Name: Episode 7: The Banner Above You
Uploaded: 2020-04-30T08:30:00.000Z
Channel: Dr. Omar Suleiman
Description: You will have an angel’s reins on your head throughout the day, and a banner awaits you to be carried above.

<p>You will have an angel&apos;s reins on your head throughout the day, and a banner awaits you to be carried above. </p>

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Spiritual beings created from light who carry out God's commandments without hesitation. They play various roles in the cosmos, including recording deeds and delivering revelations.

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Episode 6: As You Step Out

Episode 7: The Banner Above You

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Episode 12: The Best Supplication

Episode 13: Be Fair When You Judge

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Episode 17: An Entourage of 70,000

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

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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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Angels in Your Presence

 So a lot of it is about how the world's going to treat you.  But what do you intend to do with the world around you? And you know,  one of the things I always tell people is that no dhikr,  no remembrance can protect you from bad intentions.  You can't say a remembrance, a dhikr, and then have bad intentions,  and then expect that the dhikr is going to cover your intentions.  The remembrance has to be an expression of what you long for and desire in your  heart, which is what we talked about with Umar bin al-Khattab,  radiAllahu ta'ala anhu. So as you open your door and you said, Bismillah,  tawakkaltu AAala Allah wa laa hawla wa laa quwwata illa billah.  What's your intention for the world?  I want you to visualize what the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam mentioned  here. Two different narrations.  One of them is that throughout the day you're going to have an angel on your  head. That's going to have reins, Hakama, reins on your head,  the way that a horse has reins on it. On top of that,  you're going to have a banner as you carry out throughout the day.  They're two separate narrations,  but they're very profound and they speak to the intention that we have.  The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said that no person leaves the home,  except that there's a shaitan and an angel,  both waiting with a banner in their hands.  If a person does or intends what Allah loves for the day,  then the angel follows that person with a banner over his head for the rest of  the day. And that person does not relinquish that banner over their head until  they return home. So SubhanAllah, you desired to do good today.  You wanted to stay engaged with that, which is beloved to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.  And that angel carries that banner over your head throughout the day,  that you are a person that is out there for the love of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.  Another person has a shaitan, a devil carrying a banner over their head,  that this is a person that is out to carry evil in the world today.  So that's one thing you've got the banner.  And another narration the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam mentioned,  the angels' reins.  The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said that no human being leaves the  house, except that there is an angel over your head with the reins.  If you are humble,  Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala tells the angels to raise those reins.  So Allah says, raise his reins. Now, of course,  the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said that whoever humbles themselves to  their Lord, Allah raises them, their Lord elevates them.  So this is the implication of that, that the angel raises your head and that  raising your rank.  So it's not like your posture is going to get better as you're walking because  the angel would have raised your head,  but raises you in a spiritual way that's pleasing to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.  And the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said, if he is arrogant,  then Allah tells the angel to lower his reins.  So the angel pulls your head down spiritually once again,  so that you are humiliated because the one who shows pride is humiliated in the  sight of God. So as you're walking out,  today or every day, and you're making that dhikr,  you're stating that remembrance. Don't just state that remembrance,  refresh your intention,  renew your intention to do good in the world and renew it throughout the day so  that you can maintain that humility for Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,  so that Allah makes you amongst those that proceed under the banner of his love.  And Allah makes you amongst those that are raised in honor by the angel that  he's put on your head.

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