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Now Shaitan, his job is to try to mess us up in some way, get us off the straight track.

So I'll highlight some of the ways he uses our past against us and we think these are thoughts

that are happening inside of our own heads while it's actually the Shaitan.

And that's one of his great successes is you think that these are your own thoughts,

but these are wasawis. These are just whispers of the devil where he's trying to make you fall

back into something that you may have fallen into before. One of the ways that he does that

is that maybe, for example, you used to be a better person. Maybe you used to be more

diligent with your prayers. Maybe you were more observing of, you know, if Allah forbade something,

you stayed away from it. And if Allah said, this is allowed and that's the only thing you

were content with that. And you didn't fall into Allah's disobedience and you were good. You could

look back and you say you were good and some people are like that. They look back and they say,

you know what, there was a time I was a much better person. I'm disappointed with myself now.

I remember the time when I used to stand in prayer and I used to cry. I don't know the last time

I've shed a tear or I used to feel so much connected to Allah. I used to just kind of do

thicket all the time. I used to make the dial for coming into the house or leaving the house or

going into the restroom or coming out of it. Or I used to just have every excuse to remember Allah.

I used to be much kinder with my words. I now use foul language. I use bad words against people.

I lose my temper. I speak about people. I back by, I've developed all these habits. I didn't

used to be like this, but I was a much better person. So there's one thing to compare yourself

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