If This Finds You Allah Has Chosen You

A motivational Islamic talk on how Allah opens and closes doors in life, urging trust in His wisdom and seeking His help as al-Fattah, the opener of all doors.

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Key Takeaways

Trust Allah’s wisdom when doors close in life; it may be protection or redirection.
Ask Allah al-Fattah to open doors rather than relying solely on human connections.
Every person has unique ways to worship and serve Allah; value your own path.
Earning a halal income and fulfilling responsibilities is a form of worship.
Maintain high expectations of Allah’s mercy and provision.

What the video covers

Life presents closed doors in various forms such as job loss, marriage difficulties, or lack of peace, which Allah may close for a reason.
Allah is al-Fattah, the opener of all doors, and believers should ask Him to open doors when faced with obstacles.
Sometimes closed doors are disguised blessings or opportunities that become clear later.
Each person is given different doors to worship and serve Allah, and no door should be underestimated.
Earning a halal income is a form of worship and beloved to Allah, even if other acts seem limited by life circumstances.
Relying on human connections is limited; true help comes from Allah who holds all keys to doors and treasures.
Prophets faced closed doors but turned to Allah al-Fattah to open hearts and situations.
Believers are encouraged to have high expectations of Allah and to ask Him boldly for their needs and blessings.
Patience and trust in Allah’s timing are essential when doors remain closed for long periods.
The talk emphasizes the importance of recognizing Allah’s wisdom in opening and closing doors in life.

Chapters

What does it mean when Allah closes a door in your life?

When Allah closes a door, it may feel like an obstacle or difficulty, but it is often a form of protection or a redirection towards something better.

How should one respond when facing closed doors in life?

One should ask Allah, who is al-Fattah (the opener), to open doors and have patience, trusting in His wisdom and timing.

Is earning a halal income considered a form of worship?

Yes, earning a halal income is beloved to Allah and is a valid and important form of worship, especially when other acts may be limited by life circumstances.

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Hana closes a door for you in your life. You're trying to get something, it's not happening. Whether it's a job, whether it's marriage, whether it's peace of mind, whether it's stability, whether it's safety, all of us are seeking something. Sometimes we find Allah has closed the door. It's like we're hitting our head on a brick wall. Boom. Boom. Boom. Keep going. It's closed. It's a brick wall. It's lead. Made of lead.

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something. Sometimes we find Allah has closed the door. It's like we're hitting our head on a brick wall. Boom. Boom.

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There's no way through to the other side. At this point, we have to remember that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is al-Fattah. Anytime you find something closed upon you in life, ask Allah from His name al-Fattah to open the door for you. If you try to open this door with your hands, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will break down this door. Sometimes Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala opens a door for you and it doesn't look like He opened the door, but you learn later on that this was a great opportunity for you. Sometimes Allah opens the door but you don't realize He's opened it for you. It comes in the form of a closed door. It comes in the form of a difficulty. It comes in the form of something that you are unhappy to accept. But you realize later on, sometimes Allah sends you His gifts wrapped in His calamities.

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There's no way through to the other side. It at this point we have to remember that Allah subhanahu wa tala is al anytime you find something closed upon you in life ask Allah from his name al fat to open the door for you. If you

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The mercy, the bounty, the gifts of Allah, you can think of them like they are doors. And many of us in this world, some doors are closed to us and some doors are open. I'll give you an example. Some people here, like this young man here and this young man here, Allah opened them the door of learning, of memorization, of understanding. Many of us here, we sit with one page of Quran for six days; we cannot memorize one line. It's like that door has been closed for us. But there are people here when they give charity, nobody can beat them in charity. There are people here when it comes to the night prayer, nobody can beat them in the night. There are people here when it comes to kindness to relatives, kindness to the needy and the sick and the poor, nobody can beat them.

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great opportunity for you. Sometimes Allah opens the door but you don't realize he's opened it for you. It comes in the form of a closed door. It comes in the form of a difficulty. It comes in the form of something that you are

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Allah opened for each of us a different door to worship Him, a different door to serve Him. But what happens to us? We see somebody and one of Allah's doors has been closed to them. So we say, "Look at this guy. He can't even pray. He can't even pray. He prayed and he left." We didn't know he prayed. He went home to massage his mother's feet, to care for his ill mother. Who is greater in the sight of Allah? Somebody tending to an ill parent or somebody praying optional prayer in the masjid? No doubt it is the person who is doing the obligatory duty of looking after their parents. It's far greater in the sight of Allah. Allah opens one door to them and He closes another.

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And many of us in this world, some doors are closed to us and some doors are open. I'll give you an example.

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Never despair when you feel Allah has closed some doors of worship. For some of you here, you have very stressful and long hours that you work. You work in security. You work in physical labor. You work in construction. You work in decoration. You work in taxi. Twelve hours you are driving, talking to customers. Twelve hours you are bending your back in the sun. You are sweating and you are thinking, "I'm not able to recite the Quran. I'm not able to remember Allah. I'm not able to do charity. I'm stuck in this job the whole day." It is like Allah has closed the door for me to worship Him. Realize Allah may have closed one door for you but He has opened for you another. As it is stated in a hadith, its authenticity is disputed but its meaning is correct.

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Many of us here we sit with one page of Quran for 6 days we cannot memorize one line. It's like that door has been closed for us. But there are people here when they give charity nobody can beat

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Whoever earns a halal income is the beloved of Allah. Allah opened for you this door to worship Him. Don't underestimate this door. If Allah opened for you one door to worship Him, don't underestimate, don't belittle what Allah has given you the opportunity to do. He is al-Fattah. And if you want more opportunities, ask Him. He is the one who opens all doors. Very often in this world, especially in some Muslim countries, in order for you to get something, a job, a position, a power, an exception, you need one special word. In Arabic, it starts with wow: was, connections. The famous statement: you call somebody, "Look, I need somebody to give me a refund on this item." And they say, "Do you know anybody?" It's not about what you are; it's about who you know. For many of us, we know that there are so many things in this world we cannot get unless we know somebody who knows somebody who can make it happen for us.

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Allah opened for each of us a different door to worship him, a different door to serve him. But what happens to us? We see somebody and one of Allah's doors has been closed to them. So we say, "Look at this guy. He can't even pray

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Allah's name al-Fattah teaches you something. Very often we rely on people to open the doors for us, some connection, some powerful connection, some wealthy connection to go and call a member, member of parliament, call somebody they know in the police force, somebody they know in the hospital. Allah's al-Fattah teaches us: who did Ayyub (peace be upon him) know when he was in the belly of the whale? Who did Yunus know when he was locked away in a room in the palace? When he was imprisoned, who did Musa (peace be upon him) know when he was exiled in Midian for ten years in the middle of nowhere? When you know nobody, when all the doors are closed, ask Allah al-Fattah, the one who opens all doors.

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optional prayer in the masid. No doubt it is the person who is doing the obligatory duty of looking after their parents. It's far greater in the sight of Allah. Allah opens one door to them and he closes another.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the Quran, when the prophets, when they give up on their people, they tried all the methods to invite them to Allah morning, night, loud, quiet, secret, public. They tried so many ways to convince the people around them. Still, it's like their hearts are closed and locked up. Then they ask Allah with His name al-Fattah, "Oh Allah, open the hearts of my people to guidance. You are the opener of everything that is closed." Because all of us have doors that have been closed to us, but Allah is the one that can open them. All of us are looking, are seeking something from Allah, and Allah is the one who can wrap that in a gift and put it at your door at one-day delivery. But we have to have good expectations of Allah.

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You work in construction. You work in decoration. You work in taxi. 12 hours you are driving talking to customers. 12 hours you are bending your back in the sun. You are sweating and you are thinking I'm not able to recite the

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There's something I want to end this talk with. Many of us, we think very little of Allah. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala informs us, "I will be as you expect Me to be. You think that I am miserly, you think I don't have much, you will not get much from Me. You think I'm powerless, you won't get any power from Me. You think that somebody else is more important than Me, go and ask them, don't ask Me. Go ask them if they are so important to you, if they are so powerful to you. Think that I'm not going to provide for you, cater to your needs, respond to you when you ask, then don't ask Me. Ask those you think who will respond." The crux and the center of dua is to have a conversation with Allah, and to have a conversation with Allah we have to know with certainty and we have to have good hopes in Him that when we ask He will respond. When the door is closed, He will open.

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closed one door for you but he has opened for you another. As it is stated in a hadith, its authenticity is disputed but it meaning is correct.

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So many of us, Allah is the last one that we ask. We ask ten people, and then when all gives, all fails, then we go to Allah. But we forgot Allah was more powerful than all of them combined. Why did we not ask Him first before we asked anybody else? This doesn't mean we don't take the means for the door to open. We have to knock. But we can still ask the one with the keys.

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is al fat. And if you want more opportunities, ask him. He is the one who opens all doors. Very often in this world, especially in some Muslim countries, in order for you to get something, a job, a position, a power,

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So many doors are locked to us. You can try brute force. You can try to punch it down. But Allah has the keys to all the doors. He is al-Fattah. He has the key. So don't go asking the ones who don't have the keys. Ask the one who owns all the keys to all the doors. He owns the keys to all the treasures. He owns all and He sees all. And He is the one that we should turn to. He is the one that asks when all the doors are closed.

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it's about who you know for many of us we know that there are so many things in this world we cannot get unless we know somebody who knows somebody who can make it happen for us Allah's name al fat

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When a man's illness takes him to the extent where he has no hope, he turns to Allah. When Zakaria has tried all the methods, he can't have children. He asks Allah for the gift. When everything you tried has failed, do not lose hope in Allah. That is the gravest of sins. Ibrahim (peace be upon him), when the two angels come to him and they say to him, "You're going to have a son. Allah has gifted you this son." He says, "Me? How can I have a son?" And they say to Ibrahim, "Do not ever be a person who loses hope from Allah." And Ibrahim (peace be upon him) says, "Nobody loses hope in Allah except people who are lost." Many of us sitting here have lost hope in Allah. We h...

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know in the hospital. Allah's al fat teaches us who did aubam know when he was in the belly of the whale.

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Who did yall know when he was locked away in a room in the palace? When he was imprisoned, who did Musa Alisam know when he was exiled in Medan for 10 years in the middle of nowhere?

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When you know nobody when all the doors are closed, ask Allah al the one who opens all doors. Allah subhana wa ta'ala says in the Quran, When the prophets when they give up on their people they tried all the methods

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to invite them to Allah morning night loud quiet secret public they tried so many ways to convince the people around them still it's like their hearts are closed and locked up then they ask Allah with his name al fat oh Allah open the

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hearts of my people to guidance You are the opener of everything that is closed because all of us have doors that have been closed to us but Allah is the one that can open them. All of us are

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looking are seeking something from Allah and Allah is the one who can wrap that in a gift and put it at your door at one day delivery. But we have to have good expectations of Allah. There's something I want to end this talk with. Many of us

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we think very little of Allah. Allah subhana t informs us I will be as you expect me to be you think that I am miser you think I don't have much you will not get much from me you think I'm powerless you won't get

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any power from me you think that somebody else is more important than me go and ask them don't ask me go ask them if they are so important to you if they are so powerful to you think that I'm not going to provide for

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you cater to your needs respond to you when you ask then don't ask me ask to those you think who will respond the crux and the center of dua is to have a conversation with Allah and to have a conversation with Allah we have

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to know with certainty and we have to have good hopes in him that when we ask he will respond when the door is closed he will open so many of us Allah is the last one that we ask we ask 10 people

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and then when all gives all fails Then we go to Allah. But we forgot Allah was more powerful than all of them combined.

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Why did we not ask him first before we asked anybody else? This doesn't mean we don't take the means for the door to open. We have to knock. But we can still ask the one with the keys.

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So many doors are locked to us. You can try brute force. You can try to punch it down. But Allah has the keys to all the doors. He is al he has the he has the key. So don't go asking the ones

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who don't have the keys. Ask the one who owns all the keys to all the doors. He owns the keys to all the treasures. He owns all and he sees all. And he is the one that we should turn to. He is the

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one that asks when all the doors are closed. Whenam his illness takes him to the extent where he has no hope. He turns to Allah.

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When Zakaria has tried all the methods, he can't have children. He asks Allah for the gift when everything you tried has failed. Do not lose hope in Allah.

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That is the gravest of sins. Ibraimisam when the two angels come to him and they say to him, "You're going to have a son.

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Allah has gifted you this son." He says, "Me? How can I have a son?" And they say to Ibraim, "Do not ever be a person who loses hope from Allah." And Ibraimisam says, "Nobody loses hope in Allah except

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people who are lost." Many of us sitting here have lost hope in Allah. We have been asking him. We have been pleading him. We have been trying and nothing's happening and we lose hope.

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You have not lost more hope than Zakaria after 100 years of trying to have a child. You have not lost more hope than Aub after decades of chronic illness.

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You have not lost more hope than Ibraim whose father threw him into a fire. You have not lost more hope than the prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam who buried his mother with his hands, who buried his son with his hands, who

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buried his uncle with his hands. How many of his loved ones died in front of his own eyes? And yet after all of that, they never lost hope in Allah. And so Allah always after a long wait and a

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long patience, he opened the door to them. 950 years. I want you to remember one word when you go home. Just one sentence.

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His delay does not mean his denial. If he Allah is delaying giving you something, that doesn't mean he has denied it from you. That doesn't mean he rejected you. You have to wait. We have to be patient.

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The help of Allah is near. Don't be modest with what you are asking him because his name al you know when somebody's giving you a gift they're going to give you a gift according to how wealthy they are. You have a wedding

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you have you have a child somebody comes they give you an envelope it has £50.

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Somebody comes they give you an envelope it has a £100. Usually it depends on their generosity. You are dealing with the one who is most generous. You are dealing with the one who can give you a gift that you never expected before.

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Whenam is asking Allah's forgiveness didn't say, "Oh Allah, forgive me and just give me like a small kingdom worth like £10,000. I'll be happy." He asks him in an ambitious manner. And he asks him convinced Allah is going to

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give him beyond what he asks. Oh Allah, give me a kingdom you never gave anybody before me. As Muslims, we think very small. We ask Allah for very small things. When comes we ask Allah for very simple and very small things.

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But really those who know Allah's name al the giver of gifts you know Allah can surprise you. Allah can give you a gift you never expected. Allah can surprise you. The gift you get the blessing that you get is in a way you never imagined.

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So why are we why are we asking Allah in such a smallminded manner? So imam asks Allah give me the greatest kingdom ever.

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Allah gives him something he didn't expect. Control over the wind, ability to talk to the ants, control over the jin. You and me, we have to ask Allah in an ambitious manner. The prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam says, "If you are going to ask Allah for

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something in paradise, in Jenna, ask him for the greatest part of paradise. Don't ask him for the basement. Ask him for the penthouse. Don't ask him for the one-star apartment. asking for the seventh star. He is Allah alab.

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