Istikharah: How To & Why? - Shaykh Abdul Nasir Jangda

and I'm director of El Alamein well after the children were talking I was salat wa salam ala sayyidal mursaleen well honey he was like me he will mentor be our humble son Eli you me Dean it's the Hara the word itself comes from the root word of sale save in the Arabic language in its origins is representative of all that which is good clay it is like an umbrella word it represents all that which is good esta hora comes from Bab Estefan and in that particular verb pattern it develops a meaning of seeking something so Ishihara means a fallible claim to seek the good to seek that which is good and that's the meaning of the word is tejada itself and so just like the meaning the the prior soul out to the Sahara which is from the Sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu Ali who is Adam it's in fact it's an authentically narrated son of the Prophet salat ISM and in an extremely emphasized practice of the messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and so similarly just like the meaning of the word istikhara the purpose of the salah is similarly to seek that which is good from allah subhanho wa taala and so I wanted to inshallah have the session to talk about the explained er the procedure and the purpose of these z'ha'dum so I'm basically going to split today's presentation into two parts the first part of the presentation will focus on the ritual itself meaning the technicalities of istikhara the procedure of this the kata the concept of the staccato and the outcome of the Acela then the second portion of the lecture will focus on the which you could call the purpose of this tejada which basically will be by means of explaining the the meaning and the beauty of the supplication of this Sakata itself because that in and of itself unlocks the purpose and the reason why we even do is Sahara so to begin with the technicalities I'd like to cover a few basic points the first point is the concept of this nikana so to understand this Takada conceptually what is salat ELISA comma so salats salon Tony Sahara I can explain best to you what is T Hara is by by explaining to you what is Sahara is not you know as they say in Arabic to article a shot will be al fatiha sometimes the best way to get to know something is to know the opposite of it so the best way I can help you understand what is Sahara is inception what's the role of istikhara what's the purpose of istikhara the concept is by explain to you what it is not what it most definitely is not and what I can tell you that is Sahara is not a Sahara is not a magic 8-ball everybody know what a magic 8-ball is never buy that you get it out at the mall like a gag gift right so what happens with the magic 8-ball let's just think about that for a second so you say should I go to the mall today mate right so that's that's a magic 8-ball right basically what I mean by saying that by just giving a silly example what I'm trying to explain is the what we track what we people play around with when they play around with a magic 8-ball what they're basically trying to do is you know they just throw up a random question to shake the ball and get a magical answer and boom you just go with you roll with it's kinda like rolling the dice it's a cada it's not that it's Sahara the way I can explain it to you is that it is the third of a three-step decision-making process Sahara is the third of a three-step decision-making process the first step of a decision-making process is to use the god-given intellect ability critical thinking that Allah Spano Allah has blessed each and every single human being with in different capacities no less but nevertheless Allah has granted every single human being the ability to be able to take factors into consideration weigh different options think about it ponder on it you know reflect on it contemplated in process that is the first step of a decision-making process in the life of a believer that he first uses this aqua this is this intelligence this ability to think that Allah has granted him and there's a reason why allah subhanaw taala emphasizes the alcohol with Al Bob in these types of things in the Quran because this is from the greatest of allah subhanho wa taala blessing so that's the first step of a decision-making process take take your circumstances into consideration look at the options available to you and then sit down and think and try to figure out do some research and try to come to somewhat of a conclusion at least try to narrow your options and come to somewhat of a conclusion and decision that's number one the second step of a decision-making process is ISTE shadow that sounds kind of like your rank rhymes with this Tahara is because it comes from saying verb pattern which basically is the Arabic word for seeking counsel seeking advice seeking counsel seeking advice mush well all right comes from that same word so then the next step of the process is to then seek some counsel seek some advice and that really depends on what type of a decision you're trying to make if you want to buy a car so first you took a look at you know did some research online you you know maybe when low car shopping looked at a few cars maybe test drove something and you narrow it down to about three four different cars that you're thinking about then what you could do for instance is you go to the Machine you know there's a brother at the Masjid there's a car mechanic now you what you do is you sit down with that brother and say brother I wanted to my advice from you because you're experienced and knowledgeable about cars what do you recommend these are the three for cars I'm looking at what can you tell me and he says well I wouldn't buy that that has transmission problem this car wears out really quickly etc etc now you're seeking counsel you're seeking advice if it's a more personal matter or a personal issue something that is like a life type of decision then you seek that counseling that advice from somebody who sincerely honestly cares about you somebody that is experienced in mature and maybe even spiritually focused so that they have a well-rounded perspective that they can provide to you so that's a staccato that's the seeking counsel that's a second second step of that decision-making process the third and final step of that decision-making process is now is the Hana now what basically has occurred up to this point is you started off with no idea what to do you narrowed it down to maybe a half a dozen different options you then sought some counsel and got some advice or come from someone now you're down to your last couple of options a few options maybe just two options whatever at this point in time and now you're just you know you're kind of struggling with this or that and you're starting to lean a little more towards one direction you're starting to lean a little more towards one direction so you're thinking about two cars and now you're starting to lean a little bit more towards buying a Camaro for instance random example I don't know where that came from so you're thinking about buying the Camaro alright over you know a minivan no-brainer right but nevertheless for some strange reason you're conflicted maybe you have two kids but it doesn't matter they can sit in the backseat alright so alright somebody's going to be watching this video later on to become very very confused alright nevertheless inside joke I apologize so now you're starting to lean in one direction but you're kind of inflicted you're just a little bit conflicted you just need a little bit of a push you need a little convincing you're looking for that confidence that confidence to make your decision that you kind of have come to now through critical thinking you know apply your intellect do some research number two you saw some counsel now you're starting to lean in a direction but you require some confidence you need some clarity of mind and heart that is where it's the halle comes into play and that right there what I would have just explained to you removes many of the issues and questions that people have about its ekkada itself a lot of people are confused about it Sahara because people try to use it like the magic 8-ball I got to buy a house let me do with Sahara what do you think is going to happen like are you magically just going to see a house like in your dreams and then all of a sudden you know that's the house then you go searching for it and then you find it and then you buy it doesn't work that way you don't decide I need to buy a car I really need that we need an extra car in the house and so I'm gonna do a Socata and a Honda Civics and a fall on me so it doesn't work that way that's not oh and when people try to utilize this too hot in that way then they walk away confused I made a sakata and I'm so confused huh maybe sakata and I can't figure anything out it's not working it's not working you don't change the batteries when yours to cut right what basically is going on is that you're not utilizing your properly anything that's not utilized properly of course it's not going to work right so the thing is you got to utilize it in the right way you have to utilize it properly and appropriately and that's the thing so make sure that you turned it into the third of a three step decision making process that's the concept in the role of its Taconic the next thing I'd like to explain now is the prerequisites of this Sahana what is required to to do with Stefan what is required to do with Shahadah and I'm going to be giving some context to this I'm going to give you the actual narration and the narration actually explains a little bit of this but just for now we're just going to roll with it just speaking about a little more generally what is required for these cicadas what is required for any other prayer which is you need to make sure that you are pure and clean you need to make sure that you are clothed appropriately you need to make sure that you I will do obviously that falls under purity but I just want to do explicit alright so you you are pure and clean you do not require a bath of purification you are dressed appropriately you have woudl you are facing towards the fibula and that's what's required for step up so basically whatever is required to pray just normally pray that is exactly what's required for sivanna there are no other extra absolutely no extra prerequisites or requirements for Sakana all right you don't have to pray it immediately before you go to sleep don't have to you don't have to take a shower and then immediately very Secada know you need will do to pray you need will do first Sakana Sakana is a prayer just like god is afraid just like Knuffle would be a prayer alright so that's all you need you don't need to like stop talking to people when you decide to do with Sahara don't need to do that you don't need to wake up in the middle of the night and do it Sahara not required you don't have to go stand on top of a mountain on one leg into a Sahara none of them so you get my drift at this point anything extra that you might have ever heard you might have ever come across you might have assumed that is needed for Sahara aside from what's required to pray Moodle dress appropriate obviously you want to be clothed that's common sense all right facing the Qibla Allah ou akbah that's just a huh that's it the only thing I will add in here is that according to the opinion of the majority of the scholars there are small small differences of opinion I'm basically going to go ahead and tell you what the majority of the scholars say because in in this Akata in Xalapa the Sahara there's not like some very very like major differences of opinion there's a few minor opinions here and there that differ from the vast majority I'm just going to go ahead and share the majority opinion because it's an overwhelmingly majority opinion and the overwhelmingly majority opinion is the only thing you got to watch out for is again what you watch out for other players and that is make sure you don't pray kiss tejada at the times when prayer's forbidden at the time from prayers forbidden and those are three basic times of the day while the Sun is rising during the rising of the Sun when the Sun is at its peak at its zenith all right which literally lasts for a minute or so a couple of minutes is playing it safe and then the setting of the Sun those three times of the day when we are told not to pray that's saying again - it's the same requirements of Salah same requirements we're still out that's it so that is the prerequisites of Miss Nevada now what is the procedure of a Sakana what is the sequence of events the procedure so obviously once you fulfill the prerequisites you will stand up and you will pray 2 rakaat two units of Prayer two units of Prayer 2 rakats Allah with a knuckle with a voluntary Superga tori intention to requires two units of knuckle prayer optional voluntary prayer all right that is a socata why am i emphasizing and specifying that it needs to be - regards of a voluntary prayer when we read the text of the heavy together in Shama at that time you'll see it's it's mentioned explicitly within the text of the hadith by The Messenger of Allah peace and blessings be upon you so no debate no question there what that basically means that you can like pray Salah padishah and just make this application of Asahara - for one all done Candida all right it's the hotter the process some exclusive you said you've got to invest two more extra cars of Prayer that are voluntary that are optional that's the first thing the second thing so you pray those 2 rakaats are prayer there is nothing different about those two units of prayer you pray them as you would pray any other two units it for you or actually let me kind of backtrack that just a little bit you pray those two units of prayer as you should pray any other Salah all right there's obviously will room for improvement in my prayer and I'm pretty sure everybody feels that there's room for improvement within their players so aside from that entire discussion basically you pray sacada like you would pray any other player any other solo which is two Rakas a omreport to see Jude click the young reporter City just like that and then you sit at the end the SHA hood sala wat on the messenger supplications set on silent asleep that is a procedure of the Sahara there's no extra special surah that should be recited here there's nothing that's authentically narrated from the prophets Allah T Salam that you would recite this in the first second you would recite that in the second nothing of that nature nothing of that sort you just recite to you pray 2 rakaat supreme once you finish these 2 rakaats of prayer which means assalamu alaykum ahmed alhasan armonica noctilum this mean you then at that time recite the exact supplication taught to us by the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in the arabic language you read it in arabic now again here the vast overwhelming majority of scholars are of the opinion that the supplication of is Secada is to be done after the prayer there is there are just a couple of opinions here and there where they say to do it before the testing however the vast overwhelming majority and again if you analyze the text of the hadith which I'm going to point out to you when we do read the text of the actual Hadees from the Prophet Allah asylum you'll see that the process are mentioned the word which makes it very clear that the supplication is meant to be after the prayers complete ok so now at this point you recite the supplication and again I'm saying you read the supplication in Arabic you read it in Arabic why am i explicitly saying that again the hadith very clearly mentioned sad fact now a question comes up here what if I don't know I don't have a memorize read it off of a piece of paper Foca have stated that very clearly if somebody needs to read it off a piece of paper that's ok read it out of the book read it off a piece of paper photocopy you do what you got to do but nevertheless read the actual Arabic of the supplication don't kind of read the summarised English translation and say I'm going to paraphrase and do it on my own know that when we read the text of the hadith you'll see the process I'm explicitly said read it as I taught it to you all right so that's the next thing the other thing and I'd like to go in and state this because the you know just in case anybody is watching the video or is listening to the lecture then what if somebody can't read Arabic somebody doesn't yet have the ability to reader they can shout loud learning how to read Arabic all right then you know use a transliteration or something of that nature to try to do the best of your ability but of course somebody recently took Shahada somebody just you know recently kind of came into connection with their Deen and started learning there's always an exception to the rule we do not give enough consideration to people who have had a major turning point in their life whether we're talking about people who might have been born in Muslim families but just now raised with the Dean and they've come to practice the thing later on in their lives or we're talking about convert to reverts people who took Shahada accepted Islam later in life consideration always should be given to them and it should be understood that you know they're doing the best that they can and they should make an effort definitely to try to learn Arabic as much as possible as quickly as possible but until unless they get to that point they are completely capable of practicing their Deen to the best of their ability and that is it's ok for somebody like that to read it in English or even read the translation of it that is a very very specific situation and consideration should be given to those occupations nevertheless going back to the procedure so we talked about you pray to Allah cause you complete the prayer you then read the supplication in Arabic to the best of your ability and then after then that is basically the procedure of asana you read the supplication in Arabic and that is done then you don't have to make some make sure dois after that the supplication the Arabic that you read is these application itself it is the dua itself all right so there's no other extra procedure after that once you're done with reading this application you are done now the next issue I'd like to address is what is the outcome of these zakat again I can start by telling you what is not the outcome of these two power you will not wake up in the middle of the night and have a 3d vision of what you should do I can tell you that much that's not going to happen all right it's istikhara not avatar all right that's just not how it works okay so that's one thing we need to be clear on and while it might seem like a joke or silly to some people sometimes people just don't know all right so the outcome of this i hada is nothing out of this world like that the primary outcome of the Sahara is that clarity of mind that I was talking about that confidence to make the decision you need to make that I was referring to earlier that I alluded to you feel confident in making a decision you feel good about making your decision so you were already leaning towards one option option a all right and there is another option on table but you're a lot more confident about option eight or maybe you kind of come to a decision on option 8 but you just need that extra little confidence so you do hear a sacada you'll naturally start to feel more confident you'll feel more clearer you'll feel ready to make that decision that is the outcome of your sadhana so the outcome of the Sahara is to reflect internally to be a bit introspective to just take a look inside and see if you feel good you feel confident about making your decision and how do you know that maybe the Sahara the outcome is that maybe this isn't the best decision for you you'll naturally feel down you'll feel conflicted you'll feel doubtful you'll feel very very scared or anxious or hesitant or apprehensive about making your decision then that at that time at that point that is basically your responsiveness account of your outcome of the Sahara that maybe this isn't the best decision for you all right and that's how simple and easy is Sahara is that's how simple and easy is Sahara if the reason why Secada has also become complicated for us a lot of times is because we're looking for something out of this world something supernatural something you know that's really really far out so we look for something crazy like that and when we don't find it that we feel unfulfilled but if we learn to just think of it internally we learn to just be a little bit more reflective and introspective naturally you'll find the response here is Sahara to be a lot more facilitated you're just thinking internally and you naturally feel confident in your decision so that's the outcome and that's the result of the acai bottom the question always comes up well what about dreamers the issue of dreams is one thing that needs to be understood we don't completely dismiss dreams all together authentic narrations of the prophets Allah reset them tell us that dreams are something that a believer derives inspiration from all right listen to the words very carefully dreams are something that a believer can drive can excuse me can derive can take inspiration from but by no means even the greatest of scholars like even say Deen from that's have your own even great scholars of interpretation of dream one the first things they would say or the first things that they taught their students was that dreams are not the basis of making decisions decisions should not be made based on dreams they were the first and foremost to tell their students I know these were scholars of the interpretation of dreams nevertheless they said at the most its inspiration its motivation its encouragement that's all it is it's not something that you basic decision off and so that's I'd like to clarify that right here if you have a dream and it kind of inspires you will motivate you I'll have good luck don't read too much into it because you're not supposed to all right now that's the outcome of the Sahaba and that basically now there's two miscellaneous issues that I'd like to explain two extra little issues here at that at the end that I'd like to add on to this discussion the first issue is kind of related to the outcome what if I make is Tejada and I just still don't feel comfortable or confident in my decision you know it's I need I mean it's now I still don't feel confident I still don't feel clear I'm not comfortable making a decision I made this Tecate that followed the procedure properly I still just don't feel comfortable what do I do at that time the course of action at that time is you would again do it again and it doesn't work again then do it again and still I'm not comfortable do it again keep doing it until you feel confident and comfortable and making a decision that's it there's even a narration from Abdullah bin zu Bader the allahu anhu ma one of the companions of the prophet salatu salam and also one of probably aisha loading a lava house best and brightest students he says in Li Musa healin rugby telethon there's a little incident about his life he talks about this he says that I made his Sahara with Allah three times through my eyes I'm gonna allow of me and then I was comfortable and confident in making my decision so he actually explicitly mentioned while explaining to his students he says you if you gotta do this a lot of multiple times you got to do a second a multiple times that's okay he says I had to make a second or three times one time to make a decision but that's all right so don't be afraid of repeating these Saqqara multiple times and a lot of times it's just a matter of and this is this is kind of a tragedy of our times but sometimes we become we become kind of spiritually numb in that tent so we're just not we're not very introspective we're not very reflective right sometimes a superficial nature of the culture that we live in or our activities and things like that make us a little spiritually dull or numb and so we might have to just new Sakata a few times to kind of break through this the surface or crack through the shell and that's okay all right the next the last issue I wanted to mention here that is associated with istikhara is that there's one very commonly asked question one issue that comes up quite often and that is can I hat can I ask someone can I have somebody else do with Sahara for me all right there is no precedent there is no religious verification for having someone else who is Sahara for you there's no precedent there's nothing lesson we mentioned with India hadith of the Prophet Salah reason there's no precedent of this within the generation of Sahaba none of the classical in fact in fact the classical fokaha have explicitly stated that is Secada is meant to be done by the individual him or herself ensenada is meant to be done by the individual him or herself and that is a rule that's it a person has to do there is to cover themselves now there's a very honest sincere question a concern that's in the minds of people who ask this question and that question or that concern is often you know I'm not a very good person I don't even pray five times a day I have a lot of sins a lot of issues in my life I feel very I feel distant from Allah maybe or I I don't know if I make this tejada then I'll it'll be clear it won't be clear and so I want to ask someone to make a saccade oh who's a lot more righteous and pious and someone a lot better person that I am and that's just a concern that a lot of people have but I'd like to answer that concern by first saying that maybe part of the reason that you feel that way about your relationship with Allah is because of this mentality and this approach that you have where you don't feel like you're good enough to talk to a lung you feel like you don't have access to a lot so the first thing that you have to get over is the simple fact that the Lazcano Attalla is just as available Allah is just as accessible to the sinful person as he is to the most righteous and pious person Allah is accessible in available to everyone we all can pray to Allah we can all ask Allah for whatever we need we can all do with Secada with allah and the second answer to that concern is if you do are you you are feeling a bit guilty you are feeling a bit self-conscious about the fact that you are distant from Allah and you're not praying and maybe that's why you shouldn't be doing it Sahara then why then put another barrier between you and Allah why not fix the problem why not say I have a situation I need to do with Sahara I don't pray five times a day that's why I don't feel comfortable doing it Sahara well it's time for sellouts on mother bright hours time to sell out that I shall right now why don't I go ahead and take that first step why don't I go to make wudu stand up pray salat Elisha then pray 2 rakaats illumise to come let's get it out of the way let's get it done and so that's the answer to that question so there is no validity to having somebody halfway across the world in some village somewhere doing is too hot on your behalf and that person need to know who you are and what's going on with you and by the way as a little side note just a little word of advice if that person is charging you it's probably a scam all right just a little note of caution all right the person is charging you right dolla dolla bill y'all then then there's a problem there okay then you need to stay away from that entire situation okay so just a little note of caution okay but nevertheless I did want to address that in the serious issue in a serious manner that there is no validity there is no precedent there is no there's absolutely no often authenticity to having somebody do is the hot on you're behind the person him or herself that person whoever whatever situation they're dealing with they need to be doing their own east Akana they need to do their own mr. khanna there might be situations this and then as a side note there might be situations where a decision affects multiple people then everybody involved in the situation makes their only Sahana if i will be implicated by this decision then we all make our own mr. Hogg but nevertheless it's not kind of like okay we need to do a business deal so myself or bathe in me that are going to get into a little business together all right I wouldn't get into business with Oh baby I don't trust him but nevertheless so olives all right so who these people are so with a couple of people I'm getting into a business with them and I need to we need to come to this decision is this a good decision or not so we decide you know what brothers we've looked at the facts we've crunched the numbers we've spoken to a couple of people we got some consultation we need to do with Cecotto so we say all right Amy my name eeny meeny miny moe you do is the cough doesn't work that way let everybody go into their own is the hub so even when it is a joint decision everybody should be doing it so kana but definitely when it is your personal decision make your own list aha don't put it off on someone else nobody else can do your so how about you do your own and then that little concern that with that is there I'm not good enough I'm not pious enough I'm not righteous enough doesn't make any sense Allah is Allah and he's accessible to you all you got to do is go get clean go make will do face the fitna allahu akbar and you're talking to a lone done deal secondly if you do feel like there's your distance from allah then fix the problem don't create another problem don't create another problem but rather fix the problem repair the relationship fix the issue and it obviously goes without saying that we don't make it stay hot off or anything that is impermissible so there is no it's harder for no should I drink alcohol well I have been of course that's very bad you know should i gamble what should I put my money on should I put my money on this race or this horse it goes to the top saying it's common sense you do not make it so hot about things that are impermissible also we do not make it out about things that are obligatory so there's no making a socata up should I pray salat Today Show or not that goes without saying things that are obligatory things that are a part of the Deen things that were supposed to do like fasting in Ramadan there's no making is other should I fast Ramadan or not and similarly we do not make it sahara for things that are impermissible and of course that's common sense but i just wanted to put you now let's go ahead and discuss the supplication of istikhara itself I'll go ahead and read the hadith to you I'm jetting this is a hadith from sahih bukhari this narration is in the Sahagun of imam bukhari Ramallah I'm jabbing another along one group al-shabab may allah be pleased with him he is a very eminent knowledgeable companion of the prophet of allah peace and blessings be upon him he says Kanna Rasul Allah he sallallahu alayhi wa sallam yo Andy muna and Sahara Tov in amore Calleja jannah rasool allah he sallallahu alayhi wa salam on Yoanna muna la jara Tofino muda kunia that the messenger of allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would regularly teach us the kana here emphasizes the regularity the consistency he regularly would remind us in teachers to do is Sahara in all of our affairs in our issue in America in all issues and all decisions and all the affairs Kamiya oddly muna a Sunnah terminal Quran just like you with teachers a surah from the Quran just like he would teach us a surah from the Quran what does that mean he's making you stronger parallel and this is by the way this is the same type of verb verbiage that's used to talk about the tashahhud in the prayer camera so do I so Larissa eliminate the Shahada Kamiya Ala Moana Sunnah Camilla for on that he would teach us at the shop would like to teach us a surah from the Quran and it's also said here about the Sahara supplication that means two things that has two implications implication number one he emphasized the importance of memorizing it just like we memorize the Sunnah from the Quran similarly he emphasized the importance of memorizing the supplication of a Sakana the second implication of this is that to read it in the Arabic language like we read a surah in the Arabic language when we read a surah from the Quran in our players we read it in Arabic correct or not everyone yes and again there's that rare exception that I talked about nevertheless the general rule is that we read the supplication in Arabic similarly the Prophet Solari some taught us to the supplication of the Sahara in Arabic just like we read a surah in Arabic okay he then goes on to say yahoo knew he would say either hama i had accompanied me when any one of you is concerned with an issue or a matter either hama I had to compel Omni when any one of you is concerned or dealing with or is a is concerned or dealing with for thinking about an issue a decision a matter file Erica erica Itanium invade infidelity Valera Caracara team innovated vanilla then he should pray 2 rakaats of optional voluntary prayer so he should pray 2 rakaats a prayer for the Erica erica teeny mini Laden for Eva aside from the fun obligatory prayer other than the further obligatory prayer so this is where I was explicitly saying that it has to be voluntary optional prayer because the prophets a lot isn't explicitly in the hadith in the narration says it must be voluntary optional prayer firmly upon then the prophet salaallah Salem says filmer the man literally with 13 film i in the arabic language in classical arabic the quranic and prophetic language in classical arabic the word Padma is to basically say what we would say afterwards after that then afterwards all right so it states that this occurs after the previous thing has been completed or concluded so based on this the vast overwhelming majority of the scholars are of the opinion the supplication of his heart is to be read after the prayer has been completed after that the sleep said ironic rock/metal assalamualaikum optima now the prophet salatu salam reads the supplication for us and teaches us a supplication so i'm going to explain the meaning of the supplication allahumma inni as the Haruka beeranika allahumma inni asta Haruka beeranika oh Allah most definitely I seek that which is good from you Bjelica by means of your knowledge because I would like you know what's good for me I don't know what's good like the eye of the Quran says aye sir and to ambush a gun whoa satin taco who shaken for hydraulic Oh aye sir and dr. Boucher at Santa Cruz shaken from local oracle wasa and to hit Boucher and wash of Aleppo so the Quran tells us son you might like something initially and it turns out to be good for you you might dislike something initially and it turns out to be bad for you so based on that allah subhanho wa taala is the only one who knows what's good for me so that's why I'm saying allahumma oh Allah in the Asahi no Kabir in Mecca oh Allah I seek that which is good from you by means of your knowledge well as stuff oh dear oh God before the rocket and I seek the ability to do what I need to do by means of your power and your ability meaning I'm weak I'm incapable but I seek the ability to make my decision and to do what I need to do by means of your ability in your power well you come in public and lean and I ask you to grant me from your great majestic benevolence that your blessing that is that that is so great I ask you to bless me from your blessing to grant me some some from your blessing in public Allah do and now this is personally my favorite part of the supplication extremely view and this kind of states that the mentality behind this tejada by any nakka nakka Deedle without of it but in the cut a little well out of it because most definitely you are fully capable and I am completely incapable very negative little well after dip because you are fully capable and I am completely incapable what's a demo well that are them and you know everything and I don't know anything okay I lemon without olive and you know everything and I don't know anything well anti lamb will who you and although you are I love I love this is the exaggerated form of the word that hyperbolized now this basically means a complete nowhere I love you will you miss a plural of the word of a all those things that are unseen all those things that are hidden all those things that are unknown that you are the complete nowhere inside out of all those things that are unseen and unknown and hid it now here comes the crux of the supplication allahumma in punta telomere and ahead and amaura hail only fee Dini while my Anna she were alphabet eld oh Allah you know oh Allah you know that this issue this decision this matter if this is good for me Feeny in my Dean in my religious affairs where my ashy and in my worldly affairs well I asked about the Omni and in the end of my affairs in the end of my affair what does that mean the end of my affair what is that what do you think that's referring to the offset of the life of the hereafter so if you know a lot that this decision that I'd like to make that I've been kind of struggling with you know a lot that if this is good for me in my Dean in our religion in my worldly matters in issues and if this is good for me in the al-quran another narration of this same supplication the prophets Allah besom said Oh Paul I Aegina company will add you ideally MD what a DVD in my short term and in the long term in my short term and in the long term what do you think short term refers to everybody do me a life of this world this life and Adi nahi the long term makes reference to al-kitab the Lycan figure out that all a you know that if this is good for me in the short term and long term dunya and akhira what do I request you all on Buffalo Huli make it possible for me make it possible for me make it happen for me but the daughter who me make it possible for me make it happen for me but that's not it now we get to see the real beauty the magnificence of the supplication way us in Rooney don't does make it possible and available to me why a sim who knew make it easy facilitated for me facilitate it for me make it simple make it easy and accessible for me and we're showing out that film remember I told you the meaning of the month or means and after the fact after what fact after I have achieved it but Italy fihi but Italy if he put blessing in it for me we're going through the premium package here premium package I wanna I want the works all the options I wanted to be possible for me oh Allah I want it to be easy and simple and accessible facilitated from you oh Allah and then after I have it I want Baraka and blessing in it allah wa what a comprehensive supplication what a beautifully comprehensive supplication it then goes on Allah Allah o Allah way in quantity a demo and the hazard Amrish R&D fee Dini well Mariah she were activity Omni and o Allah you know that this issue this decision this matter if this is bad for me in my Dean in my worldly matters and in the end of my affairs inoculum the hereafter another narration again says O God a genie MD were a genie in my short term and in the long term meaning in my dunya and my akhirah then what for if you are me what if Nia angry boss Tiffany for Sarita Omni was with me angry now here we get to again see the beauty and the eloquence of the supplication the prophetic eloquence on full display let me explain the word see you hear the word self means to turn something it means to turn something there are two entities here there is you and what you are making is so colorful there's you and what you're making is staccato so the first part this application says if this is bad for me in my dunya and akhira then possitive who on me possitive who and me turn it away from me what's it if nee on who and turn me away from it turn it away from me and turn me away from it you see that you see the the eloquence within this application the visually provides imagine you and what you're making is Sahara poor that are alive this is bad for me in my dunya and my Akira then I want nothing to do with it so don't just turn it away from me but turn me away from it want nothing to do with it I got no business with it if there's no cave then what what would I want with it so this is what this application teaches us to say but that doesn't solve the problem does it that doesn't solve the problem you're still an issue left what's the problem a brother show got to get married right let's see we got to get married right whatever it is that you're making a sonata for your need your necessity your situation your decision is still not complete fine you may decide hada you realize that this is not good for me you felt uncomfortable you felt hesitant or you felt apprehensive about the decision and you backed away done but your needs still remains so the prophets Allah Dyson doesn't leave us hanging me completes the supplication walk our door Niall hey raka DubLi a life make and then make possible for me that which is good so this particular situation wasn't good for me so I asked Allah Allah turned it away from me and turned me away from me I want nothing doing but all along what could do Neal hey make that which is good possible for me but the problem is I don't know where I don't know how I don't know when I don't know anything about it I don't know who she is where she lives I don't know nothing where do I start hey Luca hey Luca wherever and however that good maybe hey I'm wherever and however that good maybe so make that which is good possible for me whenever wherever however it may be hey I leave it to you all along I'll still do my due diligence I'll still stay at work trying to find the right option trying to make the right decision but oh Allah make that good possible for me meaning lead me to that cave I stumbled here no worries no problem I was saved from shell but make something good possible for me down the road and this is like a consolation at the end of supplication this situation don't work out that's actually good that means there wasn't hey you're asking allah prophet and Allah will make a possible for you that your theme that conviction needs to be there when you make supplication particularly here Allah will make that which is good possible I just got to keep sticking to what I do and I got to keep my hopes high in Allah soprano what's on them film out of the DVD so make that which is good possible for me wherever and however it may be fill my ugly knee be he come on eldini be and then meaning once I have gotten that which is good for me out of leaning be he make me please make me satisfied with it well feed you I at him in another narration the prophets of Lodi son says the words from our ugly neva he then make me satisfied with it make me content or satisfied fulfilled with it make me pleased with it now again kind of sounds like the same thing right we have hamdullah here at the lecture here we have plenty of Arabic students and even somebody who doesn't have any formal background in in Arabic study you can hear the difference go mom out of the knee be he remember be frog and the other one is film on Rob Feenie be he named dr. eighty Otto Dini rub Dean they sound a lot of like where are they completely the same word there's a little bit of a difference and the little bit of a difference is the difference in BER pattern and the thing about these verb groups and verb patterns is that they all have their own special implication in the classical form of the language they have special implications out of being a being and Rob Feenie bu when you have the same root word coming in both verb patterns these two verb patterns the subtle difference between the two is that aught of any means make all at once for to make something happen all at once make me all at once completely satisfied and fulfilled with RUP deany vee the verb pattern it comes from has the implication of for something to happen continuously little by little step by step and subhanAllah the profits a lot east of them said it with the two different verb forms and this shows not only the eloquence of the profits a lesson but it shows how well he understood people because there are two types of people when it comes to making a decision right some people might take their time I do their due diligence might make their do their research and then take their time to come to a decision but when they finally come to a conclusion decision then what dunh dunh decisions may finish kalos confident going forward now that's it some people are like that and then some people are a little different they come to a conclusion and decision they feel good everything's okay all right bismillah Chawla going for it are great fantastic and then at 12:00 at night midnight you get a text message from your friend I'm freaking out oh my god I don't know what to do I'm nervous and then you say don't worry about it it's all okay it's midnight than the sleeve everything will be all right in sha Allah said and say ok ok cha I'm good I'm good and then you wake up the breaks off the budget and he calls you like who calls that 5:00 a.m. the answer the phone like probe seriously I got to talk to you right now I'm not sure about this man I'm really nervous that's okay so people don't like that they need that constant reassurance they need to be reassured and subhanallah look at the messenger of allah salah t somehow well he knows his people how well he understands people he accommodated both types of people so my Abedini be e for the guy who might take his time to make his decision but once he makes it he's done something a belief or the person that o Allah don't just make me pleased with it but keep me pleased with it keep me pleased with constantly reassure me about my decision o Allah subhanAllah all right now at the end of the supplication in the narration of Behati the prophets Allah TCM says and I'll now I'll point this out some of you might be have that question but you didn't explain this at the end of the narration the Prophet salat Isom said well you some me had a cousin where you some me had a tofu and then he mentions his knee so when you go back into the supplication remember the part that I said was the crux of the supplication a llama in quintet Alamo and nada amra they'd only oh Allah you know that this decision if this is good for me that is the moment where the prophets Allah descent says the person should mention his or her need and the scholars explained that if somebody there's two options somebody could just simply think of whatever it is that they're making this hot about that would suffice now would suffice if somebody just just visualizes your you know conceptualizes or just thinks of what they're making it's not about that is sufficient otherwise a person can feel free should feel free to go ahead and even verbalize it if they need to know they don't need to verbalize it they don't need to verbalize it in Arabic if that's not their language they don't need to say it in Arabic if that's not their language they can say it in their own language they can interject that right there there are a lot along my confronted on amou and they have an umbrella and then at that time the person says buying this particular car purchasing this house marrying so so hate on me that this is good for me and then the supplication on goes on in continues similarly there's a second moment when you mention there as well when you say the other part of it allahumma in quintet's at wet in quintet Aleman neither Amara only so when you say the a flipside of it there are Allah that if this decision an issue is bad for me this is not good for me then again you can either think about it conceptualize it or even verbalize it say it whatever it is that you're doing is Sakana about the prophets a lot isn't on us to do that Chava that way it becomes very practical it's very it's very real it's a real experience you're literally stating your need all right and that's something the prophets a lot of some taught us to do so that concludes the discussion on the meaning of this application of the Sahara and to quite an extent that gives you an insight into why we do a Sahara what is the purpose what is the spirit of this economy one other thing I'd like to explain here about this supplication of is Sahara this is a prime example this is a perfect example of the prophetic eloquence how eloquent the Prophet Salla reason was and how beautiful these applications are that instead of sawdust and there's a lot of pain a lot of good and learning the prophetic supplication and we should make sure that we invest in time and energy and to learning these beautiful supplications the next thing that I wanted to the last little note that I wanted to mention here is a few little basic quotes from some scholars about the blessing of the sadhana and why we do is Sahana something beautiful even a bee general crime of allah great scholar who says the wisdom behind putting these is the salah before the sahara is the sahara combines both the good of this world in the next and just like in this dunya a person needs to go to the one that he needs something from that he has a need with you have to go to them you have to basically win their favor and then you present your need before them the Salah the prayer that precedes the supplication is like knocking at the door of the king is like knocking at the door of the King it is presenting yourself before lost Ranawat Allah and praying will ma su jewel with humbling yourself before allah putting your face on the ground in front of allah and spreading your hands and present in your need before a lost panel without and that is the beauty of the even the sequence of events even taymiyah rahim allah he says that he who seeks guidance from the creator he says man oedema manista haru halep wash our alma luke Malou clean with habit fe am reading that somebody who seeks the good seeks guidance she does is Sahara with the harlot with the Creator and then consults with the creation with people what about Sofia Marie and then when she comes to a decision that he's confident and he goes forward with it Mahadeva such a person will never regret Mahadeva manista Hara Holika wash our Alma flew clean what about Sofia Bri that person will never regret or have no remorse about the decision that he leads and Imam and Noah we all kind of end on this point Imam and no he says that after performing the Sahara then when a person is wholeheartedly inclined and feels good about a decision then a person should go ahead and then say bismillah as we say Dube is save this meal and and just go ahead with this go ahead with the course of action go ahead with that conclusion in that decision because it's a kata is like a training in other with Allah it Saqqara is a training in other with Allah that oh Allah I will not make a decision without checking with you without praying to you even though I'm fully confident also do a circle it shows other with Allah and part of that other with Allah is that when you do come to a conclusion decision who did make istikhara and you feel confident about your decision then you go with it then you roll with it you removed out at that time you don't second-guess you don't doubt you don't do these things because then that on the other hand would actually show disrespect to Allah and to this practice of a c-collar and at that time you go with it and the last of the final note I wanted to mention here is is Sahara one other requirement for Sahara and I didn't mention this in the prerequisites because I was talking about more in terms of fit what do you need like in terms of fit when you do a Saqqara but the primary ingredient of the Sahara is conviction know who you are praying you're praying to allah rabbul aalameen Sadiq buffoonish a well who I appreciate you working your praying's are the one who created each and every single thing and he watches and controls each and every single thing he sustains and maintains each and every single thing it is a lot ah did I laughs couldn't be Sheikh he's capable of doing whatever he wants but I don't need my you need he can do whatever he will yeah oh my good Eve yeah if I don't like your shop that's who you're dealing with so had that level of confidence when you do is to Allah I'm not just consulting with anyone I am talking to Allah and Allah will help me in my situation Allah will give me clarity of mind and Allah will bless me with confidence and have that and when you do make it Socata and let's just say that negative aspect of these Sahaba that I mentioned the shop let's just say you do feel hesitant to remember what the end of this application said don't feel disheartened at that time because the end of the supplication you do ask Allah for cave and if you add that level of conviction in Allah you will have that conviction that Allah will provide to you that which is best for you have that conviction have that that that that level of Iman in your clean within a lost panowitz Allah and his ability to take care of you and I love will insha'Allah take care of us as it says in the hadith Qudsi and there in the Bonnie I believe II that I deal with my slave according to how he perceives me I deal with my slave according to how he perceives me meaning if he perceived that I can take care of him I take care of it when he's doubtful then maybe he won't be taken care of so actually the onus is on us how do we perceive our relationship with Allah may have lost Conner Allah give us all the ability to practice everything that's been said and heard I guess I'll end with this I actually forgot I'll end with this one less hadith mentions narrated by 7iv velocity along behind we said that the messenger rasoolallah said means a harlot with me Adam is the Hara - who is the heart - Maru the island that from the blessing of the son of Adam is the ability to seek food from a bar dulce ha ha ha Baba who read all who be map above Allah and also from the blessing of the son of Adam the children of Adam is that they are pleased with whatever Allah has decreed for them women shop Watty Roman ship wotty evening Adama tofu is Sahara to llahi Azza WA JAL and from the wretchedness of the the children of Adam the human being is that when he leaves doing his Sahara with Allah women ship Watty give me Adam a soft UV map of Allah and also from the wretchedness of the human being is that when that human being is displeased with what Allah has decreed for him may Allah Spano atella bless us all to do with Sahara and to be pleased with Allah spano our talents decree and decision in our affairs and issues desert moi haven Salaam alaikum

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Length: 56min 29sec (3389 seconds)

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