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The speakers discuss the upcoming Easter celebrations, emphasizing the importance of the nights of Easter and the importance of following instructions to achieve forgiveness and fulfill promises. They stress the value of standing in prayer at night during busy busy busy times and offer guidance on what to do in the night. They also emphasize the importance of fasting, praising God’s word, and avoiding harms’ accuses. The speakers emphasize the need to improve oneself and stay out of harms’ accuses, and offer advice on how to handle it. They end with a request for forgiveness and a promise of love and support.
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My beloved brothers and sisters, the 27th
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of Ramadan
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is a very, very important date.
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And the reason I say this is because
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of the narration of the prophet Muhammad, peace
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be upon him, wherein he speaks about searching
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for the night of decree,
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the night of power or the night of
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decree in the Arabic language, laylatul Qadr.
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When we search for it,
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the idea is to be able to worship
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Allah through a number of days, not just
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one.
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But as human beings, we would like to
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know,
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what is the night? I want to know.
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You see, we have a bit of impatience.
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So people ask,
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when is this night exactly? The true answer
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is it’s in Ramadan.
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Right? So it has to be in Ramadan.
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You can’t come out in Dhul Hijjah and
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say, hey, we’ve we’ve got to search for
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Laylatul Qadr because
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the days of Dhul Hijjah
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are indeed
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very, very auspicious.
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Like the prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him,
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says, there are no
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days in which good deeds are more loved
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by Allah than the first 10 days of
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Dhul Hijjah.
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Those are days of Dhul Hijjah. The first
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10 days of Dhul Hijjah are the most
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powerful days in the lunar calendar. But the
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nights we’re talking about the nights.
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The most powerful nights are the nights of
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Ramadan.
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Indeed, without a doubt. And from them, they
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are powerful nights towards the second half of
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Ramadan.
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In the last 10 nights,
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there is a greater chance that Laylatul Qadr
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is in those 10,
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the ones we are in right now.
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And then he says,
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Search for the night of decree
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in the last in the odd nights from
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the last 10 nights of Ramadan. How do
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I search for the night?
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By engaging in extra acts of worship, by
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seeking the forgiveness of Allah, by praising Allah,
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by reading some Quran,
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by engaging in more salah or prayer, by
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doing my taraweeh,
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by enjoying that, by not indulging in that
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which is prohibited,
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especially
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Ramadan.
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But what is of importance is when Allah
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has given
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the value to a certain night more than
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others to do something wrong in that particular
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night would be even worse.
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In Suratul Hajj, Allah speaks about
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those
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who ensure the sanctity
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of that which Allah has given value to.
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That is a sign of the piety of
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the heart. When Allah Almighty tells you this
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is an auspicious occasion, this is a blessed
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place
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to do wrong in that particular place or
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on that particular occasion
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intentionally
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would be damaging to our belief and faith
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in Allah Almighty.
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So my brothers and sisters, to search for
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the night is very important. We’ve already brought
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it down to the odd nights from the
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last 10 nights. That does not mean
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it didn’t go by already. Someone
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asked me the other day, do you know
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the odd nights are different from country to
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country, from place to place?
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Trust me,
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Allah knows that the time of your suhoor
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and the time of your Iftar is the
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most blessed time
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for the day.
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And he knows that it’s different timings, even
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in different towns and different cities.
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How he does it, he knows best. You
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just follow the instruction. That’s how it works.
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When Allah says there is an hour on
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a Friday wherein
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it is or there is a moment on
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a Friday wherein the dua or supplication that
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anyone makes is answered immediately.
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The Friday and the timings are different from
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place to place.
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The same applies to the time of the
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Hajjud,
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early morning.
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That predawn time that is most blessed when
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Allah is calling out to all of us
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who is there, who is going to ask
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me or seek forgiveness from me that I
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can give them or forgive them.
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And you and I know the time in
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Australia is different from that in America, and
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that in Europe is different from that in
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Africa. How does Allah do it? He knows
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best. He knows best. Do not despair and
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don’t let things baffle you that Allah has
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kept the knowledge of Himself. You need to
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understand if Allah says it is this way,
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it is that way. Subhanallah.
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And the same applies to everything else. Like
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I gave you the example of the starting
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and the ending of the fast on a
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daily basis, the prayer times on a daily
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basis, and so on.
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So if Allah Almighty has kept you in
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a place where
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the odd nights for me, here they are,
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He wants you to engage in worship. He
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wants you to seek his forgiveness. He wants
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you to spend that time in a way
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that you have not spent
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before. He in a positive way, obviously. So
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he wants you to do goodness. We are
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gathered here because
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we would like to change our lives primarily.
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When you go for Hajj
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and you come back from Hajj and you
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are still involved in your negative or bad
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ways and habits,
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that means you might have fulfilled your duty
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of the Hajj, but you did not achieve
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the broader benefit of the Hajj. The same
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applies to Ramadan. The same applies to Laylatul
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Qadr.
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Although Laylatul Qadr is inside Ramadan, it is
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one night that has the value of the
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whole of the rest of Ramadan
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and beyond.
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That night of Qadr, that Laylatul Qadr, the
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night of decree
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is more powerful or better than a 1000
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months. And that’s why if you look at
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the narrations of what you’re supposed to be
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achieving from Ramadan,
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you’re supposed to be achieving forgiveness.
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And if you look at the narrations of
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Laylatul Qadr,
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itself
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has the same
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forgiveness. Listen to what the Prophet Muhammad, peace
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be upon him, says.
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You know what the rest of the hadith
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is?
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Whoever fasts
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the entire month of Ramadan
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with faith and conviction,
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expecting a reward from Allah, all that person’s
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previous sins will be wiped out. That’s what
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Allah says. And then he goes on to
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say,
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Whoever stands in prayer at night in Ramadan
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through the month
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with conviction and faith, expecting a reward and
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hoping for it from Allah,
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Allah will wipe out all that person’s previous
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sins wiped out.
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What was that for? That was for standing
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in prayer at night throughout Ramadan.
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And it’s not easy.
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When Allah tells us to do something, it’s
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not going to be easy. If the reward
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is massive, it’s got to be a difficult
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task.
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Allah alone makes it easy for us. If
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you were to try and fast outside of
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Ramadan, it won’t be as simple as inside
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Ramadan
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because Allah has kept a blessing in this
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month where when we do it collectively and
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every one of us is here, mashallah Tabarakallah,
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you will definitely find that Allah has created
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ease for us. My brothers, my sisters,
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for one night Allah tells us the same
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thing through the blessed lips of Muhammad sallallahu
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alaihi wa sallam.
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Whoever stands at night in prayer for Laylatul
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Qadr
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with full conviction and faith in Allah, hoping
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for a reward from Allah, Allah will grant
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them total forgiveness.
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All that they’ve done previously
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in terms of sin will be wiped out
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and forgiven for what?
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One night of prayer for Allah. So we
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are searching for the night. Tonight could be
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the night. We’re searching for it. We are
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here already from Salatul Assur, and mashallah, we
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want to worship Allah. We want to obey
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Him. Minimum is we will not sin on
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this particular night. May Allah protect us from
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sin, minor or major. May Allah help us
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so we can read a little bit of
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Quran. The beauty today, all of us have
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the apps on our phones. All of us
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have the apps on our phones with the
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Quran. Am I right or wrong?
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There we go. If I am right, why
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don’t we use those? You have a moment
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or 2.
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For example, before Iftar, just after sukhoor,
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early morning, whenever in the evening, as you
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are waiting between the salawat and the prayers,
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why don’t you open up and read a
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little bit of what you
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are supposed to be doing in terms of
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Quran?
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You can do that. That might be the
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moment when Allah is giving out
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the prizes to the people of forgiveness
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and you are engaged in the worship of
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Allah in one way or another.
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This is not a night where we can
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sit on our phones and socialize.
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This is not a night that we can
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sit on our phones and waste our time.
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This is not a night where we sit
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with each other in a lounge and we
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say it might be Laylatul Qadr. And as
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you’re sipping your shisha, you say, Allahumma innakaafuuntripleafuafafuani.
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Imagine.
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That’s not how the night of decree should
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be spent. This is a serious night where
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we make resolutions. We change our lives. If
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you were to leave
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tonight with your heart having moved and your
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life having changed, good news to you. I
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pray Allah includes us from among those whom
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we’re taught about when he says,
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May Allah include us in those who will
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be forgiven completely. Amin.
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So my brothers and sisters, a special occasion.
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Here we are, so many of us. Do
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you know that Allah Almighty expects us
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to look for this beautiful night and the
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worship we’re supposed to be engaging in, not
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just on one night, You still have other
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nights. You still have the 29th coming. You
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have the 28th as well. You have so
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many other nights. I don’t want to speak
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about what’s gone already because I’m hoping that
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at least we can get it tonight by
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the will of Allah Almighty. May Allah Almighty
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grant us ease.
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My brothers and sisters, having gathered in large
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numbers in this beautiful, beautiful venue,
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we will need a lot of patience tonight.
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We will need to reach out to others.
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We will need not to be selfish.
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We will need to share what we have,
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Insha’Allah.
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We will need to make space for others.
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We will need to give and take. That’s
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all part of your test from Allah. Are
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you part of an ummah? If Allah wanted
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you to be an individual all alone without
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interaction,
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He would never have made compulsory
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the congregational prayer. He would have never made
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compulsory the Friday prayer that you have to
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attend no matter what. May Allah Almighty accept
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it from us. When you’re going to interact
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with people, naturally you will have differences.
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Naturally some might have character and conduct not
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in line with yours. Whoever may be right,
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whoever may be wrong, you have to have
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a big heart. You have to improve yourself.
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You have to look within yourself.
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What can I do to improve
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the way I speak to my family members,
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the temper that I have? I get so
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angry. I abuse my family and those who
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interact with me. I am not such a
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good person.
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If you can pick that up, the next
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stage is, how are you going to rectify
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it?
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Are you serious about rectification?
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Are you really serious that you are going
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to learn to smile a little bit more
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to help those around you,
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not to be that selfish to be able
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to share what you have with others. Look
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at the night of decree. What are the
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acts of worship you want to engage in
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tonight? Let me tell you
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the pillars of Islam. Besides Hajj, I want
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to do all the others. So my shahada,
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I keep repeating. 1st pillar of Islam, conviction.
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And I believe there is none worthy worship
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besides Allah. And I believe that Muhammad, peace
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be upon him, is the final messenger of
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Allah. Secondly, I’m going to pray my 5
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daily prayers and I’m going to make sure
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tonight I’m engaged in extra acts of prayer.
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May Allah accept it from us. That’s the
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next pillar of Islam already done. Then the
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fasting, Allah Almighty has kept this in the
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month of Ramadan so that you can engage
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in the pillar of Islam known as fasting.
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Had this night been outside of Ramadan, you
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would not be able to do
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the compulsory fast of Ramadan, subhanAllah.
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But here we are, we are fasting in
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the month of Ramadan. The only exception, those
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who have been granted from Allah Almighty.
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The exception, those are the ones who have
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that. Besides that, we are supposed to be
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fasting. May Allah Almighty make it easy for
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all of us.
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Then we have a charity and a zakat
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that which you are supposed to give from
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what Allah gave you. Allah speaks about the
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poor and Allah speaks about the needy. And
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Allah says,
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Give them from the wealth of Allah that
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Allah gave you.
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So Allah has made you a temporary custodian
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of the wealth that you have in your
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pocket. It’s temporary.
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It’s going to go. It’s going to be
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depleted. You either waste it or you use
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it wisely. And when you’re using it wisely,
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you either use it yourself or you happen
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to expand and use on others.
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The winners are those who can reach out
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to others who are in greater need than
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them. Allah loves that quality so much. When
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you have and you know someone else does
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not have, to reach out to them may
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not be that difficult. But when you don’t
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have so much and you see someone who
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has even less than you and then you
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can reach out, that is actually a quality
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that Allah praises in the Quran that was
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found among the Ansar of Madinah Munawwara.
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Allah speaks about the Ansar and He says,
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they give preference to others
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in things they themselves are in desperate need
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of. I need this so much but that
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person needs it even more than me. So
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here I am giving it away. That’s not
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an easy quality. Allah says whoever,
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whoever is saved from the miserliness
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of their own nafs and themselves,
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they are the truly successful.
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They are the truly successful. So successful are
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those who give. Tonight, we will have opportunity
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to give what ever you would like to
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give. Do you know why I’m encouraging you
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to give? Because every night we should be
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trying to engage in all these pillars of
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Islam. It’s obviously not easy
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and it’s not possible to engage in the
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last one. But on a voluntary level, some
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are fortunate
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that they were able or are able to
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do that. Those who are in Mecca right
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now, they can do a voluntary
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minor pilgrimage known as Umrah. And the Prophet
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Muhammad, peace be upon him, says, whoever makes
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the Umrah in Ramadan,
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Allah will reward them equivalent to that of
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a Hajj.
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That’s according to a narration.
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So we ask Allah Almighty to reward us.
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We ask Allah Almighty to grant us. Imagine
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all your pillars of Islam in one day,
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and you’re going to be engaging in them.
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Surely that’s the night of power, the night
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of decree.
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May Allah soften our hearts. My brothers, sisters,
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it is time to quit sin. It is
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time to quit our bad ways. It is
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time to learn to Allah.
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Has the time not come? Has the time
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not come for those who believe to soften
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their hearts towards the remembrance of Allah and
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not away from it, my brothers and sisters?
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Has the time not come for those who
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believe to soften their hearts, to humble their
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hearts towards Allah and the remembrance of Allah
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and whatever He has revealed
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in terms of the truth, the Quran.
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We need to soften our hearts towards Allah,
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not away from Allah.
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Say that supplication
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often, oh Allah,
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the turner of the hearts.
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Turn my heart towards
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your deen, your religion, your faith
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and belief, towards goodness,
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towards obedience.
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O Allah, the turner of the hearts,
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turn my heart towards you and not away
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from you. That’s a powerful dua.
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Don’t underestimate
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the value of supplication. My brothers, my sisters,
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every day we ask Allah to guide us
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straight path.
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Every day we repeat that so many times.
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Guide us to the straight path because guidance
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is in the hands of Allah.
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We have an evening such as this, a
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night auspicious given by Allah,
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such as these nights of Ramadan.
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My brothers,
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they are not meant to go past just
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like that. My dear sisters,
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this is a night of resolutions
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for the sake of Allah. If you’ve been
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weak in something, strengthen yourself tonight. It’s the
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night of power.
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You’ve been weak in quitting something you really
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want to quit and you know you have
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to quit. This is the night of power.
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This is the night of decree.
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You have to do something
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tonight.
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It cannot remain for
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years on end. You don’t know whether you’re
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going to see the next few days.
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Subhanallah.
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You don’t know if you’re going to see
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another Ramadan.
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And like I say, no one from amongst
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us has a total guarantee
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that tonight is definitely the night, but we
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are looking for it. We’re searching for it.
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While we are searching for it, if that
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has moved you already, it’s beneficial for you.
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It will better it will be better for
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you than your entire life.
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If hearts have been softened by Allah, they
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will be softened when we reach out to
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others. Today we are fasting, masha’Allah.
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We have not eaten for hours. We have
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not drunk anything for hours. Subhanallah.
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And we are seated here all together. There
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is almost pin drop silence when we were
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doing salatul asr earlier. And I’m sure there
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will be pin drop silence later as
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well. No one would ever imagine that there
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are thousands of people right here, right now
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in front of me.
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But that’s Allah. He’s given us a calmness
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in Ramadan.
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The condition of my heart is different from
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outside of Ramadan. Seize the opportunity.
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They say, make hay while the sun shines.
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SubhanAllah.
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We ask Allah to grant us ease during
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these days of hardship. And we ask Allah
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to grant us softening during these days of
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auspiciousness
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that He has given us and the nights
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in particular.
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My brothers, my sisters,
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if everyone is rushing towards Allah,
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don’t be the only few left out.
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Everyone is rushing towards Allah. I’ve just come
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in from Makkatul Mookarama. And I can tell
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you when I see the thousands of people
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circumulating the Kaaba in Tawaf,
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and I look at men from among them
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are the famous and those who are not
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known, the wealthy and those who are poor,
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the influential and those who have no influence,
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those who have few problems, those who have
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big problems, the healthy and those who don’t
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have good health, those who’ve lost loved ones
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and those who haven’t, those who are there
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for in order to cry, for Allah to
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have mercy on them for something or another.
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And you have those who may not have
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had so many problems in their lives.
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Everyone is there to please Allah. And I
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feel like one small, minute,
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insignificant
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worshipper of Allah
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doing the same thing, running around the Kaaba
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like a little child,
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searching for goodness, searching for the help of
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Allah. And if I am not going to
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be there doing the same thing, it’s me
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who has lost out. The same applies to
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us tonight. If you are not going to
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seek the forgiveness of Allah, if you are
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not going to change your life, it’s you
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who’s lost out. The others are all doing
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that anyway. Why should I lose out? For
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what?
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Everyone is trying to mend their ways. Everyone
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is seeking the forgiveness of Allah. Oh Allah,
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forgive us collectively tonight.
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My brothers, my sisters,
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may Allah Almighty
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have mercy on us.
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When we see others, we are very quick
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to judge people. We don’t know their connection
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with Allah.
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Perhaps they cry at night to seeking the
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forgiveness of Allah. And we are busy pointing
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fingers at them, not realizing they are closer
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to Allah than we ever were. We have
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not yet tasted the sweetness of Iman.
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And here they are
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enjoying the fruits of faith, even though they
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may be in greater difficulty and hardship
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than yourself
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and myself.
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Sometimes Allah makes our lives easy.
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That is a test from Allah. Are you
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going to drift away from Him or are
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you going to be more steadfast? When Allah
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has given you a good job and a
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good family
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and good conditions and good situations, that is
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a test from Allah for you. Are you
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going to appreciate it or are you going
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to turn away from Allah?
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Is or are the gifts of Allah upon
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you drifting away, making you drift away from
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Allah?
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If that’s the case, tonight we need to
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change that.
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A true gift is that which brings you
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closer to Allah. Otherwise, even when you get
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everything this world has to offer, it does
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not necessarily
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mean that Allah is pleased with you. Allah
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has given Fir’awn and k’run and Allah destroyed
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them. The pharaoh had more than you can
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imagine.
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Karun, Allah Almighty describes the keys to his
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treasures
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were so heavy that it would be difficult
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for a group of men to carry only
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the keys.
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Imagine what he must have had.
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What do you have? And you and I
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think we’re a big deal?
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And Allah says, fakhasafnaabihiwabi
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dadarihil
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arba because he was ungrateful. Karun.
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We caused the earth to open and swallow
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him and his entire household. Out. Gone.
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Sudden. Look at what’s happening across the globe
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in terms of disaster,
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natural disaster or manmade, whatever it might have
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been, something caused by man,
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warfare and so on. We ask Allah to
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grant us peace, stability, security, serenity,
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more than anything else, conviction and faith.
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My brothers,
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we have no guarantee that we’re going to
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be sitting in goodness and we’re going to
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be sitting in
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whatever we have been blessed by Allah if
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we are going to turn away.
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Allah says, we can take that away from
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you at any moment.
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So therefore,
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I want to know what’s the way of
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keeping what I have?
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How can I keep what I have and
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get more?
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Whatever I have in terms of worldly life,
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I have my family members. I have goodness.
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I have a decent job. I have a
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fair amount of money, for example. I have
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a fair amount of
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whatever other luxury not luxuries but goodness, okay?
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And some go into the point of luxuries.
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Okay. How do I keep it? Wallahi, my
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brothers and sisters. Allah tells us in the
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Quran how to keep that.
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Allah says,
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It’s like an announcement from Allah that if
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you are going to be thankful in the
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true sense, we will grant you increase.
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What is thankfulness in the true sense?
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Obey the instructions of Allah and stay away
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to the best of your abilities
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from that which is displeasing to Allah. Wherever
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you have faltered, turn to Allah very quickly,
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very quickly because you and I are human
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beings. We can falter, we can fall. We
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may fall into sin like our forefather
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Adam fell into. Exactly what Allah told him
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not to do, he did. But the difference
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between him and those who are not interested
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in the relationship with Allah, he sought forgiveness
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instantly
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and some don’t bother seeking forgiveness. That’s why
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Allah speaks about it in the Quran. He
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says,
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those who have wronged themselves, if they remember
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Allah immediately and seek forgiveness immediately and regret
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their deed and promise not to,
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not to do that again. For example, Allah
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Almighty says for them is paradise.
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Those are the ones whom we’ve prepared paradise
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for.
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Imagine.
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So when you sin, it doesn’t mean you’ve
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lost paradise. You still have hope for as
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long as you’re alive
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and you’re going to seek the forgiveness of
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Allah and change your ways. Allah says those
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are the ones whom we will grant paradise
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to.
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So we ask Allah to grant us a
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turning point and we ask Allah to open
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our doors, and we ask Allah Almighty to
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accept us this evening for all our acts
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of worship. May Allah bless us all. May
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Allah soften our hearts so that we can
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love one another, so that we can stand
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support one another, so that we can help
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support one another, so that we can help
