Living Links: Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf, 20 of 20

Content Outline:
0:0:12 Bismillah/Introduction (Sh Faraz Khan)
0:0:58 Riyad Al-Saliheen: The Chapter on Patience (Sabr)
0:01:09 The Translation of Sabr and its Contexts
0:06:00 The Levels of Sabr
0:08:35 Verses of Quran Cited by Imam Al-Nawawi on Sabr
0:13:58 Hadith 25: Everyday a Person Frees or Destroys Their Soul
0:16:31 The Weight of SubhanAllah
0:17:47 The Weight of Alhumdulillah
0:23:09 One Can Give Praise While in Hardship
0:25:08 How Do We Free Our Souls Everyday
0:27:07 Hadith 26: No Gift is Greater Than Patience
0:30:59 Patience Takes Effort to Attain
0:32:54 Hadith 27: The Affair of the Believer in Prosperity and Adversity
0:34:22 Realizing Allah (SWT)s Wisdom
0:37:30 Hadith 29: Allah (SWT) Shows Compassion to Those Who Show Compassion
0:39:20 Translation and Explanation of Hadith
0:42:48 The Similarity to the Hadith of Mercy (The First Hadith Taught)
0:44:01 Hadith 31: Patience is at the Outset of Grief
0:45:40 Some Points to Notice
0:47:26 Hadith 36: The Messenger (SAW) Asked Allah to Forgive his (SAW) people
0:49:03 Commentary
0:50:36 Hadith 37-39: Allah Expiates Sins Through Hardship
0:54:58 Translation and Commentary
0:57:28 Hadith 43: Allah Punishes Whom He (SWT) Loves Before Judgment Day
0:59:16 Understanding What Our Hardships Mean
01:00:45 The Two Lenses of Life
01:03:31 Tie Your Camel and Depend on Allah (SWT)
Comments, Questions and Answers
01:06:44 Question 1: How do the different definitions of sincerity (ikhlaas) and Truthfulness (sidq) relate to each other?
01:10:12 Question 2: What is Baraka?
01:12:12 Question 3: Regarding the hadith that stated when Allah (SWT) intends good for a servant He (SWT) gives tribulation, and when he intends other than good He (SWT) saves the punishment for The Hereafter. How does this take effect?
01:14:10 Question 4: Is it bad adab to try to figure out Allah’s Wisdom in His (SWT)’s decisions?
01:16:16 Question 5: How does one maintain great certainty (husnal yaqeen) during a trial?
01:18:42 Question 6: Who is the one that is upset at Allah’s test?
01:19:41 Question 7: If you’re angry or upset with people does that mean that you are angry or upset with Allah (SWT)?
01:21:16 Question 8: If we struggle to achieve a goal and we find there are more and more barriers against it, is this a sign that it might not be good for us? At what point do we consider just giving up on that affair?
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