Shadowing Practice: How Can I Avoid Sins? | Sayed Mohammad Baqer Qazwini - Learn English Speaking with Video
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salallahu alayhi wa sallam alayhi wa sallam alayhi wa sallam alayhi
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sallam wa sallam wa sallam wa sallam wa sallam wa sallam
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wa sallam wa sallam wa sallam wa sallam
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wa sallam يا رحمة الله
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الواسع يا ويا باب نجاة الأمة
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يا غريب يا شهيد كربلا
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Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala states in the Holy Quran In Surah Al -Shuraa,
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verse 30 Bismillah ar -Rahman ar -Rahim وَمَا أَصَابَكُم مِّن مُصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ
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صَدَقَ اللَّهُ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ Illuminate your hearts and minds with a loud salawat Allahumma salli ala Muhammadin wa ala Muhammad
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Respected brothers and sisters, As -salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh
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As we embrace the sorrowful crescent of the month of Muharram I extend to you my sincerest condolences
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On the tragic martyrdom of Imam Al -Husayn sallallahu alayhi
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On these nights we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala To open our hearts
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For the legacy of Al -Imam Al -Hussain
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We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala To illuminate our hearts
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and minds With the light of Abi Abdullah Al -Hussain
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And we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala To grant us
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the shafa 'ah The intercession of Al -Imam Al -Hussain in this world and on the Day of Judgment.
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The beauty of the legacy of Imam Hussain lies in its immense power of motivation.
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The legacy of Imam Hussain motivates us to do good, to stand up for justice.
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It motivates us to worship Allah,
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to obey Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala and it motivates us to keep away from sins
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the legacy of Imam Hussain alayhi salam is about protecting our
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nafs from disobeying Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala what is it
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that happened during the time of Imam Hussain that led tens of thousands of people to fight him
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Those who came to Karbala to fight the Imam of their time You think they did not know who Imam Hussain was?
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They had any doubts about his identity, about his lineage, about what he stood for?
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They knew very well whom they were fighting
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But what emboldened them and gave them the audacity to fight was that they became comfortable with sinning.
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Sinning became very normal for them.
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And once we develop a habit of feeling comfortable with sins, they become second nature.
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We don't care when we sin.
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That's when we invite the shaitan to overpower us.
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This is exactly what Imam Hussain Alayhi Salaam said On the day of Ashura
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When he explained Why his enemies were
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fighting him These people are a people Whose
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stomachs have been filled with haram Meaning their income is not lawful They stand with injustice,
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they sin left and right.
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What was the consequence of that?
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فَاسْتَحْوَذَ عَلَيْهُمُ الشَّيْطَانِ Shaitan overpowered them, he surrounded them.
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وَأَنْسَاهُمْ ذِكْرَ الرَّحْمَانِ He made them forget their Lord, the compassionate Rahman.
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They had no connection with.
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On the day of Ashura, they had no connection with Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala And hence,
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they were responsible for the biggest tragedy that this planet has ever faced This is what sins do Sins are destructive
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Sins darken our souls, they darken our spiritual heart Sins create barriers between us and our creator
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Sins deflate us from the desire to worship Allah
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From the desire to stand up for justice From the desire to do good
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There are many negative consequences to sins Now this is not
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aimed at making you lose hope in the mercy of Allah
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subhanahu wa ta 'ala We believe in the power of repentance In the mercy of Allah
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But we need to know the consequences of sins
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One of the consequences of sins Is
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that it reduces your sustenance A hadith from Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib States
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When a person sins That causes a reduction In his sustenance In his rizq And rizq is quality of life
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You may have money
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But that money does not give you peace of mind That money has no barakah in it
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You'll spend that money in haram It will not help you You'll feel lonely
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and depressed There's no barakah in your money And we've seen People in society They could be millionaires,
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billionaires, famous singers But they have the highest rates of depression Suicide, anxiety, loneliness Why?
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Because they don't have that quality sustenance One of the effect of sins Is
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that it reduces the quality of the rizq Of the sustenance that we have
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The second consequence Negative effect of sins Is that it brings about calamities in our lives
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According to one hadith from Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib He explains that when we sin
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Tragedies afflict us The Imam gives even simple examples You scratch your skin You bleed,
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you trip, you fall A tragedy happens
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Most of that is because of our mistakes and sins
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And then Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Quotes verse 30 of Surah Al -Shura وَمَا أَصَابَكُمْ مِن مُصِيبَةٍ إِلَّا بِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ
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The tragedies that befall you It's because of what your hands have done Because of your sins,
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because of your mistakes Most of the problems that we have in this world Whether wars,
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injustice, poverty, problems, issues Is because of what?
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Because of our mistakes Because of our sins Because we insist on injustice
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Next time I'm tempted to commit a sin I need to
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keep this in mind This sin I'm about to make Could bring a tragedy in my life Do I really want that?
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It could hit me with a sickness, illness A loved one could suffer I could fail in some aspect of my life Do I really want that for myself?
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That's the second consequence of sins The third consequence of sins Sins can bring premature death
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According to one hadith From Al -Imam Al -Sadiq He states
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People who die because of their sins Are more than people who die Because their time has come up Has expired
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There's an expiration date on every human being Allah has not given you a body
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That has the capacity to age for centuries and millennia There's an expiration date on our bodies
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But most of us don't reach that expiration date 10 years,
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20 years, 30 years, 40 years earlier than the expiration date, we depart this world.
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Why?
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This hadith states because of sins.
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That's one of the consequences of sins.
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It shortens one's life.
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Is that something that I want to bring about for myself?
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Now, this does not mean that if someone dies young, it's because of their sins.
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Sometimes Allah tries believers And Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala wants to expedite their return to Him
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Many of our Imams were very young When they went back to Allah
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when they were martyred Al -Imam Al -Jawad alayhi salam How old was he?
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24, 25?
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So if you hear someone died while they're young Don't quickly judge them
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and say Oh it was because of their sins No, sometimes Allah wants to purify this person But generally speaking,
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that's one of the consequences of sins The more we sin, the more we expedite our death
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These are three common consequences of sins Now here comes the very important question Many of us were habitual sinners
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Were addicted to many types of sins And we know it's wrong We know we need to stop
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And many times we're trying genuinely to stop
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But we simply can't I've been trying years
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and years to stop these sins But I'm unable to do so How can I bring myself to stop sinning?
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I can't help but sin In our discussion tonight
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As we are being inspired by the legacy of Imam Hussain
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a .s I will share with you some practical steps that help us stay away from sins.
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At the end of the day, every sin you're able to tackle and protect yourself from, you're that much closer to Imam Hussain.
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That's what our Imam wants from us.
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Yes, to mourn for him, to gather, to uphold his legacy, to uphold his sha 'air.
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But the Imam alayhis salam also wants us to purify our hearts
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And we do so by keeping away from sins So how do we bring ourselves to stop from sins?
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Here are some practical steps I will share with you Number one It's very helpful and important
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To know how sins impact our intelligence This is another very important consequence of sins
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that many people are unaware of we all love to be intelligent who doesn't
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if right now there is a pill that you can take
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and it cost $10 ,000 it increases your IQ by 20 points 30 points
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and let's say you have that money or you can borrow
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that money would you not take it everyone would take it right we want to be intelligent.
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There is a converse relationship between sins and between intelligence.
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I'll give you an example.
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Scientific studies have shown, for instance, that anger and rage affect your IQ.
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When you are in a state of anger,
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your IQ is reduced your intelligence is reduced now
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if you're wondering what is the science behind
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that here's the science behind it subhanallah Allah subhanahu wa ta
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'ala has given us a very sophisticated organ called the brain it's very complex it has many many different parts
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when you analyze the brain it's a whole community, it's an entire government with ministers,
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with many different fields and parts,
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there's a central command system in the brain, it's very sophisticated.
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Now one of the most important parts of the brain is the prefrontal cortex, this is right behind your forehead,
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this is the area that's responsible for critical thinking for decision -making
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when you're about to make a decision you're squeezing your mind you're weighing your pros
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and cons that is the area in your brain
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that you're using actively so when you're making decisions you need energy you need blood
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and oxygen to flow properly in that part of your brain
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so you can make the right decision now just as in any government there's competition between the different ministers.
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Ministries, there's competition between the various parts of the brain.
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There's a part in the middle of your brain called the amygdala.
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This part is activated when you become angry.
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When you rage and you're consumed with anger,
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Blood and oxygen flow to this middle part of the brain Now what does that do?
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When you're under the influence of anger It takes the resources away from the prefrontal cortex
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And it concentrates the resources Meaning blood and oxygen In the middle part of the brain What happens?
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That reduces your IQ you.
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Your capacity to think properly and make good decisions are influenced.
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One psychologist that I saw discussing this,
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based on his studies, he even claimed that when you are in the state of anger,
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your intelligence is reduced down to one -third.
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I want you to think about this.
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what's a good average IQ 120 good average IQ is 120
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when you're angry and fuming
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and you're raging your IQ can go down to 40 what
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do you call a person who's got an IQ of 40 imagine we all go through this
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when we rage in that moment your IQ can go down to 40.
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Imagine if you're a genius, you're exceptionally smart.
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If you have an IQ of 150 you're very smart.
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If your IQ is 150 but you're raging and you're angry, go down to one -third.
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What's one -third of 150?
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That's 50.
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What do you call a person who has an IQ of 50?
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Anyone with an IQ of less than 80 we call this person a dumb person, a stupid person, an imbecile.
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Imagine a genius with an IQ of 150,
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his IQ can go down to 50 in a moment of anger and rage.
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Even if you have Einstein's IQ.
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Einstein's IQ is estimated to be 200 okay what's one third of
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that 70 about 70 when i
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when einstein rages his iq can go down to 70 that's
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still a dumb person you see what anger does to us
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that is why subhanallah amir al -mu'mineen states in nehaj al
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-balagha al -hiddu darbun minal junoon subhanallah the imams they've mastered
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these equations 14 centuries ago the imam alayhis salam says had the anger is a type of insanity
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stupidity junoon insanity beware don't rage in
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that moment you will lose your intelligence a person becomes stupid in
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that moment it's a type of insanity then the imam alayhis salam states end then,
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the person who rages and acts with rage he will regret it
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when he goes back to his senses
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when his IQ goes back from 40 to 120 and he realizes what he said and what he did, he will regret it,
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I know some people who've made some of the worst mistakes of their life in a moment of anger
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because you can't think clearly, so you will regret it then listen to what Imam Ali says,
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there are some people who don't regret it you know what your Imam has to say,
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has to comment وَإِنْ لَمْ يَنْدَمْ and if you don't regret it فَجُنُونُهُ مُسْتَحْكَمْ
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the Imam says basically when you rage you temporarily become insane
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and you'll regret it and if you don't regret it know that your insanity is permanent
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if you don't regret your acts of rage then your insanity
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is permanent these are the words of Amir al -Mu'mineen alayhi
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salam that's what anger does the same applies to the power of desire this same psychologist said
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when you're influenced by desires your IQ can go down to one -fourth 25 % of your IQ In moments of desire,
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temptation, and I can attest to that my dear brothers and sisters.
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I know some very intelligent people, they're smart, they're intelligent, they're otherwise successful.
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But when they're consumed by desires and temptation, they become insane.
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I've seen some people make the worst decisions of their life, because they're under the influence of what?
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Of money There are some people They're willing to do anything for money They're willing To defraud anyone for money
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They could be very intelligent people But in that moment They become insane
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Because that's what the power of desire Does to them The love of money reduces your IQ It wrecks your intelligence
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The influence of money The influence of power There are some people that are willing to do anything for power.
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The influence of temptations and desires.
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Have you seen people who are driven by a haram temptation?
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They lose their senses.
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They don't understand what they're doing.
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They expose themselves.
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They commit all types of sins.
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Because they're under the influence of a desire.
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That's when we forgo our intellect.
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And hence the hadith from the Prophet ﷺ.
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He states, ذَهَابُ الْعَقْلِ بَيْنَ الْهَوَى وَالشَّهْوَى Do you want to say goodbye to your intellect,
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to your aql, to your intelligence?
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That's when you are between your desires and temptations.
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Constantly remembering this is extremely effective to protect yourself from sins.
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tomorrow if you're tempted to commit a sin realize that sin is taking your intelligence
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stealing robbing your intelligence do you really want that imagine
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if someone can come
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and just take 50 iq points from you you'd be very defensive well be very defensive
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when it comes to sins
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because that's exactly what they do this first tragedy strategy is
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very effective in protecting us from the influence of sins think of this equation every single day
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that will motivate you to say no to many of your desires many of haram temptations many of the sins
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that influence us the second practical step
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that I would like to share with you that helps us avoid sins is to always be preoccupied doing something productive.
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Put very simple, do you know why we sin brothers and sisters?
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We sin many times because we can afford to sin, because we have enough time to sin.
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One strategy to keep yourself away from sins is to keep yourself busy.
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When you have extra time that's being wasted and you have not planned for it, you do not know how to fill up your time,
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you know what you're essentially telling shaitan?
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You're telling shaitan, تفضل, come mess with me, I've got nothing to do.
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When you have nothing to do, you've got all these shaitans trying to push you their way, to pull you their way.
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A very effective strategy is to keep yourself busy, to the point of exhaustion,
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yes I know it's not good to exhaust yourself but if that's the only way to keep you away from haram, wallah I love this exhaustion, the best exhaustion in the world,
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if it's keeping you away from sins and from bad habits.
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Exhaust yourself to the point where you literally don't have free time Now I'm not saying be a workaholic
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and work and don't give time to your family
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Don't go out on a nice summer day and enjoy the nature and outdoor activities that Allah has given you No,
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of course you could do that And that is purposeful time If you go out on a lovely day You're exercising,
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you're keeping yourself healthy that's good that's purposeful time
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but many times we just have hours we don't know what
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to do I'm bored I'm bored I don't know what to
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do the minute you say I'm bored I don't know what
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to do you're telling shaitan fadl come come play around with me because I have nothing to do
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Never keep yourself not doing anything such that you get bored.
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Once we get bored, that's when the sins keep piling up.
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Keep yourself as busy as you can.
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The busier you are, it's very simple.
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The less opportunities you have to sin.
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When we are purposeful with our schedule, We keep ourselves protected from sins For instance,
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I'll give you another example here One of the common sins that we engage in is in our sahras Guys with guys, sisters with sisters, right?
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When we sit in our sahras for 2 -3 hours The ghibah
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and the backbiting and the gossiping And all the haram discussions that you're aware of Why?
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Because they're not purposeful sahras Next time you want to have a Sahra
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Make it purposeful By creating rules for the Sahra Have a theme for your Sahra Discuss something purposeful
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Now if you tell me Sayyid Come on who's interested in
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that That's more like a Q &A with you It's not
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a Sahra First of all you can make it interesting Just requires some planning
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Get together with some like minded Brothers and sisters who are passionate about productive subjects
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and tell them beforehand this is what we're discussing this keeps you away from a lot of haram talk
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and vain talk
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secondly, secondly and this is important if that group is completely not interested
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and all they want to do is sit and discuss haram honestly you should not be associating with them
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this is your life, we live once Do I really want to spend my precious hours in Allah's disobedience? In gossip, in backbiting?
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How is that going to help me?
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How does that make me a better person?
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And I'm just piling up these sins
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So the second strategy my dear brothers
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and sisters In protecting ourselves from sins Is to plan your
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schedule Plan your day Every hour of your day know what you're doing Plan it make it purposeful
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that will protect you from a lot of sins the third tip or strategy in protecting us from sins
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is to know whom we are sinning against
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Allah is the one who created me He gave me life He sustained me why should I sin against Him
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create that feeling of shame in your heart One reason why we sin Is because we're not ashamed to sin Adi,
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it's normal Allah who's been good to you Who's given you everything Who's your Rahman,
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your Raheem Why should I sin?
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What did Allah do wrong That warrants me disobeying?
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Think about that That in itself raises believers spiritually so
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that they feel ashamed of sinning know whom you're sinning against number four the fourth tip
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or strategy is also to know whom you're sinning against
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but in a different way Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala definitely
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is merciful he is the compassionate he is the forgiver but
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when you're sinning you're violating the king of the universe you're violating the most powerful being in existence is
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that wise honestly to mess with the most powerful being in existence yes he's merciful
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but he is powerful you keep violating there could be consequences
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just like he forgives he also disciplines he also punishes think about
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that do you really want to set up yourself against Allah, the most powerful king in existence.
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One day a man comes to Imam Al -Husayn He tells him, Aba Abdullah, I'm addicted to sins.
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I can't help but sin.
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Give me a maw 'adha.
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Give me some words of advice.
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Help me out here.
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I can't stop sinning.
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The Imam gave him a very interesting response.
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The Imam Alayhis Salaam says if you can get away with doing these five sin all that you want.
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The man was shocked.
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Imam Hussain Alayhis Salaam is allowing me to sin in some circumstances?
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Do these five and sin all you want?
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What are these five?
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Listen to the words of Imam Hussain alayhis salam.
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The Imam alayhis salam tells him, here's the first one, Do not eat from the sustenance and the rizq of Allah
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and go and sin as much as you want. Can you do that?
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Don't eat from his sustenance Then disobey him That is so full of shame when I do that Somebody is helping you,
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blessing you Is doing you favors And you go
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and you fight them You go and you disobey them You go and break their rules
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That is very wretched when you think about it
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So Imam Hussain a .s tells him It's very simple If you can not eat from his sustenance Ya Allah, go and sin as much as you want Can you?
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That's the first one
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The second one The imam tells him Exit the wilayah of Allah The protection of Allah
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And go and sin as much as you want Can you?
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Leave the protection of Allah
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Every breath that you take Every heartbeat Is in the hands of Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala What do you control?
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Do you control that in your body?
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Sallu ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin
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We don't control that When you don't control
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that That's not in your hands Then think twice about sinning
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That's the second one The third one The Imam alayhi salam tells him
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If you can find a place Where Allah cannot see you Go and sin all that you want
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That's the third one The fourth one
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When the angel of death comes to claim your soul
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and claim your life If you can say no to the angel of death
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and escape death Then go and sin all that you want
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Number five On the day of judgment
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When you're dragged to Malik Khazan al -Nar Malik is the
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angel who is the keeper of hell He's in charge of the fire of hell
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Imam Hussain alayhi salam says When they take you to Malik If you can say no to Malik, if you're more powerful than Malik,
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and you can stop yourself from going into the fire of hell, then sin all that you want.
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These five words changed the life of this man.
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This is very effective when it comes to preventing sins.
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So that is the fourth strategy my dear brothers and sisters.
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The fifth strategy in stopping ourselves from sinning is to always evaluate our sins.
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Keep track of them.
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You know why we sin?
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One common reason is because we do not keep track of them.
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When you keep track of anything, you create awareness, self -awareness.
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And you become in a better position to stop.
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I remember years ago, there's this app that came in the smartphone that tracks what you eat.
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I wanted to try it just for fun, just to see how it works.
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So you tell it what you eat and it calculates the calories, the sugar, whatever you're eating.
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I used it for like 10 days.
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Believe me, during those 10 days I became mindful of what I was eating, whether it's healthy or not.
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Watch what you eat, don't exceed these calories.
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I became mindful of that.
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No one was forcing me.
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I didn't have any health issue.
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I just wanted to try it.
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But it created self -awareness in me.
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Before that, I wasn't too aware of what I'm eating.
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After that, I became much more aware.
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Every time you sin, my dear brothers and sisters, this is a very effective strategy.
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Every time you sin, write down the sin immediately take out your phone go into your notes section and write i committed the sin
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at night before you sleep review
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that list i guarantee you the following day will be a better day you'll be less inclined to sin
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because now you're tracking your sins you're aware of the number of sins
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that you committed and how many sins that you committed
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and what you did many times we commit sins we forget 10 minutes later obviously I can't stop
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if that's the case write down the sin immediately
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when you write it down you become in a much better
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position to stop the sin there are many other strategies my dear brothers
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and sisters but these are the main ones that I wanted to share with you tonight And one of the final ones,
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very briefly, is to always be in a state of purity, tahara and wudu.
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Tahara is spiritual light.
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Whenever you feel overpowered by your temptations and desires, a very quick strategy is to go and do wudu.
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Try it.
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Get up, do wudu.
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Remember Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala.
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Remember you have a Lord.
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That in itself strengthens you In the face of
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that haram desire In the face of temptation Or anger as we discussed anger It gives you more power
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Because it's an act of spiritual ibadah It's a spiritual light
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that you create for yourself Be on wudu as much as you can It's mustahab Even
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if it's not time for salah Do wudu if you don't have wudu
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Even if you did wudu You want to leave the house Do another wudu
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The hadith from the Prophet ﷺ states The one who dies
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in the state of wudu dies a shaheed Allah gives you the reward of a shaheed Who doesn't want that?
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Another hadith tells us من جدد وضوءه من غير حدث جدد الله توبته من غير استغفار
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If you do wudu Even if you didn't break your wudu
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You do an extra wudu Mustahab Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala
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Will forgive your sins Allah will accept your repentance Even if you didn't do istighfar That wudu becomes your istighfar So one effective strategy
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If you feel overwhelmed by the shaytan You're sitting in a session of ghibah
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And you can't stop it Get up
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and do wudu I guarantee you You'll be in a better position to stop it Because that wudu gives you barakah,
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it gives you that spiritual light And in these nights, my dear brothers
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and sisters One of the best ways to protect ourselves from
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sins Is to connect to the legacy of Imam Hussain The Imam gives you that infinite fuel To be strong,
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to have that connection with Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala the imam shows us in his most difficult moments
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when he was surrounded by his enemies he's bleeding profusely he's lost his infant moments before
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that imam hussein shows us power and strength and patience
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that shocked the angels in one of the ziaras of imam hussein there is this passage
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لَقَدْ عَجَبَتْ عَجَبَتْ مِنْ صَبْرِهِ مَلَائِكَةُ السَّمَاءِ
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The angels who've seen everything since the time of Prophet Adam until that day they've seen every problem, every misery, every tragedy
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they saw 124 ,000 Prophets and their patience but
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that day the patience of Imam Hussain shocked them they had never seen something like that
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Imam Hussain brought that power From his connection to Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala Remembering his legacy Gives you that inspiration
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Every day, begin your day By thanking Al -Imam Al -Hussain As -salamu alayka ya Aba Abdullah
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If you begin your school day, your work day By remembering your Imam And thanking your Imam I guarantee you that day will be a better day
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That day will be a more blessed day A more productive day
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Because you started it by remembering the legacy of your imam The imam alayhis salam will give you that inspiration
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The reward Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala gives you For saying no to sins Is one of the greatest rewards
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that you can get Think about
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that In one authentic hadith From Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib
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alayhis salam The imam alayhis salam states there are three types of patience the first type of patience is
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when you are patient in the face of a tragedy a tragedy strikes you a family member
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and you're patient the reward is great in this the Imam
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says Allah gives you 300 darajah 300 levels the distance between
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each level is from the earth to the sky that's
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when you're patient in the face of a tragedy then the Imam alayhi salam states
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but when your patience when it It comes to Ta 'ah, an act of obedience.
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Like salah, like paying your zakat.
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That's very difficult.
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Allah gives you 600 degrees.
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The distance between them is from the earth to the throne of Allah.
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The third one.
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When you're tempted to commit a sin.
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And you become strong and you say no to that sin.
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Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala gives you 900 degrees.
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The distance between each degree.
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That's how big these degrees are.
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It's from the earth to the upper levels of God's throne.
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Imagine the reward Allah gives you when you're patient.
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Remembering that in itself motivates you to stop the sins.
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So on these nights we connect to the legacy of Imam Hussain a .s.
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And that is the biggest inspiration for us to stop ourselves from sinning.
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As -salamu alayka ya Aba Abdullah Now I want to take your hearts To the Imams of Ahlul Bayt
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When they would embrace the month of Muharram
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When they would embrace the sorrowful crescent Of the month of
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Muharram Al -Imamul Rida alayhi salam In a very moving hadith The Imam describes how the Ahlul Bayt on these days,
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they experienced the tragedy of Imam Hussain alayhi as -salam.
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And Imam al -Rada says, even the people of Jahiliyyah, they had some respect for the month of Muharram.
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They would not fight and kill.
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But as for us, the Ahlul Bayt, what happened to them in the month of Muharram?
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The Imam says, we the Ahlul Bayt,
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You know what happened in the month of Muharram Our blood was spilled Our women
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and the children were taken as prisoners of war Then Imam Ar -Ridaa alayhis salaam states إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْحُسَيْنَ أَقْرَحَ جُفُونَنَا
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The day of Hussain wounded our eyelids.
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You know what that means?
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Sometimes you cry, but sometimes you cry so excessively that you wound your eyelids.
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That's how much pain the tragedy of Imam Hussain caused for the Imams of Ahlul Bayt.
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وَأَسْبَلَ دُمُوعَنَا وَأَذَلَّ عَزِيزَنَا بِأَرْضِ كَرْبٍ وَبَلَى Yes,
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the day of Karbala was a day that was very difficult for the Ahl al -Ba 'id.
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The enemies tried to humiliate them.
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أَوْرَثَتْنَا الْكَرْبَ وَالْبَلَى إِلَى يَوْمِ الْإِنْقِضَى Until the day of judgment
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we will grieve the tragedy of Imam Hussain The
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Imam says cry on the likes of Hussain Cry on
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the tragedy of your Imam Then Imam Ar -Rada says My father
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when he would see the crescent of Muharram He would not
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be seen smiling anymore the grief would show on his face
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until the death of Muharram he says on the day of Ashura my father
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that would be his day of grief his day of mourning
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his day of misery every year the Ahlul Bayt they had
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to experience this great great tragedy Ya Allah Imam Zayn al
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-Abidin alayhis salaam after Karbala for over 30 years he had to live these painful memories.
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Imam Zain al -Abidin says every time I would look at my hands
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and I would remember them going from one tent to other tent
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when they set the tent to fire on the day of Ashura.
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Imam Zain al -Abidin says I can't help But remember that scene, the woman of Ahl al -Bayit running from one tent to another tent,
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and the evil one, what would he would say?
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And the army of Yazid, they would say, destroy and burn the homes of the unjust ones.
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Imagine having to hear that.
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Ya Allah, how much did they have to handle? and Imam Sadiq alaihi salam, he would make it a point to mourn Imam Hussein.
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Many people ask, whose tradition is this that we gather and we mourn?
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This is the tradition of our imams.
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Once a very famous poet, a Sayyid al -Himyari, he went to see al -Imam al -Sadiq alayhi salam.
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It was during these days, al -Imam al -Sadiq alayhi salam tells him, do you have any poetry about my grandfather Hussain?
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He says, yes, I do.
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You know what the Iman does?
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The Iman, he gets up, he brings a curtain, he sets up, he installs the curtain, and then he brings the woman and the children, they sit behind the curtain,
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and the men are sitting on the side.
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Imam al -Sadiq tells him you can now read the poetry and he recites that famous poetry
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it's a very moving line of poetry go pass by the grave of Hussain
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and say to his blessed bones Allahu Akbar what happened to
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the bones of Imam Hussain he kept reciting the lines of poetry until the women, they broke into tears.
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They started yelling and wailing.
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And Imam Sadiq a .s told him, Stop, that's it.
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You can stop now.
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That's enough.
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We cannot handle this anymore.
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That's how the Ahlul Bayt lived the tragedy of Imam Hussain a .s.
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On these nights, remember who Imam Hussain was.
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Remember how his father, his grandfather would treat him.
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One day the Prophet s .a .w.
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is on the minbar.
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This is even mentioned in Sunni sources.
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He's on the minbar.
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When suddenly Imam Hussain comes into the masjid, Imam Hussain trips and he falls.
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The Prophet abruptly cuts his speech and he goes down from the minbar to carry him.
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Then the Prophet comes on the minbar and he says, والله ما دريت أني نزلت من منبري.
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The Prophet says, I don't know how I came down from my pulpit.
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This is Hussain.
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That's how much he loved Abu Abdullah and Hussain But Ya Rasulallah What did they do to your grandson Hussain
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In the land of Karbala You know what the poet says I say this and I conclude The poet says
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One day, Imam Hussain is on the chest of Mustafa, his grandfather is carrying him, playing with him, caring for him,
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but one day that same Hussain is on the chest of Kirmala.
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وَسَيَعْلَمُ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ أَيَّمٌ قَلَبٍ يَنْقَلِبُونَ
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وَالْعَاقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ السلام على الحسين وعلى علي بن الحسين
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وَعَلَىٰ أَوْلَادِ الْحُسَيْنِ وَعَلَىٰ أَصْحَابِ الْحُسَيْنِ Raise your hands in du 'a.
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We ask Allah to accept our majlis.
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We ask Allah to bless you.
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I know many of you have hajat.
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And there's a dear brother who's struggling with a very difficult illness.
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He's very dear to me as well.
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I ask you to pray for his shifa.
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All those that you know, they've asked you for du 'a.
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This is the moment of istijabat al -du 'a.
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Allah has promised with broken hearts and tears when believers gather, Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala answers their du 'a.
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So ask Allah to fulfill your hajaat.
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We ask Allah to grant healing and recovery for all those who are suffering.
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And I ask you all to pray for your brothers and sisters, the women and children in Palestine who are suffering.
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This is the moment that we also pray for them.
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May Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala bless you all, wassalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 501 sentences and 6085 words to shadow. The speech runs for 49:17. The speaker talks at a steady 123 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 75% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| imam noun | /ˈiːmɑːm/ | One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque. |
| sin noun | /ˈsɪn/ | A violation of divine will or religious law. |
| tragedy noun | /ˈtɹæd͡ʒ.ɪ.di/ | A drama or similar work, in which the main character is brought to ruin or otherwise suffers the extreme consequences of some tragic flaw or weakness of… |
| anger noun | /ˈæŋɡə/ | A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm… |
| consequence noun | /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwəns/ | An effect; something that follows a cause as a result. |
| legacy noun | /ˈlɛɡəsi/ | Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will. |
| rage noun | /ɹeɪd͡ʒ/ | Violent uncontrolled anger. |
| regret verb | /ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/ | To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead. |
| patience noun | /ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/ | The quality of being patient. |
| 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. |
| poetry noun | /ˈpoʊ.ə.tɹi/ | Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm. |
| spiritual adjective | /ˈspɪɹɪt͡ʃuəl/ | Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul. |
| commit verb | /kəˈmɪt/ | To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto. |
| reward noun | /ɹɪˈwɔɹd/ | Something of value given in return for an act. |
| intelligent adjective | /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/ | Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| get up verb | To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb. | |
| go back to verb | To stem from; to originate in. | |
| keep away from verb | To avoid or eschew. | |
| pile up verb | To form a pile, stack, or heap. | |
| set up verb | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | To make ready for use. |
| stand up for verb | To speak or act in support or defense of (a person, a cause, a belief, or the like). | |
| write down verb | To produce or set (something) down in writing; to record something. | |
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 119 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, don't, they're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, grandfather /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðɚ/, throne /θɹəʊ̯n/, authentic /ɔˈθɛn.tɪk/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: patience /ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/, temptation /ˌtɛmpˈteɪʃən/, shock /ʃɔk/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, worship /ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/
- Long words — get the stress right: intelligent /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/, insanity /ɪnˈsænɪti/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, psychologist /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/, compassionate /kəmˈpæʃənət/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like imam, sin, tragedy.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have been filled · has ever faced · we've seen |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | have been filled · were martyred · Were addicted |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | Those who came · People who die · person who has |
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.