we spoke last week of the adab of the prophet of allaham towards his Lord subhanahu waala the adab of the prophet of Allah ibraim and MSA and Isa and a and eunus and our Prophet Muhammad and then we asked the question what does it mean to be of adab towards Allah Almighty for you and I after receiving this snapshot of prophetic adab how it's to be done what then about us and we said that we're going to cover how many headings six of them how many did we cover last week three what was the first it begins with knowing the names of Allah subhah wa ta'ala and familiarizing yourself with his attributes and making that an active part of your life we elaborated upon this adep towards Allah Almighty Begins by knowing his names familiarizing with who your lord is who you claim to worship what was the second to clear your heart from every image and to purify yourself from the desire of the attention and focus of everyone focusing purely on your lord subhanahu wa taala during those moments of worship sincerity that is part of being a person of adep towards your lord and what was the the third to evict self- admiration from yourself we said that a person who remotely begins to understand who Allah Almighty is and consequently who you are and what you are not the very first consequence that this has and must have on our lives is the total and utter elimination of any type of self-importance or admiration when you come to know this great Creator and when you eliminate this Pride at the core of what you are doing is showing adab towards your lord aliz the most Mighty subhana tala those were three let us conclude our study with another three the fourth manifestation or prerequisite of what it means to be a person of adab towards Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is to accept every instruction that comes by way of Allah almighty's religion with an open heart and complete contentment a Muslim understands that his motto his slogan in life is we hear we hear and we obey this is our position within this vast domain we are the ordinates we are not the Kings we are the worshippers we are not the woried the believer raises the banner that says it is for you to say I command and I forbid and it is for me as a slave as a worshipper to say I hear and I obey since Allah Almighty created he has the right to legislate since Allah Almighty created Allah Almighty has the right to be obeyed Allah says in the Quran unquestionably his is the creation and the command you see how they come hand in hand unquestionably his is the creation and the command since he creat created alone he has the right to command alone so a person of adep towards Allah subhah wa tala is a person who accepts everything that comes by way of Islam a Prohibition or an instruction they stay within the parameters to the best of their ability and even when they fail their heart is content with everything that has come by way of Allah subhana wa tala there is no internal conflict or opposition toward WS the religion of Allah subhana wa tala think about it why IIM why is our fifth pillar of Islam which carries our religion based upon a reenactment of the life of the Prophet ibraim Hajj is one of the pillars of the religion and at the core of Hajj is what a reenactment of the life of ibraim alam and his entire family why him why IIM our IM recited in uh in the first he said the Imam recited then we revealed To You O Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam that you are to follow the upright way of ibraim IIM is therefore an example for our Prophet Muhammad and is an example for our how and why IIM you will see and we will link all of the dots in a moment there are many qualities that we can list about this intimate Ali and friend of Allah subhah wa ta'ala but there is one quality of ibraim that is a standout feature and that is his Islam his submission to Allah subhana waala in every one of the chapters of his life he submitted to his Lord Allah subhana Waal he said we chose him in the life of this world IIM and in the Hereafter he will be with the righteous listen when his lord said to him submit yourself surrender yourself he said I submit myself to Allah the lord of the worldsim was tested so many times in his life and each and every time he submitted to Allah Almighty with acceptance and love and wholeheartedness Allah Almighty instructs him to migrate from place to place on numerous occasion all throughout his life he was a traveler by the instruction of Allah he submitted Allah instructs him to go back to Mecca and to build the Kaa with his son is and he submitted Allah instructs him to go to a nearby Mount and to announce that Hajj is now an obligation Allah Almighty calls you to make Hajj there were no amplifiers there were no microphones no speaker systems he didn't argue he did it and Allah conveyed the message he submitted Allah instructs him to leave his spouse and his breastfeeding child in a Barren desert all by themselves he does not question and he submits his wife says to him or his spouse says to him did Allah Almighty instruct you to do this he said yes she said then he will not forsake us she submitted Allah instructs him to slaughter his son is a horrible thought yet he did it then Allah Almighty spared him of that test because he had passed it but he submitted and so did is Allah instructs him to circumcise himself at the age of 80 years old he submitted when his lord said to him submit and he said I have submitted myself to Allah the lord of the worlds so a person of true adep towards Allah subhanahu wa tala looks at what Allah Almighty wants what do you require of me oh my Lord oh my Mak and you submit my question to you my brother my sister how do you feel about the instructions of the religion of Islam are you content with them notice the question here is are you the question here is not are you applying everything in Islam No one is doing that I am certainly way off that's not the question the question is internally how do you feel about the religion of Allah Almighty every aspect of it are you content content with it a person who finds himself harboring any type of doubt about any aspect of Islam because it goes against how you were raised or how Society has conditioned you or how you think things should be done this person is expressing terrible adab towards Allah Almighty so Allah Almighty has instructed the hijab the full hijab my dear sister I'm not asking you whether you're wearing it or not we ask Allah Almighty to help you achieve it no doubt it is an obligation of the religion my question here is very simple how do you feel about this obligation how do you feel about this instruction that has been given upon you you happy with it or do you feel a haraj a type of discontent in your heart Allah Almighty has instructed you to lower the Gaze whether online or offline how do you feel about that Allah has prohibited you not just from drinking alcohol but dealing with alcohol selling alcohol transporting alcohol whether you're doing it or not that's a different conversation how do you feel about that prohibition do you wish that it was otherwise Allah Almighty has given us a vision for the man and has given us a vision for the woman society says they are the same Allah says the male is not like the female how do you feel about about that the religion of Islam has a vision for the man as a husband and a woman as a wife and the roles that they play in that family and the different roles that they play in society how do you feel about that if it goes against what you feel is right why am I going down this line of questioning and asking you about how you feel inside because Allah Almighty wants you to feel content about everything that has come your way from him though you may be struggling to apply some of it that is why Allah subhana T he said no by your lord our Prophet Muhammad s alhi wasam an oath from Allah they can have no faith no IM until what until they make you oh Prophet a judge between all of their disputes is that enough no then after they make you a judge they find in their hearts no discomfort about your ruling and they submit to it with full submission so not only does Allah Almighty want you to surrender physically to what he wants from you he wants your heart to submit he wants you to be content with with his way of life that he has chosen for you for your welfare and with your welfare in mind so a a muslim with adab manners towards Allah Almighty is Keen to act upon this point number four which is to show Allah contentment with every aspect of the religion though it may not align with your temperament here is a very important point it's very easy to show Allah Almighty happiness and contentment with those aspects of Islam that are calm with you as a person that are aligned with your disposition how you and I were raised the challenge is to measure your adab towards Allah almighty's religion when an instruction goes against what you feel is right and how you were raised to do things so for example a brother who by his nature he's very jealous over his woman folk he's very happy with the and he loves that instruction why because it it it it's aligned with a desire that he has inside of him anyway that's not how to measure whether your adab towards Allah is on point or not because there's a win-win situation there for you the question is when your religion clashes with something that goes against an acceptability that you were raised with or without that's how to measure it when it goes against the secular liberal hegemony that we are living in what do you put forward what is your heart saying how is your adab towards Allah Almighty when that tension begins give you an example I may sit here or anybody else speaking about theam on the rulings of Islam and I say something Brothers start cheering I say something like at home the husband is the captain of that ship Allah Almighty has given him leadership for a reason brothers are round of applause this is this is the Sheikh I told you that's my Sheik right there preach Amen to that J then in the same breath the Sheik may say something like you need to be caring towards your wife you should lend her an attentive ear maybe you should uh ReDiscover how to use the vacuum cleaner maybe accept the influence of your wife over you listen to her in an interrupt uninterrupted uh manner try to validate her emotions what happens look at the faces of the brothers now they all change it's like you've asked them to eat glass or something who invited the S into the Masid it changes now why because it goes against what you want Sisters by the way they're no exception they're not going to be left off the hook same thing you say something that they like round of applause crowd favorite you say Islam has praised women as mothers and has praised women as daughters and has praised women as uh righteous women has praised them everyone is happy that's my Sheik that's the man who understands the times and then you shift the gear and you say something like women are not allowed to lead in prayer they're not allowed to lead men in Salah or you say something along the lines of your domestic duties the prioritization of your husband to take pride in the raising of righteous children and to be a homemaker look at the faces it's like someone has dropped a phone if everything has changed and you quickly shift from what a shikh to what a misogynist I knew he was relevant to I knew he was toxic Everything Changes is this how we approach our religion like a fish market just put into your bag or what you think is most suitable for your appetite is this how we approach Islam like a a tub of Ben and Jerry's ice cream choose your favorite FL flavor or your your your your Spotify playlist you choose the track that you like or the MP3 the the sounds that you like and what doesn't really Chim with you or doesn't give you the vibe you just throw it away and skip it is this how we approach our religion no of course not it's an entire package that Allah Almighty wants you to embrace wholeheartedly though you may not be able to practice all of it none of us are practicing every aspect of Islam but what's your heart saying you say I know I am failing in this aspect but I know it is from Allah I know it is H the truth I know it is wise it is a weakness in me and pray for me I am making steps to move from A to B because that's where I want to be where Allah wants me to be your heart is it content with what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has revealed and bear in mind just before you and I think that we are giving Allah Almighty a favor when we glorify him and uphold his religion this religion was given with your welfare in mind and only yours it's not about restricting your freedoms it's not about dampening your adventure in life and limiting your choices it's not just about that no it's it's more I want you to imagine you are You' got your boots on and you're trekking with your friend friends and you're making your way through the mountains of Wales and then you come across this massive sign Neon Lights huge and it says do not proceed stop in your tracks do not Advance there is explosive ordinance ahead how do you interpret that prohibition that sign will you say who put that there they are limiting my movement they're limiting my my freedoms no one says that no you say whoever put that there understands the consequence of me going in that terrain and is trying to protect me from becoming a firework display you're grateful for it similarly Allah almighty's instructions his Commandments his prohibitions whether they enter your mind or they don't they've come to you from an all knowing all wise all merciful Creator who wants your welfare he said respond to Allah and his messenger when they invite you to that which gives you life every Ayah of the Quran is for you and I it is Mercy every instruction is with your welfare in mind that's why 113 from the 114 of the Quran begin with what in the name of Allah the most merciful because every Ayah of the Quran is a manifest of the mercy of Allah Almighty and his desire of good for you every instruction adds value to your life does not add anything to Allah every prohibition takes something away from you does not take something away from Allah subhanahu wa taala therefore if you are struggling with any aspect of Islam ask Allah to help you achieve it but in the meanwhile show Allah Almighty you're content with it Islam is not like a wave on the beach that you await the ideal wave of the right dimensions that you enjoy for a moment and then it takes you calmly back to the shore no Islam is a full package you ride every wave of Islam and those that you cannot you wish that you can because Allah said enter Islam holistically entirely and he said take the book with strength and Allah Almighty has blamed those who say as is found in Surah four of the Quran we believe in some and we reject some and they want to take a middle path between that so this is number four a m of AD towards Allah subhanahu wa tala accepts every aspect of the religion of Islam though he may be struggling she may be struggling to apply aspects of it internally you're at peace with everything Allah Almighty tells you to do and you're at peace with everything he's told you not to do number five a person of adab to Allah subhana wa tala take note of this surrenders to every decree of Allah Almighty that comes his or her way with patience and with contentment how important it is to remind ourselves of this one particularly at a time when our phones are inundated with images of Bloodshed of beheaded children of demolished towns of genocided communities and people are asking why is this happening and some are gaining faith and others are rapidly losing it number five suggests a person of adab towards Allah Almighty accepts every one of his decrees whether you understand it or don't you do that with contentment and you do that minimally with patience our sixth pillar of Iman as Muslim narrates the prophet sallallahu alai said describing it to believe in the decree of Allah Almighty whether it's the good or that which comes with otherwise that's part of your identity that's part of who you are that's part of your composition your makeup as a Muslim is What Makes You Different to the kuf and that is why IM he said in his explaining the Sunni Orthodox position with respect to he said he said at the core of is a Divine secret that Allah Almighty has not uncovered to an angel or a messenger you may understand many aspects of Allah almighty's wisdom but you will always you and I be oblivious to most of it why because he said at the core of it's a Divine secret that Allah Almighty has kept for himself that he has not given knowledge of to a prophet a messenger not even a nearby Angel what is the opposite of doing this the opposite is objecting where the Calamity comes your way and kicking up a huge fuss and saying why me what have I done to deserve this I deserve better I'm am I practicing Muslim I'm taking care of my religion that person is not why should this have affected me and not him or them or others may they they may say why them and not me and that is one of the strange things that have happened since the genocide of it has changed the modern psyche in the past people used to doubt Allah and they used to say why me now they are seeing so much blood they are saying why them and not me survivors guilt objecting to the of Allah subhanahu waala is no doubt a sign that this adab towards your lord is still a work in progress so here we ask some questions for those who are unsure about a difficulty they may be going through and now they're beginning to doubt Allah almighty's managing of the universe we ask question the fact that you and I don't know the reason behind why Allah has decreed something in our lives does it mean that there is no reason is the question clear the fact that you and I may not know why something has happened to us does it therefore mean that there is no reason and it was just pointless no it doesn't it simply means that you want I don't know the reason we can't see the bigger picture that's all it means when your parent when you are a child gave you an instruction that you failed to Fathom does that mean that your parents were acting without wisdom and without reason or does it simply mean that there was a difference in intellect between you and your parents and therefore you couldn't understand the instruction you couldn't understand it when you're GP he gives you a prescription for an illness you have you don't understand it it's like you're looking at something in a different language Sanskrit you don't understand what he's told you to take does that mean because you don't understand it that there was no wisdom behind what he has given you no of course not there is there is wisdom but because he's a GP and you're not you just don't understand it now the difference between you and your parents or the difference between you as a patient and your GP is far smaller than the difference between you and Allah so it's very possible that when something comes your way and he offers you though it may be a painful medicine you don't understand it the fact that you don't understand it does not mean that there is no reason there's no wisdom it just means that we have failed to understand the reason so why make it a cause of doubt in Iman secondly and take note of this especially for those who are on shaky legs now because of the barbarity that they are seeing happening in Gaza and they ask where is Allah Almighty he's able to change all of this why is he not protecting the children from dying take note of Point number two here which is if you have made it a condition that I will only trust Allah Almighty in how he manages the universe when I know know the reason behind every happening then you are essentially saying that I need to be at the same level of Allah with respect to his knowledge everything that he decrees for me I need to know it everything he decrees for the umah I need to know it and if I don't know it then I'm not too sure if I trust my Lord in the managing of the universe is this not unintentional shik so let me help you my brothers and sisters and help myself no doubt and I'm going to offer you four filters to help you achieve this fifth adab that we are speaking about which is to accept the of Allah subhanahu wa taala whether it's something you like or something that really hurts you or your Muslim neighbors any difficulty that comes your way if you pass it through these four filters by the time it gets to the other end what started off as something quite toxic something quite heavy something dark and painful that was weighing you down pass it through filter one and then the second third and fourth and what you will get on the other side is contentment with the of Allah and something that will Elevate you instead of pulling you down take note of these four filters filter number one is to remember that Allah Almighty is aware filter number two to remember that Allah Almighty is just filter number three is to know that Allah Almighty is wise filter number four is to know that Allah Almighty can do whatever he wants in his kingdom anything that comes your way that you may be struggling with personally or as a family or as an um maybe it's your finances maybe it's a relationship that has broken down maybe it's your deteriorating mental health maybe it's your CV that's not attracting jobs whatever it may be a child that has gone astray pass this difficulty of yours through these four filters and watch how it comes out as something that you're able to manage and you become a person of adab towards Allah as you surrender to his shall I give you a demonstration of how these four filters work I'll give you an example and then you can take them home and apply them to your life let let's take a problem that we are all struggling with because it's relevant the genocide in specifically the global abandonment of those Muslims and specifically the killing of children that has reached horrific levels run out of words really let's take this as a problem recently somebody messaged me online and said that um I alhamdulillah have reverted to the religion of Islam a few months ago by way of a video that you posted thanking the doctors and the journalists and the people of and I thank Allah Almighty that he has given me Islam through those righteous people but this person said nevertheless it is so much content and it is so graphic and the barbarity is so extreme that now I have taken one or two steps back as I ask myself where is this God that I have submitted to it seems that they have been abandoned even by those in the heaven I said to this person Thursday will be the day that we will address this so let's take this as a problem that is challenging us in our IM and pass it through these filters and see what comes out the other end what was filter number one remind me Allah is aware so for those who go through a hard time and the first question they find themselves asking is can't Allah Almighty see what is happening have you heard this new- jerk reaction can't he see can't he hear we say no filter number one says and argues that there is no Heaven that obscures another Heaven from the sight of Allah there is no planet that obscures another planet from the vision of Allah there is no sound or the complain of a Believer the screams of a child that drowns out the sound of another who is doing the same Allah is aware he said nothing on the ground nothing on the land nothing in the heavens is absent from the knowledge of Allah subhah wa tala and Allah Almighty he says for those who are in doubt with him are the keys to the Unseen no one has knowledge of those keys but him and he knows everything on land and in the sea and there is not a leaf of a tree that falls down from anywhere except that he has knowledge of it and there is no Gra rain somewhere in the darknesses of the land Allah says or anything moist or dry except that it is with Allah Almighty in a clear record so this is filter number one it says Allah Almighty is certainly aware he can see what is happening filter number two we said Allah is is just when you ask the question where is the Justice in what is happening how is this Fair tell me we establish a principle Allah Almighty is the most just he said Allah does not do Injustice even the weight of an atom Allah Almighty said Allah does not do Injustice to the people Allah Almighty said Allah does not do Injustice to anyone so the issue is that man he likes to deflect his problems on Allah Almighty most important thing for most of people is to just not take responsibility for their actions to put the blame on someone else on God Almighty but not on themselves so when we do wrong to to someone we say God decreed it and when someone does wrong to us we say why did God decree it one way or another we will find a way to blame Allah subhanahu waala no Allah Almighty is the most just but did the most just ever tell you and I that this world of ours is a place of Jaa a place of reward and comfort and recompense No in fact Allah said that this world is a place of Bal a place of test and tribulation that's what he told us Justice perfect Justice is reserved for the day of judgment did Allah Almighty promise US that the life of this world will be a place of perfect Justice for us to start now doubting Allah Almighty he never gave us that promise to begin with if Allah had told us that in the life of this world there is perfect Justice I get you I know why some of us would doubted but did Allah ever make that promise no he has given you and I an will to make decisions as we please as we choose yes our will is connected to the will of Allah Almighty we don't escape his knowledge and his power but he has given us a will you came here to the Masjid with your will you support Philistine with your will you pray with your will and we disobey Allah with our will no one is controlling us like puppets so we ask where is the Justice Allah has given us a will and on the day of judgment that is when perfect Justice will will be dispensed that's what he told us he said we will establish the scales of Justice on the day of judgment he said that is when no soul will be done Injustice to and even if it is something as small as the weight of a mustard seed Allah said we will bring it on that day and sufficient we are as accountants sufficient we are as reckoners and there will be accountability for those children who have died because this is what we are passing this through the filters Allah said when the buried girl who was buried alive when the girl who was buried alive will be asked for what sin was she killed Allah is speaking to that need to know inside of you what will happen to all of those children who were killed apparently in vain in dun Allah said there will be a question about that so don't judge the justice of Allah Almighty on the basis of a temporary world that lasts for 60 70 80 years at a stretch for you and I judge the justice of Allah Almighty where he told us Justice will be and that is when eternity begins and that is death and beyond that is filter number two Allah is just filter number three We Said is What Allah is wise Allah is wise you are insulted you are upset you're massively offended when someone says you did something without wisdom you did it for no purpose there's no reason why you did that I'm just acting in play I'm just acting in vain Engineers are offended by that politicians are offended by that doctors are offended by that claim you did that for no reason no I did it with wisdom what the then of Allah Almighty who calls himself the most wise the most knowing he is wise had Allah subhanahu wa tala had Allah Almighty revealed and removed all of the layers of his Divine wisdom that is covering the tragedy that is happening in Gaza you and I would be shocked had Allah Almighty remove the layers and the veils that is covering the wisdom behind what is happening and the tragedy including the killing of children and we were to see the vast network of wisdom that is happening behind the scenes without us realizing because all we could see was Limbs and blood if we were to see what is happening in the back end of the Machinery the Indescribable rewards that are being given out the places in Jenna that are being reserved the homes the Palaces are being furnished the sins that are being erased the comfort that is being given on for their suffering the Redemption of millions of people the fast tracking of the Awakening of the umah that needed thousands of years prior to this the Expediting of our leadership to prepare a center stage we would bow our heads in shame before Allah Almighty forever questioning his wisdom and believe you me we would wish that the onslaught would continue if we were to realize some of what is happening behind the scenes that is known to Allah Almighty you and I see a pixel Allah sees the entire picture you and I are watching a scene from a very long movie Allah sees the Eternal script what happened in eternity before it and what will happen after it till eternity Allah is wise and Allah Almighty has spoken about his wisdom when it comes to suffering children in the Quran but we don't read the Quran in this contemplative way unfortunately so we don't find answers the Quran has spoken about suffering children how does the Quran address it take the story of yfat a child but a child when he was thrown into a well sold into slavery separated from his parents imagine what could be worse for a child than to be sold into slavery and taken from country to Country yet Allah Almighty he said in the same verse that speaks about this tragedy to this minor Allah Almighty said thus we established Yousef on the land so that we may teach him from the interpretation of dreams and Allah has full control of his affairs but most people they don't know in the same Ayah that tells us of the suffering of this child Allah said I have full control over my universe I know what I am doing and the suffering of that child became the cause of the Redemption and the saving of an entire Egyptian Community a few decades later what about the child that died at the hands of Al mam sees a child who was playing Al makes his way to him and kills him takes his life away M almost loses his mind and understandably so see this is the point I am making if it wasn't that Revelation had given us an answer as for why that happened you and I wouldn't have known if all of the minds of the human beings Mankind and gen kind were to come together to try to understand why this child was killed in this way by nobody could give you an answer but because there was Revelation the answer came which was what as for the young boy Allah said as for the young boy who was killed he had two righteous parents and we feared Al he said and we feared that he would pressure them into transgression and dis Bel so we intended that the Lord would replace them with a better child who would be more pure more caring and nearer to Mery just as there was a reason then that we were told by way of Revelation why do we think there is not a reason now this is not the justification of the killing of children God forbid this is not the normalizing of the sight of suffering children God forbid this is the idea of knowing that there is a wisdom whether you realize it or not the Quran has given us case studies to prove this point and how many children were killed at the edge of a knife at the time of M when he was still breastfeeding how many Israelite mothers suffered bereavement at the very same moment of the joy of conception how many one of the guards of the Pharaoh waiting outside the house just to check if it's a boy he comes in and passes the knife over his over his soft throat how many thousands died at this way how many thousands died in this manner yeah what does Allah say in the beginning of speaking about the killing of these children he tells us despite the pain and the tragedy there was some silver lining he said in the Ayah after it listen because this This Is Us he said Allah said and we wanted to confer our favor upon those who are oppressed on the land we wanted to make them leaders and we wanted to make them the a the inheritors we wanted to establish them on the land and we wanted the Pharaoh and ham and all of their soldiers to see the very thing that they used to fear is this not a description of Us From the Ashes of all of those children who were killed MSA would rise and it would be the Redemption of his entire community and I tell you Allah Almighty is forging leaders for this umah because he is wise and he has promised us that from this tragedy and pain we will come to see the wisdom of his decrees filter number one Allah Almighty knows filter number two Allah Almighty is just filter number three Allah Almighty is wise Filter Number Four Allah does what he wants in his Universe it's good to inquire about wisdom it's good to try to find answers that will settle your heart that's fine as long as you acknowledge what you and I are within this vast domain we're just a speck remember this is the kingdom of Allah this is his Sky this is his terrain this is the body that he has loaned us this is his air that we are breathing and he as the creator has the right to choose how he manages his universe he said Allah does what he Wills Allah creates as he as he Wills Allah does what he wants he is not to be asked about what he does he is the one who shall ask for those who are still not convinced let them find a land that does not belong to Allah let them find a universe that is not owned by him let them find air that is not controlled and gifted by him and let them do what they need to do there reality is that every land every air every Sky belongs to Allah there is no escaping this reality and these are four filters pass any difficulty that you go through through them and you will come out with this na this consequence Allah Almighty is most wise and you will submit to the of Allah his decrees whatever they may be number six towards Allah subhah wa taala is to have shyness towards your lord subhah waala the Lord of this majesty and might deserves to be approached in a way of to be ashamed of our shortcomings towards him as part of your maners towards your lord subhana to really feel that in your heart see when we are texting one another we're usually very bold in our conversation isn't it cuz you're hiding behind your phone that's why we say to quarreling husbands and wives don't discuss it on text because you're going to be more confident than you should be when we're behind the phone we're confident and bold but when we speak on the phone there's a little bit more shyness we tread more carefully and we're less emboldened that if you go to a a video call what happens shyness goes up even more now because you can see them they can see you and you're less emboldened if you meet them face to face shinness goes up even more you tread more carefully you're less emboldened that's what happens when you are close to someone face to face what then of a lord who has described himself as as near nearer to you than your jugular the one who was closer to you than your heartbeat the one who was nearer to you than the the breath that you just took the one who knows of your ideas before they become crystallized his thoughts the one who knows of your actions before they even happen he knows of your sins before they take any form how near is he and therefore how should our our shyness be towards him subhanahu waala Adept towards Allah subhanahu waala is for him to never see you in a place where he does not want you to be and for you to never be absent from where he wants you to be adep towards Allah Almighty is to rush and to hurry towards everything that pleases him to escape to cast aside everything that displeases him tell me my brother tell me my sister what is the nature of your adab my adep towards our Mighty and merciful Lord when he opens up a door in your life by way of an instruction and you leave that door open without ever going through tell me of the Adept towards Allah Almighty when he closes a door in your life by way of a Prohibition but you insist to make your way towards that door and you walk right through is this our adapt toward him can it be my brother my sister that you allow days months maybe years to pass by your life without the thought of the Hereafter properly shaking you without the thought of the properly passing through your mind and moving you and having some consequence of your life is this our adap towards our Lord subhanahu wa tala when we Traverse this world using his gifts and we don't think for a moment that a time will come when we will stand before Allah Almighty The Sovereign in a very lonely fashion in a very poor fashion penniless without clothes without shoes barefooted unclothed vulnerable all by yourself where you will be completely exposed Allah said on that day when you will be exhibited not a SE of yours will be hidden you see part of our adab towards him subhah wa tala is to worship him in a state of ha and shyness knowing that this is not befitting of the Creator the Salah that we just carried out how did you feel how did I feel did we honestly feel that this was a prayer that we prayed yes with love and yes with hope but also with fear and shame that this may be a prayer that is not adequate and befitting of the Kings subhah waala as you worry that maybe this is a prayer that will be wrapped up on and thrown right back at you as you were told this was not a Salah that was befitting of the king many of us my brothers and sisters we learned the Salah when we were still children and we grew later on in life we became fully-fledged adults mature strong reached our height but the prayer remained the prayer of a child it never grew with you in terms of praying your five times it's still the prayer of a child in terms of attentiveness it's still the prayer of a child in terms of presence of mind it's still the prayer of a child No it should be that as you grow your Salah is growing with you so that it impacts your trade it impacts your gaze it impacts your relationships that's how it should be as you grow your worship should grow with you and then the impact of it should grow as well so your Salah changes you your fasting refines you your hijab PF ifies you my sister your Dua Your da my brother is purified from excess wealth and fame and the desire for the attention of the opposite gender as you grow so should your ad and so should your towards Allah Almighty my brother my sister I want you to imagine a scenario When someone knocks at your door a scenario when you are at home thinking that you are apparently alone and you decide to disobey Allah Almighty using one of the sins that you are aware of you think that you were not caught the next day or the next week someone knocks at your door and it is somebody you love and respect could be your parent could be your Mentor could be an older sibling could be a spouse and they say my dear my love I'm sorry to say that day that evening when you thought you were sat alone no one could see you with the curtains drawn I was there understanding all along behind you I saw everything how does that thought make you Fe makes our skin craw yet the very same person may have no problem in confronting Allah Almighty with the very same crime without feeling anything or batting an irid he said Beware of being a friend of Allah Almighty in public but an enemy of Allah Almighty in private a man by the name of s he said to the prophet sallam give me advice he said to him I advise you to be shy of Allah Almighty just as you are shy from the righteous man from your community they said to him advis us he said he said Beware of making Allah Almighty the most insignificant of all observers in your life beware of making Allah Almighty the most insignificant of all observers in your life how do I develop this and I will conclude because we need to pray how do I develop this ha this adab of being shy towards my Lord if it's the working progress in my life remember that you are only able to disobey him using his gift gifts and remember that you never escape the vision of Allah subhanahu wa tala Allah says don't you know that Allah knows everything in the heavens and the Earth there is no secret secret conversation of three people except that Allah is their fourth and there's no secret conversation of five except that Allah is their six and there is no conversation that is less or more than that in number except that Allah is with them wherever they may be then Allah will tell them everything that they used to do on the day of judgment Allah knows all things so speak to yourself start a conversation a Frank conversation with yourself ask it these questions say to your soul oh my soul if you had just disobeyed Allah Almighty whil thinking that couldn't see you then what a disbelieving soul you are but oh my soul if you had disobeyed Allah Almighty whilst knowing that he can see you then how weak is your shyness of Allah Almighty oh my soul how many times has Allah Almighty pardoned you how many times has he veiled you how many times has he enabled you to disobey him using his gifts are you not shy of him where can you escape oh my soul the sky is his the land is his the body is his is it not time that you make peace with Allah is it not time that you offer Allah an apology oh my soul is it not time to have shyness towards you Lord start a conversation with your soul my brothers and sisters these are six ways of showing adab towards Allah Almighty and beware of thinking for a moment my brother my sister that this is a limitation or this is all what it entails this is just a sample this is just a sneak preview our entire lives are to be defined with Adept toward Allah Almighty the fear of Allah is adab the love of Allah is adab the Hope in Allah's Mercy is adab trust in allahul is adab self-accountability is adab go through the change of heart series that we covered here in this Masjid a few years ago and every one of those episodes could be renamed ad with Allah subhanahu waala and part of our adab with him is to love everything that he loves and Allah Almighty loves the prophet Muhammad sallallah alaihi wasallam and therefore next week we will speak about our adab towards the prophet s and we will do this over two weeks inshd