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Talk · al-Sirat al-Mustaqeem | 2024 Ramadan Series, part 6 of 32

Hear And Obey | Al-Sirat Al-Mustaqeem EP.4 | A Journey With Shaykh Alauddin ElBakri

Shaykh Alauddin ElBakri

Transcript

  1. Assalaamu 'Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh
  2. Welcome back to this Ramadan series
  3. As-Sirat al-Mustaqim "The Straight Path"
  4. In this first station that we're talking about the purpose of our lives.
  5. There is a natural sequence.
  6. If you know Allah, you will fall in love with Allah
  7. If you fall in love with Allah, you would want to have a relationship
  8. with Allah.
  9. We call that relationship: Worship between you and Allah.
  10. If you worship Allah, then you realize that you would need
  11. to submit and surrender and obey.
  12. You see, everything in As-Sirat al-Mustaqim "The Straight Path"
  13. stuck in depends on this step
  14. that at the end of the day, when Allah tells you to do something
  15. or not to do something, to engage in something or refrain from something,
  16. if you don't listen and obey, then nothing will work.
  17. And I see that in this journey, meeting many Muslims,
  18. they're wondering why Islam is not working for them
  19. when they actually are not listening to Allah.
  20. Do you know that in The Noble Quran,
  21. over 21 times, Allah gave us a straightforward command.
  22. Obey Allah and obey His messengers.
  23. So many times repeat it in the Quran.
  24. And then Allah SWT told us, Do not be like those who said,
  25. we heard, we listen, but they did not listen.
  26. "Do not be like those who say, “We hear,” but in fact they are not listening"
  27. don't be like those who said we listened, but they did not listen.
  28. You see the word "Listen" in Arabic "Sama'a"
  29. and in English, means to hear something,
  30. to understand it, but also to obey it.
  31. You say to your child: "Listen to me!"
  32. You don't mean you should hear me.
  33. You mean you should obey me.
  34. Now let's explore some of the reasons as why the human,
  35. even the believer, does not sometimes listen to Allah SWT
  36. The first reason is that the human imagines
  37. that whatever he's doing to obey Allah is for the benefit of Allah
  38. and for the sake of Allah, but not for his own benefit and his own sake.
  39. So the human translates in his head: "Oh Allah doesn't need me,
  40. so it's okay,
  41. I will disobey Him now, but later on I will obey Him"
  42. That's one of the whispers of Shaitan "Devil"
  43. The second reason why people don't obey Allah is because they think
  44. whatever else Allah is asking them to do well.
  45. Only pay off in the hereafter.
  46. Not in this world.
  47. When actually, Islam is designed for the human
  48. to benefit him and her in this world, in this existence.
  49. Before we talk about the grave, the Day of Judgment and heaven or hell.
  50. Islam is designed to benefit you here and now.
  51. The third reason why people don't listen to Allah
  52. is because they feel the pressure of the society and the environment,
  53. and they go for that pressure instead of going for the obedience of Allah.
  54. Thinking, that if I buckle under pressure and I do what people want me to do,
  55. people will be there for me when I need them.
  56. But actually, that never happens.
  57. The only one that will be there for you when you need Him is God.
  58. Almighty Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala
  59. The fourth reason that the human doesn't obey Allah is to please
  60. and satisfy himself or herself.
  61. That's what we call getting involved in self-worship.
  62. Allah mentioned that in the Quran.
  63. "Haven't you seen the one who took his own desires as his own God
  64. and he was misled even with knowledge?"
  65. Subhanallah “Glory be to Allah”
  66. So, instead of choosing yourself and to please yourself
  67. because you can't be there for yourself when you lose your health,
  68. when you lose all of your loved ones, when there is someone that you love
  69. that is falling sick, you cannot help them.
  70. But Allah can.
  71. You have to put it deep inside your consciousness
  72. that I am worshiping Allah and I am obeying Allah
  73. for my own instant benefit,
  74. for my own goodness and reward in this world
  75. and in the hereafter. Obeying Allah will pay off.
  76. Obeying Allah will give me eternity
  77. in Jannah "Heaven"
  78. Obeying Allah will bring me the peace, security, calmness,
  79. confidence, and knowing
  80. that if you are on the side of Allah, Allah is on your side,
  81. and if Allah is on your side, who can stand against you?
  82. And if Allah stands against you, because you made him
  83. your enemy with your evil deeds, who can stand with you?
  84. May Allah make us from those who love Him,
  85. know Him, worship Him and obey Him.
  86. Ameen Ya Rabb Alameen

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