Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Charity Stinginess Extravagance

Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
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The speakers discuss the importance of giving and how it can positively impact one's life. They explore the concept of discernment and how it relates to giving, including a top university and possible trial of adversity. The speakers emphasize the need for individuals to practice spending money on themselves and not over- expenditure themselves, as it can lead to expansion of one's knowledge and happiness. They also touch on the importance of giving others and creating a culture of peace and love.

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			similar Hawkman or him
Alhamdulillah, hoping I mean, are
		
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			salatu salam ala so you didn't
mousseline wider early he was sabe
		
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			he you are Baraka was seldom at
the Sleeman Cathedral on Eli Yomi
		
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			Dean Amma Bert
		
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			it's been a long time
		
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			to have sat with so many people
from solace which is supposed to
		
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			be one of the top universities in
the world but unfortunately they
		
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			forgot to mention it in the top 10
of the recent rankings
		
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			it's the top 10 is one of the I
mean it is the best university no
		
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			that's why I've chosen
		
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			but they just forgot to mention in
Sharla next time you guys should
		
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			be producing some cutting edge
research inshallah.
		
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			That will get us there in sharper
but one thing about sauce is that
		
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			mashallah it's very Muslim
friendly. Wherever you go, you see
		
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			Muslims around nice prayer
facilities, nice voodoo place. So
		
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			alhamdulillah it's great for
Muslims inshallah top university.
		
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			Allah subhanho wa Taala says in
the Quran
		
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			AlLadhina pollun Morona NASA Bill
Buckley were to moon Humala,
		
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			hoomin formula.
		
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			Allah subhanho wa Taala also says
a shaytaan we are a Docomo fakra
		
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			Where Moroccan will fascia Allah
who only do come mouthfeel rotten
		
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			meat Allah He must Virata minha
favela wala who has zero Nadi,
		
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			Allah subhanho wa Taala says those
people who are stingy, who
		
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			withhold,
		
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			who are miserly who are mean.
		
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			And they instruct
		
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			and order others and encourage
others to also be stingy. And they
		
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			hide that which Allah subhanaw
taala has given them, Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala speaks to the heart
of the human. And that's why the
		
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			Quran supersedes all boundaries.
And anybody who reads it
		
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			objectively with a sincere heart
will generally be able to
		
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			benefit from it, because it will
speak to their heart beyond any
		
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			kind of ethnicity or race or
language, or any background.
		
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			What happens is, when a person
		
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			there's a fundraiser going on now,
generally Alhamdulillah we're
		
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			living in a time,
		
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			which many of the scholars would
consider to be the time of a trial
		
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			of prosperity as opposed to as
opposed to a trial of adversity.
		
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			So most of us Alhamdulillah we're
sitting here, we're wearing
		
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			clothing that we have chosen that
we wanted.
		
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			We have the money, disposable
income to purchase. And we're
		
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			sitting here with those chosen
clothing, garments, whatever,
		
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			whatever it is that we're we have
on.
		
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			So we have martial law, there's a
lot of prosperity around us. If
		
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			there's a problem today, it's not
about having little, it's actually
		
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			about spending too much and
indulgence, which we call a
		
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			Seraph.
		
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			So you've got a typical case of a
fundraiser, and you've got money,
		
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			you've got disposable income,
because if we were to go out you
		
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			could probably pay 20 pounds on
you know for a meal. But 20 pounds
		
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			is very difficult for us to give
we just about managed to get five
		
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			pounds, sometimes 20 pounds is
very difficult for us to donate.
		
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			If you see somebody next to you
who's donating 50 pounds, it's
		
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			gonna make you feel really guilty.
But what happens is that a mean
		
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			person will tell that person Hey,
don't spend money, what's going on
		
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			10 pounds is enough. Because you
don't want them to outdo you it
		
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			makes you feel bad. So what Allah
subhanaw taala says in the Quran,
		
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			that this kind of mentality is
those Alladhina balloon those who
		
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			are stingy and they order others
to be stingy as well because they
		
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			don't want others to spend because
it makes them feel guilty. And
		
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			then
		
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			if somebody comes up to your nice
house wherever it is now
		
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			mashallah, if you live in Hackney,
you've been priced out the house
		
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			cost a million pounds, but if you
sell it, what are you going to do
		
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			with it? So what kind of
millionaires are we today? It's a
		
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			kind of a really strange
juxtaposing situation wherein you
		
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			seem to have money but you don't
have money. But yet we still spend
		
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			Mashallah. So, they then hide that
which Allah subhanaw taala has
		
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			given them so for example, if
somebody does come to you because
		
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			you do have money, and mashallah
you do have disposable income and
		
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			then somebody comes to us, then
we'll come up with an excuse. I
		
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			know I've got a big house. I know
I've got this nice car and I know
		
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			I dress with the nicest garments
etc. And I've got the nicest
		
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			handbag etc. But, you know, after
that I've got a lot of school fees
		
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			today. Right? So indulge
ourselves, but when it comes to
		
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			giving others than we make
		
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			excuses. That's a that's an issue.
		
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			So, what exactly is how have the
scholars defined?
		
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			miserliness? I think if you look
at how that scholars have divided
		
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			they have defined miserliness and
how they've defined what it means
		
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			to be generous, then I think that
should help us to see where we are
		
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			in this regard.
		
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			First and foremost.
		
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			You've just been through a
fundraising week, lots of charity,
		
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			and mashallah we have a full, we
have full conviction in our heart
		
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			full certainty. That to give is a
good thing. We've probably
		
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			memorized we've probably, we can
probably recall a number of
		
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			narrations, a number of verses of
the Quran number of virtues, on
		
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			what it what you get for giving
that each cent you give each penny
		
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			you give each pound you give, it
gets you this much. So many of us
		
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			including our fundraisers,
including myself, including the
		
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			scholars, we can talk the talk,
and we have a full conviction in
		
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			our heart that yes, it's great to
give charity, and this is the
		
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			Fidella you get we have a belief
about in the hereafter. So when it
		
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			comes to a belief aspects, we're
not going to deny that aspect
		
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			we're going to see yet it's great
question is, how are we going to
		
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			fare when we're confronted with a
situation where somebody asks us
		
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			for money? How do we feel then I
could be the best fundraiser and
		
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			take a lot of money from you
people. But if I'm faced with an
		
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			individual that actually needs my
help, how do I feel? Do I feel now
		
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			like a fish out of water, where
everything that I know suddenly
		
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			cannot manifest itself in words
anymore? It's all just talk, and
		
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			it's just all theory. And now I
don't feel a compassion. Somebody
		
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			comes to you, you're in the
masjid. And somebody comes in and
		
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			says, I need some help. What do
you do? We generally say there's
		
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			the office, or there's the Imam.
Right? Or there's the committee
		
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			member, as though they're the only
people that supposed to give or
		
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			the mosque as a whole needs to
give. And we don't that's an
		
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			opportunity somebody has come to
us, Allah subhanaw taala is going
		
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			to ask us on that day Subhanallah
what the scholars actually say is
		
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			that when poor people come to you,
then he's come from Allah. Now, of
		
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			course, we have to be careful, I
remember when I went for Hajj, I
		
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			was told that there are proper,
you can say, begging industries
		
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			and syndicates that that operate.
So lots of people, they will
		
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			actually beg and there'll be
really wealthy, more wealthier
		
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			than a lot of other people. So
what happened is, I passed about
		
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			four or five days, and I didn't
give money to anybody. Then I
		
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			reflected on I said, because I was
doubting everybody that was asking
		
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			for money. So the shaytaan was
basically deceiving me to make to
		
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			keep that in mind that make sure
you don't give to the wrong
		
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			person. So I wasn't giving to
anybody. I was literally just
		
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			ignoring everybody. Then I started
having to become a bit more smart
		
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			and say no, I need to spend here
because that's to my benefit. So
		
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			then to go and look for that
hidden destitute, go and sit next
		
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			to people, there are people who
will, who will literally expend
		
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			their life savings to come for
Hajj, to come to that great place.
		
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			So you have to find these people.
And if you ask Allah subhanaw
		
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			taala that I want my wealth to go
into the best place, he will help
		
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			us to do that.
		
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			How do we how do we define what it
means to be generous? This is what
		
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			the scholars say that generosity
is medica to infinity, it says
		
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			quality in the heart. It's a
quality in the heart, that the
		
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			rule Illa Bezaleel man, which
encourages a person to spend to
		
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			spend to spend Zara in an island
wardrobe not spend on your bills
		
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			which we have to spend, not spend
on the basics that we need every
		
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			day, which we have to do. And
there are some people who even
		
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			actually pile up money and they
don't even buy things that will
		
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			make their life easier. They will
really make their life difficult
		
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			and not spend and they keep their
money. I don't know for who some
		
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			of our first generation. There's a
massive clash in terms of the
		
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			first and second generation.
They've seen tough times. So
		
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			that's what they do, they will not
refurbish the house, they will not
		
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			get new clothing, et cetera, et
cetera. And yet here we are
		
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			Mashallah. flushing it out, right?
And they're still struggling.
		
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			So
		
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			generosity means to spend wealth
		
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			and spend enough wealth to have a
good microphone system.
		
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			We have a massive problem in our
masjid and even in our halls and
		
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			everywhere Subhanallah if we can
just get that right. That'd be
		
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			really wonderful.
		
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			So it's to spend.
		
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			It's a quality in the heart that
invites one and encourages one to
		
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			spend over and above what's
necessary.
		
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			Sorry for a person to spend in, in
the way of bills, etc. for three
		
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			reasons for one of three reasons.
One is linearly thurb, which means
		
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			to gain a reward from Allah
subhanaw taala. So it's done
		
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			specifically with sincerity for
the sake of Allah subhanaw taala
		
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			I'm only spending for the sake of
Allah subhanho wa Taala because I
		
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			want him to reward me. So
everything we've heard we actually
		
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			doing it for the sake of Allah
subhanaw taala number two, for a
		
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			person to do it as a cure for the
feeling of miserliness, as many of
		
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			us who may actually feel that
we're not generous enough, when
		
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			you see somebody else spending.
		
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			And you think that wow, how can
that person spend so much. She
		
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			just pulls out the money and
spends on her friends, for
		
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			example, and you feel actually
quite embarrassed about it
		
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			yourself. That we can't do it for
ourselves. So in order to rectify
		
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			ourselves and improve ourselves,
we spend, they say miserliness is
		
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			that person who doesn't spend what
the Sharia what the what the
		
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			religion tells him to spend, what
the religion tells him to spend,
		
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			or what common decency and
chivalry will tell you to spend,
		
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			I'll give you an example. We go
out to eat. And one of one of us
		
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			is always kind of lounging around
at the back. When it comes to
		
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			paying, right, he's always at the
back. Right? In fact, there's some
		
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			people they don't even bother, you
know, like somebody will say.
		
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			And then there's other people who
will never even pull out the
		
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			water, they'll just oh, I need to
go wash my hands.
		
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			So that's a massive problem. That
is not even common decency. So
		
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			it's not like the first time you
went out to eat or this time,
		
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			people really indulge, and it was
a 500 pound bill or something. But
		
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			it was a high tea in the Ritz or
something on the subway. But now
		
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			this is just every time and time
and time out the eating on
		
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			somebody else. That is what you
call social meanness that that is
		
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			also against generosity. So
generosity, or meanness and
		
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			stinkiness is not what you just
don't spend in the hunt of Allah.
		
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			It's also when you don't spend on
others according to common social
		
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			distancing. So now we this is what
we need to evaluate ourselves up.
		
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			So the second reason for spending
is to read oneself of this
		
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			meanness to open up the hearts a
bit more, I'll tell you from
		
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			experience, that if you find it
difficult to spend 10 pounds, you
		
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			find it easier to spend on
yourself, but to give to others 10
		
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			out for that, you know, for
charity, or to feed somebody with
		
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			that, let the first time push
yourself to do that. The next time
		
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			technology be very easy. In fact,
try to double it and spend 20,
		
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			Parliament's on, and you will see
that you will actually double it.
		
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			That is the way to rid ourselves
of them. So that's the second
		
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			reason for why a person would want
to want to spend and there should
		
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			be no other reason. The second,
the third reason, the third reason
		
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			is really for the law to do, just
for a person to gain just for a
		
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			person to gain the virtues of
being generous. Being generous, is
		
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			a really praiseworthy tricks. You
may forget everything about
		
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			somebody, but when they die, you
remember the man who used to
		
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			spend, you know, she was a very
generous individual, she would
		
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			always give should always help
should always be there. Now
		
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			remember, when I talk about
generosity, I don't just talk
		
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			about wealth and money, we've
reduced it to well, much of the
		
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			time, generosity is about
expanding yourself. It's about
		
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			expanding your time. It's about
expanding your knowledge, your
		
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			instruction, your ability, your
career, whatever ALLAH SubhanA,
		
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			Allah has given us to expand on
others. And give you an example,
		
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			there was a person that I know, I
met, I heard a lot about him, I
		
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			met and I met a friend of his as
well
		
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			is that this is the same guy who
when he was studying Unicode, in
		
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			London is something that used to
be, but when he was studying in
		
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			London, you would meet a guy on
the street, the homeless guy or
		
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			something. And he would actually
take an interest in that
		
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			individual of how he became
homeless. And he found out that,
		
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			for example, this is an illegal an
immigrant who's having problems
		
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			with their people. He would go
home, you take the guy's
		
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			information, he would go home.
It's not like okay, give him 10
		
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			pounds, give him 20 pounds, maybe
go and buy a burger from
		
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			somewhere. And then that's, it's
Allamani, you don't want to see
		
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			you again, he will actually go
home, research that individual and
		
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			try to find out where his
paperwork is, and CV can help him
		
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			then the next thing when it comes
back for university is actually
		
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			going around looking for that guy
and saying, Here's your paperwork
		
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			that's going out of the way for
someone. So the example I gave in
		
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			the beginning that we can listen
to all the virtues and speak about
		
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			all the virtues. But when we're
actually confronted with an
		
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			individual or a child of anybody
who needs our help, can we really
		
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			translate it? Does it become
second nature? Is it something
		
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			that's coming down from our
hearts? The only way you will
		
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			is if we practice it, if we
actually start doing it, and then
		
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			you will notice that it'd be very
easy for you to just put up 20
		
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			pounds or whatever, give it away
and forget about, you won't even
		
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			remember it. And so that's the way
of spending. Studies show that
		
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			when you spend, you actually feel
happier than when you spend on
		
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			yourself. They did a study in
Vancouver that gave everybody $10
		
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			or $20 in an envelope in the
morning. Some people they told
		
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			them to spend it on themselves,
buy a coffee, buy something extra
		
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			days off. And another group said
spend it on somebody else. And
		
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			then they were told to write their
feelings at the end of the day.
		
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			And what they discovered is that
those who were told to spend that
		
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			money on others felt much better,
much more exhilarated, much more
		
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			satisfied and accomplished than
those who spend it on the results.
		
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			They thought, okay, maybe this is
an issue in Vancouver, Canada,
		
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			prosperous area. So, you know,
let's try and around the world.
		
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			They tried in third world
countries, they tried in numerous
		
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			different places. And this is what
they discovered that time and time
		
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			again, spending on somebody else
gave you much more satisfaction.
		
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			How would you get there, you start
doing that's the way to do it.
		
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			Take all of your friends next time
you make sure you pay the prophets
		
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			of Allah already said this is one
of the first funny that he
		
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			mentioned when he entered Madina.
Munawwara is the office of Ebola
		
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			virus instead of screaming to feed
people, give food feed people,
		
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			that's what he said, Oh, Mr. Brown
is an anxious Salam you know the
		
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			thing and he says, spreads around
spread the greeting of peace,
		
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			right, which is much more
significant and substantially to
		
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			saying hello, for example, what
does it all mean? Has anybody
		
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			looked at the MC Balaji of Hello,
for example, As salam o alaikum
		
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			Peace be upon you, it's like a dua
that you're giving to somebody so
		
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			spread Salam spread the peace
		
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			out to people Tara will see or
harm and tie the knots of Kenji be
		
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			good with your relatives. And I
also knew will lay you unanswered
		
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			near and pray stand up and pray at
night when other people are
		
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			sleeping, that hood agenda to be
salah, you will enter agenda with
		
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			peace, the mullah anchoring and
crooner they even couldn't evolve
		
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			Salam Alaikum Salam Alikum
inshallah Allah give us a stage
		
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			when we enter Jannah and the
angels will just enter around from
		
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			the different doors themselves,
and why they will masala morning
		
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			Peace be upon you, not true peace,
everlasting peace, endlessly
		
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			eternal bliss, this is what we
will have. But we need to create,
		
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			we need to create that for us in
this world, this is the place for
		
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			him.
		
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			So spend on others, and this is
how you will you will find that
		
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			you will open up your heart. There
are many people who are in need of
		
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			health, both in this country and
the others. That's why we did most
		
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			of all, many of the Muslims in
this country is being sent
		
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			outside. Most of the Muslims, if
you notice your your your
		
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			donations are being sent around
the world. And of course, they are
		
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			entitled to that. And we shouldn't
be doing that. However, we also we
		
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			have poor people here. So what
we've done locally, is we actually
		
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			after seeing a number of people
with immigration issues. There are
		
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			women in domestic shelters who
have no money who are having
		
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			problems, they've got six kids,
that government doesn't pay them
		
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			enough. We started at what they
call or we called Noah benevolence
		
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			fund, which is literally to take
the Zakat money of the local
		
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			people and instead of sending
sending it outside it is to give
		
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			it back to the local community
those who I need as a part of that
		
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			we're also thinking Inshallah, to
open up the scholarships, because
		
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			this is really something that we
need to be thinking about. Right?
		
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			We need we need to be thinking
about our next generation in this
		
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			country as well as the people in
the other country.
		
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			Right. So now
		
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			Rasool allah sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam states about his level of
		
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			generosity. What kind of was
Allah? He said, Allah, Allah, He
		
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			said, Have you please Allah? Yeah,
it is already hurting Luke, the
		
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			prophets of Allah when he wasn't,
wasn't a king, he was a prophet.
		
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			But yet he mentions in his
description, that he would give
		
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			such huge amounts in abundance,
that kings would be enfeebled
		
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			kings would not be able to stand
up in front of him in terms of the
		
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			amount that he would give. And
then this is what's most
		
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			important, our status the exact
opposite of this. So think about
		
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			this carefully. It says that he
would give more than kings and
		
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			kings to shame. And then he says,
we are issuing enough see here you
		
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			should focus on but when it came
to his own soul, he used to live
		
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			the life of a destitute. That's
why the lowest person in Madina,
		
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			Munawwara could relate to the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi salam,
		
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			the person who had nothing in
Madina, Munawwara he could relate
		
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			to the prophets. He was the best
example. So when it came to
		
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			himself, he was totally he was an
ascetic. So they told himself when
		
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			it came to others, he would give
profoundly when it comes to
		
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			ourselves, we spend on ourselves,
we indulge, we become more refined
		
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			each year, then the next suit we
buy has to be better than the last
		
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			one. If the first one was from
Primark.
		
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			The second one has to be from
Debenhams. I don't care what brand
		
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			it is, it cannot be from Primark
alright as to be from dividends,
		
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			then dividends become solid
becomes more than it has to be
		
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			Giorgio Armani, Konami, you know,
John Franco villa in order to be
		
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			returned when it all is anyway. So
this is the way we are when it
		
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			comes to indulgence on ourselves.
But when it comes to giving others
		
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			than we give the most meager which
is so different from our prophets
		
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			Subhan Allah, and again I'm
talking the talk here, I ask Allah
		
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			for us for myself and for
everybody here that he makes us
		
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			walk the walk in this regard,
really opens up our hearts allows
		
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			us to enter our hearts because
that is when it is going to be
		
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			really worth our while. A Hadith
which is related honorable Sheikh
		
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			he mentions Majula when he along
in the Sahara he was to go to
		
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			Subhan Allah, Allah, Allah
subhanho wa Taala still hook
		
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			you've heard the William Allah,
the friend of Allah, those people
		
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			who are very close to Allah
subhana wa Tada, the prophets of
		
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			Allah where I use them said, there
is no word in every wedding. It
		
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			says that every wedding of Allah
subhanahu Uttara me everybody of
		
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			Allah subhanho wa Taala the only
way that makes him the only thing
		
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			that makes him a weenie is that he
is generous. And if number two, he
		
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			has good character, generosity
will only come when you have
		
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			reliance on Allah. Because if you
don't have reliance on Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala you find it
difficult to spend is in why
		
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			should I spend I'm going to do
from what I have. But if you have
		
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			reliance in Allah that Allah has
to give her than you willing to
		
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			spend because you know, Allah will
give you that. Finally, the one
		
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			thing that I want to mention, I
just want to give you a scenario
		
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			Subhan Allah. And we ask Allah by
this scenario, we ask Allah by
		
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			this example. We just passed Eve,
just a few weeks ago, just about a
		
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			month ago, we just had an angel.
Now imagine this scenario, whether
		
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			you whether whether this is in
serial, or whether this is in
		
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			Palestine, there's a child who's
paid as a child who's playing on
		
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			the streets. And suddenly, his
friends start to seek realistic
		
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			help into this final scenario I
want to give you
		
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			there's a child that's playing on
the streets with his friends,
		
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			suddenly, his friend starts
speaking about what they're going
		
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			to get for eat. The friends are
saying, Oh, my father's going to
		
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			bring by me this way. My father is
going to give me this for you. I'm
		
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			gonna get this for you. And this
child ism. This child comes home.
		
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			This child comes home and he says
to his mother, he says to his
		
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			mother, oh, my mother, what am I
going to get for him? What am I
		
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			going to get for you?
		
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			And his mother. After looking away
for a while, with tears in her
		
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			eyes, she says to him, the father
that used to bring you your Aegis
		
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			is not the bonus.
		
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			He's no longer with us.
		
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			This child cries.
		
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			Day by day, his friends are
thinking about what they're going
		
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			to get for each.
		
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			Knock, imagine what this child is
feeling. We asked you Oh Allah, to
		
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			have mercy on us.
		
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			We ask you Allah to have mercy on
us, to open up our hearts, to make
		
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			us less intelligent, to make us
more caring and compassionate. And
		
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			to remove this oppression that
loosens a feeling around the
		
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			world, to remove this oppression
and aggression that the Muslims
		
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			are feeling around the world. That
is the most important thing.
		
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			We are suffering. We ask Allah
subhana wa Taala to remove that
		
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			suffering, to accept our for US
laws have been made every day. But
		
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			maybe because of our hypocrisy,
maybe because of the way we do
		
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			things we don't. He's not
accepting our while we ask Allah
		
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			to have mercy on us and to have
compassion to deal with us gently
		
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			because he has no mercy. Then all
those who have mercy in this
		
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			world, and on this I end that may
Allah subhanaw taala relieve all
		
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			of those who are suffering like
this and may Allah never allow us
		
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			to see a bad day with our own
children. May Allah subhanaw taala
		
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			allow us to invest for an hour
here often