Shadowing Practice: Decoding Asbab Ep.2 with Deya Elayyan & Ousama Alshurafa in Dunya Decoded - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la, He says, وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ وَالنُّجُومَ مُسَخَّرَاتٍ بِأَمْرِهِ أَلَا لَهُ الْخَلْقُ وَالْأَمْرِ تَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ
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رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ This is an ajeeb verse where Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la is talking about creating the sun
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and the moon and the stars.
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Then He says they're all subjugated to His command.
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أَلَا لَهُ الْخَلْقُ وَالْأَمْرِ To Allah belongs the created realm and the command.
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Blessed is Allah the Lord of the worlds What do we understand from this?
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That Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala veils like a curtain He camouflages His command
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that has the actual effect with the asbab Because the asbab are a test Like the sun, the moon, all these things that you see
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Because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ زِينَةً لَهَا لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ
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So it's a type of test that I have to pierce through So the point of asbab,
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therefore the ابتلا of the mu'min and the اطمئنان of the kafir.
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So what's the point?
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It's to test the believer and it's for the comfort of the non-believer.
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Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah everybody listening and watching Dunia Decoded podcast.
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Daya Aliyan.
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Usama al-Shurafa.
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And Usama al-Shurafa, the beast.
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Allahumma.
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So we guys are here today to talk about decoding asbab.
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Absolutely.
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That was a great introduction for decoding asbab and how we should look at things and what to believe in these things.
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Could we talk a little bit more about decoding asbab and how we can decode these asbab?
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Absolutely, because our life is packed with these worldly means.
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So by asbab, they're typically things that we see, we perceive, bring about some sort of effect.
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Like if I look at the sun, it seems like it appears to be that the light is coming from the sun If I look at the clouds, it appears to be
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that the rain is coming down from the clouds That's what Allah is showing us But like we said, it's for the ابتلا of a believer
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That the believer is مبتلا ببصري He's being tested with what he perceives
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So the point is that ultimately it is the command that has the effect Look, at the time of death, right now, do you see me, Diyah?
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Yes.
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Can you hear me?
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Yes.
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Can you speak?
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Yes.
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Can you move your hand?
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Yes.
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Absolutely.
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Because you're alive.
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I'm making sure.
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But you're alive, you know?
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You're alive.
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Okay, let's say, inshallah, after a long life, the angel of death were to come right now.
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And he were to take your life.
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You, take your life.
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It is a podcast, it is a message, but your life.
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I need to be here to tell them a little bit more.
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Give me some time before I leave here.
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Absolutely.
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Okay, so Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, He is testing us with these things.
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So when the angel of death comes to take your life, what is he taking?
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Spirit.
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Yes.
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Right?
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The ruh.
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The nafs.
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Okay.
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He's taking it out.
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Okay.
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So now let's say that he does his job, the angel of death.
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Yes.
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And it's just your body there.
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Does the eye now see me?
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The same eye that saw me before you died.
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No. No. Can the ear hear me?
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No. No. What was removed from you?
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The soul, the spirit.
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The ruh.
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The ruh.
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And what does Allah say about the ruh?
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وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الرُّوحِ قُلِ الرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّي He says, they ask you about the spirit.
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Tell them that it is from the command of Allah.
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So what was removed from you, the ruh was the command of Allah.
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So you actually see by the command of Allah.
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And you hear by the command of Allah.
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Because when it was removed, you could no longer see, nor could you hear.
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The asbab, they're veiling what's really happening behind the scenes.
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It is Allah's command that is doing.
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But Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala operates in three different ways.
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He does typically 99.9% of the time because this is darul asbab.
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The dunya is the world of means because we're being tested.
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So Allah 99.9% of the time, he's doing and operating through asbab.
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But it's important to understand that through asbab doesn't mean that the sabab is doing.
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It's only appearing to do.
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It's a trick of the eye.
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Even Allah says, فَكَشَفْنَا عَنْكَ غِطَاءَكَ At the time of death.
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So it's like, I remove the veil, I remove the cover.
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Now you could see what you couldn't see before.
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Hadid means sharp.
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You could catch what, and even, you know, there's a very interesting thing here.
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Why did he say hadid?
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Iron is the only element that didn't originate from earth
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Allah says Science has found that comets
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Because it needs a very hot environment to develop or to be So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala There were comets,
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supernova, stars that exploded And this element of hadith came down
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So Allah says So is it from this earth or out of this world?
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Out of this world It's out of this world So it says if Allah is saying, you're going to see things now outside of the world, outside of this world.
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You're being tested, but Allah is operating through the means.
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Again, what does that mean?
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That Allah is doing, but he's simply veiling this activity with the worldly phenomena.
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He created the sun and the moon and the stars and they're subjected to Allah's command.
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The sun is veiling the fact that it is Allah.
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It is Him that provides the light.
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The light doesn't come from the sun, but it doesn't mean that we don't utilize the asbab.
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Now, we said Allah operates in three ways.
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Let's mention them first.
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Allah operates through the means without the means and against the means.
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So let's take it again Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala operates yes through the means.
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He's doing but veiling his doing with the worldly phenomenon.
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Yes Beautiful without the means Okay, so how is that?
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She's stuck in the mihrab, she's locked in.
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And he's giving her the fruits of the winter in the summer.
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And the fruits of the summer in the winter.
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Yeah, 100% she couldn't have gotten that from, you know, going shopping or anything like that.
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So it's like this means that Allah provided for her without means.
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And there are times that Allah operates against the means.
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When Ibrahim A.S was thrown into the fire, the fire typically does what?
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Burning.
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Through the command of Allah.
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Now Allah removed He's changing his command
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That is typically appearing through the means of fire Now he says be cool
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If he stopped at cool he would have froze to death
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So he said And peaceful Specifically now Because they say
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when Allah Contact
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or spoke to the fire All the fire in the universe Is now listening to the Amr of Allah
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But when he says, only on Ibrahim they say they stripped him naked and he was tied with a rope.
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The rope that his hands were tied to burned, but not a single hair on Ibrahim alayhis salaam burned.
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This is the Qudra of Allah.
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So Allah operates through the means, Allah operates without the means, and Allah operates against the means so the asbab is from Allah
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so you cannot be mad at any sabab
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when some some people I don't know if I can say
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that word they curse the asbab oh man it rained oh
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whatever the rain oh man what no this is this is from Allah absolutely
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so that's why they say it's haram to curse
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or to to how can we put it in a good
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sentence where we could say we don't want to say anything
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bad about the asbab we don't even want to leave the
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asbab yes we actually the ibn al-qayyim he has a beautiful saying he says
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the point is to spend it absolutely
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if you have some means you have some money spend it in a way that's pleasing to Allah, but to negate it.
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What is the meaning of nafi?
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To negate it.
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It doesn't mean that you leave it.
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See, Allah put his commands in the means.
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So if you turn your back to the means, you're going to leave out some of the commands of Allah.
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Your deen will not be complete.
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I don't want to get married.
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You know what?
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I never want to get married.
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Okay, what about khayrukum khayrukum li ahli?
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If you don't get married, bro, You're not going to fulfill that hadith.
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Your deen will be naqis at that point.
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So we're not against the asbab.
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الدنيا دار الاسباب.
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It's the house of means.
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However, we don't want to rely on the asbab.
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يعني meaning الاسباب للامتثال ليس للاتكاد.
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The asbab, the actual purpose and goal of sabab is to fulfill God's command in the sabab.
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Now watch this.
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Allah tells Musa what?
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He says Idrib bi'asa kal bahar What happens when he struck the Red Sea with his staff?
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What happened?
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The sea split.
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Now it's very interesting.
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People don't catch the rest of it.
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After he crossed and Fir'aun was behind him and they made it safely to the other side, Allah now tells Musa, Wat turuki al bahra rahwan He says, leave it.
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Why did he tell him to leave it?
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In some of the tafaseer, Musa, after he crossed, he started striking the sea again so it can close.
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But now the command of Allah wasn't there He didn't tell him
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So he said no Follow the commands man You'll be happy We take the asbab
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when Allah commands us to And we leave the asbab
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when Allah commands us to How beautiful is understanding the asbab How much would you enjoy life If you really believe
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in every sebab that's happening in your life, there's a good reason behind this and it's from Allah's command.
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And you'll just feel safe.
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Very safe.
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You'll feel complete.
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You'll feel this is God, man.
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This is God who's doing everything right around me.
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Every sebab happening around me, it's happening for a reason.
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Just before we continue, I wanna take a quick moment to highlight something close to my heart.
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Because what's the point of decoding dunya if we're not also working for our Akhira.
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In a world filled with struggle, there are those who choose to act.
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Humanity is on the ground in over 25 countries across five continents, from Africa to Asia, delivering food,
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water, and medical aid to those who need it most.
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In Gaza, Syria, Yemen, and beyond, families are facing unimaginable hardship.
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But with your help, humanity is providing hope.
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And listen, we know how important trust is when it comes to charity.
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That's why we've done our homework.
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We wouldn't raise our voices for just anyone.
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We chose humanity because we trust them.
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They're out there doing the work, making a difference, ensuring that every donation reaches those who need it most.
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Be the blessing with humanity.
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Go to wearehumanity.org now.
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You'll find the link in the description.
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Give your sadaqah.
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Give your zakah.
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Change a life.
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Well, let me ask you a question.
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What do you think about when you're hungry?
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Food.
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Most of us.
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Yes.
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There's pretty good food in Jordan.
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Absolutely.
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Okay.
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So your heart turns usually to food.
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Yes.
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And then you eat the food, and typically it fulfills your hunger.
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But now, we understood from this that So in reality,
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it is not the food that removes hunger or satiates hunger.
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It is the command of Allah.
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It is not the water that quenches thirst.
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It is the command of Allah.
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We need to understand this.
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This is very important because when I ask most people, why do you eat?
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The majority of people will say, because I'm hungry.
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Hungry.
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But the believer doesn't, he's command oriented.
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He doesn't eat because he's hungry.
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Let me give you an example.
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There is people like this, Usama.
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Most of us, most of us eat because we're hungry.
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There's people that eat the other side.
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Very few to follow the command of Allah.
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Because look at this.
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One of our shuyukhi was passing by a group of people
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and they had someone responsible for them that's very righteous religious and he was giving them advice Ya ikhwan,
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oh brothers when you eat eat with the intention to gain strength to pray To worship Allah.
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So the one of our shuyukhi who's mashallah on the next level, you know He passed by he said mashallah since when does food give you strength?
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strength.
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There's nothing wrong with eating with that intention to gain strength, to worship Allah.
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Now eating becomes ibadah.
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But the issue is that your yaqeen is that food gives you strength.
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And he's telling them, they asked him, so why should we eat?
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Look at this.
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This is ajeeb, man.
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Because it's so subtle, latif, but it's there in the Quran.
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Most people only when they think of the commands of Allah, they think he commanded me to pray.
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Sure.
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He commanded me to fast.
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Sure.
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He commanded me to give zakah sure
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but he also commanded you to eat look at the quran it's a command
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but when you eat because Allah commanded you to now it's a bad
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and now you're a true slave of Allah you're eating
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because he commanded you to not to fulfill or satiate your hunger
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So when your Iman is correct the next time you're hungry your heart should turn to Allah,
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but your body should turn to You see what I'm saying?
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So the idea is the believer The believer is command oriented
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is every act can can we take every act to Allah first before doing it every act sleeping, eating, going to the gym,
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going to work, driving your kids to school, every act in your life.
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Look, it's not just that.
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Most of us, we separate deen from our dunya.
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Actually, deen Allah put his commands into everything.
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Do you know the book, Hisnul Muslim?
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Yes.
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It's the fortress of a Muslim, like the protection of the Muslim.
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So, it's packed with du'as of your day-to-day.
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Do you look at the mirror every day?
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Okay, do you use the washroom every day?
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Yes.
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Okay, do you sleep every day?
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Yes.
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Do you eat every day?
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Yes.
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There's a dua for everything.
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Everything.
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And subhanallah, those duas, everything, those duas teach you yaqeen, to always attribute the benefit to Allah, that He is the doer.
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So instead of it's just an act, it's a ibadah.
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Absolutely, if you do that.
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Alhamdulillah, allathee at'amani.
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This is after you eat food, it's part of the dua.
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Alhamdulillah, after you wake up.
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Allathee ahyana.
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Who gave you life?
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Ba'dama amatana wa ilayhi annushur.
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Most people their yaqeen is, some people they'll tell you, if I don't sleep at least eight hours a day, I'm not rested.
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His yaqeen is on what?
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Bed, pillow, sleeping, time.
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The bed is downstairs.
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The rest is upstairs.
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Understand what I mean?
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The actual one.
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So you can buy, if you're a millionaire, you can buy all the beds in the world.
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The best of beds.
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Can you buy rest?
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No. There are people in today's time, they have to take pills to go to sleep because they're depressed.
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But the believer, right away, he puts his head, he passes away.
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Yeah, but we've got to make sure not everybody who passes away right away is a believer, guys.
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Right now, everybody watching, he'd be like man uh-huh man i'm a good believer it's a good point
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but ultimately i think we're gonna pass out pretty nicely tonight after all of this look
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so our yaqeen we have to sleep
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because why why does a believer sleep to rest okay a believer sleeps to rest no to wake up for for Fajr.
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No, because Allah commanded him to.
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Why does the believer sleep?
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Most people to rest.
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But now that you understand a believer is command oriented.
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Allah told us.
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Allah told you to get some rest.
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But your yakin.
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Imagine somebody right now living this life.
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Everything he's doing, somebody's asking him, why are you doing this?
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He's like, Allah told me.
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Probably people laugh at him.
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Yes, but you don't have to tell people.
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It's a state of the heart.
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Otherwise, you're weird.
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It's like, hold on, I'm hungry.
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One second, two, raka, salah.
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Otherwise, you're weird.
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You're weird, bro.
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You can't do that, man.
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Between you and Allah, man.
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So this is the thing.
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You are outwardly, in one way, utilizing the asbab.
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But inwardly, you're with Allah.
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It's beautiful.
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It's like there's a movie happening in your life.
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You're normal.
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You're sick, yes.
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Take medicine, sure.
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Sometimes, bro, when I'm talking to people, It's like they're telling me oh if you take this medicine this one is
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so much better than Tylenol You'll get better right away.
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My heart is so used to this talk.
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I don't tell him brother Medicine doesn't do Allah's a doer even though that's the truth.
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But what do I tell him?
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My heart speaks to him It negates what he says.
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It says no, no, no, ya akhi It's not true, but my tongue is casual and normal.
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There's something I want to say Osama about this Wallahi, when I hear people talk these days, if I hear somebody talking about money,
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how to make money, too much dunya about talking about how to make stuff in his way.
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And when I don't realize somebody brings Allah in his talk, I feel, man, this is all X out.
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You're at the wrong place.
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You're doing the wrong thing.
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I always feel this.
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Wallahi, I don't even like to listen to somebody no matter what he's doing.
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If he's not putting God in the middle, man, God is the main.
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He's not in the middle, But at least when you're talking about somebody's giving too many advices about how to be a millionaire
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It's Allah first man It's Allah's command It's Allah
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And then the things you're doing It's you waking up early
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It's you doing this It's you having It's whoever puts Allah
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in everything he's doing First First I love to listen to him
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And that's the balance See the thing is you put Allah first with your heart
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But you're normal You're not you know weird like we said You're going about your day to day
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But look at this verse Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says I
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thought about this verse where Allah says the
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true men are those whom neither trade nor business distracts them from the dhikr the remembrance of Allah
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One of our shiukh he told me he says do you know what dhikr means here I said no He said, ta'a, the obedience of Allah.
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It doesn't distract them.
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Why obedience?
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Why did he make this subtle distinction?
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It's very important.
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Let's say you sell clothes.
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And I walk into your store.
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According to this verse, la tuliihim tijaratun wala bay'un, they're not distracted by business or trade or whatever from the dhikr of Allah,
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meaning you're buying and you're selling and you're remembering Allah.
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So if I ask you, brother, how much is that shirt?
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100 bucks.
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Usually that's the answer but let's say you answer with Subhanallah because it says
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If you understand it as the kid of the tongue you're wrong and you're weird.
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Yeah again.
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Yeah, yeah How much is that shirt?
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La ilaha illallah and those shoes Subhanallah Bro, I'm here to buy your stuff.
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Can you please for the love of God?
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Tell me how much it is already?
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It's like he would be crazy.
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He's nuts.
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But the idea What does it mean?
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It means that they don't disobey Allah in the commands he put in tijara and in bay'a,
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in business and in trade.
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So Allah put commands like what?
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The Prophet ﷺ says, That Allah has mercy on the person who's easygoing in his dealings.
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Easygoing.
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Look at this.
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It's really hajeeb.
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There was a sahabi.
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He opened up a business because he heard about this hadith that you get a special place in Jannah, some special reward if you're easygoing in your dealing.
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So he opens up a business and another Sahabi comes and buys something.
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The next day he comes to return it.
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The Sahabi doesn't ask him any questions.
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He accepts the return.
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He didn't have a receipt.
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But he accepted the return nonetheless.
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He took it.
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The next day the Sahabi passes by.
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He found that he closed his store.
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So he's worried.
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Maybe he's upset because I returned the product.
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So he goes and says, why did you shut down the store?
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Did I upset you?
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Is it because I returned the product?
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He says, no.
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Because I heard Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam saying that there's a special reward
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and mercy for the person that is easy in his dealings.
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I opened the business just to fulfill that hadith of Rasulullah.
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The believer is not in business to make money.
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Listen carefully.
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This is deep, bro.
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We're talking about with 99% of the people right now.
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This is, yeah, it's great.
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The purpose of business is not to make money.
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Allah is the razaq.
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The purpose of money or business is to fulfill the commands of Allah that he put in business.
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Don't cheat.
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Don't steal. Be honest.
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Don't deceive.
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A guy came up to me, and he's like, man, I want to sell my car, but it has a defect.
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And I'm worried if I tell them about the defect, I won't be able to sell it.
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I'm like, bro, what are you talking about?
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You want to be successful?
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He said, yes.
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I said, start with the defect.
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He got excited.
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His E-man was pumped.
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He goes, the first buyer that comes, he goes, how's the car?
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He tells him, just to be honest with you, there was this problem, but we fixed it, and it's okay now, but I just want it to be open and transparent.
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So what do you think the guy did?
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He bought the car.
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No. He walked away and he didn't buy it.
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So the guy comes back to me.
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I swear, he comes back, he's like, Brother Osama, you ruined it.
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You ruined the deal, bro.
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I thought you said, you lied to me.
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You said that the transaction will be successful.
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Wow.
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I said it was.
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Because your definition of success, it's about the financial transaction, whether you made the sale or not.
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My definition of success is whether you fulfilled God's command or not.
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You didn't cheat him.
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So you are successful, irrelevant of the result.
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This is key.
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So you're not worried.
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A believer is command oriented, not results oriented.
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As long as I fulfill God's commands in business, in dealings, in marriage, with my children, in my nine to five job,
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in every single movement, I am successful, irrelevant of the outcome.
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So anybody can be successful if they understand this for me.
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I can't say nothing after that.
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Sorry imagine how many people
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if they follow this rule man it changes everything it changes
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the world man it changes the whole world man may allah make us a means for that
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because it really it removes anxiety it removes stress everybody has
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the hem of risk what am i going to do tomorrow why are you worried about
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so the point you just do business don't leave the business start a business it's It's the intention of the business.
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Absolutely.
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The intentions.
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Why you're there?
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Why did you wake up?
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What are you doing at work?
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Why are you going to have some ilim?
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Why are you getting educated?
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Yes, why are we doing this halka?
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Why are you doing this episode?
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InshaAllah for Allah.
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Yeah, that's the key.
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InshaAllah.
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To rectify that intention, Ya Allah.
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You commanded us to do what?
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ومن أحسن قولا ممن دعا إلى الله.
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And something else I would love to add to this.
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Keeping the intention, man, It's something you need to do it.
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You can't keep the intention.
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Say in the morning, I'm going to keep the intention and go out.
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Wallahi, Usama, I remember when I went to Gaza.
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I was in Gaza eight months ago.
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SubhanAllah.
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Yes.
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Wallahi, the most thing I was afraid of and I was scared of is the intentions, Usama.
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Because your life is on the line.
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The intention.
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No, it's...
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Yes, my life is on the line. Of course.
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And you know you might just...
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You're out of this line.
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At any moment.
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At any moment.
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The intentions.
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Me and the guys, even the guys with me, I used to keep telling them, Guys, please, just the intention, fix it, fix it.
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It's like something, you click it, you tag it just quick.
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It is something you need to remind yourself of always.
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My intentions, I'm here because of Allah.
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I want to see the people.
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I want the people to feel good, that there is people come into Gaza while all this is happening.
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Absolutely.
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The hardest thing that, Wallahi, I always check, probably you won't even believe it, every hour, man.
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Tashih al-Niyah.
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Look, this brings up a very good point.
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Can you start an act with a good intention and then it change? So easy.
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Absolutely.
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If you go there, you see numbers, you see followers, you see people.
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Man, even our life in social media, how many of us, we're doing this podcast.
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Inshallah, it's going to do great.
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People love it.
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The good things you hear from people always.
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Oh, thanks, man.
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Thanks, man, for doing this.
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Right now, we're doing this for Allah.
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If this takes us somewhere beautiful, inshallah, we stay the same.
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And you get that all the time.
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I see I've been hanging out with you for the last few days.
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And it's very humbling.
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I love this.
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I'm like, every place I go with this guy, people want to take selfies.
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We're actually just on the road right now.
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How can I?
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Right now, just what you said, man.
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This is going to...
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No, Ozzy, listen, listen.
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That's my intention.
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No, let's fix it.
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Let's work.
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It's a great example.
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Look at this.
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We're driving on our way to the studio.
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We get stopped, you know, at the light.
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And there are these people that sell stuff.
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He was selling strawberries.
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He takes out his phone and he has Diyah as the background of the wallpaper on his phone.
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And he's telling him he's so excited that he sees Diyah.
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And Diyah is so excited.
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But he says, Wallah bahibbak, I love you.
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The idea here is, okay, Allah sends you.
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Too much of this is a problem.
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Allah sends you these people to test you.
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So it's very important to always be conscious of Allah.
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When they come, see that Allah sent him.
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When you see that Allah sent him Now rather than being like I'm a big shot Thank you, Ya Allah Yes, thank you, Ya Allah That changes everything It is,
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it is, man SubhanAllah It is so true, man Fixing the intention People need to I would love even to tell everybody watching us right now Wallahi,
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guys Whatever you're doing If you have the good intention It's like a contract, man Some people think it's once a month Wallahi,
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it's daily It's hourly It's every 30 minutes whenever you know
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what you what are you doing this is I'm doing this
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for Allah fix it man especially us on social media influencers
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on social media people on social media this life it's it's
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not it's not a real life man being on the tv
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being on your phone people know you what's the purpose of
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what are you doing just fix it take it to the right way absolutely put it in the right place
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and then people used to tell me man you weren't afraid
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in Gaza I was telling them people man don't worry i
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was somewhere else here mentally i was somewhere i was with allah man
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i was afraid before i walked in before i put my feet in rafah before
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that i was all i was afraid i was super afraid
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just the second i put my feet in i saw you make sujood he took something out yeah
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and he put in peace peace in a war man on the land that there's a There's peace?
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There was so much peace and the intention.
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I've seen everybody just waiting for us.
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I looked at the guys.
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I'm like, guys, please.
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Please.
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SubhanAllah.
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Look, I blew up your ego.
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So I want to humble you now.
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Okay, how many followers do you have?
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Approximately.
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2.6 million.
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I'm going to ask you a question.
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MashaAllah, that's beautiful.
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Who has the most followers today online?
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Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Actually, it's Shaitan.
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So don't let your followers get to your head. Of course.
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We always give da'wah to the one.
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Even if I have 50 million followers, 100 million followers, the one that I perform to, I always tell my wife,
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I tell her, we always perform for an audience of one.
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That's nice.
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Something else.
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How can I pass the test of asbab?
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I started talking like you.
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How can you pass the test of asbab?
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Absolutely, man.
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That's so important because what if Allah gave you so much money?
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Yes.
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How do you pass that test?
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There's three things you have to keep in mind.
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The first thing to pass the test of asbab is that your yaqeen is on Rabbul Asbab, not the sabab.
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Meaning, you're not attached to the sabab.
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You're ready to leave it.
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The Sahaba, when the ayah came, At that point, it was the time to reap the harvest from their farms.
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But the command came.
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They weren't attached to this
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So they were ready to leave it For the sake of
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Allah This is very important Your heart is not attached to it You're ready to leave it
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And number three You fulfill God's command That he placed in the sabab Money is a fitna
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So it's a test Allah wants to see Are you going to be grateful for this money?
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What is the definition of grateful here?
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remaining within the boundaries of halal and haram that are associated with money and then you've passed that test.
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Al-Salam.
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We decoded asbab.
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Did we just decode asbab?
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I think so.
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I think so.
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Alhamdulillah.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 585 sentences and 5095 words to shadow. The speech runs for 30:54. The speaker talks at a natural 165 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| believer noun | /bɪˈlivɚ/ | A person who believes; especially regarding religion. |
| intention noun | /ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩/ | A course of action that a person intends to follow. |
| fulfill verb | /fʊlˈfɪl/ | To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.). |
| hungry adjective | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food. |
| follower noun | /ˈfɒləʊə(ɹ)/ | One who follows, comes after another. |
| veil noun | /veɪl/ | Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material. |
| humanity noun | /hjuˈmænɪti/ | Humankind; human beings as a group. |
| verse noun | /ˈvɝs/ | A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme. |
| intentions noun | /ɪnˈtɛnʃənz/ | Desire to court, marry, date, woo or sleep with someone. |
| hunger noun | /ˈhʌŋɡɚ/ | A need or compelling desire for food. |
| angel noun | /ˈeɪ̯n.d͡ʒəl/ | An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes. |
| podcast noun | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on… |
| distract verb | /dɪˈstɹækt/ | To divert the attention of. |
| defect noun | /ˈdiːfɛkt/ | A fault or malfunction. |
| dealings noun | /ˈdiːlɪŋ(ɡ)z/ | Relations with others. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
| open up verb | To open. | |
| pass away verb | To die. | |
| blow up verb | To explode or be destroyed by explosion. | |
| bring up verb | To mention. | |
| come back verb | To return to a place. | |
| come down verb | To descend, fall down, collapse. | |
| come up to verb | To approach. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true | used to keep · used to tell |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | being tested · was removed · was thrown |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has found · we've done · I've seen |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | those who choose · those who need |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 133 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: nonetheless /ˌnʌnðəˈlɛs/, thirst /θɝst/, hadith /həˈdiːθ/, dhikr /ðikɹ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: intention /ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩/, intentions /ɪnˈtɛnʃənz/, worship /ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/, transaction /tɹænˈzækʃən/, sharp /ʃɑɹp/
- Long words — get the stress right: humanity /hjuˈmænɪti/, phenomenon /fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/, irrelevant /ɪˈɹɛləvənt/, millionaire /ˌmɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/, anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like believer, intention, fulfill.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.