Q/A - Identity through our community, Sheikh Jafar Hammoud 05/04/2024

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[0:28]e e uh and it will be at the Iranian school so

[1:04]please do attend that day bring your family along inshallah it'll be

[1:08]a fun day with lots of food and and Raffles and activities

[1:11]um and bouncy casts and so on so without further Ado Let's

[1:17]uh welcome she sha hammud who joins us from the seminary in

[1:19]Lebanon and has been given amazing Le lectures at shabab for the

[1:23]last seven eight days can we welcome him with a loud Muhammad

[1:28]Muhammad that's to hasten the reappearance of our 12th IM please recite

[2:08]another loud muhad [Music] muham respected brothers and sisters in Islam may

[3:12]Allah subhanahu waala accept your fasts and your prayers and duas and

[3:15]supplication in these holy Nights In The Nights of Ramadan in the

[3:22]holy month of Allah subhanahu wa taala the month of Mercy the

[3:25]month of forgiveness we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to accept our

[3:28]fasts and to elevate us insh to the highest levels of Allah

[3:36]subhah waala says in the Holy Quran in verse number 102 in

[3:54]this verse Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is addressing the Believers is addressing

[4:00]us Allah says oh you who believe have have piety have God

[4:09]Consciousness true God Consciousness true tawa Elevate yourself to the highest levels

[4:16]of the verse then continues in where Allah says do not die

[4:28]do not leave this dya but be being in the state of

[4:35]Muslims of Muslim living in the west living in a society which

[4:39]does not abide by religious law if anything opposes and goes against

[4:44]many of theam of our religion a society which teaches you to

[4:48]be a freethinker which tells you you can do whatever you want

[4:52]and think whatever you want and act the way you want and

[4:54]identify as whatever you want will lead to many challenges and can

[5:02]lead to many different ideologies being built and uh followed by many

[5:08]individuals especially those who are not well educated and do not have

[5:13]a strong Foundation when it comes to the basics of the religion

[5:18]the of the de so you see that living in such a

[5:21]community living in such a society what does it do to our

[5:27]minds it taints our fer our thought process our our hearts to

[5:33]a point where because it's so materialistic we're living in a world

[5:37]of all material and consumerism and whatnot you see that our perspective

[5:41]and our understanding of life begins to change and the way we

[5:48]think and the way we Act is completely different or may oppose

[5:52]in many of the cases the way Allah subhana wa ta'ala wants

[5:56]us to act by following the laws of Allah so it taints

[6:02]this very Instinct of the human being this F which Allah subhana

[6:06]wa ta'ala created us with this clean f with a pure State

[6:10]and Allah wants us through this clean State through this pure state

[6:14]to reach him in the best way possible to be perfect individuals

[6:19]in every aspect in our life and most importantly when we become

[6:27]individuals who just want to fit in and who just want to

[6:29]be part of society and sometimes take their morals and their ethics

[6:34]and their ideologies and belief and throw them aside just to be

[6:39]part of society just so we can be individuals who are recognized

[6:42]it affects us on a psychological level in a sense that it

[6:46]may affect our confidence in ourselves being Muslims and acting and following

[6:50]the Shar accordingly which ultimately means that we may be facing many

[6:58]struggles when when it comes to Identity that's why you see there's

[7:02]a big identity crisis in this day and age and many of

[7:06]the times it's because of this ideology that we are following because

[7:10]we are so soaked into to this dun and not have a

[7:15]clear understanding of what Allah subhana wants from us so we need

[7:20]to be Muslims we need to be individuals who follow and practice

[7:24]the religion and are not afraid to identify as Muslims to identify

[7:30]as followers of the and this is one of the biggest struggles

[7:34]we face in this day and age that's why IM one of

[7:40]his companions comes to him and the IM tells him that I

[7:46]am going to teach you a Dua and this Dua will help

[7:48]you if you are to recite it frequently it will help you

[7:55]and be a reminder for this of yours in order to understand

[8:00]and to be prepared for what is to come and to make

[8:02]sure that yah insan oh servant of Allah there is an afterlife

[8:08]I am going to be asked on the day of judgment so

[8:10]this Dua is referred to as Dua the Dua of the drowning

[8:17]one and it is highly recommended to be recited in times of

[8:20]FNA in times of corruption in times where the H becomes B

[8:26]and the B becomes H and what's very interesting is that this

[8:31]Dua the IM he teaches it to one of his companions by

[8:37]the name of abdan and this individual Abdullah is one of the

[8:44]trustworthy Companions of IM and it is mentioned in the books of

[8:47]Hadith that he is an individual who is praised by the the

[8:53]people ofal and the scholars and the nonetheless this is a reliable

[8:57]chain of narration through Abdullah through IM and where he says he

[9:08]teaches himd reite the following Dua in these times so your can

[9:12]be connected with Allah what is this Dua it is in the

[9:23]verse we began we said yaah Allah do not take us from

[9:28]this dun other than being in a state of Muslim make this

[9:32]in its final moments in its last seconds in this life to

[9:39]leave while it's in the state of a Muslim not in a

[9:41]state of kufur and this is the biggest test it's mentioned in

[9:46]many of our Traditions that on the the time when the angel

[9:49]of death comes to take the soul of the human being the

[9:54]human being because of how difficult that moment is even individuals who

[9:57]may be religious but at that moment when the angel of death

[10:04]comes to take their soul they may have kuur in Allah that's

[10:06]why if you're not prepared for that moment you may be from

[10:10]those individuals who in the last seconds of their life go astray

[10:15]that's why the IM he recommends for us to recite this Dua

[10:21]now what's very interesting is this companion of the Imam Abdullah iban

[10:28]when the IM teaches him the Dua he adds a part to

[10:32]the Dua and he says he tells them indeed Allah subh T

[10:40]is the changer of the hearts and Visions he added the part

[10:45]and the Visions however I want you to recite this Dua in

[10:48]this specific way in this specific form recite it in this way

[10:55]for reciting it in this way will certainly reassure this of yours

[10:58]and this is very important lesson for us that when we want

[11:03]to talk to Allah subhanahu waala and we want to connect with

[11:06]Allah when I stand on my prayer M and Allah tells me

[11:09]that I need to recite and after I need to recite another

[11:14]Surah in this specific form I have to go to then I

[11:20]can't go to before and so on so forth it's clear that

[11:24]Allah wants me to worship him in a particular way similarly when

[11:27]it comes to these duas Allah subh he wants me to pray

[11:32]to him to talk to him to supplicate to him in specific

[11:35]words you have some individuals they say well why do I need

[11:39]to perform Salat five times a day instead of Performing Salat I'll

[11:41]just read Quran the whole day or I'll do a Dua Allah

[11:45]subhana wa who is the creator of this world who is the

[11:47]master of the day of judgment who brought each and every one

[11:52]of us into this realm of existence and it is the biggest

[11:55]blessing the W our existence is the biggest Allah has has given

[12:02]us and yet many of us don't want to follow the path

[12:05]of Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala and the least we can do is to

[12:11]pray to Allah in the way he wants us to pray to

[12:14]him in the way he wants us to talk to him so

[12:15]this is a very important lesson when it comes to our duas

[12:19]to recite them in this particular way that's why the IM he

[12:25]tells His companion recite this Dua this Dua will help strengthen you

[12:36]this Dua is a reassurance to you oh insan understand that this

[12:39]needs to beit needs to be firm and strong so when the

[12:45]moment comes when the angel of death decides to take you away

[12:47]from this Dunya you are prepared for what is to come and

[12:51]you will be from those individuals who will leave this Dunya in

[12:55]a state of being Muslims inshallah muham muhamad so we see in

[13:06]the verse Allah before he speaks about leaving in the state of

[13:09]Muslim he says oh you who believe which means what which means

[13:17]we already taken that step of believing and understanding building that Foundation

[13:19]thato of our religion which the human being he cannot move forward

[13:26]and he cannot go to the without establishing this Foundation which is

[13:29]the belief in Allah subhana waala that Allah is one that Allah

[13:36]has no partner that Allah has no companion this is the first

[13:39]and then the and then the and then of Allah subh the

[13:47]justice of Allah subhah wa taala so after a person builds this

[13:51]foundation and truly understands who Allah subhana wa ta'ala is we know

[13:56]that we have a responsibility towards Allah and that responsibility dear brothers

[14:03]and sisters is mentioned in the Holy Quran Allah subhana says I

[14:11]did not create the Jin and Mankind other than to worship me

[14:17]and in a narration attributed to IM one of the companions asked

[14:24]him about the the commentary of this verse and the IM he

[14:27]replies to him he tells him so they can have in Allah

[14:32]subhana waala and when we speak about it does not mean just

[14:38]to know who Allah subhana waala is knowing these is something and

[14:41]acting upon these is something completely different a person can have knowledge

[14:46]but a person may not follow that knowledge that's called the I

[14:49]have I have knowledge but if I am not acting upon this

[14:54]knowledge if this knowledge is not benefiting me is not benefiting others

[14:57]then I am a person person who in some of the verses

[15:02]of the Quran and the of the they describe such individuals as

[15:06]animals why are we because Allah subhana wa tala gave us this

[15:12]knowledge and he gave us the greatest blessing which is the and

[15:15]we're not using it to reach him we're not using it to

[15:21]spread this knowledge to people to lead people to truth to lead

[15:25]myself to truth and leading myself to truth requires me to act

[15:29]upon this that's why we have a responsibility in this life to

[15:35]have in Allah subhah waala so after I have in Allah subhanahu

[15:39]waala and I truly understand who I am as an insan as

[15:47]a human being I know that I have to act upon this

[15:49]knowledge so it can actually be considered says the one who knows

[16:01]himself knows his Lord so after I know myself and after I

[16:04]act upon that which Allah subhana tala wants me to act upon

[16:11]by following the sh accordingly following it accordingly then I have worked

[16:17]on this neice of mine and I have removed these veils and

[16:23]these barriers on my heart to reach Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala now some

[16:28]people think that it ends there and some people think that that

[16:33]if I am good then Society is good then my community is

[16:37]good then the whole world is good but if we look at

[16:42]the Quran and we analyzes the verse which speak about bam we

[16:45]see that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala he says that each and every

[16:52]one of us has a responsibility when Allah created Adam what did

[16:59]he say I'm creating a a successor for me a representative of

[17:02]mine and some of the when it comes to this verse it's

[17:09]not just Adam that is the successor of Allah subhana wa tala

[17:12]it's Banu Adam Banu Adam we are all Banu Adam here we

[17:17]are all we all have a role to play this of Allah

[17:19]subhana wa ta'ala by spreading the word of Truth by speaking Truth

[17:27]by being individuals who lead people to truth so we know that

[17:31]the the the religion of Islam is not just about the it's

[17:37]not just about me it's not just about I I'm doing well

[17:39]I'm praying my connection with Allah subhana wa ta'ala is good so

[17:42]life is good and I move on I know that I have

[17:45]a responsibility towards my community as well or else I wouldn't be

[17:49]from those how am I fulfilling my role as benu Adam in

[17:56]this life and spreading the word of Allah subhana wa tala if

[18:00]I am a selfish individual and all I'm thinking is about myself

[18:04]this is something extremely important for us to pounder upon that's why

[18:09]because we may live in such environment and I mentioned in the

[18:12]beginning what it may do to a person who does not have

[18:17]a strong foundation and this strong a they may think that that

[18:20]this whole life revolves around the eye around the Anna and the

[18:33]human being lives in a his own bubble or her own bubble

[18:38]and they don't look at their responsibilities towards their Community one of

[18:43]the reasons they don't do so is because they may be not

[18:45]confident enough and are not individuals who are willing to present themselves

[18:55]as Muslims willing to live Islam even though in this day and

[18:58]age especially now maybe at our parents' time when they first came

[19:02]to these countries it was different and you know the laws were

[19:05]strict and there wasn't much Muslims maybe some of them even had

[19:11]to do sometimes but right now me living here and I have

[19:14]rights and I'm a person who can practice My Religion I'm allowed

[19:19]to have a Masjid here I'm allowed to pray I'm allowed to

[19:22]do my worship I can practice this religion freely to some extent

[19:26]obviously there's some things that you know are questionable here and there

[19:30]you can't do we that's what I'm not that's not what I'm

[19:35]talking about I'm talking about practicing this religion and being able to

[19:40]perform and fulfill your duty in this duny by enjoining good and

[19:45]forbidding Evil by bringing people to H by fulfilling your role in

[19:50]this dun as representatives of Allah subhanahu wa so we see that

[20:03]right now none of us have an excuse when it comes to

[20:09]living this religion living this religion in our hearts by practicing it

[20:14]on a personal level and as well as showing it and Illuminating

[20:18]others with this faith that we have inside of our hearts no

[20:25]matter what people think of you no matter what Society labels me

[20:31]as if I have a true understanding of who I am as

[20:34]an insan of who Allah subhanahu wa taala is what is my

[20:39]duty in this dun and I have reached the level in where

[20:44]I have built this faith in a sense where I see nothing

[20:46]but Allah subhah wa ta'ala I'm not scared or I'm not bothered

[20:52]or I'm not I'm not intimidated intimidated by anyone who tries to

[20:57]look at me differently or lab me a certain label because I

[21:01]know that I am working towards Allah subhah wa ta'ala and whenever

[21:07]I work towards Allah subhah wa tala and my intention is for

[21:11]Allah subhana waala my Allah subhana waala there will definitely be regardless

[21:17]of what people think of me and how they treat me and

[21:20]how they view me when I understand that I know that I

[21:25]can go to people and I can if I see my brother

[21:30]or sister doing something which is questionable I see my brother or

[21:34]sister struggling I see one of my community members falling astray from

[21:38]the path of Allah subhana wa ta'ala it is my w to

[21:43]stand up and support them and to be there for them and

[21:47]to be that individual that leads them and tries to guide them

[21:51]to the truth to H if I'm a person who doesn't have

[21:57]this sense of identity if I don't truly understand understand who I

[22:00]am I won't be that person and even though it is a

[22:02]religious Duty when it comes to enjoying good and forbidding evil it's

[22:07]one of the pillars of Islam and people to some extent forget

[22:14]that just like Salah just like just like just like and so

[22:19]on so forth is one of them so regardless of what this

[22:23]individual thinks regardless of how they're going to view me if I'm

[22:29]a person who lives with Allah subh waala in their heart if

[22:31]no one is present in my heart other than Allah subhana wa

[22:34]ta'ala then I am a person with true Faith because what does

[22:39]the narration say this heart is the sanctuary of Allah subhana wa

[22:49]tala and do not let anyone enter This Heart other than Allah

[22:54]the moment you do that's the moment you know that you have

[22:57]failed that's a moment in where you know you have not built

[23:00]this strong foundation and this faith of yours which helps you fulfill

[23:05]your duty by what by being Theif of Allah subhana waala in

[23:08]this world and like I said no matter what others think no

[23:16]matter what the way others view me if I am confident and

[23:19]I have on Allah subhana tala and my KNE is sincere Allah

[23:25]will give me there's this nice story mentioned the time of IM

[23:29]one of his companions by the name of yunus B ABD which

[23:33]is one of theat one of the close Companions of the IM

[23:38]and eunus was sent by the IM to go and to perform

[23:43]to preach to a certain group of people and he came back

[23:48]complaining to the IM and he told him yeah IM they're not

[23:52]listening to me they're calling me so and so they even think

[23:57]I'm not a religious person they don't even think that I'm representing

[24:01]Allah subhana wa ta'ala and I am your representative so he felt

[24:07]down and he felt that as if his confidence was shattered the

[24:11]IM gives him this very beautiful analogy that I would like to

[24:15]end off with he tells him yeah yunus I want to ask

[24:20]you a question if you had in your hands a pebble and

[24:26]people are telling you it's a world is that going to change

[24:34]anything to you you know it's a pebble inallah from now until

[24:37]you know 20 years later they they tell you it's a pebble

[24:41]you know it's a pearl you know it's a pebble you know

[24:43]it's not an actual Pearl and vice versa if you have a

[24:48]pearl in your hand and they tell you you're a pebble is

[24:50]that going to affect you it's not going because you know what

[24:55]it is you know what's in your heart you know who you

[24:58]are you you know what is your responsibility you have an identity

[25:02]you're an individual who is Muslim who is a sh follower of

[25:08]the and who know and knows their responsibility and their W by

[25:12]Leading people to truth and being individuals who help preach and help

[25:18]raise the banner of H in this world by doing so by

[25:24]being individuals who are confident in who they are individuals who live

[25:28]with Allah subhana waa individuals who have not let anyone enter This

[25:31]Heart of theirs other than Allah that means I am a true

[25:36]M that means I am a true in Allah subhah wa taala

[25:38]which ultimately means that I am a person with confidence which means

[25:45]I have an identity and I am not scared and I am

[25:48]not at all I have any problem by showing Who I Am

[25:54]by being a representative of Allah subhana wa tala and by Living

[25:58]Truth and by helping people to reach the truth we ask Allah

[26:01]subhana wa ta'ala to give us the to be from those who

[26:06]preach the message of Allah subhana wa tala and act upon it

[26:09]and those who lead [Music] to may Allah subhana accept your if

[26:31]anyone has any questions or any comments please feel free first thank

[26:43]you very much for the lecture that was very insightful um quick

[26:47]question I really like the analogy of the PEB and the pro

[26:51]and so on the also one of the problems today in society

[26:53]that is emerging is like someone thinks they're a pearl but they're

[26:58]not quite there yet and that's because Society give them the freedom

[27:01]to think the way to think right uh and so one problem

[27:06]we might face is that you think you're doing the right thing

[27:08]and you have this confidence so you have the confidence of saying

[27:12]I'm Pearl even if everyone tells you're a pebble but actually not

[27:16]probably you are probably a pebble right and um like what are

[27:23]the ways to know right or to correct du and and but

[27:29]are there other ways to do it right do you like do

[27:30]you have like something that's a very good question and it's important

[27:38]to mention when when when you think that you're a pearl or

[27:40]you think you've reached that level and this happens a lot when

[27:45]individuals think they've reached a certain level of especially happens with because

[27:49]how does their how do they think they're a pearl because in

[27:52]their head in their mind they think that they have enough knowledge

[27:55]for me to take a decision or take a choice which I

[27:58]see is the only choice it's the correct choice so all starts

[28:03]in the mind it's all starts through the if I am not

[28:06]a person who is humble when it comes to seeking knowledge when

[28:12]it comes to acting upon this knowledge this will be the consequence

[28:15]one of the reasons is not being humble when it comes to

[28:21]uh taking this and listening to others when it comes to practicing

[28:24]this in the end of the day there's so many narrations which

[28:28]speak about the importance of uh seeking advice of being individuals who

[28:33]at least at least if you don't want to act upon what

[28:37]the person says at least listen to what that individual says or

[28:41]what that person uh may give you a different perspective look at

[28:45]it from a to my knowledge and I think everything that uh

[28:52]I have is this way it's either my way or the highway

[28:57]and I'm not willing to actually listen to others and take the

[29:00]advice so taking the advice and asking others for help and listening

[29:06]to them especially when they call you out for it is something

[29:10]that I need to you know literally reflect upon and Ponder upon

[29:13]when when an individual sees me do a certain act and I

[29:19]see myself as the Pearl and like they say in Arabic you

[29:21]know I think I'm the person that you know knows what I'm

[29:26]doing and uh it's 100% the consequence of that is going to

[29:30]be that I'm going to go I'm going to take myself astray

[29:33]and I'm going to take people astray so I need to humble

[29:37]myself when it comes to this knowledge and number two I need

[29:40]to seek advice from others and not be ashamed by so because

[29:43]some people think that if they ask others for advice as if

[29:49]yeah they're a Level under them or uh they're individuals who cannot

[29:53]think for themselves or there are individuals who are looked down upon

[29:57]if you look at the SE of the IMs of the and

[30:01]the way they speak to Allah subhah waala they always Place themselves

[30:05]under and if I do not live this that no matter how

[30:13]much knowledge I think I have as an insan that it's nothing

[30:16]in the eyes of Allah subhah wa ta'ala there's always someone with

[30:20]more knowledge than me there is someone with more IM than me

[30:24]there is another person with more faith than me if I am

[30:28]think if I think I'm better than others then it's a big

[30:30]problem so it's all about controlling this of yours to an understanding

[30:34]where no matter how much knowledge you have and no matter how

[30:37]much Iman you have that you do not think that you've reached

[30:42]Perfection you do not think you've reached your Peak because the moment

[30:47]you say I made it it I've reached the the the peak

[30:53]of this Faith especially when it comes to to our relationship with

[30:55]Allah on a spiritual level in Ramadan many of us are like

[30:57]this we think we're on we're on a spiritual journey towards the

[31:02]end of the month we're doing well we've reached the peak we

[31:05]made it there for the rest of the months we go down

[31:11]we because we think but you didn't you're not there yet you

[31:18]haven't reached the moment you think it I've reached is the moment

[31:21]that you are going to fail and it's the moment that it

[31:25]is going to be it's going to be your end so if

[31:28]I do not hum humble myself if I do not control this

[31:30]sness of mine to understand that there are individuals with more knowledge

[31:34]with me with more more more faith than me and so on

[31:39]so forth if I live a level of that is what is

[31:44]going to read me to look at others in a very negative

[31:46]way and just view myself as the Pearl and everyone around me

[31:50]the P do we have a question from the sister's side inshallah

[31:58]anyone from the sister's side I think they're shy they're shy if

[32:07]we don't have we can also choose from the brothers again we

[32:20]always hear the narration that and it's really nice to say what

[32:25]about our NS we should be looking for looking to know what

[32:33]about be that's question how do we know this na you mean

[32:35]or what to look in this what to look in this very

[32:42]good question so some of the commentary by our when it comes

[32:50]to this is to be able to understand who the Snus is

[32:52]and who I am as an individual being a servant to Allah

[32:57]subhanahu wa ta'ala understanding that in the end of the day I

[33:00]am a I am an effect Allah subhana waala is as they

[33:07]say in theology he is the cause of everything Allah is the

[33:12]origin of everything Allah gave me Allah gave this land R Allah

[33:15]gave this ocean R whatever it is Allah brought all of this

[33:22]into existence and I understand this neace of mine that I am

[33:25]nothing but a servant to Allah subhah wa ta'ala and I after

[33:29]I built that Foundation when we spoke about building that foundation in

[33:34]this is a part of because when when I understand who Allah

[33:39]subhana wa tala is and I built this of mine I know

[33:43]that through this obviously you need to prove the existence of Allah

[33:47]through logic and and you can't do when it comes to this

[33:50]because many people think when it comes to the when it comes

[33:54]to I can just follow my parents or follow whoever it may

[33:56]be uh follow a in my how do you prove the existence

[34:01]of God how do you why do you believe in prophethood why

[34:04]do you believe in imama and so on because my dad told

[34:06]that's not enough on the day of Allah is goingon to ask

[34:10]you for it that's why there's no the say so after I

[34:16]understand allaha is through logic through philosophy through through my intellect as

[34:21]we said the biggest it come I come to this nef of

[34:24]mine and I tell this nef of mine oh NE you are

[34:29]nothing but a creation of Allah subhah wa tala Allah is your

[34:35]creator and you oh have a responsibility towards Allah subhah wa ta'ala

[34:39]you have a duty towards Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala what is this

[34:42]Duty it is to follow the laws of Allah it is to

[34:46]do your W and to stay away from the the that which

[34:52]Allah subhana made forbidden when I understand this naus of mine and

[34:56]that I that this na is a Battlefield the biggest Jihad for

[35:01]the human being is Jad in and this is indicated clearly in

[35:05]the narrations of the if I don't understand that this NE is

[35:07]a battlefield and it is a struggle and 24/7 I should be

[35:13]working on this NE so I can reach the level of the

[35:18]content Soul what does the content soul mean the soul the ne

[35:21]which is nothing but the beauty of Allah tala the the soul

[35:25]which which lives with God how does it live through with God

[35:27]through this love of God Consciousness to this level of which is

[35:30]the purpose of this fast all of these 30 days the ultimate

[35:39]goal of this NE of mine is to reach ta so I

[35:44]know that my goal in this life and not just from fasting

[35:47]fasting its result will help will be an aid for me to

[35:53]reach that tawa but this tawa is not during Shah Ramadan only

[35:55]like I said it's not just a something during a particular season

[35:59]that I'm supposed to feel this tawa is supposed to be with

[36:04]me at all times so when I Analyze This na and I

[36:09]understand that it has a duty and I understand that I have

[36:10]a waj towards Allah subhanahu wa taala and I know that I

[36:14]need to be working on this na to reach this level of

[36:17]ta this is of the when I know this na of mine

[36:25]through this way and that I have an obligation towards Allah and

[36:28]I am nothing but a servant of God and my between me

[36:34]and Allah I am and these are the words of the IMs

[36:37]they speaking to Allah speak just to give another chance to um

[36:47]is there any uh just to give another chance to um is

[36:52]there any questions from the sister's side man is building this Foundation

[36:59]um I wanted to ask like if you if you could maybe

[37:02]list in more specific maybe now or later uh some of these

[37:06]found Foundation points like some of them that come to my mind

[37:09]are like knowing the details of the a well you mentioned like

[37:11]knowing Allah from the philosophical logical perspective if you could like just

[37:16]give us maybe very briefly like what are those different foundations um

[37:20]just so that we know and it will help us when we

[37:25]speak about knowing Allah no matter how much we think we know

[37:29]no one's going to know the of allaha and there's actually narrations

[37:32]which say that the human being shouldn't even be thinking of the

[37:37]of Allah tala we go at that which you know leads us

[37:41]to Allah which is a manifestation of Allah wa tala which is

[37:44]what the IMs of the they are manifestation of Allah in this

[37:48]existence the names of Allah wa tala theat the attribut of Allah

[37:56]one of the way to look at this is to know Allah

[38:03]he has these two different types of I'm being more specific yeah

[38:13]so more General you don't want me to go into speci those

[38:27]found is to have your you know your basic on point that

[38:33]your your belief you understand uh Allah subhana wa tala as the

[38:37]creator of the world you you understand who Allah is you're you're

[38:42]you live it's not just like you said but you're not living

[38:49]it this is not true Islam because when we speak about Islam

[38:52]Islam this is submitted to Allah unlike how people sometimes try to

[39:00]interpret the word Islam Islam Salam and peace and what that's not

[39:03]what Islam means Islam means simple as that go to the go

[39:07]to the Arabic language and I am living in my in my

[39:18]day-to-day life so I'm not so it's not just so I'm building

[39:20]that Foundation through through application as well so I understand who Allah

[39:26]is that's number one I buil my a understanding who the prophets

[39:31]and the holy prophet sallallah alai and the are what do they

[39:34]want from me understand that they are the role models they are

[39:36]the individuals that I need to look upon as a human being

[39:42]I need to look on read their Hadith I need to listen

[39:45]to the advice in which they gave to the companions I need

[39:48]to connect with them because if I'm not connected with the IM

[39:51]that means that okay I have this found and I understand that

[39:55]the im's a he's a leader he is a manifestation of Allah

[39:59]T but I'm not doing anything to build this connection with the

[40:01]IM this is a way of building that Foundation to not just

[40:04]have who the IMs is and many of many of us if

[40:08]you come and ask them can you know tell me the 12

[40:13]imams they can't even mention their names let alone know their you

[40:16]know their life what's you know what's something important that happened during

[40:19]their lives and maybe because carala is every year and we remember

[40:23]Imam Hussein everyone knows who IM Hussein is but do you know

[40:26]who IM Jawad is IM is who IM is what happened how

[40:33]did they bring this to me how did my religion reach me

[40:35]this is a way to build that Foundation to connect with the

[40:40]IM all of them on a personal level if you want to

[40:42]have a connection with the IM which we all want to do

[40:47]we all want to be from the of the first step is

[40:52]to have the and this starts with the understanding who this IM

[40:56]is is as a representative of allaha and actually building this relationship

[41:00]with the IM on a personal level connecting with him reading certain

[41:04]duas that help me understand who the Imam is before uh when

[41:08]I wake up in the morning when I go to sleep keep

[41:11]the IM in my mind understand that the IM is present is

[41:17]I cannot see him with my eye but the IM is in

[41:19]this world there will be a time where the Imam is going

[41:23]to reappear and we ask Allah to hasten this reappearance of his

[41:26]and to be from the ANS but the Imam is waiting for

[41:29]me to be ready and one of the ways to be ready

[41:33]is to establish this in the IM which is one of the

[41:35]ways to build this Foundation as the tradition says the one who

[41:42]dies without knowing the IM of his time and knowledge here it's

[41:48]not just in the way we said oh I know he's going

[41:52]to reappear in the end of time there are these of these

[41:54]certain signs that oh we know he he reappears because a lot

[41:59]of people focus on the materialistic aspect when it comes to the

[42:03]IM especially when it comes to I want to know more about

[42:05]the the end of time what have you done to connect with

[42:09]the IM before you speak to me about I don't want to

[42:13]know about if I don't know who the IM is tell me

[42:14]who the IM is connect with the IM then we'll speak about

[42:20]the details in this way individuals who die and they don't have

[42:23]this connection with the IM of their time they're going to die

[42:24]a death of ignorance just like at the time of J when

[42:30]the prophet and the the uh the the prophets not just Muhammad

[42:35]Musa and all all of the prophets before when they would go

[42:38]to their people and they would try to you know to to

[42:42]to lead them to Allah T and those individuals like like the

[42:44]people of Ben is who rejected the message of mus these are

[42:49]people who died a death of ignorance why are they ignorance because

[42:51]the Imam is in front of you the president the representative of

[42:54]Allah but you have done nothing to take their word number one

[42:58]and to act upon their word if you are not individuals who

[43:00]do so that means you don't have a foundation that means you

[43:03]are labeled under those who do not have in the IM which

[43:08]ultimately equals that you've died a death of ignorance so one of

[43:11]the ways is to build this Foundation through connecting having with the

[43:16]because it helps strengthen this of mind because in the end of

[43:21]the day no matter how much we think and we uh you

[43:23]know we think that I have this picture understanding of Allah it's

[43:28]it's not going to be it Allah any thought that comes to

[43:35]my mind Allah there's a reason Allah he is Ultimate Perfection so

[43:42]I go to those who represent Allah subh those were in the

[43:45]end of day the IMs they're infallible they're but in the end

[43:49]of the day they're human beings and they have they have feelings

[43:52]and they used to live with the people and they used to

[43:54]go with the people and they used to talk to the people

[43:55]and give advice to the people and so on so forth so

[43:59]these are individuals who I need to look upon these are individuals

[44:02]who I need to connect to build this Foundation to be from

[44:08]those who have in the IM and those who have who when

[44:10]they have thisif themselves in the IM that means how do they

[44:14]act upon to give back to the community this this comes the

[44:17]other part this is on a personal level my NE then to

[44:21]the people you're welcome dear um one more time is there any

[44:28]questions from the sisters like to give a chance to the sisters

[44:42]mallah he go ahead take your time for

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