Shaykh Zaid Khan | "Not Created to Consume" | IOK Khutbah | 1/31/25

00:29:36
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHDRCQnspvQ

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TLDRThe speaker addresses the theme of purpose in life, urging listeners to recognize their calling beyond materialism and consumerism. He reflects on how material possessions can distract from spiritual fulfillment and emphasizes the significance of worshiping Allah. Wealth should be utilized in service to God and community rather than being a primary objective. The speech also critiques the phenomenon of conspicuous consumerism, which encourages purchasing for status rather than need. Ultimately, the need for self-awareness and commitment to a higher purpose in life is highlighted, inviting people to live ethically and meaningfully.

Takeaways

  • 🙏 Recognize the purpose of life as worshiping Allah.
  • 💰 Beware of the distractions posed by consumerism.
  • 📈 Conspicuous consumerism reflects status rather than need.
  • 🌟 True fulfillment is found in spiritual and ethical living.
  • 🕌 Wealth should serve the greater good, not be the ultimate goal.
  • 📅 Remember your purpose, especially during Ramadan.
  • 👫 Be an example of a meaningful life to others.
  • 🚫 Resist equating happiness with material possessions.
  • 🚀 Focus on using wealth for positive impact.
  • 🧭 Be self-aware of your pursuits and their alignment with a higher purpose.

Garis waktu

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The speaker begins by thanking Allah and acknowledging the blessings of being part of the Ummah of Prophet Muhammad. They discuss the concept of purpose in life as defined by Allah and how, in its absence, individuals may seek fulfillment through various substitutes, often leading to a consumerist mindset where happiness is tied to material possessions.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The speaker critiques the modern obsession with consumerism, emphasizing that true happiness cannot be derived from material wealth alone. They distinguish between positive and negative aspects of wealth and warn against allowing the pursuit of material goods to overshadow spiritual objectives and goals.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    They elaborate on the psychological and societal influences that drive consumerism, such as comparisons with others and the desire for status symbols. The speaker uses the analogy of children playing to illustrate how adult behavior is often just an extension of childish desires, replaced by more expensive 'toys' in adulthood.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    The notion of conspicuous consumerism is introduced, where purchases are made for status rather than necessity. The speaker discusses marketing tactics that encourage continuous consumption and highlights the insatiability of human desire, emphasizing that true contentment cannot be achieved through constant acquisition of goods.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:29:36

    Lastly, the speaker stresses the importance of acknowledging our true purpose as worshippers of Allah and representatives on Earth. They encourage reflections on higher aspirations beyond mere survival and consumption, advocating for a life of dignity, purpose, and moral integrity in alignment with Allah's guidance.

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Video Tanya Jawab

  • What is the main purpose of life according to the speaker?

    The main purpose of life is to worship Allah and acknowledge His greatness.

  • How does consumerism distract individuals from their purpose?

    Consumerism creates a mindset focused on acquiring material possessions, leading to distraction from spiritual and ethical living.

  • What does conspicuous consumerism mean?

    Conspicuous consumerism is when individuals buy items not out of need but to signal status and elevate their perceived social standing.

  • What roles do wealth and possessions play in a meaningful life?

    Wealth and possessions should be used for good and not be the primary focus; true fulfillment comes from purposeful living.

  • What should individuals do to resist the trappings of consumerism?

    Individuals should remember their ultimate purpose, prioritize worship and ethical living, and avoid equating happiness with material wealth.

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    path Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has
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    with a purpose that he himself has
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    mandated for us for his
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    creation and when that purpose is absent
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    from from someone's life that hole that
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    void is usually filled with many other
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    things people try to have a Pursuit have
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    an ultimate objective have goals in
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    their life that tries to substitute the
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    purpose that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
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    has given us and from among the many
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    many things that a person can try to do
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    to fill that Gap
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    that void that they feel because they
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    don't feel like they're working towards
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    something greater than themselves one of
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    the
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    greatest substitutes and one of the
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    biggest trappings that we fall into is
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    the idea of things bringing us
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    happiness consuming for the sake of
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    consuming it's one of the marvels of our
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    time that everything that we see around
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    us is geared towards
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    highlighting maximizing how much a
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    person is willing to spend how much a
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    person is willing to
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    buy and the idea of happiness is tied
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    into the idea of buying in order to
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    achieve happiness that if you have more
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    you will feel happy if you have less
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    then you will feel the lack of it and
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    that lack of it will make you
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    sad the prophet sallallah alai wasallam
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    and the Hadith Allah subhanahu wa in the
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    Quran warns us of the trappings of a
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    consumerist mindset this is not of
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    course talking about the positive
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    positive aspects of wealth it's not
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    talking about the positive aspects that
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    a person can gain by spending in the
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    path of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala by
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    giving charity by helping the people
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    around them through zaka by spending on
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    one's family by utilizing their wealth
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    for the greater good for a larger
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    objective for the Improvement of society
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    around them we're not talking about that
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    we're talking about the negative aspects
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    of wealth Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
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    reminds us in the Quran that the life of
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    this world begins with play that the
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    life of this world begins with play that
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    when we are children the only thing that
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    we are concerned with is
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    play and the play
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    itself as a concept remain s throughout
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    our life but it takes on different forms
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    there's a famous saying that the
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    difference between men and boys is the
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    price of their toys but the idea is that
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    you just need more expensive things to
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    occupy your time so a child is occupied
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    with play when you are growing up and
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    you are a teenager you are a young adult
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    and often times the pursuit of desires
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    of physical desires of fulfillment of
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    what you want to
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    do and then when a person grows older we
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    get attracted to the idea of beauty
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    wasena and we want this beauty to be
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    presented outwardly and we want it to be
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    surrounded by Beauty and often times it
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    is the physical aspects of beauty
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    whether it's in a person whether it's on
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    things that attract our attention and
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    this is of course maximized by marketing
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    agencies there's a reason why women are
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    used so effectively in marketing
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    campaigns because they know what
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    attracts the
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    eyes but beyond that when a
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    person marries and they have a family
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    what do we usually do when it comes to
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    comparing where we are in life Allah
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    subhanahu waala
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    says at a certain
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    point the height of
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    the worldly life is when a person is
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    competing with each other in just having
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    more
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    what you want to compete to see who has
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    more and you want to use the things
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    around you to give yourself a sense of
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    pride and joy and we're talking about
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    unhealthy pride and joy there's nothing
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    wrong with being happy with the
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    blessings Allah has given you there's
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    nothing wrong with being happy with your
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    house your car your children the
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    achievements of your children but when
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    you use that to boast amongst
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    yourselves it's taking the place of your
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    ultimate objective of life you're using
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    that as the end goal that as long as all
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    of these things are done I'm happy but
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    Allah says your worldly life has to mean
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    more than that there has to be more that
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    you aim for because Allah has given you
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    and I the capacity to do more our
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    aspirations have to be much greater they
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    have to be more permanent they have to
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    they have to include the Hereafter and
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    not just be confined to this worldly
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    life and this idea of competing with
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    each other for wealth for resources
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    boasting amongst ourselves with what we
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    have this continues until a person
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    passes away Allah subhanahu wa tala says
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    that this constant
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    competition this constant competition
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    this measuring yourself against each
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    other with the things that you own it's
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    based on the things that you
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    own it diverts you it diverts you from
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    Allah it diverts you from your ultimate
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    objective of life and this
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    continues until you are in the
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    graves but Allah says
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    never you will soon know the reality of
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    the life of this world that if you
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    if if love of wealth and love of life
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    has successfully diverted your attention
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    away from Allah if Shan was successful
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    and you allowed Shan to be successful to
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    divert you away from Allah you will soon
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    know the
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    reality what you should have done and
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    what Now lies ahead of
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    you Allah repeats that statement that
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    you will absolutely know without a
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    shadow of doubt that you have wasted
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    your entire life by pursuing the things
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    that ultimately did not benefit you if
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    you did not use them in the right
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    way when we think about consumerism
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    generally speaking we think about buying
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    things and this could be categorized in
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    many different ways we buy things
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    because we need them so our needs are at
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    the top and this is with regards to just
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    surviving and living you need a house
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    you need cars you need clothes all of
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    those things are needs that's
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    fine under needs we have wants often
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    times when it comes to trying to figure
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    out if you really really really should
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    get something is to try to First figure
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    out the question whether I want it or
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    needed if you want something it's not
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    necessarily A Bad Thing however that
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    want in and of itself has to be
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    controlled you don't want your wants to
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    dictate what you should do you should
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    control it in order to prioritize your
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    needs and in order to prioritize your
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    greater objectives but beyond the needs
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    and wants there's a third category and
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    this is something that came up over the
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    last 100 years has been coined as
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    conspicuous consumerism
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    conspicuous consumerism which simply
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    means you buy things not because you
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    need it not because you want it but
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    because a particular item has a status
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    symbol it signifies to the person who
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    sees it that they should put you in a
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    particular category and if you think
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    about brand marketing that's all what it
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    is about because if a car
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    is about taking you from point A to
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    point B then it's no different than a
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    $330,000 car or a $3 million car if the
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    ultimate objective is to move you from
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    one point to another what's the
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    difference between each one it's
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    conspicuous consumerism having a certain
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    brand of car tells people who you are
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    without saying much there's a reason why
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    logos are visible because each one tells
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    the person across from you that this is
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    where I am at and this is what takur is
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    about if you think about social media if
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    you think about how you know products
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    are usually marketed it's usually
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    marketed with the idea of buy it and
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    you'll be better buy it you'll be at a
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    higher level buy it you'll be happier
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    buy it people will respect you
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    everything is tied into the idea of
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    buying something that's just better than
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    than the thing that you have if you just
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    think about how our markets work we're
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    all conditioned to just look for an
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    update it's the next best thing even if
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    the next best thing is no different than
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    the one you bought last year it's only
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    one grade better maybe it has one extra
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    feature but our conditioning is to such
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    a degree that not having it makes us
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    feel that we are missing out on
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    something or that what I already have
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    even if it's fully functional and looks
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    perfectly new we feel like this is
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    already old it's already
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    obsolete why is that the case because
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    the psychology
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    behind and is you need to always buy
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    continuously buy there a reason why
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    things break down so easily because
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    you'll just buy the next
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    one the prophet sallallahu alaihi
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    wasallam tells us in a Hadith narrated
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    inkari by
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    anik that the son of
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    Adam is a glutton in other words never
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    satisfied if they had a valley of gold
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    they would want a second Valley and this
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    applies in so many ways once you have a
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    house you think about having a second
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    house you think about having one house
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    that pays off your other house you have
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    a weekend car you have a weekday car
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    right you have formal clothing informal
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    clothing you have all of these things
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    because once you have one then you think
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    about having something else something
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    else and something else and the prophet
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    sallallah alai wasallam says
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    ultimately that the only thing that can
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    fill the mouth of the son of Adam is
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    dirt in other words until you're dead
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    and in the ground and you're filled with
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    dirt and your body is disintegrated
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    that's only when you're going to be
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    happy because now you're
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    fulfilled and it shows the trappings of
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    tying your happiness to just buying
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    things because ultimately the more you
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    try to buy to achieve happiness to
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    achieve some purpose in life it will
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    never satisfy you because there's
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    never an end to wanding things as soon
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    as you hit a certain point you think
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    about moving on to the next point and
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    it's about every single thing that we
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    have and this is something that all of
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    us can admit we all suffer from it but
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    how does a person move beyond that how
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    does a person recognize the trappings of
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    this mindset that our life has to be
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    more than just about existing eating and
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    drinking and spending money and spending
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    money on things that we don't need
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    perhaps that we're not going to use that
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    often but we buy it because it's so easy
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    to buy there's a reason why you know you
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    know aside from the idea of convenience
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    there's a reason why saving your card
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    information is so easy on an Amazon app
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    why you have things like oneclick buy
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    because before you can think about it
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    too much if you just press the button
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    you've already ordered
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    it try to do an experiment on yourself
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    of using cold hard cash to purchase
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    items versus swiping your card you think
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    twice when you're actually giving
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    physical cash
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    over versus just swiping your card
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    because you don't think about how much
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    you end up
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    buying the prophet sallallah alaihi
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    wasallam reminds us that I don't fear
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    for you I.E the umah I don't fear for
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    you in terms of
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    poverty but I fear the wealth of the
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    world being opened up the treasures of
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    the World opening up for
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    you because it opened up for the people
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    before and they were
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    destroyed and when it opens up for you
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    and you indulge in the wealth of this
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    world it will destroy you as well
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    because it will divert you from your
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    true true
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    purpose the prophet sallallahu alaihi
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    wasallam says in a Hadith ofi that two
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    hungry
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    wolves if you were to imagine two hungry
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    predators being Unleashed upon a flock
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    of sheep how much Carnage and havoc and
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    destruction they can cause that's how
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    much destruction the love of wealth and
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    fame can cause to a person's religion
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    because it diverts you from your
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    ultimate
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    objective so
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    realizing recognizing the trappings of
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    wealth the mindset that the world around
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    us can and suck us into is one step
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    recognizing that this is ultimately for
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    just utility I use it to live I use it
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    for the pleasure of Allah subhanahu wa
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    ta'ala I use it to attain
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    my but beyond that in and of itself it's
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    not going to bring me Comfort success
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    and joy it might buy me things that
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    bring me a moment of happiness and joy
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    But ultimately it is not something that
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    will give me
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    permanent Joy it's
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    fleeting so what should a person do they
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    should remind themselves of the purpose
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    Allah subhanahu waala has given
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    them says that the first level the first
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    tier of existence is simply existence
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    which is you live you eat you drink you
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    try to find
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    shelter right you build societies you
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    build Comm communities it's just a way
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    of living your
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    life but you are bani Adam we are human
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    beings there has to be something greater
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    than this Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
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    reminds us inah
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    is that we have dignified the children
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    of Adam how are we dignified we are
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    dignified by
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    intelligence the fact that we are able
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    to think
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    Beyond self-awareness the fact that we
  • 00:20:01
    have more than just base instincts for
  • 00:20:04
    survival the fact that we are able to
  • 00:20:06
    think Beyond ourselves the fact that we
  • 00:20:09
    could communicate the way we do even
  • 00:20:11
    though other animals and other species
  • 00:20:13
    communicate in different ways we are
  • 00:20:16
    able to communicate at a higher
  • 00:20:20
    level our bodies have been created in
  • 00:20:24
    proportion we look pleasing Pleasant
  • 00:20:27
    beautiful Allah subhana
  • 00:20:29
    has created
  • 00:20:30
    us in the best of
  • 00:20:34
    moles this dignity is visible during our
  • 00:20:37
    lives when we cover ourselves we don't
  • 00:20:40
    expose ourselves because we are
  • 00:20:41
    dignified Allah has given us innate
  • 00:20:43
    dignity and we honor that dignity by
  • 00:20:46
    dressing the way Allah subhanahu wa
  • 00:20:48
    ta'ala has deemed for us this continues
  • 00:20:51
    even after a person passes away and the
  • 00:20:53
    fact that they are washed and shrouded
  • 00:20:56
    and buried with dignity that we don't
  • 00:20:57
    leave them to we don't cremate
  • 00:21:00
    them we don't do what we want with our
  • 00:21:03
    bodies
  • 00:21:04
    because Allah has dignified us but this
  • 00:21:07
    dignity is not just the physical dignity
  • 00:21:10
    that Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala has given
  • 00:21:11
    us Allah has dignified us with
  • 00:21:14
    purpose and this is mentioned at the end
  • 00:21:17
    of the Ayah Allah says that we have
  • 00:21:18
    dignified bani Adam and we have given
  • 00:21:20
    them the capacity to travel on land we
  • 00:21:23
    have given them the capacity to travel
  • 00:21:25
    on the oceans the intelligence to
  • 00:21:28
    navigate the oceans before technology
  • 00:21:30
    how were people able to go around the
  • 00:21:32
    world it's because of the intelligence
  • 00:21:34
    Allah had given
  • 00:21:37
    them and Allah says we have
  • 00:21:41
    given sustenance from Pure Food this is
  • 00:21:44
    another sign of dignity that Allah
  • 00:21:47
    doesn't want us to just stuff ourselves
  • 00:21:50
    with whatever we want to eat whatever we
  • 00:21:52
    want to drink that we don't just abuse
  • 00:21:54
    our
  • 00:21:55
    bodies that there is a limit to what we
  • 00:21:58
    can consume
  • 00:22:01
    because what we put in aligns with the
  • 00:22:05
    dignity Allah has given us and Allah
  • 00:22:08
    says beyond
  • 00:22:12
    that that we have honored them
  • 00:22:15
    privileged them upon the majority of
  • 00:22:19
    creation because everything around us is
  • 00:22:22
    a creation of Allah but when it comes to
  • 00:22:24
    the celestial bodies when it comes to
  • 00:22:26
    the Animal Kingdom when it comes to the
  • 00:22:28
    plant life around us when it comes to
  • 00:22:30
    anything around us we have been given a
  • 00:22:33
    higher purpose which is beyond existence
  • 00:22:37
    our purpose in life is to worship Allah
  • 00:22:40
    is to acknowledge the greatness of Allah
  • 00:22:42
    this is mentioned
  • 00:22:45
    in month of Ramadan is coming up it is
  • 00:22:48
    the it is a great way and a and an
  • 00:22:51
    opportune time to remind ourselves and
  • 00:22:54
    to reorient ourselves with our ultimate
  • 00:22:56
    objective our life has to be more than
  • 00:22:59
    just thinking about what I'm what I'm
  • 00:23:00
    going to buy next has to be more than
  • 00:23:03
    just aiming to get to a higher income
  • 00:23:06
    bracket so I could earn and buy more
  • 00:23:08
    things it has to be more than that our
  • 00:23:12
    life has to be more than just you know
  • 00:23:14
    pleasures and
  • 00:23:16
    experiences what are we ultimately
  • 00:23:18
    living for Allah says this is what you
  • 00:23:20
    have been created for to acknowledge my
  • 00:23:23
    greatness
  • 00:23:29
    Allah says we have privileged you over
  • 00:23:31
    the majority of creation to the point
  • 00:23:33
    that the scholars say that when it comes
  • 00:23:35
    to the ranking of
  • 00:23:38
    creation the prophets the prophets are
  • 00:23:42
    at the top and of the prophets the
  • 00:23:43
    prophet sallallah wasam is the best of
  • 00:23:46
    creation and under him is the category
  • 00:23:48
    of prophets the ones of strong
  • 00:23:56
    resolve after those four Prophets is the
  • 00:23:58
    rest of the
  • 00:24:00
    prophets after the prophets is the four
  • 00:24:03
    main
  • 00:24:05
    angels and under him is the rest of
  • 00:24:09
    Believers from the gin and from the
  • 00:24:11
    humans because Allah has given us the
  • 00:24:14
    capacity to think and to make the right
  • 00:24:17
    choice this is how we are privileged
  • 00:24:20
    over the rest of creation and the
  • 00:24:21
    scholars say that the the worship of
  • 00:24:25
    human beings and the Jin are greater
  • 00:24:27
    than the worship of the an because the
  • 00:24:29
    Angels do not have the capacity to
  • 00:24:31
    disobey Allah but human beings are
  • 00:24:34
    constantly distracted by the world
  • 00:24:36
    around them we have The NPS that is
  • 00:24:38
    always within us trying to take us away
  • 00:24:40
    from Allah we have Shan trying to always
  • 00:24:43
    influence us we have the world always
  • 00:24:45
    trying to distract Us in the midst of
  • 00:24:47
    all of that noise if a person is able to
  • 00:24:49
    hone in on their purpose and objective
  • 00:24:53
    of worshiping Allah of making their life
  • 00:24:56
    meaningful
  • 00:24:58
    that's why they are that's why Allah has
  • 00:25:01
    given us privilege that's where our
  • 00:25:03
    dignity and honor comes from not from
  • 00:25:05
    owning things not from being in the
  • 00:25:08
    neighborhoods that we can be in because
  • 00:25:10
    ultimately it's all
  • 00:25:12
    fleeting and Allah says it's a privilege
  • 00:25:15
    because you have been given intelligence
  • 00:25:16
    and the capacity to reason and this
  • 00:25:19
    reason leads you towards
  • 00:25:21
    Allah and you choose to worship Allah
  • 00:25:25
    you choose to submit to Allah you don't
  • 00:25:27
    do what you want want to do even though
  • 00:25:29
    the world tells you do what you please
  • 00:25:31
    your body is your body do as you please
  • 00:25:33
    there's no one that can stop you as long
  • 00:25:35
    as you don't harm anyone as long as it's
  • 00:25:37
    not illegal you can do what you want
  • 00:25:39
    it's your wealth it's your money it's
  • 00:25:40
    your body
  • 00:25:44
    butam Allah has given us
  • 00:25:47
    dignity and that dignity makes us submit
  • 00:25:50
    to Allah but beyond beyond
  • 00:25:55
    worship says that Beyond existing and
  • 00:25:57
    surviving beyond the worship of Allah
  • 00:26:00
    there's a third tier of responsibilities
  • 00:26:03
    which
  • 00:26:04
    is Allah in the Quran tells us in Surah
  • 00:26:07
    Bak when he talks about the creation of
  • 00:26:10
    Adam even before the story of the
  • 00:26:12
    creation of Adam he tells us what is our
  • 00:26:18
    calling we are the representatives of
  • 00:26:22
    Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
  • 00:26:25
    this is a dual purpose life not only to
  • 00:26:29
    worship Allah but to be an example to
  • 00:26:33
    show purpose to people who have
  • 00:26:35
    forgotten their
  • 00:26:37
    purpose who have been diverted by takur
  • 00:26:40
    who have been diverted by the World by
  • 00:26:42
    Shan by their NS we are supposed to
  • 00:26:46
    exemplify a way of living life that is
  • 00:26:49
    Meaningful ultimately meaningful not
  • 00:26:52
    just in the short term in the long term
  • 00:26:55
    and Khalifa doesn't just have to mean on
  • 00:26:57
    the Govern government level by simply
  • 00:27:00
    submitting to Allah and being who you
  • 00:27:03
    are and worshiping Allah and choosing to
  • 00:27:06
    live an ethical moral life according to
  • 00:27:08
    the Shar that is by that is being aif
  • 00:27:12
    you are showcasing to people a better
  • 00:27:16
    way of life Allah subhah wa tala guide
  • 00:27:19
    us and protect us give us knowledge that
  • 00:27:20
    benefits us may Allah subhana wa taal
  • 00:27:22
    give us all the ability to to divert our
  • 00:27:25
    hearts from the things that can distract
  • 00:27:28
    us from Allah may Allah subhanahu wa
  • 00:27:30
    taala give us all the ability to earn
  • 00:27:32
    and live in the way that is pleasing to
  • 00:27:34
    him may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala give
  • 00:27:35
    us the ability to use our life for the
  • 00:27:38
    purpose that he has created us to
  • 00:27:40
    Showcase this purpose for the people
  • 00:27:42
    around us Allah subhanahu guide bless
  • 00:27:44
    and protect us all
  • 00:28:04
    alhamdulillah
  • 00:28:28
    Allah
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