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In Ramadan, I had the opportunity of attending a couple of classes with our teacher Imam Muhammad Abdul Latif Finch’  in London, Alhumdulilah.  Below are some points I was able to write down and thought I would share them here for others to benefit from inshaAllah ta’Ala.

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. All praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger Muhammad, mercy to the worlds. 

• We get disappointed only because it’s job (being disappointed) is to show us who Allah is.

• Some people will be used for good, some for bad, but we all are used for whatever Allah wants.

• What is it that Allah wants? He wants to be known!

• You cannot praise what you do not know so how can you praise Allah if you do not know Him? Allah is the most Praiseworthy and we can only praise Him if we know Him.

• Everything in creation has limitations except Allah who is Unlimited. We only come to understand the limits by knowing the Unlimited.

• Every limitation is a door to Allah.

• What gives us endurance? It’s seeing Allah in all things.

• We believe everything is from Allah.
  

• Since we never know the full story (or see the full picture), we fall short of whatever happens to us, that is why we cannot make sense of things.

• The difficulty we face squeezes sincerity out of us.

• Believe in Him now, and experience Him later.

• When we ask Allah, we don’t ask Him like He is God! When we make Du’a, we don’t ask Him like He is God. We get frustrated and tired or limit what we are asking for. Ask Him because He is Allah. Allah is Allah!

• Mercy is Allah’s definitive nature.

• Allah changes us step by step (i.e when we grow up). If Allah can change our body, imagine how He can change our souls?

• We don’t fully understand the relationship between the Creator and creation; therefore we judge the situation with our limited understanding.

• We don’t understand things because we can never comprehend Allah.

• A flaw is an imperfection. Imperfection is in need of perfection. Allah is Perfect so Flawless.

• We don’t exist to be perfect.

• If you want to know your status, look at the state of mercy in your heart.

• When we make Du’a, it’s to get everything out of our system. Talk to Allah, He is your friend, He is there to support you.

• When we do sujood, we are putting our ideas, our limited understanding and ideas on the ground and submitting to Allah. He knows!

 Please be aware that these are my notes where I have paraphrased the Imam thus they are not verbatim statements.  Any mistakes, errors or misinterpretations of words are from me alone, so please do forgive and overlook my shortcomings. I pray these notes are of some benefit to the readers, insha-Allah ta’Ala.

Jaza ‘Llahu anna Sayyidina Muhammadan sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam ma huwa ahluhu
Jaza ‘Llahu anna Sayyidina Muhammadan sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam ma huwa ahluhu
Jaza ‘Llahu anna Sayyidina Muhammadan sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam ma huwa ahluhu
Subhana Rabbika Rabbi l’izzati amma yasifun, wa salamun ala l’mursalin, wal-humdulillahi Rabbi l’alamin.