"I have not left any Fitnah behind me more harmful to men then women"
Create the highest, grandest, vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe
The very first level is you seeing it
If you can't fly, run, if you can't run, walk, if you can't walk, crawl
If you want to maximize on the profits or the benefits, both religious as well as monetary, you need to ask the experts
Umar ibn Al-Kathab was martyred
After he was martyred the benefit continues, the same applies to us
Fear Allah and have good character
Men thinks irrational
We are driven by our anger and we think irrationally
Be silent when you are angry
He has gone far away but Allah did not call him a Kafir
We judge people based upon the sum total of who they are and what they are doing
We look at overall are they doing a positive impact or a negative impact
The righteous person who commits one error or mistake is not the same as the habitual sinner
When a person of nobility commit some type of mistake then cut them some slack
They might not be the people of knowledge but they are the people of stature
We do not judge somebody looking only at the negative
Sometimes we are blind to the good that somebody is doing
If we want to follow the Sunnah we are told "look at the good"
The purpose of your existence is to establish deen in your life and establish deen on the Earth
Allah gives, because none of it means nothing to him, it's worthless
Look at the Sahaba and the Prophets, they spoke very little and they did much
Today we speak very much, and we do very little
Deen is your GPS through life
Allah SWT is not looking to be impressed with what you can come up with
Allah made it very clear, this is the path, this is the road, and you can only achieve success if you follow this road
Anything and everything other than his way will lead you to destruction
Even if it's under the banner of deen
Allah is not looking for inventions
A prankster is someone that oppresses
When you leave the path Allah will destroy you
You choose the life of the Prophets you will have the end of the Prophets, you choose the life of Furaun you will have the end of Firaun
Dreams are of three types
1. Good dreams: these are from Allah
2. Mind(things that you think about before going to sleep: these are from your Nafs
3. Bad dreams/nightmares: these are from Shaytan
We need to know how to deal with differences of opinions respectfully
Ibrahim AS is one of the most intelligent human beings that ever lived
It's a demonstration of the stupidity of shirk
Prophet Ibrahim AS destroyed the idols, he was the only Prophet to do that
It was particular to Ibrahim AS and it cannot be repeated again
"We raise the rank of whoever we want"
We stand by the confidence of Ibrahim AS
Excessive admiration can lead to one casting the evil eye upon himself
When you start admiring your children excessively it can result in you casting the evil eye upon them
Don't go in the mirror and start flexing
Because this may result in a superiority complex
It may result in the evil eye being cast upon ourselves by ourself
Allah gave us all different responsibilities and tasks and He will not burden any of us beyond our scope, this is His way of telling us that He knows us and He knows our capabilities
And He will never ask us for anything more than our capabilities
The word "nafs" in the Quran is used to describe the struggling part of ourselves
Our desires come from our nafs
The nafs have temptations and desires, and it has feelings
We have to be really hard on ourselves
Everyone should work in accordance with the way that Allah formed them
Everything the Muslim does there is no such thing as mediocre
Everything you do in life you should excel in it, do the very best you can
This is Allah's expectation for the believers
There are some in the Quran that Allah chooses not to name
The fact that Allah chose to name him is a special honor
Wisdom in the Arabic language is: Beneficial knowledge that's acted upon
Whenever we are faced with difficulty you and I are preoccupied with the negative, and if we are preoccupied with the negative there's no way that we can focus on what to be grateful for
You can't be drowned in negative thought and be grateful at the same time. Those two things cannot coexist
We are very ungrateful, because we always find a reason to complain
It doesn't matter how much knowledge you have or how long your beard is
Gratitude isn't there because we are always complaining
Sometimes you can have praise without gratitude and you can have gratitude without praise
Ibrahim AS is grateful to his father because he raised him but he is not going to praise him
Musa AS is grateful to the Pharaoh because he raised him but he is not going to praise him because he is evil
But with Allah praise and thanks always go together
This is an attitude that he embodied
Living a life of gratitude is liberating
In the Muslim Ummah we are added to negativity
The more grateful you are the more positive you are
There is always something to be grateful for
If you are grateful in life Allah will give you more and more
Allah is already praised, He doesn't need you to praise him. That's human beings
When someone needs praise they are absolved in themselves
He didn't need that praise, that was for you. You were the beneficiary of it
It's not just what you do, it's how you do it
Being grateful is not just an act, it's an attitude
The heart of our relationship with Allah is actually gratitude
Because our kids are so entitled
We have to teach our children the value of money
When gratitude is gone the only thing that's left is shirk
You're serving yourself, you're grateful for yourself
Children don't know, they have to be guided
They will become what you make then
If you don't teach your children to be grateful the moment they become independent they don't want anything to do with you
Part of wisdom is that you raise your children the right way
Disbelief and ingratitude are the same words
Kufr means denial of favor
A kafr is two things, someone who denies Allah and someone who is ungrateful
Allah made light bend around them
When young people turn to Allah the world submits to them, the laws of nature submits to them
Excuses sound best to the person who is making them up
Atheists are obsessed with God
Sometimes you can forgive people, but if you continue to forgive who is going to stop that oppression?
The six pillars of iman are:
1: Belief in Allah
2: Belief in the Angels
3: Belief in the Messengers
4: Belief in the Divine Scriptures
5: Belief in the Last Day
6: Belief in Al-Qadar
Islam means to worship Allah alone
Be calm, be cool, be at peace. Yes you have a flame in you and you wanna get it out to the others but do it in a calm way
People are sometimes not at peace because, they do not know how to speak with those they disagree with
Just because I have a difference with you I must be violent, that is not Islam
Utter words that promote peace, utter words that promote harmony. Even though I may disagree with you, you are my brother
When a calamity strikes you are suppose to declare your closeness with Allah and affirm that you are going to return to Allah
When a problem strikes it's not the end of the world, but even if it was the end of the world, we would you return to, Allah
How did victory come? They reacted correctly
In our tradition there's a belief where the animal wants to be eaten. It wants to be energy for good deeds. Because by becoming part of a righteous person it's elevated in its state from becoming an animal that doesn't have free will and behaves only according to its nature to part of being with free will
And the animal hates to be used for foulness or for misdeeds
In our tradition intention is everything, why am I doing this?
The woman is special and important
The believer's state will change 40 times in a day
The disbeliever's state will stay the same for 40 years
The journey to God will make you well
If you are depressed, do more for the sake of God
There are four temperaments in the Islamic tradition
Don't make fun of things that you don't know about
"Whoever is ignorant of a thing will condemn it and attack it" - Imam Ali
Temperament is no justification for bad manners
When you understand people's nature it allows you to be more compassionate towards them
"The one that knows himself knows his Lord
Umar ibn Al-Kathab was stabbed while he was leading the prayer, that's how he died
You can't blame others for your corruption
Don't talk down on people and don't use your money as leverage against them
When we give for the sake of Allah that's it, you gave for the sake of Allah, you get nothing more out of it
If they give something back to you that's your perogative
1. You shouldn't expect it
2. If they don't do it you shouldn't be offended and say "I helped them out and they didn't do nothing for me
The moment that you start expecting in the depth of our hearts something in return for the charity that we gave then at that moment whatever you gave is not something acceptable before Allah
That is now a worldly transaction, in the Akhira it will not show up for you
Allah does not like to share
Allah does not need you to help that person
Allah will find other ways to help
You were simply there to demonstrate your bankruptcy to Allah
Allah is sensitive to the pain of other people
You should emulate one of the qualities of Allah
We are living in a hypersexual society
Everything is about sex
If Allah has granted you protection you will always be protected
Today it is easier to sin than to abstain from if
The environment had made it so difficult to engage in that which is correct
It is only Allah Who can bring people back
What we do not have, and we try to get it and we did not get it, we should be content knowing that Allah has a plan, He knows how much He is giving
Qadr is used to find peace in whatever Allah has decreed
It is a great duty of our friends to clear our name in our behalf, in our absence
And that is a great act of worship
When you hear people engage in that which displeases Allah, get up and walk away
Loving yourself is a constant work in progress
We need to accept our own choices and the choices of others and live with them
Accept where you are until you get to where you want to be
Fall in love with yourself and forgive yourself
Love yourself for all the good that you see and accept your flaws
Anxiety is a silent destroyer of lives
Instead of worrying think about what you can do to better your situation
The situation is beyond your control, turn to your maker in earnest supplication
When we don't feel like our lives are perfect we become unhappy
Allah SWT will test us with our emotions
The Shaytan tricks us, he makes us think that if we're feeling sad or anxious then that means that we don't have faith, and that's not true
A certain degree of worry and anxiety exists in every single one of us
And it's completely normal
We're given these challenges because He knows that we can handle them
Certain types of breathing are extremely helpful with depression and anxiety
The five prayers help with depression, anxiety, negative thoughts
Your Salat especially in the times of day are so effective with dealing with sadness
Each and every single one of us is going through difficulty
When we show gratitude it increases the levels of dopamine and serotonin in our brains which causes us to be happier
They became happier just by faking a smile
You have a chance right now to smile, try it, do it, and remember it's a charity
Family support is so beneficial
Allah created us as social creatures, if you're feeling sad, reach out to someone
Physical touch from someone you know, someone you care about can be as effective as anti depressants
You know yourself better than anyone else does
Those who seek the Akira the Dunya comes to them
You want peace, live a simple life
You need to be happy with what you have
Your Dua is the greatest tool of personal and societal change
You're asking Allah for something, Allah is also asking you for something
Don't ever say "why should I ask Allah for forgiveness when I have not committed a sin?" those statements are not uttered by a believer
Messengers came to spread good news. Islam is a Religion of hope
His sin only affected himself but his good deeds affected others
You do not want your sins to involve other people because Allah's mercy will not stop Him from being just towards those who were harmed. They also deserve His mercy
The best good deeds are those that affect the people around you
One of the greatest tragedies of sin is when you wait for someone else to stop you than stopping yourself
When a person commits a sin, the most powerful motivating factor to stop doing that sin needs to be Allah and nothing else
Follow a sin with a good deed and it will wipe it out
Allah does not shut the door on anybody
Don't let your sins despair you
Always let the beauty of your repentance exceed the ugliness of your sin
Those good roots they do something to the engineering of the nafs
The best use of your speech is to remember Allah with the words that He taught you
Sometimes you can insult someone without saying a single word
You're only making fun of your own self
Just because it's in a modern form doesn't make it permissible
Everything that Allah does has beauty in it
A Muslim is not supposed to be depressed
The Shaytan wants us to believe that obeying Allah makes life difficult
Allah said the reason why He created us all differently is so that we can recognize one another
Those who are the most honored in the eyes of Allah SWT are those who have the most Taqwa
Some of the greatest scholars of Islam are not from the Arabian Peninsula
Our Prophet SAWS is the first man in recorded history to abolish racism
Bigotry is the hate of another person simply because of who they are
The ones who are not practicing the Deen are susceptible to be affected by black magic
The people who stay in impurity can also be affected by sihr
Women on their menus is an impure state
Women on their mensus, and if she is not practicing she is basically now in some form of weakness
The weaker you become the stronger you see your opponent and the more liable you are to be attacked
A Muslim should live with cleansiness
We've all got an immune system
There weak jinns, there's strong jinns
There's weak black magic, there's strong black magic
Jinns are not supposed to cross over into our world
Lust is a state and not a specific act
The deadly sin of Lust is a state of the soul, of will
Poets are social scientists of the past
There are a lot of Christians who will say that there is nothing wrong with pornography
Islam is far more premodern in it's practice today then Chrisians
In the Quranic world lowering the gaze is a Quranic injunction
Men are deeply stimulated by the female image
So desire is... the tempt to fill a void
When we look at pornography we have to look at it in light of an emptiness
Kierkegaard saw a lot of what was coming in Europe
The aesthetic mode which is basically a heedness to commode in which people live for pleasure and desire
This is rooted in boredom
People who get addicted to pornography become bored, they move on from soft core to hardcore
Some of these people enter into pedophilia who had no interest in pedophilia when they entered into pornography
People will change their moral views of things in this state
This problem has spread because of the failure of Religion
The devil has the best images
Sexual awakening is only one type of awakening in the human being
Kierkegaard said: the ethical life is a life that has to be in commitment to at least one human being
You cannot live an ethical life without commitment
Pornography is an utter disregard of human being
There is no person behind that woman. And the one behind is often an abused woman
Adam Smith was a moral philosopher as well as being the father of capitalism
What is rooted in sinfulness is love
Love is the root of sinfulness
But it is either love perverted, love deficient, or love excessive
The perversion of love is in the cold sins, the seven deadly sins
Chastity has been conflated with crudery
Chastity is the regulation of the sexual urge
Part of the purpose of sexual intimacy is pleasure, it is not just for procreation
The pursuit of pleasure is an attempt at masking the emptiness
In degrading woman we degrade the highest qualities of our human nature
In elevating her we elevate our highest nature
We are not the first pornified culture
In Islam, if you do a good deed, and you follow it up with goodness it is multiplied 10 fold
Every pure tongue is praising Ibrahim
"We're also going to write down the legacy that they left when they leave"
Leaving a positive legacy is the desire of every sincere person
One thing that the world is teaching us on a daily basis is that people are less and less happy
Emptiness and sadness manifest themselves in very rough ways in society
People are empty and people are very sad, and emptiness and sadness are connected
Fullfilment is meant to keep us moving in a certain direction and it is meant to give us a sense of purpose
Your purpose in life is not to be happy
Your purpose is not to serve yourself until you are happy
Happiness is a side effect of living a life of purpose
Happiness is not the goal of life. We want to be happy but that is not the ultimate goal
Are you here to please Allah, or is Allah here to please you?
The goal is not to be happy in life, the goal is to live a life of purpose
A person who knows their purpose is pleased so long as that purpose is not compromised
What saddens that person is distance from Allah SWT
If everything else is ok but he feels distance from Allah he's not ok
Repentance is not a guilt driven concept in Islam
Repentance is not only a negative emotion in Islam
If everything is ok, health, family, career then I'm not likely to turn towards faith for anything
My Jannah is in my heart
My happiness is not contingent upon the place where I'm at
If you put me in jail then I will be secluded with the company of Allah and the only company that I need is the company of God
My happiness does not depend on people or circumstances around me
He had a sense of purpose that kept his heart beating despite all of that
Showing anger towards Allah presumes that you know something that He doesn't
So that you have a better assessment of the situation than he does
Allah knows what you do not know
This is a wrong form of preaching - When you suffer it's because Allah is punishing you
That's a way to make somebody run away from Allah SWT really quick
If Allah loves someone then He tests him
You are making assumptions on the attributes of Allah
You're claiming that an injustice has been done to you by Him
If He's capable of creating than He's capable of being in control
"I know what you don't know"
In this life there is nobody that will suffer in vain and in the next life there is nobody that will suffer undeservingly
Does accept mean embrace and be happy?
6 kids that passed away
The heart feels sadness, the eyes shed tears, but the mouth only says that which is pleasing to Allah SWT
Contentment with Allah's decree does not mean that you like the bad circumstance
It means that you accept it and that does not cause you distance from Allah because you're ultimate purpose is not compromised
Don't set unrealistic standards for people
Be pleased with Allah despite my sadness at my circumstance
Contentment with the contentment of God
He's complaining to Allah, he's not questioning Allah
"Ya Allah, as long as this is not a manifestation of your anger then I don't care
I am pleased knowing that you're pleased
The number one way that you define contentment is your distance or closeness to Allah SWT
You are untouchable by the circumstances of this world because you are not of this world
You don't get to say why Allah does what He does
You are suggesting that you are in charge of the outcome. You were never in charge of the outcome
The world is not always going to provide the ideal circumstances for strong faith
If you want to know where you stand with God look at where He stands with you
Mujahara is in reference to a person who commits a sin and then makes it public
Mujahara makes a small sin major
And if a person insists upon it it will lead him to disbelief in Allah
"O Allah, these are Your commands, I have trespassed them and I don't care and I also going to show the world
If you engage in any sin VEIL YOURSELVES AND DO NOT DISCLOSE IT PUBLICLY
"O Messenger of Allah I've fornicated"
He turned his face away from him
If you commit a sin don't tell me because if you do now I have to do something about it
When we see a sin happening in front of us there are three obligations
We must change it with our hand. If you cannot change it with your hand you change it with your tongue, you speak against it in a polite manner with wisdom. If you cannot speak against it you change it with your heart, Allah has to see that you honestly detest it
When you click like on a sin then you approve of it
And you have just encouraged that brother or sister to keep on doing that sin
Towards the end of times there will be people who will crawl to the gates of hellfire. Is that us?
It will be as if you have committed that act yourself
Beware of approving that sin
By reflecting on the 99 names of Allah, particularly the Watcher, the Knowing, the Seeing
The two sources of evil in our lives are the demonic whisperings of the Shaytan, and the suggestions and weaknesses of our own souls, the nafs
Self awareness is the main focus of what we today call "mindfulness"
The heart and the mind are the most powerful things that Allah has blessed you with, never ever give control of it to anyone besides Allah
Otherwise you will be hurt, and hurt very badly
Allah placed a duty on your shoulders to look after your kids
Your body has a right over you
The maximum amount of sleep that you should give your body is 8 hours
Sleep is nourishment, it is food for the soul
Ad-Dajaal requires that the environment has to be set up for him
Media is the most powerful today that has ever existed
The Prophet does not make mistakes in propagating the Religion of Islam
We are not impeccable in having a slip of the tongue
Because the trust in what they say may be lost
Tailbearing is a major sin
He would be admitted into paradise after the torture has been carried upon him
To get contaminated with urine is a major sin
The three main reasons for one to be tortured in the grave is gossiping, Tailbearing, and contaminating oneself with urine
The squashing of the grave will happen to every non-believer and some of the major sinners in the grave
For some Allah might reveal, but for many He does not reveal
Some righteous Muslims their body will not decompose in the grave
Our elders are a test for us
Don't ever raise your voice at your elders
Tough parents are a gift
Allah creates things that we have no idea about
Malaika or Angels
The Angels are sent to carry out the commands of Allah
If you want halal to be sweet you have to stay away from haram
That will bring a lot of blessings to them. But the condition is that they have eeman and taqwa
The Prophet died while he was married to nine wives
Muslims are not allowed to exceed more than 4 wives
The Prophet SAWS had one wife until he was 50 years old
There was only one virgin out of his wives, and that was Aisha
The others were not virgins, they were either widows or divorced
Most of those he married were those in need
It's not permissible in Islam to adopt
Meaning you cannot take a child, care for him and give him your name
No, you may adopt children but don't call them after you, because this is forbidden in Islam
Taking a child into your custody, feeding him, taking care of him, this is an extremely splendid thing in Islam
The wives of the Prophet SAWS were there to convey to us knowledge
There are two ways of performing ghusl
In Arabic ghusl means total bath
Washing your body with soap is not a must
Washing your hair with shampoo is not a must
Ghusl is just to cover your body with water
The Prophet SAWS forbade us from performing ghusl in stagnant water
It was changed by a pure substance so it's still pure
Istikhara is to seek the guidance of Allah regarding a matter that you are confused about
So if you are not confused then it's inexplicable, you don't have to do it
Allah SWT understands how important reputation is to people, how important image is
And that's why He has made it so sanctified that you should not harm anybody else's image or reputation
Allah knows how bad it is to feel that sense of insecurity
For you to contribute in the insecurity of another person is so rigorously condemned
It's likened to killing somebody
When you backbite when you slander you might as well kill that person
Speak good of that person in front of other people
Allah condemns arrogance
Allah has made people's honor and their dignity so honored and sanctified
We live in a society where you're constantly forced to express yourself
The worst of the people in the eyes of Allah SWT are people of two faces
Someone who goes to one group of people with a face and then goes to another group with another face
The world we live in today, people have 20-30 faces, not two faces
Am I secure in my own skin?
Beauty is considered to be a test
When people are beautiful they tend to become a more shallow, liable to fall into Zina
How do you seem or look in the eyes of Allah SWT
Every time the Prophet SAWS addressed someone with low self esteem he mentioned their sight in the eyes of Allah SWT
The Prophet SAWS went through many lengths to make Julaybeeb feel valuable
Even if I was a slave who would want to buy me?
-But you are priceless in the eyes of Allah SWT
You're priceless in the eyes of Allah SWT why do you care what people think about you?
He's teaching them to shift their mindsets, and the way they look at people, and the way they look at themselves as well
The Prophet SAWS was not one to stop people from laughing
He joked with the companions, he laughed with them, but not at the expense of a person's self esteem
In order to admit to a bad habit you are going to have to search
Sometimes our bad habits is that we disrespect other people, we speak to them very low. It is not the quality of a Muslim
To speak to another human being in a derogatory way
Think very carefully, before you speak
The whole world is going through an anti smoking drive
If you eat late at night and go to sleep immediately after it is not so good for the health
When Allah has blessed you make good use of it, but don't waste the money
People have a bad habit of not showing gratitude to Allah, when He has given us so much
Thank Him with your tongue
Thank Him with your deeds
The greatest ingratitude is when you worship someone besides Allah
When you transgress against the commands of Allah
To show gratitude to Allah develop your character
Do it for the sake of Allah
Do it because you want to eradicate the bad habit
One of the signs of gratitude is not to waste
If you show gratitude Allah will increase you in abundance
Whoever sets a good example will have the full reward of everyone that follows that example
Some people have a habit of masterbation
some people have a habit of pornography
Some people have a habit of intoxicants
Please deal with them for the sake of Allah
We have bigger problems in the Ummah
We cannot find a major pothole in the Ummah because of my bad habits as an individual
I need to develop myself, I need to give up the bad habits I have, for the sake of Allah
Eradicate them before they are exposed
"Do not use your own hands to harm yourself"
Sometimes a bad habit is that you delay in that which Allah has made obligatory upon you
If every day you are looking at the end of the time of Salat and not the beginning then you have a bad habit
Each and every one will be judged according to his capacity, his understanding, his background
Ayatul Kursiy is made up of nine sentences
When you're guarding something you tend to get very sleepy
Guarding the skies and the Earth does not exhaust Allah
There is a difference between owner and king
You can own a car, phone, etc... But you're not going to be the king of it
Ownership is about property
Kingdom is about controlling people
Ownership is about controlling objects
One dimension of control is ownership, the other dimension is kinhdom
If you're just an owner you're not a king, if you're just a king you're not an owner
The big danger to you and your children is materialism
The youth of this Ummah are so powerful
When young people of today internalize the Quran they can change the world
"the sword is good if you point it at your enemy but it's pretty bad if you point it at yourself"
I am never on Facebook
Materialism is killing us
The cure for materialism is understanding the book of Allah
The more that you start understanding the book of Allah for yourself you will no longer be interested in materialism
It will not fulfill you
It will leave you empty
The whispering of the Shaytan is a challenge for every single person
In every single person there is a characteristic of goodness and bad
The Shaytan does not have that good character in him, he only has that bad character in him
Allah SWT created Adam in stages
If knowledge had respect without implementation than the best creation of Allah would've been Iblees
One of the greatest influences in this Dunya is the Shaytan
Shaytan is also a great influence in what we do and how we think
Shaytan wants to corrupt your beliefs before your actions
The words of the Quran are amazing
May Allah bless all the Muslims who are suffering worldwide
Muslim Americans are roughly 78 million people
If you have Taqwa of Allah you wouldn't even need to worry about the rizq that Allah will bring to you
Those who have taqwa of Allah, Allah brings to them provision from where they didn't accept
He is the giver of Mercy to specific people
Don't look at what you don't have, look at what you do have
If you are a person who looks at what he do have, you will be a person who thanks Allah night and day
A Mumin never fails to worship Allah no matter what happens
In the academia they study Religion like they're studying a corpse
It's something dead and they're doing an autopsy
In premodern society they put God at the center
And the people who understood that higher power, worshipped that higher power were the most important people in that society
The study of God was the most important study
The second most important study was the study or focus of the after life, and it's not limited to Islam
Everything you do there are consequences and benefits of it in the Akira
Thirdly there was a focus on bettering yourself
There is a spiritual entity inside me and it needs to be taken care of
Philosophy was outlawed in Europe
After the revolution of the church there was an explosion of philosophies in Europe
We've been studying God a long time and when we do nothing happens, but when we study the universe we see great developments
That shift that started with the European revolution is so powerful
The most prestigious jobs today are people who hold positions in a particular science
"Let's make this life better"
And was society able to be developed? Absolutely
The world was mesmerized by the infrastructure built by the west
Instead of focusing on the next life let's focus on this life
People stated thinking of themselves and the life around them only in material terms
Before premodern society a society based on faith you have a set of values, and those values are revealed by Allah
Therefore they are not subject to change because they are timeless
If you live by these values you will make God happy, therefore you will better your afterlife and you will be able to keep your soul pure
How will you do those three things? By abiding by what He revealed
But when the emphasis shifted there was no longer a need for God's law
Because the things that you will get from His advice are no longer emphasized
When you take away the prayer everything else falls apart and they begin to follow desires
We are living in a world where the ultimate good is "obeying your thirst, just so it"
The next step is normalizing it
The ultimate deviation is when they fall into Jahanam
Facade will come, corruption will come, because there's no guidance to keep humanity in check
"So long as we can make money we don't care if we put people's lives in danger"
This happens when a useless generation comes up we didn't make prayer
A useless generation came but within them there will be people who make Tawbah, they can fix things
We have to fix this, we have to understand the urgency of the matter today
Communicate with your children, be in open conversation with your children
Learn to raise your kids so they can stand up to that evil, and do the right thing
The only hope left for humanity is people who will stand up for the word of Allah
The word of Allah did not come to be in a university or be downloaded in a website
There needs to be moral people in these places
As believers we know that our Religion is unique and it governs everything that we do
As Muslims we are expected to be merciful and good to one another and expecting that next from Allah SWT
But we also know that Allah SWT requires us to fulfill or avoid certain actions
Fulfill your prayer as well it's a fair well prayer
When a death happens we have to surrender to the decree of Allah
People are at different levels
He will elevate the status of those who are patient
You die the way you live and you will be resurrected the way you die
Try and prove yourself to your family and that is the beginning
May Allah make the best of our days the last days
If there is chaos and corruption don't blame Allah, blame us. The fact that it was predestined and the fact that Allah knows does not justify us blaming Allah for something that we are guilty of
Let's not think that the way I deal with things is the only way
Happiness cannot be determined at any point in one's life
The western pursuit of happiness is a psychological state
This is why they will use antidepressants to get that state
Because they want to be happy psychologically not realizing that happiness is a spiritual state
According to Aerostatle: It's a spiritual state of being virtuous
Every pursuit in life is a pursuit for happiness
Happiness is an end in itself it's not a means to another thing
You're not happy to fall in love, I fall in love to be happy
Wealth is what you use it's not what you have
Happiness is what we want
The only thing that will satisfy you in life is what's permanent
Allah is the only one who is permanent
The awliya are the most content people in the world, nothing phases them
Grieve is a human condition, it's not a negative thing
Allah will sometimes put grief into your life so that you can call onto Him
Either you have patience or you have gratitude, but to be in any other state is a dangerous state
Kufr means ingratitude
Iblees is an ingrate
If you complain Allah will give you more things to complain about
Our Religion is reasonable
If you see a Muslim who's smoking or drinking he's still part of the Ummah
Many Muslims who repent after being sinners after a short period of time they go back to sinning, they cannot remain on steadfast on the path of righteousness
Bad temptations will steer him away from this path
Animals do not have any obligations, they are not accountable. But we are
One will not be worshipping Allah Azzawajal if they have the wrong belief about Allah AWJ
They worship an image of something that looks like a human being
In fact, they worship an image of a deformed human being
When I obey Allah I hope for His reward, when I disobey Allah I fear His punishment
A slave is supposed to be between hope and fear
Temptation is about desiring something that's often not right or good for you
Temptation urges you to fulfill your desire but on the short term
Without giving any attention to the
consequences
After this enjoyment there is hellfire
If you think about this then you will not follow your enjoyments
Giving into temptation can also make you feel dissatisfied and depressed
Don't think the happiness in your life is by following your desires and your temptations
Death does not differentiate between someone who is young and someone who is old, a male or a female
The person will be resurrected based on his endings
He is not a friend if he is taking you away from your Religion, he is an enemy
Your child will make a duplicate personality, he will tell you what you want to hear
What is going on in their head, they will share it only with those who are very close to them
And unfortunately the parents are not close, they might not know
We have to contextualize our teachings
Being able to speak their language and understand their culture is very important
We are primarily a product of our environment
Everything that is uninslamic is being shown as something good
You stick to your deen Allah will protect you
We respect and honor women, we don't even touch them. Unless they are very close to us (mother, sister, etc...)
The most important thing is as we behave as Muslims
But because I have a sister, a mother etc...
You are sacred to me
I do this not because I think you're unclean but because my mom is a woman, not because I think you are inferior to me, but you are someone's wife, someone's daughter
Any reasonable woman will understand where I'm coming from
If you get into a toxic marriage it's going to have a ripple effect
In the western world 50% of marriages end up in divorce
The older you get the more pickier you become
Prior to marriage, open up your eyes 100%
After marriage close your eyes 50%
A perfect marriage is about two imperfect people that never give up on each other
If you don't know what you want, you're going to get what you don't want
The engagement period allows you to get to know the person
Islam did not specify a period for engagement
There has to be two male witnesses for the female
Marriage shouldn't be some secretive thing that you do
When the servant of Allah marries he perfects half of his deen
Israel will wage the war
The territory of Israel will dramatically expand
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