WEBVTT 00:00.031 --> 00:01.673 [SPEAKER_00]: You take one step towards him. 00:01.713 --> 00:02.835 [SPEAKER_00]: He takes many towards you. 00:02.975 --> 00:07.782 [SPEAKER_00]: You walk towards him and in his own way as we hear in the Khalid, he runs towards you. 00:08.283 --> 00:20.740 [SPEAKER_00]: Many times when we talk about getting closer to a loss of Hanoatana, we talk about the wings of the bird in the analogy of a famous scholar, Ibn Al-Khanim Rahmanullah, when he talks about the wing of fear. 00:20.720 --> 00:25.547 [SPEAKER_00]: the fear of shortcomings, the fear of consequences, for our actions, and the wing of hope. 00:26.208 --> 00:29.853 [SPEAKER_00]: And the wing of hope is the one that never gives up, hope in Allah's mercy. 00:30.253 --> 00:30.994 [SPEAKER_00]: But it's balanced. 00:31.735 --> 00:36.863 [SPEAKER_00]: But a lot of people forget what's driving that vehicle forward, what drives us to worship Allah. 00:37.504 --> 00:44.173 [SPEAKER_00]: So, panelatala should not be over centered on fear or imbalance when it comes to hope. 00:44.794 --> 00:47.858 [SPEAKER_00]: It should be focused on love, loving Allah. 00:48.226 --> 01:09.930 [SPEAKER_00]: and seeking that love, and seeking to be loved by a loss of Hanoatad, an understanding in a world of fluctuating faith, fluctuating e-manned, and tawakuri, a world of many trials and tribulations of ease and difficulty, a world in which many times when people hear about loving a loss of Hanoatad are people respond by asking, where do I even begin? 01:10.332 --> 01:11.355 [SPEAKER_00]: Feeling overwhelmed. 01:11.817 --> 01:14.085 [SPEAKER_00]: Feeling that there's so much I have to fix. 01:14.627 --> 01:16.031 [SPEAKER_00]: There's so much I have to do. 01:16.072 --> 01:18.078 [SPEAKER_00]: There's so much I have to change. 01:18.741 --> 01:20.848 [SPEAKER_00]: And so much that I have to overcome a guilt. 01:21.350 --> 01:22.975 [SPEAKER_00]: Where do I even begin? 01:23.360 --> 01:32.010 [SPEAKER_00]: We can begin by emphasizing a loss of Hanoatala and his saying, yeah, you will insan, oh human being, Mel Roroca birobbik al-Qarim. 01:32.571 --> 01:34.773 [SPEAKER_00]: What deceived you about your Lord, Al-Qarim? 01:35.154 --> 01:38.157 [SPEAKER_00]: Of all the names of a loss of Hanoatala to you is in this verse. 01:38.718 --> 01:42.002 [SPEAKER_00]: What deceived you about a loss of Hanoatala, Al-Qarim? 01:42.422 --> 01:46.487 [SPEAKER_00]: The one who is bestowing upon you before your soul even entered into your body. 01:47.168 --> 01:50.211 [SPEAKER_00]: The one who gives in ways we can't quantify. 01:50.191 --> 01:59.425 [SPEAKER_00]: The one who created us, the one who is generous beyond measurement, the one who protects us behind the scenes, every single day in ways we can't see. 01:59.926 --> 02:16.671 [SPEAKER_00]: And if we could then perhaps our hearts would melt out of love for him, Allah SWT is the one who, when He speaks to the sinning believer, He doesn't say O sinner. 02:16.651 --> 02:27.836 [SPEAKER_00]: Allah SWT says, O my servants, O my servant, He calls us mine, before He mentions the sin, those who transgressed in sin, those who feel the weight of their sins. 02:27.996 --> 02:31.504 [SPEAKER_00]: Allah SWT says, O my servants, O my servants, He calls us mine, before He mentions the sin, those who transgressed in sin, those who feel the weight of their sins. 02:31.720 --> 02:34.544 [SPEAKER_00]: do not lose hope in the mercy of Allah. 02:34.564 --> 02:46.438 [SPEAKER_00]: And it's a reminder that the one who claims their excuse for staying distant from Allah is that they feel He is distant from them, that Allah SWT is waiting for us to return to Him. 02:46.959 --> 02:49.602 [SPEAKER_00]: You take one step towards Him, He takes many towards you. 02:50.083 --> 02:54.909 [SPEAKER_00]: You walk towards Him and in His own way, as we hear in the harit, He runs towards you. 02:55.309 --> 03:01.457 [SPEAKER_00]: Meaning just take that step towards Allah SWT and you'll see that He is not distant from you. 03:01.437 --> 03:04.504 [SPEAKER_00]: Allah SWT is the one who reminds us. 03:04.785 --> 03:07.030 [SPEAKER_00]: He knows us better than we know our sons. 03:07.952 --> 03:11.741 [SPEAKER_00]: There's a professional, as many businesses in worldly success. 03:11.782 --> 03:14.588 [SPEAKER_00]: He says a lot of people love me for my money. 03:15.069 --> 03:17.976 [SPEAKER_00]: A lot of people respect me for my financial success. 03:18.056 --> 03:19.159 [SPEAKER_00]: And I can tell. 03:19.443 --> 03:24.391 [SPEAKER_00]: But if people knew, close up, who I really was, I feel that did run for me. 03:25.032 --> 03:27.776 [SPEAKER_00]: I feel that they would be disgusted by me. 03:27.796 --> 03:32.043 [SPEAKER_00]: A loss with Panoatala is closer to us than our jugular vein. 03:32.063 --> 03:38.193 [SPEAKER_00]: And he knows us at times more than, meaning with the secrets that we have, things that we don't think about. 03:39.014 --> 03:42.279 [SPEAKER_00]: He knows a sir and also what is beneath it. 03:42.960 --> 03:46.125 [SPEAKER_00]: And the reminder for us is that we've all of that in mind, 03:46.544 --> 03:51.714 [SPEAKER_00]: all of that guilt and shame and the shortcomings that we have, He still tells us to come back to Him. 03:52.296 --> 03:53.939 [SPEAKER_00]: He still tells us to turn to Him. 03:54.440 --> 03:57.526 [SPEAKER_00]: In fact, He warns us to turn to Him and not to turn away. 03:57.967 --> 04:07.506 [SPEAKER_00]: Well, ayam Allah, liarybani Hilqof, He's not pleased with the servants amongst His creation choosing the path of disbelief, the rejection of what is true. 04:07.486 --> 04:18.627 [SPEAKER_00]: His happier for us to turn back to him in Talva in repentance than a man who's in the desert who loses his camel, meaning with the food and the drink and the safety and might die in that desert. 04:19.670 --> 04:20.771 [SPEAKER_00]: and then finds it once again. 04:21.432 --> 04:31.024 [SPEAKER_00]: In the famous Hadith, Allah SWT rejoices is happier for you than that example of a person who just found, perhaps their life flying. 04:31.565 --> 04:33.667 [SPEAKER_00]: Is happier for you to turn back to him? 04:34.008 --> 04:35.890 [SPEAKER_00]: How can we not think he loves us? 04:36.351 --> 04:38.173 [SPEAKER_00]: How can we not think there's room for us? 04:38.674 --> 04:42.038 [SPEAKER_00]: How can we think it's too late for a person whose heart is still beating? 04:42.538 --> 04:47.905 [SPEAKER_00]: And the reminder as well is that many people ask from an academic perspective, they'll ask, 04:47.885 --> 04:56.744 [SPEAKER_00]: So therefore why is it still tough for some Muslims to feel like loving a loss of panoatana is difficult today? 04:56.764 --> 04:57.465 [SPEAKER_00]: Why is it tough? 04:57.646 --> 05:00.151 [SPEAKER_00]: Why do they feel like it's a difficult path? 05:00.171 --> 05:01.173 [SPEAKER_00]: What are the obstacles? 05:01.755 --> 05:02.877 [SPEAKER_00]: What are the distractions? 05:03.619 --> 05:05.202 [SPEAKER_00]: Why might a young Muslim? 05:05.688 --> 05:25.198 [SPEAKER_00]: 17 years old raised with a Muslim family they know what's right and wrong but they still feel the pursuit of Allah's love is not easy for them and there are hundreds of reasons but amongst the most influential and most common in our times is the fact that attention has become a resource. 05:25.634 --> 05:31.943 [SPEAKER_00]: And in the attention economy, companies are investing millions of dollars so that people stay distracted. 05:32.363 --> 05:36.949 [SPEAKER_00]: So they can take a little bit of attention here and there so you can become addicted. 05:37.390 --> 05:46.823 [SPEAKER_00]: So you can swipe a little longer and it starts to become a habit and the habit becomes an addiction and the addiction becomes difficult to get rid of and it's not just an addiction. 05:47.424 --> 05:52.030 [SPEAKER_00]: It's an addiction to something that is bombarding that person with attachments. 05:52.010 --> 06:00.718 [SPEAKER_00]: with consumers, with chasing after this world, with random things that have no value no benefit for this life or the next, and that's why it's called brain rotting. 06:01.178 --> 06:02.500 [SPEAKER_00]: It is rotting the brain. 06:02.940 --> 06:05.202 [SPEAKER_00]: It destroys delayed gratification. 06:05.542 --> 06:07.584 [SPEAKER_00]: The ability to say no to things. 06:08.005 --> 06:10.347 [SPEAKER_00]: The ability to focus a little longer. 06:10.387 --> 06:12.589 [SPEAKER_00]: The ability to read an entire book. 06:12.609 --> 06:14.550 [SPEAKER_00]: The ability to listen to an entire lecture. 06:15.251 --> 06:17.893 [SPEAKER_00]: So hearts are constantly being distracted. 06:18.594 --> 06:21.797 [SPEAKER_00]: The mind and the heart when it's spread so thin. 06:22.402 --> 06:25.866 [SPEAKER_00]: no longer finds that it's easy to focus on the one who created it. 06:26.367 --> 06:31.633 [SPEAKER_00]: It starts to be filled with other pursuits, and the reminder for us here is to take these matters seriously. 06:31.913 --> 06:36.399 [SPEAKER_00]: Somebody may ask once again, I know I need to change, where do I even begin? 06:37.240 --> 06:47.532 [SPEAKER_00]: And the easiest thing we find in one of the famous narrations Hadith Kutzi is when a loss of panoatana talks about the blueprints in the simplest manner possible. 06:47.512 --> 06:56.943 [SPEAKER_00]: And if anyone ever reaches a point in life where they feel so distance from Allah, where they feel so overwhelmed, there are too many things I have to fix at once, take that first sincere step. 06:56.963 --> 07:09.739 [SPEAKER_00]: Allah SWT tells us, when we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah, we say Allah 07:10.208 --> 07:14.718 [SPEAKER_00]: with anything more beloved to me than what I made obligatory. 07:15.379 --> 07:16.982 [SPEAKER_00]: What did Allah make an obligation? 07:17.664 --> 07:22.554 [SPEAKER_00]: An obligation meaning he commanded us to do it and also he commanded us to stay away from it. 07:23.155 --> 07:25.019 [SPEAKER_00]: What are the things that Allah obligated upon us? 07:25.520 --> 07:26.783 [SPEAKER_00]: They're not that many. 07:27.050 --> 07:34.582 [SPEAKER_00]: And if we were to start somewhere with accountability to take a first step to change something in our lives, we always have to start with the highest priority. 07:35.042 --> 07:48.023 [SPEAKER_00]: The things that a law made obligatory is there's something still in one's life, whether it's the five prayers, or the way we care ourselves at work, or our character, or lying, or backbiting, is there something we're supposed to get rid of? 07:48.523 --> 07:51.488 [SPEAKER_00]: Is there something we're doing that we should be letting go of? 07:51.468 --> 07:59.979 [SPEAKER_00]: And the Hadith continues, if you are perfecting your obligations and you're still asking, and we should, how do I get more of Allah's love? 08:00.360 --> 08:02.663 [SPEAKER_00]: How do I get that feeling of being so close to him? 08:03.524 --> 08:10.573 [SPEAKER_00]: No matter what I have going on in life, no matter how busy life is, no matter what's happening in the world, I want to feel closer to Allah. 08:10.553 --> 08:12.015 [SPEAKER_00]: and had it continues. 08:12.035 --> 08:16.299 [SPEAKER_00]: When I was a child, I was a child, and I was a child. 08:16.319 --> 08:24.788 [SPEAKER_00]: And the servant, then after mastering these obligations and making sure you're not neglecting them, they also should assess the voluntary acts of worship. 08:25.249 --> 08:37.742 [SPEAKER_00]: All those know-ahead we pray, the voluntary, fasting you do throughout the year, the recitation of Quran, beyond a certain amount of reading, the extra charity way beyond these Ecca, you start to think about the extra things. 08:38.161 --> 08:40.283 [SPEAKER_00]: And it's not extra in the sense that we don't need it. 08:40.924 --> 08:44.408 [SPEAKER_00]: It's extra in the sense that that's the next step to get in closer to Allah. 08:45.029 --> 08:49.274 [SPEAKER_00]: And it is important to emphasize, these are not mutually exclusive. 08:49.334 --> 08:53.719 [SPEAKER_00]: Someone who prays a lot of no-affin should not say because I'm struggling with an obligation. 08:53.779 --> 08:57.444 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm going to stop the no-affin until I perfect the obligations. 08:57.464 --> 08:58.565 [SPEAKER_00]: Perfect the obligations. 08:58.705 --> 09:00.047 [SPEAKER_00]: And that is the foundation. 09:00.067 --> 09:02.409 [SPEAKER_00]: But keep building on the no-affin that you're already doing. 09:02.470 --> 09:07.155 [SPEAKER_00]: The no-affin being any voluntary, active worship, the voluntary prayers. 09:07.135 --> 09:09.978 [SPEAKER_00]: It's the voluntary fasting, the charity, and so on, and so forth. 09:10.299 --> 09:15.405 [SPEAKER_00]: This is a very simple way to look at the blueprint on how to get closer to a loss of patatat. 09:16.246 --> 09:30.883 [SPEAKER_00]: A lot of high school students, middle school students, when they're talking about the topic of love, and especially in certain settings where somebody's talking about something, they see as innocent, but they may completely misunderstand because of age and experience. 09:30.903 --> 09:32.164 [SPEAKER_00]: They'll ask, what is love? 09:32.397 --> 09:33.018 [SPEAKER_00]: What does it mean? 09:33.759 --> 09:38.728 [SPEAKER_00]: And they'll use words interchangeably, love with infatuation, with a crush, with whatever it may be. 09:39.589 --> 09:45.239 [SPEAKER_00]: And somebody who perhaps has a lot of life experience might remind them love is not just a feeling you have. 09:46.461 --> 09:53.713 [SPEAKER_00]: Once you think about love from a marital perspective or from a family perspective or a leadership perspective, you're leading your family. 09:54.824 --> 10:00.170 [SPEAKER_00]: Love in marriage is for you to show up, even when it's not easy, even when it doesn't feel great and rosy. 10:00.711 --> 10:13.826 [SPEAKER_00]: Love is for you to sacrifice for your spouse, to compromise, to admit when you're wrong, to work together, conflict resolution, to take care of your children, to sacrifice for them, what will some parents do for the children's well-being? 10:13.846 --> 10:21.895 [SPEAKER_00]: What are the measures some parents and lengths they're willing to go to, to protect their children or give them the best life they see as possible? 10:21.875 --> 10:23.837 [SPEAKER_00]: And we know that that's love. 10:23.857 --> 10:30.846 [SPEAKER_00]: We know that love in that case becomes unconditional, in the sense that you're present, you're showing up even if there's no infatuation. 10:31.987 --> 10:39.557 [SPEAKER_00]: And the reason this is so important is because when you ask, what does my love for Allah look like on the other end now? 10:40.318 --> 10:51.291 [SPEAKER_00]: We can say amongst them, when do you prioritize Allah's 10:51.271 --> 10:56.598 [SPEAKER_00]: That means at that moment they weren't demonstrating the maximum amount of love they could. 10:57.239 --> 10:59.662 [SPEAKER_00]: Somebody who loves their job, what will they do for it? 10:59.923 --> 11:01.204 [SPEAKER_00]: And what will they do to protect it? 11:01.645 --> 11:06.031 [SPEAKER_00]: Someone who loves their spouse, their parents, someone who loves justice. 11:06.912 --> 11:08.274 [SPEAKER_00]: What if somebody loves comfort? 11:08.875 --> 11:18.207 [SPEAKER_00]: And they're not willing to sacrifice comfort for justice, for society, for someone who's suffering, for a global cause, for a mess you don't offer. 11:18.271 --> 11:22.877 [SPEAKER_00]: We are taught to love the sacred lands or the sacred mosques. 11:22.897 --> 11:25.440 [SPEAKER_00]: We are taught to love the houses of worship. 11:25.460 --> 11:33.029 [SPEAKER_00]: So what does it mean if decades go by where some Muslims start to become detached from Mr. Deluxea, which is still closed to this day? 11:33.790 --> 11:37.034 [SPEAKER_00]: It's been a long time in which people cannot pray. 11:37.114 --> 11:37.975 [SPEAKER_00]: Today they cannot pray. 11:37.995 --> 11:39.857 [SPEAKER_00]: Do not pray in Mr. Deluxea. 11:40.293 --> 11:49.844 [SPEAKER_00]: And you look historically, you find the love for Mestido de oxa, forget nationals in, forget nation states, the love for the sacred land on a law-made sacred. 11:50.825 --> 12:00.235 [SPEAKER_00]: That's something that should transcend geography and citizenship and era and time and dynasties and empires and nation states, and that love is demonstrated through what we do. 12:01.236 --> 12:05.541 [SPEAKER_00]: Love can be answered with a question which is, what do you stand for? 12:05.774 --> 12:08.458 [SPEAKER_00]: What are you willing to sacrifice for the things and the people you love? 12:08.918 --> 12:09.940 [SPEAKER_00]: The causes you love. 12:10.421 --> 12:16.549 [SPEAKER_00]: There are people who are willing to do so much for causes that they care about, for causes that are important to them. 12:17.210 --> 12:17.911 [SPEAKER_00]: Start somewhere. 12:18.272 --> 12:25.482 [SPEAKER_00]: If you're talking about your love for Allah, in private, then improve the state of your prayer, improve the acts of worship that nobody else has seen. 12:25.943 --> 12:32.372 [SPEAKER_00]: Get rid of one habit that you know you need to let go of before you meet Allah, which could be tonight and it could be in 50 years. 12:32.352 --> 12:34.616 [SPEAKER_00]: love is demonstrated by showing up. 12:35.177 --> 12:36.540 [SPEAKER_00]: It's not all talk. 12:36.560 --> 12:37.381 [SPEAKER_00]: It's not feelings. 12:37.902 --> 12:38.904 [SPEAKER_00]: There's real action. 12:39.285 --> 12:42.872 [SPEAKER_00]: And we ask Allah SWT to make us from amongst those who take that proper action. 12:43.793 --> 12:50.366 [SPEAKER_00]: If Allah SWT tells us one time about a number of ways, a Muslim could increase their nearness to Allah. 12:50.386 --> 12:54.293 [SPEAKER_00]: And he listed so many, but amongst them, these are paraphrased. 12:54.273 --> 13:09.565 [SPEAKER_00]: Make sure you have your daily relationship with a lost speech, where you reflect, you're not just reciting, you're reflecting deeply, you're understanding the meaning of the Qur'an, especially and despite what's happening in the world today that the Qur'an will help you navigate these situations. 13:09.545 --> 13:13.229 [SPEAKER_00]: The second he says is to emphasize constantly, hold yourself accountable. 13:13.249 --> 13:14.731 [SPEAKER_00]: Am I taking care of the obligations? 13:15.191 --> 13:16.192 [SPEAKER_00]: Is there something on missing? 13:16.713 --> 13:26.444 [SPEAKER_00]: There's a sister one time who mentioned in a seminar she was doing so much for decades in terms of Nawafil and acts of worship and serving society and helping many causes. 13:27.065 --> 13:30.168 [SPEAKER_00]: She said that Hadith, which is a very foundational Hadith. 13:30.629 --> 13:33.672 [SPEAKER_00]: She said that Hadith caused her to reflect once again. 13:34.373 --> 13:36.435 [SPEAKER_00]: Is there anything a missing of obligations? 13:36.635 --> 13:38.117 [SPEAKER_00]: And for her it was the hijab. 13:38.097 --> 13:46.028 [SPEAKER_00]: And she said, my struggle was constantly shifting the pressure, the blame to society, family who they struggled with her having to wear hijab. 13:46.048 --> 13:47.490 [SPEAKER_00]: They didn't want her to wear it. 13:47.510 --> 13:49.113 [SPEAKER_00]: She had to struggle with her society. 13:49.173 --> 13:50.935 [SPEAKER_00]: Her friends, the pressure, the work. 13:51.636 --> 13:57.705 [SPEAKER_00]: She said, that Hadith was so crystal clear, assess what you're doing with obligations, forget people. 13:58.326 --> 13:59.908 [SPEAKER_00]: Am I doing what a lot commanded me to do? 14:00.629 --> 14:04.094 [SPEAKER_00]: And obviously assess the voluntary things and ask, can I do more? 14:04.454 --> 14:06.417 [SPEAKER_00]: Can I be inspired to do more? 14:06.397 --> 14:13.736 [SPEAKER_00]: With that in mind, we emphasize amongst the most beloved of acts of worship to Allah, is to be consistent, not to burn out. 14:14.558 --> 14:17.605 [SPEAKER_00]: Ahabbul Ahmadi, il Allah, ad-Wamuhah, wa'in-Qun. 14:18.127 --> 14:23.460 [SPEAKER_00]: He says, Rahim Allah as well to remember Allah in every setting, to remember Allah frequently. 14:23.440 --> 14:35.022 [SPEAKER_00]: You're at work, you're socializing, you're with family, and it becomes a worldly conversation and people forget, remind them, remind yourself, not a condescending way, but remind yourself and remind others of Allah SWT. 14:35.442 --> 14:40.572 [SPEAKER_00]: Another way to get closer to Allah with love is to reflect every day on the blessings that he gave you. 14:40.552 --> 14:47.102 [SPEAKER_00]: and how easy is it in a world where so many people are suffering in the same society and suffering as we watch on our devices. 14:47.502 --> 14:54.693 [SPEAKER_00]: With the most basic essential of things, how easy is it to remember how much we have rather than to complain about how much we lack. 14:55.274 --> 15:07.251 [SPEAKER_00]: Another of the ways to get closer to Allah is to be amongst good friends and gatherings that remind you of Allah, to choose friendship that reminds you of Allah Subhanahu Ata'ana, to choose the people that demonstrate the love of Allah. 15:07.231 --> 15:14.245 [SPEAKER_00]: And finally, he says to stay away from anything that will create a barrier between you and a law's love. 15:14.265 --> 15:18.232 [SPEAKER_00]: Stay away from the things that Allah prohibited and place many barriers between you and them. 15:18.273 --> 15:20.116 [SPEAKER_00]: And we ask Allah so much to add it to protect us. 15:20.497 --> 15:22.641 [SPEAKER_00]: We have to remember time and again. 15:22.621 --> 15:32.989 [SPEAKER_00]: Allah SWT created us, not because we did anything to deserve it, but out of his love, Al-Waduit, out of his mercy, Walidaniqah, Khalafahum. 15:33.009 --> 15:34.914 [SPEAKER_00]: He created us because he is of Ahman. 15:35.396 --> 15:38.925 [SPEAKER_00]: He created us for this temporary life before the eternal life. 15:38.905 --> 15:44.172 [SPEAKER_00]: with a agenda that is forever in a way you can't measure, and that is all out of his wisdom, and hacking. 15:44.672 --> 15:46.414 [SPEAKER_00]: The one who's perfect in every attribute. 15:46.995 --> 15:56.427 [SPEAKER_00]: Before we ever prostrated in this world, before any such that any of us made in this world a loss of panoatala knew that there would be moments in which we chose to go back to him. 15:57.108 --> 16:01.453 [SPEAKER_00]: He knew that there would be times in which we repented sincerely to him. 16:01.923 --> 16:11.135 [SPEAKER_00]: At times, it says, though, some of us run away from him and he says, come back to me, rather than turning completely away from us, Fafiru ill Allah, with a sense of urgency. 16:11.715 --> 16:23.931 [SPEAKER_00]: At times, humans forget a loss of panoatata, and then when somebody reminds them to make dua, they say, I don't feel like I'm close to Allah, and he says, in Niharib, he reminds us he is near to us. 16:23.911 --> 16:32.148 [SPEAKER_00]: At times a person is drowning in their sins and they feel like there's no way out of their habits or their addictions and a loss or panoatala reminds them. 16:32.649 --> 16:33.551 [SPEAKER_00]: Who forgive sins? 16:33.651 --> 16:36.877 [SPEAKER_00]: One may yell feel with dunu ba illallah, other than Allah. 16:36.897 --> 16:38.902 [SPEAKER_00]: Nah, ta'akullatu wa me wa hamatillallah. 16:38.922 --> 16:42.088 [SPEAKER_00]: So a loss with panoatala is the Lord who doesn't just... 16:42.068 --> 16:42.970 [SPEAKER_00]: Accept us. 16:43.211 --> 16:46.098 [SPEAKER_00]: He loves for us to return to Him. 16:46.620 --> 16:48.845 [SPEAKER_00]: He loves for us to succeed. 16:49.387 --> 16:52.976 [SPEAKER_00]: He loves for us to experience Sakinah tranquility. 16:53.357 --> 16:59.132 [SPEAKER_00]: He loves for us to utilize the blessings that He gave us in a manner that is pleasing to Him. 16:59.112 --> 17:01.775 [SPEAKER_00]: And he doesn't just forgive us when we beg for forgiveness. 17:01.855 --> 17:04.098 [SPEAKER_00]: He rejoices in that Torah. 17:04.118 --> 17:06.160 [SPEAKER_00]: He is joyful for you to turn back to Him. 17:06.681 --> 17:13.448 [SPEAKER_00]: He doesn't just reward the believers with a jenna in which you have tangible rewards for one's desires in the afterlife. 17:13.969 --> 17:17.653 [SPEAKER_00]: No, it's about the intangible bliss of meeting Him forever. 17:18.113 --> 17:21.357 [SPEAKER_00]: It's about being in a place where you're meeting a loss of panoataada. 17:22.214 --> 17:28.364 [SPEAKER_00]: And finally, the Prophet ﷺ teaches us in a harith that should be a blueprints for us at times. 17:28.885 --> 17:31.469 [SPEAKER_00]: Manahabbali yukwa Allah, al-Habba Allah, al-Hirikwa. 17:31.989 --> 17:36.236 [SPEAKER_00]: Whoever loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet them. 17:36.256 --> 17:40.102 [SPEAKER_00]: Whoever loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet them. 17:40.122 --> 17:43.407 [SPEAKER_00]: Wa man kariha li yukwa Allah, kariha Allah al-Hirikwa. 17:43.908 --> 17:47.614 [SPEAKER_00]: And whoever hates to meet Allah, Allah hates to meet them. 17:48.134 --> 17:50.597 [SPEAKER_00]: We may hate the reality of death, which is the door. 17:50.897 --> 17:53.400 [SPEAKER_00]: We have to walk through, to meet Allah. 17:53.420 --> 18:02.271 [SPEAKER_00]: But the reality of loving, to meet Allah, Subhanahu Ata'ala, is that you're hopeful, you're realistic, you're holding yourself accountable, you're preparing for your meeting with Him. 18:02.291 --> 18:06.116 [SPEAKER_00]: Wa'amida, Lima, Ba'dan, Moat, the believer who prepares for what comes after death. 18:06.916 --> 18:10.020 [SPEAKER_00]: Despite our flaws in our sins, Allah is looking forward to meeting us. 18:11.081 --> 18:16.588 [SPEAKER_00]: And only the person who does not care, who is arrogant, who turns away from Allah. 18:17.108 --> 18:21.655 [SPEAKER_00]: who does not prepare for that meeting, is the one that doesn't want to meet a law and the law doesn't want to meet that. 18:22.616 --> 18:24.099 [SPEAKER_00]: And we ask a lot to protect this from that. 18:25.140 --> 18:28.385 [SPEAKER_00]: When you think about the reality of turning to him, it's not complicated. 18:29.146 --> 18:31.009 [SPEAKER_00]: Walk back to him, run back to him. 18:31.650 --> 18:36.337 [SPEAKER_00]: It could be messy, it could be inconsistent when you first start, but it should never be delayed. 18:37.098 --> 18:42.947 [SPEAKER_00]: Even if it's today and you start again tomorrow and the day after that and you renew your intention and you take one action. 18:42.927 --> 18:52.718 [SPEAKER_00]: It may not look perfect or picture perfect but it has to be done and it has to be consistent and it has to be sincere because one day soon we will all meet him. 18:53.508 --> 19:00.139 [SPEAKER_00]: And the reality of meeting Allah SWT, and this is the primary question for us is that it should drive us to fall in love with Him. 19:00.599 --> 19:03.864 [SPEAKER_00]: Whoever knows the reality of Allah, falls in love with Him. 19:03.885 --> 19:09.133 [SPEAKER_00]: Whoever knows the names and attributes of Allah SWT will fall in love with Him. 19:09.654 --> 19:21.152 [SPEAKER_00]: This is the meeting that we're longing for, and we ask Allah SWT to place us in the best of gatherings, and to forgive all of our sins. 19:21.132 --> 19:33.708 [SPEAKER_00]: If we were to take time, maybe in a future hut, but an explorer, all the verses in the Quran, in which Allah says He laws. 19:34.749 --> 19:36.992 [SPEAKER_00]: In Allah, You Hibbu, Allah, You Hibbu. 19:37.012 --> 19:41.238 [SPEAKER_00]: We'll find so many categories acts of worship that we could be included amongst. 19:41.318 --> 19:42.740 [SPEAKER_00]: And we ask Allah to make us amongst them. 19:42.760 --> 19:45.002 [SPEAKER_00]: Al-Mahsin'i, Al-Sabi, Al-Mutawak, Qilin. 19:45.864 --> 19:50.970 [SPEAKER_00]: But in particular, there's also an mokhsletin that people have justice, that people who care about rights. 19:50.950 --> 19:54.835 [SPEAKER_00]: that people who care to mediate as well when there are problems between others. 19:55.102 --> 20:00.008 [SPEAKER_00]: And the person who cares about justice knows that it's one of the most beloved acts of worship to Allah. 20:00.128 --> 20:02.651 [SPEAKER_00]: And it's not an act, but a lifestyle for the Muslim. 20:02.731 --> 20:12.903 [SPEAKER_00]: That when they see an oppression in their community, when they see a harmful policy, when they see there are problems globally, that they're not indifferent to it, that they feel this is important to them. 20:13.163 --> 20:21.733 [SPEAKER_00]: And Allah loves for you to be concerned about injustice wherever it is, and to do your best to address it, to be pragmatic in your actions. 20:21.950 --> 20:26.137 [SPEAKER_00]: And we know that what's happening globally and locally, they're intertwined in many ways. 20:26.818 --> 20:29.902 [SPEAKER_00]: And the causes of justice and injustice are intertwined in many ways. 20:30.844 --> 20:40.859 [SPEAKER_00]: And as I mentioned last week, it would be very problematic for a Muslim to wait until oppression knocked at their door until ice came for them. 20:40.980 --> 20:47.029 [SPEAKER_00]: Whatever the reason, until it was a problem with your job, until it was a problem with your family, until it was a problem with your neighbors. 20:47.853 --> 20:59.024 [SPEAKER_00]: And that's problematic because for us, Allah's reminding us, throughout the Qur'an when it comes to justice and lists and society that oppression at the doorstep of anyone who is innocent should concern us. 21:00.005 --> 21:07.313 [SPEAKER_00]: Whether it's a brother who's been active for 33 years in Minnesota who's just been arrested, despite not having done anything wrong. 21:07.453 --> 21:16.662 [SPEAKER_00]: And obviously this is a form of intimidation to scare people from being active, to scare people from being present, to scare people from protesting, from voting, from being involved. 21:16.642 --> 21:22.896 [SPEAKER_00]: and it's not going to cause the people of good conscious to take a step back, but rather to be very wise. 21:23.778 --> 21:27.968 [SPEAKER_00]: It's not going to cause the people who really care to say there's nothing more that we can do. 21:28.469 --> 21:29.832 [SPEAKER_00]: Rather, what more can I do? 21:30.473 --> 21:31.876 [SPEAKER_00]: And that's the nature of the world that we're in. 21:31.916 --> 21:33.520 [SPEAKER_00]: It's not about one person. 21:33.635 --> 21:36.959 [SPEAKER_00]: It's about an idea, an idea is our bulletproof. 21:36.980 --> 21:38.582 [SPEAKER_00]: Ideas don't end with one person. 21:38.762 --> 21:45.171 [SPEAKER_00]: When these ideas are built on truth, and we are an omma that is taught to focus on the timeless principles wherever we are. 21:45.691 --> 21:53.702 [SPEAKER_00]: Whether you stay in this country, or your children, or another country, or you end up somewhere else, or someone innocent is taken to prison, 21:53.682 --> 21:54.905 [SPEAKER_00]: Ideas are timeless. 21:55.546 --> 22:06.128 [SPEAKER_00]: And it's important for us to know what the truth is, what ideas we believe in, to have conviction in them, to teach our children to walk with resilience, to be involved, to be aware of what's happening politically. 22:06.849 --> 22:08.873 [SPEAKER_00]: It's not separated from Islam. 22:08.893 --> 22:10.396 [SPEAKER_00]: It's not separate from your rights. 22:10.436 --> 22:12.581 [SPEAKER_00]: It's not separate from what's happening, Mr. Deloxa. 22:12.922 --> 22:14.765 [SPEAKER_00]: It's not separate from what's happening in Sudan. 22:15.266 --> 22:18.212 [SPEAKER_00]: These causes are intertwined in more ways than we know. 22:18.633 --> 22:21.900 [SPEAKER_00]: And we ask Allah