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The importance of Islam is emphasized, with a focus on showing gratitude towards Allah Subhanahu Wa principal and being part and parcel of the best of things. The speaker emphasizes the importance of storytelling in the development of Islam's language and the importance of building up an appetite and being a good friend. The speaker also discusses the importance of subhan consecutive practices and the importance of good peer pressure in Islam.

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			All praise and thanks belong to Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala, the Lord great and sustain of
		
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			the heavens and the earth. Salawat and salaam,
		
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			upon the most beloved of Allah's creation,
		
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			If we think, if we ponder, if we
		
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			sit down and we reflect a bit, Allah
		
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			heal so much that we have to show
		
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			to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala shukal for these
		
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			things that Allah has granted us. From among
		
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			the various famous which Allah has granted us,
		
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			alhamdulillah,
		
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			is the ability to breathe. Alhamdulillah, to be
		
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			alive, alhamdulillah.
		
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			You know, to have safety, you know, a
		
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			rel you know, relative to where you come
		
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			from or even the case may be. You
		
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			know, safety might be you coming from Athlone
		
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			or Weinberg or even the case may be.
		
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			So it will differ person to person, alhamdulillah,
		
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			relative to other countries where this war, civil
		
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			war taking place, and alhamdulillah, we are safe.
		
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			By the qut of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			Alhamdulillah, most of us, alhamdulillah,
		
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			we had something to eat. Alhamdulillah,
		
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			we we come to the musallah without any
		
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			fear, not thinking, what's gonna happen if I
		
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			walk with my beard, with my throat, whatever.
		
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			So alhamdulillah, we have safety alhamdulillah.
		
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			We have the ability to freely move about.
		
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			Ask anyone who does not enjoy the ability
		
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			to freely move about, and that person will
		
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			tell you the freedom from upon you. You
		
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			know, we ask the the the faculty of
		
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			sight, the ability to hear, the ability my
		
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			ability to freely converse with all of you.
		
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			These are bounties from Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			And it is my duty as a Muslim
		
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			and your duty to always thank Allah. Remember
		
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			thanking Allah is a state of the art.
		
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			Always be in a state of gratefulness towards
		
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			Allah
		
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			but you can, you know, express your thanks
		
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			by the tongue and the limbs. By doing
		
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			those things and saying those things that are
		
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			pleasing to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. May Allah
		
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			grant us tawfiq, Ameen. After
		
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			Allah has favored me and you to be
		
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			in his obedience.
		
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			Remember, beloved brothers and sisters in Islam, Allah
		
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			has favored me and you to be part
		
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			and parcel of the best of days, subhanallah.
		
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			Think about it. The nabi wa in fact
		
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			Allah subhanAllah in the Quran,
		
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			he takes an oath by this day. Which
		
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			day are we country in?
		
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			Friday, subhanAllah.
		
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			The Allah subhanAllah in the Quran says,
		
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			I, Allah, take an oath by that day
		
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			that witnesses you every week.
		
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			Scholars of tafsir explain, why would Allah
		
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			sway an oath? Why would Allah take an
		
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			oath
		
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			by His creation? Why do we take oaths?
		
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			Why?
		
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			To emphasize whatever we are saying. This is
		
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			not so. To emphasize what we're
		
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			saying. We take an oath by Allah to
		
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			affirm whatever we are saying. Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala is in no need of doing this.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is in no need
		
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			of affirming what he is what he is
		
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			telling us and what he is promising us.
		
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			Why? Because Allah in the Quran in various
		
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			places
		
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			tells me and you that his speech is
		
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			the most truthful of speech.
		
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			He does not go contrary to his word.
		
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			So Allah has no need of emphasizing what
		
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			he's saying.
		
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			So rather when Allah is taking an oath,
		
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			it is to prove the importance of the
		
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			thing that he's taking the oath upon. When
		
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			God takes an oath by Yomul Jumu'ah, it
		
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			is to prove what? It is to prove
		
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			the importance of Yomul Jumu'ah. The greatness of
		
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			this day, the blessings of this day, the
		
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			virtues of this day. And that's why the
		
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			Nabi Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said,
		
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			The best day in which the sun rises
		
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			is which day?
		
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			Why? Hikma, Muslims, why?
		
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			Adam. On this day Allah created the first
		
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			human being.
		
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			On this day Allah placed him into Jannah.
		
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			On this day Allah placed him into Jannah.
		
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			On this day Allah took him out of
		
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			Jannah.
		
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			When will your will kiyama come? When will
		
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			that day come? When me and you, all
		
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			of us will stand in front of Allah,
		
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			in the port of Allah, and we will
		
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			give and reckoning for the lives that we
		
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			lived in this world. When will that day
		
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			come? That day will come on a Friday.
		
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			Ponder about it, my beloved brothers. Ponder about
		
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			it, my beloved sisters. The beginning of creation
		
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			was on a Friday, and the end of
		
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			creation
		
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			will be on a Friday.
		
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			SubhanAllah, our gathering today, will we not gather
		
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			on a Friday in front of Allah
		
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			Definitely, we will. Let us reflect about the
		
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			situation in this life, how we live our
		
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			lives, and let us become better Muslims, amen,
		
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			and better decent human beings, amen. Beloved brothers
		
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			and sisters in al Islam, after Allah's favored
		
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			me and you, to be part and parcel
		
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			of the best of days, Allah's favored me
		
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			and you to be in the best of
		
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			places, the Musalla. The prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
		
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			sallam said, the most beloved place to Allah
		
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			is what
		
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			The places within Allah is worship. Why? Because
		
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			therein you find the pious servants of Allah.
		
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			The angels, the pious gen and demons, All
		
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			of the pious patient. We are speaking about
		
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			Allah. We're speaking about the nabi.
		
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			We're placing salutations on the nabi. We are
		
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			reading the book of Allah. We are quoting
		
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			the nabi. All of these great things are
		
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			taking place in this how is in this
		
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			how is in this how is space over
		
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			here. So is it not only right that
		
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			this be the most beloved place to Allah?
		
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			Question.
		
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			Number 3. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala after blessing
		
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			us with the best of days. After blessing
		
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			us with the best of places, Allah has
		
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			afforded me and you to be in the
		
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			best of hours.
		
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			On Jumu Aday, the prophet
		
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			said, there is such a such a moment
		
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			that when you wake dua to Allah and
		
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			your dua responds with that moment,
		
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			Allah will grant you whatever you want. Oh,
		
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			you know, all of us have media. We
		
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			need, you know, exams, this timing, whatever the
		
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			case may be. We need to prepare ourselves
		
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			call upon Allah. And this time is based
		
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			on a general reading and a holistic reading
		
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			of all the hadith. It's after Asad to
		
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			Magrik. The closer to Magrik, the better.
		
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			We make dua to Allah. The pious of
		
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			this ummah, the salihon and the salaf of
		
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			this ummah. They used to spend this time
		
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			in dua. They would tell you, wives, look
		
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			here. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. I'm now going
		
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			to speak to Allah. You want to speak
		
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			to Allah? Do it by the medium of
		
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			salaf. Do it by the medium of dua.
		
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			You want Allah to speak to you? Do
		
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			it by the medium of what? Reading the
		
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			speech of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Allah grant
		
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			me and you the tawfi to always be
		
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			grateful to Allah for the various bounties of
		
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			Allah Subhanahu wa'ala. Question inshallah. Do we love
		
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			stories? Yes or no?
		
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			Yes.
		
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			Quickly. Do we love stories? Yes or no?
		
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			Yes.
		
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			Why do we Why do we love stories?
		
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			Why? Quickly.
		
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			That's my time. Ah, it's 10 10 minutes
		
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			gone.
		
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			Why do we love everyone loves a good
		
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			story. The young amongst us and the old.
		
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			Is it not so? We love a good
		
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			story. Anyone who can spill a good story,
		
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			I'm there. I'm going to listen. You know?
		
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			So we love stories, and that's the nature
		
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			of mankind. All of people, you know, we're
		
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			there. They are children, we're there. They are
		
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			elders, whatever the case may be. We love
		
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			the good story. We love those stories that
		
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			carry some lessons for us. We love that,
		
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			subhanAllah.
		
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			Now, remember when we relate stories, when we
		
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			relate history, when we relate the past to
		
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			people, how do we relate it to people?
		
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			In school, most of us study history, social
		
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			sciences, maybe primary school. I don't know about
		
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			high school. So we study history. But what
		
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			did the teacher emphasize upon? What did this,
		
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			you know, what's the main emphasis upon? Is
		
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			it not the names of people?
		
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			When you study history, they tell you about
		
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			names of people.
		
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			They they teach you about the dates, what
		
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			happened here, what happened over there. And number
		
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			3, they tell you about the names of
		
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			places. Is it not so? But when Allah
		
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			relates to us a story of the past,
		
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			when Allah relates to us, he states Allah
		
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			does it in a different manner. There's no
		
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			names of people,
		
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			no names of places, and no dates. Why?
		
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			Why?
		
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			Why? Why? Why? What's
		
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			the significance behind this? Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			will briefly mention this story, but if we
		
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			look at that story there are so many
		
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			for why it benefits, jewels, gems that that
		
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			we can take from that story. So why
		
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			do you think what's the wisdom behind this?
		
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			Why does Allah omit details like names of
		
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			people, names of places, and names of, of
		
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			of and debts and so forth and so
		
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			forth? Why? What do you think?
		
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			Any? Anyone inshallah?
		
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			You can speak in Juman, darling. I don't
		
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			think it's haram to speak in Juman. Anyone
		
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			inshallah, quickly.
		
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			It's not important. What is important is the
		
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			lessons and the models that you take from
		
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			that story. So when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
		
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			he knows the big nature of people and
		
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			they love stories.
		
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			The difference between the stories that are live
		
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			links are always those stories are truthful stories.
		
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			Those are actual events,
		
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			actual incidents, things that did take place. That's
		
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			the difference, number 1. And number 2, the
		
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			lessons behind the stories are so powerful.
		
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			Those lessons are universal and they are timeless.
		
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			They go on forever. And that's why scholars
		
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			say it is not far fetched to say
		
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			that a third of the Quran is stories.
		
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			So 1 third of the Quran deals with
		
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			our aqid, our theology, our creed. Another 3rd
		
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			deals with akham law, and a 3rd of
		
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			the Quran deals with what? Deals with krisas.
		
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			And Allah says,
		
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			Oh Muhammad relate to them stories.
		
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			So that they may take from the stories
		
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			and better their lives, subhanallah.
		
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			So there's a surah that we recite every
		
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			week. What surah is that? Can you one
		
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			tell me quickly? I mean, that's easy.
		
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			Surah Al Kahf. What does Surah Al Kahf
		
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			mean?
		
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			The chapter of the?
		
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			The chapter what? Cave. The chapter of the
		
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			cave. What does a cave signify? What is
		
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			it symbolic of? A A cave. What do
		
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			you take in a cave? You take what?
		
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			Shelter, refuge, what?
		
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			Is it not self?
		
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			So the main theme of Surah 3 Ka'at,
		
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			just bear with me inshallah. I have to
		
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			do this lengthy introduction.
		
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			The main theme of Surah Al Khaf what
		
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			do you think is the theme? Every surah
		
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			is a main theme, an overarching theme. You
		
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			can read this thing through. This theme you
		
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			see in every ayah. You know? You read
		
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			it throughout it out throughout that chapter. The
		
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			Quran is a a book, subhanallah, that is
		
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			in has preheance, but because we don't know
		
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			Arabic, because we read translations, we do not
		
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			see this. So the Quran, this chapter specifically
		
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			has a theme and there's a reason why
		
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			we recite it on a Friday. Who can't
		
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			tell me why we recite it on a
		
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			Friday? Why do we recite surah al kaf
		
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			on a Friday?
		
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			Why? Can anyone tell me?
		
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			We're just reading it. We don't know why.
		
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			My
		
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			father told me to read it. I'm reading
		
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			it. Don't be what's what's the reason why
		
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			he cites what we come?
		
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			Protection from who?
		
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			From at Dajjal.
		
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			What did the prophet say about Dajjal? He
		
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			said, there is no Nabi that came upon
		
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			this dunya except
		
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			from the type of Adam and from the
		
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			type of Muhammad
		
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			except that that
		
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			Nabi pointed out and told his people about
		
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			the coming of Dajjal. It is the greatest
		
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			fitna.
		
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			Fitna meaning what? Fitna meaning what?
		
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			The greatest style that Allah has placed upon
		
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			any nation, the coming of the Dajjal. SubhanAllah.
		
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			Think about that. And that's why we cite
		
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			Surah Al Khab.
		
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			So Surah Al Khab has a theme. What
		
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			is that theme? The theme of Surah Al
		
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			Khab is fitna. What does fitna mean?
		
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			Trial. Trials. Test. Doesn't mean skilah. Doesn't mean
		
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			gossip. It means trials and tribulations
		
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			and difficulties.
		
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			Literally, the word fitna means when you take
		
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			a piece of gold and you put it
		
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			through the purifying process. When you take it
		
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			out, what what what is the result of
		
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			that? It is
		
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			it is purified now. So similarly,
		
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			when Allah puts you through certain fitna, fitan,
		
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			test, trial, tribulations, when you come out of
		
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			that fitna, you have patience, you obeyed Allah
		
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			within that fitna, what happens? You are purified
		
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			from sin and from all these other things.
		
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			Is that clear, Shawarma? So Surah Al Khar
		
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			has this main theme.
		
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			The theme of fitna. There are 4 stories
		
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			in Surah Al Khab. The story number 1,
		
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			I'm not gonna go through. That's what I'm
		
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			gonna speak about. Story number 2 deals with
		
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			the fitna of wealth. 2 individuals, one had
		
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			and the other one didn't have. You know,
		
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			they were no. The one was rich and
		
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			the other one didn't enjoy,
		
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			wealth and so forth. So the fitna of
		
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			wealth. Question, is wealth they fitna from a
		
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			what? Yes. Some people if they get a
		
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			little, I better than everyone here. I've got
		
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			I've got money. So fitna. Number 2, the
		
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			story of Musa
		
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			and Khidr al Hikma as Salam.
		
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			Knowledge. The fitna of knowledge. Is knowledge a
		
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			fitna from Allah? Definitely. How many scholars do
		
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			we know? They have knowledge, but they don't
		
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			practice on that knowledge. They have knowledge, but
		
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			they have arrogance,
		
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			you know. All of these ills we know.
		
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			And number 4,
		
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			the story of Dhul Qarnayn, one of the
		
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			kings that ruled the entire world, subhanallah.
		
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			And the fitna of authority.
		
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			The fitna being a leader. Is being a
		
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			leader a fitna? Yes or no? It is
		
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			a fitna. SubhanAllah, look at what leaders are
		
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			doing with their people, with their subordinates. It
		
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			is a trial and most of them unfortunately
		
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			are failing it. So what is the first
		
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			fitna? Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala relates to us
		
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			and He says, to Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa
		
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			He elects to Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
		
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			O Muhammad and oumatul Islam.
		
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			Do you think
		
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			the story of the companions of the cave
		
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			Have you heard this before? Have heard about
		
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			the companions of the cave? Have you heard
		
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			about the 7 sleepers?
		
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			Do you think the story of the companions
		
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			of the cave?
		
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			Do you think that is one of the
		
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			greatest signs of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Muhammad
		
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			and ummah to Islam? So what's the sign?
		
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			We want to know. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			asked Muhammad in a, you know, in a
		
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			manner Allah does not want an answer. Allah
		
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			says, oh Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, do
		
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			you think that the story of the companions
		
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			of the cave,
		
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			that that that was the greatest miracle from
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala? Nay, it is not.
		
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			There are so many other great miracles. Allah
		
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			created prophet Adam without any father and mother.
		
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			Allah created
		
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			Allah is telling Muhammad salallahu alaihi wa sallam,
		
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			oh Muhammad salallahu alaihi wa sallam, this is
		
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			not the greatest sign of Allah. And then
		
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			Allah links to us the story. First, Allah
		
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			mentions it briefly, and then Allah gives details
		
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			later. So I I cannot go through every
		
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			verse, obviously, so I'm just fleshing out my
		
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			story for you. Allah says,
		
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			oh, Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, remember
		
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			the incident of those youngsters.
		
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			Remember there was once upon a time a
		
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			group of youngsters. They came from a certain
		
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			society.
		
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			Allah's best way that place is. We do
		
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			not know that. That's not important. So they
		
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			were a group of youngsters. They live in
		
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			a certain place.
		
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			Amongst them was a an oppressive king. You
		
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			murul Naz, he used he told the people
		
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			to not worship Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, but
		
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			rather to aspire to Allah by worshiping him.
		
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			These youngsters, people thought to him, due to
		
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			the inner disposition,
		
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			they know that there is a greater being
		
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			out there. They know reflecting upon the heavens
		
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			and the earth that no one could have
		
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			brought these things. These things are not here
		
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			by chance. It was a greater being that
		
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			created these things. They reflected upon this and
		
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			they said, we cannot worship this man. He
		
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			is not our creator. Rather, we will worship
		
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			the creator of that king, Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			Now imagine, subhanAllah, these were youngsters, they were
		
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			young. Number 2, they the entire society
		
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			did what the king command and they rebelled.
		
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			They rebelled, subhanallah. They went against that command.
		
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			Number 3, they came from affluent families, not
		
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			from your rizq of the community, like the
		
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			top dogs of the community, subhanAllah.
		
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			So these youngsters, they came together.
		
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			We will never worship Adhin Allah.
		
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			If we do so, we would be doing
		
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			a heinous deed.
		
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			SubhanAllah. We are Allah has created me. Allah
		
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			gives me whatever I own, and I direct
		
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			my worship to Adirullah.
		
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			This is called
		
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			This is called oppression. This is called wrongdoing.
		
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			That's why the Quran says in ashirkal,
		
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			shirk is the greatest wrong way.
		
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			Means when you take something out of its
		
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			rightful place, and put it in the incorrect
		
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			place. So if I take my kufuya and
		
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			I put it on my foot, is that
		
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			on my kufuya?
		
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			Yes. It is. If I take my sock
		
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			and I put it over my hip, that
		
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			is So when I take their that belongs
		
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			only to Allah, and I direct it to
		
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			other than Allah, I am making zul in
		
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			regards to the rights of Allah. So these
		
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			youngsters realize, and subhanAllah,
		
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			think about the psychological trauma. When you stand
		
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			up against your community, when you and subhanAllah
		
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			go against the grain, Allah says,
		
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			we tied up their hearts. We made their
		
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			hearts firm.
		
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			When they stood up
		
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			And then Allah says, if our feet here,
		
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			remember these youngsters, after being summoned by the
		
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			king, they realize something's bad. Bad's gonna happen
		
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			to us. What happened then? If our fit
		
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			here to be like that, these youngsters left
		
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			this city. They left their backgrounds. They left
		
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			their families. They left the comfort of their
		
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			homes. They left that which they were accustomed
		
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			to.
		
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			They said, you Allah.
		
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			Oh Allah,
		
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			grant us from your side mercy.
		
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			And grant us a way up to this
		
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			difficulty that we fight, like we find ourselves
		
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			in. So imagine the psychological state of these
		
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			youngsters they live. They live the city. They
		
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			live their town. They ran throughout the night.
		
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			They came to, you know, in front of
		
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			a cave,
		
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			and they saw refuge in the cave. What
		
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			then happens? Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And this
		
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			is how Allah aids His obedient servants.
		
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			If you leave something for the sake of
		
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			Allah, this is a rule.
		
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			Should be written in gold subhanallah.
		
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			It is a rule of life. If you
		
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			leave something for the sake of Allah, Allah
		
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			will grant you better. If you leave something
		
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			which is displeasing to Allah,
		
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			you leave it for the sake of Allah,
		
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			Allah will grant you better. If you leave
		
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			that Haram relationship for the for the sake
		
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			of Allah, Allah will grant you better. If
		
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			you leave bad company for the sake of
		
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			Allah, Allah will grant you better. Allah says
		
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			Allah says, we closed the years,
		
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			and he slept for how long?
		
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			For many many years, the Quran relates verse
		
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			25.
		
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			The Quran
		
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			says 300,
		
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			309 years. 300 years according to the Gregorian
		
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			calendar. 300 year 309
		
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			years according to the lunar calendar. They set
		
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			for 300
		
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			years.
		
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			Then we resurrected them. Now when do we
		
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			use the word resurrection? When do we use
		
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			this book? When does the Quran normally use
		
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			the vocab or the vocabulary of?
		
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			When? When someone has?
		
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			When someone has died. So they slept for
		
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			such an extended period, it was as if
		
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			they passed away. It was as if they
		
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			died.
		
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			Then we raised them.
		
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			Allah says, we raised them, and then they
		
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			asked one another,
		
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			come, labithna.
		
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			How long did we sleep?
		
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			One of them said,
		
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			We slept for a day or a portion
		
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			of the day, not knowing, subhanAllah, that we
		
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			slept for 300,
		
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			309 years. Allah says to Muhammad sallallahu alaihi
		
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			wa sallam, and Allah relates the story further.
		
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			Oh, Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. If only
		
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			you were there and you saw the sun.
		
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			You know? Why what what
		
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			When it arose, it would rise away from
		
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			the cave. Why? What happens if you have
		
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			an overexposure
		
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			to the sun? What happens?
		
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			What happens?
		
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			Too much sun. What happens?
		
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			Sunburn, all of these things, subhanallah, you could
		
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			die. 300 of years in the sun, you
		
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			could die, subhanAllah.
		
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			So Allah subhanahu relates to us that they
		
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			slept
		
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			in the middle of the cave. When the
		
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			sun rose, it gave them sufficient light but
		
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			not too much.
		
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			And when the sun sets, what happened?
		
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			It would move away.
		
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			It would move away from the cave. So
		
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			sufficient light
		
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			to give their bodies what the what the
		
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			body requires,
		
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			but not over exposure to the to the
		
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			needs of the sun subhanallah.
		
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			Allah says, and Allah continues.
		
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			We turned their bodies, Allah says. This
		
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			made his obedient servants. This is how Allah
		
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			helps his obedient slaves. Think about it. Deen
		
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			today, religion today has become in the lives
		
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			of many Muslims. Today, you are trial. When
		
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			you take a position, the boss will tell
		
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			you no dulhul salah. You have to make
		
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			a dulhul salah for that tonight. The boss
		
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			will tell you no Jumu'ah salah. So today,
		
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			our Islam is a test for us, subhanAllah.
		
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			Our Islam is a fitna for us, and
		
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			Allah is watching how we are dealing with
		
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			this fitna. These youngsters, they were in the
		
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			plight of the youth. They kept everything going.
		
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			They could have just gone on society, but
		
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			they said nay.
		
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			Nay, we will not go. We will choose
		
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			the opposite direction. The direction that is pleasing
		
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			to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Allah says, and
		
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			Allah continues.
		
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			We made their bodies turn to the right
		
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			and to the left. What do you think
		
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			is the wisdom behind us? Can anyone tell
		
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			me the wisdom? Why would Allah make their
		
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			bodies turn?
		
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			Because if a person what happens if someone
		
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			is better than and they spend all the
		
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			time in bed? No one who's their bodies.
		
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			The head source, limbs become stiff, limbs
		
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			start becoming brittle. All of these things. And
		
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			also, insects starts eating on the body. So
		
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			Allah subhanahu says we made the body stuff.
		
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			This is forbidden in the Quran. It's not
		
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			some fatal I'm quoting from fabricated hadith. Quran.
		
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			Quran tells us this. Allah says, oh, Muhammad,
		
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			if you saw them,
		
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			Oh Muhammad, if you saw them, you would
		
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			have been filled with fear and you would
		
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			have run away. That is how the appearance
		
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			of him was. This is how Allah comes
		
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			to the aid of those people who chooses
		
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			to be the deen of Allah reference. From
		
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			this surah and to this story, we learn
		
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			the importance of you guys, the guff. We
		
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			need the youth of this ummah. According to
		
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			you in statistics.
		
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			According to you in statistics, the most neglected
		
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			category of people are who? Are the youth.
		
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			We care about the young, we care about
		
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			the old. But who cares about the youth?
		
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			We write the youth off. We say, they
		
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			are a youth at loss, a youth at
		
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			risk. All of these terms we throw at
		
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			the youth subhanallah. But the Nabi saw some
		
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			taught me and you that the one of
		
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			the best categories of people will be who?
		
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			Will be the youth. The prophet said 7
		
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			categories of people. Allah will shade, initiate
		
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			on that day of Yomul Qiyamah when there
		
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			will be no shade. Who will they be?
		
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			A youngster who dedicated and adopted a life
		
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			of piety, subhanAllah.
		
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			Think about it, beloved brothers. Who are the
		
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			people that responded to call at the Nabi
		
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			They were the youth, not the old. The
		
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			youth, subhanAllah. The youth, they have talent, they
		
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			have beauty, they have potential, they have all
		
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			this. They are sent you with technology.
		
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			They can be such You guys have such
		
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			potential, subhanAllah, to take the Ummah forward. SubhanAllah.
		
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			Who are the people that brought apartheid down?
		
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			Arab Spring? And I'm not commenting with its
		
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			right or wrong from a political perspective. What
		
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			I am saying is, they were the youth,
		
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			subhanAllah.
		
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			The youth has such a great status. And
		
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			Allah relates to us that the youth Oh
		
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			youth. You will be tested with your deen.
		
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			You will be tested with your deen. SubhanAllah
		
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			radiunabi alaihi salat wa salam said that on
		
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			close to judgement day, one of the signs
		
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			of yomul qiyama, keeping onto your deen will
		
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			be like keeping onto a hot coal. Know,
		
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			how will you keep onto your hot coal?
		
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			You can't keep onto it. Oh, beloved youth,
		
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			oh, beloved brothers, oh, uncles and aunties and
		
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			sisters,
		
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			keep to your deen. Remember, reflect upon the
		
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			story of this. Allah says,
		
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			We made them wake up. What happens after
		
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			waking up? What do you build up? So
		
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			after asking
		
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			how long did we sleep? They they couldn't
		
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			find out because probably they came there the
		
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			morning or the evening and, you know, it
		
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			was day now. So they tried to figure
		
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			out. What's the very very first thing after
		
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			waking up after a long nap? What happens?
		
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			You build up what? You build up an
		
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			appetite.
		
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			They didn't tell one of them, look here.
		
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			Go to the shop. Go to the town.
		
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			Get some food for us, you know, and
		
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			bring it back for us. But listen to
		
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			the advice.
		
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			Listen to the advice.
		
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			Listen to the advice, beloved God. Okay. They
		
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			tell this person,
		
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			go.
		
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			They tell this person, when you go, look
		
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			only for food which is halal. Look for
		
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			the most halal food, subhanAllah.
		
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			Imagine in a cave away from the families,
		
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			They were allowed to be persecuted and away,
		
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			but they are concerned what interest in who
		
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			they come in. Allah, he let this a
		
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			lesson for me and you. Today, we look
		
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			down upon people.
		
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			If a person is concerned of what enters
		
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			into his stomach, that is a sign he
		
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			believes in Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. They were
		
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			concerned about that. They were concerned about that.
		
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			Allah continues the story and Allah says,
		
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			this guy, he comes in the city. He
		
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			pays the money to the baker and the
		
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			baker's like, Hajji, where did you come from?
		
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			300 years later, what happens? Currency changes. Clothing
		
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			changes. The way people speak changes.
		
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			His style's changed. This guy's like back in
		
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			time. He comes out to know back into
		
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			the future something like this. He comes here
		
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			the brothers the baker's like, what happened here?
		
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			Where do you come from? He confessed with
		
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			this guy,
		
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			and this guy realizes that, you know, they
		
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			were absent for 300 years. The king and
		
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			all of the people of their time has
		
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			passed on and then the people of the
		
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			community gives chase. The people chases them, give
		
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			this individual until they came. And they, when
		
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			they meet these people, they lie, subhanAllah.
		
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			Look at the Qudra of Allah. Look at
		
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			the power of Allah. 300 years, 309
		
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			years, and Allah gave them life, subhanAllah. And
		
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			all of the people become believers, subhanAllah. They
		
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			believe in the ability of Allah, in the
		
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			qudra of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			And Allah links to us and Allah mentions
		
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			that they were 7. The Quran alludes to
		
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			the fact that there were 7 sleepers.
		
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			And Allah says,
		
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			their dog was with them. They had a
		
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			dog with them. What do we consider a
		
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			dog today? We consider a dog today to
		
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			be as what?
		
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			If we see a dog, what do we
		
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			consider a dog as?
		
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			The dog was at the mouth of the
		
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			cave, sitting right now like a watchdog. Why
		
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			do you think is the significance?
		
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			Why would Allah make special reference to a
		
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			dog? Why?
		
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			It shows me and you the importance
		
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			of good company.
		
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			How great impact that good company has and
		
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			on any individual.
		
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			Good company peer pressure is something which is
		
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			high amongst our youth and even amongst our
		
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			elders.
		
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			But look at the scenario.
		
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			This dog, an insignificant creation of Allah. He
		
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			accompanied the pious and Allah mentions him in
		
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			the Quran.
		
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			Beloved brothers and sisters in Islam,
		
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			watch and be weary of who you take
		
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			this place. Allah subhanahu in the Quran sees,
		
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			friends
		
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			friends,
		
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			that person who you love, like this is
		
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			my back. I will die for
		
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			him. You will be an enemy towards your
		
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			friend and your
		
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			Except a friendship that was based upon piety.
		
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			The prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said,
		
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			a man will follow the way of his
		
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			friend.
		
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			Look to whom you befriend. How many people
		
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			are sitting in jails
		
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			today?
		
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			Why?
		
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			Because I belong to a certain clip of
		
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			people, he took the path as we say,
		
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			and he's in jail today. He's suffering in
		
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			jail today. How many people do we know
		
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			are drug addicts today? Why? Because of the
		
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			friends that they have and the friends that
		
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			they took, subhanAllah.
		
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			Oh youth. Oh youth. Reflect and bewend. SubhanAllah.
		
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			Reflect upon the surah. Reflect upon the story.
		
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			I dug an insignificant
		
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			patient of Allah. He accompanied, he merely accompanied
		
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			the pious. And Allah mentions him in the
		
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			Quran. May Allah grant us the tawfiq. May
		
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			Allah grant us the guidance. What then happens
		
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			was,
		
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			these people come, the people of the community
		
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			find this, these people that they have heard
		
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			stories about, legends about,
		
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			and Allah causes all of these youth, the
		
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			* and the dog to pass away. What
		
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			you think is the reason why Allah would
		
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			make them pass away? Quickly. Why?
		
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			Why would Allah make them pass away?
		
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			Allah gave him the power to stay there.
		
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			Allah gave Yes. Allah gave him the power
		
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			to stay there. But why? Because Allah knew
		
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			how a fitna they will be in their
		
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			society. How are we when a pious person
		
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			comes here?
		
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			Pious diamond to make sure judea. So imagine
		
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			people will probably worship these people. You know,
		
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			these are great. Wali's of Allah, Allah work
		
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			when we're losing ourselves here. So Allah said,
		
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			no,
		
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			no, no, no, no trials here. I don't
		
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			want I don't want to trial these people
		
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			with a deen. And he made all of
		
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			them pass away. And that's the story of
		
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			the companions of the cave. May Allah
		
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			grant us the understanding, the tawfiq. I hope
		
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			you have benefited from the story, each other,
		
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			if you've heard it for the first time.
		
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			If you have heard it before, may Allah
		
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			grant you, you know, further insight into this
		
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			into the surah.