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Guard Your Islām Like Your Life Depends On It

Middle Ground Podcast Ep. 56

Imam Marc Manley ·
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This episode is from our Friday Ḥalaqah. Picking up from where we left off in our khuṭbah today, we discussed not only how humans tend to only change when presented with a crisis, but also how change takes grit, determination, and courage, as found in the statement of the Prophet ‎ﷺ:

احرِصْ على ما يَنفَعُكَ، واستَعِنْ باللهِ ولا تَعجِزْ
“Guard that which is beneficial for you, seek help through God, and don’t be weak!”

itself taken from a longer ḥadīth, “The strong believer is better and more beloved to Allāh than a weak one, though each has good in them.”

See the full hadith here

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Resident Imam, Middle Ground · Host of the Middle Ground Podcast