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The speaker introduces the idea of doing business with Allah and contrasts seeking dunya through deen with the Sahaba’s approach of sacrificing dunya for deen. He then presents the Quranic definition of the true transaction with Allah.
I have a question.Can I have business with Allah?Can I make business with Allah?
I think most of us are doing business with Allah, but the wrong type of business.
All right.
Right?Where you find that most people they want deen to improve their dunya.Right?We we talk about that.He said, "Okay, if you pray and you're close to Allah, you will have barakat."Yes, that's a bonus, but that shouldn't be your main aim.The true tijara, the correct tijara, Allah tells us about it in the Quran.Because we want deen in order to improve our dunya.While sahaba sacrificed dunya in order to achieve their deen.It's a huge difference.Now, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tells us the right type of tijara.He says, "Ya ayyuhallazina amanu, hal adullukum ala tijaratin tunjikum min adhabin alim?"All you who believe, shall I not tell you of a business that will save you from a painful torment?
Jahannam?
Tell us.
"Tu'minuna billahi wa rasulihi wa tujahiduna fi sabilillahi bi amwalikum wa anfusikum.Dhalikum khairun lakum in kuntum ta'lamun."That you believe in Allah and his rasul, and you strive in Allah's path with your money and your time.With your money and yourselves.That is better for you if you only knew.
This section explains the rewards promised for believing, striving, and sacrificing for Allah: forgiveness, Paradise, and victory. The speaker connects these promises to the desire for help and success in difficult times.
What is the result, ya Allah, if we do this?"Yaghfir lakum dhunubakum wa yudkhilkum jannatin tajri min tahtiha al-anhar wa masakina tayyibatan fi jannati Adn.Dhalikal fawzul adhim.Wa ukhra tuhibbunaha, nasrun min Allahi wa fathun qarib.Wa bashshiril mu'minin."What a beautiful setup, where Allah says, "I'll forgive all of your sins, and I'll give you" He begins to describe paradise, jannat and in Adn.And then, but Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala doesn't only stop there.He also tells us about something we like."Wa ukhra tuhibbunaha, nasrun min Allahi fathun min Allahi."Victory from life.Nowadays like with what's happening in Gaza for example, everybody's looking for Nusra and success from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.At the point they want it.At this point.But Allah is telling us how this happens.You want Nusra wa Fathun Qareeb.
The speaker argues that people hesitate to sacrifice because dunya has a higher value in their hearts than deen. He uses the example of a prized car to show how deeply people feel when worldly possessions are threatened, then compares that to the Sahaba’s total sacrifice.
What do you have to do?You have to sacrifice.We're not ready to sacrifice our time and wealth for Allah.You know why?Because unfortunately the value of Deen is not that high in our hearts.
The value of Dunya, money, home, cars, it's much more.
Exactly.Exactly.Think of a G Class, right?Someone wants to go and buy a brand new Mercedes that's a G.It's his dream.And he spends his entire life saving up for it.Finally he has the money for it.He goes and buys the car.He parks it out.He takes his wife to celebrate out for dinner, celebrate the new car.And he's sitting and he's eating with his wife and he has the car parked outside.He's sitting there looking at it all proud of his accomplishment, right?All of a sudden he sees a young kid.He takes out a key and he puts it on the car and he starts keying the body of the car.Imagine yourself in that position after all you've sacrificed.What is he keying?The car or your heart?
Your heart.
Why?Because you've sacrificed everything for that car.So the value of the car is in your
Heart.
Is in your heart.Think it out.What have we sacrificed for Deen?Very little.What did the Sahaba sacrifice for the Deen?
Everything.
Their lives.
Yeah.That's the difference between us and them.That's the switch that needs to happen.
The final part shifts to a personal story about missing prayers because of a busy worldly schedule. It ends with a practical lesson: lock in the five daily prayers first and arrange meetings and work around them.
Minkum man yuridu dunya wa minkum man yuridu akhira.Allah says those of you that are chasing and desire dunya and there's a group of you that are chasing and desire akhira.We need to be from the people of akhira.
Small story I want to add to your speaking.Usama, in the past when I used to miss salahs, I used to look at my day in the morning.I was like, man why did I miss salah?What's the reason that made me miss salah?I used to wake up in the morning.I have so many meetings, work, tasweer, uh visits, uh commercials to do.Salah wasn't the main.
Mhm.
It I I I wanted to pray every time by the end of the day, I look at it, I'm like, man, I missed Dhuhr.I missed Maghrib.I'm at Isha right now.I missed two salahs out of five.This is man, this is This is bad.This is not right.I changed it.Cuz every time I woke up, there's too much dunya in my heart.There's too much dunya inside me.I'll miss salah.Cuz my main purpose is dunya.That's why I'm waking up.I changed it.I'm like, you know what?I I heard something on from a sheikh.He's Well, I think his message was this clear.Wake up in the morning.Have your five salahs locked in with Allah at a certain time.Dhuhr is at Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha.When you wake up, you put all your meetings around your salah, you will not miss a salah.
In your calendar.
In your calendar.