Life is a Journey Faith is a Vehicle MAJLIS 5 Hasnain Walji

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Life is a JourneyFaith is a VehicleMAJLIS
5Hasnain Walji

• Evaluating Our Self Worth
• Value Proposition of insaan

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Series Muharram 1431

• 1. Karbala an instrument of reform
• 2. Power of Intentional Living - Vision Niyyah
• 3. Thinking for a Change The power of Critical
  Thinking
• 4. Time is lifes capital - a trust from Allah
• 5. Evaluating ones self worth - Value
  Proposition of insaan
• 6. Emotional Intelligence EQ v/s IQ
• 7. Living a purposeful life Making a
  Contribution to Society
• 8. Nurturing the Next Generation
• 9. Concept of the Society of Believers
  Intentional Society
• 10. Life is a Journey Islam is the vehicle
  Direction of a society

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Life is JourneyFaith is its vehicle

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• help one another in goodness and piety,
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• and do not help one another in sin and
  aggression
• Quran 52

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Tears Prescription for Reform.

• represents a brief flight that our spirit makes
  along with Husayn's spirit
• Ayatollah Mutahhari

Power of Intentional Living
Power of Critical Thinking
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Time is the capital of life
A gift from the Creator and its proper use will
determine our outcome for eternity.

• "O Allah! Let us not be of those content to wait
  and see what will happen, but grant us the
  determination to make the right things happen."
• Jalaluddin Rumi
• "There are two blessings that most delude people,
  health and free time.
• Prophet Muhammad (saw)

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Start Now .. DO IT - NASA

• Time is free - but it's priceless.
• You can't own it - but you can use it.
• You can't keep it - but you can spend it.
• Once you've lost it - you can never get it back.

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Making a personal Statement

• We seem to be too occupied
• .. all that is necessary for evil to triumph is
  for good people to do nothing.
• Can not be selfish, uncaring or indifferent.
• If we are not part of the solution, by our
  apathy, we could be part of the problem itself
• Edmund Burke - British Statesman

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Affecting the world you live in

• We all know what we want from others and from
  life.
• Instinct of Taking !
• Old Man the Khalifa
• Do we also want the same for others ?

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Do not wait ..

• "He who waits to do a great deal of good at once
  will never do anything."
• Samuel Johnson
• "If you wait until you can do everything for
  everybody instead of something for somebody,
  you'll end up not doing anything for anybody
• Malcom Bane

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Do it Now !!!

• Do whatever you can, even if it may seem little
• the best of deeds are those that are done
  consistently, though little by little",
• The Holy Prophet (pbuh)
• Lizard and Fire of Ibrahim
• Starfish Story

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Human Traits

• Perfectionist
• if it is not perfect, do not do it.
• Dreamer
• great ideas, but no action.
• Worrier
• fears that change may spoil everything.
• Crisis-Maker
• finds problem with everything
• Over-Doer
• taking on too many tasks and thus not being able
  to do anything well.

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You are what you are because

• Natural and physical make up
• Habit - continual repetition of certain acts
• leads to the emergence of a certain disposition.
• Practice and conscious effort
• If continued long enough will eventually lead to
  the formation of a disposition.

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More is Less !

• Wider freeways but narrower viewpoints
• More information, but less  knowledge
• We have more degrees, but less sense
• We've conquered outer space, but not inner space
  
• We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the  soul
  
• We've split the atom, but not our prejudice
• This is a land of
• fast foods and slow digestion
• two  incomes, but more divorces
• of fancier houses, but broken homes.
• disposable diapers as well as throwaway morality.

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Be the best before you desire the best

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• We all want the best for ourselves
• Society of Instant Gratification
•  Those who have faith and do righteous deeds
• They are the best of creatures.
• (Al-Bayyinah 987)    

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Self Esteem

• How you feel about yourself is self-esteem.
• It is your perception of how you are doing in the
  world.
• Self-esteem may go up or down
• Get an "A" on a test and you feel great, but if
  you fail you feel terrible. Self-esteem is
  changeable.

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Self-worth

• Self-worth is what you are born with.
• As one of the creations of the universe you are
  worthwhile and have value, which cannot be taken
  from you.
• You cant lose it, but you can lose sight of it.
• You can forget your value.

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Self-worth

•   more sensitive morally and ethically.
•   more successful in their personal
  relationships.
•   more productive in their jobs.  
•  Involve themselves in the social and community
  affairs.
•   Show generosity towards charitable works and
  institutions.

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Value Proposition of insaan

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• Al-Tin 954

Every human being is valuable.  Because Allah
created all of them and He created in the best
mold and shape
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Strength of character and self-respect

• Imam al-Baqir (A)
• God has bestowed on the believer three qualities
  
• honor in this world and the Hereafter
• salvation in both the worlds,
• fear of him in the hearts of the oppressors.
• Whoever fears God, He will make all things fear
  him

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We crave Success

• Success on the outside is created by success on
  the inside
• The best way to impact your future is to make the
  best of the present
• 7 Generations !!

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Six Wishes

• Imam Ali a said "A man came to the Prophet s
  and asked him to teach him an action so that both
  Allah, the Exalted, and people
• would love him,
• his wealth would increase,
• his body would be healthy,
• his life time would last long
• he would be raised with him (the Prophet).
• Then, he s said 'These are six traits which
  need six qualities
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Six Solutions

• If you want Allah to love you, be afraid of Him
  and guard yourself against sin.
• If you want people to love you, be benevolent to
  them and decline what they have in their hands.
• If you want Allah to increase your wealth, then
  give alms.

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• If you want Allah to make your body healthy, pay
  charity more frequently.
• If you want Allah to prolong your lifetime, then
  have regard for your kinship.
• And, if you want Allah to raise you with me, then
  do prolong your prostrations before Allah, the
  One, the Dominator.'"
• Safinat-uI-Bihar, vol. 1, p. 599

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Disposition of the faithful

• The Prophet s said
• "Whoever is pleased with his good actions and
  displeased with his bad actions is a faithful.
• This is the chassis of the vehicle for the
  journey of the life

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Being created in the best of molds - you have a
choice

• Physical make-up produces certain dispositions
• Not compelled to abide by the dictates of your
  physical make-up.
• To overcome the dictates of physical nature you
  can acquire the disposition of choice CONCEPT
  OF EQ.

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• From al-Husayn the son of 'Ali to Habib ibn
  Muzahir, a scholar and jurist,
• O Habib! You are aware of my relation to the
  Messenger of Allah and know me better than
  others. You are a man of integrity and a free
  man. Don't hold yourself back from coming to my
  assistance. May the Messenger of Allah reward you
  on the Day of Judgement!"

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The Bearers of the Standard will come

• "The one who will hold it is on his way."
• He said, "The bearer of this standard is the man
  who rides towards us.

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Habib Recites

• Even though I have become old and feeble,
  whenever I look at you, youth begins to flow in
  my veins once again.
• "Who is that?"
• She was told. "It is Habib ibn Muzahir."

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A Special Salutation

• She said, "Offer him my salutations." When her
  salutations were offered to Habib, he was shaken
  with the grief and the sorrow at her impending
  loss.
• "Ah! The sorrow of loss! Who is Habib for the
  Lady Zaynab to offer him her salutation?"