this.

01:14:16.880 --> 01:14:21.439
<v SPEAKER_03>But if you remember Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, even in time like that, you're not gonna feel alone.

01:14:21.600 --> 01:14:27.119
<v SPEAKER_03>You're not gonna feel lonely, and that's alhamdulillah will definitely keep depression and anxiety away from you.

01:14:27.199 --> 01:14:27.359
<v SPEAKER_03>Why?

01:14:27.439 --> 01:14:29.119
<v SPEAKER_03>Because you have Allah on your side, Alhamdulillah.

01:14:29.760 --> 01:14:33.920
<v SPEAKER_03>So remember, gafla is is the reason why people go to all these feelings.

01:14:34.079 --> 01:14:35.680
<v SPEAKER_03>Being away from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

01:14:35.920 --> 01:14:39.119
<v SPEAKER_03>So please, my dear brothers and sisters, to remember these three things.

01:14:39.359 --> 01:14:46.159
<v SPEAKER_03>The doors to your heart where the shaitan is come through is heedlessness, desire, and anger.

01:14:46.720 --> 01:14:52.479
<v SPEAKER_03>And the way you block these doors and you close these doors, number one, we said what, juma?

01:14:52.880 --> 01:14:54.720
<v SPEAKER_03>For the gaflah you need dhikr.

01:14:54.960 --> 01:14:57.119
<v SPEAKER_03>For heedlessness, you need to remember Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

01:14:57.199 --> 01:15:01.840
<v SPEAKER_03>For shawa, you need tawbah to repent to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

01:15:02.239 --> 01:15:09.119
<v SPEAKER_03>And for the anger, always you need to remember to do a stighfar because you're not gonna make mistakes in your anger requires a stighfar from you.

01:15:09.199 --> 01:15:14.880
<v SPEAKER_03>May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala protect our hearts from the shaitan Rub Alameen and give us among those who remember Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

01:15:15.119 --> 01:15:18.880
<v SPEAKER_00>Just just um, and I know I know you you you would qualify this, right?

01:15:18.960 --> 01:15:30.319
<v SPEAKER_01>Like the idea of because people always ask this question about like faith and depression, like is Islam opposed to mental health and emotional health and physiological and all these types of things, because we're composed of different things.

01:15:30.560 --> 01:15:44.640
<v SPEAKER_01>There's a difference between saying that sins are a cause of depression and dhikr is a cause of tranquility, and saying that all depression can be reduced to simply a lack of dhikr, which is not what we're saying at all, right?

01:15:45.039 --> 01:15:52.319
<v SPEAKER_01>Um, but certainly sins cause sadness, and the lack of the remembrance of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala causes sadness.

01:15:52.800 --> 01:16:02.880
<v SPEAKER_01>But you are a whole being, and it's important to remedy that and to always make the remembrance of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala a part of that remedy, no matter what.

01:16:03.039 --> 01:16:11.680
<v SPEAKER_01>Um we had we had a great book that was authored by uh Sister Sarah Sultan and Sister Najwa that's um uh called Your Lord Has Not Forsaken You.

01:16:11.760 --> 01:16:16.800
<v SPEAKER_01>And they're both therapists, mashallah, mental health specialists, but they're also students of knowledge with Alhamdulillah al-Brame.

01:16:16.960 --> 01:16:23.600
<v SPEAKER_01>You can find it at Yaqeen's website, you can download it for free, Your Lord Has Not Forsaken You, and they break down Surah al-Duha in such a beautiful way.

01:16:23.760 --> 01:16:34.000
<v SPEAKER_01>So integrating faith into that well-being is so important, and it's it's it's at the root and at the uh heart of the remedy always within night time.

01:16:34.159 --> 01:16:39.439
<v SPEAKER_01>So I'd really recommend you all to download that book, Your Lord Has Not Forsaken You, uh, by Sister Sarah and Sister Najwa.

01:16:39.520 --> 01:16:39.920
<v SPEAKER_01>Barakallah.

01:16:40.880 --> 01:16:42.479
<v SPEAKER_03>Barakalafiq Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

01:16:42.880 --> 01:16:44.960
<v SPEAKER_03>Uh, make this a blessed gathering, Ya Rabbil Arameen.

01:16:45.039 --> 01:16:48.239
<v SPEAKER_03>We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to forgive us our shortcomings, Ya Rabbil Al Arameen.

01:16:48.399 --> 01:16:51.520
<v SPEAKER_03>Make us among those who listen to the speech and for the best of it, Ya Rabbil Arameen.

01:16:51.760 --> 01:16:53.600
<v SPEAKER_03>Zakma Allah, we'll see you tomorrow, inshaAllah ta'ala.

01:16:53.760 --> 01:16:55.439
<v SPEAKER_03>Salaam alaikum wa rahmatullahi ta' rawak.