Asam, Racham, Rachlahlahi, Wabrakathuu.

You are listening to the Kalam podcast Herdles series.

A study of Imam Ghazale's Minhajul Abidin by Sheikh Mikhail Ahmed Smith. Juzakhal Zahulochaire for your continued support,

and we pray that this is beneficial.

Sinema Arakum, Mohammed Allah.

We ask Allah Subhano Itala for his love. We ask him for the love of those actions that will gain his love and we ask him for the love of the people that he loves insh a

if the brothers could just squeeze a little bit tighter in shawlata you guys are good but it just squeeze a little tighter so the brothers coming and could always make room insh a cholata

Vismala this is our third class of this this this series called hurdles and what we're studying is imam gazale

Rahimah rahim alah rahim alah he wrote this amazing text in which he came up with this metaphor that all of us are on this journey back to Allah and that path that we're walking as a path of worship.

That's what the Muslim's life is all about.

But he says that that path isn't easy.

On that path, there's certain hurdles,

there's certain obstacles that come in the way. in class one and two he gave us an overview of all those hurdles that are on the way and

Al-Hambulah class three were

at that first hurdle.

And this is called Wahia Okbatu alme.

This is the hurdle of knowledge.

This is the hurdle of understanding or the hurdle of learning. And I'll be the first to say it.

Listen, ignorance is bliss.

Ignorance is bliss.

To not know that there's an achira, to not know that you'll stand before God one day

to not know that you're accountable for every moment of your life there's a

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