Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Great Muslim Women Fatima alFihriyya Founder of the First University in the World (Qarawiyyin)

Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
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The transcript discusses the history and contributions made by female Muslim members of the past to the past, including a program for sisters to discuss contributions made by female Muslim members of the past. The largest cities in North Africa, including FASS affairs, a new university in Morocco, and the largest university in the world, are also discussed. The conversation then touches on the history of the Caribbean, including the creation of a city in [unsure], the history associated with it, and the importance of fasting during bathing. The segment also touches on the use of wealth and sadaqa jobs, as well as the importance of fasting during bathing and the need for men to be a source of wealth.

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			Bismillah al Rahman al Rahim Al
hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa
		
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			salatu salam ala Sayidina more
saline while earlier he was asked
		
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			me about a cosa limiter Sleeman
Cathedral in Iommi, Dean Amma bad.
		
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			Several years ago I had the
opportunity to go and visit
		
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			Morocco and in particular the city
of Fez which in Arabic is called
		
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			PFASs. And it's a beautiful old
city with a beautiful old Medina
		
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			that still exist small small
alleyways, old buildings and
		
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			mashallah there around the center
of the city you have this great
		
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			huge masjid and University which
is called Kirrawee in Jamia al
		
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			Kirrawee. And so, I'd heard from
before some of its history so
		
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			today I thought that I will just
recount some of its history
		
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			because I think it's very relevant
to our program today. Mashallah,
		
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			this is a program for sisters. So
I thought that we would discuss
		
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			some of the outstanding
contributions provided by our
		
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			female Muslim members of the past.
Maybe it'd be inshallah an
		
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			inspiration, at least we give a
shout out to these individuals who
		
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			have accomplished so much and who
have left these kinds of signs for
		
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			us to take heat from. So this
Jeremy alcara ween, which is in
		
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			Fez, Fez is a very interesting
city because it's one of the it
		
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			was one of the more popular cities
of North Africa of the time, after
		
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			Cairo, one by one, which is in
Tunisia, that is probably an older
		
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			city. However, there was a mass
migration that took place from
		
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			Pedro, Juan Pedro, one is in
Tunisia. And there was a mass
		
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			migration that took place from
Cairo one and many of its members,
		
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			even some of the founding, even
even some of the family of the
		
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			founding members of Pedro, Juan,
they had actually come over and
		
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			move too fast, because there was a
new leader, a new ruler of the
		
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			area, which is known as Morocco
today. And the Idris, the idrisi.
		
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			Empire. And they were known to be
very good. So they were family of
		
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			Rasulullah, sallAllahu, alayhi
wasallam, as well, so many people
		
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			had had moved there. So that's why
this particular these two cities
		
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			called FASS affairs, and Pedro
wine are very, very popular and
		
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			very historical, old cities. The
reason why Fez is called fast is
		
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			because in Arabic, fast, fast
means an axe and while they were
		
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			digging the foundations of the
city to establish its walls and
		
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			everything else that one of the
first things that they found,
		
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			which was very notable was was an
axe, and thus, for some reason,
		
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			the city became known as fast,
which means an axe or FERS in
		
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			English.
		
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			There is a a historian whose name
is Allah ma Mohamed El Mundo
		
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			Sybilla. Al Qahtani, again, a
Moroccan The Captain is from
		
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			Morocco. He says that first was
the capital of the Idris in
		
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			Empire. And the German oil
Kirrawee in this famous university
		
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			that sits there until today, is
considered to be the oldest
		
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			university in the world.
		
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			It may have not had a proper
University charter as is you can
		
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			say, the Volgen in As is the
tradition in the West to give a
		
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			particular place of learning a
charter. But it is the oldest
		
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			surviving Institute which is acted
as a university though it may not
		
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			be formally, you know, the way you
see other universities today,
		
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			because it became officially
recognized as a university in the
		
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			1900s. But it was a madrasa in the
traditional sense of the
		
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			university, right from the early
days is considered to be the
		
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			oldest in the world. In fact,
according to many historians, it's
		
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			even earlier than zaytuna zaytuna,
which is the university in which
		
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			was the University in, in in
Tunisia at the time of the early
		
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			period. And it's also I'll give
you the dates, but it's also
		
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			earlier than the Azhar University
of Ulster, which is considered to
		
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			be the most famous today. So he's
considered but the one in Tunisia,
		
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			the Jeremy Tunis, the zaytuna
zetonna, rather, that had ended
		
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			and then it was it's there's a new
university in that place that is
		
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			in memory of the old one, it seems
today, other is continuous until
		
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			today. And so it's called a win is
continuous until today, of course,
		
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			it doesn't have the same maybe the
former glory that he used to have,
		
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			but it's still existing until
today, and it's still in function.
		
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			Many students from all around
Africa come and study there. So
		
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			when we visited, we got a good
tour of the place and the director
		
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			of the director of the curriculum.
We were
		
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			We he took us around and we spent
some good time with him. So
		
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			anyway,
		
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			it's it's older than any of the
European universities. And the
		
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			reason I mentioned this is because
the Kirrawee just to give you an
		
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			idea of dates, it was established
around 245 245 HD which is
		
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			approximately 855 59 Gregorian 859
Gregorian that makes it over 1100
		
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			years. That makes it over 1100.
Year. So 900,000 2016 we're in
		
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			right now. It's over 1100 years
old. That's 859 That was
		
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			established in zetonna came
sometime after that, as her was
		
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			founded in 970. So you got 859,
and you got 970. That's over 100
		
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			years afterwards. So over 100
years afterwards, 90 970 972 is
		
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			when other is established by the
fall team. It's right. In Cairo.
		
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			Then in Europe donor, the first
university is documented
		
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			universities is considered to be
the University of Bologna, which
		
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			is in Italy, that was established
in 1088. So that's about 90 years
		
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			or so. That's actually you know,
that's over now, another 100 years
		
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			after us 110 years or so after us.
So that's 202 130 years or so
		
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			after the carabin. Right, that's
the first university in Europe.
		
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			And then you have the University
of Salamanca, which is in Spain,
		
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			where actually Oxford came before
that. So Oxford is established
		
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			around in some form, there was
some teaching going on in Oxford
		
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			around 1096, though, it's got it,
it's official, it's official
		
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			status in 1167. So you're gonna
say 1096, that is after the
		
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			University of Bologna 1088. Right.
So and still 250 or 60 years after
		
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			Halloween, then the University of
Salamanca, which is in 1134,
		
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			charter was granted in 1218. So
Cambridge was then in 1209. So
		
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			it's much, much later, right?
Cambridge is much later than then
		
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			then Oxford, about one and a half
centuries after,
		
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			or just over a century after,
after Oxford, and Harvard was only
		
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			in 1636. So much, much, much
later. So only about 400 years
		
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			ago. That's Harvard University. So
that's why we have this Korean
		
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			university being the oldest
university in the world that
		
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			continues until today. And it's
played some very, very important
		
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			role in the great important roles
in the past, it's had the likes of
		
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			ignore Khaldoon Al was zani
numerous other numerous other
		
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			people that have either taught
there or that have either studied
		
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			that it produced some really,
really notable figures from our
		
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			history, especially from the North
African region, because that's
		
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			where it's, that's where it's
located. Now, this great, great
		
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			institution, which has remained
for so long as a beacon of light
		
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			within the Muslim world. The most
interesting thing about it that
		
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			gives it another mark of
distinction makes it very, very
		
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			unique. Right, and very relevant
to our today discussion today in
		
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			this gathering here is that it was
a woman that established this
		
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			university. So it's a sister, it's
a woman that establishes a
		
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			university, which is the first of
a kind, the first university in
		
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			the world in this kind of shape.
You know, this is not to say that
		
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			there wasn't any teaching going on
before this. What we mean by
		
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			university is a place where
students can come this organize
		
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			lectures, right? There's maybe
dorms or residents attached to it.
		
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			So when all of this is together,
that's what we're talking about
		
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			university otherwise, of course,
teaching because of the whole
		
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			hokum of Ikara Bismillah. Because
the Halacha, as Allah subhanaw
		
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			taala says, In the Quran, that has
been going on since our earliest
		
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			days, were the first madrasa in
Islam. Our first teaching
		
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			institution in Islam, on some
level was the Muslim mother, a set
		
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			of sofa, which is the prophets,
Allah Larson's mother dosa, and
		
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			Abu Huraira, the Allahu anhu, and
others, and all the other Sahaba
		
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			were its students, they would come
and go, as as they could come and
		
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			as they could attend. So although
teaching has been going on, this
		
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			is the first kind of you know, you
can say network of classes, and a
		
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			kind of a structured organization
that makes up this institution.
		
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			And that was established by a
woman what's the most interesting
		
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			thing I found find here is that
		
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			it's not even something she saw
happening elsewhere. And she
		
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			thought, Okay, let me do this. Let
me replicate this here. Right.
		
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			It's actually that this is an
original idea to establish
		
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			something of this nature that is
attached to a masjid so the masjid
		
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			was established the Caribbean that
it's got a beautiful Masjid with
		
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			it, and then the university that's
associated with it. So it was a
		
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			brand new idea, unique vision, and
that's what makes this so
		
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			wonderful. So inshallah we'll look
at some of the lessons that we can
		
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			from this later on, but
		
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			Her name is Fatima. I've been to
Mohammed. This university has been
		
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			established by Fatima bin to
Mohammed her father was a sheikh.
		
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			I'll talk about him in a bit.
Fatima been to Mohammed Al fevrier
		
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			and Cora Shia. She is from the
Qureshi tribe originally. And she,
		
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			she is from the family of raka
IGNOU Nafi aucuba iblue nerfed al
		
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			Fairey al Qureshi, who was the
conqueror, who was the conqueror
		
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			of Tunisia, the conqueror of
Tunisia, and he is the one who had
		
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			established and laid the
foundations founded the city of
		
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			Pharaoh one in Cairo one, as I
mentioned, is in Tunisia, and when
		
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			the people had migrated from there
to the city of Fez, the reason
		
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			this university became known as
Cara Wien, is because it's
		
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			associated to the people that come
from the migrators from Cairo one
		
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			that's why it's called Kirrawee
Yean.
		
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			initiated to get confused about
this Caribbean clear one because
		
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			they all sound the same in the
beginning, but it's just that that
		
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			is where it originates from. And
what she's done for the city of
		
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			Fez is that she's actually put it
into history. She is number one
		
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			she's put into history. The fact
that you know, this goes back to
		
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			Cairo one in Tunisia. So there's a
memory for that. Then the city of
		
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			Fez in Morocco itself that it
makes that very special because of
		
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			that because of that, and then the
whole history that's associated
		
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			with that
		
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			this was established during the
rule in Morocco of Amelia ignore
		
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			Mohammed Idris. So here's the
second here's the second Hadith
		
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			you can say or the second rule or
other right of this is the famous
		
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			Idris said Kelly. Idris said the
rule in Morocco and which is
		
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			mashallah quite quite wonderful
because they will has any seeds,
		
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			they will have any seeds from the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam. This was established in
Ramadan, they finished in this
		
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			establishing Ramadan in 245
Hijiri, which as I mentioned, is
		
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			about 859.
		
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			So, her father, her father was a
he was a jurist. He was a jurist,
		
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			Abu Abdullah Mohammed Abdullah
Abdullah Al Theorie, Abu Abdullah
		
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			Mohammed Abdullah Abdullah, so his
name is Mohammed his father's name
		
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			is Abdullah and he is named
himself Abu Abdullah though he had
		
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			no sons. He didn't have any sons.
		
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			Alpha hurry, okay. Rouhani. He was
considered to be one of the
		
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			integrators the MaHA Julian from
Cairo one that came to fez in the
		
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			earliest days of Imam Idris,
Idris, the first who was one of
		
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			the the rulers of mercury. So she
was brought up under the in the
		
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			tarbiyah. And she was nurtured by
her father, the shakin fuckable
		
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			Abdullah right Mohamed Ibni
Abdullah theory and mashallah, one
		
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			thing about him which was
different from probably other
		
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			shakes that we generally, you
know, hear about is that he Masha
		
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			Allah was very well positioned, he
had lots of money is a very, very
		
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			wealthy individual, the Marlon
katharyn Ouattara, right, very,
		
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			very wealthy individual in that
sense, and he only had two
		
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			children, and that was two
daughters. So it was this Fatima,
		
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			one daughter and his and her
sister, Miriam. So Fatima and
		
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			Miriam. And he, mashallah he did
the tarbiyah. He really nurtured
		
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			them. Well, he brought them up
very well taught them very well
		
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			until when they became older.
After that she got married and
		
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			mashallah her husband also after a
lot of
		
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			after a lot of hard work, he was
also very wealthy. However, both
		
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			her father and her husband died
shortly afterwards. And she was
		
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			left alone, right, she was left
alone. And she she and her sister,
		
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			her husband's brother also
eventually passed away. So all of
		
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			the wealth of her father and her
husband, all of that came to her
		
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			and her sister. Now the thing, it
begins here, you've got these two
		
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			women, you've got this woman who
suddenly loses a husband loses her
		
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			father has seems to have no other
male figure in the family as well,
		
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			you know, in the traditional kind
of sense, we were looking at this,
		
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			what would you do with that money?
Unfortunately, in this case, what
		
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			you would have is that many women
would be taken, taken advantage of
		
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			the people, many people coming to
them asking for their hand in
		
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			marriage or whatever trying to
take this enormous amount of money
		
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			that they have. However, both of
them you know, her and her sister,
		
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			her sister is muddy and bint
Mohammed, Al Fahey, her title was
		
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			Amal Qasim, her title titled
become Omar Qasim, while the title
		
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			of Fatima, our Fatima the one
we're discussing is Amal baleen,
		
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			the mother of many many children.
		
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			So anyway, they both try to decide
where they're going to use their
		
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			money. So the whole folk
		
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			This became how do we use this
money to get the most out of it?
		
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			Now think what you would do with a
lot of wealth, what we do buy a
		
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			few houses, maybe put them on rent
in London, that's the thing to do
		
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			these days, right? And then just
basically insure yourself in that
		
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			sense from, you know, having any
problems in the future, maybe give
		
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			it out to your children. But look
at their thought process, they
		
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			wondering how to get some sadaqa
jariya out of this because they
		
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			must have heard speculating here.
They must have heard the hadith of
		
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			Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam it says that either matter
		
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			ignore them, When the Son of them
when any child of Adam passes away
		
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			in kata, or Emmylou, his deeds
stop, they, your deeds stop in the
		
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			you don't get the rewards from
them in law into love, unless it's
		
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			of three sources, three types of
deeds. One is
		
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			sadhaka to Nigeria, which is very
important, a perpetual sadaqa
		
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			something that you begin, you
start, you initiate, and you
		
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			establish, which then continues to
run, and it postdates you, it
		
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			continues to run after your death
as well. So as long as that stays
		
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			where they stays for 10 years
after your death, or 100, or 1000
		
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			years after your death, you will
continue to get the reward
		
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			accordingly. That's what you call
a perpetual sadaqa. And then
		
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			there's an element you interfer
OBE knowledge through which
		
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			benefit is derived after you leave
a book, you leave a wonderful
		
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			website, you leave I mean, I'm
talking modern terms, right? You
		
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			you leave a madrasah you leave you
you educate several good teachers,
		
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			right, you pay for their
education, these are all ideas,
		
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			right? You pay for several smart
students, you get them, you pay
		
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			for their good sacred education.
And then after that everybody that
		
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			they teach, and then everybody
that's inspired by them, and then
		
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			from them, and them and them and
it will just magnify, and there is
		
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			no risk to this business, you have
to remember, there's no risk to
		
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			this business, there is no
possibility of this commodity of
		
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			knowledge. I mean, if we say it's
a commodity of knowledge that or
		
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			inspiration or tarbiyah, or
spirituality that's going to be
		
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			spread from these individuals or
from the madrasa you establish, or
		
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			whatever it is, that is never,
never going to disappear, because
		
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			Sacred Knowledge will always be
needed. And it's a lifeline for
		
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			us. So you have to remember that
this is a massive investment. So
		
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			that's Elmo new interface, it will
be a wallet on salejaw near the
		
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			ruler, who are you live a
beautiful child that will pray for
		
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			you, that will pray for you that
has the understanding to pray for
		
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			you. We may leave any beautiful
children, we may leave them very
		
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			successful, we may leave them to
be mashallah, you know, wonderful
		
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			doctors making lots of money or
engineers or whatever the case is.
		
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			But will they pray for us is the
question, will they pray for us.
		
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			If we can leave our children to
pray for us, that is the most
		
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			wonderful thing that we can do.
And in that regard, I'm going to
		
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			take a bit of a digression here, I
just want to mention one very,
		
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			very interesting thing that we've
just put into action. What
		
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			happened is when I was in South
Africa in Ramadan, recently, I met
		
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			one of the brothers that were
there helping out with the
		
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			organization of the ethical
program and so on. I was speaking
		
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			to one then he is not an alum, but
it's a very mashallah concerned
		
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			individual organizing these
things. And he said that what we
		
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			do within our family, he's got a
few brothers. And then he's got,
		
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			you know, brother in laws and so
on. He says, what we do is that I
		
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			believe he said once a week,
right, maybe every two weeks, but
		
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			I think it was once a week, once a
week, or once every two weeks,
		
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			what we do is we finish the Quran
off. So what we do is on WhatsApp
		
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			or whatever, we just say, you
know, we want to do a hum, so all
		
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			the members of the family that are
on this, okay, I'll take first,
		
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			the first Jews, second, Jews third
Sebata, for Sebata. And that way,
		
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			it gets shared out very difficult
for one person maybe to finish a
		
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			Quran every week, not everybody
can do that some people do, but
		
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			this is they share it out in maybe
3040 members of the family, right,
		
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			so a Quran gets finished. And then
what they do with the reward of
		
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			that, right, which is, you know,
agreed upon contract majority of
		
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			Scholars is that they send this to
all of their families deceased,
		
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			which means their mother and
father who's passed away or the
		
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			grandparents have passed away.
wonderful way to remember your
		
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			deceased and loved ones. So I just
started that, you know, we just
		
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			started that in our family. And I
hope it continues. And I would
		
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			recommend for all of you to this,
you guys all all have these
		
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			WhatsApp groups, family, WhatsApp
groups and other groups. Well use
		
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			it for this stuff, okay, we do a
lot of chatting, we do a lot of
		
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			maybe, you know, we may organize a
family get togethers and all the
		
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			rest of family outings and family
restaurant, outings and all the
		
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			rest of it. Well, let's do one of
these things as well, because
		
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			everybody's got people who've
died. And we're always going to
		
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			have people who will die and we're
going to die one day. So if we
		
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			start this tradition, right, if we
start this tradition, then
		
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			inshallah somebody after we die is
also going to be including us in
		
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			that reward that they sent. And
it's just one I believe this is
		
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			southern Nigeria, in that sense,
and it's very easy to do because
		
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			it's not burden any single person.
It encourages people to read a bit
		
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			of Quran, right? So insha Allah
You know, I pray that Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala accept
		
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			From all of us, and allow us all
to put this if this is one lesson
		
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			from today, then you know, this is
a very practical lesson, get on
		
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			your whatsapp and use them for
something useful, right get on
		
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			your whatsapp and use it for
something useful because Insha
		
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			Allah, this will, you know, they
say they'll come back to bite you,
		
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			this will come back to benefit
you, you will bask in his glory
		
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			Inshallah, in the hereafter
because of what you did, because
		
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			you will also get the very first
person to do this, you will
		
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			actually get the reward of
everybody who does this in your
		
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			family, and then eventually you
will also get the benefit of
		
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			people praying and sending you the
reward as well. So may Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala accept that from
us.
		
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			So then, she's thinking, what
should we do? So, they, they, if
		
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			you look at this hadith, it talks
about sadaqa, jariya, continuous
		
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			charity, and then the knowledge
from which benefit is always
		
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			derived, and then well done sila,
right, which is a pious child.
		
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			Now, if I take, if we take sadaqa
here as something you spend,
		
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			right, then that would be
different from knowledge, because
		
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			knowledge and spending is
different. However, if it takes
		
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			other cause any act, which is to
benefit somebody, as the profit or
		
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			loss, I mentioned that every
morning, when we get we get up our
		
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			bodies, oh, a sadaqa. And then he
said A smile is also a sadaqa. So
		
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			in that extended sense of just
being charitable, not just with
		
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			wealth, but also with your
behavior, your conduct, and
		
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			everything else, then I believe
that this L Manjunatha. Will be he
		
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			is also what she managed to
achieve. She's started a
		
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			charitable institution that is
perpetual. So she gets a sadaqa
		
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			jariya. And she also gets Elmo new
interfer. OB he she leaves behind
		
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			knowledge from which were from the
children, from which many, many
		
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			people will continue to benefit.
And then I would say that her
		
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			title that she had an argument on
Melbournian is a very apt title,
		
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			because all of these people who
will study here are like her
		
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			children. Right? Because she is
you can say the matron of this
		
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			institute. So Amal bunny is the
mother of many, many children to
		
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			come everybody who is a graduate
who has benefited from the
		
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			indirectly benefited from their
from anybody who's graduated from
		
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			the then it's a word unsightly,
who knows if they're going to have
		
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			if they're going to be thankful
and pray for the people who have
		
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			established this university for
them, then they will get the
		
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			benefit of this. I think she's hit
a jackpot, right in that regard.
		
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			How does she plan for the
building. So what she does is
		
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			she's, they they are living in the
section of Fez, fez has a river
		
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			going in between. And there are
two sections of Fez you can
		
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			actually see today there's a river
going in between. And there's two
		
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			sections, the section she was
living in was the marine section,
		
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			which means the section of the
people who had come from Pharaoh
		
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			one. On the other hand, over the
bank of the river, you had the
		
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			undiluted people, that's called
the undiluted section, because
		
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			when the people of Spain of
southern Spain and de Lucia had to
		
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			escape from there, after the
persecutions, they, they came and
		
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			established themselves under the
EU, but on the other hand, on the
		
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			other part of the bank, so you had
these two, these two sections,
		
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			they're supposed to be a very,
very thriving city of some of the
		
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			you know, greatest people with all
of the great civilization from
		
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			under Lucia that couldn't have
come and established themselves
		
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			there. So she started herself in
this section of the Cairo one is
		
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			that had come along, right.
		
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			And what she did was she purchased
a piece of land which was being
		
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			used as a quarry of lime, so it
was a limestone land right all the
		
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			white limestone in there and she
used her money to bring in the
		
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			laborers. Everybody to come in and
to start building this Masjid the
		
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			German because generally the
universities were so like even as
		
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			her you got a big masjid and then
he's had a big sprawl afterwards
		
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			you know with other buildings and
so on. They started this in
		
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			Ramadan 245 He right. So this
started in the beginning of
		
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			Ramadan turn 45 Hijiri. And this,
this work continued for 18 years,
		
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			it was finished in 263 Hijiri. So
245 to 263 Hijiri. And she was so
		
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			particular that only Halal wealth
be used. You see the more
		
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			ceremony, the more ritual the more
particular you are with any
		
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			action, the more you will get out
of it. That's why Imam Buhari his
		
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			book, his collection is so
valuable because for every Hadith
		
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			among the 7000, something Hadith
in it, he would do is the Hara.
		
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			They say he would do a hospital he
would you know, there was a
		
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			special ceremony attached to
inclusion of each Hadith calling
		
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			Unto Allah invoking Allah subhanaw
taala for each of that, one is you
		
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			do one thing and you make a dua
afterwards. But the other one is
		
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			that you actually do offer every
part of it, and you're particular
		
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			about everything. So she was very
particular about making sure every
		
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			the source of the wealth that's
being used here is all halal. And
		
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			that's why what she
		
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			She did not want to use anything
from outside. So initially what
		
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			she did was she managed to get
them to excavate some of the
		
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			better stone from the bottom that
that could be used for the
		
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			building. So she had, you know,
all the special limestone etc, dug
		
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			out of that same land.
		
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			And she stood and supervise, a
supervise this herself, what what
		
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			she, what she does, the first
thing that they did was they dug a
		
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			well, so that the water could be
used for the the workers to drink
		
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			from, and also to use in their
building process. So that was one
		
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			of the first thing that she did.
And for all of those 18 years, she
		
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			stood there, and she directed the
work.
		
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			Another thing that she did, as I
told you a part of this ceremony,
		
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			right part of this, you know,
particular
		
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			attention given to the work is
that from the start of the
		
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			building process, she started
fasting. And it says that we're
		
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			not allowed to fester. And she
made a vow that she will not stop
		
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			fasting until the work is
finished. So she remained like
		
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			that, for the entire duration. It
says, of the building and
		
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			construction of this, of this
building. And of this institution,
		
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			she kept fasting until until the
end. And as soon as it was built,
		
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			the first thing that she did was
she went and performed two records
		
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			of solid inside. So she performed
two records of solid sugar on
		
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			dilla for the ingratitude, Allah
subhanho wa taala. Now her sister,
		
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			you know, she doesn't want to be
left behind, she's got money as
		
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			well, she went across the river to
the other side, the andalusite.
		
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			And she established the great Jami
Al Andalus down there.
		
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			Unfortunately, Jameel Andalus is
not, doesn't remain the same as
		
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			Kirrawee in today. In fact, they
say that it's probably under the
		
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			same old golf system now
obviously. But that was supposed
		
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			to be a separate university or
madrasa on the other side. Right
		
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			now we visited, it was just, it
was just a masjid, there wasn't
		
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			much of a madrasa or university in
there at all. Whereas this one is
		
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			a university of Caribbean is still
a university. And then it was
		
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			after about 20 years or so after
the building of this Masjid that
		
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			she passed away. She finally
passed away, and she went to meet
		
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			her Lord. Now the main thing is
that
		
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			what are the lessons that we can
derive from this one is speaking
		
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			about this wonderful story, which
truly is wonderful. But what are
		
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			the lessons that we learned from
this? The first lesson we learned
		
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			from here is that if last
sincerity always pays off. And you
		
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			can tell this from what she did
fasting for the sake of Allah, and
		
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			making sure it's pure wealth. And
the other thing that you will find
		
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			is that once when they were doing
some excavation, to renovate parts
		
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			of the masjid, they discovered
because obviously over time, it's
		
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			gone. You know, there's there's
been, you know, a lot of
		
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			renovation that's happened to it
and so on. At that time, it was,
		
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			you know, it had become eventually
after some of the subsequent
		
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			rulers added to it made it one of
the biggest Masjid in Africa. It
		
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			had become one of the biggest
mustards in Africa at the time.
		
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			I'm not sure if it's still one of
the biggest mustards in Africa,
		
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			but it is still very impressive
and quite a quite a looming and
		
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			impressive structure. So,
		
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			at one time, when they did some
excavation, they found a pluck a
		
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			very, very old plug which had been
written in this old African Coffee
		
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			Script, right old African config
scripts, right and what was
		
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			written is booni and hudl. Masjid
Fishersville Canada means sanity
		
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			fella 13 was Salah Athena, when we
attain the Mima Mr. Ravi Al Imam
		
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			as the hula Tao Idris UPCA hula.
		
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			This Masjid was built in the month
of DeLuca in 63 Hijiri in 263 263
		
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			Hijiri. It is among those which
was commanded among those
		
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			structures or messages which were
commanded to be built by the Imam
		
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			May Allah grant him might die
would Idris aapke hula?
		
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			May Allah subhanho wa Taala keep
him keep him forever, right and
		
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			preserve him. It was built by him.
Now what's interesting is that
		
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			everybody knows that it was
actually built by Fatima omal
		
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			benim. And not by him, though he
may have added something to it or
		
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			whatever the case is. But what we
know from that time is that in
		
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			those days, you instill Now in
some cases, somebody would do
		
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			something, they would produce a
book, they would produce a
		
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			building, they would, you know,
construct something and they would
		
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			dedicate it to the king. They were
dedicated to the ruler. So maybe
		
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			this is something that happened
during that time, and that's why
		
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			her name is there, not not on
there. But what is
		
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			Has that plug to do with anything
today nobody even knows this
		
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			individual this ruler of the time.
But everybody knows about Fatima
		
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			because of her class and her
sincerity. Number two,
		
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			the halal halal, which means that
she was looking for Halal she was
		
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			very particular. Right, she was
very particular about making sure
		
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			that it's all constructed with
Halal only. Because Halal is
		
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			something which is pure, and
anything which is pure, it means
		
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			it is of the highest class, and it
will remain forever. That's why
		
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			when you buy something, and it has
some very good parts to it and
		
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			components to it last forever,
when it is part of the planned
		
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			obsolescence manufacturing of
today where it's supposed to break
		
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			in a year or two years, or when
the guarantee finishing, they've
		
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			got it down, you know, very,
		
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			very accurately in that regard,
then it's not very pure. So this
		
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			was purity, to get make sure that
all the material that's used there
		
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			is absolutely pure and taking it
from the depths of the land that
		
00:31:02 --> 00:31:05
			she had. They say that she brought
some land around it as well, there
		
00:31:05 --> 00:31:08
			was a farm or something like this,
or whatever the case is. And she
		
00:31:08 --> 00:31:12
			added that and took the best of
the material from there. Number
		
00:31:12 --> 00:31:13
			three is
		
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			true faith doing this for the sake
of Allah true faith and piety, a
		
00:31:18 --> 00:31:23
			pious approach to these things,
right, so did for the whole
		
00:31:23 --> 00:31:29
			duration of building that Masjid
from 245, to 60 263, she remains
		
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			fasting. Now fasting is a very,
very beloved state to Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala. And Allah subhanho
wa Taala season, as mentioned in
		
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			the Hadith and could see, right al
Hadith could see is that fasting
		
00:31:41 --> 00:31:44
			is going to be for me, and hence,
I will directly reward for that.
		
00:31:45 --> 00:31:48
			So if somebody wants something
accomplished, then if they fast in
		
00:31:48 --> 00:31:52
			the process of that as well, then
you are essentially asking Allah
		
00:31:52 --> 00:31:55
			that I want you to reward me
directly, and I'm fasting for this
		
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			sake for this cause, And
subhanAllah look at the benefit
		
00:31:59 --> 00:32:02
			they get from that, right, there
will be huge benefit. Fasting
		
00:32:02 --> 00:32:05
			provides a huge amount of benefit
for that. So if we have something
		
00:32:05 --> 00:32:10
			major that we want to accomplish,
it'd be a great idea to to fast
		
00:32:10 --> 00:32:11
			during that time.
		
00:32:12 --> 00:32:15
			Another thing that we get from
here that we benefit and
		
00:32:15 --> 00:32:19
			understand from here, another
lesson to draw is the status of
		
00:32:19 --> 00:32:22
			Muslim women. Right, the status of
a woman in Islam. That's another
		
00:32:22 --> 00:32:23
			thing that
		
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			it's not just her, you had many
people before and after her many
		
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			women like Haruna, Rashid's wife
and numerous others who have
		
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			established these endowments who
have established places like this,
		
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			right. And this shows that a woman
has the right to do this in her
		
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			name, you know, you have the canal
of Zuleika of Zubaydah, right,
		
00:32:45 --> 00:32:49
			which is supposed to be mucker.
Right? In, you know, the hedge
		
00:32:49 --> 00:32:53
			areas, right? So you have a number
of these things that they can have
		
00:32:53 --> 00:32:56
			their names to these things, they
this is from their wealth, they
		
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			have the right to this, right, all
of these things are very important
		
00:33:00 --> 00:33:03
			for us to understand that women in
Islam have always had the right to
		
00:33:03 --> 00:33:06
			have their own wealth. And we know
this from Khadija, the Allahu anha
		
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			is not something which Europe gets
recently, in the last 100 years or
		
00:33:11 --> 00:33:14
			so. And then after they go
overboard with it, because they
		
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			haven't had it for several
centuries, you know, for
		
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			centuries, you know, as far back
as you can remember, right. And
		
00:33:19 --> 00:33:22
			then suddenly they get it and then
they just go crazy with it. It's
		
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			like giving a child a toy. Right?
When they when they've been
		
00:33:25 --> 00:33:27
			deprived for such a long time
you're given time they go crazy
		
00:33:27 --> 00:33:30
			with the sweets, right with the
candy or whatever it is. So in
		
00:33:30 --> 00:33:32
			this case, you've got something
similar that's happening in the
		
00:33:32 --> 00:33:34
			West have just gone crazy with
this whole idea. There's no
		
00:33:34 --> 00:33:37
			moderation and disregard. And
they've gone so overboard and
		
00:33:37 --> 00:33:40
			exaggerated in this regard,
exaggerated in this regard, that
		
00:33:40 --> 00:33:43
			they now criticizing Islam for
something that Islam has always
		
00:33:43 --> 00:33:46
			had. Right, and they think that
they've surpassed Islam in this
		
00:33:46 --> 00:33:49
			regard. Now, I know we have some
bad egg, you know, bad apples
		
00:33:49 --> 00:33:54
			within us who unfortunately do
things that are an Islamic in that
		
00:33:54 --> 00:33:58
			regard. But in general, this is a
very good example that you have of
		
00:33:58 --> 00:34:02
			a woman who has her own money and
who makes those decisions. That's
		
00:34:02 --> 00:34:05
			where Allah subhanaw taala says in
the Quran in surah nisa in Surah
		
00:34:05 --> 00:34:10
			Nisa, the chapter on women, verse
32. Literally god no Cebu, Mactan,
		
00:34:10 --> 00:34:15
			Cebu, while in Nisa de Nasi, Mata
Sabina. Now, it's not always in
		
00:34:15 --> 00:34:17
			the Quran that Allah subhanaw
taala mentioned something
		
00:34:17 --> 00:34:22
			separately for women, because men
and women are supposed to be alike
		
00:34:22 --> 00:34:25
			in everything that's mentioned in
the Quran in general, but here
		
00:34:25 --> 00:34:29
			Allah says, that for men is a
portion of what they earn and for
		
00:34:29 --> 00:34:33
			women is a portion of what they
earn. So they have it completely.
		
00:34:33 --> 00:34:38
			In fact, what ignoble duel one of
the one of you can say maybe the
		
00:34:38 --> 00:34:42
			alumni is one of the alumnus of
the this university, but
		
00:34:42 --> 00:34:44
			definitely one of the greatest
scholars that North Africa has
		
00:34:44 --> 00:34:47
			produced and the founder of
sociology, right the sounds
		
00:34:47 --> 00:34:51
			science of sociology, if not alone
says in his study for Annamma
		
00:34:51 --> 00:34:57
			fucka anima nub but as email Mu
kimberleigh mentioned this faulty
		
00:34:57 --> 00:35:00
			ml failure, he mentioned that it
is as though she has
		
00:35:00 --> 00:35:06
			aroused the the aspirations she
has aroused the inspirations of
		
00:35:06 --> 00:35:10
			the rulers after her, that when
they saw what she had done and
		
00:35:10 --> 00:35:14
			what benefit that it had, it
basically gave them room to also
		
00:35:14 --> 00:35:17
			do something, and really encourage
them. So this is a woman who is
		
00:35:17 --> 00:35:23
			encouraged and in impressed, you
can say, and influence so many
		
00:35:23 --> 00:35:24
			people after her to do this.
		
00:35:26 --> 00:35:29
			Now, in this regard, I just want
to make one comment before I add
		
00:35:29 --> 00:35:32
			some other lessons. And some other
benefits from this is that
		
00:35:33 --> 00:35:38
			if we, this is a bit of a personal
comment, an observation that.
		
00:35:39 --> 00:35:43
			So while this is a major
accomplishment, and it's not
		
00:35:43 --> 00:35:46
			something that even any man can
do, right, you know, to establish
		
00:35:46 --> 00:35:49
			a massive university, you know,
big, big place like that. It's not
		
00:35:49 --> 00:35:57
			what even every man can do. While
not all men, right, perform such
		
00:35:57 --> 00:36:01
			extraordinary accomplishments,
right? They don't have them. They
		
00:36:01 --> 00:36:04
			are generally if you look in
history, and even look around us
		
00:36:04 --> 00:36:09
			today, they're generally more men
who are able to do this than men.
		
00:36:09 --> 00:36:15
			So while not all men are able to
do this, those who do do these big
		
00:36:15 --> 00:36:18
			projects that generally men,
generally speaking, right.
		
00:36:19 --> 00:36:24
			So the reason for this, is that
initially, I used to also think
		
00:36:24 --> 00:36:26
			that all of these women who study
in madrasahs, and become audio
		
00:36:26 --> 00:36:29
			ones, and so on, they should, you
know, really take the helm of
		
00:36:29 --> 00:36:32
			these things. And they should sort
out the community affairs of the
		
00:36:32 --> 00:36:35
			women, and you know, they should
do a lot of these things. But
		
00:36:35 --> 00:36:38
			eventually, over time, what I've
learned from, you know, the
		
00:36:38 --> 00:36:43
			reality of the matter is that the
function of a women that Allah
		
00:36:43 --> 00:36:45
			subhanaw taala has provided one of
the primary functions, so one of
		
00:36:45 --> 00:36:49
			the primary functions of women,
which they should be very proud
		
00:36:49 --> 00:36:53
			of, and one thing that it's only
them who can do this is child
		
00:36:54 --> 00:36:57
			bringing up the next generation.
Right, it's only women who can do
		
00:36:57 --> 00:37:01
			this, and they do it. And that
takes a lot lot from them.
		
00:37:02 --> 00:37:05
			Every second, every moment spent
behind their children, bringing
		
00:37:05 --> 00:37:09
			them up, gives them reward. So for
them, it's almost like they're put
		
00:37:09 --> 00:37:13
			into a situation where as long as
the intention is, right, right,
		
00:37:13 --> 00:37:15
			they are just going to get reward
for everything that they have to
		
00:37:15 --> 00:37:16
			do anyway, right? In that sense.
		
00:37:18 --> 00:37:22
			But because of this occupation, of
feeding the children, bringing
		
00:37:22 --> 00:37:27
			them up and bearing the child and
all the rest of it, they are
		
00:37:27 --> 00:37:30
			unable to do many of these
external aspects. That's generally
		
00:37:30 --> 00:37:33
			why you get more men, because men
their work is outside, right, and
		
00:37:33 --> 00:37:35
			they're generally more
enterprising. And then you can
		
00:37:35 --> 00:37:39
			look at the emotional states of
both genders, the women is a lot
		
00:37:39 --> 00:37:42
			more soft, they're not as
competitive as men are, you know,
		
00:37:42 --> 00:37:46
			evolutionists will have theories
of why this is the case, and all
		
00:37:46 --> 00:37:48
			the rest of it, because we've been
millions of years we've been, you
		
00:37:48 --> 00:37:50
			know, this is what we've been
doing. So even if you agree with
		
00:37:50 --> 00:37:54
			this evolutionary theory thesis,
you know, this idea that, you
		
00:37:54 --> 00:37:56
			know, men have to be outside a lot
more competitive, you know, and
		
00:37:56 --> 00:37:59
			they want to spread this seed and
they're going and they're going to
		
00:37:59 --> 00:38:03
			do the work and everything else
like that, then we generally see
		
00:38:03 --> 00:38:06
			that women condors, so for
somebody, for a woman to do
		
00:38:06 --> 00:38:10
			something like this, she's
obviously going to have to come
		
00:38:10 --> 00:38:13
			out of all of that, in the sense
that she's gonna have to rise
		
00:38:13 --> 00:38:16
			above this, in a sense, she's
gonna have to focus on this, but
		
00:38:17 --> 00:38:22
			also to do this, because there's
no point in women going behind
		
00:38:22 --> 00:38:25
			their careers to such a degree
that they don't produce the next
		
00:38:25 --> 00:38:30
			generation. That's not the way of
this world, whatever you somebody
		
00:38:30 --> 00:38:36
			may think, however, if a woman is
going to do this, where she's got
		
00:38:36 --> 00:38:41
			a family, but she's also able to
use her aspiration, or him or her,
		
00:38:41 --> 00:38:45
			you know, good wisdom to also
accomplish something else on top
		
00:38:45 --> 00:38:48
			of that, then Subhanallah that is,
but there's gonna be fewer
		
00:38:49 --> 00:38:52
			obviously, compared to men in
general, as history has shown us
		
00:38:52 --> 00:38:56
			and as today, it shows us as well,
that's just generally going to be
		
00:38:56 --> 00:38:59
			so you're gonna have to be really
somebody with a lot of
		
00:38:59 --> 00:39:03
			enterprising ability to be able to
do this beyond this, to do your,
		
00:39:03 --> 00:39:06
			your one of your most primary
functions of being a mother,
		
00:39:06 --> 00:39:10
			right? Hi, Jerilyn salaam as your
role model, and also do all of
		
00:39:10 --> 00:39:13
			these things are women have been
given some amazing ability, I
		
00:39:13 --> 00:39:13
			mean, think about it.
		
00:39:15 --> 00:39:19
			Women bear children, the pain of
bearing children carrying
		
00:39:19 --> 00:39:22
			something another soul in your
body that gets larger and larger
		
00:39:22 --> 00:39:27
			body has to adjust our, you know,
the female body has to adjust to
		
00:39:27 --> 00:39:31
			the child, the stomach, everything
about she has to eat for to be
		
00:39:31 --> 00:39:34
			careful of what she eats, taking
the rest, all the rest of it,
		
00:39:34 --> 00:39:38
			having the child the pain that
they have to go through, you know,
		
00:39:38 --> 00:39:41
			the pangs of childbirth. They're
not easy they are you know, they
		
00:39:41 --> 00:39:45
			are basically anecdotal in a sense
that they are tough, they are
		
00:39:45 --> 00:39:49
			painful. She doesn't want she does
it again. A man if you have to go
		
00:39:49 --> 00:39:53
			through this pain, what do you do
it again? Right? Women they go
		
00:39:53 --> 00:39:57
			through this they do it again. And
then they do it three times. They
		
00:39:57 --> 00:40:00
			do it five times. And mashallah
Some do it.
		
00:40:00 --> 00:40:03
			even more than that, they go
through this for the sake, that is
		
00:40:03 --> 00:40:08
			this, their selflessness to go
through all of this pain, right?
		
00:40:08 --> 00:40:12
			They are able to endure huge, huge
amounts of difficulty, right,
		
00:40:12 --> 00:40:17
			that's women for you, they're able
to endure hugely, right because of
		
00:40:17 --> 00:40:18
			what Allah subhanaw taala has
given them.
		
00:40:19 --> 00:40:20
			So
		
00:40:21 --> 00:40:25
			the one thing that she has to
understand that what generally we
		
00:40:25 --> 00:40:30
			all have to understand is that,
while a woman does probably more
		
00:40:30 --> 00:40:34
			than what a man does, because of
the 24 hour system, you know, man,
		
00:40:34 --> 00:40:38
			he goes to work from eight, or
nine to five, and then he's
		
00:40:38 --> 00:40:41
			finished, generally, right, some,
they bring their work home, and so
		
00:40:41 --> 00:40:44
			on some, some work and all the
time from their phones. But
		
00:40:44 --> 00:40:46
			generally speaking, they can come
out of their work, they can leave
		
00:40:46 --> 00:40:50
			the office, whereas when it comes
to women, it's a whole different
		
00:40:50 --> 00:40:52
			story, their office is their home,
throughout the traditional mother
		
00:40:52 --> 00:40:56
			I'm talking about right, which the
majority of the world is still
		
00:40:56 --> 00:41:00
			full of, and which are praised in
Islam in general.
		
00:41:01 --> 00:41:04
			And if she's doing a job on the
side as well, then you can imagine
		
00:41:04 --> 00:41:08
			she never gets a free day from
these things. So she is probably
		
00:41:08 --> 00:41:10
			doing more than men
		
00:41:11 --> 00:41:17
			in a career that she cannot
change, right. But she may not do
		
00:41:18 --> 00:41:19
			what a man does,
		
00:41:20 --> 00:41:24
			though her rewards are going to be
greater in the form of the sadaqa
		
00:41:24 --> 00:41:26
			jariya, for all the beautiful
children that she will have
		
00:41:26 --> 00:41:31
			produced, I believe that the woman
has an ability to get more from
		
00:41:31 --> 00:41:35
			her children than even the husband
has, because she her investment in
		
00:41:35 --> 00:41:39
			it is direct, the husband's
investment is generally indirect,
		
00:41:39 --> 00:41:43
			he's bringing the money, maybe he
provides the discipline, maybe he
		
00:41:43 --> 00:41:46
			provides them going to mothers and
so on all the rest of it, and the
		
00:41:46 --> 00:41:52
			school and all that. But the woman
is a hands on direct connection
		
00:41:52 --> 00:41:55
			with the with the baby, with with
the with the child with the
		
00:41:55 --> 00:41:59
			feeding with the carrying with the
childbirth with everything. So I
		
00:41:59 --> 00:42:02
			believe they have a more direct
relationship with the and that's
		
00:42:02 --> 00:42:04
			where Allah subhanaw taala has
made them in the disposition that
		
00:42:04 --> 00:42:07
			they have with the softness that
they have, and with with this
		
00:42:07 --> 00:42:11
			emotional connection, and with a
lot of women who are out there
		
00:42:11 --> 00:42:16
			working, because that is what
their society and pushing our
		
00:42:16 --> 00:42:20
			society as well demands from them,
maybe because of the difficulties
		
00:42:20 --> 00:42:24
			of living in certain places, maybe
because of our way of spending our
		
00:42:24 --> 00:42:28
			spending habits, but they are
unhappy, many of them are unhappy,
		
00:42:28 --> 00:42:32
			because they will, despite
everything, they still get paid
		
00:42:32 --> 00:42:36
			less generally speaking, right
than men do. Right. And above all,
		
00:42:37 --> 00:42:41
			they want to have a home in which
they have children, because that
		
00:42:41 --> 00:42:44
			is something that has been
instilled into them. And it's just
		
00:42:44 --> 00:42:47
			sad that they, they struggle in
this regard.
		
00:42:49 --> 00:42:53
			Just a few more few more things
that the story tells us, it
		
00:42:53 --> 00:42:55
			teaches us a few a few more
things.
		
00:42:56 --> 00:43:00
			The other thing it teaches us,
especially our women, and men as
		
00:43:00 --> 00:43:04
			well, in general, it teaches us
how
		
00:43:05 --> 00:43:11
			we can disassociate our love of
this world. And for a greater for
		
00:43:11 --> 00:43:14
			a greater objective, because
that's exactly what she did,
		
00:43:14 --> 00:43:17
			rather than take all of that money
and go around, you know, on a, on
		
00:43:17 --> 00:43:20
			a trip of the world, right on on
some kind of holiday around the
		
00:43:20 --> 00:43:24
			world or do something else. So
whatever the case was, she spent
		
00:43:24 --> 00:43:28
			it to help others in a charitable
cause. Right? That's number one.
		
00:43:29 --> 00:43:30
			Number two,
		
00:43:32 --> 00:43:32
			her
		
00:43:33 --> 00:43:39
			focus, her endurance in making
sure she took this to the end, it
		
00:43:39 --> 00:43:43
			took 18 years to build this. But
she stood there she was there all
		
00:43:43 --> 00:43:48
			along fasting, and look at that
endurance, don't give up. That is
		
00:43:48 --> 00:43:52
			the lesson that she teaches us.
Don't give up. Even though nothing
		
00:43:52 --> 00:43:55
			may be with you, you may be alone.
And that takes us
		
00:43:56 --> 00:43:57
			to
		
00:43:58 --> 00:44:00
			another point, which is that.
		
00:44:03 --> 00:44:06
			Remember, she is a woman who had
lost her father, and she had lost
		
00:44:06 --> 00:44:11
			her husband. She did not go into
this prolonged depression. She did
		
00:44:11 --> 00:44:16
			not go and become a recluse. She
did not give up all hope. She did
		
00:44:16 --> 00:44:20
			not become depressed. But no she
went and she produced something
		
00:44:20 --> 00:44:24
			that gave her the great
recognition that she was
		
00:44:24 --> 00:44:29
			definitely do. So this is another
lesson that we learned from this.
		
00:44:30 --> 00:44:35
			It tells us she The story also
teaches us of how you can
		
00:44:36 --> 00:44:40
			plant a seed. And then you let
Allah subhanaw taala take care of
		
00:44:40 --> 00:44:41
			the rest of it.
		
00:44:42 --> 00:44:48
			And the university obviously
became even better and went from
		
00:44:48 --> 00:44:52
			strength to strength to the peak
of its glory. In the centuries
		
00:44:52 --> 00:44:56
			that followed her. She just had to
start it off. Starting something
		
00:44:56 --> 00:45:00
			is the most difficult. Continuing
something is generally
		
00:45:00 --> 00:45:02
			Easy because the processes are in
place, you've got a place you've
		
00:45:02 --> 00:45:05
			got a location, starting something
is difficult.
		
00:45:06 --> 00:45:12
			So what we can learn from this is
that we can bring this story as a
		
00:45:12 --> 00:45:16
			memory for us. Every time we feel
depressed, every fee every time we
		
00:45:16 --> 00:45:21
			feel a bit dejected. Every time we
feel forsaken, maybe every time we
		
00:45:21 --> 00:45:26
			feel a state of loss, and we feel
that the world isn't going
		
00:45:26 --> 00:45:31
			according isn't very favorable to
us. We're not in a very favorable
		
00:45:31 --> 00:45:35
			state. So then we remember this
story that this is the story of a
		
00:45:35 --> 00:45:40
			woman who lost her brother, who
lost her father, who didn't have a
		
00:45:40 --> 00:45:43
			brother, who lost her father who
lost her husband, but then still
		
00:45:43 --> 00:45:48
			managed to go against all odds,
and to be able to make this
		
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			extraordinary contribution that
has illuminated millions
		
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			throughout our history. So may
Allah subhanahu wa taala grant a
		
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			great reward that she is due for
this. And may Allah subhanaw taala
		
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			make her a true inspiration for
all of us. And Allah give us all
		
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			the Tofik to do something that is
also great in this world before
		
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			our death, and may Allah remove
any kind of state of loss or
		
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			depression from our hearts. And
may Allah subhanaw taala accept us
		
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			for the service of his Deen
working with that runner annual
		
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			Hamdu lillahi rabbil aalameen