 السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته. اسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين وبهي نستعين ونصلي ونصلم على أفضل الخلق أجمعين نبينا وحبيبنا وقدوتنا وإمامنا محمد ابن عبد الله الهاشمية القرشي صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وصحابي أجمعين وبعد. in the name of Allah سبحانه وتعالى most gracious most merciful. all praise is indeed due to Allah سبحانه وتعالى who created not only every single one of us but entire creation and not only created us but has provided for us in every single way and is in absolute control of every single aspect of not only our lives but the lives of everything he has created all praise is due to him and all praise is due to all the messengers who were sent to us to remind us to remind mankind of what is right and what is wrong. blessings and salutations upon Muhammad ابن عبد الله صلى الله عليه وسلم and all his companions and may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless the ulama of this umma and every single one of us who are seated here and all our offspring the umma at large may Allah grant us goodness contentment happiness baraka in absolutely all our aspects of life may he protect us from evil and grant us every form of goodness this evening i have selected a topic that affects every one of us every one of us has needs we all have needs in life Allah has created us in a way that we depend on him totally absolutely not for a split moment can we say that we don't depend on Allah سبحانه وتعالى we all need Allah سبحانه وتعالى from the very beginning to the very end and even after what we may know as the end and Allah سبحانه وتعالى has sent down to us as we've heard moments ago i said messengers to remove us from the darkness to the light messengers to remind us of the way to success these are the messengers who were sent by the one who created us we were never placed here by coincidence no we are here carefully plan by Allah divine planning divine wisdom he knows why i was made a question i like to ask where was i say for example if i am 30 years old for example where was i 34 35 years ago if you are 50 years old where were you 51 years ago it's a question you must answer it you must answer it ومن those whose lives are going to be 70 years, where are you going to be at 71, we answer the question, it's important, you won't be able to answer that question without the creator having informed you, there's no other way you would know, never. So there are some people ما هي إلا حياتنا الدنيا نموتو نحياء بعض الناس يقول هذا الحياة هي فقط حياة الدنيا, نحن سي死, نحن نحن بي. هذا هو. لا يوجد شيء أكثر than حياة وموت. يتوقفون. فهي بدأ when we were born, coincidentally and it will end when we die. الله سبحانه وتعالى يقول. نهي. هذا صحيح. وخطأة. So the question is, when الله سبحانه وتعالى created me, he made me helpless. I needed assistance from the moment I was born. Beautifully, الله سبحانه وتعالى says. أفرائي تما تم تخلقونه نحن قدرنا بينكم الموت. Beautiful verses of Surah Al-Waqa. الله سبحانه وتعالى يقول. Do you see the reproductive seed that is produced by you? Who made it? You or we? Who created that reproductive seed? How did you come into existence? That little embryo, the fetus as it developed. Who gave it eyes and a nose and a mouth? And when you were born, who inflated your lungs at the point of birth? I am alive here sitting. الحمد لله by the grace of Allah. الله سبحانه وتعالى inflated my lungs and yours at the point of birth. And that is why you take that breath and people begin to cry. Shaytan becomes jealous of one more life that is going to worship Allah. Or that there is a possibility of that life worshipping Allah سبحانه وتعالى. So out of jealousy, Shaytan pricks man according to the hadith. And that is why we cry at birth. That's the hadith. The reason why we cry at birth is Shaytan pricks you. So you cry when you are born. الله سبحانه وتعالى protect us from the devil, from Shaytan. And at that point, there is a قرين, the devil. Every individual has one devil with that individual. That the devil will not leave the individual until the point of death. Trying to lead that person astray. May Allah safeguard us. So we were helpless at that point. And then what happened is we were blessed with parents who looked after us. That's a topic when it's on. And they nurtured us. They brought us up. They looked after us. They clothed us. They gave us whatever drink and food we needed by the will of Allah. In the case of those who were orphaned, there were others whom Allah created to do that. That is why we are sitting here today. If we were dumped at that young tender infancy, we wouldn't be here today. We would probably have been dead. So it's Allah's father. Allah's virtue. He chooses people to look after others. Then when we grow up, we tend to forget that hand that protected us. And that's a topic on its own, as I say. But as you grow up, initially you don't realize that you need this and you need that. Why? Because Allah fulfills your needs through somebody else. When a child is born, the child doesn't know what the child needs. But those around the child knows what the child needs. So the milk is provided. The nappies are changed. The child is made to go to sleep. Why? Because those around are the ones who are interested in fulfilling the needs of the child by Allah's plan. The child never made dua to Allah at that age. No. But those who are looking after the child will make dua. Ya Allah, make it easy for us. Ya Allah, this child protected. Give it good health. Let's think of this. Who made the dua? The ones who looked after us. Then when you get to a certain age, you first want a toy, I think. I'm just giving an example. Then nobody brings you that toy. So you make a dua, first duas in our lives. Have you ever asked yourself, what was the first dua I made in my life? I think most of us can't remember. And maybe the earliest memories might date back to a toy that we asked for. Ya Allah, I need this. You know, these Legos, they're out here. They're so good. Ya Allah, give this to me man. Somehow ya Allah, I heard that I need to make dua to you. Ya Allah. This is something that is practical. Why? Because that is the dua of a child. A child is asking for that. There are children who make much more sophisticated duas. But I'm talking of the general norm. First dua. It's not a very important dua. But it is made passionately. That's my topic this evening. Duo. Calling out to Allah. We are all in need of Allah. That's how I started. We are in desperate need of Allah. How does Allah fulfill our needs? We ask Him. Imagine, it is Allah's plan. That is why the hadith says ملم يسأل الله يغضب علي. Whoever does not ask Allah, Allah gets angry with Him. Because Allah has created me and you in a way that we have to ask Him. By someone asking you for something. What are they doing? They are automatically acknowledging that you have the thing they want. Automatically. So if someone tells you Brother, I need 50 rands. They think that you have more than that. So that's why they are asking you. Would you go to a beggar who has nothing and tell him Give me 50 rands. Nobody would dare do that. Because that is foolish. So when we say Ya Allah. Give me good health. What are we doing? We are worshiping Allah. By acknowledging that He controls my health. Subhan Allah. That is why the hadith says الدعاء هو العبادة. دعاء in essence is worship. And the one narration says الدعاء مخل عبادة. دعاء is the core and the essence of worship. Because when you are making دعاء to Allah. Then you are asking Allah for something acknowledging He has it. Ya Allah. Give me sustenance. Sustain me. Grant me Baraka in my sustenance. By saying that you are automatically worshiping Allah by acknowledging He controls Baraka. And He controls your sustenance and mine. So that is Allah. That is His power. That is His might. This is why it's important for us to know that we need to call out to Allah day and night. Absolutely every day and every night so many times in the day and the night. This is why when we read Salah what is the essence of Salah? There is something within Salah that is called Salah. In Salah there is Salah. What does that mean? Salah as we know it is the five prayers that we pray on a daily basis or we are meant to be praying on a daily basis. But there is a Surah that is repeated in every Raka'a of Salah that is also called As-Salah. One of the names of Surat Al-Fatiha is As-Salah. And in that Surah we make a dua. Have you ever thought of what Surat Al-Fatiha is? It is nothing more than a dua to Allah. After acknowledging His status we make one dua. Surat Al-Fatiha has only one dua in it. What is the dua? اهدين الصراط المستقيم That's it. That's the dua. That whole Surah rotates around one thing. We are praising Allah. We are declaring His greatness. We are glorifying Allah in order to ask Him to guide us. That's it. So for me and you to know if I were to ask you what is the most important dua ever that can be made the answer is اهدين الصراط المستقيم Guide me to the straight path. If you have guidance you don't need food or drink because if you die you will get absolutely everything. But if you don't have guidance and you have food and drink in the world believe me that is doom. Allah protect us. I hope you understand the depth of what I'm saying. I'm not at all saying that we don't need food and drink but I'm saying we need guidance more desperately than we need food and drink. This is why the علماء have always considered their own scholars who taught them as being more important than food and drink. حاجتنا للعلماء اشد من حاجتنا للطعام والشراء. Our need for علم for knowledge and for علماء and to benefit from them is much greater than the need we have for food and drink. Some people's lives rotate around earning in order to eat luxuriously. There is no harm with that unless it is done at the stake of Islamic knowledge and at the stake of the respect and the benefit from علماء and of the علماء. So as we develop and we grow we begin to make du'as. When we are 10 years old we are supposed to be reading Salah but not the Salah of a lot of people today who just pay lip service to that Salah without even thinking what they've said. Do you know? I'm sure you've heard this from علماء when you say in Salah الحمد لله رب العالمين All praise is due to Allah Lord of the Worlds That's a simple translation. Allah says to His angels My worshipper has praised me حمدني عبدي Allah responds to that portion of سورة الفاتحة And when we say the next part of the verse or the next verse Allah responds again الرحمن الرحيم most gracious most merciful Allah says again My worshipper has declared my greatness مالك يوم الدين owner of the day of judgment Allah responds again My worshipper has glorified me also declaration of greatness and also part of praise different types Then You alone Listen to this You alone We worship You alone We seek help from What is that? That's دعى that we talking about You alone We seek help from When we ask someone to do something that Allah has given them the capacity to do We ask them But over and above that We will say يا الله Make it easy for them to give me what I am asking for For example You want Let me use a simple example You want someone to pass you the food that is on the other side of the table You say Brother or Sister Please pass me that ketchup that is on that side of the table You are allowed to do that That doesn't mean you may do that to them You ask them to do what you know Allah has given them the capacity to do But You know If Allah wants to stop them They might have a heart attack before they pass it to you Or Their hand might freeze paralyzed before they can give it to you Or The bottle will drop before it comes to you Anything can happen So Bottom line is We know Allah is in charge and in control Completely So that is why When we say Brother Please Can you pass me That We at least In our hearts and minds Need to acknowledge And declare That it's only through Allah's permission That this will happen So Ultimately We're asking Allah But Allah Makes a means To give things to us When you say Ya Allah Grant me sustenance He will create people Who will come to your business In order to buy from you That's what happens So Allah provided But through people This is why Your business partners Are never meant To be respected Above the respect of Allah Never A lot of people Have An error Mistake That is being made When someone employs you The allegiance To the employer Is never above The allegiance To Allah When the employer Is doing something Wrong You need to be able To be a person Who can openly say Brother You are doing wrong This is unacceptable If the fire you Allah has employed you Subhan Allah Subhan Allah That sustenance Was always from Allah Allah created a situation Just to watch you To see how You would react When your business partner Who is supplying you Goods For so many years Decides to engage In some haram activity And you raise And highlight it With him And thereafter He becomes angry And cuts your supply Allah will open The pipeline For you From a manner That you never dreamt of On condition That you did it For the sake of Allah Subhan Allah Subhan Allah So that is Allah He is in charge He is in control Now As we grow A lot of things We ask for One of them Is guidance And that is The most important Du'a Sadly A lot of us Don't realize That we ask For guidance I was saying In Salah When we make This Du'a We are meant To be thinking Of what Du'a We are making We are meant To be understanding Surat Al-Fatiha We are meant To be pausing After every Aya And trying To know That Allah Is responding And he's So happy When we say إيا كنعبود وإيا كنستعين Allah says هادا بيني وبين عبدي ولي عبدي ما سأل This is between Myself And my worshiper And now I will give my Worship Or whatever He wants That's What Allah Says Then We say إهدين الصراط المستقيم Guide me Ya Allah To the straight path صراط الذين أنعمت عليهم The path Of those Whom You have Favoured Allahu Akbar What is The meaning Of أنعمت عليهم It is So Broad That it Includes Every aspect Of goodness That Can ever Exist The path Of those Whom You have Favoured If someone Says Let me Do you A favor Will they Slap you They won't If someone Says Let me Do you A favor You think They will Steal From you You think They'll Harm you They'll Make you Sick No So Allah says This Is A Dua In the Quran We are Supposed To be Making To Allah He taught Us The wording He says The path Of those Whom You have Favoured Whom You did Good To You Gave Them Sustenance You Gave Them Good Health You Gave Them Wealth You Gave Them Contentment You Gave Them All Forms Of Goodness Sub Hanna Allah Good Children Good Offspring Everything Worked Out For Them Those Other People We Are Asking You We Are Allah To Give Us That Path That Will Lead Us To Those Type Of Subhanallah And From This We Learn That You Can Only Get The Favours Of Allah If You Are On The Right Part Otherwise You Make A Till Your Hairs 10 Yellow You Will Not Get Anything If Allah Does Not Wish Because Allah Says إهدين الصرات المستقيم Guide Us To The Straight Path The Path Of Those Whom You Have Favoured The The Bigest Favouring Is The Fact That They Are On That Path May Allah Put Us On That Path Once You Are On That Path All The Favours Of Allah Are Upon You Because You Are On That Path May Allah Subhanahu Wa'Ta'Ala Keep Us On That Path When Something Negative Comes In Your Direction You Will Perceive It As A Positive Because You Know You're On The Right Part This Is Why A More Min Is Never Ever Depressed Never Deen That Teachers That To Accept And Surrender To تقدير And To Predestiny And Fate Is Part Of The Completion Of Your Eman We Are The Only Ones No Other Deen Teach Us That So The Minute We Know That And We Surrender To It Then You Find May Allah Protect Us A Leg Is Amputated You Thank Allah يا Life I Thank You So Much At At Least You Gave Me That Leg For 25 Years يا الله الحمد لله That Is The Attitude Of A Mu'min Your Teeth Disappeared At The Age Of 50 Allah Grand Us Good Teeth You Thank Allah يا Allah You Gave Me Good Teeth I Chewed So Much With It I Hope We Thank To Allah Vice We Were Chewing We Read The Dua Before And After Meals My Allah Sub Han Our A Grand That When They Probably Didn't Have Anything Look At Elephants According To What I Was Told Or What We Seen Studied They Died At A Certain Age Because They Can't Chew No More Nobody Is Created Dentures For Elephants May Allah Grant Us All Goodness So That Is The Most Powerful Dua إهدنا الصراط المستقين صراط الذين أنعمت عليهم The Part Of Those Whom You Have Fav غير المغضوذ يعاليهم ولا الله The Path Of Those Who Have Earned Your Anger No The Path Of Those Who Have Gone A Straight Do We Realize What This Means Subhanallah Ya Allah Protect Us From The Other Paths That Will Lead Us Towards Your Anger So We Won'T Get Any Gift Of Yours And We Will Not Be Considered Gifted People And Those Who Has Descended Upon Them Is Descending Upon Them And Shall Descend Upon Them We Do Not Want To Be Like That Look At How Powerful The Du'a Is It Was Easy For Us To Say إهدن الصراط المستقيم Stop There And Say الله أكبر Carry On But Allah Does Not Allow That He Wants To You Ask Him Using The Example Of Those And Then Tell الله سبحانه و تعالى يا الله Protect Me From The Other Side Of It Those Who Have Been Harm Now Let Me Give You Lesson Number One It's For Myself More Than Yourself When We Are Making A Du'a We Say يا الله Grant A Sustainance Whose Are Protect Us From Those Who Have Not Been Granted By You Look At How We've Already Covered One Aspect Then We Say And يا الله Grant A Sustainance Like You Have Sustained The Other صالحين يقول يا الله Forgive Me ما شاء الله Why We Need To Learn Another Lesson From This When You Want To Ask Someone Something Clean Your Slate With Them Clean Your Slate You Can't Ask A Man Who You Almost Shot Dead For Example You Had أفضل أعلم That Common Sense But We Are Fools We Don't Cover Our Hair We Hardly Do Anything That Is Right I Am Seek You Are Give Me Good Health You Are Take A Look About How We Laugh When I Made To Can كيف يمكننا أن نسأل الله when we are on the wrong page. That's why to start your du'a. رب غفر لي. Oh Allah forgive me. I'm a criminal. Ya Allah. What I've done is totally wrong. And we are taught a beautiful du'a. أستغفيرك لما لا أعلمه. رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم used to say ya Allah I seek your forgiveness for those sins I don't even know I've committed. Either I've forgotten about them. Well that wasn't the case in the in the Prophet ﷺ's case but with us forgotten about them or sometimes we commit sins without even knowing that this is a sin because it is rampant in society like backbiting. We backbite day and night and gossip and slander and deceive and become jealous of. And these are sins that have become so rife that good people engage in them not knowing or forgetting momentarily that this is a sin. Then at night they say ya Allah ya Allah my children ya Allah ya Allah me ya Allah grant me this and that. But whole day we were on the other side. We were in a pub spiritual nightclub. Allah protect us. When I say nightclub I'm saying we might not have been physically in the nightclub but from a spiritual point of view the sins were even worse than that. Then we ask Allah. So we learn this from many verses in the Quran. And I just see the opportunity mentioning what Sulayman ﷺ said in his one of the most powerful du'as ever to be made ever to be made. He says رب مفرني. Oh Allah forgive me. وَهَبَلِ مُلْكَ اللَّا يَنْ بَغِيْ لِأَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْجِيْ. سبحان الله. You know it raises my hair before I even translate this verse. He says oh Allah forgive me and grant me مُلْك. مُلْك meaning kingdom. You know what's the meaning of kingdom. It includes sustenance with authority. سبحان الله. One is you say ya Allah give me the millions and the billions. Mashallah you get it. Allah grant us all forms of sustenance that is good for us. But the other is that with authority. With authority above that. مُلْكَن. ya Allah give me kingdom that nobody besides me. Nobody after me will get. That's one of the translations of this. مُلْكَن لا يَنْ بَغِيْ لِأَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْجِيْ. That will not be deserved by anyone after me. Grant me مُلْكَن. And Allah gave that to him. How? We know رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم was the highest. But in certain aspects Allah gave others certain items. Certain items. Like Sulayman عليه الصلاة والسلام. He made this dua. Oh Allah forgive me. Grant me sustenance sustain me. لا يَنْ بَغِيْ لِأَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْجِيْ. In a way that others after me will not get. Allah says. فَسَخْخَرْنَا لَهُ الْرِيْحَةَ. تَجِرِيْ بِأَمْرِهِ. One of the gifts that Allah is making mention of. And there are thousands if not millions. That Allah gave Sulayman عليه الصلاة والسلام. Allah says. We gave him control over the wind that used to move according to his instruction. سبحان الله. Imagine Sulayman عليه الصلاة والسلام. We would need him here in PE. The windiest city in the world. Mashallah. One of them. Allah says. We gave him the command. He told the wind wherever and however. He wanted the wind to blow and whenever. And people would use the wind as a mode of transport. سبحان الله. Go to Sulayman عليه الصلاة. And tell him I need to get to Cape Town. This is just an example. And he would just instruct the wind. The wind would carry you there. Next thing you would land. الله أكبر. Forget about SA045. Mashallah. May Allah SWT grant us goodness. Even that movement through the wind. It's the Qudrah of Allah. But Allah says. There are some we gave them. We gave them. Why? They knew how to make the du'a. And they were on the right page. So that brings the answer to us. How many of us want our du'a to be accepted? All of us. Every one of us. Correct? Correct. So what is the secret? There's no secret. It's open. It's our fault. We don't want to follow. The example. Allah has taught us how to make du'a. He told us what to do. He told us. Then when you get what you were deserving. You should know it's from us. And if we didn't give you directly what you asked for. You should know it was not for you. It was not good for you. Allah says. If it was good for you. We would always have given it to you. It is better for you. Sometimes not to get what you think. You want. That's Allah. And that is kamal. A du'a. The completeness of knowing how to make du'a. Is to know that if I'm not given this. It's better for me. Then when you don't get it. Surrender to that. That's where we fail. People come and say. But you know. I've been making du'a. And I'm going to say something practical. Practical. Meaning it's happening on the ground. I've been making du'a. That ya Allah. Whatever is best. Let it happen. Now I think a lot of us. Do make that du'a. But now it's not happening. That's what. You see the last part of the statement. I've been making du'a. That ya Allah. Whatever is best. Let it happen. But it's not happening. Do you notice something. If you analyze that statement. The last part of it. Does not fit with the first part of it. Because if you making du'a. To Allah. To do what is best. How can you say. But after that. He's already doing what is best. You're not getting it. That is best. Understand the message. Understand what it is. You're not getting it. That's better for you. Our weakness. We say. I'm making du'a. To Allah. To give me what is best. But it's not giving me. So it's like us saying. Ya Allah. I know what is best. I hope you're following what I'm saying. It's quite deep. You need to be following to understand. That is the weakness of our boys. Our girls. Our men. Our women. Allah grant us goodness. Imagine when we say. Ya Allah. Grant us goodness. If Allah knows. That a million rands in our pockets. Won't be goodness for us. He won't give it to us. But he knows that. That's not goodness for us. Sometimes. A person might have wealth. And that might lead him to become an arrogant person. That wealth might come with a lot of بلا. Let me give you an example. I was reading on the Internet. The lotteries of the globe. The winners of the biggest lotteries of the world. Have almost all been destroyed. Socially. Almost totally. What does that mean? You find a person winning in Great Britain. 5 million pounds. Hey. Big amount. Next thing. For some funny reason. The wife leaves him. The children are gone. The parents don't want to know. There's a big war. And the man is alone. Or he becomes an alcoholic. His life is destroyed. Why? Allah shows us. That if you acquire something in a حرام way. It can never be good for you. No matter what. Come what may. Long term. It is going to destroy you. Even if you were excited. The day you got it. Allah protect us. So it's important for us to know the قدرة of الله. قدرة meaning the power of الله. We make dua to him. Where are we going wrong? A lot of the times. We don't engage in استغفار. Before we ask Allah. Every time you ask Allah. Make sure before the dua. You ask for forgiveness. Another thing. We forget. To send salutations and blessings upon محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم. The teacher. The trainer. The one who was sent to us. Through whom we know all this goodness. It is a sunnah to start a dua. Meaning we are taught. To start a dua. At least with some form of blessings upon رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم. بسم الله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله. That's how we start. In the name of Allah. Complete blessings and salutations upon محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم. يا الله. Forgive me. Another mistake we make. When we are making dua. We forget to praise Allah. We get straight to the dua. You know. Raise your hands. يا الله. I need to pass my examination. رحمتك يا رحم الرحمين. And we go in for the exam. What is that? Who are you talking to here? الله أكبر. رطب العزة والجلال. Just as you entering the hall. You want to write your matric. ما شاء الله. سبحانه وتعالى. Make it easy for those who are writing the exams. At the moment to pass those exams. ما شاء الله. That I mean was quite loud. I think. We must be in the midst of those exams. But you don't just say يا الله. Give me good results. And the next thing. Come before we didn't read. Fajr. We didn't get up. I'm sorry. Still Allah's mercy might give it to us. Because he wants to show us his power. But we didn't deserve it. But let me tell you. The mistake we made is. We never praised Allah. How do you praise Allah? Firstly, by fulfilling his instruction. His commands. Like I said. You are on a wrong page altogether. And you want to ask Allah. سبحانه وتعالى. When you have distanced yourself from him. The hadith says. من أتاني يمشي أتيته هروالا. This hadith is a long hadith. Whoever comes towards me walking. I come towards him rushing. Who is saying this? My creator and yours. He says. You want to come towards me walking. I will come towards you rushing. Then there's another narration. تعرف إلى الله في الرخائي. يعرفك في الشدتي. Get close to Allah. At times of ease. And Allah will come to your assistance. At times of difficulty. Without even you ask him. Nothing. If you are at salah. You make dua everyday for goodness. When there's nothing wrong in your life. A lot of us we make dua. When something bad happens to us. But we don't realize. We make dua when nothing bad is happening. Nothing bad. Don't wait for it in order to make a dua. وَإِذَا مَسَنُوا الشَّرُوا فَذُونَ دُعَا إِنْ عَرِيمَ. Allah describes man. That when evil comes in his direction. He makes broad duas. Broad meaning. You don't mind standing. Ya Allah. Ya Allah give me. You know. An hour has passed. And you still depending on how big the crisis is. And you are making dua. And dua. And five days before that. When the Imam took five minutes longer in salah. We were the ones who complained. Hey. Look at this guy. Allah made a situation. Where we've got to make a dua. For two hours after that. Because we know. Hey. Subhan Allah. Now I'm in a problem. So Allah is telling us. When you don't have a problem. Worship Allah properly. Ask him. Thank him for what he's given you. When you are thankful. Allah says. I will grant you increase. I will grant you increase. Thank Allah. You know. You give a beggar. I'm giving you an example of the calf. You throw. Or you give a beggar. 50 cents. Or 20 cents. Or say 5 cents. 5 cent coin. You know. The copper. You put it in his hand. And he says. Ah. Thank you very much. You know. You don't know. How much this is going to help me. I really appreciate it. God bless you. Sometimes you might hear a decent beggar. If he says that you say. Hang on. Hang on. Take out five. Put it in his hand. Do you agree with me? Because you're so happy. This man is appreciating. 5 cents. I was about to throw that away. A lot of us don't even know that it's there. Not at all. We won't even acknowledge the change. Some of the shops won't even give it to you. Allah accept. Allah grant us goodness. We need to do hisab to the tea. But some people don't. So. That's an example of the dunya. Come to Allah. The Dini example. To Allah. Whatever he's given us. Do you know what he says? يا عبادي. الله سبحانه وتعالى says. All my worshipers. If every single one of you had to ask me. Whatever he wanted. And I were to give every one of you. From the beginning of creation. Right to the end of creation. Every single thing they wanted. It would not. Take away. It would not mean anything to me. It wouldn't take away or displace. What I own. Beside the displacement. Of a pin. When dropped into the water. Into the ocean. You know when you drop a pin into the ocean. How much water does it displace. Almost nil. In fact nil. Allah says. If I were to give. From the beginning of creation. To the end of creation. Absolutely. Everything they ever wanted. It wouldn't displace anything from what I have. Where's the five cent example I gave. Five cents to us. Still means a bit. May Allah سبحانه و تعالى. Grant us. All forms of goodness. Protect us from all forms of evil. So the mistake we make here. When we make dua. We only make dua. When we are in need. Why? Why? Do we say. In الصراة المستقيم. We are in need of that at all times. But we need to constantly ask Allah. You blessed me with children. Ya Allah. Keep them on the path. Ya Allah. Keep me on the path. Even if we think we are on the path. Insha Allah. We should be. May Allah. Make it easy for us. Ya Allah. Protect me from شيطان. Even if you think شيطان. Didn't come to you on that day. Ya Allah. Help me to identify شيطان. Ya Allah. Help me to identify good people. Distinguish between good and bad. Stay far away from bad. So now sometimes even those you were mixing with. Whom you thought nothing was wrong with. Allah will create something between you and them. Through the barakah of your dua. That you made. Because they were bad company. If not for you. Let me explain to you. For who? Maybe. Allah knows this man is good. But his children might not be good for your children. So by the time your children are growing up a little bit. He creates a wedge between you and that man. Not because he is bad. But to save your kids. Through the barakah of your dua. Subhan Allah. Subhan Allah. So you think. Hey, I don't know this man. I was so good with him. What happened? You know. I really said. Don't hurt your heart. If you are right with Allah. Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. And there is a problem. Due to something that is Dini. Something that. Is explainable. And appreciated. And acknowledged. And accepted in a شريعة. Then what are you worried about? What are you worried about? Allah created that. يا أيها الذين آمنوا. إنتقوا الله يجعلكم فرقانا. Or you who believe. If you are going to be conscious of Allah. He will give you the power. To distinguish between right and wrong. Between good and bad. Between that which is beneficial. And that which is detrimental. Forقان. Criterion. May Allah سبحانه و تعالى. Grant us that ability. So. There is one other point. That I had made mention of. And that is. That we need to make dua. To Allah سبحانه و تعالى. Even when we think. Wrongly. That we don't need to. And I say wrongly. I mean we wrong. Make dua always. This is why. Allah سبحانه و تعالى. Gives an example of all the prophets. Who are the prophets? They were assisted directly. By Allah. By a revelation. Direct. And they knew. They were prophets. Thanked by Allah. Imagine when you are. The chief immigration officer. Just. I'm giving you an example of the dunya. Because that's important. Allah says. Even in the Quran. That examples help people to think. So. If you are chief immigration officer. Or you're the head of police. How do you feel? You feel you're above everybody. Isn't it? You feel. I'm employed by the government. You're a president. You think I'm top here. You know. There's nothing that can go wrong here. I can dish out instructions and commands. Do what I want. So on. سبحان الله. When it came to the prophets of Allah. They knew who they were. Higher than any president. To any officer. Or any whatever. We've mentioned and far higher. There's no even example. The example is totally not even fit. However. They cried to Allah. Look what Allah says. In the Quran. وَاَيُوبَ إِذْنَادَا Allah is giving us the story. I'm not going to tell you the whole story. Allah says. You know. Ayoub. عليه السلام. Called out to us. He cried. For what? For his needs. وَزَكَرِيَا إِذْنَادَا Do you know that. زَكَرِيَا عليه السلام. Also called out. Do you know when he called out. This is what he said. And Allah gives the story there. Allah says. So many different examples. وَنُوحَا إِذْنَادَا نُوحَ عليه السلام. Called out. الله أكبر. They all called out. Then Allah says. About all the prophets. إنهم كانوا يسارعون في الخيرات. ويدعوننا رغب ورهب. That's how you make a dua. Allah says. They referring to all the prophets. They used to make haste in good deeds. They used to make haste. When it came to goodness. They were always found in the forefront. يسارعون في الخيرات. Whenever there was khairat. Which means goodness. They used to compete with one another. Or مسارع could only mean as well. Not necessarily competition. But to get there. To do something to achieve. To be the best. When it comes to khairat and goodness. ويدعوننا. And they all used to call out to us. رغب ورهب. Having hope and fear at the same time. Hope of what? Hope of all goodness. Fear of what? Fear of all evil. They had hope in Allah. And they feared the punishment of Allah. They hoped in the mercy of Allah. Feared the punishment of Allah. So every one of us. We need to make haste when it comes to good deeds. Believe me. If you increase your good deeds on a daily basis. Even by a millimeter. On a daily basis. And you find yourself heading towards Allah. Becoming a better person as the days pass. Allah will give you one of the biggest gifts. After your هيدايا. It's part and parcel of هيدايا. And guidance. And that is contentment. Allah will keep you happy. Happy. You might not have more than 500. Grants a month in terms of salary. But you'll be smiling every day. All day. You'll be in the Masjid. You'll be content with what you have. Why? You are coming closer to Allah. As the days are passing. Wallahi. He is the one who made me. And he made you. He created us. He has written for us. Our provision. لن تموتا. إعلم أن نفسا لن تموتا. حتى تستكمل رزقها. You should know that no soul will taste death. Until it receives its full due of sustenance. Full. If Allah has written one more egg for you. You will eat it. Then you'll die. Don't worry. It is yours. Nobody's going to take it from me. I'm giving you this example. So we need to make sure that we ask Allah. We are grateful. We are thankful. We are on the right page. We constantly call out. And we are good Muslim. We constantly engage in استغفار. رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم. Whenever he asked Allah. He was granted. He was granted. He granted his duas. There might be one or two that are mentioned. Where Allah says. This one I won't give you. There are a few examples. But that's for other reasons. Not because he didn't deserve it. And those were duas made for others. Not necessarily for him. But he used to engage in استغفار. Between 70 and 100 times a day. And even more. Did he have any sins? Did he have any sins? The answer is no. He used to read صلى at night. He didn't need to. نفيل. I'm talking of voluntary. For him. Voluntary صلى. And his wife. Aisha رضي الله وانها. Used to watch. His feet swell. Swell in صلى. She asked a question. Oh messenger of Allah. You are forgiven completely. No sin. You are the owner of the key. Meaning the first one who's going to enter جنة. You are the first one whose grave will be opened. And you're the first one who's going to be resurrected. You're reading صلى. Your legs have swollen up. Your feet are gone so. You know. Full of veins and so on. How? He says يا عيشة. أفلا أكون عبدن شكورا. Shouldn't I be thankful to Allah. He gave me all this. Can't I thank him يا الله سبحان الله. Look at that. That will be one of my topics in this trip إن شاء الله. A topic of gratitude. Very important. Very very important. It comes hand in hand. But imagine. Then after that the هجد when he raised his hands. What do you think Allah did? What is that? What do you think Allah did? What do you think Allah did? Do you think Allah would have told him سبحانه وتعالى That we're not giving you what you're asking for. سبحان الله. Now let's make mention of. Some of the blessed times. Of دعا. Someone might ask what's the best time to make دعا. Every single moment. Repeat your دعا. And repeat it. And repeat it. And never lose hope. Constantly continue. Make the دعا again. And again. And repeat it. On a daily basis. And have hope. And have يقيم. It might come to you 40 years later. But it will come. سبحان الله. That's a secret. The prophets of Allah. These examples I'm giving you are from the Quran. And the sunnah of the prophets of Allah. Directly. The prophets of Allah. سبحانه وتعالى. أيوب عليه السلام. Made dua for how long he was given. نوع عليه السلام. Made dua for how long he was given. زكرية عليه السلام. Made dua for how long he was given. أقوب عليه السلام. Lost his child for a while. He almost 40 years according to one narration. He made dua. He never lost hope. He cried. Not because he was upset. With Allah's instruction. But out of the sorrow. He felt for his son. يوسف عليه السلام. And later on. بني آمين. But he was given. And he says. أعلموا من الله. هما لا تعلمون. I know from Allah. That which you don't know. He constantly made the dua. When his sons told him. Hey, you thinking about Yusuf. That's history. That one. You can forget about. And Allah says. نه. We will give you. We know what's going on. That's a beautiful surah. Where Allah parallels. Both the life of the father. And the life of the son. In the same surah. Together with one another. What's happening on this side. What's happening on that side. We as the readers. Can see. What's going on in this man's life. And how Allah propelled him. And what's going on in the life. Of the father. And how he never lost hope. Allah has a similar plan. For all of us. So constantly make dua. We were talking about. What was the best time. To make dua. All moments. Are moments for dua. But. As soon as you've engaged. In a good deed. It's also a good moment. To make dua. You've read Salah. Make your dua. That is why. Even before. Salah is complete. There's a dua that we read. In تشاهد. Oh Allah. Forgive me. Oh Allah. I've oppressed myself. So greatly. You are the one who forgives. If you don't forgive. Ya Allah. We will be losers. Forgive us. That shows us. Forgiveness is also. Another important dua. And. After Salah. Sunnah to make certain dua's. Allahumma. لا ماني علماء أعطيت. ولا معطي علماء منعت. ولا ينفعوذ الجد. يمنك الجد. That's in the hadith. Allahumma. انت السلام. ومنك السلام. وإليك يرجع السلام. That's in صحيح البخاري. Allahumma. أعمني على ذكرك. وحسن عبادتك. I need to translate that for you. Oh Allah. Help me. Give me the ability. To be able to remember you at every time. That's Allahumma. انت أعمني على ذكرك. Oh Allah. Help me. To be able to remember you at every moment. وشكرك. Ya Allah. Grant me the ability to be thankful to you. وحسن عبادتك. And ya Allah. Grant me the ability. To worship you in an acceptable manner. And to achieve that enjoyment through my worship of you. Sometimes we read salah. We take it as a burden. We gone from here. We came in only because we felt it was a duty and responsibility. And we went out. That's if we came. But we should be such that we achieve so much pleasure from salah. That we find it difficult to lift our heads up from sujood. That's how we should be. Now we make dua. To the prophet. Meaning to Allah سبحانه وتعالى. Like the prophet ﷺ did. Try and use his words. Before I get to the wording. Let me mention a few more moments. When dua's are accepted. Why is the rain is falling? Cool calm rain. Make dua. Because the rahma of Allah is descending. Make dua. When a calamity strikes. The malaika are saying. Amen. Amen. Make a good dua. Not a bad one. When you suddenly you have a big problem. Make a good dua. When you visiting the holy lands. Holy places. Sacred moments. What are the sacred moments? The time of tahajjud is a sacred moment. Sunrise sunset sacred moments. Maghrib fajr sacred moments. Friday the whole day sacred day completely. Ramadan sacred month. Make dua in the day and in the night. Time of iftar. Make dua. When the adhan is going on. Make dua. As soon as it's complete. Make dua. These are times of dua. As soon as it's complete. Make your dua. What you want in life. Ask Allah. Repeat the same dua again and again. There's no harm in having a list in your pocket. Of what you need. No harm. Take it out. Read it. Allah knows. People might laugh at you. If they get to find out. For what? They're talking for. Alhamdulillah. So we make dua to Allah. But we're going wrong. If we haven't made a mistake here. We're making a mistake there. So these are the blessed moments. Then they are blessed words. Try to use broad words. And try to make positive duas. What's the meaning of that? Using broad words. The words that were used by the messengers. I've given an example before. I think even in Port Elizabeth. I've given this example in Ramadan. That the words that are used. Or were used by the messengers of Allah. And they are mentioned in the Quran. Or the sunnah. They are words that were used. And those duas were accepted. Using those words. So if there is a key. That has opened a certain lock. Why do you want to try all other keys? Use the same key. It will open the lock. Allahu Akbar. And have yaqeel. But you need to know the meaning of the dua. A lot of us after Salah. We say. We have no clue what it means. No clue. What it means. We've been uttering it. And I like to add one more thing. That. A lot of us have been reading Salah. For 30 years. 40 years. 50 years. We don't even know. The meaning of سبحان رب العلا. We don't even know. The meaning of. We don't even know. The meaning of. We don't even know. We don't even know. The meaning. Let me stop there for a moment. سميع الله لمنحمد. Would mean. That Allah has heard. The one who praised him. Did we understand that? Immediately we say. I praise you ya Allah. Have you ever thought of that? Why do we say. ربنا لك الحمد. Because just before that. We say. Allah hears. The one who praises him. So we say. Oh Allah. We praise you. سبحان الله. Look at how. The two come hand in hand. سميع الله لمنحمد. You don't just say. الله أكبر. Allah hears. The one who praises him. So what do I need to do. If Allah hears. The one who praises him. Let me praise him. So I say. ربنا لك الحمد. Oh Allah. For you is all praise. الله أكبر. Now when you are saying this. You must think about it in Salat. So Allah will hear me. But because we've been uttering it. For 30 40 50 years. We never knew what it meant. We were just paying lip service. We know when you come up. سميع الله لمنحمد. Before you go down. ربنا لك الحمد. Yes. The Salah was fulfilled. But what did we achieve. When we didn't know what it meant. It's never too late to learn. Never. Sometimes we don't know the meanings of the Suras. And we've been reading that Surah. For 30 50 years. And then when it comes to. I don't like to give these examples. But I have to. When it comes to football. Some of us. Showed interest in football. After we were 50 years old. Because it came to our country. Then we knew the names. Of the whole teams. That we liked. But we didn't even know. The meaning of. أَلَمْ تَرَكَينْ فَاَلَى رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَى بِلْفِينَ. One verse of the Quran. Is better than every football. Team in the world. Put together. And all the goals. That was scored. And everything that happened. One verse of the Quran. Is better than all that. Put together. A letter of the Quran. May Allah. Subhanahu و تعالى. Grant us guidance. Then. Now there are 3 or 4 more aspects. Of dua. Remaining. I spoke about the words to be used. I spoke about the timings. There are blessed timings. But sometimes there's a blocker. What is the blocker? When we make a dua. And our dua is blocked. Because we have wronged a fellow human. Because we have wronged a fellow human. When you make a dua. Make sure you don't. You have not wronged others. You're saying. Ya Allah. Give me happiness. But in your life. You gossiping about everybody else. How are you going to get that happiness? You see. You see. You see. That thing. Which stops your dua. From progressing. Because you are guilty of something. Which is the opposite of what you're asking for. You're asking for happiness. But you're making someone else's life difficult. This is why the narration teaches us. And when you make dua. For someone else. The angels say. Oh Allah. Grant this person. Even better. So you say. Ya Allah. Buta so and so. Grant him goodness. Ya Allah. Grant him happiness. Give him sustenance. The angels are saying. Ya Allah. That person as well. Give him goodness. Give him happiness. Give him contentment. Subhan Allah. This is why the biggest test. Is for you to make dua. For others. For others. For others. Subhan Allah. It's a big test. The hadith says it. I told you whatever I'm saying is from Quran and Sunnah. Insha'Allah. The hadith says it. One of the most accepted dua's. Are those dua's made for someone else. Without them knowing that you've even made the dua. That you're even remembering them. Sometimes you can't even. You don't even know the person. Like for example. You traveling. You find a Muslim brother. Riding a bicycle on the side of the highway. Or wherever on the side of the road. You say. Allah. Make this man's life easy. And you carry it on. Wallahi. That could be the opening of all his doors. And if his doors were opened. You think yours are going to remain closed. Allah. There you are. But it needed. The genuine feeling for someone else. This is why. It is Sunnah for us to visit the sick. So many reasons. One of them is to say. Allah. Grant them good health. So. We are not yet sick. But the angels are saying. Allah. Grant this person good health as well. Sometimes we have a sickness in us. That we didn't know about. We will never know. That we had cancer. Because Allah. Eradicated it. Before. We were even tested for it. We will only find out in the after. You know what happened to you. Let's inform you. Allah. It could happen. Sometimes you'd never know. That you. You had a condition. That had you been tested. Upon that condition. You'd have been hospitalized. But because of the. Barakah of these. And the visits to the sick. And the others. Allah has. Granted you. Total cure from that. Allah. Or. Your. Every day. Allah. إني أسألك الصحة والإيفة والأمانة. Or Allah. Grant me good health. Grant me. إيفة. إيفة is a very broad word. It includes protection from immorality. And indecency. And it includes. Protection from wanting the wealth of others. Or needing it. And it includes so much. That is. And إيفة. It has a broad meaning. And أمانة. Love. Grant me that أمانة. يا الله. That أمانة also has a broad meaning. In literal sense. It means the trust. Grant me the ability to be a good Muslim. That's what it includes. Grant me all forms of goodness. Make that dua every day. This is why Rasulullah. God. Used to make du'as. That he never even feared. Or should I say. The. The. Sahaba never feared. That he would. Suffer. From that. But he made du'a. Or Allah. These are Sunna du'as. Or Allah. Protect me from miserliness. He was the most generous. Or Allah. Protect me from. Shaytan. He was protected from Shaytan. Or Allah. Protect me from misguiding other people. Allah. Who's making this du'a. The Prophet. Go through that little booklet of du'a. Called. The Fortress of a Muslim. He will be shocked at the type of du'a. That were made. By the Prophet. And that's only a small booklet. There are volumes. And volumes of du'a. That he made. Then I was saying. We have a blocker. What is another type of a blocker? You make a du'a. But you can't dress properly. You can't. Why? Here we're dressing the women folk. We ask for happiness. Goodness. My child. Needs to sleep at night. But whole day I'm moving around in a miniskirt. Suffer. Allah protect us. That doesn't work. If you have goodness at night for a moment. It's just a test. As I say. Sometimes we don't deserve what we ask for. But Allah through his mercy. He still gives it to us. He says. Don't worry. I'll still give it to you. Allahu Akbar. So we can't dress appropriately. Some of us. We can't leave our bad habits. Talk to the brothers. Some of us swear. Whole day. That's a block. You swear. It's a blocker between you and the du'a you've made. Straight. Your du'a was about to be plugged in. And suddenly there's an insulator coming in the middle. And now what's the point of plugging that thing in? It's not. It won't work. You're pulling the cord out. So no swearing. Bad habits. Then for example. We want to make du'a to Allah. But our sustenance is haram. The hadith speaks about that. That a man calling out to us. يا ربي يا ربي يا ربي يا ربي. وما البسه حرام وما شربه حرام. وهذي بالحرام. فأنا يستجابوا لذلك. The hadith says. A person calling out to us. Oh my God. My God. My God crying tears. You created me. But his clothing is haram. Here we spoke about the covering of the hair. We speak about so many other things. Not only haram as in haram. Earned. But haram worn. We wear chains and big big jewelry when we are men. But that's not allowed for us. Then we say. يا ربي يا ربي. Allah says. Clothing haram. Drinking haram. And he has been. He has been. Fed by haram. غذي بالحرام. غذي. To be fed to the degree. That your body was. Given nutrients through haram. Allah says. فأنا يستجابوا لذلك. How can such a person's. دعاء. Be answered. So this means. Get into the right page. And then. There's another. Issue. That we need to address. And that is known as. A list. يجال في الدعاء. The hadith says. يستجابوا لأحدكم. ما لم يستعجل. All of yours to us. Will be granted. For as long as you do not do. إستعجال. What is the meaning of. إستعجال. إستعجال means to make haste. Now what do we mean by. To make haste. So the. صحابة asked him. مل إستعجال. يا رسول الله. What is. إستعجال. He says. أن يقول. To say. For someone to say. دعو to. دعو to. فلم يستجب. I called out to Allah. I made so much. دعو to Allah. But he hasn't yet answered me. Allah says. That. Is now. Insulting your Creator. That is now insulting your Creator. Why. The reason is. He knows when to give you. What to give you. And whether it is good for you. Or not. He knows it. How dare we say. I called out to Allah. But you know what. He doesn't want to give me. So many people. Say. I'm losing my Eman. You ask them why. Because you know. This problem. For ten years. Well. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. And it's not. You. You know. You're. You. You. You. You're. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. sometimes we don't know and this is a point that we need to drive home you know i've given this example and i want to repeat the same example young man makes a du'ay Allah give me sustenance i need to buy a gti gti Allah i need to buy this vehicle that i need you know we're talking of vehicles close to port Elizabeth don't worry so yeah i need to buy this gti yeah so he continues and continues and mashallah he tries this and he that du'ay is the prime and the pride of his life he forgets about hidayah and guidance and this and that and contentment and you know happy home and what what what what and so on and he makes du'a and Allah knows it's not good for him and he continues making du'a and Allah knows it's not good for him and he continues making the du'a ya Allah this little you know جلوبي that i have here ya Allah i need to change it ya Allah if that's the main name in life you know what ابن القيم الجوزية says in his book الفوائي he says it's a beautiful arabic statement he says من الأفات الخفية العام one of the hidden sicknesses of that are very common أن يكون العبد في نعمة that a worshiper is in such a beautiful situation in a نعمة أن يكون العبد في نعمة أن عم الله بها عليه that الله has blessed a worshiper with so he becomes fed up with that gift and he's asking Allah out of his ignorance to take him out of this gift and to take him to something that he thinks is a gift but he doesn't pick up that what he had was a gift so i'm giving you this example and then ابن القيم الجوزية carries on to say there comes a time when out of Allah's mercy he says okay give my worship of what he wants and as soon as he gets it he says ya Allah take me back to what i had take me back to what i had ya Allah it was better it was better for me but sometimes it can destroy him like i was speaking about this vehicle if Allah knows that you look at the speedometer and you see a 270 280 there and you try to push it up there next thing the tire person you paralyzed for life what happened better you didn't have that gti agreed agreed so that's why when Allah doesn't want it for you and keeps it with the lower spec of a vehicle thank Allah say ya Allah i want it if it's good for me when it doesn't come thank Allah ya Allah i appreciate and i understand it's not good for me that's why you haven't given it to me الحمد لله we fail in the last part we fail in the last part so this is also one of the issues we need to remember another issue we need to realize when we make dua to Allah سبحانه وتعالى الله is in charge الله is in control الله will give us and as i said moments ago we ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى and we ask him for what is good and when we don't get it we appreciate that that wasn't good for us and at the same time we ask الله سبحانه وتعالى we know that we are not allowed to make haste in dua and الله سبحانه وتعالى will give it to us how we want it if it is good for us and if how we want it is not good for us we need to know something else Allah will replace it with what is better that's another way of acceptance so sometimes Allah replaces what you want you ask Allah يا الله I need this imagine if you ask your boss you're working for a company and you say you know what I need an upgrade a vehicle upgrade you know I was driving a polo now I need a carola and the boss comes and gives you a BM keys says right here's the latest BMW how do you feel hey you happy hey I didn't ask for that he says well I think you deserved it that's an example of the dunya so when we ask Allah with sincerity and we don't become greedy in our dua that's another thing don't become greedy يا الله I want goodness all the business that's around you all the people must only come to my place يا الله that's greed if that is the case and everybody must only come to your place in that case what about sustenance for others they also need to live so you say يا الله grant me baraka in my sustenance and yeah الله grant the others baraka in theirs as well what is pure and meant for you will come and if all of them were meant to come they will come but we weren't greedy that's the thing we were you see why you know I was reading about bill gates they say he can live a life now it must have increased this was many years ago he can live a life his own life with double the amount of luxuries he has 650 times he can repeat that life of his from birth to death and he will still have changed right this was a few years ago now it might be more now what does he need that for let's be honest how long is he going to live for let's be frank so the truth is how much do I need a million rands a billion rands okay let's set a figure a billion rands you clock a billion now what do you want الله أكبر the hadith is so correct to say man is so greedy when he has a billion he wants another and he wants another we are not saying it's greed to have 50 billion if الله wants to give it to you he can give you 500 billion no problem the point is greed did you get it through greed or through the father love الله عبد رحمان ابن عوف رضي الله عنه he was one of the most loaded of the صحاوح رضي الله عنه it's not greedy he never said give it to me give it you know if you go back to his history there was a time when he made hijrah he had no he had nothing he started business just like this that day he came back with profit الله بلسته how do we save ourselves from greed by giving giving others giving out in صدقات خيرات شارتي زكات whatever give others don't worry you living your life الله will give you more another thing you will you will get yourself more sustenance by pledging what does what does pledging mean you tell a person look inshallah if i am جرانت life and the ability every month i'd like to give x amount to this cause inshallah you don't have to sign it but you made a true near in order to give those people الله will give you first so that's a means of increasing your sustenance the point i'm trying to raise is when we make dua let's not be so greedy remember others as well and الله will give you as well so we ask الله سبحانه وتعالى as mercy رحمة goodness i think i've spoken of a lot of aspects of dua this evening and i hope and pray that i've enlightened firstly reminded myself enlightened myself about this topic and then benefited all those who are here and those who may benefit from this later on the topic of dua is a beautiful topic we all need to make dua to الله سبحانه وتعالى i have not covered every aspect of this topic there are still so many aspects remaining if we take a look at the dua's of the quran we will be amazed i want to end off by mentioning one quick point let us never make negative dua's what is a negative dua we are very fast making dua of destruction dua of curse dua of this and that no no no no sometimes we deserve curse we're making dua for someone else's curse they don't deserve it الله سبحانه وتعالى رسول الله سبحانه وتعالى and all the prophets they didn't make dua for destruction for a long time a long time when i say a long time i mean they had patience they all had patience نو حليه السلام had patience for 950 years then he raised his hands after that so when you have a problem with a brother or a sister try out a new type of a dua it's new to us but it's not new in the sharia new to us meaning your biggest enemy make dua for his goodness يالله grant him blessings grant him baraka grant him sustenance grant him pious offspring سبحان الله are we ready to do that when you see what happens to you يالله grant him guidance يالله make him make me and him friends imagine are we ready to do that it's difficult isn't it but insha'Allah we are beautiful verses الله says الله is able to create love between you and your biggest enemy because الله is all able and capable and الله is most forgiving most merciful this verse was revealed the time of the صعابة رضي الله عنهم there were certain people who were big enemies of Islam so رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم was being taught and told that you know these people might become your biggest biggest companions the most solid for around you look at خالد ابن الوليد سبحان الله رضي الله عنه look at ابو سوفيان رضي الله عنه look at عمر ابن الخطاب رضي الله عنه what happened a split second after he declared his shahada from being the biggest enemy he was the biggest server of the cause what happened to خالد ابن الوليد he was so worried that he came to the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم he says i'm worried about what i did i killed so many i did this i did that i did this رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم says يا خالد إن الاسلام يجب ما قبل أو خالد اسلام will delete whatever bad has happened in the past gone wiped خالد ابن الوليد pledged that to the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he became a lover of notes رضي الله عنه and so many examples with us as well الله the hearts are in the hands of Allah he creates and friendship may Allah سبحانه وتعالى قرانس good communities solid bond based on dean not based on materialism when we base our bond on materialism it is bound to break the day the materialism lets us down if you know someone and you good to him only because he's you know you and him get on in business one day you won't get on so you'll be bad to him but if you're good to him because he's in the masjid and you are together and you are muslim and and you give each other the lift don't ask too many questions of private life personal life and business and so on some people who are genuine friends والله they don't know what their friends do in business for a long long time because that wasn't the reason that they met nowadays as soon as we meet people brother what's your business what's your life what do you do tell me what happens what's the detail how you earn how come you're driving these posh vehicles what's happening that got nothing to do with me nothing at all maybe i want a finger in the pie allah protect us that's greed again but my brother comes to the masjid i meet him here smile at him greet him and subhanallah you met for the pleasure of allah you departed in the pleasure of allah you get the shade of the arsh of allah subhanahu وتعالى رجولان تحاب في الله اجتمع عليه وتفرق عليه the hadith says those two who have met for the sake of الله they love each other for the sake of الله they meet for the pleasure of allah when they met they were in the pleasure of allah when they left they were in the pleasure of allah subhanahu وتعالى they will be granted the shade of the arsh of allah subhanahu وتعالى on the day of qiam الله granted to us so these are certain factors regarding du'a we must all constantly make du'a as i said positive du'a not negative du'a a lot of times we are guilty of saying يالله دخل that man يالله دخل that man يالله this woman يالله دخل her يالله that one there دخل her يالله break her يالله that one there children يالله fix them up يالله that family يالله break them والله these are du'a's criminalistic du'a's they are not du'a's of a true mu'min with iman in the heart no how nabi صلى الله عليه وسلم never ever made cursing du'a's for other mu'minim oh he didn't not at all and even when they made du'a's against the كفار they made du'a's of goodness اللهم اعز الإسلام بأحد العمارين oh الله grant strength to islam by the acceptance of islam of either abu jahl or عمر ابن الخطاب imagine abu jahl was the george bush of that time yes i'm giving you an example but nabi صلى الله عليه وسلم says يالله give him guidance guide him may Allah guide george bush to deen so that one day he can visit us in pe with a proper كوفيا and a beard it can happen well he don't be don't underestimate the قدرة of Allah the power of Allah i guarantee you islam is the only deen that makes sense in the globe no other deen makes sense doesn't we worship whoever created us others worshiping everyone here and there they worshiping mediums jesus may peace be upon him being worshiped but what guarantee do you have no guarantee that's a topic of its own or on its own this is why they keep us far from the media because they know the moment these muslims get a foot in the media that's it the world will convert and guess what it's a prediction of رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم that people will turn into islam in droves huge numbers no matter what they try every negativity they try positivity will come out on سبحان الله سبتمبر 11 after that so many muslims 7 7 after that so many muslims banning of hijab after that countless muslims women even the muslim women went into hijab and نقاب because Allah gave them guidance banning of the minaras after that how many massage were built how many people started coming to the massage you know that's a point is not on our topic but let me make mention of it people are banning minaras across the globe now they want to start they they already have one pilot project in sudsland and because of you know they were studying its success and failure they're going to modify it and implement it across the globe in many other countries our problem is we want to fight and make you know present demonstrations and arguments about why it's powerful to have a minara and why we must and why it's oppression to and why it's wrong to destroy them where are we in the musjids that's a question we're fighting for a minara yet we've never seen what a musjid looks like we hardly go there besides on a جمع if we lucky we'll arrive before the Imam gets up if we're unlucky sometimes we even miss that so this is the double standard if that's the case we probably won't even have our do us answer may Allah open our doors and grant us every form of goodness i was given a green light to speak for as long as i wanted mashallah the Imam is here the people are here i pray that whatever i have said comes insha'Allah from the heart straight to the heart it was a topic i intended nothing besides the pleasure of Allah by speaking and may Allah be pleased with myself and yourselves forgive me shortcomings and yourselves as well and grant us all jannah اللهم صلى الله عليه وسلم