# Processing News and Seeking the One True Source of News | Daily Reminder

**Author:** Sh. Yasir Fahmy
**Series:** Reminders
**Published:** 2020-03-25
**YouTube:** https://youtu.be/okbUHe_npTQ
**URL:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/processing-news-and-seeking-the-one-true-source-of-news-daily-reminder
**Topics:** Acts of Worship, Sharia

## Description
Sh. Yasir Fahmy encourages us to filter the types of news coverage we consume and advises how we should process it, while returning to the source of all news – Allah and the Qur’an.

## Transcript
**[0:00]** Bismillah walhamdulillah, wa salatu wa salamu ala rasulillah, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi, wa man wala wa maad. My dear brothers and sisters, there's a great scholar from the 6th century by the name of Abu al-Qasim al-Samarqandi. And when describing the sources, the root causes of fitan, when

**[0:17]** you see mass hysteria, when you see chaos and inner turmoil within people and individuals, he says that it's usually rooted in three things. Number one, those who create news. Number two, those who convey the news. And number three, those who consume the news.

**[0:38]** And I think we can all agree, this is a very relevant guidance for us in this moment. In this moment, where many of us today, when we read a headline, we read something on Facebook or on Twitter, or one of our many familial WhatsApp groups, we tend to read that headline

**[0:59]** as if it's somehow relaying to me my qada'in qadr, as if somehow it is relaying to me my destiny and my decree. But the fact of the matter is, these akhbar, these pieces of information that we see, this is just nothing more than conjecture. Nothing more what people may perceive

**[1:19]** is going to potentially come to pass. But who knows with certainty what is and what will be, as we all with absolute categorical knowledge know, it is only Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And that's why Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala makes it very clear in the Qur'an,

**[1:38]** مَا أَصَابَ مِن مُصِيبَةٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي أَنفُسِكُمْ إِلَّا فِي كِتَابٍ مِن قَبْلِ أَنَّ بِرَأَهَا إِنَّ ذَلِكَ

**[1:54]** عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ لِكَي لَا تَأْسَوْا عَلَى مَا فَاتَكُمْ وَلَا تَفْرَحُوا بِمَا آتَاكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٌ Everything that will come in terms of masa'ib, everything that will come to touch us, whether in the earth or whether in ourselves, is in a kitab, in a book.

**[2:12]** Before we bring it into existence, verily that is very easy upon Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala so that we are not so sad about what may have happened and neither too happy with what will come.

**[2:28]** Allah does not like those who are deluded and arrogant. And so brothers and sisters, where do we take our akhbar? And by akhbar I mean our anba' I mean our news that is certain and categorical and true.

**[2:44]** We take it from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala who sent to us anbiya' and these anbiya' one of the root definitions of the word nabi is the one who conveys the akhbar, the news.

**[3:02]** Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala brought us these anbiya' so that they can bring us the naba' an-naba'u l-'azim, the grandiose manifest akhbar and news.

**[3:19]** And everything that we need to know with certainty has been sent to us through the anbiya'. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tells us in the Quran, قُلْ هَلْ نُنَبِّئُكُم بِالأَخْسَرِينَ أَعْمَالَ الَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيَهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنَعًا

**[3:35]** Should I not tell you with certainty of those who are truly misguided, those who whose actions are defunct, the ones who act in this world in a misguided fashion, thinking

**[3:56]** that they're doing something good. And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tells us also to on the one hand, this is a type of naba', this is a type of news that is to warn us and remind us of the reality of our existence and where we're headed.

**[4:11]** And on the other hand, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tells us of the anba', of the rusul, right? And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tells us, وَكُلًّا نَقُصُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنبَاءِ الْرُّسُلِ مَا نُثَبِّتُ بِهِ فُؤَادَكَ He told the Prophet Muhammad salallahu alaihi wa sallam, we give you the akhbar, we give

**[4:28]** you the anba' of the messengers so that your heart would find certainty. So that you are confident and certain and reliant truly upon Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

**[4:45]** So brothers and sisters, what we need in terms of anba', which is the most important news, we need the Quran and we need the sunnah of Muhammad salallahu alaihi wa sallam. And this thing that we call news today, this is something that we can take some good from

**[5:03]** and leave a lot of the fluff, a lot of the emptiness because it is so often that our anxiety, our fears, our worries are stirred up by this thing called news. And this is not the actual news that we need.

**[5:22]** We need the good news. We need the profoundly true news. We need the news that is categorical in nature and that is the anba' that come through wahi, the anba' that come through revelation. And that is the Quran and the sunnah of Habib salallahu alaihi wa sallam.

**[5:41]** So brothers and sisters, very practically speaking, if I want to know truth and certainty, then I go to sacred scripture. I go to divine revelation. If I need information that is actionable and beneficial, then I go to credible sources

**[5:57]** that are relayed to by agencies that are verified and I get good actionable information, something that is going to benefit me in my day to day reality. I need to wash my hands, I need to social distance, I need to be mindful of the type

**[6:15]** of precautions that are put in place and limitations, etc. But all the other stuff and all the other fluff and all the other static and all the other noise, that is the stuff that we have to genuinely turn off. We cannot consume that stuff because as Abu al-Qasim al-Samarqandi has said, that is where

**[6:35]** chaos, that is where turmoil, that is where hysteria lies. It's in these akhbar. So I seek refuge in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala from all of this ilm that is ghayru naafi'a. Allahumma inna na'udhu bika min ilmin la yanfa'a.

**[6:52]** We seek refuge in you from knowledge that is not of benefit. And we ask you, Ya Allah, for good knowledge, beneficial knowledge, knowledge that will make us upright, information and anba'a that will alter our states in a divinely prophetic

**[7:13]** reality where we are beautiful, bil qur'ani wa sunna, where we are doing the actions every day that are productive and meaningful. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, waf'alu alkhair, do good. Every day should be a day that is replete, that is full of goodness, of righteous deeds

**[7:31]** and actions in terms of worship and prayer and dhikr, in terms of others, in terms of caring for others, serving others. And time spent mulling over endless headlines that ultimately do not produce meaningful

**[7:47]** actions that is blameworthy. That is blameworthy. We seek refuge in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala from engaging in futile actions that are not praised and beloved to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. I ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to allow this time to be a time of fath, a time of

**[8:04]** opening and increase in spiritual elevation for us all. BarakAllahu feekum wa jazakumullahu khair wa salamu alaikum wa rahmatullah.

## Other Episodes in "Reminders"
- [A Believer’s Animal Personality Test | Dr. Hassan Elwan](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/a-believers-animal-personality-test-hassan-elwan.md)
- [This Is A Sign That You’ll Go To Jannah | Dr. Hassan Elwan](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/this-is-a-sign-that-you-will-go-to-jannah-hassan-elwan.md)
- [How Allah Shows Love For Us | Dr. Hassan Elwan](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/how-allah-shows-love-for-us-hassan-elwan.md)
- [How Life Changes When You Find the Truth](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/how-life-changes-when-you-find-the-truth-reminder-hassan-elwan.md)
- [Questions About the 6 Days of Shawwal | Live Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/questions-about-the-6-days-of-shawwal-live-reminders.md)
- [What's the best way to read Qur'an? | Live Reminder](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/whats-the-best-way-to-read-quran-live-reminder.md)
- [Better Than Praying All Night | Live Reminder](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/better-than-praying-all-night-live-reminder.md)
- [The Prophets Advice On Having a Clean Heart](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/the-prophets-advice-on-having-a-clean-heart.md)
- [A Major Hidden Benefit of Fasting Regularly | Live Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/a-major-hidden-benefit-of-fasting-regularly-live-reminders.md)
- [Invisible Wounds & Visible Flaws | Live Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/invisible-wounds-visible-flaws-live-reminders.md)
- [Justice in the Court of Allah | Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/justice-in-the-court-of-allah-reminders.md)
- [The Days of Allah | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/the-days-of-allah-daily-reminders.md)
- [To Kill Or Be Killed By a Prophet | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/to-kill-or-be-killed-by-a-prophet-daily-reminders.md)
- [Moses was Not Just Sent to Drown the Pharaoh | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/moses-was-not-just-sent-to-drown-the-pharaoh-daily-reminders.md)
- [The Meaning of Al-Azeez (The Almighty) | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/the-meaning-of-al-azeez-the-almighty-daily-reminders.md)
- [Finding the Right Messenger | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/finding-the-right-messenger-daily-reminders.md)
- [Sincere Advice to an Unwilling Recipient | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/sincere-advice-to-an-unwilling-recipient-daily-reminders.md)
- [Setting Boundaries for Your Paradise and Inner Peace | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/setting-boundaries-for-your-paradise-and-inner-peace-daily-reminders.md)
- [Degrees of Success | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/degrees-of-success-daily-reminders.md)
- [Is It OK to Wish for Death? | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/is-it-ok-to-wish-for-death-daily-reminders.md)
- [What If You Were Never Born? | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/what-if-you-were-never-born-daily-reminders.md)
- [Prepare for Dhul Hijjah Like You Do Ramadan | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/prepare-for-dhul-hijjah-like-you-do-ramadan-daily-reminders.md)
- [Layers of Misguidance | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/layers-of-misguidance-daily-reminders.md)
- [The Untwisted Truth and the Straight Path | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/the-untwisted-truth-and-the-straight-path-daily-reminders.md)
- [Misery Loves Company | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/misery-loves-company-daily-reminders.md)
- [Hold Yourself to Higher Standards | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/hold-yourself-to-higher-standards-daily-reminders.md)
- [Loving the World Too Much | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/loving-the-world-too-much-daily-reminders.md)
- [How You Act From A Place of Power | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/how-you-act-from-a-place-of-power-daily-reminders.md)
- [When You Can't Be Broken or Bought | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/when-you-cant-be-broken-or-bought-daily-reminders.md)
- [Self Actualization and the One Who Needs No Praise | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/self-actualization-and-the-one-who-needs-no-praise-daily-reminders.md)
- [Fleeing from Darkness to Allah's Light | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/fleeing-from-darkness-to-allahs-light-daily-reminders.md)
- [You Are Responsible, but Not in Control | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/you-are-responsible-but-not-in-control-daily-reminders.md)
- [Book Recommendations from Dr. Jonathan Brown](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/book-recommendations-from-dr-jonathan-brown.md)
- [Keeping Peace Within Our Homes | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/keeping-peace-within-our-homes-daily-reminders.md)
- [How Ali (ra) Spent 4 Dirhams in Search of Allah's Mercy | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/how-ali-spent-4-dirhams-in-search-of-allahs-mercy-daily-reminders.md)
- [When the Prophet Sent People Home from the Masajid for Taraweeh | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/when-the-prophet-sent-people-home-from-the-masajid-for-taraweeh-daily-reminders.md)
- [The Bedouin Who Mastered His Praise with Two Words | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/the-bedouin-who-mastered-his-praise-with-two-words-daily-reminders.md)
- [In that Moment, What Do You Say? | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/in-that-moment-what-do-you-say-daily-reminders.md)
- [The Greatest Way to Seek Allah's Forgiveness | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/the-greatest-way-to-seek-allahs-forgiveness-daily-reminders.md)
- [Expanding and Blessing Your Wealth - Rizq Part 2 | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/expanding-and-blessing-your-wealth-daily-reminders.md)
- [Two Things Allah Keeps Hidden From Us | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/two-things-allah-keeps-hidden-from-us-daily-reminders.md)
- [Gems of Seclusion | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/gems-of-seclusion-daily-reminders.md)
- [The Prophetic Way of Calling Upon Allah | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/the-prophetic-way-of-calling-upon-allah-daily-reminders.md)
- [Tapping into Allah's Treasure - Rizq Part 1 | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/tapping-into-allahs-treasure-daily-reminders.md)
- [Understanding Invisible Wounds | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/understanding-invisible-wounds-daily-reminders.md)
- [Dealing with your Thoughts - Cognitive Distortion Part 3 | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/dealing-with-your-thoughts-cognitive-distortion-part-3-daily-reminders.md)
- [The Du'a That Answers Every Prayer & Removes Every Hardship | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/the-dua-that-answers-every-prayer-removes-every-hardship-daily-reminders.md)
- [Allah Provides for You | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/allah-provides-for-you-daily-reminders.md)
- ['Oh Allah, Reduce My Pain But Not My Reward' | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/oh-allah-reduce-my-pain-but-not-my-reward-daily-reminders.md)
- [Does God Ever Give Us Tests We Can't Handle? | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/does-god-ever-give-us-tests-we-cant-handle-daily-reminders.md)
- [Uncertainty Tolerance | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/uncertainty-tolerance-daily-reminders.md)
- [Feeling Lonely and It's Getting Worse | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/feeling-lonely-and-its-getting-worse-daily-reminders.md)
- [Do Not Wish to Meet Your Enemy in Battle | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/do-not-wish-to-meet-your-enemy-in-battle-daily-reminders.md)
- [Giving Empathy | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/giving-empathy-daily-reminders.md)
- ["What Have You Put Forth?" | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/what-have-you-put-forth-daily-reminders.md)
- [How to Observe the 15th Night of Sha'ban | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/how-to-observe-the-15th-night-of-shaban-daily-reminders.md)
- [Working on the Base - Cognitive Distortion Part 2 | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/working-on-the-base-cognitive-distortion-part-2-daily-reminders.md)
- [Do Not Fear the Virus | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/do-not-fear-the-virus-daily-reminders.md)
- [Heaven's Celebrities are Often Unknown on Earth | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/heavens-celebrities-are-often-unknown-on-earth-daily-reminders.md)
- [“To be spared and grateful is more beloved than to be tested and patient” | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/to-be-spared-and-grateful-is-more-beloved-than-to-be-tested-and-patient-daily-reminders.md)
- [Do Not Forget Who You Are | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/do-not-forget-who-you-are-daily-reminders.md)
- [Don’t Just Ask for the Loss to be Less, Ask for the Replacement to be More | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/dont-just-ask-for-the-loss-to-be-less-ask-for-the-replacement-to-be-more-daily-reminders.md)
- [Seeing Allah's Majesty in Everything | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/seeing-allahs-majesty-in-everything-daily-reminders.md)
- [The Scholar Who Pretended He Couldn't Hear | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/the-scholar-who-pretended-he-could-not-hear-daily-reminder.md)
- [Falling Into Your Thoughts - Cognitive Distortion Part 1 | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/falling-into-your-thoughts-cognitive-distortion-part-1-daily-reminders.md)
- [The Shadows of My Worries | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/the-shadows-of-my-worries-daily-reminders.md)
- [A Means of Purification | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/a-means-of-purification-daily-reminders.md)
- [99 gods vs 99 names of one God | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/99-gods-vs-99-names-of-one-god-daily-reminders.md)
- [Expressing Love for Those Around Us | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/expressing-love-for-those-around-us-daily-reminders.md)
- [Assuming the Best of Allah | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/assuming-the-best-of-allah-daily-reminders.md)
- [Buying What You Want When You Feel Like It | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/buying-what-you-want-when-you-feel-like-it-daily-reminders.md)
- [The Glass is Half Full | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/the-glass-is-half-full-daily-reminders.md)
- [Two Blessings that are Rarely Combined | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/two-blessings-that-are-rarely-combined-daily-reminders.md)
- [Building Our Faith with Consistency | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/building-our-faith-with-consistency-daily-reminders.md)
- [Finding the Positives During Hard Times | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/finding-the-positives-during-hard-times-daily-reminders.md)
- [Make Peace and Move On | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/make-peace-and-move-on-daily-reminders.md)
- [Not Going Back, but Growing Forward | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/not-going-back-but-growing-forward-daily-reminders.md)
- [Maintaining a Positive Assumption of Allah During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/maintaining-a-positive-assumption-of-allah-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic-daily-reminders.md)
- [The Death of the Prophet & the Vision of Ibn Abbas | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/the-death-of-the-prophet-the-vision-of-ibn-abbas-daily-reminders.md)
- [The Role of Remembrance in a Crisis | Daily Reminder](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/the-role-of-remembrance-in-a-crisis-daily-reminder.md)
- ["Avoiding that which doesn't concern you” | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/avoiding-that-which-doesnt-concern-you-daily-reminders.md)
- ["When will life go back to normal?" | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/when-will-life-go-back-to-normal-daily-reminders.md)
- [To Put a Smile on the Face of your Brother or Sister | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/to-put-a-smile-on-the-face-of-your-brother-or-sister.md)
- [Lightening Calamities with Conviction | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/lightening-calamities-with-conviction-daily-reminders.md)
- [2 Things We Take for Granted | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/2-things-we-take-for-granted-daily-reminders.md)
- [Find Clarity in Your Cave | Daily Reminders](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/find-clarity-in-your-cave-daily-reminders.md)