Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Guyana Council of Ulama Inauguration Speech

Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
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The speakers emphasize the importance of four core groups for success in modern times, including businesses, institutions, and money. They stress the need for guidance and support, particularly among political and social goals. The importance of providing guidance and support is emphasized, as it is crucial to maintain faith and build a strong Muslim community. The speakers also emphasize the need for leaders to provide guidance and support to achieve their goals. The importance of avoiding unity and being flexible is emphasized, as it is crucial to protect the Muslim economy and maintain faith among all members. The agenda for the 100 Senate of the Middle East is holding in the UK, and individuals are encouraged to take up a sustained study on the Islamic essentials course.

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			Salam Alaikum Warahmatullahi
Wabarakatuh
		
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			Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa
salatu salam ala libre Ruthie
		
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			Ramadan Dillard Amin, who are the
early he wasafi odaka was seldom
		
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			at the Sleeman girthier on Isla
Yomi Dean Amma bad
		
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			call Allah with the baraka Tara
for an emoji they will for corneal
		
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			Hamid
		
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			Harold Villa you're gonna shave on
your rajim Bismillah R Rahman r
		
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			Rahim where does the movie heavily
learn he joins me
		
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			for Roku with guru near I met
Allah here already is guru to the
		
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			level of being you know Paulo V
come for us back Doom bayonet Mati
		
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			he wanna work who to murder
Shaeffer who 14 million
		
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			cars I mean, get the liquor you
buy in law who would have come?
		
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			Yeah, he got liquor you buy enough
law hula comb, de la comb, do so
		
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			the cola hula team, my dear
respected elders are the MA and
		
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			our dear brothers and sisters, Ali
MAs and other sisters and brothers
		
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			from the various different Masjid
communities, community leaders and
		
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			everybody else that's present.
Allah subhana wa Tada. Absolutely,
		
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			we are thankful to Allah subhanho
wa Taala may he show his blessings
		
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			on this gathering?
		
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			It said I am absolutely not the
best person to stand here and to
		
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			be honored with this position. But
since having been invited here, I
		
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			take this as a responsibility. And
I submit the following to you as
		
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			first advice to myself and
inshallah at this auspicious
		
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			occasion of the inauguration of
this January, masha Allah. So what
		
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			I want to start with first is that
as a Muslim minority, I come from
		
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			a Muslim minority, Muslim minority
country and
		
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			a democracy. So these two things,
what we share London, USA, Guyana,
		
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			Barbados,
		
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			one of these countries. So
		
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			there are four really, really
important functions or people that
		
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			are needed for the advancement,
not just the preservation, but for
		
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			the preservation and advancement
of the Muslims. You have to have
		
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			these four integral groups of
people.
		
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			And,
		
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			you know, mashallah, these four
groups of people without this, you
		
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			can't really have advancement,
you're gonna have hinderance
		
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			you're going to have obstacles and
you're going to have a lot of
		
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			issues. So, the first group of
people that you need for the
		
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			preservation is business people,
people with money.
		
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			People with money, a very, very
important
		
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			integral of the advancement of the
Diem in the modern world. In fact,
		
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			the Prophet sallallahu sallam
said, The time will come when
		
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			nothing will be of benefit, except
dinars. And Durham's.
		
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			And that means basically money,
you need money to run facilities,
		
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			institutions, to build
institutions, to establish them to
		
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			get work done, that everything
works on money, we're living,
		
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			especially now in a capitalist
world. And without money, nothing
		
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			works. Now that might be very
surprising for a scholar to speak
		
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			about money, but it's an absolute
necessity. Alhamdulillah
		
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			Alhamdulillah in the UK, you know,
we've been there for about 60 to
		
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			70 years now. You guys have been
here in this country as Muslims
		
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			mashallah in huge numbers as a
decent proportion of the of the
		
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			entire country from over 100
years. So you guys are well ahead
		
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			of us. But Hamdulillah I can say
that in England now. There are
		
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			lots of very, very people who have
made it who have done well in in
		
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			business and who have mashallah a
lot of disposable income. And they
		
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			have this marriage is taking place
between business people and all
		
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			Amma for the sake of Allah. Not
for the sake of the scholars on
		
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			personal benefits, but for the
sake of the deen because these
		
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			guys they have money they want to
do something with it. All they
		
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			need is the guidance of their own
amount to come together and use
		
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			that Masha Allah and there's a
number of these partnerships
		
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			taking place, and more of recent,
it takes time for people to
		
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			mature. England is a place where
money doesn't come easy. America
		
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			is up
		
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			place where money can come very
easily. A doctor as a as a
		
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			student, a young girl, I taught
her heads of the Quran. And then
		
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			mashallah she's gone on to become
a doctor, a medical doctor. And
		
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			she's at the age of 2324, she gets
her first job as an emergency
		
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			medicine physician. And she says
that her salary is going to be
		
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			$400,000 a year, that's a crazy
amount of money. In England, the
		
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			doctors don't make that kind of
money.
		
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			I've seen it in so many occasions
in America where there'll be guys
		
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			who will say that everything you
collected in the masjid, I'm going
		
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			to double it. In England, we've
just not had that kind. Although
		
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			now hamdulillah people are very
settled, and they've got money.
		
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			But again, it's up to Allah to
allow the heart to open up.
		
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			There's somebody there was a
masjid that was just established.
		
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			And the brothers were telling me,
they went out to people, and they
		
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			were bus drivers who came and gave
10,000 pounds of their very hard
		
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			saving earned savings. And he said
he went to another individual who
		
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			owns multiple houses in London,
like a whole portfolio of houses
		
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			is income every month is about
700,000 pounds, by which he can
		
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			buy a new house worth 700,000
pounds, which is very difficult
		
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			for majority of people to afford.
When he went to him to ask for
		
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			money, he couldn't give any money.
Because he had to buy his next
		
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			house, I guess, we haven't
calculated that. This is another
		
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			venue to spend. So you need money.
Number two, the second group of
		
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			people you need
		
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			Subhanallah
		
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			people in politics
		
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			absolutely necessary, especially
in a democracy if you don't have
		
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			now listen to this, if you don't
have drivers in politics, or
		
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			people who sit with the driver, or
backseat drivers, you're going to
		
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			struggle
		
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			in politics for the Muslim
community to survive and advance
		
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			itself and be preserved. You need
either people in the driving
		
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			seats, or next to the driver, or
		
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			the backseat driver to constantly
correct the driver. You know, the
		
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			backseat drivers, the wife,
sometimes the the mother when the
		
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			child is learning. I hope you
understand the parable that I
		
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			think is a very apt parable. So
otherwise, they won't do anything.
		
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			And lots of Muslims in many Muslim
minority countries, they don't get
		
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			involved. And then they complain
when the politicians don't do
		
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			anything for the Muslim community.
They don't make laws with the
		
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			Muslim community in mind. You're
going to have to get yourself
		
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			hurt, and campaign and let them
know that hamdulillah from what
		
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			I'm hearing and seeing in this
country, there's a respect for
		
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			religion. That's a great thing.
That's an amazing thing. And may
		
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			Allah allow that to continue.
Because with the incoming new
		
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			wealth and everything, there's
going to be many forces at play.
		
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			And there is secularism and
atheism and Subhanallah many other
		
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			types of ideas that run contrary
to religion that are enforced in
		
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			the US in the UK, in the Europe in
Europe in general hamdulillah here
		
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			felt very comfortable being Muslim
and may Allah allow that to
		
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			continue, but you still need
drivers and mashallah It seems
		
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			like you've got to drive at least
you've got a president and then
		
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			you know, inshallah many more
things like that will continue.
		
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			Number three, you need now Muslims
in various different important
		
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			vocations services and think
tanks, policymaking organizations.
		
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			Otherwise, if you don't, they
don't know what Muslims and again
		
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			I'm hearing that mashallah you do
have AIDS, you have your Eid
		
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			holiday, and you have other
holidays, national holidays, and
		
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			there is a consultation
hamdulillah and may Allah subhanho
		
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			wa Taala maintain that but
otherwise, in many other
		
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			countries, you really have to,
		
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			there's just not enough people in
various different vocations. A lot
		
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			of Muslims don't go into
contributing fields, they go into
		
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			consuming fields, they're there
just to make money, just on the
		
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			defensive just in a mode of
survival. Right? They're just in a
		
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			mode of survival, and then they
just consume, but they don't
		
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			contribute. And if we're not seen
as contributors, then we can't be
		
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			respected. Right you can only be
respected and have your rights
		
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			understood and met if you're seen
as valued individuals and
		
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			contributors. I'm not sure how
true this is. But when the
		
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			the remnants of the Persian Empire
the fire worshippers,
		
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			Zoroastrians, when they entered
into India, God knows how true
		
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			this story is. But the the wisdom
behind it sounds good. They, they,
		
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			they fled, and they came to India,
the Indian subcontinent and
		
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			whoever the leader was at that
time, he said, he put out a glass
		
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			of milk full to the brim, so we
don't have any space
		
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			Here, India has a huge population
is about 200 million, just
		
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			Muslims, more than the Middle
East, you know, put together and
		
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			that's just Muslims, then you've
got all the other faiths, and
		
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			within about 15 20%, we don't have
any space here. So this guy, what
		
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			he did is he took some sugar, and
you put it into the milk.
		
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			We're not here to increase the
population, we're here to sweeten
		
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			the population, we're here to
contribute, and every Muslim needs
		
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			to contribute, somehow or the
other. So we need many industries
		
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			taken care of by Muslims,
especially the important ones, so
		
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			that whenever something needs to
happen, it's there to provide the
		
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			infrastructure. Okay. And number
four, which is probably the most
		
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			important because you do a lot of
times have people with money and
		
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			money is something you don't have
to encourage people to do to do
		
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			business, whether they got faith
or not faith, lots of people want
		
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			to make money. So that is
something you don't have to
		
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			necessarily always encourage
people do, because that's the
		
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			dunya. And that's where we are.
However, the fourth one is to have
		
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			Muslim scholarship. And the reason
why that is the most important one
		
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			is that is the one which provides
guidance and direction, and a
		
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			light for all the others. For all
the others, it tells the Muslim
		
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			businessman where their money
should be spent. It informs the
		
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			people in the various fields and
the politicians, what is right in
		
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			Islam, and what is wrong, and what
is demanding and what is
		
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			recommended, and what we need, and
it works for the preservation.
		
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			It's the Muslim Scholarship, which
is the purpose of it, the role of
		
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			it is to work at every single
level, starting with the children,
		
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			the mothers, the women, the men,
and every other vocation, it is
		
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			supposed to be the automa that do
this, and all of my need to of
		
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			course, recognize that, that we
are there to provide guidance in
		
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			every field, we can't provide
guidance. If I know nothing about
		
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			science, I can't provide guidance
in the field of science. There'll
		
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			be questions on genetics, I need
to understand genetics to be able
		
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			to provide guidance. There's
questions on the in the medical
		
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			field, I have no idea of the
various different things like
		
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			abortions and miscarriages, and
ultrasounds and everything else
		
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			that's in the field and various
different types of diseases in the
		
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			body and so on. If I don't have
that idea, I don't have access to
		
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			that detail, I can provide
guidance, or am I have a big task,
		
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			absolutely crucial, they are
absolutely crucial to maintain the
		
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			faith. So you see, without
scholars, you might maintain a
		
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			basic level of faith. But to
advance you need good Muslim
		
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			scholars to be able to help
advance it to take it forward. And
		
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			to provide the guidance that is
that is required. They'll tell
		
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			they they provide the guidance in
every single field otherwise
		
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			people will do with their money
with their skills, things without
		
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			knowledge. There are so many
people in the West, like in
		
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			America and other places, they
have sincerity in their hearts,
		
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			and they want to do something for
the Muslim ummah. They see Muslim
		
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			in crisis in different places, and
they want to do something, but
		
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			they lacked that they they lack
the guidance of what is required.
		
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			They like the guidance of what is
required. Some of these people who
		
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			wanted to allow Muslim women to
lead the prayers, I believe some
		
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			of them could have been sincere.
They thought that in you know,
		
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			we're living in a time of feminism
and a number of other
		
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			issues that we have. And Muslims
are supposed to be backwards
		
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			because they don't give Muslim
Rights. They don't give women
		
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			rights apparently, even though you
know, women have been given rights
		
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			from before, so decided that the
way to do this the way to really
		
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			prove this poor woman as an imam.
Now, that's obviously done without
		
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			any kind of guidance. It's just
		
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			you know, the raw spirit has just
been harnessed in the wrong way.
		
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			So we need the other module,
provide that guidance and work
		
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			together with people. If you have
an idea, as a non SCADA, go to a
		
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			scholar that you think will
understand your case and put that
		
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			for him and Masha Allah do what
you have to do for the betterment
		
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			of the Muslim community.
		
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			Now what you need is you actually
need all the mother easily
		
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			accessible, you need lots of
ordermark I need lots of good are
		
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			the MA from the count that we did,
there's about 80 automa in the
		
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			country. And there's about a
population of 150,000 Muslim
		
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			Muslims, that makes it one item,
one scholar per 17 or 1800 people.
		
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			That's just too much work for one
scholar, and then not every
		
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			scholar is necessarily active. So
that makes it one scholar for
		
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			3400 4000 5000 individuals that's
just too much for scholars to do.
		
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			So we need a lot more scholars, we
need a lot more scholars and Insha
		
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			Allah, that will happen. Now when
you do have scholars, they need to
		
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			be organized they need to have a
body because I've spoken to many
		
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			scholars in multiple countries.
And what happens is that there's a
		
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			lot of scholars
		
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			was raring to do something they
want. They've got a zeal, they've
		
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			come out of madrasah. They want to
do something for the deen, but
		
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			they just lacked management, they
Oh, they don't understand where to
		
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			start. They don't know how to
start something in a community. In
		
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			sha Allah, if they have this
group, if they have this combined
		
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			efforts to share experiences, to
provide guidance as a body in sha
		
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			Allah, there's going to be a lot
more work that will take place
		
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			because there'll be calls made to
the gym er, to this group of
		
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			scholars, and then they can
provide the relevant personnel the
		
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			relevant or the MA. So Obama have
to be organized just like any
		
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			other field have to be organized.
Political parties can't be
		
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			successful, unless they are
organized. When they get
		
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			organized. That's when something
happens. Any other campaign group,
		
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			they can only get something done
when they organize this
		
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			organization is disarray. And you
don't get anything out of that.
		
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			We have many Jimmy THAT'S in the
world. This is not the first place
		
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			to have a Jamia. There's many
places. And I would probably say
		
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			the first place with that name was
probably the Indian subcontinent
		
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			over 100 years ago. We just did
the centenary, we actually
		
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			celebrate the centenary of the
Jimmy I took them out of the
		
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			Indian subcontinent just a few
years ago.
		
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			And I'll speak about that in a
bit. But it doesn't have to be
		
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			college, I mean, a year to learn
Dhamma it's called different names
		
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			in different places. You do have
Jimmy al Toller. Obama in
		
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			Pakistan, you've got one in Sri
Lanka, you have one, you have
		
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			actually multiple in South Africa
for the different provinces
		
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			KwaZulu Natal, and Howie Tang and
Port Elizabeth and so on. But then
		
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			there's other the they also go
under different names like Melissa
		
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			Obama, we Farkle Halima, Robbie,
total Obama in England in the
		
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			different cities that have their
own because in England, we're
		
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			talking about just in London
alone, with a million Muslims,
		
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			we've got over 1000, or DOMA and
Alamos, and then other little
		
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			towns, you probably got a good
1000, or just in, you know, maybe
		
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			20 mile radius, it's SubhanAllah.
So they need their own Jimmy and
		
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			to load them up, you know, and
eventually, inshallah you will,
		
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			you'll have the same deal of
chapters, right of the different
		
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			areas, the three different
promises will have chapters in sha
		
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			Allah of, or sections of
distributor Roma, and then the
		
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			overall one. And then after you've
got other names like Allah, ma
		
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			group, Council of Muslim
theologians, Council of Allama,
		
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			give it whatever name you want,
right, give it whatever name you
		
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			want, Jimmy, I think is a great
name, because it it follows up
		
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			from, from a precedence of the the
geometry of the Indian
		
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			subcontinent, now, for the other
month, need assistance, the Jimmy
		
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			and will need assistance for it to
survive. So you need money for
		
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			everything, you will need
assistance, you will need moral
		
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			support, it will need a skill set,
it will need a number of different
		
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			support systems to let it function
properly. Right? The political
		
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			system, everything needs to come
to support this so that they can
		
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			do their work in sha Allah, I
would probably say that if you can
		
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			reduce, if you can reduce the
objectives of the Jimmy metal
		
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			ornament down, there's going to be
many, many things. But I think the
		
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			one thing is to invest for the
future generations to maintain the
		
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			faith and solidify the faith
foundations of this country, right
		
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			of the Muslims here. So that
		
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			for the future generations, they
have an easy they don't have as a
		
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			struggle. I think if you reduce
it, to think with that foresight,
		
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			how is how are things going to be
in 10 years and 20 years and even
		
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			beyond that.
		
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			One of the biggest tasks I think
the Allama need to undertake would
		
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			be to establish mcnabb's And
everybody else needs to help them
		
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			do that. When our what I was told
by Imams Emile that every Masjid
		
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			that was built here, initially,
they were always built with a
		
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			mucked up. But now I'm hearing
that many mustards don't have MK
		
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			dubs anymore. They might have the
facilities, they might have the
		
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			building, but they don't have the
mucked up anymore. And if any
		
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			place many places, if they have,
they're not even five days a week,
		
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			they one day a week, believe me.
I've tried to teach a Sunday
		
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			school in America, which is a one
day maximum. It was in the next
		
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			town down. They didn't have any
moms. So I tried for a few months.
		
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			And subhanAllah it was so tough.
It was better than nothing. But it
		
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			was so tough because it's like
you're reading a novel, and you're
		
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			reading a chapter a week. So I
read the first chapter, I put the
		
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			book away. And the next week, I'm
reading the next chapter. I
		
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			forgotten half the story, at least
half the story. And that's what it
		
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			was with the children mucked up
one day a week just does not work.
		
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			It doesn't work. You know, it's
better than nothing. I'll give it
		
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			that. But it doesn't work. You
need it at least I think minimum
		
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			three days a week, but ideally
four or five or six days a week.
		
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			That's how it
		
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			was in England, we went to school
in the morning for several hours,
		
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			came back quickly had some tea or
whatever, change our clothes and
		
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			went to the maximum for two hours.
One and a half hours that needs to
		
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			start, I'll tell you what the
benefit of that is. In England,
		
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			I've seen that there's mcnabb's,
pretty much, mashallah, in most of
		
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			the places, right? There's
obviously be some places where
		
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			they don't have a monitor, but the
parents will have somebody from
		
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			Pakistan or somebody on Zoom,
teaching their children at least
		
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			right? That's not ideal. I would
say it's just being in front of
		
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			the teacher is the best thing. And
I've seen that a lot of these kids
		
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			event some of these children, when
they become teenagers, they get
		
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			lost, they get caught up, even
they get caught up in a gang. They
		
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			get caught up in drugs, they get
caught up in just I don't know in
		
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			some kind of other enjoyment. You
know, they want to be a gangster.
		
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			I don't know what they want to be.
Right. They try that for a few
		
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			years. And then when they get
tired of that they realize it's an
		
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			empty dream. They come back
because they have Allah in their
		
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			heart. It's been drummed into
their head, masha Allah with that
		
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			early mcta training, everybody
needs to go through a month of
		
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			training. When I was in California
as an Imam, there was a scholar
		
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			that visited and he said that we
want to establish a dark room here
		
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			like a full fledged dark room.
		
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			And what does color said is that
until you don't establish
		
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			mcnabb's, you can't have a dark
room in this, in this and when I
		
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			say download, I mean full fledge
up to sahih al Bukhari to graduate
		
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			scholars. Right.
		
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			You can't have it unless you have
like a whole network of mucked
		
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			ups, because you need all the
children to go through the mud of
		
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			system to provide them their
foundation, when they've had their
		
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			foundation, the download looms
will give them the more advanced
		
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			knowledge.
		
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			That's something to really bear in
mind that you just need to lay a
		
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			whole network, every single Masjid
an area and remote area needs to
		
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			have somebody teaching the
children at least for three, four
		
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			or five years minimum.
		
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			Now what I would say is that I
will advise the Allah ma here Ma
		
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			sha Allah I'm nobody to advise
advice to myself first really
		
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			absolutely humbled. To be here is
to be mindful of Allah subhanho wa
		
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			Taala This is a job for Allah,
it's not a job for position is not
		
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			for gaining any kind of world, the
world will come to you, I
		
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			guarantee you, since so many
experiences, examples of this, the
		
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			world will come to you when you go
to Allah subhanho wa taala. And
		
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			you'd be surprised that Allah will
provide you from where you will
		
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			never have thought. It's a matter
of Tawakkol difficult to tell
		
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			somebody about Tawakkol without an
experience, I pray to Allah that
		
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			Allah give everybody this
experience, so that it uplifts a
		
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			person uplifts the individuals. So
be mindful of Allah, we have to be
		
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			the role models have absolutely
impeccable character, maintaining
		
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			the highest integrity so that we
can become the role models that
		
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			people feel comfortable about
following May Allah subhanaw taala
		
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			make us like that. May Allah
protect us from the various
		
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			different challenges that pull us
back that shackle us and that
		
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			don't let us progress. The Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in
		
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			salaat, said, straight in your
rows.
		
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			And he would make sure the rows
were straight. And in fact, he
		
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			won't. He said, If your rows are
not straightened, and if somebody
		
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			is protruding beyond the row,
Allah will put conflicts in your
		
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			heart. Do you think that this
hokum and this ruling to
		
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			straighten the rows is just for
Salah then go outside and now you
		
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			know have crooked rows, meaning
have disunity. That salah is the
		
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			training for everything
Subhanallah you want to stand in
		
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			straight rows, where you need to
stand in rows outside which means
		
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			unity. Unity is one of the biggest
secret ingredients of a successful
		
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			Muslim community. You have to look
at history and the various
		
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			different dynasties. Various
different rulers or buses or maids
		
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			sell jokes. Mamluks occasion mom,
Luke's father,
		
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			the father teammates, and all the
other samanids. And the
		
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			President's tweets and so on. One
of the biggest, biggest problems
		
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			that tore them apart was disunity
was somebody playing one against
		
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			the other. Somebody playing one
against the other just disunity,
		
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			this unity, we have to avoid this
unity, we need to be flexible. We
		
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			need to be tolerant, we need to
listen to the others view, I
		
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			learned a very interesting lesson
because, you know, I could have
		
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			been very aggressive and I would
just attack a person maybe. But I
		
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			learned a very important lesson.
In terms of debate. Let's just say
		
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			that
		
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			somebody chef use of has an
opinion that I disagree with. And
		
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			I start attacking Sheikh Yusuf for
his for his position. No, let me
		
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			not attack him. What I should ask
Sheikh Yusuf is what's your
		
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			opinion? Can you tell me why you
hold this opinion? So then what
		
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			I'm doing is I'm giving him a
chance to explain his opinion. So
		
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			he explains his opinion. Now I if
I disagree with that opinion, I'm
		
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			going to say why is it like this?
Have you thought about it this
		
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			way? Is this really right? I'm not
attacking him. I've given him a
		
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			chance to explain he's opened up
to me he's willing to look at
		
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			we're both looking at his opinion
analyzing it. And then if he's got
		
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			a martial law, if he's got an open
heart about this, then we can
		
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			actually reconsider whatever it is
by attack him right from the
		
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			beginning. He's going to become
defensive. Everybody has personal,
		
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			you know, dignity and honor that
they feel, you know, can't be
		
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			besmirched in any way. So then
generally a lot of people they
		
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			stick, you know, they put the
heels in the ground, always ask
		
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			their opinion, why they think the
way they do have that discussion,
		
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			and then analyze and critique that
opinion, and a lot of the time.
		
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			Keep reading Allahumma Elif Bina
Palutena whenever we have an issue
		
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			with somebody I found very
beneficial to read this da Allah
		
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			who lift Boehner Colombina
Allahumma, Aslan Davina. Oh Allah
		
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			reform our hearts and Allahumma
Salli ala Davina Oh ALLAH reform
		
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			the matter between us reconcile
our hearts reform the matter
		
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			between us. Imam Shafi was
amazing. Imam Shafi said I would
		
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			always pray that the HAC prevails
at the tongue of my opposition, at
		
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			least the half prevails. Now,
that's a very high status to be
		
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			in, you know, to be such selfless
like that. But let's be flexible.
		
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			Let's listen. Let's be open. And
let's try to be prudent, wise and
		
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			accommodating in the way we need
to take our community from where
		
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			it is to where we want it to go.
It's a slow process. You can't
		
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			rush this and we need
steadfastness, perseverance, you
		
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			will be let down. You will feel
demotivated, you will feel
		
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			abandoned, sometimes you will be
criticized. But that's all part of
		
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			the job. That's exactly what the
promise allows. And that's exactly
		
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			his position. Reader Rasulullah
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is
		
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			books written on the profit and
loss from studying and Disturbia
		
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			and inshallah that should be of
benefit. So everything needs to
		
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			happen through some kind of
consultation use of mutual mutual
		
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			consultation,
		
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			and then have a thicker regimen.
For our personal benefit, have a
		
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			vicar regimen, we need that power
inside for us to stay connected
		
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			with Allah. So our selfishness
doesn't creep in the various
		
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			different other
		
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			dunya we pools and attractions we
can avoid if we're connected to
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala it always
provides a softness of the hearts
		
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			when you remember Allah subhanaw
taala that will give you the
		
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			power, your words will be more
effective, your actions will be
		
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			more effective.
		
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			Now to finish off, as I said, a
few years ago, I attended and had
		
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			to give a little talk to the 100
Senate centenary of the Jimmy
		
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			Atala of India, which was being
held in the UK for the UK people.
		
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			And I just thought at that time,
and what I spoke about was one
		
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			point I said 100 years ago, when
this Germania was established,
		
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			what were the goals? What were
their motivations? What did they
		
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			have in mind? Did they ever
imagine that after 100 years in
		
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			London, you know, which was the
ruling power probably 100 years
		
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			ago in India, right?
		
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			Yeah, yes, yes, ruling in India
that we're going to be sitting in
		
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			that capital and we're gonna have
Subhanallah centenary program for
		
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			the Jamia. But the main thing is,
has the gym yet fulfilled its role
		
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			that it set out 100 years ago? So
this is what I'm going to tell the
		
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			Jamia Subhanallah with all
		
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			you know, what would you like for
people to say in 100 years time
		
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			when most of us are every one of
us will be gone most likely.
		
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			And they're going to look back?
They might have a centenary
		
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			program. What are the achievements
that you want them to think about
		
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			that we actually did? Will they be
fulfilled? Will your vision 100
		
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			year vision be fulfilled? Don't
look 20 years and or 30 years look
		
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			at literally 100 years where do
you want to see the Muslim ummah,
		
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			the preservation of the Muslim
ummah, the increase of the Muslim
		
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			ummah, the strength of the Muslim
advance of the Muslim ummah. So
		
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			with that thought, I will leave us
absolutely again honored to be
		
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			here may Allah subhanho wa Taala
take this from strength to
		
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			strength protected and allow a
vision of more than 100 years and
		
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			allow it to prosper working with
marijuana and Al hamdu lillahi
		
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			rabbil Allahu mandocello moment to
sit down with the Barchetta
		
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			generally where the Quran a lot of
may be younger African history, a
		
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			lot of Maya Nanea Ananda either
hayleigh and disciplina kidnapping
		
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			me nobody mean just Allah one
Mohammed ma Hua Hello Yeah the
		
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			ritual everybody chrome God
welcome yeah hey y'all Miss booty
		
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			via Iran Martine yeah Allah have
mercy on us. Yeah, Allah we ask
		
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			you for your special grace, for
your special mercy for your divine
		
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			assistance. You know Allah we ask
you for your assistance, or Allah
		
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			we ask you for your acceptance of
Allah we ask You for Your guidance
		
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			of Allah we ask you for your light
of Allah, we ask you
		
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			For your light of Allah guide us,
right? Oh Allah this Jimmy There
		
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			has just been established. Oh
Allah we ask that you guide us
		
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			alright. Oh Allah you take this
from strength to strength of Allah
		
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			you provided the right kind of
guidance that it requires to deal
		
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			with the various different issues
that will come in front the
		
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			various different issues that this
country requires the challenges
		
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			that are and will come about the
needs of the people of Allah, the
		
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			needs of the people, the needs of
the various different segments,
		
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			and the various different
		
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			functions of this country. Oh
Allah, Oh Allah enrich your soul,
		
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			enrich all the orlimar enrich us
with the right kind of guidance,
		
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			know how and the understanding of
the reality of Allah make us of
		
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			those who propagate your word with
a floss and with sincerity.
		
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			protect us from all the evils
which are out there, protect us
		
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			from the trappings of this world,
protect us from selfishness
		
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			protect us from pursuing things
just for ourselves, protect us
		
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			from the evils of our knifes, Oh
Allah, Oh Allah, all those who
		
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			have come here, from the Obama
community from the non ordermark
		
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			community, Masjid community media
community Oh Allah bless everybody
		
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			hear, bless this entire country,
especially in the years that are
		
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			coming over Allah bless the entire
Muslim world, oh Allah make this
		
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			Jimmy January of Allah a beacon of
light and allow it to provide the
		
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			very much needed guidance and make
it a source of increase of Islam
		
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			and knowledge and, and sacred
knowledge in this country and
		
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			beyond our law, accept everybody
here from the very except
		
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			everybody here and protects us
from the pitfalls of Allah and
		
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			allow us to be guided allow us to
become role models of Allah accept
		
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			all of those who facilitated this
event, and who is who've assisted
		
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			it, who have helped it work
tirelessly, tirelessly, and oh
		
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			Allah make this all a source of
sadaqa jariya make this sort of
		
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			source of continuous charity and
allow us to be part of it and to
		
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			be accepted and accept all of us
for this service of your faith and
		
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			allow many other things to come
about from here. And Allah take
		
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			all the institutions from strength
to strength grantors unity allow
		
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			us to work together, allow us to
work together, allow us to
		
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			reconcile whatever is in our heart
for the for the higher good for
		
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			the higher good code likes that
from us. Subhan Allah be
		
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			caramelised with Yamuna Yossi
Fonasa selling on hamdulillah
		
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			the point of a lecture is to
encourage people to act to get
		
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			further an inspiration and
encouragement, persuasion. The
		
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			next step is to actually start
learning seriously to read books
		
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			to take on a subject of Islam and
to understand all the subjects of
		
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			Islam at least at the basic level,
so that we can become more aware
		
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			of what our deen wants from us.
And that's why we started Rayyan
		
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			courses so that you can actually
take organize lectures on demand
		
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			whenever you have free time,
especially for example, the
		
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			Islamic essentials course that we
have on the Islamic essentials
		
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			certificate which you take 20
Short modules, and at the end of
		
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			that inshallah you will have
gotten the basics of most of the
		
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			most important topics in Islam and
you'll feel a lot more confident.
		
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			You don't have to leave lectures
behind you can continue to live,
		
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			you know, to listen to lectures,
but you need to have this more
		
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			sustained study as well, just like
aloha and Salam aleikum wa
		
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			rahmatullah wa barakato.