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Fajr Reminders - Mahmood Habib Masjid and Islamic Center

Auto-generated transcript:Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. My dear respected brothers, sisters, elders, I remind myself and you that mankind, all human beings, irrespective of where they are, where they come from, which country they live in, what nationality, what race, what religion, all human beings live a life of anxiety. It's only the level of anxiety which differs, it's only the things that they are anxious about which differs, but they all live a life of anxiety. And who are the saints? Allah Almighty said, Those who believe and are righteous. And what do they have? They have good tidings in this world and in the Hereafter. Allah Almighty said, Do not change. Why? I remind myself and you that the only people who are free from anxiety are the Awliya of Allah. Those special people who Allah Almighty chooses and who Allah Almighty has close to Him. And Allah Almighty said about them, They have no fear and they have no anxiety, they have no sadness. No fear on them, no anxiety. They have no fear. Fear is with respect to the future, what will happen? And sadness and regret is with respect to the past. They do not have fear because they have Tawakkul on Allah SWT. And they have Rida'a Bil Khada. So Alhamdulillah, whatever Allah does, good for me. And I have Tawakkul on Allah. He will only do good. I am an Abduh of Allah. I will do my best to obey Allah SWT, to fulfill the purpose of my creation, which is Ibadah of Allah. He said, I have not created a human for anything other than my worship, so I worship Allah SWT. That is my job. So no fear about the future. And as far as sadness and regret is concerned, yes we make mistakes, yes we commit sins, yes we forget. And for this Allah SWT has said, Tawakkul. Make a step forward. Make a step forward. Look, look how Allah SWT says, He says, Say, O My servants, those who are prophets, witnesses and witnesses of Allah, Say, O My servants, those who have transgressed against their own selves, do not be deceived by Allah's mercy. Allah forgives all sins. He is the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful. See the mercy of Allah. Allah SWT said, He is calling the people who commit sins His slaves. Allah is not saying, Say, O My slaves, who are the Ambiya, the Shuhada, the Salih. No, Allah says, Say to them My slaves, who? Those who disobeyed Me. Those who committed sins, those who transgressed against themselves because nobody can harm Allah. When we commit a sin, we are harming ourselves. Ask yourself, somebody who is a drunkard, who is he harming? Somebody who smokes cigarette after cigarette, who is he harming? Somebody who is gambling, who is he harming? Somebody who is a druggy, who is he harming? Somebody who lies and cheats and slanders and abuses people, who is he harming? Himself, even in this dunya. Even though some of his actions or all actions may harm other people, they first harm the individual. This is the figment of the imagination the shaitan has put into our, may Allah protect us from shaitan. And we think all of this is fun. Dying of cancer is fun. Go look in the hospitals. See how fun it is to die of lung cancer. To lie in a gutter, in your own vomit is fun. But shaitan does not let you see that. Allah is saying, these are my slaves. And the shaitan says, do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Surely Allah will forgive all sins. And surely Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala huwa al ghafurur rahim. He is the most forgiving, the most merciful. So the awliya of Allah have no fear because they have tawakkul. And they have ridha bil khada. And they have no hudan, they have no sadness. They have no fear. They have no fear. They have ridha bil khada. And they have no hudan, they have no sadness. Because they make haste in seeking forgiveness of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Rasulullah s.a.w, the one who is free from sin, the one who Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala forgave the past and the future. The best of the best of all creation. He says, I make istighfar 70 times a day.