Social Media in Islam: Navigating the Digital World with Faith

Summary

In a thought-provoking talk, an Islamic scholar delves into the impact of social media on spirituality, stressing that excessive use can distract from one's faith and self-awareness. The speaker highlights the dangers of constant connectivity, emphasizing the importance of balancing digital engagement with spiritual reflection. By sharing personal experiences and insights, the talk urges listeners to seek a meaningful connection with Allah, utilize social media positively, and avoid spreading negative influences online.

Highlights

• Social media use can become a distraction from both faith and personal well-being. 😯📵
• Constant online immersion causes neglect of real-world beauty and spiritual reflection. 🌊🌄
• Sharing and consuming certain types of content can harm spiritual health and mental peace. 🧠💔
• Islamic teachings encourage resisting the need to always share everything online. ☪️🗨️
• Many forget the spiritual hazards of excessive social media use, similar to falling into gossip. ☁️👂
• The speaker shares personal stories to highlight the effects of constant digital consumption. 📖🖥️
• Positivity and faith can be spread through thoughtful actions and words online. 🌟✊

Key Takeaways

• Excessive social media use can distract from spiritual pursuits and self-reflection. 📵
• Being constantly connected can pollute the mind and soul, diverting attention from faith. 📱💨
• It's vital to find a balance between digital engagement and spiritual growth. ⚖️
• Consider the implications of what you consume and share on social media, as it can impact both you and others. 🌐🤔
• Use the digital platform to spread positivity and righteousness, not chaos and temptation. ✨
• Spiritual strength can be developed by resisting temptations, even when no one is watching. 🙏🔥
• Social media should complement, not replace, grassroots efforts for good. 🌱

Overview

In this eye-opening discussion, the speaker tackles the pervasive influence of social media in modern life from an Islamic perspective. Through a blend of teachings, anecdotes, and reflections, the talk dissects how digital addiction can lead individuals away from spiritual peace and mindfulness. The speaker challenges listeners to reassess their digital habits and return to a more balanced and purposeful online presence.

Using personal stories and Islamic teachings, the speaker sheds light on the subtle dangers that lurk within unchecked social media use. The talk illustrates how the constant need to stay connected and consume content can create a spiritual void, impacting both one's relationship with Allah and self-awareness. Listeners are encouraged to reflect on their own usage, urging them to seek moments of silence and introspection away from the digital noise.

Despite the challenges posed by the digital age, the speaker emphasizes the potential of social media as a tool for good. By being mindful of the content shared online, Muslims can transform their digital footprint into a source of inspiration and positivity. The talk calls for an online presence that not only respects Islamic values but also champions community growth and personal development.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 00:30: Introduction and Overview In the introductory chapter, the speaker discusses the reasons why social media can be considered Haram (prohibited in Islam), despite using it themselves. The chapter touches upon the evolving perspectives on social media over recent years, particularly platforms like Facebook and Twitter. The speaker aims to offer a fresh standpoint on the subject, providing substantial advice for listeners. The conversation is structured to ensure that the audience can understand, remember, and apply the insights shared.
• 00:30 - 02:00: The Obsession with Consumption The chapter discusses the modern obsession with consumption, particularly focusing on social media usage. It highlights how people feel a constant need to check platforms like Twitter and Facebook, showing an unsettling interest in other people's lives. An anecdote is shared about taking a group of students on a retreat to a beach without distractions, emphasizing the pervasive nature of social media in our lives.
• 02:00 - 04:00: The Dangers of Constant Consumption The chapter discusses the concept of appreciating beautiful and rare moments in life, using the example of waking up to a breathtaking view of the Gulf of Mexico from a penthouse. It contrasts such serene experiences with the routine surroundings in the Northeast, implying that captivating scenery can lead to a unique sense of wonder and reflection.
• 04:00 - 06:00: Output and Spiritual Perspective The chapter "Output and Spiritual Perspective" delves into the modern-day habit of people immediately checking their phones upon waking up, even before they fully open their eyes. This behavior is contrasted with the neglect of appreciating the beautiful natural scenery surrounding them. The narrative reflects on the lack of awareness of one's spiritual and environmental context, overshadowed by the constant urge to stay updated with others' lives, prompting a reflection on the need to balance technological engagement with spiritual and environmental appreciation.
• 06:00 - 08:00: Silence and Expression Responsibility The chapter "Silence and Expression Responsibility" discusses the impact of constant consumption of information, particularly from online sources and news feeds. It raises concerns about this 'disease of conception,' where individuals consume overwhelming amounts of information, which can pollute the mind, heart, and soul. The chapter also touches on the responsibility of output or sharing information, suggesting that both consumption and expression are interconnected aspects of this issue, examined from a spiritual perspective.
• 08:00 - 10:00: Normalization of Sin This chapter titled 'Normalization of Sin' discusses the modern reliance on digital devices such as social media and television for comfort, especially at night. It highlights the inability of many individuals to be alone with their thoughts, using devices as a distraction or coping mechanism for underlying issues such as trauma. The chapter reflects on personal experiences and broader social behaviors that indicate a broader trend of dependency on technology for emotional management.
• 10:00 - 12:00: Examples of Positive Influence The chapter explores the impact of distracting influences, like constant media consumption, on individuals going through difficult times. It highlights the reliance on social media and media in general as coping mechanisms, sometimes prioritized over essential needs like electricity. The narrative touches on personal guilt and reflects on modern societal behaviors.
• 12:00 - 13:00: Conclusion and Call to Action The chapter explores the dependency on internet and power in everyday life, questioning personal priorities when faced with losing either internet access or electrical power. It highlights a scenario of people in waiting rooms feeling uneasy without phone signal, emphasizing the pervasive need for constant connectivity. The conclusion calls for reflection on personal and societal values regarding technology use.
• 13:00 - 13:30: Final Remarks and Support Request The chapter discusses the constant need for consumption and its inherent dangers. It explores the idea that if one's phone dies, it can feel like losing supervision, which highlights our dependency on devices. The narrative reflects on how people might act out of character when disconnected and discusses the dual danger of needing consistent consumption, and the nature of what is being consumed.

Social Media in Islam: Navigating the Digital World with Faith Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 I'm gonna tell you all about why social media is Haram even though I'm on social media you know honestly this is a topic that it's it's interesting over the last three four years I've seen some unique topics I've seen the of Facebook the of Twitter and all that stuff like that right talking about the different ways of use of social social media I want to try to address it from a different aspect Al together tonight inshallah to leave you guys with some meaningful advice so hopefully there are things that you'll be able to remember and you'll be able to apply and so I'm going to try to actually make it structured number one when you're talking about the
• 00:30 - 01:00 conception of social media when you're talking about the input because there are two separate topics here a person that constantly feels the need to check their Twitter check their Facebook go online see what's going on look up on other people's news feeds and it's and it's really creepy how obsessed we are with other people's lives and Subhan Allah I remember one time I took a group of students on a retreat and we went to a beach and we we had like this this penthouse on the beach and there was no
• 01:00 - 01:30 one else in the building Subhan Allah it was off SE and it was one of the most beautiful things you could ever see I mean you wake up and you're just surrounded by this panoramic view of the Gulf of Mexico and it's it's really one of those like Subhan Allah places right you guys here in the Northeast don't see much of that all right I'm not going to diss you guys the way that Imam sh did but just that beautiful scenery right and so I was just observing what everyone would do so we were like 20 guys laid out across the this Penthouse
• 01:30 - 02:00 and just Windows everywhere and the ocean everywhere and I was just trying to see what everyone would do when they woke up and what do you think everyone did as soon as they open their eyes like before they could even fully open their eyes they were like they're looking at their phones like that's how they wake up for Salah right away just clicking clicking clicking clicking clicking clicking I'm like God you guys don't realize the scenery that's around you you don't realize the beauty that you're in right now because you're so busy looking up what other people are doing right now and Subhan Allah that to me
• 02:00 - 02:30 represents the disease of conception so I'm just going to talk about that consuming that material consuming that constant Newsfeed consuming all of that stuff that's online constantly bombarding yourself bombarding your soul bombarding your heart your mind polluting yourself with that stuff and then there's the output part there's the giving part right and Subhan Allah when it you know they're both related to the same disease first and formost and I want to look at it from a spiritual perspective when you constantly feel the need to consume something be it you know
• 02:30 - 03:00 your social media be it your TV you know there are a lot of people that can't sleep unless their TVs are on or unless they're playing something on YouTube like you're not able to sleep unless you've got your phone out in front of you or you're on your laptop and you just pass out in front of your laptop or whatever it is that you're doing whatever it may be that in and of itself means that you're unable to be alone with yourself and Subhan Allah you know I've had people say that to me before and I get it and it's and it's a way that some people try to deal with trauma you know and and I'm guilty of it when I
• 03:00 - 03:30 went through one of the most traumatic periods of my life I constantly had to have something playing in the background I was like looking for for the sounds of sleep and whatever it may be I had to have something to distract me from myself and that was very interesting and it was because I saw myself guilty of it and that's something that you know in this day and age we can't do without social media to the extent that we would rather have it than have electricity I want you to imagine this if you had a choice right now for the power to go out
• 03:30 - 04:00 or for your phones to go out and your social media to go out would you rather the power go out and you could still tell the world about how much your life sucks because the power went out or would you rather have power and not have the internet and not have social media and not have any connection to the world right like we need that like you see people sitting in Waiting rooms you know at doctor's offices or at clinics and they're waiting to be called in and when you don't have signal on your phone how crazy does it drive you
• 04:00 - 04:30 right just why isn't it coming up why isn't this working and if your phone dies it's like it's like you have to be supervised at that point to make sure you don't do anything to hurt yourself right you start looking at the fishes inside the doctor's clinic and you're like H I didn't know those were there right but we just constantly need to be consuming something and that's dangerous in and of itself for two reasons number one the fact that you need to consume number two what you're consuming so you might not be guilty of the second one but being
• 04:30 - 05:00 guilty of the first one the need to be busy with something other than Allah and yourself IM says one of the signs of spiritual abandonment is when you are just busy with everything that doesn't concern you busy with everything but yourself busy with everything but Allah subhanahu wa tala unable to be alone with your thoughts and then secondly obviously what you're consuming and you know you might just be passing over certain things but it's all harming you it's all getting to you in some way perform it's all penetrating the soul
• 05:00 - 05:30 penetrating the Mind penetrating the heart some way and then comes the output and Subhan Allah you know you constantly have these studies which I think are flawed because they don't distinguish between people about people that use social media more frequently being more likely to be depressed for example and there's some truth to that sometimes because if you constantly feel the need to just you know put things out there trying to turn people's faces toward words towards you trying to gain the
• 05:30 - 06:00 attention of everyone but Allah subhanahu wa taala like you're just sitting there constantly tweeting posting tweeting posting tweeting posting right doing all the other stuff in essence it represents a greater disease that you're trying to get the attention of others and Allah subhana tells us in the Quran you know seek Allah's sight don't seek the sight of people seek Allah's sight instead of trying to just put everything out there until someone
• 06:00 - 06:30 catches on and it becomes popular and you become an instant sensation instead of doing that try to spend some time seeking Allah subhanahu wa tala's pleasure and you know I just tell people this and and I'm and I'm saying it to myself first do you know how amazing it feels to take 30 minutes out like not 30 minutes by yourself when you've got your phone on and it's not necessarily if you're reading Quran just 30 minutes away from it all half an hour sitting with yourself
• 06:30 - 07:00 you know doing something that you have to do do you know how amazing that feels and you know Allah subhana has tested us in many ways in this day and age and obviously the FNA that the S had of persecution and things of that sort we don't have that level of FNA we don't have that level of trial and tribulation but when the prophet Sall alaihi wasallam talks about a Time coming that holding on to our faith would be like holding on to burning hot coals the prophet sallai wasallam is referring to the fitna of Temptation
• 07:00 - 07:30 desire why because when you used to have to do something Haram you used to have to go to the club or Haram Co right all those stores that you guys see on the highways and stuff like that where you've got to go to get that material okay you know you used to have to go somewhere to get Haram you used to have to go somewhere to consume it now it's just here now you can pull up all kinds of stuff now you've got it on HBO and you've got it on your phone you don't have to go anywhere you can find it in your room and the danger of that
• 07:30 - 08:00 is that it tests your it tests your sense of observance of Allah subhana wa tal to an extreme in a way that those that came before you didn't have to be tested you are constantly under bombardment and don't think that Allah doesn't notice when you ignore that think about that reward I don't want to depress you guys don't think Allah is not pleased with you and Allah doesn't notice when you're able to resist that Temptation even when you're all alone and if you're not someone that's able to
• 08:00 - 08:30 resist it then Aspire for that like how amazing is that how much do I love Allah subhah wa tala that even in the privacy of my own home even in the privacy of my room even in these own devices with everything constantly being thrown at me I'm still able to say oh Allah it's not just one woman you know or one man because the prophet Salli wasallam mentioned one of the people under the shade of Allah's Throne as being someone that was called by a woman and it applies to a man as well of great Beauty and status and they said I fear Allah
• 08:30 - 09:00 subhana wa tala you're not being called by one woman or one man are you you're constantly being called and you're able to put that down and say no I'm afraid of Allah subhana tala I love Allah more than I love this I love Allah more than I love this and that's something to Aspire to that's a testimony to your faith oh Allah I'm going to do this because you mean more to me no one else is looking at me but I want you to look at me favorably and that's something there and when you constantly have to
• 09:00 - 09:30 post things out there and when you constantly have to consume things out there both of them represent that spiritual void so that's number one number two a very beautiful statement of that's narrated by whoever talks too much makes too many mistakes and the idea here is that you know you used to have one way of expressing yourself write through your tongue and maybe you could write letters back then or you could write you could write poetry or whatever it was like you
• 09:30 - 10:00 know you used to have very few ways to express yourself now all of a sudden this power has been placed in all of our laps where we're able to express ourselves in so many different ways I mean you could you could express yourself through your tongue you could express it through your text message you could express it through your email you could express it through your Facebook your Twitter whatever it may be you have all of these tongues where you can express yourself and you can put stuff out there and hence the the the possibility of committing a sin or
• 10:00 - 10:30 making a mistake becomes much greater and the reward for practicing silence also becomes much greater and Subhan Allah the danger of making those mistakes becomes even greater because they're enshrined you're stuck with them and so the burden of responsibility with your words and the things that you write and the things that you type and the things you put out there becomes greater and all of those Hadith where the Prophet sallai wasallam talks about practicing silence all of a sudden become more relevant and you know I'm not just talking about
• 10:30 - 11:00 going off on somebody or responding to a comment or backbiting and things of that sort I'm just talking about talking about everything when the prophet sallai wasallam mentioned the three types of people the most hated of you to me and the furthest of you from me on the day of judgment the first category the prophet Salli wasam mentioned was those are people that have to have an opinion on absolutely everything whether you're qualified or not you say something you have to say say something you have to
• 11:00 - 11:30 give your input as if anyone cares right # nobody cares as if anyone cares about your opinion on what's going on in this part of the world or that part of the world or so on so forth or on this issue you have to say something and you don't consider much of it right and the prophet s wasall says haste is from the Shan you know doing things really quickly not not saying things in a calculated way not doing things in a calculated way just constantly putting it out there and so you put out these words these statements and when you keep
• 11:30 - 12:00 on putting it out if the volume of your speech and when I I don't mean like as far as the noise level if the amount of writing you have out there and the amount of words you have out there is greater then you're naturally going to make more mistakes so you have to be more responsible with the means of expression that Allah subhah waa has given to you and then he said this is the next level the next phase that mentions number one if you talk too much you make too many mistakes and when
• 12:00 - 12:30 you make too many mistakes your modesty will wither away I want you to think about this what usually happens when a person starts to put too much out there do people gain respect for them or lose respect for them usually they lose respect for them usually some of those sins that Allah blessed his servants to hide start to come out right some things that you wouldn't have expected of a person or the way that they start to speak if they speak too much you know
• 12:30 - 13:00 it's only a matter of time before they're caught on their bad day and even if it's not their character when they type that day and you don't see it you just see the Tweet you just see the Facebook status as someone who's consuming it you don't see what happened to that person that day maybe they had a fight with their spouse maybe they got into it with their kids maybe they had a flat T Tire at work today and you don't see that when they comment on something but you know what it's there it's there for all of us and so what ends up happening though our modesty starts to
• 13:00 - 13:30 be lost either in the way that we speak or the things we put out there we start to expose things of ourselves that Allah subhah waala has kept hidden continues he says when your modesty starts to shrink then your caution starts to shrink your filter goes away right the modesty was the guard that that the prophet says that modesty is a form of Faith modesty is lifted when modesty is gone
• 13:30 - 14:00 the filter is gone too and so when the filter is gone it's just it's it's just all over the place there is no caution in what you write and what you put out there and whoever starts to lose that caution and that filter and staying away from Haram and staying away from doubtful matters and and and you know not maintaining that filter his heart dies so Subhan Allah is taking you from a place where you just talk too much to a place of the death of the heart to show you there is a direct relationship between the two
• 14:00 - 14:30 there's a direct relationship with how much you talk to the life of your heart to whether it's going to be sick or whether it's going to die because we stop considering the things that we put out there and it's really important for us to understand sometimes you put out a message even when you don't intend to put out a message I'll give you guys an example you write something and you know and in your writing you give off the indication that you engage in something Haram you engage in something that's prohibited somebody else looks at that
• 14:30 - 15:00 and naturally that sin has become more normalized to them it's become humanized well you know what other people do it too other people do that too you naturally normalized it for someone else and you you know Subhan Allah there that's where the picture that you put out the the wording that you put out as human beings were very complex creatures right nothing is black and white the same picture that you put out might give off a thousand different messages based
• 15:00 - 15:30 on the person that's reading it and you can't control all of that Allah Allah is not going to burden you beyond your scope you can't control how everyone is going to interpret everything that you say you can't if you could then the Mas would be in the greatest trouble and du people of would be in the greatest trouble because sometimes a or a will put out a well intentioned good message positive message and it'll be interpreted in the nastiest ways you can can't help that but at least what you can control is
• 15:30 - 16:00 that when you're writing something when you're putting up a picture when you're making a reference when you're saying something you are not the cause of someone else's wesw you're not the cause of someone else's Whispers it's one thing and and be honest with yourself when you go online and you see on your social media certain people that you look up to your brother your sister the guy at the Masjid the the sister at the Masjid saying something or doing something or putting up a picture that you know you were a little bit
• 16:00 - 16:30 uncomfortable with at first did it not affect you did it not cause Whispers to start going off in your own head and all of a sudden things to be okay in the same way don't be the cause of wasasa for someone else don't be the cause of The Whispers for someone else right no one of you believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself you don't like that when that happens to you you're trying to maintain your spirituality don't corrupt someone else and you know I remember there was a brother that was uh you know I I I I went to him and I advised him I was like
• 16:30 - 17:00 look you know I know you're struggling with certain things I know you're trying to get over certain things but you know you don't have to put out all these pictures you don't have to expose yourself that way and the prophet sallai wasallam mentioned that you know the person that wouldn't be forgiven on the day of judgment is someone that Allah subhana wa TAA concealed during the day and they went and exposed themselves during the night like why would you do that Allah provided a cover for you why go out there and blast your sins and you know what he answered me I'm not even making this up he said but I'm not a
• 17:00 - 17:30 hypocrite like wait what I'm not a hypocrite I do these things why should I hide them I'm like I understand but not being a hypocrite and not boasting about your sins are two different things right it's one thing to say that I'm not going to get online and lecture people about things that I myself do
• 17:30 - 18:00 telling others to do what you yourself don't do that's hypocrisy but Allah subhah waala is not going to appreciate when you will get online and you'll say because I'm not a hypocrite I'm not going to hide me I'm going to do me I'm going to put it all out there why should I hide it that's another type of hypocrisy that's hypocrisy with Allah subhana wa taala when you say you love Allah subhana wa taala and you're still willing to insult the rulings of Allah subhana tala publicly without filter you're just willing to put it all out there that's
• 18:00 - 18:30 also a form of hypocrisy you know abdah he said the Hypocrites in the time of the Prophet wasallam at least they had the decency to hide their hypocrisy now people don't even hide their hypocrisy they just put it on blast and sometimes it's not even you telling someone else to do something Haram how many of you have heard the story of Cain and Abel and the two sons of Adam let me ask you guys a question first of all who killed did Cain kill Abel or did Abel kill
• 18:30 - 19:00 Cain there's a problem here you guys don't know okay the older brother killed the younger brother Cain Abel the prophet s alaihi wasallam he tells us in an authentic Hadith he says no person is killed unjustly no person is killed unjustly except that the older son of Adam takes a share of
• 19:00 - 19:30 that blood why he's the first person to kill now he didn't go out and put out a Facebook status or tell everyone else like hey guys I just killed my brother you should try it too it's not what he did what did he do though he normalized it he was the first one to make this okay so when you've corrupted your own F when you've messed up yourself and you don't seek that forgiveness from Allah private but instead you you put it on blast and you
• 19:30 - 20:00 make references that would cause others to have those Whispers you're normalizing it for that person you might have a share of that sin as well especially again if that person is vulnerable at the moment that they're reading your status or your Tweet or they're seeing your social media output and so yes be responsible with what you put out there be responsible with the things that you write be responsible with the things that you say be responsible with the Impressions that you give cover yourself Allah subhana T
• 20:00 - 20:30 covered you you don't have to expose yourself and there's no bravery or courage in doing so at least give yourself a chance that even though you're weak that Allah sees you on the day of judgment and says look I know you were weak but at least you felt bad about being weak at least you felt bad about it at least you weren't boasting about it right and a lot of times Subhan Allah I I tell people this all the time look you can't delete your past but you can delete your past on social media even leaving things up there from the
• 20:30 - 21:00 days of J right don't be that cause of FNA for other people now on the bright side of things because I already got the five minute warning you know Subhan Allah just last actually this morning I just came from North Carolina and I know tomorrow insh I have a session on our three winners speaking about may Allah subhana have mercy on them and may Allah give steadfastness to their families how many of you know about the three winners in North Carolina how many of you have read that story how many of you were impacted by
• 21:00 - 21:30 it why not just because three people were killed unjustly but because it's clear that they were good young people they were people that were doing great things they were people that were using whatever platform Allah subhana wa tala gave to them to do amazing things whether it was putting on a charity campaign online or calling people to volunteer or showing
• 21:30 - 22:00 their care they were people that put out goodness now do you think that when liat was putting up his $20,000 GoFundMe campaign for his for his project and I'm going to talk about this tomorrow that it would be that it would have a global impact and Allah subhana wa taal would make that platform so great that it would earn up to almost a million dollars do you think he knew that do you think that those three knew that the tweets that they put out about the unity
• 22:00 - 22:30 of the community about about people's hearts being united about pride in the hijab in the case of Y and how she puts herself on the line every day for the sake of Allah subhana do you think they knew that those tweets were going to go all over the world they had no idea now the point of this is that just as all of this power that we all have now this these these modes of expression that we have now are means of us ruining ourselves at time there are also pretty
• 22:30 - 23:00 incredible ways of spreading good spread peace spread peace not just by saying Salam alaykum to one another by the way spread good you have so many means now and you don't know when that that one Ayah that you put up that one Hadith that you put up that one you know Scholar's quote that you quoted that one good project cuz I want you guys to think higher than just retweeting and posting that one good thing that you put up that one reminder that you put up
• 23:00 - 23:30 that one project you worked on you don't know what Allah subhana tala is going to make out of that you have no idea whatsoever you have no idea how many people you're going to touch you have no many no idea how many people you're going to impact you know Subhan Allah I just got back from Malaysia on Wednesday night I met a sister in Malaysia and there are many of these stories if you talk to Imam if you talk to Sister Su if you go talk to or ABD you're going to hear a million stories about people that turned out to be touched by something they did and you had no idea whatsoever
• 23:30 - 24:00 you met them years later subh there is a lady from China that walked up to me in the convention in Malaysia and she was a Christian Missionary and she was doing she was arguing with atheists so she went online looking for arguments against atheists and she landed on the beginning and the end series the series the arguments against atheism she watched it to video 15 she took shahada that wasn't me that was Allah that wasn't me that was Allah
• 24:00 - 24:30 Allah guides the hearts to whatever Direction he wants to guide them based upon something he sees in those hearts and in the desires of those people you never know when Allah subhana tala might direct the right heart to your platform because of the goodness that was in your heart when you did what you did you never know you never know how many people you would touch or you never know who you will touch that will touch many people and all of that will be from your scale of Good Deeds now in conclusion
• 24:30 - 25:00 here I don't want you to think for a moment you know one thing that as you know the few things that I've already heard in this convention when you listen to you know our our uh you know those people that really laid the foundations for the da in North America the things that they used to do and to be honest with you I'm not that old the things I remember you know going out every Sunday with the Y Islam pamphlets and putting them on people's you know doors and things of that sort every Sunday morning and the da that you have to do in the
• 25:00 - 25:30 streets and so on so forth social media never becomes a replacement for them don't think that social media ever absolves you of Grassroots work of actually doing good it's one thing to tweet to retweet to post to say something good and a good word is appreciated by Allah subhana wa but you still have to go out there and make your story not just tweet your story seeking the pleasure of Allah subhana wa
• 25:30 - 26:00 taala and hoping that Allah accepts and if Allah accepts you never know what will become of that which you've done we ask Allah to grant us all sincerity and to make us responsible with that which he's been given which he's given to us and to allow us to protect and guard our own F our own goodness that he's that he's placed inside of us and to protect us from The Whispers of Shan when we're constantly bombarded by them and to protect us from being those that cause Shan to whisper to them and we ask Allah subhana to forgive us when we when we uh
• 26:00 - 26:30 when we allow those shortcomings to overcome us and to harm the to Allah subhana tal and we ask Allah to allow us to reform ourselves and to reform those around us ISL family we need your support more than ever your support can help us continue to educate and motivate people to make and publish videos daily