 بسم الله رحماً ورحماً الحمد لله رب العالمين والسلام على سيد المرسلين سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وصحمه وسلم تسلم كثيرا ربنا لك الحمد كما ينبغي لي جلالي واجهك وليعظيم سلطانك سبحانك هذا انحسيثنا ان عليك انت كما اثنيت على النفسك اللهم صلي وسلم وبارك على سيدنا وحبيبنا وقرة عيوننا محمد وعلى آله وصحمه وسلم تسلم كثيرا السلام وعليكم رحمة الله وبركاته هذا محمد زي شاكير مع الثالث اصدامة فينا كلاسة للمساعدة نبدأنا بشكل كبير في هذا العالم وفي القرآن ومساعدة لنا لن تفكير في هذا العالم وستمسقنا هذا العالم وكما اثنعتنا البقية وكما زاوية ومحظوماتنا ومواجدين البقية فقط افضلنا highlighted and we should as well okay then we move to the description of the Akhira and the Quran and the encouragement for us to long نحن في هذا العالم ولكن نحن في نهاية ونحن في المشكلة عندما نحن في هذا العالم ونحن في نهاية لذا نحن في هذا العالم ونحن في نهاية ونبقى هذا العالم رضي الله عنه هذا مهم جدا لنا to keep ever present in our consciousness أن العالم ي behind us and moving away from us ارتلحة الدنيا وراءكم بودبيراتا وذلك لذلك لن نحن لا نساعد لذلك لن نساعد كيف سوف نحاول لن نساعد كيف سوف نحاول لن نساعد وارتلحة الأخيرة وامامكة مقبيلة ونحن هناك وراءك ونحن في نهاية ونحن في نهاية لذلك لن نساعد كيف نحاول ونحن حاولة كيف سوف نحاول وكيف سوف ينتهي لدنيا وراءك أنها سوف لا يساعد وكيف سوف نحاول ونهي لاندل من المنعين وكيف سوف ينجا لن نساعد لذلك لن نحن وذلك لن نقذ و we started with the description of the dunya in the Quran and the description of the achara And then we mentioned the realms of responsibility between the individual, his or herself the individual and their family and their relatives the individual and their community the individual as a member of a community and an umma and the responsibility of that umma Certains communities have a municipal responsibility to other communities, And the responsibility ofuff the individual to the creation that we sharethis space with. لذلك لدينا محاولة للمساعدة للمساعدة للمساعدة لأننا نحاول أن نرى how well we assume and undertake those responsibilities لذلك للمساعدة للمساعدة للمساعدة للمساعدة للمساعدة للمساعدة للمساعدة للمساعدة هي أ importantly and the purpose of life and we could add our responsibility before our lord الذي بد with the simple yet profound statement that i've only created the jinn and human that they worshipped me so we're tested to see if we undertake ان they will take our proper worship of Allah and test it to see if we convey to our souls the right we owe to our souls and the ultimate right is not to burden it down with a mountain of sin. Therefore, it's the Quaranthoba which are great, great qualities that we see exhibited in Ramadan. This beautiful month where so many gates of forgiveness لن يكون أفضل لنا ، أساعدنا في إضافة نظامنا من المنزل أو نظامنا بإضافة نظامنا من المنزل أو نظامنا التي يمكن أن تقوم بإضافة وإضافة على نظامنا إذا كنتم إضافة لنفسنا وإمكاننا إضافة لنفسهم وإمكانهم أن يحصلون على نظامهم لم verloren لن يدفع نظامنا بأ accessory الذين قادمنا للأساعدة وإن這樣 فأن كنتم إت courageous ونحمل هرار� innovative سحة لنا إزاد похتر or bellua اختبارا يختبيرو اختبارا لذلك لتحاول فتنة هي مواجهة مواجهة لتحاول فتنة يجب أن تحاول لتحاول لذلك لنضع فتنة هل فتنة فتنة is it really gold and so we test something by fire to establish its merits and so it's a qualitative aspect of testing the test can be with good and it can be with evil الله سبحانه و تعالى mentions in that regard ونبلوكم بشر و الخير تتنة و الى نات و رجعان نحن نتحاولك بشكل جيد ومعيد ما نحن نحاوله بشكل جيد ومعيد كما يجب أن نحاوله بشكل جيد لكي يجب أن نتحاول المرد لذا يجب أن يكون يتحديد في الواقع في نفس البرس وعندما يوجدون مجدداً الله يقول وَنَبْلُوكُمْ بِشَرِّ وَقَيْرِ فِتْنَةً فِتْسْنَتَنْ وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُمَنَ that we're going to test you with bad and with good as a way of establishing your merit. And so the purpose of life to reiterate brothers and sisters is to be tested in this world, to establish our merits in terms of our viability and suitability for the أحكار. Are we suitable for the Acha? We are tested in this world to establish our suitability. And so the world is in a boat of tests and trials. It's inescapable. It's undeniable. And those who seek to escape, those who deny the reality of the world are deluding themselves. And this is one of the dangers of buying into the myth of human progress. The myth that through science, both social sciences and physical sciences, we will be able to overcome all of those things that human beings have been struggling throughout our history to either overcome or to endure. So some things we see, we haven't been able to overcome. We won't be able to overcome. We won't be able to overcome evil because Allah says when that لبلوكم، لبلوكم، بشري we're going to test you with evil, with bad. Which means as long as they're human beings, there's going to be this test. And this test will be with that which is bad, that which is evil and that which is good. Now we have the world thought not to be phased by evil, not to be overwhelmed by evil. But that requires us to give ourselves to Allah سبحانه وتعالى and to follow his messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم as we will mention, we will read insha'Allah, shortly. So this is the source of our salvation and giving ourselves to Allah. And again, this relates to Ramadan because Ramadan is the month of the Quran. The month of Ramadan in which the Quran was revealed guidance for humanity and explication of that guidance and a criterion a moral ethical standard for determining right and wrong. And so we give ourselves to Allah سبحانه وتعالى by holding on to the Quran. Hold fast to the rope that Allah extends to you and be not divided. And that rope as explained by Imam Ali and others from the Mufassirun or the exigents from the companions that rope is the Quran. That rope is the Quran. And so will recite the Quran. We contemplate and reflect on the Quran. أفلا يتدبرون القرآن أم على قلوب أقفالها Do they not reflect and ponder on this Quran on the Quran or are their hearts sealed up and chained and locked? Brothers and sisters, the Quran is our rope to Allah سبحانه وتعالى وعطا سيمو بحبل الله جميعا ولا تفرقوا Hold fast to the rope of Allah and be not divided. And so the myth that somehow we can overcome evil. No, we can overcome it but we cannot eliminate it. We can overcome it through as we mentioned, holding on to the Quran. We can overcome it through the strength and the quality of our connection to Allah سبحانه وتعالى. We can overcome it but we cannot eliminate it. And that's one of the lies told to us by the myth of human progress. And as humans progress we see the evil in our very country. Things happening now. We ask, we just see just pure evil. And we say, how could we regress because we are human beings and when we as human beings do not follow divine guidance, do not give ourselves over to divine guidance, do not adhere to the principles of mercy, love, compassion, empathy that will be queefed unto us by the prophets. Then we see this evil unfolding. May Allah give us taufiq and taisir. So ابن قيم الجوزية رحمه الله he says that the fitna are two types. The trial we'll say fitna is trial that burning trial. The trial in this life is of two types. The trial of doubt which he calls fitna to shubuhat and the trial of lust fitna to shahawet. Imam Mu'nel he says excuse me and the first the tribulation or trial rather of doubt is the greatest of the two. The trial of doubt is the greatest of the two. And some say why because the trial of lust is easily repented from as was demonstrated by Adam. Adam's sin was rooted in lust. He longed for the fruit that he believed will give him eternal life. So it was the sin of lust and that sin Adam he repented from was the sin of Iblis. The sin of Iblis was the sin of doubt. He didn't believe that he didn't believe that Adam was deserving of his prostration of nobility of a nobleman. Not a prostration of worship. He said يعني سجل تشريف ولا سجل تل إبهاد. So a prostration of honor and a nobleman and not a prostration of worship. He said I'm better than him أنا خير منه. And so he doubted in the wisdom of his Lord. Allah تعالى asked him rhetorically for Allah knows the answer. ما منعك اللى تسجد إذا مرتك. قال أنا خير منه خلقتني من نار وخلقته من طين. He said I'm better than him you created me from fire while you created him from clay. And in that I'm better he should be prostrating to me. And so that created arrogance and arrogance prevented Shaitan. إبليس from prostrating. وَالْوَقَالَ رَبُكَ لِالْمَلَائِكَ تَشْجُدُوا لِأَدَمَ فَسَجَرُوا فَسَجَرُوا إِلَّا إِبْلِسْ أَبَا وَسْتَكْبَرَا وَكَانَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ. So he refused when your Lord commanded the angels to bow down to Adam. They did so except Iblis. He refused. أَبَا وَستَكْبَرَا And he arrogated himself وَكَانَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ. So every sin that's rooted in lust there's a hope that it will be repented from. But the sins that are rooted in arrogance and rooted in doubt they become very difficult to repent from. And so hence مقيم he mentions that the sin of doubt فتنة شبهات is greater or rather the trial of doubt فتنة شبهات is greater than the trial of lust فتنة شهوات. لنهل الله. Then he says as for the trial of doubt the first one he said this is based on the weakness of one's inner vision. دافل بسير the weakness of one's inner vision And the weakness of one's inner vision he doesn't discuss this here. It is based on the weakness of one's worship and the weakness of one's thicker and the weakness of one's Quran and the weakness of one's and the opacity of one's sitting in the company of the righteous of the صالحين and all of the other things that strengthen our بسير the hearts as the Prophet mentioned صلى الله عليه وسلم we translate the hadith the heart has that which polishes it and the polisher of the Quran is thicker the polisher rather the polisher of the heart is thicker the polisher of the heart is thicker and so the heart is the repository of the بسير of the inner vision and when that inner vision becomes weak we easily are sailed with doubt and so you look at a generation of young Muslims who are distanced from the Quran distanced from sound Islamic teachings distanced from sharing the company of the righteous and so what happens their hearts are sailed with doubt they doubt I don't know if I believe I think I'm an agnostic I'm an atheist my Allah protect our young people and protect our old people our women our men our children protect us all that is Allah so the the trial of doubt is rooted in the weakness of the inner vision and he says that's a paucity of knowledge of sound religious knowledge and this is why knowledge is so important we have to teach our children we have to teach our children and the parents are the best teachers I can encourage your children to be good Muslims to teach sit down and go over a lesson in Seorah or Arabic or this that or the other but it's not the same as you doing it brothers and sisters because your child's connection to you is greatly enhanced and so if they see you practicing what you're teaching when they see you sitting down with them and taking time from your hectic schedule to attempt to teach them something it has an entirely different an entirely different impact you have to be the first teacher I have to be the second teacher you have to be the first teacher brothers and sisters of your children you have to be the exemplar that they follow now why are our children young people they have so many external heroes they put them on the wall this or that athlete for some people whose kids might be really out there a rock star or who knows what in days gone by a child's greatest hero was their parents they wanted to be like their father they wanted to be like their mother they looked up to their father and mother as real heroes in their lives we have to get back to that to the best of our ability because that's where knowledge starts so he says that the weakness of the inner vision the Da'af al-Basirah is rooted in the paucity of knowledge and he says especially when that paucity of knowledge is coupled with the corruption of intention a corrupt intention so you combine a paucity of knowledge with the corruption of the intention and you have a formula for disaster and then finally the harvest of one's inclinations so I think it should be like this and we have no sound and knowledge that counter to counteract what I think or to neutralize what I think I think it should be like this عود بلاد that's haram عود بلاد that's against sound Islamic principles عود بلاد that violates a fundamental legal maxim ادرا يزال harm should be removed how can I see any good in something that's harmful to me like smoking hashish for example ادرا يزال and so there's sound knowledge that neutralizes the whim of the soul that neutralizes the inclination to follow one's hawa one's whims I think this no I know that I know that the Quran that the sunnah of our Prophet ﷺ that the derivation of our ulama is counter to what I think and I know I have to give preference to sound knowledge rooted in the Quran and the sunnah and the sayings and derivations and opinions of the scholars and a lot of time to give us Tulfeeq and he says and this is ultimately why the the trial of of doubt is greater said that the end of the trial of doubt is disbelief and hypocrisy disbelief and hypocrisy and we know where disbelief and hypocrisy leads إن المنافقينة تدرك الأسفادي من النار the hypocrites will be in the lowest level of the hellfire الله تعالى يجب us to Tulfeeq he says that this تفكير or trial the trial of doubt he says sometimes it emanates from a corrupt understanding you misunderstand things بسرعة مرحباً بسرعة مرحباً sometimes it emanates from a corrupt understanding and so people who don't know and this goes back to sound knowledge or a paucity of knowledge لا إسلام يجب عليك أن تفعل أبس or د إسلام لا تفكير أو يجب عليك أن تفكير أبس or د ولكن the understanding is corrupt because of a paucity of knowledge sometimes it emanates from something that's been falsely transmitted so someone who conveys some of the Qur'an says or the Prophet said صلى الله عليه وسلم and the Qur'an didn't say and the Prophet didn't say and we hear this frequently and this hadith and the hadith even might be valid but the ulama have never understood it the way the person who's conveying it has understood it so yeah the hadith allows us the hadith it's there it doesn't allow no scholar no muhadith no faqee has said that it permits what the person is saying it permits so sometimes it's rooted in a corrupt understanding sometimes it's rooted in false transmission sometimes it's rooted in a corrupt intention so the intention is corrupt the person just wants to do something and what they want to do illustrates a corrupt intention and if you ask them why do you want to do that they can't give you a reasonable explanation their intention has just been corrupted may Allah spare us and bless us or following their inclination or when هون متبع I think this would be like this I'm doing it you know it says that لِكُوِت لِكُوِت إِنْتَوْسِكِنْسَ اِنَّجَسِ نُلِكُوِت إِنْتَوْسِكِنْسِ like alcohol are nages so marijuana is not liquid so it's not nages so it's not haran so I'm going to smoke it where is that coming from it's coming from just following one's whims that's what I or or a corrupt intention I want to do this and so I'm going to find some bogus legal reasoning to justify what I want to do and we can make so many examples of this I'll limit myself to the one that I mentioned and he says he says this is from blindness in one's inner vision and from the corruption of one's intention نانه الله what is the escape and we'll conclude with this as our time is winding now he said then there's no salvation for being saved from this trial except in pure following of the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم so a lot of things that are tripping people up if they follow the Messenger of Allah he didn't do those things that are tripping them up he didn't smoke hashish he didn't engage in some sexual practice that people might declare to be just fine he didn't encourage ABC or D that we say they're fine now so if one followed the Prophet strictly صلى الله عليه وسلم a lot of our controversies would be solved but there are a lot of people don't want to follow the Prophet in this day and time صلى الله عليه وسلم so he says in pure following of the Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم and his ruling in all of our religious matters externally and internally what was the ruling of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم in this internal drugellacy lying corruption stealing or the opposite what was the ruling of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم in our internal religious affairs and our external affairs praying fasting marriage food etc what was the Prophet's ruling صلى الله عليه وسلم and if we adhere to following the Prophet if we adhere to صلى الله عليه وسلم if we adhere to seeking out his ruling what he has ruled then we will be protected from most of those things that are vexing people in our day and time صلى الله عليه وسلم then he did it because the discussion of the second tribulation must stop here insha'Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم we don't want to keep people long from the Qur'an especially during these last 10 days of Ramadan may Allah give you توفيق تسير كبول we love all of our brothers and sisters we pray that you're all safe we pray that you're not being overwhelmed by grief and anxiety our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم realized grief and anxiety are real especially who has this virus that I touch something and bring my hand to my mouth before I wash them when I went to the store I was pushing the cart when they wash off the carts before I grabbed one then and so the anxiety did I expose myself when I went to when I ran into so-and-so and we started talking before I put the mask on and I was 2 feet away you know so one of these microscopic elements get into my system and so there's anxiety there's grief people we know are dying people we know have been hospitalized people we know their health has been permanently affected by this virus and so there's grief there's death there's loss they are real and if they weren't real the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم would not have taught us to seek refuge from them when he taught us to pray اللهم إني إن نعوذ بكامل الحمي excuse me اللهم إنا نعوذ بكامل الحمي والحزن يا الله we seek refuge with you from worry and sadness and that sadness can devolve into depression it is real brothers and sisters and so it's very important for us to reach out to each other it's very important for us to stay in contact with each other it's very important for the members of the family to touch each other there's touch deprivation syndrome to hugs that's you know we trivialize it hugs not slugs but listen brothers and sisters we are in very unique territory and we have to maintain contact we have to be in touch with the basics the basics are hugging touching expressing our love reaching out the people sharing just a simple word sometimes that can make a huge difference in someone's day and ultimately in someone's life so we pray that we continue to have these opportunities to reach out to the brothers and sisters we pray that we can encourage each other and be a source of strength for each other and brothers and sisters yes depression is real grief anxiety they are real but so too is faith and our faith has to be strong now and with strong faith we can overcome and this isn't to dismiss any clinical or therapeutic approach to the problems or issues that I mentioned but it is to say that from a basis and from a foundation of faith it's like a pre-existing condition those who are obese those who have diabetes those who have high blood pressure and they're treating it with ACE inhibitors etc they are more prone to having more serious effects if they encounter the coronavirus in their system and those who don't have those pre-existing conditions are less prone and so an absence of faith is a pre-existing condition that opens the door for one who might be encountered depression or grief or anxiety to be overwhelmed by those things as opposed to one who has strong faith and certainty they might be exposed to grief they might be afflicted with anxiety they might have a bout of depression but it won't overwhelm them insha'Allah because they have a stronger faith a stronger foundation a better spiritual health going into that crisis it's very real may Allah bless us may Allah bless you جزاكم الله خيران we'll continue this discussion of the tribulation the trial rather of lust and the trial of doubt in the next installment of the class جزاكم الله خيران بارق الله فيكم ويتقبل منكم وصلى الله عليه وسيدينا محمد وعلى آله وصحمه وسلم This is Imam Zayn Shaker السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته