Category: Fajr Reminders

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Auto-generated transcript: My brothers and sisters, we are on the topic of decision making or decision analysis based on the Shura method. So let’s see first of all, what is the Shura method? As we said, Shura is mutual consultation or decision making by consultation. Now, there is a method to do that. And the… Continue reading Decision by Shura – 2

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Auto-generated transcript: My brothers and sisters, my brother and dear friend from Durban, Al-Pahla Institute, Dr. Zafar Ahmad asked me a question and before I go further and tell you what his question is and answer the question inshallah let me submit you that I dearly welcome this and especially my request to those who… Continue reading Decision by Shura – 1

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Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. My dear brothers and sisters, people go through what is called a midlife crisis. And this happens for two reasons. One is that when you are young and you have your life goals, most of them are more or less straightforward and… Continue reading Applying_Kaizen_to_mid_life_crisis

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Auto-generated transcript: Salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. It begins with Ya’i wa al-ladhina amanu. It’s a command from Allah for the believers, men and women. So Allah is saying, Ya’i wa al-ladhina amanu, anfiqoo mimma razakhnakum. Spend from what we have given you. Anfiqoo mimma razakhnakum. Spend from… Continue reading Prepare for the Day

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wasalatu wasalamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbih salam. Tasliman kathirun kathirun. My brothers and sisters, we all have aspirations and goals and we want this and we want that. We want success in life. You want to have a great… Continue reading No excuses

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Auto-generated transcript: My brothers and sisters, Alhamdulillah, we all know and we all talk about the biggest need of the Muslim Ummah today, which is that of unity. And we also know Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala commanded us and said, Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala said, hold firmly together, jami’an, to the rope of Allah subhanahu… Continue reading Active Listening to resolve conflicts

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Auto-generated transcript: Alhamdulillah Rabbil Alameen wa salatu wa salam ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammad wa Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam tasleeman kathiran kathira. My brothers and sisters, I want to share with you some words from the heart. I call these attitudes of success. The first one of them… Continue reading Words from the heart

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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 and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and companions,… Continue reading Facing reality

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Auto-generated transcript: The second thing I want to remind myself and you is to thank Allah in good and as well as in difficult times. And therefore I advise you and myself to be grateful to Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala. Grateful for what he gives us and even more grateful sometimes for what he takes… Continue reading ISWM Last Lecture #2: Thankfulness and Togetherness

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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 and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his family and his companions.… Continue reading ISWM Last Lecture #1 – Taqwa

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Auto-generated transcript: Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ashrafi al-anbiya wal-mursaleen. Wa hamadu Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam tasliman kathiran kathira. The seventh right that Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has upon us which we are supposed to fulfill is that we accept his judgment in all… Continue reading Rights of Rasoolullahﷺ – part 7

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Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the… Continue reading Rights of Rasoolullahﷺ – part 6

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Auto-generated transcript: Salam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Alhamdulillah, Rabbil Alameen. Wa salatu wa salam ala al-sharafi al-anbiya ibn Musaleen Muhammad Rasulullah. Sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam tasliman kathiran kathira. So, amma baadu, my brothers and sisters, Jazakallah khairun to all of you, especially the brothers from UMass for taking the… Continue reading 4-Hard Truths

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Auto-generated transcript: As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. May the Lord of the worlds be with you. And peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, Muhammad and the Messenger of God, and his family and friends and his family. Peace and blessings be upon him. Now we are walking in Ashley and with… Continue reading The world is deception

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Auto-generated transcript: As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Faqala ta’ala inna allaha wa malaikatahu yusalluna ala nabi ya ayyuhal ladhina amanu sallu alayhi wa sallimu taslima. Allahumma salli ala Sayyidina Muhammadin wa ala ahli Muhammad kama sallita ala Ibrahim wa ala al Ibrahim innaka hamidun majid. Allahumma barika ala Muhammadin wa ala ahli Muhammad kama… Continue reading Crisis of Followership – #3

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Auto-generated transcript: As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Faqala ta’ala inna allaha wa malaikatahu yusalluna ala nabi ya ayyuhal ladhina amanu sallu alayhi wa sallimu taslima. Allahumma salli ala Sayyidina Muhammadin wa ala ahli Muhammad kama sallita ala Ibrahim wa ala al Ibrahim innaka hamidun majid. Allahumma barika ala Muhammadin wa ala ahli Muhammad kama… Continue reading Crisis of Followership – #2

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Auto-generated transcript: Peace be upon you all. I remind myself and you, let us make this into a regular practice of ours. I don’t like to use the word habit because habits are unthinking actions. I’m talking about conscious thinking action. To send salat and salam on Rasulullah s.a.w. throughout the day, throughout the night,… Continue reading Crisis of Followership – #1

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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. And peace and blessings be upon the honour of the prophets and messengers. Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and blessings be upon his family and his family. May Allah bless… Continue reading WiiFM – What’s in it for me?

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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 and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and his… Continue reading Windows of opportunity

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Auto-generated transcript: I am on this beach in Maine. Atlantic Ocean, the tide is just going out. So this part of the beach is nice and flat and clean. We can see the waves coming in. Now you can see the few boats in the distance. Very, very tranquil, peaceful, wonderful scene. You’ve got the… Continue reading Using ChatGPT instead of learning

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Auto-generated transcript: My brothers and sisters, we are sitting here in Maine, literally opposite the Atlantic Ocean. And we can hear the waves, you can see the waves and the sun is gently rising. Not yet, but just finished the Fajr. And I’m reflecting on the, and I also advise you to reflect on the… Continue reading The Atlantic

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. I begin in the name of Allah, the Creator, the Sustainer, the Maintainer, and the Protector of the entire universe and all that it contains, the most beneficent, the most merciful. We send salutations on his messenger, the last and final of them. Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, his family,… Continue reading Stand if you are alive

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Auto-generated transcript: My father taught me many lessons. And his way of teaching was he didn’t sort of sit down with a class. He would just ask some question and that would be my mind. And alhamdulillah it worked very, very well. Two of the most critical lessons that he taught me, I want to… Continue reading Get your priorities right

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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 is the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, with a lot of peace and blessings. And… Continue reading Rights of Rasoolullahﷺ – part 3

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Auto-generated transcript: My brothers and sisters, as I mentioned I think in the reminder on Stoicism, I mentioned Marcus Aurelius who was the Caesar of Rome and an amazing human being. He was unlike any other Caesar that you can think of or read about. He was a stoic and a very wise man. Now… Continue reading Marcus Aurelius’s Rules for a better life

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Auto-generated transcript: Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah wa salatu wa salamu ala Rasulillah. We are talking about Allah’s plans and what we should, what should be our attitude with regard to that. In short, the attitude of a Muslim to the plan of Allah is an attitude of submission. Which we say, we are pleased with whatever Allah… Continue reading Plan of Allahﷻ

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Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honor of the prophets and messengers. Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and companions, peace and… Continue reading Stoic Principles

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Auto-generated transcript: Fajr Reminders series by Sheikh Mirza Yawar Baig. Then Omar realized what was happening, so he went there, he cleaned the place, he milked that goat, he made some food, and then he took the food to the lady. He made some bread or something, made the food, and he gave it to… Continue reading Seerah – Putting others before ourselves

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Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. All praise belongs 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 upon his family and companions, and a lot of… Continue reading Analytical thinking

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Auto-generated transcript: I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. Indeed, Allah and His angels send their blessings upon the Prophet. O you who believe, send your blessings upon him and give him your blessings. O Allah, send your blessings upon our Master Muhammad and… Continue reading Seerah – How to be successful in this world and the next

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Auto-generated transcript: I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. Indeed, Allah and His angels send their blessings upon the Prophet. O you who believe, send your blessings upon him and give him your blessings. O Allah, send your blessings upon our Master Muhammad and… Continue reading What is my attitude towards the Seerah? – #2

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Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. My dear respected ulema, brothers, sisters, the biggest strength in life is to be aware, to live with awareness, to live with ihsas, a sense of who you are, where you are, and why you are there. They say that every man… Continue reading Power of the Sunnah

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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 and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and upon his family and companions,… Continue reading Don’t nullify your Ibaadah

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Auto-generated transcript: Alhamdulillah Rabbil Alameen wa salatu wa salamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sallamu taslimun kathirun kathirakum waduh. My brothers and sisters, it is very important, we are looking at the seerah of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. It is very important for us to remind… Continue reading What is my attitude towards the Seerah?