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Fajr Reminders - Mahmood Habib Masjid and Islamic Center

Auto-generated transcript:In English, there is a saying which says that it's a sign of intelligence. It's a sign of intelligence to be able to hold two opposing ideas in your mind simultaneously. It's a sign of intelligence to be able to hold two opposing ideas, two opposite sides, in your mind simultaneously. And I want to say to you and myself that it's a sign of hypocrisy, of nifak, to be able to hold two opposing beliefs in your heart simultaneously. It's a sign of nifak, it's a sign of hypocrisy, to be able to hold two opposing beliefs in your heart simultaneously. The reason I say that is because today we seem to live in a world where for everything that we do in our life, we know and we believe. That anything related to that is connected. For example, take health. We all know and we believe that if I want to have good health, then I must watch my diet. I can't eat anything I like. I must eat the right kind of food. I must watch my physical exercise. I need to do that. I can't just sit in a chair all day. I must do some physical exercise. And I must watch any medication that I need to take. I must take that on time. According to my diet. According to the dose prescribed by the doctor. And I must also watch my life to say, is my life full of stress or something is happening there. All are connected. Right? Yes or no? If somebody says, you know, forget about the... Look man, I like to eat a lot of sugar and I like to eat nice fried stuff. And that's where the taste is. So I'm going to eat all that. I'll eat all the sugar. I'll eat all the fried stuff. I'll eat all the cakes and the puddings and the stuff. But... But... I've got high cholesterol. I've got diabetes. But, you know, just give me medicines. Instead of one, give me two. Instead of two, give me four. You think it works? I say, no, no. I will eat all the food. Forget exercise. It's just too much trouble. I have too much time, too much trouble, too much pain. I won't do it. Will it work? And if somebody has this argument and if he tells you... So, I mean, I'm doing something, you know. I'm not saying I won't take medicine. I'm taking medicine. I'm also exercising. So what if I eat a whole cheesecake? What will you say to him? You will say, brother, listen. You either do the whole thing or it doesn't work. You can't take a piece from here that you like and the piece from here you don't like and you say, because I like... No, it doesn't work like that. It's... The whole body is connected. The mind is connected. The stomach is connected. The... The... The... The blood flow is connected. The muscles are connected. Psychologically, it's connected. So you have to take care of all of that. Yes? Similarly, you drive a car. And this car is an... I'll only put gas. He said, brother, you've been driving that car for 10,000 miles. That thing needed an oil change at 5,000 miles. You already doubled the mileage for the oil change. Please, go and change the oil. No, no, no. Rubbish. I'm putting gas. I'm driving. Okay, do that. One day in the middle of the highway, it'll cease. The point I want to make is we have this logic for everything, right? Take education. You take anything in life. Anything in life. Take education. Take anything. You will... You have this logic and this is correct logic that if you want to succeed, you have to do everything because it is all connected. Now, my question is, what happens to this logic when it comes to deal? What happens to this logic when it comes to... When it comes to Islam? Allah said, Tawheed, first of all, worship only Allah and nobody else. Don't join partners with Allah. Allah said, Risalat, follow Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, Itaat wa ittiba, not itaat or ittiba. Obey him and emulate him. Both are required. Yes, itaat wa ittiba. Both are required. Then, earn halal. Eat halal. Yes? Then, faraid. Make sure you fulfill all the faraid. What do you say? No, no, no. Hold on a second. I mean, it's like all this is too much.