Addicted to Good Deeds | Dr. Osman Umarji | Juz 5 Qur’an 30 for 30 S6

Summary

In this episode of Qur’an 30 for 30 by Yaqeen Institute, Dr. Osman Umarji delves into profound spiritual reflections inspired by Juz 5 of the Qur'an. He explores the blissful optimism found in divine forgiveness and major sins. Engaging in a thoughtful discussion, the speakers emphasize the importance of perception about Allah, the dynamics of good deeds, and the subtle wisdom behind Allah's divine positioning of acts of worship. As spiritual guidance intertwines with life's practical roles, the audience is reminded of the significance of humble consistent deeds over perceived monumental tasks.

Highlights

• Dr. Osman reflects on Ayah 31, showing divine mercy for avoiding major sins and how this forms an optimistic view of divine justice. 🌈
• Discussing the difference between major and minor sins, the dialogue reminds us that avoiding major wrongs earns overlook from minor missteps. 🤝
• Anecdotal exchanges highlight the practical shifts in life's worship roles, emphasizing acceptance and gratitude for one's unique journey. 💭
• The Qur'an teaches to resist the temptation of envying others and to focus on personal spiritual growth, fostering inner peace and satisfaction. 🔍
• Life’s responsibilities may seem mundane but serve as purposeful acts of worship tailored uniquely by Allah. 🛤️

Key Takeaways

• Allah's forgiveness is vast and based largely on avoiding major sins. Avoid the big ones and Allah is inclined to overlook the minor stumbles. 💡
• Rather than envy others' blessings, focus on your own path and seek Allah’s bounty for yourself. 🚀
• Every deed matters; even the smallest good acts can weigh heavily in your favor when judged. 🏆
• Sins vary in impact based on intent and context—be vigilant about minor deeds turning major through persistence or attitude. 🤔
• Divine wisdom guides life’s path; accept your unique role and strive within it without comparison. 🌟

Overview

Dr. Osman Umarji starts the conversation by discussing the profound spiritual insight about avoiding major sins and the role it plays in attaining divine forgiveness. Through an engaging dialogue, the speakers highlight the optimistic aspect of divine grace, using Ayah 31 as a cornerstone for understanding Allah's leniency towards minor human errors when major sins are spurned.

The discussion evolves to emphasize that every individual's path is divinely orchestrated with unique opportunities and challenges. The speakers dissect how societal roles sometimes distort our view of worship and its value, urging listeners to focus on gratitude and acceptance of their given roles, whether at home or elsewhere in life.

Furthermore, the concept of not envying others' provision is explored, advising believers to direct their intentions towards self-betterment and spiritual richness. The exchange encourages viewers to view each role as a form of worship, embracing what may seem like ordinary tasks as extraordinary deeds before Allah.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 00:30: Introduction and Welcome The chapter titled 'Introduction and Welcome' deals with the themes of repentance and personal growth in one's faith. It begins with a profound question many ask themselves: 'Will Allah really accept me despite my past actions?' This introspective inquiry is common on the journey of faith. The discussion emphasizes the importance of stopping the wish for things Allah has granted to others, as this can lead to self-humiliation when driven by personal desires. It highlights the significance of one's perception of Allah, especially when dealing with the aftermath of sin or undesired events. Understanding and shifting this perception is portrayed as a crucial step in moving forward.
• 00:30 - 01:30: Thank You and Acknowledgement The chapter expresses gratitude and appreciation towards the audience for their continuous support and donations. It highlights the importance of the community's involvement and investment in free resources being offered. There is an emphasis on the connection between the gratitude to Allah and the supporters of the initiative. It is hoped that the audience is benefiting and enjoying the resources provided during Ramadan.
• 01:30 - 02:30: Guest Introduction and Light Banter The chapter opens with an introduction to a guest, Alh Dr, and some light-hearted conversation about getting his title correct. The host expresses pride in correctly stating the guest's official title as the Director of Survey Research Evaluation, joking about having Googled it. The atmosphere is casual with an emphasis on contributing to a public mission, encouraging listeners to join by clicking a link provided during the segment. The interaction highlights the collaboration and shared goals between the guest and the host.
• 02:30 - 04:00: Quranic Principle: Avoiding Major Sins This chapter titled 'Quranic Principle: Avoiding Major Sins' seems to set a casual and informal conversational tone, possibly in a friendly setting. It starts with a light-hearted exchange, expressing gratitude for blessings ('how's it going alhamdulillah Allah is good to us'). The conversation drifts into playful banter about sports rivalry ('what's a sport you could beat abdah dur at?'), suggesting a competitive yet friendly interaction, as noted by 'shots fired' during the chat.
• 04:00 - 05:30: Understanding Major and Minor Sins This chapter discusses the theological concept that all actions, including sins, are recorded eternally, metaphorically described as being written by angels in the 'cloud'. This metaphor suggests that nothing is forgotten or deleted in the spiritual realm, unlike in the physical world where we can erase tapes or files. The chapter also briefly diverges into a light conversation about sports like pickleball, tennis, and golf, conveying a light-hearted tone amidst the serious thematic discussion.
• 05:30 - 08:00: Context of Sins and Consequences This chapter discusses a Quranic principle emphasizing the importance of avoiding major sins as a pathway to receive Allah’s forgiveness and attain paradise. It reflects on the proximity of the verses to each other in the Quran and introduces an exploration into the significance of abiding by this divine guidance.
• 08:00 - 11:00: Desires and Worldly Pursuits This chapter titled 'Desires and Worldly Pursuits' addresses a common question many people ponder at some point in their lives: Will Allah accept them and forgive them despite their past actions? It highlights a verse from the Quran, specifically ayah 31, where Allah reassures that forgiveness is available for those who sincerely avoid major sins and strive to reform themselves. This message is portrayed as one of the most beautiful in the Quran, emphasizing hope and divine mercy.
• 11:00 - 17:00: Unique Opportunities and Worship The chapter "Unique Opportunities and Worship" discusses the concept of forgiveness and grace in Islam. It highlights a particular Ayah (verse) from the Quran that promises forgiveness and a noble entrance into Paradise if one refrains from major sins. The speaker reflects on the idea that Allah is willing to overlook smaller transgressions due to human nature and the pressures of life. The message is intended to instill hope and optimism, encouraging individuals to reframe their understanding of divine mercy. The Ayah serves as a reminder of the unique opportunity to achieve honor and forgiveness despite human shortcomings.
• 17:00 - 21:00: Allah's Justice and Predestination In this chapter, the discussion revolves around the perception of Allah's justice and the concept of predestination. It raises the question of how difficult it is to please Allah, suggesting that one should avoid major sins that disrupt personal and societal well-being. The chapter touches upon the debate among scholars about what constitutes a major sin, highlighting the complexity of defining major sins, as seen in the extensive discussion of a particular Ayah.
• 21:00 - 23:00: Perception of Good Deeds Chapter Title: Perception of Good Deeds The chapter discusses the concept of major sins in Islam, mentioning that scholars have outlined certain major sins akin to the "seven major sins." It is highlighted that some scholars believe any verse with a divine threat or a clear prohibition could point to a major sin. However, the chapter leans towards the notion that God's reluctance to explicitly list major sins suggests a divine intention for humans to strive to avoid all sins, not just categorically major ones. This universal avoidance is seen as an ultimate aim rather than focusing on a limited number of severe sins.
• 23:00 - 25:00: Final Thoughts and Closing In this chapter, the importance of understanding major and minor sins as described by scholars is emphasized. Allah has not explicitly labeled specific sins as major ones like ABC and D, to encourage people to remain cautious and avoid all sins. Scholars point out that what constitutes a major or minor sin can vary between individuals and contexts, urging believers to consider various factors when discerning the severity of their actions.

Addicted to Good Deeds | Dr. Osman Umarji | Juz 5 Qur’an 30 for 30 S6 Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 at some point in life we will all ask Will Allah really accept me like will Allah forgive me despite all these things that I have done stop wishing for something that Allah gave to someone else in your pursuit of more for your Shah more to feed yourself you end up humiliating yourself in fact so your perception about Allah subhana wa tala is very very important when it comes to understanding when you may have committed a sin or something happens to you that you don't want and you have to shift
• 00:30 - 01:00 everyone welcome back to Quran 30 for30 we want to of course begin by thanking you all for donating to for being a part of this we hope that you're enjoying this Ramadan we want to request you all in to invest in the free resources that we have here at we hope that you're seeing us level up and we are grateful to Allah first and then to all of you
• 01:00 - 01:30 for being a part of that and everything that we do at of course is free and for the benefit of the public so for being a part of that make sure that you click on the link in and join us in this Mission we're blessed today to have alh Dr the director of survey research evaluation at did I get that right this might be the first time you know I've actually got your title right man I'm actually a little proud of myself not that I Googled it right back for that one promote this man
• 01:30 - 02:00 how's it going alhamdulillah Allah is good to us ald Dr what's a sport you could beat abdah dur at I think the better question is what sport can't I beat nice nice shots fire so many shots fire yeah man this is uh that was early that was a hit I thought he was going to hit me he hit you instead no because you know you got a come back sh no there's a ping pong table over there we're already done with him there's a ping pong table we can unfold it and do what needs to be done in it's going to be like that Rocky cre thing abdah wants me to bury the footage of our match and you know he's
• 02:00 - 02:30 going to want to do the same with you you can only delete so many tapes here the internet never forgets now we put it on the cloud put you know what the cloud is Angels wrote it down Angels wrote it down the Angels were witness too since you're from California do you play like pickle ball and like some of that that that other type of sport you do tennis we only do oh tennis golf do golf you play golf no okay I thought everyone from California plays golf no no over there it's just mountains and we we're really happy to have
• 02:30 - 03:00 you um always a joy and um Subhan Allah as we looked at the verses that we're going to cover in the lessons our verses are all very close to each other and your verse is actually one verse before the verse that I want to cover in so we're going to ask you to go ahead and start us off so the the title right of the verse I'm going to speak about is a big quranic principle which is avoid major sins and Allah will forgive you and Grant you paradise and uh what I find so
• 03:00 - 03:30 powerful about this is that it is the answer to a question that most people ask in life at some point in life we will all ask well Allah really accept me like will Allah forgive me despite all these things that I have done so this verse to me is one of the most beautiful in the Quran because it just lays it out there Allah subhana says in ay number 31 in that if you are able to avoid and abstain from the major things that
• 03:30 - 04:00 you've been prohibited from then we will forgive you and we will enter you into Noble honorable entrance and so when I think about this Ayah I I read it all the time and I say it's like what a good deal what a good deal that as long as I stay out of some really really bad stuff then all these other things that I will inevitably do because I'm a human being right because I have enough right because of pure pressure because of life that Allah is willing to overlook some of those things so it's a message an a of Hope to me right it's an Ayah of optimism and it should hopefully reframe
• 04:00 - 04:30 the way we think about Allah subhanahu wa tala as people often think that how hard is it to please Allah and he say look just really stay out of like the big things that really mess you up and mess Society up and but that leads to a question he said okay fine I got to avoid the big things in life what counts as a big sin and this verse subh you know remember in when you're studying in in you know the the ver that we there's like 10 pages on this Ayah where it's like what does what constitutes a major sin there's like eight eight
• 04:30 - 05:00 and there's even more than that I don't want to go into all of them but people have Scholars have have delineated that is it just like the seven major sins right where if you avoid these seven things some say if it's any verse that Allah has has like a threat accompanied with it or a verse where Allah has some clear prohibition around it but I actually prefer what many of the scholars have mentioned that the reason why Allah subhanahu wa tal he doesn't tell us explicitly that these are the major sins is because he wants us to strive to avoid all sins and that if you were to say as one of the
• 05:00 - 05:30 scholars mentions that if Allah said it's ABC and D are the major sins then most people would say I'm going to avoid ABCD and do everything else that's out there is yeah so Allah wants us to say and so you always want to be on guard that I I don't know exactly what a major sin is but we know as the scholar has mentioned there's some factors to consider and uh and what they mentioned theam especially is this beautiful statement he said that the the major sin right and the minor sin they vary from person to person or from Context to cont context depending on a number of factors
• 05:30 - 06:00 like the consequences and I think about this a lot because all of us make mistakes in life as the prophet every you know son of Adam is is a sinner and he makes mistakes but there's a difference between making a sin like in a moment of weakness I'm like you know struggling with something in life and it's a one-off Thing versus for instance like I do a sin and I'm proud of it well you say it's the exact same sin so why is it big in this case and small in that case and this is because of the effect it has on both you as an individual and on soci society and
• 06:00 - 06:30 you know was reflecting on this Brothers always ask these things you know is it is it is it haram to do this or Haram to do that and again you can say that this Behavior like smoking let's take smoking as an example right a young brother who's struggling in the middle of peer pressure in a moment of weakness right he takes a puff of something yeah that is sinful but don't equate that for instance with like a popular respected person in the community who say smoking and recording it on social media for everyone to watch why cuz that person now could be spreading the fah right and
• 06:30 - 07:00 so the punishment could be more severe and this Allah says in the Quran right he talks about the wives of the Prophet oh wives of the Prophet right that if you were to do like a big sin right then the punishment is double why because of your status and you know another example of this today is like you know we know many sisters are struggling with uh you know with wearing hijab in society right because of the challenges and so on so forth so don't equate somebody who's genuinely struggling with with something like this and somebody who's maybe boasting or putting out a video celebrating that they're disobeying Allah subhah wa tala
• 07:00 - 07:30 right and so the take-home lesson that I want to have with all of this is that we don't know what is a major sin we want to avoid everything and we don't want to get into this game of looking at how big is that sin right as mentioned right don't look at the size or the magnitude of the transgression look at the one you're transgressing against right and so you know we ask Allah subhana wa tala to um protect us from falling into any sins but inshallah with sincerity that inevitably we will make minor mistakes but if we can avoid the big ones then we look forward to the forgiveness and the
• 07:30 - 08:00 noble entrance of paradise it reminds me of this uh this uh I guess you say poem or S leave off the sins the big and the small and for verely that is like he says act as a person that's walking over a bed of thorns that they're aware of the thorns and they're pulling out the Garment
• 08:00 - 08:30 whatever he sees and then he says do not be little the little for verily mountains are made of Pebbles yes it's very very beautiful Allah actually you know it's really interesting because Allah makes a connection between sin and humiliation here as well and forgiveness and honor and it actually ties in something we talking about in the last J right like the hikma of Allah T allowing someone to reach a position after they have repented like why did Allah give that person a chance to repent and why is this the outcome that that's also
• 08:30 - 09:00 part of Allah's knowledge and his wisdom and ties into uh the next a and the lesson that I have stop wishing for something that Allah gave to someone else and it is the very next Ayah which is uh verse 32 where Allah Allah says and do not crave what Allah has given some of you over others
• 09:00 - 09:30 men will be rewarded according to their deeds and women according to theirs rather ask Allah for his Bounty surely Allah has perfect knowledge of all things what's the connection here there is an unrestrained appetite for our shahat for our desires that allows a person to fall into sin I want more for my desires and so in the process of pursuing your desires in a way that's not dignified you end up transgressing and in your pursuit of
• 09:30 - 10:00 more for your Shah more to feed yourself you end up humiliating yourself in fact and Subhan Allah when it comes to the worldly Pursuits if a person gets too addicted to pursuing this world then they're not they're going to move Beyond simply Desiring and taking the easy gains for their NS they're actually going to become predatory in the process right and really sink into evil and many of the major sins actually have to do with other people right you you sink into a state of evil because you will
• 10:00 - 10:30 pursue those things at all costs here Allah subhana wa tala is saying don't crave what Allah has given some of you over others now by the way this verse we have covered it in previous seasons and we've talked about the gender aspect of it right men and women and what Allah has assigned to each one that's not what I want to focus on in this particular context uh today rather it's this idea that you could be pursuing of this dun what other people have and in the process of that become sinful and in the
• 10:30 - 11:00 process of becoming sinful become humiliated or you could be pursuing what Allah subhana T has of his Bounty of good and in the process of that Pursuit you become honorable even if you don't attain everything that Allah has opened the door uh for you in regards to so basically redirect your Pursuit pursue Allah subhana wa tala and you would have you'd have a grand entrance a noble entrance and a noble position but here in this particular Ayah there is a a
• 11:00 - 11:30 context to it that in one of the narration she asked the prophet wasallam that the men go out in they go out in battle and we don't go out in battle and then the men inherit more than us uh as well so the men have both the in terms of the dean they have a bounty an extra bounty in terms of Dean and that they get to go out in battle for the sake of Allah and they have a they have a virtue or a bounty in regards to the inheritance proportion being greater for the man than for the woman so there's a in and a in even though the in requires
• 11:30 - 12:00 an added sacrifice right like going out in battle I mean remember the Hypocrites found excuses to not go out in battle is saying that some of the women want to go out in battle right so that they're pursuing that in De as well that bouny and de as well but Allah subhana is saying don't wish for something that Allah gave to someone else and that refers not just to worldly possession it refers to Allah subhana tala's positioning Allah put you you in a certain position with certain
• 12:00 - 12:30 opportunities remove the the men and the women aspect of this just in general Allah put every single one of us in a position to succeed in a position to make the most of our place in this duny and pursue the greatest share of the so don't wish for anybody else's shoes don't wish for anybody else's Pulpit don't wish for anybody else's position you are in a perfect place to succeed seek from Allah subhana wa ta'ala that Bounty because Allah has assigned it to each person based
• 12:30 - 13:00 upon his perfect knowledge I'm thinking about this and I'm like Subhan Allah you think about Ramadan right and I can think of a very practical situation yeah most people it's extremely painful for an elderly person or someone who's ill and they can't fast like when you first hit that age if you live long enough or you've you've been fasting for 45 50 years of your life and then your first Ramadan where you can't fast and that can be a miserable situ ation and Subhan
• 13:00 - 13:30 Allah I only met one person in my life like a real example in my own life who who actually could smile at that and say you know what alhamdulillah because I can eat and drink now I have more energy throughout the day in Ramadan to read Quran I was like first person I ever saw who put a positive spin on it like in my own eyes like Subhan Allah said you know alhamdulillah like I don't have that position right now I can't fast and that's definitely a reward Allah knows I would have fasted if I could but now Allah has opened me up to another I to another act of worship because I used to
• 13:30 - 14:00 when I read Quran we all know this like when you're fasting you start getting headaches as the day goes on you know you start getting drained and it's not as easy to read the Quran so he's like now I have more time to read the Quran throughout the day Allah has redirected me to another in some ways just like sins become addictive and we don't know when we've crossed a threshold of minor into major Good Deeds also become adictive and we don't know when we've crossed the threshold in our positioning with Allah subhana wa tala may Allah unlock the gates of us and shut off the gates
• 14:00 - 14:30 of sin in any capacity I loved what you said about like the not the major sins because we should treat every as a because every is a every small sin is a major sin if you insist upon it and every every major sin is a small sin but with seeking Allah's forgiveness so it is beautiful when you get addicted to good deeds and you say oh wait Allah shut that off for me but just gave me this huge opportunity I know for our
• 14:30 - 15:00 sister Subhan Allah I can't even imagine I can't even imagine not being able to pray on the on the odd nights of Ramadan right I can't imagine that I've never been in that situation and Subhan Allah sister could be like I miss like everyone is praying all night I miss you have that are available to you and Allah will write down the reward for you for abiding by his command and at the same time having the Nia having the intention that had you not been prohibited from praying for example you would have prayed so that's written for for you and Allah opened up some other doors for you
• 15:00 - 15:30 as well as other people try to open up the doors of of D and the doors of sin we should try to open up the doors of good and if Allah put you in front of this gate and put someone else in front of that gate focus on getting through the gate that's right in front of you as others are seeking to please themselves seek to please Allah subhana wa T and Allah might Elevate you to a major rank with him and honor you may Allah honor us all and that's that's a real beautiful point I mean I love how you mentioned that I thought I was the only one that fac that never got the chance
• 15:30 - 16:00 to talk to other imams and influencers and communities of when they elderly do come to you and they're I'll use the were lightly disappointed right that they can't do what they've done their whole life and you know it's commendable from one aspect it's like wow they really are upset that they can't fast because they're used to doing it but then always knowing how to shift and look at other good deeds because sometimes Shan can influence us in thinking that Allah has indirectly oppressed us right and that's really
• 16:00 - 16:30 what I want to talk about the title being Allah's oppression is impossible and those two things don't don't connect that Allah would oppress anyone Allah subhah wa taala is the one that is just he's and the verse I want to talk about is in the chapter of verse 40 where Allah subhana wa taala sets the foundation for us to remember at times because there will be things that we don't anticipate that happened to us and that's within his within his knowledge and his wisdom that he does and it's important for us to have good thoughts about Allah because with Allah
• 16:30 - 17:00 said that I am as my servant thinks of me so your perception about Allah subhana tala is very very important when it comes to understanding when you may have committed a sin or when you are you know something happens to you that you don't want and you have to shift and change your direction or change your action or stop doing something as you mention Allah says
• 17:00 - 17:30 Allah subh says indeed Allah wrongs none so this is beautiful Allah is setting the foundation here he's showing that Allah subhah wa tala is translated as wrongs none but in the Arabic like the weight of and a is like some Scholars mention the little lint that you see flying in the air that's like a some Scholars mention that some Scholars
• 17:30 - 18:00 say in Adam's weight but it's to show the M the most minute of creation Allah subhana T would not even oppress that so oppression for Allah when we look at oppression the word literally means to put something in its improper place we see the that's happening all around the world now the rights of people are placed somewhere else and it's camouflaged as though they are doing good so when you oppress someone or a group of people you are taking away their god-given right and
• 18:00 - 18:30 giving it to someone or something else so when we say it is putting something in a place that it doesn't belong that is impossible for Allah subhana wa tala whatever Allah does it is from his Divine knowledge and wisdom and for that reason it is important for the Muslim to the human being to always try their best to remember that God is the one that has given me this for a Divine reason it is not a condition for me to know why so when Allah says that he doesn't oppress
• 18:30 - 19:00 even an Adam's weight or piece of length then Allah says here as a matter of fact if you were to do a and it's interesting how he uses the here the indefinite just one H one good thing and the good thing could be the any sin that you voluntarily leave off like leaving a sin which says is even more virtuous doing than doing a you're initiating a deed is staying away
• 19:00 - 19:30 from a bad deed which is a good deed so that is a what does Allah do in that regard and he he multiplies it and that just shows the virtue of the appreciation of the effort Allah is he is well appreciative of the things that you do even the intention the intention to do it and you don't do you still receive reward for that so Allah is saying it is impossible for me to be an oppressor as a matter of
• 19:30 - 20:00 fact the one you do and then on top of that and bestows out of his grace Mighty reward so from that he gives you from him the a great reward you don't know the amount of the reward which can be contingent upon the intensity of the intention at the time of the action or the intensity of the intention by itself without the action you mentioned our Elder may Allah preserve our elders in
• 20:00 - 20:30 in Good Deeds you know and our children that you know Allah's choice to take them or take something from them their health this verse is important to remember it's important to remember that Allah does not oppress and there's a Divine wisdom and it's going to be a struggle to be patient it's going to be a struggle to realize that this is for a reason but that struggle ended of itself the tougher the struggle the more the reward and I think that's such a beautiful foundational principle for us to remember remember in regards to the
• 20:30 - 21:00 predestination of Allah subhana tal speaks a lot about this in and he gets into this concept I remember I struggled with the exact same issue it's like we sometimes think that there is a particular way of worship that we need to function and we want to Define that I want to worship you in this way I want to memorize Quran or I want to whatever and you lay those things out and it takes some some maturity to realize that you don't get to pick how you worship so when Allah will tell you I'm taking away this bab this opportunity and I'm going to give you a different one and it is our job to go from opportunity to
• 21:00 - 21:30 opportunity so he mentions this he says that you know when people say what are the best of Deeds that's question the prophet would get he didn't say to every companion the exact same answer it was always different who are you ah you're HUD for you take care of your parents right go for Jihad it's always different because of your circumstances and um you know I think about this in my own life you know is like you know as you as have kids especially it's harder to do those ritual things you used to do before I used to remember Ramadan like getting two three KS is a whole lot easier before I had kids right than when you have four children right yeah and so being able to say look no there's a
• 21:30 - 22:00 different act of worship I think even one scholar mentioned it he said what's more virtuous if you're sitting reading Quran but then your kid is crying because the diaper changed what what should you do what would please Allah more keep reading Quran let your kids scream and cry or you put the Quran down right and you go and you tend to your child right or you have a guest who knocks the door well are you going to do of the Bel are you going to honor your guest or you going to say no I'm sorry I got my jist to recite for the day right you do you you worship the way Allah the situation he puts you in he said I don't have a choice I wanted to read Quran I wanted to give s but I'm being asked to
• 22:00 - 22:30 do something else and this is T right this is submission to Allah subhana wa tala yes have to Subhan Allah there's something that comes to my mind and I don't know if I'll be able to get this thought across but bear with me last J you talked about Beal that when a person commits sin they commit sin and forgetfulness of Allah subhana wa tala in your sins you are privileging yourself over Allah subhana wa tala don't make the same mistake with your good deeds cuz sometimes our Good Deeds become more about us than about Allah subh if you're doing your good deeds for Allah subhana tala then you'll be
• 22:30 - 23:00 pleased when Allah directs you to a pursuit of good that's not as satisfying right it's not as fulfilling it's not as satisfying but it is more rewardable and if you're pursuing you're pursuing his reward subhanahu waala then that's what you're going to pursue right and that's something that a lot of us forget it's like I want to do the thing that makes me feel good and it's not about you know good deeds inherently make you feel good if you're doing them for the sake of Allah T because you know that you're doing something with purpose and
• 23:00 - 23:30 happiness is is is a byproduct of of living with purpose right so you know there's purpose in what you're doing but you can't make your good deed about yourself your good deed is about Allah subhana wa tala and if Allah has directed you to that good deed then alhamdulillah especially for people with elderly parents or people that are taking care of their kids and you know we have diminished in our society in a capitalistic Society where it's all about the rat race we have diminished the reward of what we do in our homes for the son that is beautiful to his
• 23:30 - 24:00 parents or that is good to his family right good to his wife good to his kids for the housemother who is taking care of her children and is being made to feel like she's less Allah has given you a has given you a place a virtue by that position that he's put you in don't wish for anything else alhamdulillah for this bab I will take it it's like the famous Story of [Laughter] O the man who missed the delegation with the prophet Salli wasallam from Yemen he
• 24:00 - 24:30 missed being aabi because he was taking care of his mom in Yemen and the prophet wasallam praised him as a result he told the sahab there's going to be a man who's going to come to you when you find him ask him to make Dua for you Subhan Allah so he's a who was praised by the prophet wasam to the he missed being a because he was taking care of his mom that was his door that Allah gave to him way taking care of your taking care of
• 24:30 - 25:00 your parents yeah Subhan Allah bless you any final thoughts M or should we uh take this to the ping pong table now man let's go let's go listen she don't be don't don't wish for what you don't have man like it's not everyone was meant to be a a good ping pong player not every not everyone was meant to be a supreme athlete sh Supreme athlete Subhan Allah it wasn't that for everyone you know a lot gave you other things I mean you could you could bench like 600 lb like I can't bench 600 I can bench about
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