He’s with you wherever you are

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. And in another narration 100 times a day. The sahabah said we count it 100 times a day. How much istighfar do I make? How much do you make? Make these things, making 100 times istighfar. Astaghfarullah illa ila ila ila huwa al hiw al khayyum wa atubh barai. Make this into a farthing in your life. Right? Absolute farthing. There is no excuse for this. Say alhamdulillah. 100 times. And if Allah used to have it, we make more and more inshallah. But 100 times astaghfarullah every single day. What is the benefit of seeking forgiveness? Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will open doors for us where there are no doors. Allah will solve our problems. Allah will remove us from our difficulties. I did not say that. The nabi of Allah said this in the hadith in Musnad Ahmad. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala himself said this. Who is a Muttakhi? The one who seeks forgiveness. The one who is constantly aware of the importance of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in his life and is constantly seeking forgiveness, he is a Muttakhi. And for him Allah said, Ya ja'allahu makhraja. I will take him out from his difficulties. We try to, our problem is we try to do things for which we have no power to do it. We try to solve our own problems. We cannot solve our problems. Allah can solve our problems. So if you want to try to solve your problem without seeking the help of, I am not saying don't work. Of course you have to work. But if this work is happening without the connection with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, it cannot succeed. It cannot succeed. I have the right tool but I have not plugged it into the power socket. The tool is a tool. It's there. It won't do anything. Even if it's the right tool. I want to drill a hole. It will not drill a hole until I plug it in the socket. Then I press a button, it drills a hole. We are stuck in tools. Do this, do this, do this, this mansubha, this plan, this plan. Where is the power coming from that? Where is the power socket? Where is the connection? Without the connection, plan is good. Tool is right. Nothing wrong with the tool. But it is not plugged in. That is why Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said to his Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, Ya ayyuha al muzzamilu, qumil layla illa khaleel. For what? Allah said, oh the one wrapped in garments is sleeping. Stand up in the night, illa khaleel, whole night, except for a little bit. Because you are going to be given a very difficult job, qawlan taqeela. Very heavy thing. Charge the batteries. Plug in the connection. Get ready. When the weight comes, it gives you power. You can carry it. We all live lives of anxiety. And I submit to you that it is completely unnecessary. It is totally unnecessary. Because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, huwa allathee khalaqa al samawati wal arda fi sittati ayyamin tummastawa ala al arsh. Ya'alamu ma yaliju fil ardi wama yakhruju minha wama yanzilu minas samai wama ya'ruju fiha. Wahuwa ma'akum aeena ma kuntum. Wahuwa ma'akum aeena ma kuntum. Wa Allahu bi ma ta'maluna basir. In suratul hadith, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, He, jalla shanahu, is the one who created the heavens and the earth in six days and then made istewa on his arsh. He knows what goes into the earth and he knows what comes out from the earth and he knows what descends from the heavens and he knows what goes up to the heavens. And he is with you wherever you are. Wahuwa ma'akum aeena ma kuntum. He is with us in the mosque, he is with us in the house, he is with us in the car, he is with us in the road, he is with us in the hospital, he is with us in the restaurant. He is with us in the haram. Wa yaadu illaah, he is with us in the haram. He is with us. I am the one who is in the haram. Wa lakin allamah. Wa ma'ana fi awqaat. I say, awqaat is sirg. Where is sirg? Where is sirg? Allah says he is with us. He is with us in the masjid, he is with us in the home, he is with us in the car, he is with us in the hospital, he is with us in the shop, he is with us on the road. And he is also with us in the places of haram. If we go there, may Allah protect us. He is with us in the places of secret which we think is secret. What is secret from Allah? What is the secret? He is seeing what you do. He is seeing what you do. Basir. Basir. He is seeing. He says the information is not like seeing. Allah says I am seeing. Allah protect us from ourselves. My brothers and sisters, I remind myself of you that Allah said wa huwa maa kum aeena maa kuntum. Allah says he is with you wherever you are. Now what is the benefit of having this awareness? The awareness of the ma'iyat of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, the awareness of the presence of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in our lives. Why is Allah saying this to us? I am with you. What is the benefit? What is the benefit? What is the benefit of experiencing the ma'iyat of Allah in our lives at all times? What is the benefit? What is the benefit? There are two major benefits. The first benefit is that the awareness of the presence of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in our lives is a shield. It is a protection from sin. Because if I am aware that my rabbi is watching me, that my rabbi is with me, he is hearing me, he is seeing me, there is no secret place for me to go and do something, then how can I commit sin? How can I lie? How can I cheat? How can I deceive somebody? How can I curse? How can I use bad language? How can I do anything wrong? How can I miss salah? How can I say I won't fast in Ramadan because I have to go to the gym? Inna li la hi wa inna li la ya la jam. Inna li la hi wa inna li la ya la jam. Awareness of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in our lives, I am talking about awareness. The presence is there. Whether we are aware or not aware, it doesn't matter. The presence of Allah is there. Allah is watching. Allah is with us. But when we are aware of this, that's the reason why it is very important to be aware. It frees us. It protects us from sin. We cannot commit a sin. You say, Allah is watching, how can I do this? Tell me,