We came to give, not to take.
Auto-generated transcript: Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathiran kathira. Fahamma baadu. Now take the case of another one. Who asked the same question. How does Allah give life to the dead? Same question. But in a… Continue reading Prepare for Dhul Hijjah – #2
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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. My dear respected brothers, sisters, elders, as we approach the blessed days of Dhul Hijjah and Eid al-Adha, it will be good to remember the one whose story Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala immortalized in the Quran al-Kareem and gave it to us as an example to follow in goodness.… Continue reading Prepare for Dhul Hijjah – #1
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Auto-generated transcript: My brothers and sisters, there are two ways to lead our life. There is a way that we devise for ourselves, a way that we think is the best, with whatever knowledge we have, and there is a way that is devised for us by Allah . If we lead our life by… Continue reading Two ways to lead our lives
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Auto-generated transcript: Alhamdulillah Rabbil Alameen Salatul Salam From my brothers and sisters, Allah sent us a way of life called Islam, a deen called Islam. Islam is not just a set of rituals or worship or anything else. It is something that encompasses everything that a human being needs in leading their lives. To lead… Continue reading To study the Seerah is Wajib
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Auto-generated transcript: Alhamdulillah Rabbil Alameen. Wa Salatu Wa Salamu Alaa Ashrafil Anbiya wal Mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Alaa Alihi wa Sahbihi wa Sallam. Tasleeman kathiran kathira. Faham abadu? My brothers and sisters, I remind myself and you that Allah Subhanahu wa ta’ala tests and we ask Allah Subhanahu wa ta’ala to save us… Continue reading Followership – #2
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Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, and peace and blessings be upon the honour of the prophets and messengers. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and his… Continue reading Followership – #1
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Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, and peace and blessings be upon the honour of His prophets and messengers. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and his… Continue reading What is Bida’a
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Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the noble and noble messengers. Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, may peace and blessings be upon him and his family, and many, many peace and blessings… Continue reading Deen of love
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Auto-generated transcript: In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the most honorable of the prophets and messengers. Muhammad, the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, and his family, and his family. Peace be upon him, and his family.… Continue reading Khashiyya + Shukr = Taqwa
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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah walhamdulillah wassalatu wassalamu ala rasulillah. Wa ba’d. My brothers and sisters, a friend of mine asked me to share some thoughts on what makes a happy marriage. And I guess I have some claim to speaking on this subject because my wife and I, we’ve been happily married now for 40 years.… Continue reading How to have a happy marriage
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Auto-generated transcript: I remind myself and you that Allah taught us to ask people to take the right path .In the life journey we make various Mand commendings and we then tell the Lord.and you that allah taught us to ask for the path to ask for the siratallah did not ask did not teach… Continue reading Focus on the Path
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Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. Peace and blessings be upon the honorable prophets and messengers. Praise be to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and his family. Peace and blessings be… Continue reading The most powerful concept in Islam
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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah wa alhamdulillah wa salatu wa salamu ala rasulillah. Wa ba’d. I am in my favorite place, which is in Florida. And you can see why I call it my favorite place. There are some mallards here, which are kind of resident. And this is a water hazard on a golf course. It’s… Continue reading Making right choices – Marriage or career
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Auto-generated transcript: Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. You had asked about advice on raising multiple children. I think in my experience, children are like sponges. They pick up everything from everywhere. And as far as multiple children are concerned, the younger ones pick up from their elder siblings much faster than they pick up… Continue reading Thought share – Raising multiple children
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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathiran kathira. From Abadu, my brothers and sisters, Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala asked us a rhetorical question. Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala said, Afala yathadhabbaruna al-Qur’ana am ala qulubin… Continue reading Reflect on Quran
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Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honour of the Prophet and the Messengers. Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and his… Continue reading Nobody owes me anything
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Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honour of the prophets and messengers. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his family and companions. Many peace… Continue reading Al Asr – 3
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Auto-generated transcript: We spoke about the first ayat of Surah Al-Asr. Allah said, Allah took an oath by himself, by time, and he said that truly all humankind, all human beings are in a state of loss. Today let’s talk about the next time, maybe let’s see how far we get. Then Allah subhanahu wa… Continue reading Al Asr – 2
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Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honour of the Prophets and Messengers, Muhammad and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his family and companions. May peace… Continue reading Al Asr -1
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Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the most honorable of the prophets and messengers, Muhammad and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and upon his family and companions.… Continue reading Real cost – #2
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Auto-generated transcript: My dear brothers and sisters, respected elders, this life is a transaction. It’s a deal. To get something, we must give something. So let us look at our lives and see what we are paying to get what we have. I’m going to count some things. It’s not an exhaustive list. Just to… Continue reading Real cost – #1
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Auto-generated transcript: My brothers and sisters, I read something yesterday which I want to share with you. There is an author called Sahil Bloom. He writes, Your entire life will change when you realize that courage, which is himmah, courage is the single most important human trait. Your whole life will change when you realize… Continue reading Courage is the greatest virtue
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Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all mankind. And peace and blessings be upon the most righteous of the prophets and messengers, Muhammad and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his family. And many… Continue reading Q&A on Salah
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Auto-generated transcript: Alhamdulillah Rabbil Alameen wa salatu wa salamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammad wa Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathira kathira. Fammabadu, my brothers and sisters, if I ask you how critical is Islam for you? Or if you ask me the same question, how daruri? To use the… Continue reading How important is Islam
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Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honour of the prophets and messengers, Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and companions, peace and blessings… Continue reading Post-Ramadan gameplan
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Auto-generated transcript: In English, there is a saying which says that it’s a sign of intelligence. It’s a sign of intelligence to be able to hold two opposing ideas in your mind simultaneously. It’s a sign of intelligence to be able to hold two opposing ideas, two opposite sides, in your mind simultaneously. And I… Continue reading No part time Islam
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Auto-generated transcript: So the thing that strikes my mind is what is the result of that? What change does the Quran bring in ourselves, in our actions? And I want to tell you two stories. One story is with regard to the Quran changing somebody’s life and the other one is the result of that.… Continue reading Let the Quran enter the heart
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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Mighty respected brothers, sisters, elders, I remind myself and you that 1459 years ago a window opened in the heavens and God spoke to man. Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala sent his first revelation to his beloved messenger, Muhammad Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam, through his… Continue reading Taqwa produces Tranquility
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Auto-generated transcript: As-salamu alaykum. My dear respected brothers, sisters, elders, what is unity? I know all of us talk about it. I can probably say that almost every Muslim, if not every Muslim, if you ask him today anywhere in the world, what is the number one problem of this Ummah, he will say lack… Continue reading What is Unity
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Auto-generated transcript: SubhanAllah, may Allah bless him. He said this wonderful thing about Allah SWT being Al-Hadi and this is absolutely true. And so I will want to tell you three stories of how Allah SWT gives Hidayah. Allah gives Hidayah without any help from us. Allah does not need our help. First story is… Continue reading Allahﷻ Al Hadi
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Auto-generated transcript: Now let me begin my khatira. The khatira today, the title is focus. And focus is important because without focus, there is no destination to reach. Without focus, if you are in a shooting competition, you cannot shoot because you have no focus. You can have the best weapon in the world, you… Continue reading Get serious
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Auto-generated transcript: Alhamdulillah, I remind myself and you, my brothers and sisters, that all the promises of Allah SWT are for the Muttaqun. And therefore it is in my own interest and your own interest for you and me to examine whether we are Muttaqun or not, whether we have Taqwa or not and if… Continue reading Promises of Allah for the Muttaqoon
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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. My dear brothers, sisters, elders, Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala commanded us and told us that fasting has been prescribed upon you as it was prescribed for those before you so that you may become Muttaqun, so that you may become people of Taqwa, so that you may… Continue reading Qualities of the Muttaqoon
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Auto-generated transcript: Alhamdulillah Rabbil Alameen was Salat was Salam Alaa Sharifil Ambiya Wal Mursaleen Muhammad Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi wa Alaihi wa Sahibus Sallam Tasleemun Kaseerun Kaseera Fahmul Baduk My brothers and sisters I remind myself when you that fasting comes to reinforce this primordial and fundamental foundational message that all virtue and blessing and success… Continue reading Best of the sinners
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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah al-Haram, adhara-rohim, alhamdulillah, my dear respected brothers, sisters, elders. I remind myself and you that all acts of worship, all ibadahs are tools. The ibadah, the act of worship is not for itself. It is meant to achieve something. Each one has a different goal. For example, Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala said… Continue reading Salah protects
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