Yahya Ibrahim - Juma Khutbah - Steps Towards Change (Transformations)  - Part 1 of 2
Channel: Yahya Ibrahim Juma Khutbah
Date: 2012-06-19

Yahya Ibrahim - Juma Khutbah - Steps Towards Change - Part 1of 2

My latest Friday Sermon Khutbah -Steps to Change Recorded at Uni Western Australia Insha Allah it is of some benefit. It is exam time here in perth and we had 30min altogether so insha Allah you forgive the rushed tone.

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Steps to Change (Transformations) 

1. Live a life of willful voluntary submission until you return to ALLAH (death)

2. Quran contains stories of change.

3. The goal of SATAN is to convince you to leave the "straight path". To the point you cannot recognize it anymore.

4. SATAN is an avowed promised enemy to us.

5. Prophet (pbuh) said - The one who takes on step to ALLAH , ALLAH take 10 steps to him , The One who walks to ALLAH , ALLAH runs to him (figuratively speaking).

6. Those who follow a moment of guidance, ALLAH increases it manifold than they anticipated. 

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7. Those who are listening will be one of the two types

7.1 - One is going to listen and it will strike their heart and it will cause a change.

7.2 - The other will listen and it will have no effect on him - why - Story of Musa in the quran.

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8. The danger of choosing to stray , ALLAH will cause you to no longer regret straying , a change will occur in your heart. 

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9. 3 Important Principles ( That indicate you are straying - And you run the risk of your heart being stamped with heedlessness) 

9.1 - Something you know is right and you do opposite to it, and not feel remorse.

9.2 - Something you know is right and you lessen in it and you dont make an attempt to recover.

9.3 -  THe company you keep is not helping you to come back to it.
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10. Importance of surrounding yourself with people that pull you back to the truth.

11. Danger of keeping company who dont care about the rules of ALLAH. These are people whose sins have covered them. 

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Within every human is the capacity to forget ALLAH.

13. The cure to forgetfullness is TAWHID.

14. Tawhid has certain conditions , sometimes these conditions begin to dim in our life, and it needs to be reignited.

15. The Seven conditions that need to be fullfilled to attain TAWHID. 

16. Discussion on "intention".

17. The importance of "loving" ALLAH. 

18. Famous hadith about when ALLAH loves a slave.

19. Famous dua of the Prophet(pbuh) about Love of ALLAH.