 السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته اسم الله الرحنان الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على نبي الرحمة والهدى محمد الأمين وعلى آله وصحب إجمعين one of the first points is determine what you want to change we go can hear about change, what do you want to change I spoke about change in spirituality but the truth is we need to change many other things sometimes and here we are in universities and we speak into an audience of forces here I think it's relevant for me to say even in your studies what do you want to do why are you here, what do you want to achieve, remain focused and work hard to achieve it your parents or someone somewhere down the line is paying in our slam they say big bucks for you to be here or why it's a fact some people work day and night to have their sons and daughters in far off prestigious universities and they having fun there is it fair so we need to know what needs to be changed admit it, write it down, ponder and this is why we have something known as meditation in the sharia some people take it very far and some people ignore it totally I have a balanced approach and what we say is every day consider your deeds we used to say حسيبو أنفسكم طبلا أنتو حسابو وزينوها خبلا أنتو زنو take account of your deeds before they will be taken account of for you and what is going to take account of your deeds then naturally when you are at university if you do not take account of how you are spending your time in the university count the day of exams and what happens we start sweating you know we are all nighters do you know what an all nighter is you don't study and enjoy your life suddenly when exams come we are popping in the building we are having a red ball the red ball doesn't do anything the ball being in there is synthetic that's what makes it a lot to be honest if it was not synthetic we would be saying something else but even with that synthetic touring the problem we have is it no longer has an effect I know young boys here I can see their faces they probably have 12 and since you my shower sorry no offense I am also a shower so the reality is we need to know that that is not good enough we need to take account of our deeds and we need to also weigh our deeds before they will be weighed for us and then we are passed why is this the case if you take account of your own deeds there is always room for improvement and you will be able to to keep away or keep a big regret but when when something is taken account of for you sometimes it might be too late and this is why we say my brothers and sisters very importantly if you would like to learn knowledge if you would like to know if you would like to increase your knowledge you need to quit sin be conscious of Allah Allah will ensure that you know your knowledge will increase you know الشافعي رحمة الله عليه his name was محمد ابن ادريس الشافعي the great Imam of jurisprudence he complained once to one of his mentors known as رحمه الله and he says I complained to ابن الجراح about my memory and شافعي had a powerful memory trust me he had a powerful memory and he is still complaining about someone like myself and yourselves perhaps our memories are weak you know we we can't even memorize a phone number to save our lives may Allah سبحانه و تعالى help us I think it was the case a few years back when we could do that but technology has made us lazy so شافعي with that powerful memory he still complains and he says I complained to ابن الجراح regarding my the memory and he guided me saying quit sin be far away from sin anything sinful stay away from it because knowledge is the Nur that Allah grants those and it does not come together with a person who is sinning may Allah سبحانه و تعالى protect us really and this is why we mentioned yesterday and we are repeating it today one of the best gifts of Allah upon us after our Iman and so on is the fact that we have an opportunity to turn to Allah to make amends we have an opportunity to turn to Allah سبحانه و تعالى to wipe out the bad we've done in the past very easy you admit you regret you ask Allah's forgiveness and you promise not to do it again and it's wiped out that's the promise that Allah سبحانه و تعالى has made but if you have usurped the right of a fellow Muslim or a fellow human being then you need to seek forgiveness from them as well that's the fifth condition when you have wronged a fellow human so if there is a sin committed between you and Allah سبحانه و تعالى for conditions we've made but if you've added an individual say I stole someone's money I can't just say ya Allah I stole these million this million but I ask you to forgive me I won't do it again I regret and I repent and you're still going to enjoy that million and the brothers asking you for the million you need to return it or you need to tell him please forgive me and if he says okay then it's fine if he says no then you've got a problem because you will either sort the matter out in this world or on the day of judgment Allah will choose how the justice will be served so all this we would only know if we took a moment to learn it is reported that when you forget something you say Allah سبحانه و تعالى opens your doors you remember Allah Allah will remind you so when we forget something it is from shaitan when you forget something good is from shaitan so this is why we should constantly try and remember that which is good how to increase your memory cut out everything unnecessary from your life we're not talking of sin sin here is supposed to be out anyway but we're talking of unnecessary some people have a habit of sitting and chit chatting late at night following morning they can't remember how many raka'at in fajr but there's only two they can't remember why because your mind has rewinded all night the beautiful stories you had all night and you're standing now in salah and you just you can't remember too much in your head take out some of that this is why نبي صلى الله عليه وسلم says one of the signs of a good Muslim is that he leaves that which does not concern him it doesn't concern me throw it out today we are at an age where we are bothered about everybody else's life and this is a problem whole sale nobody can say I'm not guilty when we hear a juicy rumor Mashallah it's like we squeezing the lemon الله أكبر مِالله سبحانه وتعالى غرانت us goodness really we need to be bothered about our own lives cut out unnecessary riffraff and see how your memory improves مِالله أفن out those my beloved brothers and sisters it's great to be talking to you and as you know we all have examinations in life different types of examinations and each one has to try very hard as you know in a setup where there is a school or a university at the end of every semester trimester or term you would have some examinations in order to qualify you to get to the next level and as you progress in life the examinations become more and more difficult and you would know that without working we don't achieve we know the common saying من جده وجده whoever works very hard will definitely see the fruit of that particular working so just like we have people who fail because they did not work hard or they did not understand that the examination would become more and more difficult as time passes we also have an issue with the Dean where as we progress in life we will have more and more tests and they become more and more difficult until we meet with Allah سبحانه وتعالى and this is why the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was told وعبد ربك حتى يأتيك اليقين worship your rub until death overtakes you worship your rub until the end right up to the end keep on worshipping continue do not stop do not pause do not lose hope in fact progress and become stronger and stronger if you take a look at some of the other verses of the Quran الله سبحانه وتعالى makes mention of فا إذا فرغ تفنصب وإلا ربك فرغ you know what Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم delivering the message it was not easy and it was difficult he faced so many challenges he continued and he prayed 23 whole years of نبوة and Allah سبحانه وتعالى says when you have سبحان الله سبحان الله you know the achievement that Allah سبحانه وتعالى granted him Allah سبحانه وتعالى will grant each person achievement according to his will obviously but also connected to the effort that that particular person makes if we were to give up suddenly we would never be able to achieve his will obviously we would never be able to achieve even Jannah imagine a person who reads Salah for 70 years and suddenly the last year just before they die they give up their Salah they throw in the blanket and say that's it such a person has been mentioned in the hadith of رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم where a person could be worshiping Allah for so many years and right at the end they turn so they are cast into hellfire and a person could be disobedient for so many years and right at the end they worship الله سبحانه وتعالى and turn back to him so they will be from amongst those who go to paradise so it's important for us to know that to give up you don't know how close you are to the end imagine a person digging a tunnel for example and right when they are near the end they suddenly give up thinking that you know what I don't know how long this is going to carry on for had they carried on for a minute longer they would have broken through so with us we need to continue fulfill your Salah progress develop don't think for a moment that life is going to become any easier the only thing that will happen is with the development of the link with Allah سبحانه وتعالى we become more content we understand the nature of the world we understand the nature of the tests of Allah سبحانه وتعالى so we enjoy going through them in the sense that we are content we are happy with the decree of Allah سبحانه وتعالى so my brothers and sisters not only do I say I work hard to achieve here in the dunya and may Allah bless you and grant you success in these examinations but even in the Akhira we ask Allah to bless you to open your doors to prepare for the Akhira it's not an easy task but with the hope in the mercy of Allah سبحانه وتعالى things will be made easy and at the same time with the constant preparation without giving up hope never ever giving up never say no never just throwing the towel by the will of Allah we will achieve and we will achieve great height وصل الله وسلم وبارك على نبينا محمد