As much as we know,
things are in the hands of Allah, some people struggle with anxiety
because they don't know what's going to happen tomorrow.
And and that's why I've chosen today
to speak about a conviction that is required to overcome anything.
And we will not let shaitaan tamper with us
to make us think that you are far from the mercy of Allah.
A lot is happening across the globe,
more so the difficulty and hardship that people are facing as a result
of the changing world because of a pandemic that has overtaken the globe.
And you and I know that many people have lost their loved ones.
Many people have lost jobs.
They've lost income.
Many people do not know what might happen tomorrow because obviously,
as a Mumin / believer, we do realize that everything is in the hands of Allah.
We are believers and we know that
Allah can change things at any time, positive or negative.
It's up to him. He does what He wishes.
Allah will never be questioned about what he does, but they, meaning you and I,
will be questioned what you do, what I do, we will be questioned.
But what Allah does, no one can ever question Allah (swt).
So as much as we know things are in the hands of Allah.
Some people struggle with anxiety because they don't know what's going to happen
tomorrow and perhaps they need a boost of faith.
My brothers, my sisters, I am here to tell you
that nothing will harm you except if Allah has written it against you
and no good will come in your direction, except if Allah has written it for you.
So lay your trust in Allah,
try your best and be pleased with whatever the outcome is.
You've lost a loved one.
You're not the first person to lose a loved one.
But it is difficult.
It is very hard.
We do know people may shed tears.
Their lives may change when
the breadwinner is lost and when they don't know how he used to earn.
Suddenly things come crashing.
And for this reason, I've come across many people who've lost income completely after
the death of a breadwinner because that breadwinner did not inform the family
or anyone how they were earning, what they were earning, what to do if they died.
They didn't expect to die.
But death comes very unexpectedly.
When the fixed term of Allah comes, it's not going to be delayed.
So prepare for that day by letting some
of your loved ones know if I die, this is how my business runs.
If I die, this is how you will earn.
This is how you will live and so on.
If possible, may Allah make it easy for us.
But that having been said, as believers,
you need a ton of faith in Allah in order to go through difficulty and hardship.
And that's why I've chosen today to speak
about conviction that is required to overcome anything.
If you don't have that faith in Allah
and you don't have that reliance on Allah, and if you don't trust Allah,
you will be so sad, you will not be able to live a day.
When I die, where am I going?
I promise you, I trust Allah and His mercy
and I trust that I'm going to a better place.
I have no option, subhanAllah.
I tried a little bit here and there.
I seek forgiveness from Allah on a daily basis.
I know I'm not an angel.
I've committed sin here and there.
We are human beings, but we seek the forgiveness of Allah.
We are relatively good people.
Inshallah, we hope that Alalh will give us paradise
and we will die with that conviction.
And we will not let shaitan temper with us
to make us think that you are far from the mercy of Allah.
When we have heard Allah is Ghafoor, Raheem, Tawwab, Ghaffar, etc.
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Wudud /most loving, most kind, most forgiving, most compassionate...
I know those qualities of Allah.
Why should I doubt Allah,
For what? If I go back to Allah, wallahi,
I'm going to a better place than I am right now.
I'm not... meaning I'm not shaking in my conviction at all.
And this is what keeps a believer going.
Otherwise you become so depressed,
you struggle with anxiety because you don't know what's going to come in.
You have no trust in Allah.
That does not mean everyone who is struggling with anxiety has a weak faith.
No, but it does mean that faith would help you overcome anxiety.
There's a difference between the two.
You don't struggle with mental illness because your faith is weak.
But strong faith will help you through your mental illness.
There's a big difference between the two. We are human,
we will go through challenges, but my brothers, my sisters have faith in Allah.
You lost a loved one,
have faith you will be reunited with those loved ones by the will of Allah.
You will sit again together and smile
and laugh and talk about the days of the world.
If Allah wills. Allah says, those who believe and their families
followed after them in belief and with belief, We will unite them thereafter.
With that faith in the hereafter, I will bring us together.
So you did not lose a loved one in totality?
There was just a pause in communication between you for a while.
When you go, you will be with them once again.
And guess what? When you go the others,
you will wait for them to join you as well, just like you waited for those
who passed on from your family before you, they will wait.
subhanAllah, to join you, may Allah grant us goodness.
So my brothers and sisters, this conviction, we need it.
It's called Yaqeen. Eman needs to be strong.
Your faith in Allah needs to be unwavering.
It needs to be shatterproof.
It needs to be solid.
That's when you will be able to overcome.
You made a profit for so many years.
You will make a loss for so many years,
try your best, work hard, be a good person,
don't harm and hurt others, have a good relation with Allah and keep going.
Those struggles are a blessing.
When you are far from Allah,
you have forgotten Allah and you are harming other creatures of Allah,
then your hardship might be a punishment from Allah.
But if you are a good person, you are trying.
You help here and there.
You've improved yourself.
You are trying to obey Allah's instruction.
Those are the two main things you need to do on Earth,
Haqooq Allah And Haqooq Ul Ibad.
My rights that I need to fulfill for Allah, which is my Salah, my Zakat,
my Sawm, my Hajj, my fard that which is compulsory.
That is what Allah (swt). If you are doing that,
And the second thing; Haqooq Ul Ibad.
I'm fulfilling the rights of the creatures of Allah.
I'm kind, I remove jealousy, hatred, ill feeling from my heart.
I try to help people. What more do you want?
What, what are we on earth for?
We are on earth to fulfill all these things.
If you've done that,
have hope in Allah, have hope in Allah, in the meantime, improve yourself every day.
Then when the day comes that you are struggling because of a loss.
In terms of the Duniya, thank Allah.
Don't worry, thank Allah.
When the prophet (pubh) went through hardship, do you know what he said?
He said, Oh Allah, if You are pleased with me, I don't mind what's going on here.
If You are happy with me, never mind what happened.
SubhanAllah, Look at the Yaqeen and conviction because
he knows this Duniya / this world is going to come to an end.
subhanAllah, I sit and look at the trees sometimes and I tell myself,
man is so weak, you will last 70, 80, 90 years, right?
The tree is sitting there for two hundred years, solid, subhanAllah, imagine.
And you look at the tree and you think
to yourself, man is bigger and stronger and more.
That tree is sitting in the cold,
in the heat, in the rain, in the drought, whatever it may be.
And it's solid sitting there, every season When the season comes,
the flowers come out, the fruit comes out, you know, the leaves are there.
It's, mashallah, in the wind, It's moving.
Men gets depressed.
Men get so weak because the conviction we have needs improvement.
May Allah help us to go through our challenges, our hardship.
May Allah help us to overcome the difficulties, the loss of life.
May Allah grant those who have passed on Jannatul firdaus.
All of you, my brothers, my sisters,
my dear viewers, all of you, you lost loved ones.
May Allah forgive them and grant them Jannah.
The best gift you can give Your loved one is
to ask Allah to forgive them and grant them Jannah.
"Allahumagh fir lahu war hamhu wa sakkinhu fil jannah".
You repeat that how many times you want in a day?
It's the best gift you can give a dead person.
Oh Allah! Have mercy on them, forgive them and give them jannah,
those three things you're asking Allah.
You're making to dua for the deceased,
that dua will benefit the deceased definitely.
So repeat it. Don't worry.
Even if it's a thousand times a day, there is no fixed number.
Some people get tired. No.
Isn't that too little?
Allah says the most beneficial thing for the dead person is
actually the easiest of the lot.
It's just a movement of your lips and your mouth
and an intention in your heart with a dua to Allah.
And that's it.
You're giving a gift to the deceased.
In your life,
Do something that will last longer than your life.
What does that mean? It's called sadaqah jariyah.
Sadaqah jariyah means when I give a charity,
the benefit of which lasts longer than my age.
For example, you planted trees,
you disseminated knowledge, you drilled a borehole, you did a masjid, for example.
The benefit of that will far outlive your own life.
If I die at the age of 50, 60, 70, whatever Allah decides
and I have left behind something like that, that will continue.
It's called sadaqah jariyah. Did you know true sadaqah jariyah
is what you did yourself in your own life.
That is the truth, that when someone else does it on your behalf after your death,
there is benefit, but not as strong as when you did it yourself.
When someone came to me and told me I want to drill a borehole for my late father,
I told him, Did you drill a borehole for yourself?
He said, no. I said, start with yourself.
Your father will automatically get the reward.
You are his son. But sometimes we think that the kathm of the Quran,
must only be read for people who died.
What about your own kahtm which is undisputed?
So let's think of this.
It will help us build Yaqeen
and then have a good thought of Allah /Husn udh-Dhann Billah.
Have a good thought of Allah always,
What does that mean? Think of the mercy of Allah,
the goodness of Allah, the forgiveness of Allah,
the kindness of Allah, because Allah tells us I'm going to treat
my slaves according to how they thought I was.
So when you know in your heart, Allah is going to forgive me, grant me jannah.
Allah is Gafur, Rahim; Allah says I'll treat you that way.
But if you are despondent of the mercy of Allah and you think I'm going to punish you
and You know, throw you into hellfire, what do you expect?
Allah says,
Don't you ever lose hope in the mercy of Allah.
And here you are losing hope in the mercy of Allah.
What do you want?
So don't lose hope in the mercy of Allah.
This world is temporary.
It will be full of challenges. From the beginning,
when you came on Earth, the first thing you did was you were crying.
What does that mean?
In fact, when you die, you will die smiling.
When you came, you were crying.
It already shows you this world is all
about crying, you know, meaning things are going to go wrong.
Allah kept a cavity in your belly in order for you to fill.
And when I look at that cavity, even shaitaan knew that this man here is
going to have to do things in order to keep that belly full on a daily basis.
And for that reason,
I will be able to influence him by making false promises to him.
And Allah makes the true promise.
Whose promise are we going to follow?
May Allah make it easy for all of us, those who are sick and ill.
May Allah grant them Shifa and cure. My brothers, my sisters,
Let's be responsible when it comes to this pandemic.
A slight bit of responsibility
We have done our duty.
But if we are irresponsible, what duty are we speaking about?
At least try a little bit
of responsibility and inshallah the rest Allah will do for us.
May Allah (Swt) alleviate the suffering of those who are struggling.
May Allah eradicate this pandemic from across the globe.
Indeed, it has lasted longer than we ever thought.
And one wonders how long it's going to last.
No problem.
We are still happy with the decree of Allah.
We love whatever Allah does for us because we know He's our Lord.
We are going to go back to Him and He will
grant us ultimately jannatul firdaus; no matter what happened on Earth.