Ali Dawah - February 25, 2016


Hardships I'm facing ｜｜ Ali Dawah


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In this video, I talk about the personal hardship that I am going through and how I deal with it. I also give some advice on how you can deal with the hardship that you are going through as well.

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00:00:00.000 As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh brothers and sisters and dear friends.
00:00:29.140 Welcome to this video, this video is about hardship. I'll be going through the personal hardship that I'm myself going through.
00:00:34.920 And also I will be touching upon, because hardship is hardship, I'm going through a specific hardship.
00:00:39.040 But my advice to you and what I'm personally going through and how I deal with it may benefit you with your hardship that you're going through.
00:00:45.980 Now before I start I want to praise Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, the most merciful, the most just, all praises, glory and gratitude belong to him for the work that I and my team do.
00:00:53.560 Now brothers and sisters, me personally as you guys know maybe through Snapchat and a few posts that I've done.
00:00:59.280 Is that I am going through a test that has become really, really hard upon me.
00:01:04.020 And I don't mean to say like this, not that it's like a burden, you know, because whatever comes from Allah is good, alhamdulillah, because we don't see the hikmah. 0.60
00:01:11.500 But the hardship has grown over the time and I've been going through this hardship for the past three years.
00:01:17.340 And as each year goes by, it's like that hope, but it's just like you just, you come to a point where you're just like, when is it going to finish?
00:01:24.060 When is it going to end? Etc.
00:01:25.340 And everybody has that dua where they want it to be answered no matter what it is.
00:01:28.260 It might be you're going through poverty, financial circumstances, a loss of a loved one, making dua for them.
00:01:36.060 Whatever it may be, it might be marriage, you're having marriage problems, you want to get married.
00:01:40.480 So all these problems, every single variety of things that, okay, obviously I can't think of now, that you're going through and you really want that dua to be accepted.
00:01:47.940 And brothers and sisters, it does really come and take that thing on, and it comes really hard on you.
00:01:54.420 Now, obviously for the past three years, it's been hard, alhamdulillah, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has given me ways of dealing with it.
00:02:02.440 Wallahi, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has given me ways of dealing with it.
00:02:04.600 And one thing that you need to acknowledge, brothers and sisters, that me personally, I know it's a test.
00:02:09.860 I know this is nothing but a test.
00:02:12.900 This is nothing but a test.
00:02:14.860 Like Ali radiallahu anhu said, how do we know if it's a test or a punishment?
00:02:20.660 We know that when you are being tested and trialed, if it's bringing you closer to Allah, then indeed this is a test.
00:02:28.460 This is a test.
00:02:29.920 But if it's making you rebel, start being ungrateful to Allah, forgetting all the things Allah has done for you,
00:02:35.560 and you pick on this little thing that for now, for the time being, it's not being answered that specific dua,
00:02:41.120 you're rebelling against Allah, indeed it is a punishment. 0.69
00:02:43.660 Obviously, I don't want to share what that personal issue is with myself.
00:02:47.180 It's something personal with me.
00:02:48.640 But inshallah, if Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala wills, inshallah, there will come a day where I will remind you guys of this video
00:02:54.120 and say, brothers and sisters, remember that time when I was going through that specific test.
00:02:58.060 Alhamdulillah.
00:02:58.880 And that day, I promise you guys, I'm going to mention everything that I went through for your benefit.
00:03:04.020 Inshallah, I'm going to tell you exactly what it was.
00:03:05.840 And alhamdulillah, inshallah, that day I will say that today is the day my dua has been answered.
00:03:10.080 And I'm going to explain everything for you guys, inshallah.
00:03:12.800 But at this moment in time, I choose not to.
00:03:14.800 And there's reasons behind it.
00:03:16.080 Subhanallah, something that I never imagined, never ever imagined in my life, happened to me.
00:03:22.000 And it happened in such a way that the brother who's the cameraman, may Allah bless him,
00:03:25.740 he was there to witness it.
00:03:27.080 And I was gobsmacked and I was absolutely like shattered.
00:03:31.640 You know, when you come to that point with your test and you're just like, I can't take it anymore.
00:03:35.880 I can't take it.
00:03:37.040 I can't do it anymore.
00:03:38.540 Now, brothers and sisters, when you're going through a test, some people have this perception
00:03:42.560 and understanding of thinking, if you're a Muslim and you're righteous, no matter what happens to you,
00:03:47.920 you can't cry, you can't get upset, you can't.
00:03:52.480 Look, we are human.
00:03:54.420 We are human beings.
00:03:55.980 Of course we will cry.
00:03:57.880 Of course we will get upset.
00:03:59.260 Of course we will wonder sometimes, you know, certain Sahaba would do this and certain battlefields, etc.
00:04:03.720 They would think, like, when is the help of Allah going to come?
00:04:07.120 This is normal.
00:04:07.840 This is human nature.
00:04:09.340 That day when I found this out, when I went home, I was in tears.
00:04:13.780 I prayed my Isha prayer, crying.
00:04:15.840 I was crying.
00:04:17.300 Like, it was all in.
00:04:18.600 I just had to let it go.
00:04:19.780 You know, I really had to let it go.
00:04:22.220 And wallahi, I felt so good.
00:04:24.180 And this is something a lot of people think, oh, men.
00:04:26.340 Real men don't cry.
00:04:27.400 Real believing men cry to their Lord. 0.93
00:04:30.360 They cry to their Lord like a baby.
00:04:32.520 Because He is the one.
00:04:34.000 Indeed, He is the best of listeners.
00:04:35.440 And you know what's more beautiful?
00:04:36.920 He listens to you knowing what you're going to ask Him.
00:04:39.580 He knows what you're going to ask Him.
00:04:41.080 He knows it all.
00:04:42.080 And He is the best of listeners.
00:04:43.320 And what is more beautiful than a believer that has a connection with His Lord five times a day through prayers?
00:04:50.380 What is more beautiful?
00:04:51.740 Like Allah says in the Quran,
00:04:52.860 Indeed, I respond to the caller that calls upon me.
00:04:57.800 The one that calls upon me.
00:04:59.400 Allah doesn't say I respond to the one that's righteous.
00:05:01.600 The one that's a mummim. 1.00
00:05:02.620 The one that's, you know, everything on point.
00:05:05.480 And He's praising Salah, etc.
00:05:07.420 Allah says, I respond to the caller that calls upon me.
00:05:10.180 You know, sometimes Shaitan comes and says,
00:05:11.320 You don't want to do anything.
00:05:12.660 Stay at home.
00:05:13.640 Not go out.
00:05:14.100 And I said, no.
00:05:15.320 No.
00:05:16.080 I'm not going to give up.
00:05:17.280 Because Wallahi, it's like Abu Bakr. 1.00
00:05:19.420 When he made a specific dua.
00:05:21.540 Which I'm not going to go into detail much.
00:05:22.880 He made a specific dua.
00:05:24.100 And he acted upon that dua like it's already answered.
00:05:27.000 He acted upon that dua.
00:05:28.040 Just imagine that you're making a dua, for example.
00:05:30.200 That you're going to go to a specific country.
00:05:31.780 You made that dua and you're like,
00:05:32.780 Oh Allah, with your permission, I want to go to this country in a month's time.
00:05:38.220 Yeah?
00:05:38.600 And once you make that dua, being firm.
00:05:41.300 And saying, you know what?
00:05:42.220 From this today, I'm going to get ready.
00:05:44.060 Because I know.
00:05:44.680 I put my trust in Allah.
00:05:46.000 But inshallah, that dua is accepted.
00:05:47.440 Like Abu Bakr, he will get ready. 0.94
00:05:49.200 He will get ready.
00:05:49.980 Like, he's acting.
00:05:51.020 Like, he's so certain that his dua is accepted.
00:05:53.880 That he's getting ready.
00:05:54.560 He's getting his stuff ready.
00:05:55.500 And getting ready to go.
00:05:57.220 When you are afflicted with trials, tests.
00:05:59.880 Increase in ibadah.
00:06:01.400 Increase in charity.
00:06:02.440 No matter what it is.
00:06:04.000 Charity is not just giving money.
00:06:06.420 Charity is indeed smiling.
00:06:07.980 Helping an elderly person.
00:06:09.640 This is all charity.
00:06:10.520 Increasing it.
00:06:11.300 Increasing your prayer.
00:06:12.720 And inshallah, one of the things that inshallah I will be using.
00:06:15.580 The more that I will be tested inshallah, the more closer that I want to get to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. 0.99
00:06:19.480 Give in charity.
00:06:20.760 Even every day is one pound.
00:06:22.340 One pound, you give in charity.
00:06:23.720 One pound.
00:06:23.980 50p, 20p, 10 pence.
00:06:27.180 No matter what it is.
00:06:28.300 I want to share a few verses from the Quran.
00:06:30.580 But before that, I want to mention a few verses, a few narrations to you.
00:06:33.940 Sa'ad radiallahu anhu reported that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said,
00:06:38.560 The most in the suffering among the people are the Prophets. 1.00
00:06:42.140 Then the best.
00:06:43.300 Then the next best.
00:06:44.500 One is afflicted in accordance with his deen.
00:06:46.980 With his faith.
00:06:47.660 If his deen is firm, his affliction is hard.
00:06:51.920 If his deen is weak, his affliction is light.
00:06:55.780 And look how merciful Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is.
00:06:57.500 Indeed, one will be so much subjected to adversity until he walks among the people without any sins.
00:07:02.160 So you need to understand that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is testing you and giving you these trials and tribulations for a reason. 0.98
00:07:07.860 There is hikmah behind everything Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala does. 0.99
00:07:10.460 Something that you think is bad, indeed this is good for you that you don't know about.
00:07:14.860 That's where tawakkil comes. 0.98
00:07:16.220 You trust in Allah knowing, okay, this doesn't make sense to me.
00:07:19.080 Like, why would Allah do this to me?
00:07:20.400 Like, a lot of atheists ask, like, if God exists, why they're so evil, evilness, etc.
00:07:25.000 But what they do not understand and grasp is that we believe everything that Allah does is a reason.
00:07:30.880 An evidence to that is that Abu Sayyid al-Qudri radiallahu anhu said,
00:07:34.940 I was with Salman radiallahu anhu when he visited a sick man in Kindah, in Persia.
00:07:39.740 And he said to him, expect good.
00:07:42.620 Because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala makes a believer sickness and expiation for his sins and a period of rest. 0.97
00:07:49.680 However, when a disbeliever falls sick, he is like a camel whose owner ties it then, whose owner ties it and then lets it loose. 0.99
00:07:58.740 The camel does not understand why it was tied, not why it was freed.
00:08:03.740 Now, brothers and sisters, when a believing person gets tested, he knows automatically he should acknowledge and say,
00:08:10.720 Look, okay, it's becoming hard for me.
00:08:13.120 Sometimes I can't bear it.
00:08:14.380 Sometimes I feel like crying and giving up.
00:08:16.600 But indeed, I know this is nothing but a test.
00:08:18.700 Indeed, Allah has got something planned for me that I am not aware of.
00:08:21.300 But where a person that has no belief, when he's sick or ill or calamity, he just doesn't understand.
00:08:27.760 Why did it happen?
00:08:28.940 He's confused, you know.
00:08:30.220 He does not have no understanding.
00:08:31.580 I don't get why this happened to me.
00:08:33.480 Do you see the difference there?
00:08:35.900 So as a believer, we should understand that, look, when something is happening, it's happening for a reason.
00:08:42.160 When we go through tests, you need to understand that, just imagine, there is, for example, there is a triangle hole.
00:08:51.240 Yes?
00:08:51.600 There is this triangle hole, yeah?
00:08:53.180 And you have got this square brick in your hand.
00:08:58.160 It's square.
00:08:58.780 Now, you want to get that through the triangle hole.
00:09:01.180 Now, what's going to happen is you are going to try to push it.
00:09:04.420 You're going to try to push that square brick through into the triangle, yeah?
00:09:08.740 But it's not going to go through.
00:09:10.160 You can push as much as you like, it's not going to go through.
00:09:14.360 Unless you shape it up, yeah?
00:09:17.780 You melt it, shape it up to be a triangle, and then it will go through it smoothly.
00:09:22.800 So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is getting you ready for the dua that you want to be accepted.
00:09:28.860 He's preparing you for it.
00:09:30.260 You can't say, oh Allah, I want this dua, and then boom, your dua is going to be accepted.
00:09:35.200 Do you get what I'm trying to say?
00:09:35.780 If it's something that needs you, if Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sees that you need to be prepared for that dua,
00:09:42.060 mentally, physically, with your iman and every kind of level,
00:09:45.960 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is going to start to shape you up so you are ready for that time. 0.83
00:09:51.120 You can't expect that.
00:09:52.380 And that's why you need to understand that patience is so important.
00:09:54.340 And this is the reason why I'm going to share with you guys verses from the Qur'an
00:09:58.220 where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala talks to us directly, brothers and sisters.
00:10:00.660 In Qur'an, in Surah Al-Ankabut, verse 2-3, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
00:10:06.380 Do people think that they will say we believe and not be tested?
00:10:12.080 Those before them were tested.
00:10:14.380 So brothers and sisters, what you need to acknowledge is that, look, why are we here?
00:10:18.320 Firstly, I have to acknowledge that I'm going to be tested.
00:10:20.880 Yes, I'm going to be tested.
00:10:22.160 Okay, then Allah says in the Qur'an, in Surah Hud, verse 115,
00:10:27.380 And be steadfast in patience.
00:10:29.820 Verily Allah will not allow the rewards of the righteous to perish.
00:10:34.040 So Allah is saying, indeed, be patient.
00:10:36.220 Don't ever think it's going to waste.
00:10:37.600 What you're doing, if you are a true believer, you should never think,
00:10:40.560 Okay, I'm doing this, that, that.
00:10:42.540 Do you think it's going to waste?
00:10:43.400 Do you think Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tells us, 0.94
00:10:44.340 The angels are not writing your patience, your trust in Allah,
00:10:47.520 your iman growing and you're becoming closer to Allah.
00:10:49.400 You think all this is going to go away?
00:10:50.760 You're not going to be rewarded?
00:10:51.420 And we'll go to Qur'an, Surah Baqarah, verse 153.
00:10:55.140 O you who believe, once again, seek help with patient perseverance and prayer,
00:11:01.180 for God is with those who patiently persevere.
00:11:03.900 Further verses in Surah Baqarah, verse 216.
00:11:07.120 And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, look at this, brothers and sisters.
00:11:08.660 This is very important.
00:11:10.140 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is telling you,
00:11:11.520 That you might be thinking, look, I want this so bad.
00:11:14.900 Like, I want it so bad.
00:11:16.000 I just want it to happen.
00:11:18.740 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is saying,
00:11:19.940 It may be that you hate something when it is good for you.
00:11:23.220 And it may be that you love something which is bad for you.
00:11:26.200 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala knows and you know not.
00:11:29.060 So you are chasing and running after something that is going to be bad for you.
00:11:32.420 It's going to cause destruction to you.
00:11:34.360 So do you think Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is going to answer that dua? 0.98
00:11:38.620 No, indeed it's going to give you something better.
00:11:41.140 So do you understand the matter here,
00:11:43.220 where Allah says you might love something which is bad for you,
00:11:45.360 and you might hate something which is good for you.
00:11:47.180 So you need to understand, brothers and sisters,
00:11:48.980 is that certain things that you want may be the destruction of you.
00:11:53.280 It might cause you destruction.
00:11:54.640 So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is indeed answering your dua without answering your dua, 0.77
00:11:59.700 if that makes sense.
00:12:00.500 He is giving you something better.
00:12:01.880 Chapter Al-Nshirah, verse 5-6.
00:12:05.540 Verily with every difficulty there is ease.
00:12:09.260 And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala repeats it. 0.78
00:12:11.680 Verily with every difficulty there is ease.
00:12:14.880 Me personally, two, three days ago,
00:12:16.840 I was really, really like,
00:12:18.240 it's just like,
00:12:19.540 I don't know how much I could carry on.
00:12:20.920 But wallahi, by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
00:12:23.700 having that connection with him,
00:12:25.360 and getting closer to him,
00:12:26.820 and increasing in ibadah,
00:12:29.040 and in charity,
00:12:30.000 I have found myself content.
00:12:33.620 I'm closer to Allah,
00:12:34.900 and I said,
00:12:35.200 Oh Allah,
00:12:35.880 whatever that you send me,
00:12:38.320 Alhamdulillah,
00:12:38.880 I'm happy with it.
00:12:40.380 And Quran,
00:12:41.020 in chapter Al-Talaq,
00:12:43.280 verse 2-3,
00:12:44.380 and this is so important.
00:12:46.160 Brothers and sisters,
00:12:46.660 it reminds me,
00:12:47.860 it reminds me,
00:12:48.540 every time I go through a hardship,
00:12:50.060 I remember the times,
00:12:51.320 where I had nothing,
00:12:52.160 and I was going through other hardships,
00:12:53.220 and how Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala answered me.
00:12:55.740 And this verse really,
00:12:57.040 really,
00:12:57.240 really hits home.
00:12:58.920 Because Allah says in the Quran,
00:13:00.000 and he provides for him,
00:13:01.900 sources,
00:13:03.340 and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
00:13:04.480 and I will provide for him,
00:13:06.340 from places,
00:13:08.020 he could never imagine.
00:13:09.500 And if anyone puts his trust in Allah, 0.65
00:13:11.840 sufficient is Allah for him.
00:13:14.100 For Allah will surely accomplish his purpose.
00:13:17.020 There's a purpose behind it.
00:13:18.160 Surely he will accomplish that.
00:13:19.420 Verily for all things,
00:13:21.080 has Allah appointed a true proportion.
00:13:24.620 Brothers and sisters,
00:13:25.920 I can remember this time,
00:13:27.800 about two years ago,
00:13:29.320 and I made this dua,
00:13:30.480 and I had nothing.
00:13:31.680 I will lie by Allah. 0.61
00:13:32.640 And I got my dua answered,
00:13:34.820 from a place,
00:13:37.160 like I would,
00:13:38.080 if I thought about it,
00:13:39.780 a million years,
00:13:41.440 I would never think,
00:13:43.240 that my dua,
00:13:44.180 is going to be answered,
00:13:45.200 in that way,
00:13:45.980 in that manner,
00:13:46.700 in that specific time.
00:13:47.680 And when I thought of this that day,
00:13:49.820 and I thought,
00:13:50.220 subhanAllah,
00:13:51.000 how ungrateful man is.
00:13:52.620 And I said,
00:13:52.960 subhanAllah,
00:13:53.440 at that time,
00:13:54.040 I was going through that trial.
00:13:55.640 Yeah?
00:13:56.000 And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala answered my dua.
00:13:57.900 And here I am complaining.
00:13:59.100 Complaining of what?
00:14:00.300 A test I'm going through?
00:14:01.520 When people around the world,
00:14:02.880 are going through test,
00:14:04.100 hunger,
00:14:04.840 loss of life,
00:14:06.020 death,
00:14:07.480 and all kinds of calamities.
00:14:08.740 And I'm here,
00:14:09.800 sitting down,
00:14:10.540 in my comfortable seat,
00:14:11.720 I've got food on my table,
00:14:12.800 I have parents,
00:14:13.960 I have everything,
00:14:15.120 and I'm complaining.
00:14:16.360 And I'm complaining.
00:14:16.960 I started to question myself.
00:14:18.840 I really started to question myself,
00:14:20.160 brothers and sisters.
00:14:21.180 And it really,
00:14:22.080 really hurt me.
00:14:22.940 And I said,
00:14:23.280 subhanAllah,
00:14:24.360 all praises and glory belong to you,
00:14:25.760 Allah.
00:14:26.260 I thank you for everything
00:14:27.400 that you have bestowed upon me.
00:14:28.640 You know,
00:14:28.820 one of the things that I really,
00:14:30.220 really make dua to,
00:14:31.080 I'm like,
00:14:31.340 oh Allah,
00:14:31.680 I'm going to go through tests.
00:14:32.600 Indeed,
00:14:32.920 I am weak.
00:14:33.980 Make this dua, 0.90
00:14:34.540 brothers and sisters.
00:14:35.220 Say,
00:14:35.440 oh Allah,
00:14:35.720 I am weak.
00:14:36.680 Please do not make me ungrateful to you.
00:14:38.600 Make me patient,
00:14:39.820 and allow me to pass this test.
00:14:41.380 You might look at us as public figures,
00:14:43.020 and think,
00:14:44.040 you know,
00:14:44.560 just because we have a smile on our faces,
00:14:45.800 it's a duty.
00:14:46.720 I find it a duty upon myself
00:14:47.740 to help you guys.
00:14:48.980 Even the hardships of the heart
00:14:50.340 that I'm going through,
00:14:51.420 a few beneficial reminders
00:14:52.460 that I can post
00:14:53.240 with a little smile on my face.
00:14:54.740 If it can benefit you,
00:14:55.560 I can.
00:14:56.120 But don't ever think
00:14:56.840 that I don't go through trials
00:14:57.880 and tribulations.
00:14:58.780 I go through the test
00:14:59.740 just like you.
00:15:00.600 And don't ever think
00:15:01.300 you are the only person
00:15:02.320 that goes through tests.
00:15:03.640 No.
00:15:04.440 Every single person
00:15:05.720 is going through a certain test
00:15:07.200 that is different to them.
00:15:09.380 And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala 0.55
00:15:09.960 will never burden you
00:15:11.400 with a test
00:15:12.160 that you cannot bear.
00:15:13.500 And inshallah,
00:15:13.940 like I said before,
00:15:14.840 may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala 0.96
00:15:15.380 as-salamu alaykum
00:15:16.760 wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
00:15:18.000 adopji lau wa ta'ala as-salamu alaykum