 صلى الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين الحمد لله الذي هدانا بهذا وما كنا لنهتد يلولا أن هدان الله والصلاة والسلام على أنبياء الله جميعا وعلى سيدهم وخاتنهم حبيبي الله العالمين أب القاسل النصفة محمد وعلى أهي بيتها الطيبين الطاهرين المعصومين الممتجبين الذي نهد الله عنه وقت سه وحرهم تظهير عود بالله النشيطان الرجيم مسلم الله الرحمن الرحيم قل لي يصيبنا إلا ما كتب الله لنا هو مولانا وعلى الله فليت وكر المؤمنون صدق الله العليه العظيم مولانا وعلى الله فليت وكر المؤمنون صدق الله وعلى الله فليت وكر المؤمنون صدق الله فلن نهد only in Islam I proceed to Islam in previous religions with Judaism and Christianity in Islam until this day philosophers, theologians, scholars are debating the nature of Qala and Qadr خلال القضاء والقضاء والقضاء والقضاء هو حياتنا حياتنا who runs our life who is responsible for people's behavior and people's fate who is responsible that some people are poor while others are rich who make them into rich and poor who make people to be born in certain areas where they have wealth, good economy natural resources, oil and others while other people they live they were born in areas that are completely deprived who make this, who designed this is it us, is it God who brings healing to people a shefa and a mother was shefa sickness regarding sickness regarding health regarding knowledge or someone without knowledge regarding failure in this life or success regarding marriage and divorce who is responsible for that regarding life and death why do we see people die at the age of 10 at the age of 5, at the age of 15 who is responsible for this this is the scope of Allah and Qadr when we speak about Allah and Qadr these issues are related to Allah and Qadr and I chose this subject tonight as a preview to tomorrow the grand night of Qadr so we can understand the meaning of Allah and Qadr and our role in that do we play a role or we have no role there is a group of philosophers and people who think that the Divine has no role God has no role in our fate, in our destiny He plays no role it all depends on us, we the humans we are in full control of our life we are the ones who determine the destiny and the fate of ourselves so if someone is successful then it is him or her if someone is a failure again it is them God has no role in this if someone is healthy it is because of he himself healthy someone is sick, he is responsible for his sickness someone is rich it's about him someone is poor, blame him don't blame someone else and they say sometimes the luck and the fortune also plays a role some people are fortunate others are unfortunate it's a constant one day you become fortunate enough to make wealth to make some success another day maybe you become a failure so it has no role it has no connection with the Divine this is a group of philosophers another group of philosophers however they believe that everything is connected to God everything you do you are not responsible for it you are like a machine everything you achieve you are not responsible for it it has been ordained preordained, predestined upon even if you dislike it it will happen and sometimes you like to do certain things but you can't do that because you have been controlled by God you are strict of freedom you have no freedom of choice and you are completely enabled bereft of any choice and completely enabled to do anything to yourself whether good or bad this is another group and both traditions and both schools they support their ideas their arguments with sometimes if they are Muslims with poetic courses if they are not Muslims, atheists they support it with some fields what do we say what does Allah SWT the verse that I read for you just earlier in سورة التوبة that begins with no بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم the only chapter in the Qur'an chapter 9 سورة التوبة begins with بلاءة من الله ورسوله does not have and there is a reason why it doesn't have بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم but the number of the times that بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم are mentioned in the Qur'an we have 140 chapters so how many times بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم is mentioned in the Qur'an 100 and what who says 14 raise your hand who says 13 raise your hand no it's 114 because in سورة التوبة بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم is mentioned twice إنه من سلمان وإنه بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم أن لا تعلو عليه وقتوني مسلمين so we are not missing anything سببك now these two ideas the idea that says whatever you achieve in this life be it wealth, be it health, be it success be it you know a position good marriage, good family these are fortunes and it has no role with anyone it is you yourself this view and the view that says you are nothing you are completely controlled by God you do not determine your fate there is someone who has drawn the map for you where to go, what to do what to achieve from A to Z and you have no role with that both these views are nonexceptive and I tell you why they are nonexceptive الله سبحانه وتعالى says in سورة التوبة verse 51 Oh Prophet Muhammad say to those who are around you قل لين يصيبنا إلا ما كتب الله لنا nothing would befall us or afflict us or touches us إلا but with a decree with a decree and the ordinance إلا ما كتب الله لنا God has decreed this upon us بوبا مولانا he is our guardian وعلى الله فهي التوكل للمتوكله therefore مؤمنون therefore believers must put their trust in God now what does this say when you hear this then you are going to say this is true we have no control because everything we do everything happens to us it is by divine decree but this is not the case the case is that we have a role and God has a role we both play a role we are humans we have been endowed with something called reason and God wants us to understand him and reach out to him and communicate with him through reason God wants us to make the choice he has given us the choice he could have taken the act from us and he says enjoy your life here for 70, 80, 90 years enjoy I have to do this love of life then I will send you ship you with whatever to paradise he could have done this he created a big paradise he has no shortages of space believe me huge paradise so he could say none of you is going to be punched enjoy your life here eat, train, have fun I'll take you there but he said no I'm not going to do this because this defeats the purpose I brought you into this life I could have taken you to gender I created the earth why we are here on earth couldn't you take us to a paradise right away by passing the earth he said no I'm not going to do that it defeats the purpose I want you to deserve the paradise how do we deserve it through passing the test we are here on earth I put you here on earth to go through tests I'll give you a lesson one of the most powerful verses of the Quran صورة التبارك تبارك الذي بياته الملك وعلى كل شيء مقدير الذي خلق الموت والحياته ليبلوكم ايكم احسنوان we put you on this earth to kiss you then the result of this test is going to determine whether you go into this direction هل أنت تذهب إلى هذا المنزل أو هذا المنزل؟ نعم. لذلك يجب أن تفعله لأنك يجب أن تفعله. وإن الله يجب أن تفعله لأنك لا تفعله لأنك يجب أن تفعله. يجب أن تفعله. لأننا لدينا enough time, enough opportunities, we have given you reason. وانتظرنا أننا لدينا enough time, and we showed you the man. We told you everything. We explained everything thoroughly. What is good and what is bad. And we lead it to you to the sun. Therefore, anything that happens to us, if you become wealthy, successful businessman, then part of it to you and part of it to God. If you are broke, God forbid, you file for bankruptcy again. Part of it is you, you are responsible for it. And part of it is God. If your marriage is successful again, part of it is you and part of it is God. If your marriage ends up in failure, part of it is you and your partner of course, both of you, and the other part is God. If you are healthy, the same. If you get sick, also the same. وَيْدَا مَنَثْتُوا فَهْوَيَشْفِينَ So when you get healthy, again, part of it is you and part of it is God. Neither you by yourself nor God separated from you. This is why we have later talk about it. If God wants to decide alone, He does it solo by Himself without you, without your partnership, then there is no point whatsoever in praying to Him during the night of destiny. You will say, listen, whatever you do, it's not going to affect you. So you are wasting your time. But God says, no, I want you to come to me. The night of destiny. It's the night where you determine your fate from now until next year. 365 days you're going to determine the fate in partnership with me. Not you by yourself, not me by myself in partnership with God. This is why is tefar is important, repentance is important, asking Him, pleading to Him, petitioning to Him, saying, I'm sorry. Saying that I'm time to change myself. I'm time to be a better person. I'm time to have better relationship with you with my family, with my children, with my neighbors. It's unimportant. And God wants you to ask these things. If you, if you read دعاء أبو حمزة ثماني قاعد. His name is ثابتو مدينار. His title is أبو حمزة. ثماني قاعد. One of the great disciples of the fourth Imam and Imam Ali Yubarak the same as Abu Abidin. And I really, really encourage you to read this دعاء. Don't miss this month. Do not, you will not even enjoy your fasting if you don't read دعاء أبو حمزة during the night or from night. Believe me, the fasting would not have any any positive effect on it. Unless you read دعاء أبو حمزة. So you understand God and you understand your relationship with God. Because speaking with God is an art by itself. Not anyone can understand God or know the way that we shouldn't speak with him. It's an art. And we learn this from the best artists in this field. In the field of تهجل and عبادة and monotheism and توحيد and worshiping and those are Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and his family. Read this دعاء. Prepare yourself. Take some time. Insha'Allah you read it tomorrow after the fasting immediately. We read this دعاء and I hope Insha'Allah we have a translation صلى الله عليه وسلم of دعاء أبو حمزة. If we have it. So we read the دعاء and understand. In this دعاء and in other supplications we understand that we have partnership with God. Allah says I want you to be successful but do not only depend on me and you run away from your responsibility. That does not work. Because for everything we do my friends whether going to school going to work going to see a doctor at the hospital to be a successful to be anything marriage anything we need two elements two elements after you. One of them is you and the second is God. One of them is الأسباب طبيعية the second الأسباب طبيعية versus what? طبيعية طبيعية is our natural reasons. So in order for you to graduate with an honored degree you have to study more. You have to spend your time. You have to spend your time studying. You have to be serious. You have to take a school very serious. This is an أسباب طبيعية natural causes natural reasons. However there is something above them which is الأسباب طبيعية reasons that are unseen we don't see them طبيعية metaphysical not physical but metaphysical and this is the support and the help of God. This is why go to school do very well prepare yourself study very well at the same time say ya Allah I need you. I did my part I did not my part without any shortcomings I did my part which is still I'm not alone enough my work alone is not enough I need your help some people they take care of the first part they forget about the second part they say I don't need God I did my work I'm ready for it why should I need God let God go for those who are homeless you homeless people they need God I did my work I don't need God Others they just put the responsibility on God but they don't live up to the responsibility they believe in دعاء أسباب الغيب here but he does not believe that he has a role to play he has to do something about himself and this is exactly what Allah says in the Quran Allah says I will not touch you I will not even help you unless you begin helping yourself إن الله هلالي غيبه ما بقوم من حتى you have to begin you have to initiate don't throw the load on me and just pray and you do nothing don't sit at home don't go to work lazy person does nothing and says Allah where is my food you promised me you are a zaab you are sustainer where is my food today Allah says I will not send you the food because I said I send you the food when I see you going to work not staying at home but I will not send food to anyone this is this is how it works this is the formula the formula has two parts one الاسباب الطبيعي second الاسباب الغيبية they integrate each other they join each other to create success to create health to create wealth to create peace stability they have to join together neither Allah by himself is going to help us if we don't want his help nor we can help ourselves without him they work together and this is the school of Ahl al-Bait school of Ahl al-Bait we believe need the relief total free total free will 100% you are free because you are not free how is that because many times it happened to you and me it happens every day we love to do certain things that we can't achieve what does that mean it means that you are not we don't have the upper hand there is a hand above your hand there is a will above your will and that is the will of Allah we ask you this some people they lead healthy life they lead healthy life their food their diet they take care of their hygiene but they get sick unfortunately they go to the doctor and the doctor says you are diagnosed with cancer it comes as a shock to them why my life is healthy I don't eat junk food I don't do something bad I take care of my health I never smoked I never did a drug I never drank I never did this did that why me another example I'll give you the answer another example someone who is very good with his family a father a mother that are super good in the family there are manners there are morals there are humility there are patience but all of a sudden you have a divorce in that family why this person is good she is very good she didn't do something bad he didn't do something bad he is not an evil person he tries to accommodate his family she tries to take care of her family then why divorce why this has happened another example someone who is really sincere hard working he never misses any day of work he tries to go to work he shows on time he is very sincere but he is always a book always in debt financially he is not the reward not because he is lazy he is not lazy he is doing this shit but he is still he has financial reward so what is the reason where is justice here people ask where is justice where is God here didn't God say you study very well I will support you take care of your family I will maintain your family for you go to work I will send you a list then where is he here where is he with this family here there is something called alamum hay there are some calculations being done there sometimes above our understanding Allah says I look at you from an angle that is bigger from the angle that you look at yourself and this is found in Surat al-Israf sometimes we love certain things for ourselves but doesn't happen we keep asking him please please Lord please listen to me please he doesn't listen this is in Surat al-Israf Chapter 17 وَيَتْ أُنْسَانُوا بِالْشَرْضِ دُعَاءَهُ بِالْخَيْرِ وَكَانَ الْإِنْسَانُوا عَجُلُ sometimes we pray for things that we think they are good for us but they are not good for us because Allah sees the whole picture we see just part of it small part of it Allah sees the whole picture from all 360 degrees so when He sees the whole picture He says I can see it's not good for you this thing that you are asking me to do is dangerous for you don't ask so He does not listen so not listening does not mean He is He hates me or He is careless because He is not careless because He is curing He does not listen and the example of that we see it every day in our daily life between parents and children don't you see this? those of you who are not parents yet you will see parents they insist on something children they insist on something and parents don't but no no no why? because they know that they know this is not good for them some children think oh my mother she doesn't love me He hates me my father hates me every time I go to him he says no but the father does not hate the mother does not hate they love and because they love they have to protect their children God does the same sometimes our dua is a wrong dua we are not even we should not even do this law we should not even ask Him if He shows us what will happen we say oh I'm really sorry I'm in bands I shouldn't have asked you and I said close please we should not ask why some people die at the age of 15 20 30 40 they are still young why? because Allah says I see a bigger picture this is also a surat al-Qad a boy that was murdered a boy of 10 or 12 according to the interpreters of the Quran some of them they say he was 10 some of them they say he was 12 I'll tell you comes on immediately enters the city like Daesh I says meet him huh? I'll tell you I'll tell you about the Prophet I said so Musa gets very he gets shocked what are you doing here? peaceful boy playing with the kids you come and murder him he says because you don't know you asked me to show you something mysterious so wait for me I'll explain it to you and then he explained it to me he says this little boy that you saw him he has a potential of becoming Abu Bakr Bakhtadi the biggest murder the biggest corrupt you saw him now at the age of 10 he's nice playing with kids but Allah sees 50 years 70 years 90 years down the road Allah knows the best so we wanted to save his parents that time now we took it we took him from his parents before he becomes evil to save him to save him so he doesn't go to Hellfire and also to save his parents and we replaced them with a better person are you with me? so Ka'a did not leave them with no child we replaced this one who was potentially dangerous person to be a very dangerous person with someone who was a source of أطلب وزاكاتا واكثر رحمة someone who is more and he is more connected to his parents more serving to his parents because Allah sees the bigger picture we see a small picture when some people go die and say wow why where is justice where is God why did he do this to this mother to this father to this family and Allah says listen I know it better and here we have two types of people the mu'mineen Allah says we do بلاب for them tests in Tihar we test them with these tests with the loss with sickness with failure here with divorce there with the son running away from the family with the sharp being dropped with this with that بلاب as a test because every mu'min every believer has to be put to test in this life every single mu'min we would not leave this life until we are tested فحسب الناس أن يتركوا أن يقولوا آمننا وهم لا يفتنون people think that we leave them alone we don't put them to test ولأ أتفتن للذين من قبل صدقوا ولأعلمنا الكابل through tests Allah Allah wants us to know He knows without testing us He knows the result but He wants us to know where we stand visiting Him whether we reject Him at that time at the time of loss we become angry and we say God why did you do this to me I'm not going to talk to you anymore or we're going to say I surrender to God this is His will He knows better He's more compassionate than God is more compassionate to the babies than their mothers and their fathers and their family it's a test so for the believers it's an ibtila and test for non-believers it's what can you tell me it's a punishment it's a wake-up call it's a wake-up call some tyrants they need wake-up call so Allah shakes them shakes the very foundations of them through tragedies through afflictions through a loss through a disease through sickness through humility a wake-up call so they might go back to God they might reconsider their relationship with God sometimes it's a punishment sometimes it's a wake-up call but for the believers it's ibtila and Allah says through the ibtila we get them higher and higher in the region we left them out through ibtila if they are patient one day Imam Ali had a friend a disciple who had one son only one son and the son was near to his father dear near to his father and the son got sick and died Imam Ali said to him يا ربا إن صضرت جاء عليك البلاء وانت مأجور وإن جزقت جاء عليك البلاء وانت مأزور الله decided to put you to test you can't run away from this so if you accept this test and surrender to God and say إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون you accept this reality that was God's decision and he knows the best he gave you this son today he says after 10 years 20 years I want to bring him back to me so don't object if you accept that جاء عليك البلاء وانت مأجور you receive agile reward but if you jazift if you reject if you complain if you start yelling with God جاء عليك البلاء وانت مأزور not only you're going to lose your son you're going to lose your reward too so this is your choice but Allah says they're good believers they accept what I decide for them they accept it the reason why we have to pray and fast and we go on and do hard to prepare ourselves for the future not for what happened in the past what will come in the future you never know what happens tomorrow tonight end it 21st of Ramadan tomorrow is the 22nd what will happen to me I don't know next month I don't know next year I don't know what will happen to me I really don't know but everything that happens Allah says وكل شيء إن عنده بالقدر إن كل شيء إن خلقناه بقدر قدر this is قباء and قدر the meaning of قدر we assess we evaluate the meaning of قدر we decree قدر is just a set assessment appraise me Allah tomorrow night he looks at us he says فلان I will do this and this and this for him فلان I will do this and this and this this is قدر assessment evaluation قدر it becomes final قدر it means final إذا قدر أمرن فإنما يقول له قدر فرق يدكري يرسل يرسل إذا أصبحت يرسل يرسل يفعل يدكر يدكر يدكر يدكر يدكر يدكر يدكر يدكر يدكر يدكر يدكر يدكر يدكر يدكر يدكر يدكر يدكر يدكر يدكر انه جيد جداً فهذا الشيء يساعد لله نحن يساعد للناس نحن يساعد للشخص الذي لا يستخدم هو فقط هو فرق هو أفضل للناس وأننا نفسنا أفضل فإن شاء الله لا تنسوا أن تقلق لهم المؤمنين ومؤمنات لهم عندما تقلق لهم عندما تقلق لهم المؤمنين will come from the angels the angels will say كل ما you said for your brother and sister you're going to get light so put them first تقلق لهم the angels are going to you pray for others angels will pray for you and angels are angels and when they pray Allah will answer their prayers everything you say oh Allah I need this man to have a baby son a baby doctor this man to have a wife this baby to have a husband this one to have a house this one to have a car a business money wealth health some of them we need to pray for them when you musters others they need help so when you pray the mananica will say when I commit we pray also you get the same إن شاء الله الله مخطر المؤمنين والمؤمنات والمسلمين والمسلمات أد أحيائهم والأبوات تابع لأهم بيننا وبينهم بالخيرات إنك وجيبوا الدعوات إنك غافر الخضيات الله مكن لي وليك الحك تبني الحسن صلواتك عليه وعلى آبائه بهذه الساعة وفي كل ساعة ولين وحافظا وقائلا وناشرة وديلا وعين حتى تسكن مؤنبك طوها وتمتعه فيها طويلة وإلى أواح المؤمنين والمؤمنين والمؤمنات والشهداء دواب الفاتحة والصلاة الله محمد وآل محمد