Abdullah Oduro – Nightly Reminder 22-04-2024

Abdullah Oduro
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The speakers discuss Jesus's theory of time and time events, including his dominion and belief in who is the creator of time and time events. They emphasize the importance of strong wills and a transition to achieve success, as well as the need for strength and faith in one's lord to strengthen one's individual and their families. They also discuss the importance of remembering one's greatness and faith in one's lord for stronger wills and a better job.

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			It says in his book entitled the Guardians
		
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			of the Righteous in the chapter
		
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			of the Virtues of Vicar and Encouraging Others
		
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			TO Do So.
		
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			And Muhaydah Mishurba, may Allah be pleased with
		
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			him, narrated that the prophet
		
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			used to say at the conclusion of his
		
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			prayer,
		
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			there is no god there is no true
		
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			god except the law. He is the one
		
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			and has no partners with him. He is
		
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			the sovereignty,
		
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			and his and he is and his is
		
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			the praise,
		
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			and he is omnipotent.
		
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			Oh, Allah, none can deny that which you
		
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			bestow, and none can bestow that which you
		
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			hold back. And the greatness of the great
		
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			will be of no avail to them against
		
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			you.
		
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			So the prophet, salallahu alaihi wasalam, again, this
		
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			is another sunnah at the very end of
		
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			our prayer when we conclude, when we,
		
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			say,
		
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			hadith the last hadith we took is when
		
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			the prophet would say,
		
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			That was the hadith before this
		
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			one.
		
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			That was the hadith before this one. And
		
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			now Imam Anawi brings this hadith, which is
		
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			after we say that, we can also say
		
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			this
		
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			also,
		
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			which is,
		
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			which firstly is there is no true god
		
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			except the law. He is the one that
		
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			has no partners with him.
		
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			He is his sovereignty.
		
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			Is the sovereignty is his.
		
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			And is really everything in the dominion.
		
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			Everything in the dominion. They call it.
		
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			The we
		
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			say
		
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			he is the owner of the day of
		
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			judgment
		
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			or or
		
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			milk can also mean the dominion, that which
		
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			is owned. And Allah
		
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			is the owner of it. So we say
		
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			So the fact that he has control over
		
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			the dominion or the dominion is for him,
		
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			for that reason, he deserves what?
		
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			Hamd.
		
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			And Shukr and all of the manifestations of
		
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			worship.
		
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			All of them. So when we look at
		
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			this, Allah
		
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			is showing here yeah. The prophet is showing
		
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			here in this beautiful, beautiful zikr at the
		
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			very end. Remembering Allah
		
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			and his beautiful names.
		
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			And he is upon everything,
		
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			upon everything,
		
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			has the ability,
		
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			which
		
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			translates to mean he is the omnipotent,
		
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			which shows again that
		
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			Allah is able to do all things being
		
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			that the mulk is in his control,
		
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			the dominion is under his authority
		
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			and his total control. Therefore, he deserves praise.
		
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			And with all of that is under that
		
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			that is under his dominion or in his
		
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			control and authority because he is its creator.
		
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			He is able to do all things within
		
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			that dominion, or he's able to do all
		
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			things, period.
		
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			But from the dominion that he has, know
		
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			that he is the manic of the Tazarov.
		
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			He is the one that has ultimate control
		
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			over what takes place
		
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			within
		
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			every single element in the dominion
		
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			and the dominion itself. So every single element
		
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			being that we are human beings, being that
		
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			there are animals, being that there's,
		
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			nitrogen, oxygen within within the atmosphere,
		
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			and then the earth itself and then the
		
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			galaxy itself and other galaxies that exist that
		
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			we don't know about. All of that is
		
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			his monk,
		
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			Subhanah. All of that is his dominion, and
		
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			he has ultimate control
		
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			over that. And then a lot, the prophet
		
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			says, oh, a lot, none can deny that
		
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			which you bestow, and none can bestow that
		
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			which you deny.
		
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			And this is important in regards
		
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			to what pillar of iman.
		
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			First, how many pillars of iman are there,
		
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			Jema? 6. 6. 6. 6. 6. Belief in
		
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			Allah.
		
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			Belief in who else?
		
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			The messengers. The messengers. Belief in what? Bookings
		
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			and The books. The books.
		
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			Belief in what? The angels.
		
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			The angels.
		
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			Right? Belief in what?
		
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			Day after day their judgment. And then belief
		
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			in what?
		
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			So this statement here,
		
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			oh
		
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			Allah,
		
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			There is no one that can there is
		
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			no prohibitor from that which you have given,
		
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			and there is no one that can prohibit
		
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			what you have given or,
		
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			and there is no one that can give
		
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			what you prohibit.
		
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			What pillar of do you think that this
		
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			statement
		
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			mostly falls into?
		
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			Okay. We have for 200
		
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			or 300. Sorry. What's the my list. I'm
		
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			sorry. 301.
		
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			301.
		
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			Anyone else?
		
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			The first one, belief in Allah.
		
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			Okay. Anyone else? Judgment.
		
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			Judgment. Okay. So we say belief in Allah.
		
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			How would you explain that?
		
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			Okay. So which name would fall in this?
		
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			Let's give a name.
		
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			Khaleq. Khaleq. Okay. How does this fall into?
		
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			So Allah created it, and nothing can stop
		
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			its creation.
		
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			Right?
		
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			Allah even created time.
		
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			So no one can withhold what happens within
		
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			that frame of time. No one can withhold
		
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			that moment. You don't want something to happen?
		
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			It happened. Allah created it.
		
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			This is what the scholars talk about the
		
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			the the 4 elements of other. One of
		
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			them is,
		
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			which is Allah created that event. That time
		
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			frame, he created it.
		
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			Nothing can withhold it because Allah allowed it
		
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			to happen, that time frame. Hey. So we
		
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			said we said Allah. What are the pillar
		
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			of of iman? We said what else?
		
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			We said. Right?
		
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			Predestination.
		
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			Okay. How does this tie into predestination?
		
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			Exactly. Give me an example.
		
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			Anyone?
		
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			So did so did Allah will for us
		
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			will for us to be here? Yes. Each
		
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			okay. Each and every single one of you,
		
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			I want you to think of one thing
		
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			that could have possibly stopped you from coming
		
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			here tonight.
		
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			We start the day we say, oh,
		
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			There but but what happened?
		
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			Allah did not allow it to happen. And
		
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			you had that small window of a choice,
		
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			and that's what you get rewarded for.
		
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			You understand?
		
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			But that was still within the qadr of
		
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			Allah Subhaata.
		
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			There is nothing that will prohibit from what
		
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			you have given. Allah has given you and
		
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			there's so many things he's given you within
		
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			that moment. He's given you the iman to
		
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			make the right choice
		
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			or the better choice. You're probably away at
		
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			home reading Quran,
		
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			but you stop reading Quran to come here.
		
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			That's better. That's better.
		
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			He gave you that strength
		
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			to do it.
		
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			He gave you the strength to get up
		
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			and do it. There is no power or
		
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			might as that's why this is set after
		
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			the adhan because you need power and strength.
		
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			You need strength and transition in order to
		
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			get up to come to the prayer. So
		
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			you see how this all ties in together?
		
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			And
		
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			there's no one that can give you what
		
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			a loss prohibited. How many of us have
		
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			graduated from college and tried to get a
		
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			job and then that job didn't work out
		
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			or some opportunity. He probably just
		
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			may Allah bless you with a nice
		
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			9 figure job.
		
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			Right?
		
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			No one can give what Allah has prohibited.
		
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			So this ties into the Qadr big time.
		
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			So this is very important, especially after the
		
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			prayer. And this is why, you know,
		
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			when turning to the salah and turning to
		
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			the statement at the very end,
		
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			for verily,
		
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			the greatness of the great will be of
		
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			no avail against, no avail to them against
		
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			you.
		
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			Anyone that has jid or greatness
		
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			will will bring no benefit
		
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			if Allah
		
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			prohibits it because
		
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			from you, greatness emanates emanates
		
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			emanates emanates emanates. So anything that we think
		
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			is great,
		
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			anyone
		
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			or any situation
		
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			that we think is
		
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			irresistible,
		
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			know that it is resistible.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has ultimate control over
		
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			it. See, when you bring it always back
		
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			to Allah, this is what increases
		
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			our closeness to him,
		
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			our memories with him and of him,
		
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			therefore, strengthening your iman to where when you
		
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			face a situation
		
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			that you wanted, that was taken away from
		
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			you, you say
		
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			When something was given to you that you
		
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			didn't want,
		
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			Right? You remember you remember that Allah is
		
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			in control of all things. So when we
		
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			look at this, for instance, in our in
		
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			here, for instance, in Gaza, what is going
		
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			on? And in Sudan, it was going on.
		
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			And in China, it was going on. And
		
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			Afghanistan, and in Yemen. And all these Muslim
		
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			countries, may Allah protect them and their iman
		
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			and their faith in him. Protect their iman
		
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			to where they make this statement to when
		
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			something is taken away from them, whether it
		
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			is their home, their children, their family members,
		
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			their honor honor to a certain degree.
		
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			We know the ultimate honor is the honor
		
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			with the law
		
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			That is the ultimate honor, and that is
		
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			the one where we hope that is not
		
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			taken away from our brothers and sisters in
		
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			law.
		
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			You know, this is the most important thing.
		
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			Because if the life is taken away,
		
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			gives us the clear standard that don't think
		
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			that those that have passed away,
		
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			that they are dead.
		
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			Rather, they are supplied by their lord.
		
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			They're they're alive, and they're supplied with their
		
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			by their lord
		
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			May Allah make us of those that constantly
		
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			remember his greatness.
		
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			In secret and in open. May Allah make
		
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			us of those that remember his beautiful names
		
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			and attributes.
		
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			May Allah with his greatness and his honor
		
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			and his majestic might and his forgiveness make
		
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			us of those that seek forgiveness for many
		
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			of our shortcomings to when we raise our
		
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			hands and he will accept our dua for
		
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			our brothers and sisters suffering all around the
		
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			world. May Allah help the weakened destitute
		
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			while to feed them and nourish them
		
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			but most importantly nourish them with the iman.