Rules of success

Fajr Reminders - Mahmood Habib Masjid and Islamic Center

--- *This transcript was automatically generated by AI and may contain errors. * --- My brothers and sisters, Allah SWT created the universe and He made the laws that govern, the universe. We call them the laws of physics, call them natural laws, whether it is gravity, whether it's aerodynamics, whether it is thermodynamics, and whatever it might be, all of these are natural laws, physical laws of physics, which Allah SWT created to run the universe. The world operates according to these laws. Similarly, Allah SWT created laws for human success. And these laws that Allah created for human success are also the creation of Allah, and they are also as unchangeable, unimitable as the laws of physics. And they affect whoever is in the purview of that law equally. It doesn't matter whether you are Muslim, non-Muslim, whether you believe in Allah, don't believe in Allah, makes no difference. These laws will operate on you just like they operate on anybody else. If you jump out of a plane at 20,000 feet in a skydiving session, if you don't pull your parachute at the right point, you will die. There is no other thing that will happen. You can say I'm Hafiz Khor-An, I'm Mufti Azam, I have memorized all the siasitta, all the books of hadith, seven books of hadith, right? I am the imam of the haram. You can be anybody. If you don't pull the rip card of the parachute, you are a dead man. As simple as that. The law of Allah does not change because you know the Quran. The same principle applies to the laws of success in life. The benefit is that when those laws of success in life are applied, are worked on by a Muslim and he adds on to that with the ibadah of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, with zikr, with shukr, then they give him barakah, right? But without operating within the law, if he only does ibadah and zikr and shukr, nothing will happen. That's the reason why Sayyidina Avar, Khattab-Rat-E-Ilahan came into the masjid one day at a time and it was not time for any salah and there were some young men sitting there and he said who are you? Why are you here at this time? They said nahanum mutawak kilun. They said we are the people who make tawhakhrun Allah. Sayyidina Avar whacked them with the dhurah and he said get out, go and work. He said dinah and dhira don't fall from the sky like rain. And he said the bird leaves the nest and goes out in search of food and comes back with a full belly. Allah feeds the bird but not in the nest. You have to get out, you have to go and do some work. So the first and foremost law of human success is that we must make an effort. We have to stop talking and start walking. Right? You have to make effort. Second law of human success is that to influence you must be involved. To influence you must be involved. You cannot influence from the outside. If you want to win the game, where should you be? On the field. You should be playing the game. Then you can decide can I win the game, how can I win the game. If you are standing outside in the stands, you can want anything, that doesn't matter. The players decide whether the game is won or lost. It is by their effort. It's not by the screaming of the spectators. So if you want to win the game you must be involved in it. So if you want to influence, you must be involved. The more involved you are, the more influence you will have. The less involved you are, the less influence you will have. So get involved. Volunteer, show what you can do, contribute and then people will listen to you. When you say something, they will listen to you. Show what you can do, contribute and then people will listen to you. When you say something, people will listen because you are there. They are seeing you as a helper, they are seeing you as somebody who was with them in good and bad times. So then they will listen to you. Second point. Third point is in order to influence you must be able to speak in the language which makes sense to the people.