Salam Alaykum, Twins of Faith Conference 2015: The Awakening Day 2 starts now! Ngeee
1.
HOME
SWEET HOME ( ALAA ELSAYED)
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The
word ‘ummah’ comes from ‘um’— mothers are the mothers of the ummah.
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The
person who is most beloved by Allah SWT isn’t the widest man, neither strongest
nor richest man; but those who have taqwa.
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Taqwa
is the root of happy family.
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When
you plant a seed, you need to throw the weed – the same same goes when you want
to have a baby, throw away all the negative things in life – plant the seed
with Islamic principle and love,
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You
must also need halal incomes – then trim the branches and the trenches for you
are the barber.
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An
investment that we can get eventhough we’re dead are:
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Sadaqah.
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Ilmu/
knowledge that has been spread.
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Dua
from righteous children.
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The
garment is meant for us to protect one another not just from the hot or the
cold weather but also from the evil etc.
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The
garment is close to our skin – it means it keep your secrets.
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In
a nutshell, always ask youself, “What’s holding my back?” – and do not
procrastinate.
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Bring
all of your family to the right way to become righteous that it will help the society
and the development of this ummah.
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Allah
SWT says ‘give for what I’ve given you’ by which it means give sadaqah and
charity.
2.
LIFE’S
A ROLLERCOASTER (BILAL ASSAD)
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Shaytan
became jealous when Allah SWT first created Adam AS – jealousy is one of the
rollercoaster in life.
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Jealousy
leads to ignorance, and make us feel superior compared to the others.
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Ignorance
is iblis’s cloak.
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When
we’re angry, we wipe out all the good things not thinking about the
consequences, as long as we fulfil our desires and our nafs.
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JEALOUSY à
PRIDEFULNESS à
REVENGE.
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Be
careful of the shaytan and beware of both jin shaytan and ‘human shaytan’.
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To
have a great rollercoaster ride, you also need to have the right company in
life.
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Shaytan
comes to you from the back. The front and from the far distance of both sides
that is our left and right.
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Shaytan comes to us from the back is when we don’t realize we’re doing
something wrong/ we’re committing a sin.
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Shaytan comes from the far distance of
both our left and right
– because of the angels, it means that Allah SWT still protects us somehow.
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Iblis doesn’t come from above or
beneath us – because Allah SWT doesn’t let any obstacles between His creation
and Him. You see, like when we make dua, Allah SWT doesn’t allow shaytan to
intercept your relationship with Allah SWT, SubhanAllah J
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Imaan
is like flying in an aeroplane, the higher you go, the smallest the world will
look like.
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The
same goes when we have imaan, we know how small the world is compared to the
big and everlasting Hereafter.
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All
of us sin repetively, again and again, so don’t expect that Allah SWT expects
us to be perfect. In fact, Rasulullah SAW saya that ‘the best among the sinners are the ones who constantly repent.’
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Taubah
literally means – return.
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Your
iman can sometimes be soaring high and sometimes, it can be very, very, low.
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We
have stories of mukminin, that committed zina, stole and oppressed but they
regretted it, they repented and they did double of the good deeds.
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Imaan
– means to feel a strong relationship with Allah SWT.
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Subhanak
means – how perfect you are, Allah.
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When
you realize that your imaan is soaring high, RUN! Do righteous deeds as quickly as you can and as much as you
can.
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Some
people feel so guilty when they commit any sins that they don’t think they
deserve to feel anything about Allah SWT – that my friend, is an amazing way of
thinking but also stupid and it is also a trick of shaytans.
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When
you realize your imaan is very low, never
ever leave your fardhu duty – because Allah SWT says that He does not love
anything more than His slaves doing compulsory duties.
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Allah
SWT is the closest one to you, even closer to you than your parents.
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Don’t
run away from Allah SWT when you realize your life isn’t as good as you might
think it will be.
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You’re
afraid of Allah SWT but you run to Allah? – because we have taqwa and we’re
afraid of losing Allah SWT, we’re actually afraid of losing the love of Allah
for us.
3.
ATTEND,
ACQUIRE, ACCOMPLISH (ABDURRAHMAN MURAD)
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We’re
so tie in to the internet that we actually forgot the importance of it.
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Learn
something by heart for one day if everything like the internet goes offline, we
can still know or have the knowledge especially knowledge about our religion.
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Rasulullah
SAW says ‘Islam will fade away from the lives of Muslim – the condition would
become a lot worse that no one would know about the prayers, sadaqah, the book
of Allah or even Hajj’ – it is just a matter of time now.
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Those
who learned and keep the knowledge in their memory are but the successful ones,
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Towards
the end of the time, ignorance will be the norm of the society.
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The
reality of today – we ask about religion to those who look religious but the
truth is they’re far from being knowledgeable.
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Ask
for proof of some statements or behind them like evidence – dalil, hadith etc.
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Types
of ignorance are: the basic one and the compound ignorance
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The
basic ignorance is when we don’t know the basic things and we try to know it by
asking others.
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The
compound ignorance is when we think we know everything but truth is we don’t and
we try to make up stories and our own facts.
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The
worst fitnah is the fitnah of Dajjal.
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Lack of knowledge and ignorance will
lead us to become the follower of Dajjal.
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The
beautiful thing about knowledge is that it is an act of worshipping Allah SWT.
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When
we learn, learn for the sake of Allah – and with that we will memorize it
easier and we will apply it more in our lives.
4.
PROPHETIC
GUIDANCE (WASIM KEMPSON)
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Muslims
need to review and redefine themselves.
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Do
not become like the wind – if it goes north, we go north and if it goes south,
we go south, do not just go with the flow.
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Don’t
become a ‘nobody’ in our society by which doesn’t stand up for anything.
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Our
final destination is Jannah, we Muslims work for the akhirah so do not sell something cheap in the akhirah
for the sake of Dunya.
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The
prophets who were sent for us were supposed to teach and we should follow their
path, not worship them.
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Islam
wants a balanced life for us – you don’t need to stay awake to pray all nights,
to fast every day nor not getting married because you’re afraid of getting busy
or you’ll get distracted from worshipping Allah SWT.
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Allah
SWT tells us to be in the right path, that us the middle path; not the
extremists’.
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The more you neglect the sunnah, the
more you will fall into the misguided ones.
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Some
of the remedies:
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Reinforce/
educate people about the basic teachings of the Quran and the sunnah.
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Revive
the role of the scholars and the ones who have knowledge about Islam.
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Engage
with our youth and explain to them the true teachings of Islam – do not allow
them to see/watch extreme opinions as they have easy access to see/watch it
through the palm of their hands.
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Be
awake and start practicing Islam correctly.
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Engage
with the people who are extremists, scholarly – engage them with knowledge and
not by emotions.
5.
ONE
UMMAH (YAHYA IBRAHIM)
·
Muhammad
SAW is the founder of our ummah.
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We
have been the best ummah in all mankind.
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On
the Day of Judgement, all the ummah of Musa, Isa etc will beg to be in the
ummah of Muhammad SAW because of the specialties we have.
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Live the sunnah, the tradition of
Rasulullah SAW not just by words but also by actions.
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The
sunnah is always comfort, the sunnah is but Rasulullah SAW.
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Learn.
It is an obligation upon every man and woman on the face of the Earth.
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How
can we face Allah when we don’t know anything about Him? Learn about Him, learn about Allah SWT the Sustainer, The Almighty.
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Your
studies – medicine, engineering and etc can lead you to Allah SWT as long as you
do it for the sake of Allah SWT.
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Quran
is literally not for everyone, but Quran has no doubt for those who have taqwa.
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Ihsan
– worship Allah as if you can see Him.
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Connect with others as that’s what Rasulullah SAW did, he
connected with the ummah like the Muhajirin, the Ansar and the list goes on.
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Rasulullah
SAW also ate with both the wealthy and the poor ones.
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subhanAllahiwabihamdi – two words that are light on the
toungue and heavy on the scale of Mizan, that in decision will lead you to
Jannah.
6.
WAKE
UP! (WAHAJ TARIN)
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It
is He who gave you life to see how many deeds you do – tested with fear, anger
as the whole life is a test.
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And
the test ends with a death.
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Running
away won’t stop you from death.
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Each
and every single one of us will end our journey with death – then we’ll meet
our Maker, our King Allah SWT.
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The
hellfire is so hot that you will literally evaporate in there.
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Jannah
is and was made as a reward.
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There
will be rivers with honey and milk for us in Jannah – perfume will come out of
the land of Jannah.
7.
Q
& A (WITH ALAA ELSAYED)
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The visa to Jannah is ‘Lailahaillallah Waasyhaduanna Muhammadar
Rasulullah.’
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When
you do good deeds, it gets doubled by 1000 times but when you commit a sin, it
will only be accounted by one as punishment.
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How
to memorize Quran easily – read and repeat 10 times, understood it and implement
it.
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If
you stop or start doing something for the sake of the people, then there’s no
sincere in it.
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Act
as if there are no other people in the world, just you and Him.
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How
to teach ourselves to be sincere to Allah? – Do qiamullail, the 2 rakaah prayer
on the midnight when there’s no one around, that is how you teach yourself to be
sincere.
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When
you have knowledge, share it gradually.
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First
thing to share knowledge with others is by implementing it to us first, be an
example for others to follow.
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If
you’re a Non-Muslim and you live in an Islamic lifestyle, the only thing you
have to do is to recite the syahadah.
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Taubah:
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Stop doing/ committing the sin.
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Pray to Allah SWT.
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Have intentions to never repeat the
sin again.
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Give back the rights or say sorry to
people that you’ve hurt.
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The
world is full of maghfirah and forgiveness, as long as we pray to Allah and
keep repenting.
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Keep
in mind that before you commit any sins:
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Act
as if He can see you.
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Ask
yourself, is this temporary pleasure that is better or the eternal pleasure in
the hereafter?
8.
THE
GRAVE AWAKENINGS (TAWFIQUE CHOWDURRY)
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Allah
SWT created us not just for us to worship Him, but also for us to be with Him
in the everlasting Jannah.
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Every
single good things require hardwork – ‘suffer
now and live your life as a champion.’ – Muhammad Ali
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If
we don’t think like a champion, like a winner, Allah SWT will disgrace us.
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Everything you do in life will has
sourness and sweetness
– it has difficulties and we finally reach the happiness when we already
realize the benefits of it and also when we meet Allah SWT.
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Rasulullah
SAW says: A life of a believer is like a prison.
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You
are important in this ummah, this ummah indeed needs good men and also good
women.
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The
world, especially the west will not lose anything with the downfalls of the Muslims,
the only thing they will lose is our food, haha.
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Don’t be fooled by what’s in front of
you!
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Learn the leadership of Prophet
Muhammad SAW who had
1.7 billion followers even after his death.
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Mostly
in Malaysia people lets others do the things that we are actually supposed to
do – and then we keep complaining and complaining not knowing we’ve left our
duty as a citizen of this country.
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The
Non-Muslims are way wealthier and with that they can send their children to
school, get a good job and they literally run 60% of our country’s economy – so would it be the perfect time of us
Muslims to wake up and start doing something for the ummah? Wake up, be wealthy
and be strong!
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This
ummah needs a different people now because we all demand a lot of things.
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Allah
SWT will punish us for being too convenient with our food, our house, our
property – not thinking or even concerning about the ummah especially the needy
ones.
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Be more educated, more wealthy and
stronger – then you
can help change the ummah and earn a bigger place in Jannah in shaa Allah.
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We
have to be smart and always think about how to multiply our deens.
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Focus on the big thing that will help
the ummah, do not
waste your time doing filthy little things!
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AWAKE THE GIANT, THE HERO IN YOU!
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In
a nutshell. We Muslims must:
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HAVE A BIG DREAM/BIG GOAL FOR THE
UMMAH.
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DO SOMETHING CRAZY OR SOMETHING
AMAZING THAT WILL AMAZE ALLAH SWT.
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LEARN HOW TO BE A GOOD LEADER AND
LEARN HOW TO INFLUENCE OTHERS.
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BECOME WEALTHY AND STRONG.
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GIVE UP THE SILLY THINGS IN LIFE, THE
UNUSEFUL THINGS IN LIFE THAT WILL NOT HELP THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS UMMAH.
Indeed, it is the time for us to wake up and be real. The ummah needs us. Think, what do we represent in this ummah. Have we done anything to help the ummah or, do we make it even worse?
I pray to Allah SWT to bless all of you, the ones who are reading this and may you will earn a place in Jannah one day, jazakumullahu khyrani for reading brothers and sisters =)
Salam Alaykum.
