Tag: Divine Decree

A different view of life

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Video: https://youtu.be/JC_FivC4qt8 Auto-generated transcript: It’s impossible to describe the beauty of the scene. The sun is setting, and we are flying over an ocean of water in a gaseous form, which is clouds. Water is the most ancient element on Earth, billions of years older than rocks and mountains. It is continuously recycled. There’s no… Continue reading A different view of life

[Urdu] Seeratun Nabi ka maqsad

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Auto-generated transcript: بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الحمد للہ رب العالمين وصلات و السلام علی شرف الانبیاء و المرسلین محمد و رسول اللہ ﷺ تسلیمان کثیران کثیرہ فمبادو انگریزی بولا ہے اردو انگریزی انگریزی بولا ہے اردو اللہ تعالیٰ کا بے انتہا فضل و کرم ہے بڑا انسان ہے کہ اللہ تعالیٰ نے آپ کو اور… Continue reading [Urdu] Seeratun Nabi ka maqsad

Lessons from Hatim Al Asamm – 5 – Allah is the one who gives rizq

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In this reminder, Shaykh Mirza Yawar Baig refers to his book and lecture series on Rizq: Book: Rizq – Obtained or Ordained? Lecture series: The Question of Rizq – Obtained or Ordained? (Standard Bearers Academy) Auto-generated transcript: Al-Rahim, Alhamdulillahi Rabbil ‘Alameen. Wa Salatu wa Salamu ala Ashrafi al-Anbiya’ wa al-Mursaleen Muhammad wa Rasulullah Sallallahu alayhi… Continue reading Lessons from Hatim Al Asamm – 5 – Allah is the one who gives rizq

Lessons from Hatim Al Asamm – 4 – There is no discrimination in Islam

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Al-ḥamdu lillāhi Rabbil-‘Ālamīn, wa salātu wa salāmu ‘alā yashārak wa ilā anbiyā’ wal-mursalīn Muḥammadur Rasūlallāh ﷺ, wa ‘alā ālihi wa sahbihi wa sallamu tasliman kathīran kathīra. Umarabadu brothers and sisters, we are looking at the advice of Fatima Rasam Rahmatul Ali which he gave with respect to the truths of… Continue reading Lessons from Hatim Al Asamm – 4 – There is no discrimination in Islam

Lessons from Hatim Al Asamm – 3 – What sacrifice really means

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Auto-generated transcript: We have been looking at the advice of and the lessons from the great scholar Hatim al-Assam, the student of Shaikh Shaqeeq al-Balkhi and a contemporary of Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal. اس نے دوسروں سے دیکھا کہ میں نے کہا کہ ہمارے ساتھ کوئی یا کچھ سے پیدا کرتے ہیں۔ لیکن میں جانتا… Continue reading Lessons from Hatim Al Asamm – 3 – What sacrifice really means

Say Allah is my Rabb and be steadfast

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm, wa raḥmatullāhi wa barakatuhu, wa bil-‘amīn. Wa salātu wa salām ‘alā ašrafil-anbiyā’ wal-mursalīn, Muḥammadur-Rasūlullāh ﷺ, taseemun kathīrun kathirah. Wa ma ba’du. My brothers and sisters, every day we get a reminder that the day is coming when we will meet Allah ﷻ. Yesterday at Maghrib time, a very dear friend… Continue reading Say Allah is my Rabb and be steadfast

Forgive others

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen, wa salatu wa salamu ala al-sharafi al-anbiya wal-mursaleen, Muhammad wa Rasulullah ﷺ, tasbihim an katira an katira. On my badu, my brothers and sisters, yesterday my friend Babi asked me this question: he said he saw a Instagram or something, where one of the so-called sheikhs is… Continue reading Forgive others

Am I a Momin – #1

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil ‘Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ash-sharafi al-anbiya wal-mursaleen, Muhammadur Rasulullah ﷺ, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasleeman kathiran kathirah. Faham abadhu. My brothers and sisters, alhamdulillah. We are here for what we intend to be a series of lectures like this, one every month. So,… Continue reading Am I a Momin – #1

How to make dua

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Alhamdulillahil Alameen, wassalatu wassalamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen, Muhammadun Rasulullah ﷺ tasliman kaseeran kaseeran, khawam wa badu. My brothers and sisters, we spoke about dua a few days back and I mentioned to you all the dalail about dua and so on. Dua is to ask Allah Subh’anaHu Wa… Continue reading How to make dua

Reclaim our mandate

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Al-ḥamdu lillāhi Rabbil-‘alāmīn. As-salātu wa-s-salāmu ‘ala ash-sharafi al-anbiyā’ wal-mursalīn Muḥammad wa-rasūlullāhi, wa ‘ala ālihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathīran kathīra. Wa ma ba’du. My brothers and sisters, we were talking about the importance of *dhikr*. And Allāh subḥānahu wa ta’ālā said: وَذَكِّرْ إِنَّ الذِّكْرَ فَوَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (*wa dhakkir inna… Continue reading Reclaim our mandate

Seerah is for life

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil ‘Alameen. Wasalatu wasalamu ala ash-sharafi al-anbiya wal-mursaleen, Muhammadur Rasulullah ﷺ, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kaseeran kaseeran. Fama ba’du. My brothers and sisters, we were talking about the importance and the power of following the Seerah and Sunnah of Rasulullah ﷺ in times of stress. We discussed… Continue reading Seerah is for life

Look for solutions in the Seerah

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahirrabbilalamin. Wasalatu wasalamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah ﷺ, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi ajmain. Tasliman kaseeran kaseera. Fahmanni wadhu. My brothers and sisters, alhamdulillah. We have been given a religion by Allahﷻ which is good for all time. Allah sent His book. Allahﷻ revealed His Kalam, which is good… Continue reading Look for solutions in the Seerah

Begin with thanks

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Al-Ḥamdu lillāhi Rabbil-‘Ālamīn, wa salātu wa salāmu ‘alā ash-sharafi al-anbiyā’ wal-mursalīn: Muḥammadur Rasūlullāh ﷺ, wa ‘alā ālihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Taslimun dhikrun wa dhikrun. And after that, my brothers and sisters, Allāh Subḥānahu wa Ta’ālā began His words with the word of praise, the word of shukr, the word… Continue reading Begin with thanks

Taqwa is the OS

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Auto-generated transcript: Think about it: if you have a laptop or computer, it has an operating system—the platform on which everything else runs. On that operating system, you upload different apps and software to perform whatever functions you want. The dangers come in two major kinds. One is a virus from outside the system, which… Continue reading Taqwa is the OS

Forgive Your Brother

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Auto-generated transcript: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين نحمده ونستعينه ونستغفره ونؤمن به ونتوكل عليه ونعوذ بالله من شرور أنفسنا ومن سيئات أعمالنا من يهده الله فلا مضل له ومن يذلل فلا هدي له ونشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له ونشهد أن محمد ﷺ رسول الله أرسل الله تعالى… Continue reading Forgive Your Brother

Everything has a price

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil ‘Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah ﷺ wa ala alihi wa sahbihi salam. Tasliman kathira kathira. From my brother and sister, that’s a herd of impala. There are a couple of blue wildebeest in them. There are a few Egyptian geese in the distance… Continue reading Everything has a price

Power of Tawba

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Auto-generated transcript: As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil ‘Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ajla bil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah ﷺ daswiman kathiran kathiran. Amma badu. My dear brothers and sisters, Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala commanded us in Zahir, يَا حِدُوا أَن لَذِينَ هَابْنُوا طُوءُ إِلَى اللَّهِ ضَوَّةً لَسُوْعًا. Allah subhanahu wa… Continue reading Power of Tawba

Wal Aadiyaat

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Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. From Abadu, I am at this farm and stable with their horses in Rooshni. These are beautiful horses, although the condition does not look to be the greatest. But let us see what they have to say. In the name of Allah,… Continue reading Wal Aadiyaat

Life is a test

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Alḥamdulilāhi Rabbil-‘Alameen. Wa salātu wa salāmum ‘alā ash-shirāfi al-amiyyay wa al-mursaleen, Muḥammadin Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa ‘alā ālihi wa sallam. Tasleeman kathīran kathīran. Qur’ān, ba’du. My brothers and sisters, Allāh subḥānahu wa ta’ālā, in the first or second āyah of Surah Al-Ankabūt, Allāh subḥānahu wa ta’ālā said: *Ahasibannas ann yutrakuka… Continue reading Life is a test

Choose your life

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil ‘Alameen. Wassalatu wassalamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen, Muhammadur Rasoolullah ﷺ, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi sallam. Tasliman kathiran, kathirahumma ba’da. Brothers and sisters, there are two ways to live our lives. One is by our own desires, and the other is trying to please Allah subhanahu wa… Continue reading Choose your life

Be pleased with Allahﷻ’s decree

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm, al-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbil-‘ālamīn, wa-salātu was-salām ‘ala ash-sharafi al-anbiyā’ wal-mursalīn, Muḥammadur Rasūlullāh sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa ‘alā ālihi wa sahbihi wa-sallam, taslīman kathīran kathīran. Amma ba’du, my brothers and sisters, Allāh subḥānahu wa ta’ālā is the One who controls everything, wa huwa ‘alā kulli shay’in qadīr. Allāh subḥānahu wa ta’ālā is Qadīr… Continue reading Be pleased with Allahﷻ’s decree

Small but powerful dua

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm, wa raḥmatullāhi rabbil ‘alameen, wa salātu wa salāmu ‘ala ashrafil anbiyā’ wal mursaleen, Muḥammadun Rasūlullāh sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa ‘ala ālihi wa sahhayhi, tasliman kathīran kathīran. My brothers and sisters, a young man came to Rasūlullāh sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam, and he said to him, “Ya Rasūlullāh sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam,… Continue reading Small but powerful dua

Don’t waste time

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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 the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honour of the prophets and messengers. Muhammad ﷺ and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his family. Tasliman… Continue reading Don’t waste time

Don’t despair from the mercy of Allahﷻ

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm, al-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbil-‘alāmīn, wa salātu wa salāmu ‘ala ash-sharafi al-anbiyā’ wal-mursalīn, Muḥammadur Rasūlullāh sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa ‘ala ālihi wa sahbihi sallam, tasleemun kaseerun kaseerun. Amma ba’du, my brothers and sisters, I want to remind myself anew. Sometimes, our life is going on smoothly, alhamdulillah, we are doing what we should… Continue reading Don’t despair from the mercy of Allahﷻ

The Power of Gratitude

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A University of Kentucky epidemiologist convinced 678 Catholic nuns to donate their brains and their entire life records to science, and the autopsies he performed quietly rewrote everything modern medicine thought it knew about Alzheimer’s disease. The findings have been published in JAMA and the New England Journal of Medicine. Almost nobody outside the field… Continue reading The Power of Gratitude

Iyyaka Na’abudu

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm. Al-ḥamdu lillāhi Rabbil-‘Ālamīn, wa salātu wa salāmu ‘alā ashrafil-‘ibād wal-mursalīn Muḥammadur-Rasūlallāh ﷺ. Tasliman kathīran kathīran. My brothers and sisters, Allāh subḥānahu wa ta’ālā mentioned the story of Mūsā alayhis-salām in 28 out of the 30 juz of the Qur’an, so it is everywhere but very beautifully and very concisely. Allāh… Continue reading Iyyaka Na’abudu

Yawm ul Arafa

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil ‘Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ash-sharafi al-anbiya wal-mursaleen, Muhammadur Rasulullah ﷺ, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kaseeran kaseeran. Akhwan wa ba’ad. My brothers and sisters, let me do my annual reminder about Yawm al-Arafah. Because there is always this never-ending confusion about Yawm al-Arafah.… Continue reading Yawm ul Arafa

We hear and we obey

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil ‘Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ash-sharafi al-anbiya wal-mursaleen, Muhammadur Rasulullah ﷺ, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasleeman kathiran kathira famabadu. My brothers and sisters, we were talking about the issue of obedience as related especially to Hajj and the life and the approach of Ibrahim… Continue reading We hear and we obey

Live as Allahﷻ commanded

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil ‘Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ash-sharafi al-anbiya wal-mursaleen Muhammadur Rasulullah ﷺ, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathiran kathira. My brothers and sisters, roughly 4,000 years ago lived a man and then his family. And they lived in such a wonderful and strange way. And… Continue reading Live as Allahﷻ commanded

4 Truths – #6

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm, Alhamdulillāhi Rabbil ‘Alāmīn, wa salātu wa salāmu ‘alā ashrafil anbiyā’ wal mursalīn, Muḥammadur Rasūlullāh ﷺ, tasliman kāseran kāseran. My brothers and sisters, we are looking at the four truths: the four truths that are true in life and which are important for us to keep in mind in order to… Continue reading 4 Truths – #6

4 Truths – #2

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillāh ar-Raḥmān ar-Raḥīm, al-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbil-‘alāmīn, wa salātu was-salāmu ‘ala al-kirāfi al-anbiyā’ wal-mursalīn, Muḥammadur Rasūlullāh sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa ‘ala ālihi wa sahbihi wa sa-lam, tasliman kathīran kathīran wa nabadū. My brothers and sisters, alhamdulillah, we just finished the tadfeen of our elder, the mother of Aliuddin Haider, our beloved aunt who passed away,… Continue reading 4 Truths – #2

4 Truths – 1

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen, Wasalatu wasalamu ala sharafi al-anbiya wal-mursaleen, Muhammadur Rasulullah ﷺ wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam, Tasleeman kathiran kathira humma badu. My brothers and sisters, today I am planning to start a new series of our reminders. I call it the Four Truths. There are four things… Continue reading 4 Truths – 1

The Best Way

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Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil ‘Alameen. Wasalatu wassalamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen, Muhammadur Rasulullah ﷺ, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasleeman kathiran kathiraan. Fadlamadu. My brothers and sisters, Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala said, *Innama al-hayatu ad-dunya illa mata’u al-ghurur*. Allah said the life of this world is only a deception. The thing… Continue reading The Best Way

How to live in tough times – 8

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Auto-generated transcript: As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullhi wa baraktuh. Wa saltu wa salamu alaykum wa rahmatullhi wa baraktuh. Tasliman kathiran kathiran. Huma bdu. My brothers and sisters, we were looking at how to live in stressful times, how to live in tough times. We asked Allahﷻ to relieve us from the current situation that has caught… Continue reading How to live in tough times – 8

How to live in tough times – 6

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Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allahﷻ, Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honour of the prophets and messengers. Muhammadﷺ, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and his companions, peace… Continue reading How to live in tough times – 6