26- (2) Nahjul Balagha - The Tactics of Satan - Sayed Mohammad Baqer Qazwini

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[0:00]audhu billahi min as-shaytan ar-rajim bismillah r-rahman r-rahim al-hamdu lillahi rabbil alameen

[0:08]wa sallahu allah sayidina muhammadin wa hayati be not a hurry Allah

[0:13]Allah Allah Allah Muhammad respected brothers and sisters assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh we

[0:23]shall continue examining the last part of sermon for in nanjing balada

[0:29]and then inshallah we will examine sermon number 7 if you have

[0:37]any questions always feel free to ask or if you want clarification

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[1:01]questions feel free to ask us live in Charlotte in sermon number

[1:07]4 we examined how Imam Ali bin Abi thought about it and

[1:12]I'm demonstrated that the elevate take you out of darkness and into

[1:16]light once you follow their teachings and the Imam very beautifully and

[1:23]poetic poetically describes that very vividly in this passage that will examine

[1:29]tonight the imam ali salam states Adam to Allah whom Allah Sentinel

[1:34]happy Fiji Adel mavala the Imam peace be upon him is describing

[1:40]how he stood for the people to guide them to the path

[1:48]of righteousness a few words to analyze here that are truly fascinating

[1:52]in the Arabic language let's analyze these words because when we study

[1:59]Nadja Baraka it's also important to be familiar with the Arabic language

[2:04]remember a Sharif or lovely the one who compiled natural bonaga the

[2:09]title that he gave this book as what the path of eloquence

[2:15]eloquence makes a big difference sometimes when you have an idea you

[2:20]communicate it in a very eloquent way it has a powerful impact

[2:26]so as we learn the content of Nigel Baraka it's also appropriate

[2:28]for us to be familiar with these Arabic words because the Imam

[2:33]and Islam in most of his words he is taking these words

[2:38]from the Holy Quran so the more we're familiar with Nigel balada

[2:42]the Arabic language the better we can grasp the Book of Allah

[2:45]Subhan Allah tada so the Imam says I stood for you o

[2:49]people o Allah send a little hug what does Sinan mean here

[3:03]very close we have Senna an Arabic which means one year we

[3:10]have the plural Sinan there's a castle on the scene Sinan that

[3:19]means years plural we have Sonnen Sonnen is the plural of which

[3:26]word in Arabic Sun and Sun that means path it means a

[3:34]pathway of live tradition this one is a new word Senen means

[3:39]a clear path not just any path a clear path it's called

[3:46]Senen in arabic and notice that this is not plural this is

[3:49]a singular word Senate means a clear path so the amount says

[3:53]I I'll even have you thought it I stand for you on

[3:57]a clear path you want a clear path of truth come to

[4:03]me Seminole Huck Feige o Adam Avella jawad and we have here

[4:11]alma bulla the Imam says in an area where people go astray

[4:18]people deviate I am standing for you to guide you look at

[4:25]the beautiful words the word jihad what does the word jihad the

[4:29]word that you're familiar with is generous at a mammal jihad the

[4:37]generous Imam the name jawad could be a horse could be someone

[4:42]who's generous right notice that that jihad has no shed de on

[4:45]the D it's a softie jihad this one is jawad dil de

[4:52]Malala there's a shed so in reality you have to DS here

[5:01]what does this word mean this is a plural word in Arabic

[5:05]what do you call like a road what do you call a

[5:11]freeway a highway any type of path that takes you somewhere Giada

[5:15]don't you say jad an arabic we have the word jaada jaada

[5:25]means one path what's the plural of Giada jawad jawad is the

[5:30]plural of this word just like Mahad what does Mahad mean in

[5:38]Arabic material or subjects subject material Mahad means material plural form what

[5:42]would be the singular form Mada write which material are you studying

[5:51]what is the matter you could say for example math or if

[5:55]you're building a building what is the matter that you're using what's

[5:58]that substance that you're using so just like Magda and it's singular

[6:03]becomes Mahad in its plural jad path and it's singular becomes jihad

[6:11]in its plural very amazing choice of words by Imam Ali okay

[6:19]the paths now we have the jawad the paths mavin look at

[6:23]the word ma Bangla here look at the root word any hint

[6:30]as to what it could mean even if you don't know the

[6:33]exact form well see the root word it can go to Berlin

[6:40]right vilela Butler Butler with this laud that doesn't have the handle

[6:51]as we say it right we have a vadas like this and

[6:53]then we have the big Val makes a difference which one you

[7:04]use now Butler means what deviates goes astray is misguided this word

[7:13]that the Imam uses is taken from bulla bulla means to deviate

[7:18]mallanna is a place of deviation because in Arabic if you use

[7:23]this form muffin it gives you the meaning of a place sachet

[7:33]that means what to prostrate what does message it mean place of

[7:38]prostration that's why the place where you prostrate is called a message

[7:42]it and the message it is a place where you prostrate and

[7:46]do I abide that that's why it's called the message it comes

[7:49]from salute other examples Mac tell what does Mac tell me place

[7:59]of death or time of death you could say Mac steadily Mammon

[8:01]for say nana Salafi Caramella see that means death but once you

[8:08]put that in McTell form it gives you the meaning of place

[8:11]or time maktab what does max have an Arabic mean library well

[8:17]make tawba okay library that's fine maktab office right what does office

[8:23]maktab have to do with the root word kotoba because in an

[8:29]office usually what do people do they're writing something right so that's

[8:33]why it's called the Maktub a place of writing Makabe a place

[8:38]of books Kutub see how the Arabic language words Markab can you

[8:43]figure out what that means the general meaning of Markab well what

[8:50]does my cuba mean to ride so madcap means place of riding

[8:56]it could be a horse it could be a car it could

[9:01]be a boat it could be anything so ma banda here means

[9:04]a place where people deviate imam ali says in a place where

[9:10]people deviate and there are so many paths of deviation i am

[9:13]there for you to guide you beautiful words from the imam mahdi

[9:17]and Sara now notice we have another word in Arabic called mavala

[9:25]let's write this here with the big vaak what does that mean

[9:30]umbrella right in our modern days we use it to refer to

[9:37]an umbrella shams iam Avila why what does that have to do

[9:39]with an umbrella look at the root word shade what do you

[9:46]call shade in Arabic Lynn Lynn is shade so a place where

[9:53]you get shaded could be that umbrella but remember that comes from

[9:56]a different word I know this is complex you know this is

[9:59]this requires mastery of the Arabic language but look at the word

[10:02]choice of Imam Ali audience and I'm so precise and remember he's

[10:08]giving these speeches impromptu yet when you look at the eloquence of

[10:13]it it's it's mesmerizing so the Imam Mahdi's Salam says I come

[10:17]to Lacan Allah sin and he'll hawk Figo I did my Bangla

[10:23]I stood there for you for the truth the clear path of

[10:25]truth Feige Awad Dilma Varla in those paths that take you to

[10:35]deviation question when imam ali mentions the hunk he says Sinan the

[10:39]clear path one path but when he mentions deviation he says jawad

[10:43]various paths why is it that when the imam refers to the

[10:50]path of deviation he uses plural paths of deviation but when he

[10:54]is mentioning the hawk he uses the singular why yes brother because

[11:00]the Hat there's only one path you don't have multiple paths that

[11:07]take you to hawk sirat al-mustaqim is one path but when you

[11:10]have paths of deviation there are many that in itself is an

[11:14]amazing literary tool that the Imam uses every letter in Angela melaka

[11:17]is just amazing and then the Imam says hi so tell cocoon

[11:25]what a Delisle you people when you don't have a guide like

[11:29]me you've abandoned us the idol bait you gather tell it's a

[11:34]boon from Luka and usually when people gather they're working together to

[11:40]find a way out you are gathering while idly but you don't

[11:45]have a guide what's the point if ten thousand people gather in

[11:49]the desert but none of them knows how to use the compass

[11:51]or none of them knows the way out is there gathering going

[11:56]to save them it's not going to save them they mom says

[11:58]you are larger numbers you know how to gather an assemble but

[12:03]you don't have a guide hi so today Pune well a deal

[12:05]what a Fiona why lied to me hoon dr.

[12:10]firoun what does dr.

[12:14]Fallone means it's taken from the word hora hora in Arabic is

[12:18]a ditch so yeah a fair means to dig you are digging

[12:28]searching for water will add to me hoon one add to me

[12:31]hoon can someone guess what to me who means you can't find

[12:39]water where can you find the word water in this verb exactly

[12:43]in arabic water is called mot the word mat means water what's

[12:54]the plural waters mia right mia means water and plural form to

[13:00]me who means searching for water the Imam says you're digging you're

[13:06]trying to find the truth you're trying to find that water that

[13:10]saves you but you can't find it when you don't have a

[13:12]guide beautiful words by Mahmoud even have you thought about his Sena

[13:20]any questions about this passage then the Imam Mahdi's Salam moves to

[13:26]the second passage the Imam says a glioma an takuna kumejima ad

[13:33]that'll be on the Imam says today I will make that which

[13:42]does not speak speak and express itself the word ajumma and Arabic

[13:46]is an animal that cannot communicate an animal that does not speak

[13:51]just like the animals that we have right with us human beings

[13:56]they generally don't know how to communicate most animals the Imam says

[14:01]the animal that does not know how to speak in other words

[14:04]I will make it speak for you this is an Arabic expression

[14:12]which means there are no not miracles there are silent lessons in

[14:19]life they're silent you need someone to teach you how to make

[14:25]those lessons speak I am the one who will give life to

[14:32]these lessons so you know how to practically implement them some some

[14:37]examples just to understand what the Imam is saying here there are

[14:41]many lessons in our lives many silent aspects of our lives for

[14:48]instance someone dies in the community you're looking at this event what

[14:53]is the lesson that's communicated to you from this event when someone

[14:58]dies in the community there's a death in the community what message

[15:03]is being sent to you you're next your day will come just

[15:08]like this person died you will die one day Shahla you're not

[15:11]next you'll all have a long life but that's a silent message

[15:14]you need wisdom to take the silent message into a message that's

[15:22]vocal that speaks to you or you need a guide or you

[15:24]need a teacher or you need someone I'll remind otherwise the event

[15:28]itself is silent that's why most people pass by these events and

[15:32]it doesn't impact them every day someone dies but most people don't

[15:35]care death is for others not for me it's for my neighbor

[15:38]it's not for me it's for the others not for me you

[15:43]need someone who gives life to these lessons the gray hair that

[15:47]starts popping on your head and beard that's a silent message what

[15:51]is this communicating it's knocking at your head death is closer you're

[15:57]getting older are you ready or no see that's a silent message

[16:00]you see other families falling apart broken families problems that's a message

[16:07]for you don't be like that see why they failed and learn

[16:12]from that all of these are silent hidden messages when you see

[16:15]greed out there in society that's a message for you don't fall

[16:21]into that greed greed can kill you can kill family members just

[16:24]a few days ago there was an article in The New York

[16:32]Times about a a hedge manager those hedge funds what do you

[16:37]call them in Wall Street this millionaire this broker who deals with

[16:42]hedge funds he has a son he funded his education he sent

[16:50]his son to Princeton he gave him what he wanted and he

[16:54]would give him four thousand dollars a month three or four thousand

[17:00]dollars a month and basically he was telling his son his son

[17:03]is 35 years old you have to establish yourself yes I'm helping

[17:08]you out by giving you this allowance but you need to go

[17:11]and find work his son didn't care he was reckless with his

[17:16]life so his father decided to reduce his allowance by like 30

[17:21]percent let's say instead of giving him $4,000 he is now giving

[17:24]him $3,000 a month look at the greed you know what the

[17:29]son did he came from another state to visit his parents so

[17:32]he told his mother I want to spend some private time with

[17:37]my father his mother became very happy some quality time but we

[17:40]father and his son that's good that's promising and then he told

[17:46]her I want some soda some coke he knows that they don't

[17:48]have Coke in the house his mom has a policy where there

[17:51]is no Coke it's not healthy she told him okay we don't

[17:55]have it but now that you've come you know from another state

[17:57]and you want to spend some quality time with your father I'll

[18:02]give you but let me go get it from the market as

[18:03]soon as she leaves she feels something's not right him coming in

[18:09]wanting to spend some time making me go and get the soda

[18:14]so she starts worrying she comes back and she sees that he

[18:17]had shot his own father to death with a gun because he

[18:22]denied him $1,000 a month look at what greed does now there's

[18:25]a court case pending so just a few days ago in the

[18:29]New York Times now for most of us we just read this

[18:33]story Oh sounds like a Hollywood movie might not even have you

[18:36]thought about islam teaches us these lessons make them speak to you

[18:39]sometimes you need a guide you need a teacher you need wisdom

[18:43]you need contemplation reflection realize that greed can impact you too now

[18:47]maybe you won't go to that extreme but we are willing to

[18:50]go sometimes to other types of extremes for greed so the Imam

[18:56]Ali Salaam says I am the guide here who will take the

[18:59]silent lessons and I will show you how to learn from these

[19:07]lessons as ybarra humor in telephony the Amanar isa damn states the

[19:12]person who does not join me who falls behind it's like the

[19:17]imam has a caravan and you're joining him the one who feel

[19:21]falls behind from this caravan aza bara Uemura in telephony his opinion

[19:26]will be a wrong opinion his path will be a wrong path

[19:33]and he will be missing wisdom what does the word ahzab and

[19:37]Arabic mean the Quran in speaking about the knowledge of allah subhana

[19:46]wa ta'ala the quran says la Zuba an enemy he the word

[19:49]that you're referring to is a dab adverb with the doll that

[19:55]means punishment or suffering but this is what the zai Na subbu

[20:03]nothing goes missing from the knowledge of Allah nothing is absent the

[20:06]amount of Salaam says the one who doesn't join me his opinion

[20:08]his mentality his lifestyle his ideology is missing the truth it's missing

[20:14]wisdom then the Imam at is Sonam explains why why is it

[20:20]that if you don't join him you will lose your opinions will

[20:23]be flawed mashuk act to fill hot day month or a toe

[20:29]never did I doubt the truth since the day I saw you

[20:32]can trust alia battalion because he's with the hack and the happens

[20:36]with M you don't mean he never did I have any doubts

[20:38]since I saw the truth since the Prophet delivered this message I

[20:44]never had any doubts those other leaders whom you're following is that

[20:49]the case with them or no or did they have doubts in

[20:53]their lives or did they challenge the prophets of Allah Allahu Allah

[20:56]how many times did his companions challenge him but show one instance

[20:59]of Ali I'm never tired of doubting one thing in the Quran

[21:04]or the Prophet or challenging the Prophet or even slightly objecting to

[21:08]the Prophet show us one instance of that in any hadith a

[21:11]mom says I have the full truth so you are confident in

[21:18]joining imam ahmad IBN ABI talib in the last parts of this

[21:21]sermon and we will conclude before going to sermon number 7 the

[21:27]imam addresses an important objection after the Battle of Jimin remember the

[21:31]Imam made the sermon after the Battle of Jimin after the Battle

[21:35]of German or at the Battle of German Imam Ali Ali Salam

[21:37]was seen concerned and even fearful have you seen someone who's concerned

[21:46]he's worrying he's kind of afraid or scared or fearful a mani

[21:49]was seen in that type of situation so now someone can object

[21:54]to him and say oh I'll even have you Talib if you

[21:58]have no doubts you're so confident that you're on the right path

[22:01]why do we see you sometimes shaking sometimes concerned you should be

[22:06]fully confident why do we see that canoe the Imam addresses this

[22:11]the Imam and Islam states lamb you just smooth he fatten Allen

[22:16]Epson the Holy Quran speaks about prophet musa alayhis salaam when the

[22:23]sorcerer's through their staffs for instance alas planet allah says in the

[22:27]holy quran allah ya musa and tongue kiowa in an akuna a

[22:34]Whaleman Alta o musa do you want to start this competition you

[22:37]throw your stick your staff or we throw ours are labelled and

[22:44]poo he said no you guys start VII da hey Balu who

[22:47]moi I'll see you whom you hate yellow Olay him and Sarah

[22:52]him and Natasha then their ropes and their staffs appeared in an

[22:56]optical illusion that they're moving for Josephine FC here he fattened Musa

[23:02]Musa felt house in his heart in his heart worry fear why

[23:11]is it he chosen by allah subhanaw taala he's one of them

[23:16]are Celine and God exactly told him what to do the plan

[23:21]and he knows God is with him why was Musa scared yes

[23:31]exactly Musa got scared because the magic they did was so phenomenal

[23:37]and large in its scale he was concerned that the people will

[23:45]fall for them when you see that sorcery you will believe the

[23:48]magician's so he was scared about the people being brainwashed by the

[23:51]Pharaoh and the magicians that's why he was scared so he might

[23:55]not even have you thought about Islam States let me just Musashi

[23:58]Faton Alon of say he was never scared about his own self

[24:05]that's not the object of his concern Ashfaq time in Mazzella battle

[24:10]Jehan what do one of Allen he was concerned that the jihad

[24:13]the ignorant ones the deviant ones they will achieve victory that day

[24:19]so unless Poirot Tara told Musa don't be concerned I know what

[24:22]I'm doing I will grant you victory don't worry throw your stuff

[24:26]and let's see what happens so he might not even have you

[24:29]thought about it said I'm saying when you see me concerned I'm

[24:32]not scared for myself I'm not concerned about myself I'm concerned about

[24:39]you people being fooled like German Muslims got fooled the wife of

[24:43]the Prophet is sitting on a camel and she's mobilizing people toward

[24:45]a lot of people fell for that Wow she's the wife of

[24:50]the Prophet she must be on Huck she must be on the

[24:52]truth that has a companion jubail has a companion they must be

[24:56]on the truth the Imam was concerned people were losing their faith

[24:59]they were deviating so that's why the Imam showed concern and he

[25:03]is explaining why he showed concern my mom says don't worry I

[25:07]never have doubts about the truth I'm concerned about you in other

[25:10]words the Imam is really expressing his compassion to the Ummah that

[25:14]I care about you I'm not like these leaders who want to

[25:19]take advantage of you I honestly and sincerely care about you and

[25:22]if you see me scared sometimes it's because of you people because

[25:25]I'm concerned about you giving up your faith or you becoming hypocrites

[25:29]are you being exploited by others and being misguided by others with

[25:37]that we conclude sermon number four and nefud Baraka any questions on

[25:44]the sermon what's your overall take on the sermon it's a pretty

[25:49]short one but it highlights the position of a debate peace be

[25:53]upon them and how they are the source of guidance many particular

[25:58]thoughts observations the words the eloquence the content it is brief a

[26:09]lot of the sermons of Imam Ali Ali Salaam were brief number

[26:14]two a Sharif Allah lovely sometimes would summarize to four so if

[26:18]it was a longer sermon maybe he would just take parts of

[26:20]the sermon as well but yes a lot of these sermons are

[26:25]brief remember the Imams sometimes would say these sermons in a setting

[26:28]where he couldn't take too long you need a you know a

[26:31]quick two three minutes to strike them with the word of Hattin

[26:35]to leave it could be in the battlefield it could be while

[26:39]he was traveling it could be somewhere where he probably did not

[26:43]have time to speak for long so yes it is a brief

[26:51]sermon between a lot of sermons were actually brief because of that

[27:02]either there were people who were hypocrites in the crowd and they

[27:06]did not want him I'm not even happy a lot about he

[27:08]said I'm to continue so they would either distract him or say

[27:13]something or do something to cut him off because the truth is

[27:15]heavy on them so that would happen often even during the caliphates

[27:19]of lima even during the caliphates of neema it's not like he

[27:24]had the flexibility to say whatever he wanted there were a lot

[27:26]of challenges and remember imam ali ali said i'm one feature that

[27:34]distinguishes him from other rulers he doesn't have a bunch of flatterers

[27:37]sitting in front of him see mahalia only the flatterers are welcome

[27:41]to his measures you challenge mahalia you get executed seriously it was

[27:45]as simple as that imam ali allowed everyone to come the Huaraz

[27:49]would come the hypocrites would come even his enemies they would come

[27:53]to his message it they would challenge him they my man he

[27:56]said I've never excommunicated them he never stopped them he gave them

[28:00]the freedom really there was freedom of speech during the time of

[28:05]Imam Ali Ali Sinha and that's really a lesson for us let's

[28:08]now examine sermon number 7 sermon number 7 is even shorter than

[28:15]sermon number 4 but it's pretty interesting in this sermon the amount

[28:19]only Saddam starts by saying it's akhada Shaitaan and mhmm Malacca the

[28:23]Imam in one brief paragraph highlights the role of the devil Shaitaan

[28:29]in misguiding us allah subhanaw taala states and saw returned and saw

[28:36]it father verse number 6 in a shaitana lucuma do indeed the

[28:42]devil the Shaitaan he is your enemy Fatah hadoo hadoo wa so

[28:48]take him as an active enemy most of us don't we do

[28:54]not take Satan as an active enemy last year when we talked

[28:58]about the angels and how Allah Spano Tara commanded I beliefs to

[29:02]do sujood to add them and how he refused we spoke about

[29:07]it believes very briefly emelius was not created Satan he beliefs was

[29:12]not created as an evil creature in fact for a long time

[29:18]he was worshipping God he was prostrating to God and Allah gave

[29:22]him permission to mingle amongst the angels but yes God gave him

[29:29]the capacity to deviate the tendency to deviate he gave him free

[29:34]well he used this free well properly for many years by worshipping

[29:37]God but then when a trial came he deviated so don't think

[29:42]that the devil was created evil because that would be unjust on

[29:46]a last part to create a being evil and then punish that

[29:52]being Allah created him pure on the first day yes Allah put

[29:54]the capacity to deviate in him to try him and test him

[30:00]he used this freewill to deviate so for a long time he

[30:02]worshipped Allah spano to Allah then jealousy and arrogance stopped him from

[30:07]submitting to the will of God when he challenged him with the

[30:13]salute to Adam and Sarah it beliefs is his name of that

[30:15]Shaitaan who refused to prostrate to Adam but what's the linguistic meaning

[30:20]of Shaitaan Shaitaan comes from shuttle Allah in Arabic what does shaitana

[30:29]as a verb mean to be far away to be far away

[30:30]from something okay why is the the shape on cult shape on

[30:37]what does that have to do with being far away far away

[30:40]from the truth exactly therefore the word shape on is not a

[30:44]word that's only applicable to say in anybody can be shaped on

[30:50]right that's why the holy quran states shayateen LNC well jinn the

[30:55]shaitaan's the human Shaitaan hands and the jinn Shaitaan you have human

[31:00]beings who are shaytans because they are far away from the truth

[31:02]and they advocate for falsehood and notice that the quran starts with

[31:09]ends before jinn that means the human shape hands are probably you

[31:17]know more destructive than the jinn Shetland's now basically what the devil

[31:24]does and the shape ons they instigate evil ideas in our minds

[31:29]and they awaken hidden desires will elaborate on that and they also

[31:34]taught human beings many sins we have in our hadith that the

[31:39]origin of a lot of sins was the Shaitaan now you might

[31:45]find this you know maybe objectionable especially if you want to study

[31:51]modern history and how humanity evolved but we do have numerous hadith

[31:55]that Shaitaan is the one who taught human beings you know singing

[31:58]that's Haram for an entertainment purposes provocative singing that distracts from Allah

[32:06]he came in in human form and he taught that village or

[32:08]that group of people how to sing and be distracted from God

[32:12]and then they learned this tradition and then you know other villages

[32:15]picked it up we do have this in our hadith yeah we're

[32:19]talking about it lease or anyone who works other jinn who are

[32:25]shinetheme so the source of many sins how to do that sin

[32:28]was actually instigated by Shaitaan he either put that thought in their

[32:31]mind or even showed them how to practice that sin this is

[32:36]mentioned clear Nina in our hadith let's now examine the text of

[32:41]the speech the Imam says it taka do Shaitaan and am rahim

[32:44]melaka they have taken shape Satan as the foundation for their affairs

[32:52]a few points here the word Malak in Arabic means what Malak

[32:59]means angel with the Fatima rock but with the castle Rama lack

[33:09]means foundation basis let's say you ask a scholar what is the

[33:12]basis for this fatwa and Arabic you would say man melaka had

[33:15]a hook or my malacca had a in Fatah so Malak means

[33:21]foundation the imagination says they took satan as the foundation for their

[33:27]affairs so the second point is the imam is saying Shaitaan is

[33:32]not imposed on you he does not coerce you you willingly allow

[33:38]Shaitaan to influence you there's no coercion you give him the green

[33:47]light by not having a strong resolve so it's not like shape

[33:50]on raids you and he overwhelms you he knocks at the door

[33:53]according to one scholar that's how he gave the example of shape

[34:01]on influencing us he knocks on your door you decide whether that

[34:04]door is opened or not yes he's persistent he keeps knocking and

[34:11]knocking and knocking until you open the door but in the end

[34:13]you open the door he has not been given permission by Allah

[34:19]Spano to Allah - involuntarily overwhelm you he knocks he instigates he

[34:25]instigates he encourages but in the end you decide to allow him

[34:28]to enter that's why I'm an alumna betart says it does I

[34:33]do they took a beliefs as the basis for their affairs it's

[34:36]not that he was imposed on them this is a very important

[34:41]point and I'll share with you an example of how we invite

[34:43]the Shaitaan if in your mind in your heart in your resolve

[34:52]you draw a red line a clearly defined red line you're not

[34:56]willing to make any exceptions the shade lon not penetrate that line

[35:04]he cannot cross that line the example that I always give is

[35:08]for the believers who don't drink who don't drink wine or alcohol

[35:17]those who don't drink why is it that you don't drink when

[35:20]others in society are drinking when they're addicted to drinking in fact

[35:25]in Western cultures especially in Europe you know you see some Europeans

[35:28]they have beer for breakfast lunch and dinner and it's a glass

[35:31]this big and they can't live without it when the weekend comes

[35:36]they have to go to the pub it's like they'll die if

[35:39]they don't go to the pub how come you don't struggle from

[35:41]that wine you're a human like they are you have desires like

[35:46]they do do you struggle with the idea of not drinking you

[35:48]don't in fact when you go to the supermarket and you pass

[35:53]by the aisle where they have the liquor bottles do you feel

[35:56]pulled do you feel this urge to go and buy it and

[36:01]you fight yourself why not explain it to me why don't you

[36:02]have that urge because you have a clearly defined red line in

[36:10]your mind that even if the day of judgement is gonna happen

[36:13]now I'm not gonna drink see you've made a decision I'm not

[36:18]going to open the door for shayla I'm not going to open

[36:20]the door for that desire you stick to that red line in

[36:24]fact after a while it becomes so natural you're not interested see

[36:27]how that red line does wonders in your life this is what

[36:33]the Imam is referring to over here but when it comes to

[36:38]other sins do we have that red line or no backbiting gossiping

[36:42]in our gatherings and sorrows do you view backbiting like you view

[36:46]wine and alcohol do you know you know is there a red

[36:53]line that's clearly defined in your mind no that's why you keep

[36:57]crossing it that's why you keep sitting and sinning and sinning or

[37:02]sometimes you know certain struggles with our temptations and desires whether it's

[37:06]the eyes the ears we don't have that clearly defined light if

[37:10]you do believe me chances are you won't cross that line if

[37:15]I'm constantly committing a sin that red line is not there the

[37:21]concept of infallibility asthma is really simple at its core those infallible

[37:27]beings they see every sin like you view alcohol like you view

[37:30]wine for them every sin is like that red line I'm not

[37:34]even gonna think about it do you even think about drinking honestly

[37:37]do you even think about it you don't even think about it

[37:39]so when it comes to drinking you're infallible not only do you

[37:46]not commit it you don't even think about it the tron fallible

[37:49]whether they're the infallible muscles or those you righteous servants of God

[37:54]who do have a level of infallibility they view every sin that

[37:57]way they realize every sin is ugly at its core every sin

[38:03]is reprehensible therefore they don't even think about that sin so the

[38:07]'memory sternum says if I'm struggling with this Atlantic's because I've taken

[38:12]him as the basis for my affairs I've allowed him I'm opening

[38:20]the door that's the first statement in the second statement the Imam

[38:24]Ali Salaam states what tejada home la who ash raka in the

[38:28]first part of the equation you willingly invite Shaitaan then Shaitaan will

[38:35]take you as an ash Rock what does ash lock mean let's

[38:43]look at the word Ashlock the word Ashlock has two meanings scholars

[38:50]have mentioned both of these meanings Shaitaan will take you as a

[38:56]schmuck it depends what the root word is because in Arabic sometimes

[38:59]you will have a plural word that can have multiple root words

[39:01]if the root word of a shock is shariq what does sheliak

[39:11]mean partner he'll take you as his partner if the root word

[39:16]is shariq but if the root word is shinnok sharukh and arabic

[39:26]is any device used to hunt or capture in other words and

[39:32]net a trap we call this Shattuck so a schmuck could either

[39:39]come from the word that means partner or it can come from

[39:42]the word that means trap or net if Shaitaan takes you as

[39:49]a partner the meaning is clear but how does chiffon take you

[39:52]as a net or as a trap for others sometimes the person

[39:56]becomes so close to shape on shaytans like look I don't even

[40:03]need to work on you you've signaled your willingness to work for

[40:06]me I will use you as a trap for others some people

[40:12]Shaitaan just causes them to deviate they'll be misguided they'll deviate they'll

[40:17]sin but they stop at that sometimes you become so close to

[40:21]Shaitaan he will actually use you as an agent for him to

[40:27]misguide others and this always happens in society people who fall into

[40:32]this category they start miss guiding others they have negative influence on

[40:36]others or they spread a negative attitude have you seen some people's

[40:41]always spread a positive attitude even in times of tragedy they spread

[40:45]a positive attitude be patient look at the bright side of life

[40:50]they always have something positive to tell you these people are the

[40:53]partners of Hub Soompi they're the exact opposite in any situation they

[41:01]exude negativity negative outlook negative attitude the American says these people are

[41:09]either the partners of Shaitaan or they're they're their tools that Shaitaan

[41:13]is using to dot could to cause destruction on others and that's

[41:17]the worst type of situation to end up with no one's immune

[41:21]my dear brothers and sisters no one's immune from this that's why

[41:25]the Quran says take him as an enemy don't feel safe and

[41:31]say you know I'm good you always have to be alert for

[41:33]this not to happen ask yourself what kind of influence do I

[41:36]have on people around me my parents my siblings my friends do

[41:42]I have a positive influence or no genuinely ask yourself then the

[41:48]Imam mentions the consequence of those who do fall for the whispers

[41:56]of Shaitaan vibhava well far Russia feels so do him what the

[42:01]Raja well what that bharata rajah feed you or him or fear

[42:04]hedorium the Amman Hani Salaam states those people who work with the

[42:14]Shaitaan he lays eggs in their chests and hearts and these eggs

[42:18]stay until they hatch and then the Shaitaan will creep and crawl

[42:24]in their lap just like a child does that in the lap

[42:30]of his mother what do we understand from this phrase once you

[42:35]open the door for Shaitaan it's a long-term project with him he

[42:42]doesn't leave you he will lay an egg in your heart this

[42:44]is of course symbolic don't take this you know literally it's figurative

[42:48]he lays an evil egg in your heart that evil egg will

[42:55]hatch and then slowly it starts creeping and crawling in in you

[43:00]in your lap just like a child have you seen a child

[43:05]that's so comfortable with his mother with its mother it feels safe

[43:10]with its mother that's the relationship some people develop with shape on

[43:14]they feel safe with evil anything that's evil resonates with them evil

[43:19]words evil sides anything that's Haram you see them being pulled towards

[43:25]it and in fact they find pleasure in it they feel safe

[43:31]with satanic paths but remember this doesn't have an opener overnight when

[43:35]the Imam tells us he lays an egg the Imam is reminding

[43:38]us don't think the Shaitaan overwhelms you instantaneously know it's a long

[43:44]process don't follow the steps of Shaitaan once you follow the first

[43:50]step the second step the third step that's what happens he lays

[43:53]an egg it hatches and then it becomes part of you the

[43:56]Shaitaan becomes your other side it's like he lives within you and

[44:04]that's really really dangerous so how does this shape on get away

[44:08]with them through West Wassa Allah and soliton ass talks about the

[44:12]role of the whispers what does what's what's an Arabic mean silent

[44:20]you know communication is called West wasn't so we call it a

[44:25]whisper in English one of the roles of Shaitaan is that he

[44:30]will throw evil thoughts in your mind sometimes if you feel this

[44:34]negative thought popping in your head that's the shade line who is

[44:39]using this trick in order to instill evil thoughts in your mind

[44:43]but he does it in a very subtle way where sometimes you

[44:49]think it's your idea you don't feel that an outsider is shoving

[44:53]these thoughts in your mind because he does it silently and subhanAllah

[44:59]Surat and Anais beautifully illustrates to us this point al imam al

[45:05]baqarah salam states when allah subhanaw taala revealed this verse in the

[45:11]holy quran when the DNA that father father shot and those who

[45:14]commit a big sin they remember allah subhana wa ta'ala and then

[45:19]they ask a lot to forgive their sins a beliefs lost hope

[45:22]he gathered all the shayateen and he told them look we're doomed

[45:29]because God has now given humanity a clear path to repentance even

[45:32]if they commit a major sin all they do is they repent

[45:38]and Allah will forgive them so we the Devils we've lost our

[45:41]cause how are we going to take these people to hell with

[45:46]us so he gathered the shayateen under him and he wanted some

[45:49]advice from them like a brainstorming session the first Shaitaan got up

[45:54]he gave his idea he didn't like it the second one the

[45:59]third one his name was Ann Lewis Watson Janus he got up

[46:07]and he said I have a trick I will whisper to them

[46:09]do this in do this in later repent later repent from it

[46:16]it's okay for you to commit this sin now you'll always have

[46:20]room to repent and then when the time for repentance comes I'll

[46:26]try to distract him so he forgets to repent so he'll commit

[46:29]the sin but he will not remember to truly repent from that

[46:35]sin Elias was fascinated with this idea he's like okay I assign

[46:37]you to go and whisper to human beings what does alchun ass

[46:42]mean we know what wash wash means the one who constantly whispers

[46:45]to you but what does can AskMe can ask comes from the

[46:53]word chance which means to retreat or go back he is the

[46:55]whisperer and the retriever who constantly retreats what is he retreating from

[47:03]the name of allah subhana wa ta'ala and the remembrance of allah

[47:09]whenever you remember Allah he quickly retreats whenever the name of Allah

[47:15]is mentioned he quickly retreats this is one quality of an wasps

[47:19]wasps Oksana's so yes he was spurs but he will retreat as

[47:25]well because the name of Allah is so powerful it kind of

[47:27]creates protection around you and remember when we say the name of

[47:30]Allah we don't just mean the smell ar-rahman ar-rahim subhanAllah it means

[47:35]remembering Allah in God conscious the moment you remember allah subhanaw taala

[47:40]the Shaitaan is pushed back because he has no authority on that

[47:43]which is connected to allah subhanaw taala now by the way surat

[47:52]an-nas phonetically even conveys the meaning of something that is silent can

[47:59]anyone remember how even the sounds of the surah communicates to you

[48:05]that the method and wash wash and Nass uses is very silent

[48:08]it's very subtle what's the most common letter that you visibly here

[48:16]in surah - nas the scene right the scene is a silent

[48:21]letter now read it this way you'll see how a less pannacotta

[48:23]even phonetically through the sounds of the recitation is reminding you that

[48:30]a Lewis Watson finesse is very subtle so bismillah r-rahman r-rahim allahu

[48:39]dhu dr ben ass Malika nos elanna's min Sharon was was--and an

[48:45]ass and let the us with Sufis surah Naas did you hear

[48:50]that it's all this as sound that silent mineral Jannetty oneness and

[48:59]that's how he operates even through the sounds of the surah allah

[49:03]is reminding us that it's very subtle beyond the lookout be very

[49:10]careful so this is what the Shaitaan does now how do we

[49:14]protect ourselves from that first is remembering Allah spano Tyla remembering just

[49:19]to remind yourself set up reminders for instance our last panel Tara

[49:25]states in the Holy Quran in the Lavina taco the pious ones

[49:31]what is it that distinguishes them from others it a mess sambar

[49:36]- mini Shaitaan when they are being attacked by not just one

[49:42]devil they are being attacked by a group of devils what do

[49:46]they do what's their weapon the karana is one word teducker and

[49:53]nel Idina taco and I'm a Sontaran min ash-shaytani tech guru they

[49:58]just remember they remember our last presence they remember the consequences of

[50:04]their sins and that's how they stay pious so we all know

[50:07]right from wrong most of us or most of that which is

[50:10]right and most of which is wrong we know it why do

[50:14]we keep falling into sins we forget we forget remind yourself set

[50:20]up reminders I even one brother was struggling with with a habit

[50:25]so I told him look on your smartphone just set up reminders

[50:29]why not you may find this silly but believe me it works

[50:32]set up reminders in the morning keep away from that just put

[50:37]a reminder on your iPhone at 8 a.m.

[50:38]let a pop-up come on your phone remember Allah is with you

[50:45]he's watching remember death one day will come to you do that

[50:47]do that on your smartphone you know how effective that is it's

[50:53]a reminder be creative or if you're a type of person who

[50:55]uses those sticky notes set up reminders for yourself tell your friends

[50:59]and family members to remind you remind one another that in itself

[51:06]is key to protect yourself from Shaitaan number two knowledge the more

[51:11]knowledge you have the more you'll be equipped to fight the Shaitaan

[51:15]that's why in Islam it's mandatory to seek knowledge seek knowledge from

[51:20]the cradle to the grave number three humbleness remember shape and failed

[51:26]in which test what is the first test that he failed in

[51:34]that prostration why didn't he not prostrate arrogance and jealousy realize that

[51:40]the majority of people are taken down by Shaitaan through arrogance and

[51:45]jealousy keep that in mind always work on your Neffs to be

[51:50]humble humble yourself sometimes you need to take drastic measures to humble

[51:56]yourself you have to step on your ego walk on your ego

[52:01]in a long story I'll mention it very briefly to scholars in

[52:08]Moraga they were having you know and a debate and nigev one

[52:12]of the scholars his evidence and his proofs that he was mentioning

[52:18]they were stronger than the other one so basically he kind of

[52:21]won the scholarly debate when they got up to leave they were

[52:26]farewelling one another that manager who was of a higher status higher

[52:29]social status when he was farewelling and saying you know saddam to

[52:34]the other media he got up quickly suddenly he took his hand

[52:40]and he kissed his hand this high-ranking merger took the hand of

[52:44]the lower ranking merger and he kissed his hand now this is

[52:49]shocking socially it's an inappropriate thing to do right it's not something

[52:54]that a merger would do to anyone else it's just the social

[52:57]structure of that society so he shocked everyone when the session was

[53:02]over the followers of that manager they came and they told him

[53:07]are you feeling well are you insane that something happened he's like

[53:11]why they're like you kissed his hand I mean what you did

[53:16]is inappropriate we know you you wanted to respect him but not

[53:19]like that that's like you know right now you fall on someone's

[53:21]feet and you kiss their feet it's inappropriate socially right maybe your

[53:26]mother okay you know that's fine but your friend you kiss his

[53:31]feet that's not something that is socially sanctioned he told them there

[53:35]was a reason why he did that I know exactly the concern

[53:38]that you have in your mind they told him what's the concern

[53:44]he said when I won the scholarly debate debate I felt my

[53:48]ego celebrating and I realized that was my test I felt good

[53:57]my ego was jubilant and I decided at that point that I

[54:01]need to crush this ego because if I let this ego and

[54:07]I give it freedom it's going to overtake me so I told

[54:13]my ego look you better calm down otherwise I'm going to do

[54:15]something that you won't like I'm gonna embarrass you but my ego

[54:18]disregarded me you know it was pushing me to even you know

[54:24]say more scholarly words in order to show that I want the

[54:26]debate I kept challenging my ego but my ego kept challenging me

[54:31]until I said to my ego I'll teach you a lesson so

[54:33]I got up and I kissed his hands to crush that ego

[54:37]and I told my ego if next time you try I'm gonna

[54:41]kiss his feet so my ego said no no no no no

[54:45]fellas I accept this now you might think this is a silly

[54:48]self conversation but he's get you was getting a point across my

[54:52]dear brothers and sisters Ted called me as you talk to yourself

[54:54]but you're not crazy if you talk to yourself you have to

[54:57]talk to yourself because when you talk to yourself you remind yourself

[55:03]you give yourself strength you give yourself confidence yeah don't do it

[55:06]in front of others they'll think you're crazy but do talk to

[55:10]yourself often it does wonders yes you have to crush that ego

[55:17]so the shaitaan through the ego he finds a way always remember

[55:21]Allah Spanish Allah when drinking when eating really say bismillah r-rahman r-rahim

[55:27]and invoke the remembrance of Allah the hadith states if you don't

[55:32]shave man will become a partner with you literally he will eat

[55:35]from the food that you eat would you eat from a food

[55:40]that a monster has touched would you these days you won't even

[55:43]drink from a cup that your brother has you know taking a

[55:48]sip from right you know this is our philosophy of hygiene these

[55:50]days you won't touch food that somebody has touched now imagine if

[55:53]this nasty smelly disgusting monster touches that food would you eat from

[56:01]it seriously when you don't save a lot of manna Rahim the

[56:04]Sheikh line is eating with you he eats from that food then

[56:08]you eat from it he drinks from what you drink he becomes

[56:10]your partner because you're distracted from Allah Spano tada and even more

[56:14]than that the Imam makes a reference to this we have many

[56:19]hadith the quran makes a reference to this you know those who

[56:21]have children if they're not mindful of a less panel to odda

[56:24]at conception Shaitaan becomes their partner too he comes their partner in

[56:31]that act and this has a negative influence on children these are

[56:34]always the Shetland finds a way to us the remembrance of Allah

[56:40]Spano tiara stops him that's right every act that you do in

[56:44]life remember Allah verbally and also mentally so let's continue with what

[56:48]the amount of these Saddam States he says when the Shaitaan lays

[56:52]an egg in their hearts what happens is that phenomena they are

[57:00]you knew him when not Aqaba else in it to him it's

[57:06]as if these satanic eggs when they hatch they develop into Satan's

[57:11]that become unified with this person penetrating their body parts the person

[57:17]kind of becomes like half human half satanic so their eyes your

[57:21]eyes becomes the eye of Shaitaan you start working for him your

[57:24]eye becomes tools for shape on your ears become tools for Shaitaan

[57:29]and that's the worst thing that can happen to a human being

[57:32]they give him their eyes and ears and it's just a free

[57:39]window for the Shaitaan to do what he wants imagine imagine this

[57:43]you're seeing on behalf of Shaitaan you're hearing on behalf of Shaitaan

[57:49]you're speaking on behalf of Shetland that's the natural consequence but for

[57:53]the believers we have the hadith that when you do good deeds

[57:56]especially the most ahaab acts in addition to the watch of Acts

[58:01]Allah says you become my eyes through which I see you become

[58:03]my ears the ears of Allah spanner Tejada because now you become

[58:07]God's representative you obey God so you work on behalf of allah

[58:13]subhanaw taala see see the other contrasting side of the image the

[58:17]final point that the imam mentions and this is an interesting discussion

[58:22]that scholars have for Akiba be him was Ellen he makes them

[58:29]commit mistakes was a yen Allah who won't happen let's stop at

[58:33]this last sentence and end with it what does the words Ani

[58:36]mean design well be more specific not just to design adorn embellish

[58:48]beautify all of this is called Zayin it comes from Xena okay

[58:52]what does couple mean couple means a very inappropriate deed an ugly

[58:59]mistake a sin what the Shaitaan does he beautifies the sin for

[59:07]you allah subhanaw taala in the holy quran mentions an interesting verse

[59:14]scholars have different interpretations about this verse and this sheds light on

[59:20]the role of Shaitaan what exactly does the devil beautify for you

[59:23]what is he embellish for you dunya no no you said dunya

[59:33]say why see that see this is this is a good answer

[59:43]the Shaitaan does not embellish dunya Allah created dunya Allah created the

[59:49]dunya appealing not Shaitaan the dunya is beautiful it has beautiful aspects

[59:54]Allah mentions in the holy quran giulianelli nasi abou shahe wat it

[60:00]has been embellished beautified adorned for people to love temptations and then

[60:07]Allah gives examples Menendez a woman question why does Allah say woman

[60:13]here when we know that this temptation is you know applies to

[60:16]both men and women why does a lot mention a woman Allah

[60:22]doesn't sailor child here he mentions woman right why only men have

[60:25]the Shia the temptation towards women or women also have that temptation

[60:29]why does the last single woman here what is he single out

[60:38]woman any ideas yes this is going on we need to know

[60:41]it yes brother so the temptation for men is greater do women

[60:48]agree with that or no do you all agree or any objections

[60:55]no because these days there are a lot of objections to the

[60:59]Quran and then you know there are I don't want to say

[61:04]feminists right but there are some who say well see the Quran

[61:06]is only shedding light on this aspect and it's disregarding other aspects

[61:11]no this is equal by men and women and especially those who

[61:16]try to negate the her job this is the argument well you

[61:19]say one reason why women wear hijab is because they're attractive to

[61:23]men and so Allah Spanish Anna wants them to be modest the

[61:27]same could be said about men why aren't they wearing the hijab

[61:29]the people are saying this in society today this is real these

[61:34]are real arguments so why does the last single out woman then

[61:38]what you said is true science and biology confirms that men they

[61:43]are more influenced by that attraction of women than women are women

[61:48]are influenced but men they're impacted by the visual more this Shawa

[61:55]makes men this temptation makes men sometimes commit the worst of sins

[61:59]look at look at the tragedies that happened in history a lot

[62:02]of times you find that a temptation of a woman was involved

[62:09]prophet jihadist and why was he massacred because of that lady the

[62:12]daughter of the Queen the daughter of the king it been more

[62:18]gem who's struck in a mile even a battalion bodies Saddam what

[62:21]was one of his motives the woman wrote on she had promised

[62:25]him that if you kill a demon have you thought about marry

[62:29]you she was a beautiful woman her father or her brother had

[62:32]been killed and one of the battles she they were from the

[62:37]how our edge who battled and even every thought about his Sunna

[62:39]so she promised him that if you kill I leave never thought

[62:43]of I'll marry you the Trojan War if you've read about the

[62:45]history of the Trojan War what was it sparked by right the

[62:51]princess so the Quran mentions this because in social affairs historically that

[62:57]has been an area where a lot of men have committed heinous

[63:01]crimes Zuri nanana hogwash our men Aneesa well bury children children are

[63:09]the beauty of our life well who made them beautiful well Canadian

[63:13]and Moo Panther I mean as they happy wealth of silver gold

[63:18]money that's beautiful has been adorned for us well Halen was a

[63:22]woman Kalyn wasalam are those horses basically mode of transportation in the

[63:27]back it was a horse today it's a car could be anything

[63:30]right well an army will have cattle and crops food these categories

[63:38]have been beautified for us children wealth transportation cars fancy cars and

[63:48]food now the Koran says Gianna Gianna and Arabic as a passive

[63:52]verb it has been made beautiful for you it has been adorned

[63:55]for you but who's the subject who's the one who decorated these

[64:01]things for us no come on doesn't mention in this verse but

[64:04]in other verses Allah mentions that we have made these beautiful so

[64:08]don't think that Shaitaan makes money appealing for you it is appealing

[64:12]Allah made it appealing Allah made you know children men and women

[64:18]money transportation food appealing Shaitaan does not make these categories appealing Allah

[64:25]makes them appealing because Allah created you with this temptation the temptation

[64:30]does not come from Shaitaan Allah created that temptation in you so

[64:35]what exactly then does the shape on embellish decorate what is he

[64:42]the act is embellished by Shaitaan misusing these categories the sin itself

[64:51]seems appealing that's what the Shaitaan does that's why in the moment

[64:56]when you're about to commit a sin you know it's wrong to

[65:01]send but in that moment do you see this the sin as

[65:06]ugly or does it seem appealing it seems appealing right there's that

[65:10]appeal to that appeal comes from the Shiva he makes the sin

[65:14]seem appealing the act he makes it appealing otherwise these categories they

[65:20]are already appealing a last part Allah made them appealing so he

[65:24]might not even have McCallum says was a nyan and the homework

[65:28]happened he makes inappropriate deeds seem appropriate how do you combat that

[65:33]how do you combat being in a situation like that how do

[65:36]you address it one very practical step when you're about to commit

[65:40]an action as sin imagine someone else doing that act imagine a

[65:48]friend your friend imagine someone in society committing the act which are

[65:54]about to commit will you see it favorably or it's reprehensible it's

[65:59]disturbing right imagine someone else doing this deed that's a beautiful internal

[66:09]way of knowing whether this sin itself is good or bad whether

[66:13]it's ugly or not try to imagine and visualize someone else committing

[66:17]that sin would you feel still attracted to the scent or it's

[66:24]appalling that's how you know think about it yes brother so the

[66:32]shape on the shape on he beautifies the sin for you but

[66:46]Allah has given you the intellect which beautifies resisting the sin but

[66:50]you have to see that see the intellect is overwhelmed by the

[66:54]desire that's why we mentioned remembering simply remembering and reminding yourself that

[67:01]this is inappropriate will empower your intellect to show you how beautiful

[67:08]it is to resist how beautiful it is to say no and

[67:10]sometimes you really feel it sometimes when you're on the edge but

[67:13]you say no the hadith says Allah will reveal the satisfaction in

[67:19]your heart allah subhanaw taala will reveal this pleasure in your heart

[67:23]that I said No there there is a beautiful line of poetry

[67:27]in in Farsi it says I got a letter Terrica Lisette bodoni

[67:37]if you know how sweet it is to avoid temptations you will

[67:44]never consider them to be sweet anymore think of that temptations are

[67:52]sweet they pull you there's a sweetness in them but if you

[67:55]taste the sweetness of saying no to that temptation you'll never consider

[68:03]those temptations to be sweet anymore and you will see how beautiful

[68:06]and sweet it is to say no challenge yourself sometimes say no

[68:13]and you will taste the sweetness of it so the shade line

[68:16]basically he decorates the sin for you imagine someone else doing that

[68:20]sin just picture someone doing that sin which you're about to do

[68:23]how would you view that person let that motivate you not to

[68:29]do it so in this short beautiful sermon the Imam and Islam

[68:33]highlights the role of Shaitaan in our lives and the amount is

[68:39]very clear don't give room for a beliefs the minute you give

[68:41]him room he will lay an egg in your heart these are

[68:45]the words of the commander of the faithful so what are your

[68:49]thoughts about this sermon do you have any questions about the sermon

[68:57]and we'll conclude inshallah yes brother the sweetness of resisting the sin

[69:02]see let's say there's a temptation right now the temptation is sweet

[69:06]that's why people are pulled towards it but once you teach yourself

[69:09]and you say no to that temptation this act of saying no

[69:15]will generate sweetness in your soul and in your mind where you

[69:20]feel this satisfaction from Allah the fact that you said no to

[69:24]sinning will feel sweet in your life because a lot of people

[69:26]think ok if I want to be religious and pious I'll have

[69:29]a miserable life I'm not enjoying anything in my life that's not

[69:31]true you will enjoy resisting the temptation it gives you strength that

[69:36]you will very sweet yes brother sermon means hotma which is a

[69:46]speech usually sermon is a religious speech so that's why we call

[69:49]these sermons because they have religious teachings so any speech that has

[69:54]a religious purpose is called the sermon in Arabic we taught we

[70:01]call it Kota which is just a speech yes brother that's a

[70:13]very good point if you feel proudly arrogant about saying no to

[70:18]the sin you've opened another window for shade line see it's very

[70:22]tricky because he works with arrogance so don't feel proud in the

[70:26]sense ah now you know I should feel proud I was able

[70:32]to say no to the sin and you feel good content safe

[70:37]and I'm better than other people I achieved it the way to

[70:40]handle that is I am thankful to Allah for giving me the

[70:45]strength to say no see attribute the favor to Allah not to

[70:48]your own self if it weren't for a lot guiding me I

[70:52]would have lost humble yourself teach that humbleness and still think and

[70:57]still don't think that you're better than others the hadith says the

[71:00]one who sins though the the sinner who repents with humbleness is

[71:08]better in the eyes of Allah than the one who doesn't sin

[71:11]but he's got pride imagine because that humbleness will eventually save you

[71:17]arrogance will eventually cause you to deviate from the path of Allah

[71:23]Spanos Allah so yes it's a fine line by the way not

[71:24]to discourage anyone from praying the midnight prayer but just sharing with

[71:29]you this hadith the hadith says sometimes a believer even though he

[71:33]makes the intention to pray the midnight prayer he'll skip it something

[71:38]happens you just don't pray it and he mama silent I described

[71:41]comments he says sometimes Allah will deny you the TEL fear for

[71:47]the success of praying the midnight prayer so you don't become proud

[71:49]and arrogant about it some people if for a week they pray

[71:54]the midnight prayer room they walk with pride I've been praying the

[71:58]midnight pray even if they don't say it to anyone but they

[72:00]talked to themselves an amount of side that says sometimes Allah sees

[72:03]you know this believer I don't really want him to go on

[72:07]that arrogant path so he'll be denied from praying the midnight prayer

[72:11]why so he stays humble keep that in mind that's interesting yes

[72:35]absolutely that's a very good question I also see we have some

[73:05]questions from the online viewers I'll get to your question in a

[73:07]minute so basically because Shaytan did worship Allah and Allah is so

[73:15]merciful and just allah subhanaw taala told him okay you have a

[73:18]balance with me right for thousands of years you worship me so

[73:21]ask what requests do you have and I'll fulfill it for you

[73:28]so he negotiated he says okay I want to stay until you

[73:30]owe me your bathroom until the day of judgment Allah said no

[73:34]not till the day of judgment till the fixed time which the

[73:37]hadith explains as the reappearance of element manager da-da-da-da-da forager so Allah

[73:44]gave him that extension to compensate him for his worship so that

[73:48]on the day of judgement he has no demands from God Allah

[73:52]says I gave you the reward of your worship in dunya so

[73:55]that's how Allah compensated him and that's how Allah compensates by the

[74:00]way every cow field every calf field if they did something good

[74:03]somehow Allah will compensate that person Allah will either reduce the punishment

[74:07]give him something in this world he will give him something now

[74:10]the other shayateen it seems the progeny of shaytans started after a

[74:17]beliefs so those others say athlean they were born right the jinn

[74:23]they are there from the jinn jinns are just like human beings

[74:26]Allah has given them the intellect to see right from wrong those

[74:29]who choose the path of goodness they're saved in surah telogen our

[74:35]last panel to Allah you know he captures the conversation of the

[74:38]jinns that they said some of us are good some of us

[74:42]are bad the bad ones the bad jinns are those when we

[74:47]consider the shayateen so they're born they grow up they hear the

[74:50]message from Allah spanner to Allah from the messengers whom they have

[74:52]and our prophet and the animates by the way our leaders for

[74:57]everyone for the humans and the jinn as well some of them

[75:00]decide to deviate some of them decide to stay truthful so the

[75:04]other shayateen they don't have the experience of Shaitaan where he worshiped

[75:08]God and then he evaded allah negotiated with him their experience is

[75:13]just like human beings they're born into this world they see how

[75:17]they see battle some of them end up being good some of

[75:22]them end up being bad so that that would be the situation

[75:27]for them does that answer the question yes we have a question

[75:31]from our online viewers can you unmute your mic and ask us

[75:35]yes I can hear you Salam aleikum I can't remember where that

[75:44]even your good deeds going off from your last point even your

[75:47]good deeds are owned by Allah because he guides you to them

[75:52]he gives you the faculties and then he guides you to that

[75:54]particular deed so she says even that I read even that he

[76:00]always but he does not own your sin because he does not

[76:02]you know guide you towards sinning so I just wanted to know

[76:06]what your thoughts were on that when when we have hadith or

[76:09]verses that indicate allah subhanaw taala owns your deeds it's just a

[76:14]reminder that God gave you the tools to achieve those good deeds

[76:22]so don't be arrogant and say okay I am the one who

[76:24]achieved these good deeds Allah will tell you okay how did you

[76:29]know that that's a good deed who gave you the intellect who

[76:31]gave you the wisdom who gave you the Quran who gave you

[76:36]the guidance I did so feel humble about it and know that

[76:39]you would not have achieved those good deeds without my blessings that's

[76:43]just a reminder for the human being that God is the one

[76:49]who guided me yes I made that intention I used my free

[76:52]will but the last panel - ah - help me so a

[76:55]last product either owns our good deeds now what about the bad

[76:58]deeds the sins we can we can also say that Allah Spanish

[77:07]Allah owns the bad deeds - in what sense and the sense

[77:10]that he gave you the tools to do bad right so if

[77:14]you take this basic definition of God owning our deeds Allah owns

[77:18]all deeds because he gave you the free will to do whatever

[77:24]you want that's why one verse and all the Quran states hua

[77:30]mata sha una Allah and Yoshi Allah which some pre determinists they

[77:33]consider this as proof that we human beings are predestined the class

[77:37]says everything you will is willed by Allah well how how was

[77:41]it world by Allah when I send that's world by Allah yes

[77:48]how Allah willed for me to have free will so when I

[77:51]use my free will it's by the permission of Allah and hence

[77:56]my will is his will and the sense that he's given me

[78:00]free will and he's allowed me to use my free will in

[78:04]that general sense we could also say Allah Spano tada even owns

[78:07]the sin but the difference between the good deeds and the bad

[78:12]deeds is that when it comes to their good deeds allah subhanaw

[78:15]taala yes he gives you the guidance you do the good deeds

[78:20]when it comes to the evil sins Allah has warned you about

[78:22]the evil sin Allah has discouraged your last old you don't commit

[78:25]these dudes these bats these bad deeds so Allah distances himself from

[78:33]bad deeds in that sense you're responsible for them Allah is not

[78:37]responsible for them Allah Spano Tara will tell you I warned you

[78:40]about the sin didn't I I warned you through your intellect through

[78:43]the path of guidance I warned you so the only reason why

[78:49]you committed that sin is because you chose to commit that sin

[78:51]I have nothing to do with it I warned you about it

[78:54]but when it comes to the good deed a last final town

[78:58]says I helped you do the good deed see a lot doesn't

[78:59]help you sin but he helps you do good deeds so that's

[79:04]kind of the difference between the good deeds and sins does that

[79:10]answer the question okay may allah subhanaw taala bless you all we

[79:15]conclude sermon number 7 and inshallah we'll continue next week or so

[79:20]Allahu Allah Sayyidina Muhammad Elliott ah hurry

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