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Ramadan 2022 - Reconnecting with Revelation #14 - Why do we have rules?

Mufti Menk

Muslim Central

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Islam

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh

0:18.8

My beloved brothers and sisters

0:21.3

Nowadays many people do not like to be told

0:24.5

They don't want to be told what to do and they don't want to be told what not to do

0:29.0

Be it children, teenagers, adults, many people have this problem

0:36.0

And they feel that they should be able to do whatever they want even if they're doing the wrong thing

0:42.5

Well, we are taught by Allah Almighty that we are governed by

0:47.1

What Allah wants us to do? He decides what's okay and what's not okay?

0:51.6

If you're a believer

0:53.3

Then the whole essence of belief is that you would definitely put Allah first

1:00.1

Make sure that what you do is what he wants you to do or allows you to do

1:04.7

And whatever he hasn't allowed you to do you don't do and if someone were to remind you you consider it a gift

1:11.9

These reminders are in place not in order to make you distressed

1:17.1

Or in order to take away your good fortune

1:19.7

But rather they are in place in order to

1:23.6

grant you contentment to lead a life filled with beauty, happiness, joy and so on

1:31.4

And ultimate success in this world and the next

1:34.8

So this was a question that some people had

1:40.8

At the time of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him

1:43.2

They thought to themselves that the Quran has been revealed with all these rules and regulations

1:51.1

Do's and don'ts in order for it to be a means or a source of distress and misfortune

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