SECOND REMINDER. Saturday. LET'S DECLARE WAR ON OUR DESIRES NOT OUR SOULS. Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem. Let's continue from the first reminder; It is the sole responsibility of any human to steer his/her soul in either direction. His actions and intentions will make his abode either Paradise or Hell. So each morning, while man has been classified as being the "vendor" of his soul, he goes out to seek his sustenance and livelihood. It is his option to either sell his soul, or to free it, to earn this livelihood. On the authority of Hadhrat Umar Radhi Allahu Anhu), He Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam is reported to have also said: "If you placed your trust in Allah, in the manner in which He should be trusted, then He would arrange sustenance for you just as He provides for the birds; they leave in the morning with their stomachs empty and return with their stomachs filled in the evening." This hadith outline the manner in which man should seek his sustenance. A manner in which earning a livelihood will not cause him to destroy his soul. Most times we become the enemy to our own souls due to our selfish desires. How often do we wake up for fajir to gain our sustenance for the day from Allah? Probably many even missed fajir time today but imagine you were to wake up at fajir time for job interview, can you sleep till fajir time elapse? No way bcs we value something else to the provision of Allah at fajir time. May Allah forgive our shortcomings and increase our eemaan. Aameen.