Ali Dawah - July 19, 2017


5 STEPS TO OVERCOME EVIL THOUGHTS (WASWASA)


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In this video, we talk about the problem of evil thoughts and how to deal with them. We also share some information from the companions on how they dealt with this problem and how the Prophet and his companions dealt with it.

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00:00:00.000 Asalaamu Alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh brothers and sisters and dear friends, hope you guys are doing well, welcome to this video inshaAllah.
00:00:29.000 On this video we're going to be discussing evil thoughts and what's what's up. A lot of us suffers from this, even myself, whoever it may be, the biggest scholar, the biggest da'i, the companions, everybody suffers from this.
00:00:42.280 Now we need to know how to deal with this because this is a problem which can psychologically affect you and if it's psychologically affect you it can have a physical effect on your whole body and your whole way of thinking and it can put you into depression.
00:00:53.320 And that's why this is something I thought is very very important for us to tackle. So I've got five steps for you. With this five steps we're going to acknowledge and diagnose the problem, where it's coming from, share some information from the companions, did the companions go through this?
00:01:07.760 How did the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala give the cure for this? 0.85
00:01:13.040 Etc.
00:01:13.320 Now there's a variety of issues. Like for example you will get individuals who will have doubts in the religion. For example the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said the shaytan will come and say to you who created the heavens and the earth?
00:01:26.600 You say Allah. You created the sun? You say Allah. You created the stars? You say Allah. Then he will come to you and say well then who created Allah?
00:01:33.400 Allah. So this is how shaytan works. He has a step-by-step thing to lead you to destruction. Now this question we answer it on a daily basis when we're given dawah. It's a whole new topic you can watch our videos. 1.00
00:01:45.000 However this is one kind of waswasa and evil thoughts that the shaytan gives you. The other can be regarding your prayer, your salah, your ibadah. 0.98
00:01:52.320 So for example when you're praying your salah you might think to yourself you know did I pray? Did Allah accept it? Was my intentions right?
00:01:59.520 This is a real common phenomenon that a lot of people go through. Some people go and do and then they try it for half an hour because they're thinking oh I missed that part of the elbow.
00:02:07.100 Oh I missed this much. I missed this much. So they go into this thought in this kind of thinking and the more you feed it the more it gets worse.
00:02:15.500 Then you forget that. Now you get the shaytan might come and try to give you waswasa with fear. 1.00
00:02:22.960 Oh you know what if this person dies or look what's happening in Syria or look what's happening in this country and look what's happening to the Muslims.
00:02:29.500 This that. If Allah existed why would these evil things happen? Or for example scare you with death. 1.00
00:02:35.800 So variety of stuff. Waswasa comes in different shapes and different forms. It might be with your risk. For example your provision.
00:02:41.800 We're not giving in charity. Hey don't give in charity. You know etc etc. So this is and there's more that I can't think of maybe different people go through in different ways.
00:02:50.620 We now can diagnose that and say okay look this is the symptoms. This is the symptoms of it.
00:02:55.420 Now this is the first part. The second part is
00:02:58.000 Who is this coming from?
00:03:03.440 Now this is really simple. Some of you guys might think obviously you know can it be from shaytan but no.
00:03:08.700 Sometimes shaytan tricks you and think this is from Allah.
00:03:10.840 You know Allah sending you a warning. You know. So you need to ask yourself a question.
00:03:15.000 Can this be from Allah? These evil thoughts and negative thoughts and waswasa. 1.00
00:03:19.680 Can this be from Allah? No. Can't be from Allah.
00:03:22.660 Can this be from the angels?
00:03:24.940 Nope. Why would it be from the angels? Why would angels put such things in your head?
00:03:29.300 Obviously it's from the shaytan. 0.98
00:03:31.280 Yeah. So we need to acknowledge
00:03:34.000 who, what are the symptoms
00:03:36.360 and who
00:03:37.780 is the culprit.
00:03:39.440 The culprit is shaytan.
00:03:40.460 Shaytan took an oath by Allah's name 0.95
00:03:42.440 that he will misguide the humankind.
00:03:45.760 The son of Adam.
00:03:47.020 So
00:03:47.260 the shaytan said I will come from the front and back.
00:03:50.660 Left, left and right.
00:03:52.600 So he's an opened enemy.
00:03:54.760 He's declared war with you and me.
00:03:56.880 So we need to acknowledge
00:03:58.400 that and know our enemy.
00:04:00.720 Yeah.
00:04:01.340 And know what it comes with.
00:04:04.000 Now
00:04:06.340 a lot of people when they go through this waswasa and depression
00:04:08.620 whatever it may be
00:04:09.320 sometimes we go into this mentality of thinking
00:04:11.800 you know what
00:04:13.060 it's
00:04:13.940 just me.
00:04:15.920 You know
00:04:16.180 I'm
00:04:17.140 I'm
00:04:17.540 I'm just going through this.
00:04:19.080 You know
00:04:19.320 but when you do some research
00:04:21.020 obviously Allah mentioned in the Quran as well
00:04:22.640 when the Prophet ï·º was certainly
00:04:23.640 sometimes distressed with certain matters
00:04:25.660 and Allah would comfort him and say
00:04:27.760 look
00:04:28.020 the previous Prophets went through this.
00:04:31.660 Don't
00:04:31.980 make it
00:04:33.080 don't let it get to you.
00:04:33.940 This is regarding a different issue.
00:04:35.700 But what we're trying to say here is
00:04:36.740 the companions
00:04:38.240 the best of mankind to walk the earth
00:04:39.920 went through this.
00:04:41.420 Now for example
00:04:42.080 let me share some
00:04:42.800 um
00:04:44.400 narrations with you guys.
00:04:46.500 It is narrated by Abu Huraira
00:04:47.860 may Allah be peace with him
00:04:48.700 some of the companions of the messenger of Allah
00:04:50.220 peace and bliss of Allah be upon him
00:04:51.680 came to the Prophet 0.95
00:04:52.580 and said to him
00:04:53.680 we find in ourselves
00:04:55.320 thoughts that are terrible to speak of.
00:04:57.620 He said
00:04:58.040 are you really
00:04:58.740 the Prophet ï·º said
00:04:59.380 are you really suffering from that?
00:05:00.560 they said yes
00:05:01.900 he said
00:05:02.580 that is a clear sign of faith.
00:05:04.520 Now this is a hope for us
00:05:05.820 because
00:05:06.220 it shows the Prophet ï·º
00:05:07.820 is saying
00:05:08.920 this is a clear sign of faith.
00:05:11.020 You know
00:05:11.200 now
00:05:12.120 another thing I want to share with you guys
00:05:13.720 it was narrated from
00:05:15.200 Ibn Abbas
00:05:15.800 may Allah be pleased with him
00:05:16.740 pleased with them
00:05:18.020 both
00:05:18.640 that a man came to the Prophet
00:05:20.340 peace and bliss of Allah be upon him
00:05:21.660 and said
00:05:22.120 I think thoughts to myself
00:05:23.780 which I would rather be burnt to a cinder
00:05:25.940 than speak of them
00:05:27.100 and in another version
00:05:27.780 another companion said
00:05:29.200 I would rather fall from the sky
00:05:30.760 than have these thoughts
00:05:32.000 about Allah and his messenger.
00:05:33.520 The Prophet peace be upon him said
00:05:34.780 praise be to Allah
00:05:36.700 who has reduced
00:05:38.020 all his shaitans 0.98
00:05:40.880 plots to a mere whisper.
00:05:42.760 Now what this means is
00:05:43.940 that
00:05:44.580 the Prophet of Allah
00:05:46.080 is giving glad tidings
00:05:47.480 for the one
00:05:48.080 who is suffering from
00:05:49.140 it can be severe
00:05:50.340 but we all suffer from
00:05:51.300 but you know
00:05:52.040 maybe the severe ones
00:05:52.940 that glad tidings to you
00:05:54.880 that the fact that you
00:05:55.860 maybe you're an individual
00:05:57.040 who prays
00:05:57.700 does the farsalah
00:05:58.520 gives in charity
00:05:59.720 helps individuals
00:06:00.820 helps his brothers and sisters in need
00:06:02.440 abstains from major sins
00:06:03.780 does more acts
00:06:04.820 so
00:06:05.340 for you
00:06:06.300 it's that glad tidings
00:06:07.220 because it's like
00:06:07.800 look you've closed the doors
00:06:08.980 to sin
00:06:09.920 and you're practicing your religion
00:06:11.460 and shaitan is looking and thinking
00:06:13.280 man I can't attack this guy
00:06:14.480 with zina
00:06:14.900 or this sister
00:06:16.180 I can't get him to do riba
00:06:18.020 I can't get him to steal
00:06:20.220 I can't get him to do this
00:06:21.420 or cheat
00:06:21.820 or da da da
00:06:22.240 and his
00:06:23.380 mere
00:06:24.040 the only thing that he's got left
00:06:25.520 and the Prophet of Allah is saying
00:06:26.580 glad tidings to you
00:06:27.840 is that the Prophet
00:06:28.780 is that the shaitan
00:06:30.040 has got the wasa wasa left
00:06:31.380 he's like
00:06:31.940 the only thing I can do
00:06:32.660 is wasa wasa
00:06:33.080 so it shows us
00:06:34.280 the best of mankind
00:06:35.120 went through it
00:06:35.580 so you're not alone
00:06:36.260 you need to acknowledge
00:06:36.900 now
00:06:37.760 we know
00:06:38.760 that
00:06:39.480 we all suffer from it
00:06:40.760 the companions suffer from it
00:06:41.840 so now
00:06:45.720 it's about
00:06:46.160 how do we deal with it
00:06:47.540 what did Allah
00:06:48.840 and his messenger
00:06:49.660 give us
00:06:50.900 in ways
00:06:51.940 of dealing with this
00:06:52.940 now the scholars say
00:06:54.320 there is two things
00:06:55.600 that you need to do
00:06:56.480 now brothers and sisters
00:06:57.500 anytime you get this evil force
00:06:59.420 in your head
00:06:59.820 you need to make it
00:07:01.620 a habit for yourself
00:07:02.700 and this is
00:07:03.700 alhamdulillah
00:07:04.160 a form of dhikr 0.91
00:07:05.120 for you as well
00:07:05.760 inshaAllah
00:07:06.260 you'll get rewarded
00:07:06.900 every single time
00:07:09.180 when you are sat here
00:07:10.840 for example
00:07:11.240 I'm sat here
00:07:11.840 and the shaitan comes
00:07:12.800 and whispers
00:07:13.200 and says
00:07:14.540 oh Ali
00:07:15.080 you're doing this for fame
00:07:16.580 this is what you're doing it for
00:07:18.000 if it wasn't for that
00:07:18.840 you wouldn't do it
00:07:19.600 oh Ali
00:07:20.080 you're doing it for that
00:07:20.780 what is the first thing
00:07:22.560 that we are ordered to do
00:07:23.520 by the Prophet
00:07:23.900 is
00:07:24.560 we say
00:07:25.460 and we turn to our left side
00:07:30.240 and then we spit
00:07:31.400 three times
00:07:32.020 now this doesn't mean
00:07:32.780 literal spit
00:07:34.000 yeah
00:07:34.400 we do
00:07:35.180 yes
00:07:37.380 gently
00:07:38.840 okay
00:07:39.200 don't be spitting
00:07:40.340 like big phlegm
00:07:42.160 you know
00:07:42.520 and you're going to end up
00:07:43.960 spitting on your wife 0.99
00:07:44.860 if she's on your left 1.00
00:07:45.680 or whatever
00:07:46.020 you know what I'm saying
00:07:47.080 she's shaitan
00:07:47.640 calm down
00:07:48.640 nobody's saying that
00:07:49.340 and sisters
00:07:50.020 obviously
00:07:50.420 it's the same
00:07:51.100 cure for you guys
00:07:53.080 you say that
00:07:54.280 so then
00:07:54.840 anytime this happens
00:07:56.080 wherever you are
00:07:57.260 even if this means
00:07:58.460 100 times a day
00:08:00.220 you do this
00:08:01.100 100 times a day
00:08:01.900 you say
00:08:03.360 seek refuge in Allah
00:08:07.380 this is the first thing
00:08:08.820 yeah
00:08:09.180 so what you're doing
00:08:09.740 is now you're fighting back
00:08:10.880 the second thing is
00:08:12.740 any of those thoughts
00:08:14.440 do not entertain it
00:08:16.000 don't treat it like a flower
00:08:17.460 where you give water
00:08:18.260 and it grows
00:08:18.860 and grows
00:08:19.360 and grows
00:08:19.860 and grows
00:08:20.280 to a big tree
00:08:21.040 where you have a problem now
00:08:22.440 so what you do is
00:08:23.660 you totally cut it
00:08:25.500 ignore it
00:08:26.540 any kind of evil thoughts
00:08:27.860 like for example
00:08:28.440 this person is going to die
00:08:30.200 in your family 0.94
00:08:30.600 ignore
00:08:33.760 ignore
00:08:34.720 same procedure
00:08:36.120 these are the two things
00:08:37.540 that you need to do
00:08:38.580 and
00:08:39.620 inshallah
00:08:40.180 you will
00:08:41.140 get rid of that
00:08:42.180 now another thing
00:08:48.020 the prophet
00:08:48.300 did
00:08:48.700 and it's narrated by
00:08:49.760 Aisha
00:08:50.200 may Allah have mercy on her
00:08:51.640 that
00:08:52.340 she narrated
00:08:53.100 whenever Allah's apostle 0.94
00:08:55.380 peace be upon him
00:08:57.700 went to bed every night
00:08:59.160 he used to cup his hands together
00:09:01.100 yeah
00:09:01.920 cup them together
00:09:02.760 and blow over it 0.91
00:09:04.240 after reciting
00:09:04.920 Surah Ikhlas
00:09:06.220 Surah Falaq
00:09:07.180 and Surah Nas
00:09:07.920 and then rub his hands
00:09:09.280 over whatever parts
00:09:10.260 of his body
00:09:11.100 he was able to rub
00:09:12.440 starting with his head
00:09:13.720 face
00:09:14.320 and front of his body
00:09:15.560 he used to do that
00:09:16.280 three times
00:09:16.980 narrated by Sahih Al-Bukhari
00:09:18.540 books
00:09:19.380 book of virtue
00:09:20.280 now
00:09:20.760 what that means
00:09:21.800 brothers and sisters
00:09:22.300 is
00:09:22.720 put your hands together
00:09:24.220 yeah
00:09:24.440 you recite
00:09:25.460 Surah Ikhlas
00:09:26.460 yeah
00:09:26.960 Surah Falaq
00:09:27.780 and Surah Nas
00:09:28.360 once you have done that
00:09:30.120 yeah
00:09:30.460 and it doesn't have to be
00:09:31.660 if I'm not mistaken
00:09:32.260 it doesn't have to be out loud
00:09:32.980 once you've done that
00:09:34.100 you do
00:09:34.480 you blow through
00:09:36.480 three times
00:09:37.140 and
00:09:37.980 you wipe over your face
00:09:40.080 yeah
00:09:40.940 arms
00:09:42.240 your body
00:09:43.580 all the way down
00:09:44.760 to your feet
00:09:45.560 the prophet
00:09:47.100 will do that
00:09:48.060 before
00:09:48.940 going
00:09:49.820 to bed
00:09:50.620 every night
00:09:51.240 and it will protect you
00:09:52.540 from any kind of
00:09:54.200 any kind of
00:09:57.020 evilness
00:09:57.700 yeah
00:09:57.900 because if we look at
00:09:58.720 Surah Ikhlas
00:09:59.500 I mean
00:10:00.120 if we look at
00:10:00.560 Surah Falaq
00:10:01.200 and Surah Nas
00:10:02.560 we will see
00:10:03.580 what the dua is about
00:10:04.460 let's read it for ourselves
00:10:05.600 together
00:10:05.900 yeah
00:10:06.100 I seek refuge in the Lord
00:10:11.800 of daybreak
00:10:12.620 from the evil
00:10:14.460 of that which he
00:10:15.420 created
00:10:16.220 and from the evil
00:10:17.940 of darkness
00:10:18.560 when it settles
00:10:19.420 and from the evil
00:10:20.840 of the blowers
00:10:21.460 in knots
00:10:22.040 yeah
00:10:22.600 magicians
00:10:23.400 who are involved
00:10:25.480 in magic
00:10:25.840 and from the evil
00:10:27.400 of an envier
00:10:28.900 when he envies
00:10:29.880 a lot of us
00:10:31.380 sadly
00:10:31.640 when we're out
00:10:32.160 and about
00:10:32.480 we always show off
00:10:33.460 our car
00:10:34.380 our partners
00:10:36.060 our clothes
00:10:37.240 our house
00:10:38.280 our this
00:10:38.940 and that
00:10:39.340 and there's people
00:10:39.840 that envy
00:10:40.380 so it's about
00:10:41.440 asking protection
00:10:42.400 from that
00:10:43.540 now going to the next
00:10:45.140 Surah
00:10:45.720 Surah Nas
00:10:46.620 and this one says
00:10:47.700 say I seek refuge
00:10:49.040 in the Lord of Mankind
00:10:50.180 the Sovereign of Mankind
00:10:52.160 the God of Mankind
00:10:53.800 from the evil
00:10:55.180 of the retreating
00:10:56.920 whisperer
00:10:57.720 yes
00:10:58.020 who whispers evil
00:10:59.780 into the breast 0.92
00:11:00.340 of Mankind
00:11:00.860 yes
00:11:01.700 you were talking
00:11:02.100 about here
00:11:02.360 Shaitan
00:11:02.860 you know
00:11:03.620 and from
00:11:04.880 among the Jinn 0.99
00:11:06.300 and Mankind
00:11:06.760 yeah
00:11:07.480 so you're asking
00:11:08.580 protection
00:11:09.600 from
00:11:10.460 these evil things
00:11:12.260 yes
00:11:13.040 and obviously
00:11:14.780 Surah
00:11:15.220 Ikhlas is 0.97
00:11:16.160 say he is Allah 0.91
00:11:17.320 who is one
00:11:18.100 Allah the eternal
00:11:19.320 the refuge
00:11:19.960 he neither begets
00:11:21.120 nor is he begotten
00:11:22.000 nor is there anything
00:11:23.520 equivalent to him
00:11:24.880 anything like him
00:11:25.680 yes
00:11:26.060 so
00:11:26.800 once you read
00:11:27.920 his brothers and sisters
00:11:28.640 inshallah
00:11:29.200 with the permission
00:11:29.660 of Allah
00:11:29.920 you'll be protected
00:11:30.860 and the reminder
00:11:31.620 that I want to give you guys
00:11:32.340 brothers and sisters
00:11:32.840 is remember Allah
00:11:34.280 as much as you can
00:11:35.160 wherever you are
00:11:36.280 for example
00:11:37.140 if you're out and about
00:11:37.940 getting a haircut
00:11:38.600 on the bus
00:11:39.320 walking
00:11:40.040 jogging
00:11:40.740 training
00:11:41.360 whatever it may be
00:11:42.560 is it really hard
00:11:43.820 to say
00:11:44.340 Alhamdulillah
00:11:45.440 Alhamdulillah
00:11:46.200 you don't have to shy out
00:11:46.980 say inside you
00:11:47.880 Alhamdulillah
00:11:48.600 Alhamdulillah
00:11:49.520 you know
00:11:50.200 Astaghfirullah
00:11:50.860 Astaghfirullah
00:11:51.420 the Prophet
00:11:51.840 there's a narration
00:11:54.380 that says
00:11:54.820 he would ask
00:11:55.820 he would do
00:11:56.980 istighfar
00:11:57.540 more than 70 times a day
00:11:59.760 yeah
00:11:59.960 so you
00:12:01.080 should do
00:12:01.940 the same
00:12:02.560 Astaghfirullah
00:12:03.600 Alhamdulillah
00:12:04.240 Allahu Akbar
00:12:04.880 Subhanallah
00:12:05.400 these are
00:12:06.560 things that are
00:12:07.700 light on the tongue
00:12:08.400 but heavy on the
00:12:09.080 scale of good deeds
00:12:10.340 under their judgment
00:12:10.960 brothers and sisters
00:12:11.780 hope you guys have benefited
00:12:12.620 may Allah bless
00:12:13.240 every single one of you guys
00:12:14.300 Assalamualaikum
00:12:15.360 Wa Rahmatullahi
00:12:16.440 Wa Barakatuh 0.52
00:12:17.420 do share this with your
00:12:18.160 friends and family
00:12:18.640 who are suffering
00:12:19.200 from
00:12:19.980 waswasa
00:12:20.840 and evil thoughts
00:12:21.920 hey
00:12:34.880 give me one
00:12:35.760 thanks
00:12:38.740 Adi
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