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alhamdulillah
alhamd
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beloved brothers and sisters in
Islam firstly we ask Allah subhanahu
waala to grant us the ability to be
conscious of him at all times for indeed
whosoever is conscious of Allah
subhanahu waala will be saved from the
fire of hell and we ask Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala to protect us and our
Offspring from all evil and at the same
time to grant us the acceptance to
engage in everything that he that
pleases him and that he has
ordained brothers and sisters in
Islam many of us try to make sure that
we do many Good Deeds so we would
fulfill our Salah our prayers on a daily
basis we would read much Quran and we
would engage in much remembrance of
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala perhaps we
would give out a lot of Charities and
perhaps we would do many other good
deeds without realizing that Islam is
not only about doing good deeds but
looking after them after having engaged
in them
many people do not realize that it is
very easy to do a good deed but it is
more difficult to keep that good deed
intact in a way that it can be of
benefit to us when we arrive in front of
the almighty on the day of
judgment many people engage in Good
Deeds no sooner have they done the good
deed they have donated it to others
because of actions of their
own to the degree that when they come on
the day of judgment the is no longer
theirs but it now belongs to someone
else given to them in the form of
payment sometimes because of a
wrongdoing against that particular
person this is in fact one of the ways
that we would lose or spoil the Good
Deeds that we have engaged in and this
is why we have been reminded many times
by the messenger sallallah alaihi
wasallam may peace be upon him and may
the blessings be upon all his companions
his entire household and every single
one of us he constantly reminded us to
ensure that we need to know the devil's
plan the plan of the devil from the very
beginning was to waste our time in
existence here in this world and the
devil shaan El the accursed has promised
the almighty from the very beginning
that I will wait in Ambush for mankind
to his left and right in front of him
and behind him in order to to ensure
that he is an ungrateful person who will
not worship you but he will worship
everything besides you and so Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala granted respite to
the devil as a test for mankind and this
is why one of the most important
things for us as human beings to know is
how does the devil come to us what is
his plan if we don't know the plan of
the devil we will definitely ly fall
into his trap if I were to tell you that
there is a scam on the Internet or a
scam near your residence or your
workplace whereby people are robbing
stealing waylaying or harming others it
would be in the best of your interest to
know how they are doing this so that you
can protect yourself and your family
members from being robbed or harmed in
any way so we are foolish not to know
the biggest robber and scammer in
existence who is the devil
and we are foolish not to know his plan
and how he engages in it brothers and
sisters sometimes when we talk about
Association of partnership with Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala
people feel that this topic is very far
from us because how is a Muslim going to
associate partners with Allah subhanahu
wa'ta'ala without realizing that
Association of partnership with Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala is the single
biggest contributor to the spoil in of
your Deeds beloved brothers and sisters
the single biggest contributor to the
waste of all your Deeds oh mind would be
if we Associated a partner with Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala ascribed a partner
with him and don't think that it is
something that will not come to me or to
you may Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala make
us conscious of the fact that there are
so many things that are included in the
issue of Association of partnership with
Allah subh waala and the reason why it
is only correct for us to start with
this point is because it is a point that
angers the almighty to the degree that
he has promised that if a person dies
upon what is known as shik or
Association of partnership with Allah he
has no chance he will not be forgiven by
the
Almighty
Allah will not forgive the one who
Associates partners with him and
obviously this is speaking about a
person who dies in that condition
without repentance but Allah says he may
forgive whomsoever he wishes besides
that in whatever way he
wishes so it is important for us to make
sure that we abstain from any form of
Association of partnership with the
almighty for us to have some sort of
Hope on the day of judgment may Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala grant us Paradise
through his mercy and May the Almighty
forgive our shortcomings may he really
make us not only from those who are
conscious of him but from those who are
conscious of the plot of the devil at
all times like a person moving with an
expensive stone or an expensive diamond
or piece of jewelry or a lot of gold how
would they look around them to to ensure
that no one has an evil eye intending to
usurp that wealth of theirs or that
valuable item of theirs they would look
to their left and to their right
sometimes even innocent people we will
be cautious of them in order for us not
to fall prey to someone usurping
something wealthy or expensive that we
have and for this reason it's important
for us to know
that the religion that we have and the
fact that we are worshiping Allah alone
that is indeed much more valuable than
anything we can put value to May the
Almighty grant us the ability to protect
ourselves to the degree that every
single point and every single movement
of ours we are worried we are concerned
is this an association of partnership
with the almighty and this is why Allah
subhanahu wa'ta'ala speaks to Muhammad
sallallahu alaihi wasallam and tells him
oh Muhammad sallallah alai wasallam and
this is explaining the seriousness of
Association of partners with Allah many
of us when we think of Association of
Partners we think of a stone and an idol
perhaps a tree perhaps a grave and so on
and we think we will never do that
without realizing it goes deeper than
that inshallah in a few moments we will
discuss one or two of the aspects that
sometimes may be overtaking some of us
May the Almighty protect us so Allah
says to Muhammad sallallahu alaihi was
if you are going to associate partners
with Allah oh Muhammad sallallahu alaihi
wasallam and obviously this was
impossible because the one who brought
about the message ofed the one who
brought about the message of the Oneness
of the maker it was impossible for him
to have fallen into the same trap but
this verse is a warning a lesson for us
all to show us that no matter how P how
Pious you may think you are and what
level of spirituality you may feel you
have achieved do not think that you are
a person whom shatan does not come to to
try and spoil your Deeds no Shan will
come to everyone to try and take their
deeds away so Allah says if you
Associated partners with me oh Muhammad
alaihi wasallam you would spoil all your
Deeds they would basically turn over
against you may Allah subhanahu
wa'ta'ala grant us goodness to the
degree that the verse ends saying
that you will be from amongst those who
have lost if you look atan the term loss
here it would be referring to someone
who has done a lot of Deeds but those
deeds are of no benefit imagine a person
who has earned millions and billions and
they have not benefited from it because
something had happened between them and
the spending of that particular wealth
sometimes even death May the Almighty
grant us goodness and this is why we say
brothers and sisters as much as we would
like to earn a healthy living and have a
comfortable luxurious life remember that
is very temporary prepare for the day
you are going to need the palace to live
for eternity and that Palace will not be
able to be bought by the real or the
dollar but it will be able to be bought
by good deeds and non-association of
partnership with the almighty may Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala grant us goodness
Allah Almighty is so independent that he
says I am the most independent from the
partners that are associated when a
person Associates partners with Allah
Almighty he says I don't need that
partner parnership I am totally
independent if someone has Associated me
if someone has Associated a partner with
me in an act of worship I withdraw and I
leave the act of worship for the other
partner Allah abbar that is a powerful
Hadith and it is known as hadithi which
means Allah Almighty is speaking he says
the partnership is such that I don't
need the prophet from here I am
completely
independent
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oh
people indeed you are absolutely
dependent on the almighty and the
almighty is totally independent of you
completely independent he is worth all
praise may Allah subhanahu wa taal make
us from those who praise him not only
with our words but even with our actions
so brothers and sister sisters the
almighty is telling us if you would like
to do a deed and in it you are doing it
for me and for someone else at the same
time I withdraw and I would leave it for
that particular person and this is why
on the day of judgment Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala
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says and on that day they will be called
where are those whom you Associated as
partners with me and the various verses
make it clear that they will not be
responded and those who are associated
as partners will actually disassociate
themselves from the partnership that was
engaged in may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
grant us
goodness sometimes when a person engages
in a good deed and in his heart he would
like to show off he would like to show
someone it is known as this type of show
actually negates the good deed and
results in the dropping or eradication
of the reward of that particular Good
Deed because we are showing it happens
sometimes even in prayer where a person
is rushing in prayer and when another
one happens to pass them they quickly
make their prayer slightly slower or the
posture slightly better that is known as
Association of partnership with Allah
subhanahu wa
taala sometimes when a person is sick
and Ill what happens is they visit the
doctors alhamdulillah that is important
because to do whatever is beneficial for
you in order to achieve what you would
like to achieve is very important but to
feel that it is solely the Doctor Who is
going to cure you and to remove Allah
from the equation is Association of
partnership with Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala we should know that we call out
to the almighty and ask the almighty to
Grant the doctor the ability to do that
which is correct so that we can be
granted Cure by the almighty it is a
technicality which we need to understand
and protect ourselves from Miss
understanding so brothers and sisters
the same applies to wealth and
sustenance if we are to achieve wealth
and sustenance through the Disobedience
of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that is
ingratitude which we will get to in a
few moments but if we are to sell our
faith in order to achieve that which is
material perhaps we may be associating
wealth as a partner with Allah subhanahu
wa'ta'ala
amazingly we talk of Destruction for the
one the one who worships the Dirham and
the din the one who worships gold and
silver they are definitely at Great loss
and they are definitely people who are
at such a loss that even if they were
pricked they would not be able to help
themselves remove that particular Thorn
may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grant us
goodness this is why we see
sometimes people may be granted lots of
wealth but they still cannot help
themselves in terms of health sometimes
no matter how much wealth you have it
does not bring about sleep because the
almighty is the owner of the wealth and
the sleep sometimes the almighty wants
to make it clear to us that he is the
owner of Health as well as wealth as
well as sustenance in terms of blessing
because some people's blessings are
snatched away because of their evil
Deeds May the Almighty grant us
goodness another way of Association of
partnership with the Mighty is when a
person becomes so secularly in their
thinking that they remove the almighty
from the equation what this means Allah
describes in the
Quran
have you seen the one who has considered
his own brain or mind or intellect as a
god besides Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala so
he worships his mind his brain his
intellect and removes the almighty from
the equation Allah says such a person
Allah has sealed their eyes their ears
and their faculties and none can guide
them besides the almighty so do you not
take heed may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
grant us goodness and what we mean here
is when the almighty has revealed a
verse or when Revelation has come down
when the messenger peace be upon him has
clarified something in its authentic
form we need to know yes it is important
for us to try our best to understand
what the almighty is saying and why he
is saying it but there will always be
certain items we may not be able to
understand exactly why they have been
revealed the mere fact that they have
been revealed by the almighty should be
enough for us really to engage in it
take a look at the prophet ibraim Alat
wasam he was instructed to do things
that did not make sense to the human
mind but it made sense to the believing
heart Allah abbar so there is a
difference between the human mind and
brain and the believing heart the heart
of a Believer surrenders to the Almighty
whilst the Mind might have a question or
two of understanding but ultimately
whether we understand it or not when we
know the source of the instruction and
we still surrender to that particular
instruction we then join the ranks of
those who are the friends of the
almighty such as ibraim May Allah's
peace be upon him and may Allah
subhanahu wa'ta'ala grant us a lesson
from his life as well so brothers and
sisters it is important for us to
protect ourselves from all types of
Association of Partners parip with the
almighty because no matter how much
Salah we read no matter how much Quran
we read no matter how many Charities we
have given if we have Associated a
partner with the Almighty we then spoil
our deeds and we have seen the warnings
that were issued even to The Messengers
to say you dare engage in any form of
Association of partnership with me Allah
says may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grant
us
protection the next point that is
important for us to realize is the issue
of innovation where a person feels that
they know better than the messenger may
peace be upon him the messenger peace be
upon him was sent to us in order to
teach us how to worship Allah that was
the reason why he was sent he was sent
to teach us how the almighty wants to be
woried so if anyone comes up with an act
of worship that was not taught by the
messenger peace be upon him he has
directly insulted the
messenger and he has also directly
insulted Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala the
reason is what was the point of sending
a messenger to teach us how to worship
Allah when we think we know better than
him may Allah protect us and sometimes
people get so upset when we tell the
people not to do things which were not
done by the messenger they think perhaps
you Bel you belong to a sect that is
deviant May the Almighty protect us they
there is no deviance in a sect that
calls
towards obeying the instruction of the
messenger and abandoning anything in
terms of Acts of worship that he has not
taught may Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala
grant us goodness the messenger has said
on many occasions I leave with you two
things for as long as you hold fast upon
them you will never be led astray that
is the book of Allah and my traditions
my ways May the Almighty grant us a
beautiful return to the of the messenger
sallallah alai
wasallam brothers and sisters if you
take a look
atah towards the end Allah subhanahu
wa'ta'ala speaks about the biggest
losers those who do lots of deeds and
they think they are doing good deeds but
at the same time they have not followed
the messenger's path and way and this is
why they have
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say oh Muhammad sallallahu alaihi
wasallam tell them should I inform you
of the one who is the greatest of losers
or those who are the greatest of losers
of their deeds people who have spoiled
their deeds completely they are those
whose struggle was always astray they
neither followed the path of the
messenger they did Deeds acts of worship
which were not taught not done by the
messenger may peace be upon him and they
thought that they were doing good
allahar Allah abbar people who would
like to add one R in the r of or the
afternoon prayer they would it would
result in the Nullification of the
entire prayer because we are only
allowed the units which were done by the
messenger may peace be upon him the same
applies to all other acts of worship
beloved brothers and sisters never ever
think that there is a single act of
worship that the messenger forgot to
teach us never ever think that there is
any act of worship that you may engage
in that would be better than what the
messenger has come with and never ever
think that the messenger has not done
the Deeds which were enough for us to
follow so now we need to come up with a
new deed and a new Act of of worship
that would result in the spoiling of
your Deeds may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
grant us
goodness this is why towards the end of
the same Surah Allah
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says whoever is looking forward to the
meeting with the almighty they should
fulfill two main conditions don't you
want to meet the almighty don't you want
to meet your maker don't you want to
meet the one who created you well if you
want to meet him Allah says whoever is
looking forward to the meeting with
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala should make
sure that they have two qualities in
them one is that they do Deeds that were
taught by the messenger alone no extra
deed don't think for a moment that you
will achieve spirituality by doing a
deed that was not done done by the
messenger may peace be upon him if you
would like to know every deed of yours
ask the scholars around you was this
done by the messenger if it was not you
do not need it in your life no matter
where else it came from May the Almighty
grant us Purity you do not need it in
fact it will be a point of your downfall
and mine if we were to engage in Deeds
that were not done by the messenger may
peace be upon him so if you look at the
or the explanation of the
term it means to two Deeds that were
taught by the messenger alone those are
good deeds means that which is good
enough and pure enough for acceptance
and the second condition that you would
require if you want to meet the almighty
and if you are looking forward to
meeting your maker you need to protect
yourself from Association of partners
with Allah Almighty May the Almighty
grant us goodness brothers and sisters
Islam is very easy it is US sometimes
who add the salt and pepper to our
religion in order to try try and
decorate it with Innovation not
realizing Innovation can never decorate
your cake but instead it will make it
unpalatable that which can never be
consumed May the Almighty protect us
from innovation of every
sort thereafter when we oppress our
fellow human beings also our Deeds are
spoiled they are messed to the degree
that there is a Hadith known as the
Hadith of the bankrupt person where the
messenger peace be upon Him asks and I'm
sure we've repeated this many
times do you know who is the one who is
a bankrupt person and the companions
respond saying he is one who does not
have any gold or silver in our terms one
with no cash he's a cashless person and
perhaps he owes people so much so the
messenger says no a true bankrupt person
is he who comes on the day of judgment
with a lot of good deeds next to his
name a lot of Good Deeds for example he
would have Salah he would have lots of
Salah perhaps he might have Salah in the
Masjid with Jama in the first line and
perhaps he might not have missed his TAA
or recitation of the Quran perhaps he
might have engaged in lots of
remembrance of Allah perhaps he might
have given out lots of Charities perhaps
he might have gone for Hajj and he might
have fasted in the month of Ramadan and
he might have engaged in the voluntary
fast now these are all signs of what we
would term a Pious person today my
beloved brothers and sisters piety has
become an item and an issue that people
Gauge by looking at the outward
appearance of an individual not
realizing that the true root of piety is
the heart it begins to show outwardly
correct but not necessarily everyone who
looks outwardly Pious is actually
internally Pious and not everyone who
looks outwardly imp would be
internally the same may Allah subhanahu
wa'ta'ala
grant us the rectification of both the
internal as well as the external so
there would be people who have come with
lots of good deeds many Good Deeds but
when he comes he would have slandered
this one he would have backbitten this
one he would have usurped the wealth of
this one he would have wronged this one
he would have sworn the
other means one who abuses verbally the
others today we abuse those who work for
us we abuse our colleagues we abuse our
children we abuse our spouses we abuse
our parents verbally how dare we do that
when we are looking forward for the day
we meet our maker how do you think it
would be when we present our swear words
in front of the almighty and say Ya
Allah when I was in the world you gave
me one chance and here you are Ya Allah
these are the words I used to use May
the Almighty protect us from the devil
so the Devil comes to us and he makes us
harm someone back bite someone for your
information brothers and sisters
backbiting is so dangerous that today we
are living in an age of backbiting and
people do not understand the meaning of
backbiting because when you say my
brother my sister do not talk about this
person bad because they are not here
they will tell you but what I am saying
is
true that shows the height of ignorance
because the messenger peace be upon him
has explained very clearly that when you
are speaking the truth about someone
else in their absence in a way that they
would not like it if they were present
that is known as backbiting so to speak
a lie is actually worse so if you want
to know what is backbiting brothers and
sisters it is to speak the truth about
someone in their absence in a way that
if they were there they would not like
it May the Almighty forgive us all I
would like to think that perhaps the
bulk of us perhaps myself included
sometimes we need to raise the awareness
within ourselves of these type of words
and statements May the Almighty forgive
us and for your information when you
backbite my brothers and sisters
immediately your Salah is given away
your zaka is given away your good deeds
given away you might be the most Pious
person externally but because you have
harmed someone through backbiting alone
or spreading rumor about them or
slandering slandering would mean Alan to
create a lie about them you would have
given away your Charities and this is
why it's important for us to know that
the almighty has warned us through the
lips of the messenger peace be upon him
regarding every single way that the
Devil Comes To Us in order to snatch our
Deeds away do not let your Deeds be
snatched if you would hold a piece of
gold you would make sure you hold fast
upon it if you were to travel to a
country where they told you be careful
of the handbag snatches perhaps you will
make sure your handbag is well tucked in
in a way that nobody would snatch it why
are our Deeds exposed and we are
allowing everyone to snatch our deeds in
a way that on the day of judgment when
we get there this Hadith continues it
says so this man's Good Deeds go to the
other and the the the rest of the Good
Deeds go to All Those whom he has
oppressed in any way until he is left
with no good deeds but does it stop
there the answer is no so this Pious man
whom we all thought was so religious is
now strapped of all or should I say
stripped of all his Good Deeds because
he has oppressed so many people and then
what happens there are still a line of
people who are waiting for justice
because he has oppressed even more by
eating their wealth by harming them by
spreading rumor about them by doing
whatever it is in terms of usurping
their rights in the world so now the bad
Deeds of those who are waiting the bad
Deeds of the oppressed will now go onto
the record of this man who owes them
because of Oppression so perhaps an
adultery might go into his account
perhaps another sin may go into his
account perhaps the missing of a prayer
might go into his account until he is
taken and thrown and cast into Hellfire
May the Almighty Safeguard us that is by
far one of the most
serious Hadith or traditions of the
Prophet sallallahu alaihi when it comes
to the spoiling of our Good Deeds
brothers and sisters we take it for
granted today we spoil our Good Deeds
with one SMS with one email with one
phone call we spoil our Good Deeds
brother you have your Salah protect it
protect it very dearly and this is why
in the Quran Allah
says whoever comes with a good deed
shall have his Good Deed multiplied
tenfold the reasons some of the muf make
mention of the fact
that to protect a good deed is 10 times
more difficult than to engage in it so
if you engage in a good deed mallah you
deserve a good deed and you deserve the
multiplication if you bring it with you
on the day of judgment may Allah
subhanahu waala help us bring our Deeds
on the day of judgment and may he make
us from those who can protect ourselves
another very important issue that we
need to discuss today when we speak of
spoiling our Deeds is the issue of
ingratitude when we show ungratefulness
to the almighty the term used is Alf and
kuf as you know also refers to disbelief
because when you have shown in gratitude
you have actually disbelieved in the
gifts of the almighty and this is why
Allah
says whosoever disbelieves in belief
whoever disbelieves in faith has
definitely spoiled their Deeds if you
take a look at those who don't have
belief those who don't believe in the
first place Allah speaks about them he
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says we have indeed granted them their
deeds in advance so whilst they were in
this world because they were
disbelievers they might have been
charitable they might have been people
who did lots of good deeds so to speak
but because they disbelieved we gave
them their due whilst they were in the
world in a way that when they got to the
life after death these Deeds were all
stwn all over and they were of no
benefit to them so this is why you find
sometimes the disbelievers are enjoying
this world they have good health they
have lots of wealth perhaps they have
children who are obedient to them
perhaps they have conditions of
non-sufferers May the Almighty make us
from those who appreciate the fact that
we have belief and we are from amongst
the Muslim we are from amongst the
submitters and may he make us submit
there are many verses in the Quran that
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala speaks about
the loss of Deeds that were done if you
look at one of the verses revealed at
the time of the messenger peace be upon
him to raise the voice above the voice
of the messenger to create that which is
disorderly and to be disrespectful to
the messenger peace be on him is
considered an act that will result in
the loss of Good Deeds the spoiling of
Good
Deeds this was one of the verses
revealed at the time where the
companions were instructed not to raise
their voices above the voice of the
messenger sallallah alaihi wasallam and
later on
in Allah
says
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and don't speak to him in a way that you
would speak to one another and obviously
from this we would learn the issue of
respecting the messenger may peace be
upon him when he has made a statement it
is not the same as my statement and
yours we take it it is a spiritual
religious instruction and we will adopt
it and we will do our best to respect
the word not only by putting it above
our heads but by following it some
people think the respect of the Quran is
when you put it in a high place but you
don't need to follow its words Allah
abbar have you seen sometimes in our
homes the Quran has a special place but
it is there we respect it outwardly
alone we see people putting the Quran on
their heads but do they follow it that
is the question true respect of the
Quran and the Sunnah is when you follow
the Quran and the Sunnah may Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala grant us a deep
understanding brothers and sisters
enough hypocrisy from myself and
yourselves of looking at the words as
soon as we see a verse on the floor we
pick it up yes that was a good deed you
picked up the verse because it was
dropped on the floor perhaps in a public
place but did you follow that word maybe
Allah wanted you to pick the word up as
an Evidence against you it told you how
to dress it told told you how to fulfill
your Salah it told you what type of
wealth to eat it told you what to
abstain from it told you to abstain from
adultery we lifted the word we put it up
in a proper niche in the right place but
we never ever adopted it is that respect
is this what we want may Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala not make us from those who
spoil our
Deeds so this is why we say the almighty
has stated whoever raises their voice
above the voice of the messenger perhaps
their deeds may be spoiled without them
realizing brothers and sisters today we
speak mashallah what this would mean is
we should never allow the statement of
one of us to be granted more value than
the statement of the messenger may peace
be upon Him may Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala grant us goodness Allah subhanahu
wa'ta'ala has warned us and at the same
time he has given us good news to say it
is never too late you are breathing you
can change your
life and repent turn to Allah subhanahu
wa'ta'ala oh Believers in order for you
to achieve the mercy of Allah subhanahu
wa'ta'ala