Name: Episode 5: Switching Shifts
Uploaded: 2020-04-28T08:30:00.000Z
Channel: Dr. Omar Suleiman
Description: How does the way that you sleep affect the way that you wake up? And what happens when the angels gather at Fajr?

<p>How does the way that you sleep affect the way that you wake up? And what happens when the angels gather at Fajr?</p>

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Episode 1: They've Got Your Back

Episode 2: Hold Your Pens

Episode 3: Fasting While Others Eat

Episode 4: Sleep Well

Episode 5: Switching Shifts

Episode 6: As You Step Out

Episode 7: The Banner Above You

Episode 8: Responding to Your Haters

Episode 9: Your Brother's Honor

Episode 10: The Honor of Your Prophet

Episode 11: Ameen and For You As Well

Episode 12: The Best Supplication

Episode 13: Be Fair When You Judge

Episode 14: The Seeker of Knowledge

Episode 15: No Strings Attached

Episode 16: The Ultimate Healer

Episode 17: An Entourage of 70,000

Episode 18: When Your Loved Ones Are Dying

Episode 19: Have You Ever Seen an Angel in Human Form?

Episode 20: A Caller from Heaven's Gates

Episode 21: The First Rows

Episode 22: The Friday Roll Book

Episode 23: From Prayer to Prayer

Episode 24: Struggling to Recite

Episode 25: From Your Mouth to an Angel's Heart

Episode 26: When Jibreel Descends Upon You

Episode 27: The Heavens are Creaking

Episode 28: In Your Room Praying Behind You

Episode 29: Gatherings of Remembrance

Episode 30: When Allah Loves You

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Throughout your existence, there are angels in your presence. But it’s your actions that cause those angels to either praise you or disgrace you. Through this series, we will explore the actions that invite these blessed unseen beings to pray upon you, and carry your name and mention to the One who created us all. Join Sh. Omar Suleiman this Ramadan.

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This section covers the core articles of faith (Īmān), namely faith in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and the divine decree (qadr). Other related topics, often found in classical theological works, are also found in this section.

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 So you went to sleep in wudu, reciting ayatul kursi, reciting the  adhkar, the remembrances that are required for the night.  Throughout that night, you had an angel that was protecting you, and an angel  that was seeking forgiveness for you as you were in that state of purification.  And if you meet Allah in that state, you are good because you left this world in  a state of remembrance, in a state of purification.  Now, how does this affect however, the next day when you wake up?  Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la mentions in the Qur'an,  Inna Qur'an al-Fajri kana mashhooda  That the Qur'an that's recited at the Fajr time is witnessed.  It's widely witnessed.  And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam explained that when you wake up in the  morning, you have angels that have shifts.  And so we talked about the two angels that guard you, the two angels that record.  Those angels shift out at Fajr time and at Asr time.  So you have the angels of the night and you have the angels of the day.  And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said, they switch those shifts at the  time of Fajr and at the time of Asr.  And so Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la gathers them at the time of Fajr around that  person, as that person is reciting the Qur'an at Fajr.  And this is also connected to Salatul Jama'ah, the congregational prayer of  Salatul Fajr when everyone is coming together, you woke up  Tayyibun Nafs, nasheetun tayyibun nafs, energetic with a good spirit, you know,  directed towards Allah, longing towards Him.  And then you made your way to Salatul Fajr and all of the angels of each person  there, your angels that work the morning shift and your angels that work the  evening shift are gathered around listening to the recitation of that  Qur'an at the time of Fajr.  And what a glorious moment that was.  And so Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la asks those angels that He sent to you and  those angels that are coming back because they all report back to Allah after  their shift and Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la says to them, how did you find  my servants?  They say,  Tarakna hum wa hum yusalloon wa atayna hum wa hum yusalloon  We left them while they were in a state of prayer and we came to them while  they were in a state of prayer.  They're constantly in a state of prayer because they're being found by the  angels that are gathering at the time of the switching of shifts at Fajr in a  state of reciting the Qur'an.  And of course the Qur'an of Fajr is supposed to be the longest recitation of  the Qur'an where we really start our days off connected to Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la.  And this, by the way, connects to the Hadith where the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi  Wasallam was asked about a person who sleeps through the night and then wakes  up after the sunrise.  Okay.  So sleeps through the night, wakes up after the sunrise.  And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said, that's a person,  that the Shaytan urinated in their ears.  So the difference between the angels being at your bedside, seeking forgiveness  for you, protecting you, and then you wake up in the daytime and the angels  assemble for you, your angels that work the morning shift, the angels that work  the evening shift all gathered around you as you recite the Qur'an and reporting  to Allah that this person was in a state of prayer when we came to them and this  person was in a state of prayer when we left them.  This also has implications for our adhkar, for the remembrances that we make.  The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, he said,  Saddidu wa qaribu, waghdu wa roohu, wa shay'un minal duljati wal qasta al qas tablughu.  Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said to be sincere and moderate in your good  deeds, Saddidu wa qaribu, do your best.  Aim for perfection, but know that you have to be moderate in that pursuit of  perfection.  Waghdu wa roohu, and use the forenoon, use the time in the morning after Fajr  until the sunrise, and use the evening between Asr and Maghrib to get ahead.  Ibn Rajab Rahimahullah said, the way the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam  talked about the first type of deeds, he gave us the manhaj, the methodology  for how we do our deeds.  We set the standard of perfection, but we moderately, you know, pursue that  perfection.  And then he mentioned, al ghadwa wa rooha, which is the morning time between Fajr  and sunrise and the evening time between Asr and Maghrib.  The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam gave us the best of times, afdal al  awqat, if we make use of those times, we can get ahead.  And that's when the angels are gathered around us as they're switching shifts  and they find us in a state of dhikr, in a state of remembrance.  And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam of course also said, burika li  ummati fee bukooriha, that my nation is blessed in its mornings.  The way that you start off your morning with Fajr, with recitation, and even,  you know, getting, getting a headstart on your day in terms of your halal  worldly pu…

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