Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Practical Steps on Extending the Real Purpose of Ramadan

Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
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The speakers discuss the importance of meeting people and meeting passionate individuals during sales. They stress the importance of avoiding confusion and lack of understanding of what Islam is, as it is difficult to determine what Islam is. They also emphasize the importance of learning about Islam and living in a calm environment to achieve success.

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			If I do a good deed I used to feel
like genuinely right if I do a
		
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			good deed I used to feel like,
Man, I should get rewarded for
		
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			this mashallah, you know, I should
get rewarded for this. That's how
		
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			I used to feel, and why not? Don't
you feel like that? Right? That's
		
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			what we all feel like, I did a
deed. Now based on that sometimes
		
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			what happens is that you might
even show off, you might think I'm
		
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			better than that guy, because
look, I did this deed, so I'm
		
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			gonna get more rewards. And then I
read something by a pinata Illa al
		
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			Eskandari, right, where he who's a
knower of Allah, like, he knows
		
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			Allah, you know, much more than I
do. And he said, it is sufficient
		
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			for you, for us.
		
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			As a reward for any deed that you
do, that Allah considered you
		
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			worthy of doing that deed in the
first place.
		
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			It's like, wow, look at that.
		
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			That just changed my mindset about
this. So yes, I do know that the
		
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			person has an Allah has promised
rewards for seven deeds, but the
		
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			focus is not like that. Your focus
now is, you know what, thank you
		
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			Allah, that you allowed me to sit
here and do this, that you allowed
		
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			me to pray You allowed me to give
zakat you made me one of those who
		
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			can do this. That is a choice of
Allah that he's allowed us to be
		
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			like that.
		
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			Bismillah hir rahman Rahim Al
hamdu Lillahi wa Salatu was Salam
		
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			ala Sayyidina Muhammad
		
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			wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa Baraka
was seldom at the Sleeman
		
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			cathedral Eli Yomi Dean Amma bad
call Allah dalla Philip Quran
		
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			emoji they will for carnal Hamid
* yes they will let in a year
		
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			Allah Moon will Loreen Allah Allah
moon in nama desert Kuru oil, Bb,
		
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			Okada. They're either in Nehemiah
Kabul Allahu Meenal Ducane. So the
		
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			Allahu Allah the brothers and
their sisters
		
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			we meet mashallah after this month
of Ramadan has passed during the
		
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			month of Ramadan and before the
month of Ramadan, there was a lot
		
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			of discussion about what Ramadan
is about.
		
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			What's the significance of Ramadan
objective of Ramadan purpose of
		
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			Ramadan and what we're trying to
attain in Ramadan. As soon as
		
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			Ramadan finishes that discussion
ends and we usually tend to forget
		
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			a lot of people tend to forget
what the purpose of Ramadan was.
		
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			And you might be thinking, so what
the Ramadan is done, the purpose
		
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			of Ramadan has been achieved,
Ramadan is completed, if we're
		
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			told that this was the objective
of Ramadan, 30 days of Ramadan has
		
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			passed. So it's done and dusted.
We'll wait to hear it again next
		
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			year. So I think this is where we
could do better. That's why I'm
		
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			going to remind us of a few
things. Because Ramadan is not
		
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			supposed to be. It's not like
		
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			you know, there are certain times
of the year when you have sales,
		
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			where some things are offered for
cheap and you get good deals on
		
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			them the purpose of those times or
not that you only enjoy those
		
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			products at that time. And then
once that sale time is over, then
		
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			we've got nothing to do with it
and we don't extend the benefits
		
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			of that time. Usually what we do
is when it's a time when things
		
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			are being sold, there's a good
discount on phones or clothing or
		
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			some Appliances we actually get
them to be used later. It's just a
		
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			good opportunity to gather
something so that we can actually
		
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			use it later. Also, the other
thing the way many of our earlier
		
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			generations and still some people
approach Ramadan was that Ramadan
		
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			was the highlight of the year
		
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			Ramadan was the highlight of the
year so literally they will be
		
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			preparing for Ramadan for six
months would you mean preparing
		
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			for Ramadan for six months
preparing food and putting it in
		
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			the freezer so that they could be
ready for a study time? Easy to
		
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			cook? No The purpose was
psychologically ready spiritually
		
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			ready so that when Ramadan starts
you get the most benefit you can
		
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			take the most out of the month of
Ramadan. Okay, that's done. What
		
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			about after Ramadan for six months
after Ramadan? They just be asking
		
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			Allah to accept that oh Allah
except whatever we did during this
		
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			time. So what kind of a status is
that? Subhanallah so for them Rama
		
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			was Ramadan to Ramadan and if they
got the next Ramadan Al
		
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			Hamdulillah there's two people who
died. One used to do more do more
		
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			deeds than the other one. He died
earlier. The second person he died
		
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			later he got
		
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			quicker into paradise. Why?
Because he had that extra Ramadan
		
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			which was worth about 93 years or
something like that of extra
		
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			deeds. It's an amazing time.
Right? I know we don't see it. We
		
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			don't We can't log in somewhere to
check our balance. Or mashallah,
		
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			you got Leila to recover. You
know, you manage to do this much
		
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			Sadhak on that day, and it was
there was the 26
		
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			fifth night was the 23rd night
this year, we can't see that kind
		
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			of stuff. So that's why we
sometimes just kind of make it
		
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			insignificant except sometimes on
the day. Now, the other thing is
		
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			that, you know, imagine that you
were given an opportunity to, to
		
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			meet somebody that you really
wanted to meet. But you got a very
		
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			short opportunity, somebody was
very, very busy. Some, some
		
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			somebody that you really admire or
love, or whatever the case is, and
		
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			then you managed to meet with them
for a few minutes. Not forever,
		
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			you know, not not that such that
you actually got tired of them
		
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			afterwards. But you've got to meet
them for a few minutes. How much
		
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			will you relish? How much will we
relish that meeting? For days and
		
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			days afterwards, you'll tell
people I met that person, okay, I
		
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			only had two minutes, but what a
meeting that was, and so on, if
		
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			it's somebody you love, if it's
somebody you admire, likewise, if
		
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			you manage to go to somebody's
house, and mashallah the food that
		
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			they had cooked certain dishes,
were out of the world for you. You
		
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			know, sometimes it's just that I
mean, there's hardly any
		
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			restaurant where everything
available in that restaurant,
		
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			right is 100% Usually every
different place has certain things
		
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			which are better than other
things, but you went to somebody's
		
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			house, and mashallah their wife
Allah bless them cooked something
		
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			really amazing, which you still
smack your lips about. You can't
		
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			just turn up there every day like
you know, it's not a restaurant,
		
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			you can just turn off their
brother. Let me order this dish,
		
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			right? How much will you remember
that you will continue? Remember
		
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			you wish you had that taste? You
wish you could have carried on
		
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			that tissue? We'll talk about it.
		
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			Do we feel like that about
Ramadan?
		
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			Well, Ramadan What a time it was
some people do they really feel
		
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			that Ramadan was the time they
still the thoughts, the pleasures,
		
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			the beauty of this month is still
lingers for them. They're like,
		
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			Man, I miss it. I miss it.
Ramadan, you know, can't be there
		
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			for the whole year. Otherwise it
becomes standard and normal. So do
		
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			we feel like that or not? Now, I'm
not trying to make you feel
		
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			guilty. Right? If I don't feel
like that I'm not trying to make
		
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			myself feel guilty. But I am
praying to Allah, that he allows
		
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			us to feel that way that when
Ramadan finishes, we have six
		
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			months or several months. You
know, Ramadan is so powerful
		
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			Ramadan is so powerful. That it is
the time I mean, I know Ramadan is
		
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			gone. But what what I'm trying to
explain here, is that why Ramadan
		
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			is gone, I don't want us to feel
bad, right? Because we need to
		
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			thank Allah for the Ramadan he
gave us and for whatever he did
		
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			allow us to do Alhamdulillah May
Allah accept that, but it's just
		
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			so that we can prepare for the
next one. So it'll be different.
		
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			And there's certain things we can
do to allow the blessings of
		
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			Ramadan, though shaytaan is back
out. And that wonderful moment is
		
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			gone. Allah is still there. The
one who gave all of these extra
		
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			rewards, and extra blessings, he's
still there to give it to us
		
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			individually if we still want it.
So we can carry on and extend
		
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			this, it doesn't have to end. It
doesn't have to end there's one
		
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			brother, he was involved in a
certain sin just it's an
		
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			addiction, he couldn't get out of
it. Try as he might. It's just one
		
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			of those sins where you get into
and then after that, soon as you
		
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			finish doing it, you feel bad,
right? But then the next time in a
		
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			few days, you want to do it again.
And then you feel bad again, that
		
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			Ramadan. There's one Ramadan, he
said that he really made an effort
		
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			made a lot of dua to Allah
subhanho wa taala. And he said
		
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			that after Ramadan for about seven
months, if I remember correctly,
		
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			he said that I did not even feel
like doing that sin. Before I
		
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			would feel like it I would have to
try to resist, I would fail.
		
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			Sometimes I would succeed. I
didn't even feel like it. It
		
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			didn't even
		
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			come in my mind. My mind didn't
even go there. It's like I had
		
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			developed an immunity. You know,
some people who deal with hay
		
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			fever or allergies or something.
They have to be really careful
		
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			when they come across allergens.
And but when you have immunity
		
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			like you don't you can walk
through a park and no problem.
		
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			Alright. He said about after seven
months, he started feeling loose
		
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			again. He started feeling weak
again. I don't know what happened
		
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			afterwards. Then he said another
year he made again he used Ramadan
		
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			for an extra effort. This time we
pray to Allah subhanho wa Taala
		
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			made a lot of dua to Allah
subhanho wa Taala I need to get
		
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			out of this sin, Allahu Akbar, I
need to get out of this sin.
		
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			And he said that year he said in
Attica as well he had the
		
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			opportunity to be in Attica and he
also mashallah, two and a half
		
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			months or so later he went for
Hajj as well. What a wonderful
		
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			year he said that yeah, I got
immunity from that sin for about
		
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			nine months. Like for nine years,
I didn't even feel like it. You
		
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			know what I mean by immunity, it's
like you know, when you're not
		
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			Muslims are not into drinking,
meaning wine and stuff like that.
		
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			So when you if you like shopping
would like shopping here. You'd
		
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			like shopping. You'd like to go
through all the aisles, check
		
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			things out, especially if it's
your favorite store. When you get
		
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			to these two three aisles. You
just have to ignore them.
		
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			There's certain aisles, we just
have to ignore like Al
		
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			Hamdulillah. Like you just say,
Alhamdulillah I don't need to go
		
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			there. I don't need to waste my
money. And you don't even feel
		
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			like you do. But if you've been in
to drink, he's like, I wish, no, I
		
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			can't. Right? The switches off. If
the switches could be off for the
		
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			sins that we struggled with that
would make life easier, right?
		
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			Ramadan was the time to do that.
Right? So this time, he said for
		
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			nine months, I didn't feel like
committing that Senator, I don't
		
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			even feel like it. After nine
months, I started feeling a bit
		
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			weak.
		
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			And he said, Look, I thought to
myself, I don't want to fail this
		
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			time. I want to let the blessings
of Ramadan and I want to avoid
		
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			this now, how do I do it? I've got
two months left 910 11 the 12
		
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			month is Ramadan again, he said if
I can pull it through for two
		
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			months, I'll be back in the safe
sanctuary of Ramadan. And he said
		
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			that's what he managed to do. He
said Subhan Allah, I felt so good
		
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			because after years and years,
this was my first year free of
		
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			that sin.
		
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			All the blessings of Ramadan, and
a bit of Hajj and so on. That's
		
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			what Ramadan can do for us. Now.
		
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			I said with anything that you
enjoy, you let it linger, right?
		
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			You enjoy you speak about it. And
again, as I said before, if you
		
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			don't feel like that about
Ramadan, don't beat yourself up,
		
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			but hopefully inshallah Allah will
allow us to feel like that for
		
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			next Ramadan. Because when you're
prepared for something, the reason
		
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			we don't feel like that a lot of
people just think Ramadan Subhan
		
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			Allah, a lot of people just think
Ramadan is there to indulge in the
		
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			spirituality, do that extra read
that much extra Quran, you know,
		
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			give that much more. Sada cart and
zakat or whatever, come to the
		
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			masjid more. Don't listen to
music. Don't you know do anything
		
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			haram like, be careful. And then
when Ramadan is finished shaytans
		
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			back out. So you know, it's no
longer another brother. It's not
		
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			Ramadan anymore. Like, what's your
problem, man? That was Ramadan.
		
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			It's not Ramadan anymore as though
Ramadan is a time when you have to
		
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			be careful. And then God looks the
other way after you come out of
		
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			the month, then it's all okay. And
it's all cool. No, and I know that
		
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			some people might think Ramadan
like is very rigorous and very
		
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			have a lot of strictures inside, I
want to enjoy life. We'll do it
		
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			after Ramadan. It's just we need
to get to an understanding of
		
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			enjoying life, while not
disobeying Allah, and there's a
		
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			way to do that. It's just we don't
know how to do that, then that
		
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			becomes difficult because then we
just feel like disobedience is
		
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			what gives you pleasure. Like
sinning gives you pleasure, but
		
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			believe me, there's lots of Halal
sources of pleasure and halal
		
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			sources of enjoying yourself. He
says, if we're not used to it,
		
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			then you don't know. Okay, so now,
that was the first aspect of this.
		
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			Now this is the most important
aspect. Okay. Why don't we feel
		
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			like that? Why do we feel Ramadan
was in fact, I would hesitate to
		
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			say, or I cautiously say some
people think Ramadan was this
		
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			month of inconvenience, almost. I
had to change my time of eating of
		
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			my time of sleeping, my time of
resting, I had to be careful, and
		
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			so on. They still observed Ramadan
because they have belief. But it
		
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			was almost like all of that's gone
now. Like I can really enjoy
		
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			myself right now back to it. Okay.
Why does this happen? I've been
		
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			this is what I've been thinking.
I've done many Ramadan's. And I'm
		
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			thinking, why is it that we feel
this way?
		
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			And I think one of the conclusions
that I've come to which I want to
		
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			share with you today and get us to
think about it is that if there's
		
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			one thing that is stopping every
individual Muslim, and Muslims as
		
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			a whole from becoming more Muslim,
and more men, and more believers,
		
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			because look at this, when we
Allah gives us the opportunity of
		
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			Ramadan, he says, I'm going to
open up the doors of paradise, so
		
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			that it's easy if you want to be
written to come in paradise easy.
		
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			It's an open house. You're
welcome. Right? I'm going to close
		
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			the doors of hellfire. So I don't
want people to go in hellfire and
		
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			at night, every night in Ramadan,
I'm going to write people as being
		
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			freed from hellfire emancipated
from hellfire. May Allah have
		
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			written our names in that may
Allah male names be allowed there.
		
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			And then I'm going to do one of
the things I'm going to take away
		
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			the shaytaan. So you only have to
worry about your soul, your
		
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			habits, things that you're already
used to. That's why if you notice
		
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			we just finished Ramadan. Did
anybody feel like doing a new sin
		
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			in Ramadan that they've never done
before?
		
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			Anybody?
		
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			Because New sins come from
Shaytaan or from a friend or so
		
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			called friend, right? from others,
okay.
		
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			In Ramadan, you still feel like
doing sin, especially first few
		
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			days. It's because of habit. It's
a habitual sin, which is comes
		
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			from the knifes then Allah gives
us 30 days and
		
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			says I want you to stop your food
drink and halal relationship which
		
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			are halal. Just so that you can
control you enough so you can say
		
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			to you enough no you can't have a
coffee right now you can't have
		
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			water right now even though you're
feeling so tired at 11 o'clock in
		
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			the morning, while at lunchtime
you feel like having lunch and you
		
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			just can't work properly can't
function because he's so tired and
		
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			you know you're you're hungry. No,
you can't say eventually two three
		
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			days into Ramadan. You enough
stops asking for it. So if you can
		
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			stop asking for Halal things then
you can control it for haram
		
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			things as well. That's one of the
understandings of Ramadan
		
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			hopefully we've been able to do
that. That's why if we don't know
		
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			that after Ramadan, we'll just go
back to square one again. Okay,
		
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			Ramadan is finished I did well
then hamdulillah let's carry on
		
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			the look at it this way. If we
were at a five out of 10 in the
		
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			level of Eman like if we can
measure our iman a five out of 10
		
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			for example. When we went into
Ramadan, usually everybody goes up
		
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			six out of 10 789 10 Do you think
anybody went to 10 out of 10 in
		
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			Ramadan? Yeah. Anybody feel like
they got 10 out of 10? Yeah,
		
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			Mashallah. At least one or two
people are saying that nine out of
		
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			10 Eight out of 10 Insha Allah we
definitely increased by a notch or
		
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			two you have to Ramadan just
mashallah is just such a time that
		
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			you just feel like it right? It'd
be really crude to not feel like
		
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			it right it'd be really weird
hamdulillah so does that mean
		
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			after Ramadan we go back to a five
that it was only for Ramadan that
		
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			we went up to a nine or 10 No, the
idea of Ramadan is a stepping
		
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			stone to make us better for the
coming year. Then the next Ramadan
		
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			for the coming year after that,
and so on. So that when we die, we
		
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			are at our best.
		
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			That's the you know, I see that as
the purpose of Ramadan every other
		
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			way is not like just, you know,
have a good indulgence, right. All
		
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			the food is all the food is cheap
right now just enjoy yourself and
		
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			then after it's going to be
expensive. Again, this is not
		
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			about food. This is about buying
things that you're going to use
		
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			for the rest of the which means
spiritual things. You're buying
		
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			spiritual utility, you're buying
spiritual appliances, you're
		
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			buying spiritual objects, or
spiritual food or whatever it is
		
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			that keeps you going. That gives
you the strength for the other 11
		
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			months. But shaytan is backout for
a lot of people, you know what
		
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			they mess up on the day of
Venus's? shaytaan comes back out
		
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			by the evening of Eid day they've
messed up and they feel really
		
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			really bad. That's why I think the
six faster show while are very
		
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			helpful because they keep you in
that mode for a while. Okay, right
		
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			now what I'm going to do
Inshallah, you know, maybe I can
		
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			give a bit of an opportunity to
ask questions afterwards about the
		
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			subject afterwards if we finish
early enough inshallah I don't
		
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			intend to take too long anyway. My
second part which is very, very
		
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			important is after thinking about
this, that why don't we a lot of
		
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			people treat Ramadan mashallah
they do good in Ramadan, but why
		
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			not after Ramadan? Why doesn't it
carry on?
		
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			So this is what it is, I think,
number one, which is one of our
		
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			biggest problems facing the Muslim
ummah, and has been the case,
		
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			right? So why am I talking about
it? What's difference? Is it going
		
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			to make Inshallah, if at least one
or two people it makes a
		
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			difference to then I think my job
is done, and our job is done, and
		
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			we got to better people, if not 20
better people, right? If not 100
		
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			better people hamdulillah the
biggest issue that we're all
		
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			facing is ignorance. And ignorance
of what? We get so many WhatsApp
		
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			messages every day, new Hadith 10,
new Hadees from different WhatsApp
		
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			groups. No, no, that stuff is
random. That's not That's not
		
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			focused. That's random, right? And
it's information overload. So then
		
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			you can't sift it out. And then
you'd start ignoring things.
		
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			That's not the way that's not the
way forward. Ignorance is one of
		
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			the biggest things that this OMA
has always faced with the ignorant
		
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			ignorance of what? Okay,
		
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			ignorance of what this life really
is about. What our real challenges
		
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			are, what our real purposes, who
Allah really is, and how do we
		
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			define our worship and our
devotion to Allah? And how do we
		
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			enhance it? Where are we and what
it should be? With many of us are
		
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			ignorant, why are we ignorant?
Because
		
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			where do we get our Islamic
understanding from? Like, we as I
		
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			mean, most people here looks like
you've been born as Muslims. Okay,
		
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			so where did you get your Islamic
understanding from, you know, your
		
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			fundamental, basic Islam? Where do
you get it from? You got it from
		
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			where this kid is getting it from,
which is the mucked up the
		
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			madrasa, the teacher that taught
us when we were young, between the
		
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			ages of four or five, and if our
parents taught us a few things
		
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			until the age of 12 1314, whatever
it is, since that day, since that
		
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			day, how many of us have taken a
course on some very specific
		
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			aspects, some in depth aspects of
Islam? Not talking about Beyonce?
		
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			I'm not talking about Joomla
		
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			lectures and hotbars those are
motivational this lecture. I'm
		
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			giving his motivation, hopefully,
inspiration and inshallah there's
		
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			nothing deep here. Well, I try to
bring in some in some some depth,
		
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			but usually we don't have depth.
There's no complicated discussion
		
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			about more complicated aspects
because some people just don't
		
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			enjoy that, or people don't feel
comfortable sometimes with that.
		
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			So how many of us have studied
something or read a book on Islam?
		
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			Any aspect on Islam since the time
we left our teeth, our childhood
		
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			learning? How many of us have done
that?
		
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			Okay, so that's two, you've done
it, right.
		
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			Put your hand up. Otherwise,
you're letting the bucking people
		
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			down?
		
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			For right, so about four out of
what, 30 people, that's percentage
		
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			wise, and this is not to condemn
anybody, right? This is just as us
		
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			to appraise that, what is the
situation that we're dealing with?
		
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			That's a very small percentage,
right? of people who've,
		
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			who've either taken a course or
read a book.
		
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			You know, the what we learned when
we were young, may Allah bless our
		
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			teachers, whoever taught us that
was for children,
		
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			to ground us, get us going. Do you
think that's all of Islam? anti
		
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			Islam was taught to us now let me
bring a few other things and I
		
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			want us to reflect about ourselves
really, right. So please bear with
		
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			me. Number two, how many of us
have read the Quran?
		
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			I'll start off with meaning. So
that we know at least once in our
		
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			life, what Allah is saying to us.
		
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			Right? How many of us read the
whole Quran with meaning? Okay, so
		
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			that's about four or five people.
		
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			The rest of us, we're going to
finish this life and we don't know
		
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			what Allah is talking about. Yes,
we may read, we may do Quran items
		
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			in Ramadan. But it's a totally
different that's wonderful
		
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			mashallah, but it's totally
different. When you let Allah
		
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			speak He, Allah has speaking to us
from eternity, and we're not
		
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			letting him.
		
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			Even Arabs are like that. It's not
like just because they know okay,
		
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			it's easier for them. Whenever
they do read Quran, they get it.
		
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			But the rest of us, we have to get
a translation. At least once in
		
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			our life.
		
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			How many times have we picked up,
looked for? Even five, one Hadith?
		
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			I want to see what my prophet says
Salallahu Salam about marriage. I
		
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			want to see what my prophets Allah
Islam says about bringing up
		
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			children, about life, about
sickness, about success, about
		
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			paradise about Allah. I want to
see what my prophet says about it.
		
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			Salallahu Alaihe Salam Brookes
awesome leftist, 1000s of Hadith.
		
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			Allah has made it that nearly
everything he said that could be
		
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			recorded was recorded. Everything
he did, that could be recorded was
		
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			recorded without YouTube. Without
cameras, all in writing.
		
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			Buhari alone has over 6000
narrations when you add the others
		
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			as multiple, every subject. Have
you ever felt a desire that I
		
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			would like to see what the Prophet
salallahu Islam says?
		
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			about business, about earning
about money about life? About
		
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			whatever?
		
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			Does that desire never come up?
Does that design ever come up? Are
		
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			we going to die? And we're going
to stay in front of Rosa Solomon.
		
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			We can't say that we ever read
anything? Yes, there's going to be
		
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			some Hadees that are thrown at us
sent to us. We listen to in
		
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			Beyonce and encode buzz. And so
those come about, but what about a
		
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			an objective study?
		
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			All right, we've heard various
different anecdotes, we've
		
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			attended Sierra programs about
various aspects of the life of the
		
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			prophet Sallallahu sallam. How
many of us have read a book on
		
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			Syria or followed a full series on
the full life story of the Rasul
		
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			Allah Islam? Maybe a few more?
Mashallah, right? What I'm trying
		
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			to say is that without that, how
we going to know what life is
		
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			about otherwise, you know, the
deen we have is basically just
		
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			what we had in our young age, plus
stuff that we've picked up on the
		
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			way.
		
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			Plus stuff. It's kind of random
added on here and there. And if
		
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			we're conscious, then we've asked
certain questions. But we've never
		
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			done because we don't have the
time.
		
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			That's what we think we don't have
the time. I don't think it's the
		
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			time really, because tell us how
many of us has actually considered
		
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			that I want to do this.
		
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			I should do this. It's important
for me to do this. How many of us
		
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			have thought that? That I need to
read a book on Syrah? I need to
		
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			read Hadith and I need to
understand the Quran. How many of
		
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			us thought that I need to do this
before I die? Right? That's very
		
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			few people. Right? Okay. About
seven eight people. That's a bit
		
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			more of
		
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			People, the rest of us don't even
know that we should be doing that.
		
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			It's like okay, we're practicing.
We're doing our salah, hopefully
		
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			Insha Allah, we're doing our first
that's enough. It's enough to get
		
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			by in sha Allah. Allah give us
success in sha Allah to get by but
		
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			don't you want to hire places of
Jannah? Don't you want to be that
		
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			we want to be among the prophets
and among the Siddiqui in, among
		
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			the shahada among the Saudi and
among the Oliver, we've got a
		
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			whole life to become alums. And
Arlene is not the one who studies
		
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			for six years and becomes an imam.
You can become an island by the
		
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			time you're 70 years old, by
studying something every week,
		
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			every month, and learning
something more, something more,
		
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			something more, something more,
something more, by the time you
		
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			die, we'd be a lot better off.
Otherwise, our life is the same.
		
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			That's why if you look at your
Ramadan, right, our Ramadan's
		
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			isn't our Ramadan, the way we do
things in Ramadan, the same for
		
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			the last 10 years.
		
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			Same amount of Quran, same kind of
ritual, same routine, it hasn't
		
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			improved necessarily. For some
people, it has improved, right? If
		
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			it was really bad, it's improved.
Everything needs to improve in
		
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			life. That's why ignorance is the
biggest thing now with ignorance,
		
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			we're not going to get anywhere.
So for example,
		
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			how many of us worship Allah
because you're scared of *?
		
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			Who's scared of hellfire? Let's
put it that way. Okay, doesn't
		
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			need everybody. Right. Okay, who
does worship because they want
		
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			paradise.
		
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			Okay, I used to think that as
well. But after having learned
		
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			that, that's just the first
stepping stone, that's the first
		
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			rung of the ladder. Right? And
there's nothing wrong with that.
		
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			But you know what the higher
motive is, I don't care about
		
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			paradise or *. I just care
about pleasing Allah. I love Allah
		
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			so much that I just want him to be
pleased with me, and I don't ever
		
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			want him to be displeased with me.
Because if that's the case,
		
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			Paradise will come and hellfire
will go anyway. Can you see that?
		
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			That's a highlight. Did you ever
think that though?
		
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			Why don't we think that because
not something you just gonna think
		
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			about? unless ALLAH just inspires
somebody. This is knowledge that
		
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			the Omar give us. But usually we
don't speak about these things as
		
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			often.
		
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			You only get this by reading the
likes of rozalia and tannery and
		
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			others who speak about these
things. When you keep reading the
		
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			Quran, then you see in the Quran,
where Allah subhanaw taala he
		
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			speaks about paradise and *.
But he speaks about those who love
		
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			Allah, Allah is with them. And you
develop that love for Allah
		
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			because you start knowing Allah
more we don't know Allah enough.
		
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			How many of us have ever read a
review of ALLAH?
		
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			Whenever we want a new product to
interest in in the new thing, we
		
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			read reviews, how many of us have
gone and read a review of Hola,
		
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			hola, hola, como de la bella hate
to frame it this way.
		
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			We know Allah in that basic idea
of he's great, and he's all
		
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			powerful. That's all we know about
him. We don't know the details
		
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			about him. We may have heard a
story here and there about his
		
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			kindness and generosity and mercy
and so on. But we've not made
		
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			Allah personal to us that we can
call him by his various names we
		
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			know him so well that when I want
to be protected from something,
		
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			when I want to be veiled as a Yes,
sir, when I want to be forgiven, I
		
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			say yes. Or fall when our I want
to be cured. I use the name Yeah.
		
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			Shafi. Right when I want
benevolence from him when I want
		
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			generosity, I say your word, yeah,
Kareem. Right? How do we Why don't
		
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			we know Allah like that? Isn't
Allah there? Isn't he like that
		
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			for us. But we don't have a
sophisticated understanding of
		
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			him, or the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wasallam ignorance is why
		
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			we can't benefit fully from all of
these things that we do. Once we
		
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			know these things. You're single
Salah that you do your Astral
		
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			prayer that we just did, would be
a totally different thing. It's
		
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			just about knowledge of knowing
more, and then our practice fits
		
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			into that. For example,
		
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			if I do a good deed, I used to
feel like genuinely right if I do
		
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			a good deed, I used to feel like
man I should get rewarded for this
		
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			mashallah, you know, I should get
rewarded for this. That's how I
		
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			used to feel, and why not? Don't
you feel like that? Right? That's
		
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			what we all feel like, I did a
deed. Now based on that, sometimes
		
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			what happens is that you might
even show off, you might think I'm
		
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			better than that guy, because
look, I did this deed. So I'm
		
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			going to get more rewards. And
then I read something by a pinata
		
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			Allah al Eskandari, right, where
he who is a knower of Allah, like,
		
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			he knows Allah, you know, much
more than I do. And he said, it is
		
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			sufficient for you, for us.
		
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			As a reward for any deed that you
do, that Allah considered you
		
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			worthy of doing that deed in the
first place.
		
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			It's like why Wow, look at that.
		
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			That just changed my mindset about
this. So yes, I do know that the
		
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			Rosen has an Allah has promised
		
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			rewards for seven deeds. But the
focus is not like that no focus
		
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			now is, you know what, thank you
Allah, that you allowed me to sit
		
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			here and do this, that you allowed
me to pray You allowed me to give
		
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			us a card. You made me one of
those who can do this. That is a
		
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			choice of Allah that he's allowed
us to be like that.
		
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			Hasn't that changed our mind
today? Of what how our worship
		
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			should be focused what Allah who
Allah is, did we even Ever think
		
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			about that, that the fact that
alive and gave me that's enough
		
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			for me and I don't care about
reward after that, by you caring
		
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			about a reward makes no
difference. It's what makes a
		
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			difference is the real reason why
you're doing what you're doing.
		
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			And if you're doing for Allah, you
don't need anything else.
		
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			I'm not saying that you don't care
about reward at all. Right?
		
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			Ultimately, you could do that if
you wanted to you because you just
		
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			care about Allah and that is the
reward. If I have Allah I have the
		
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			reward. And if Allah has me, I
have the reward. Because
		
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			everything is about Allah subhanaw
taala. So ignorance is does not
		
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			allow us to prosper. But it's self
induced ignorance. I know, we live
		
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			in London, I've seen that the
people up north have much more
		
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			time than people in London,
because things are cheaper. Even
		
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			our young people, they are forced
to work forced or
		
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			encouraged or feel that they must
work are young boys and girls feel
		
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			that they must go and get a job to
survive, to help with the rent, to
		
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			help with the cost of things
because London is just busy by
		
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			nature. That's just the way these
big cities like London and New
		
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			York and Sydney and Los Angeles
and, and Dubai, they just busy by
		
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			nature, there's just something in
the air that makes them different.
		
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			And I've lived in a very calm
area. Right. And, you know, it
		
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			took me three months when I came
back from Santa Barbara,
		
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			California, which is a very
relaxed area, just mountains on
		
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			one side ocean on the other side,
and just amazing, amazing place,
		
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			right? One of the most beautiful
places, come back to London took
		
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			me about three to four months just
to get too used to the traffic, I
		
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			was very frustrated. Right? It's
very busy lifestyle. So we don't
		
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			have time, but actually, there's
very few people who actually don't
		
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			have time. And many of us, there
are times in our life when we
		
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			don't have time because something
has come up somebody's at
		
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			hospitals or afterward you rush in
the hospital, God forbid, or
		
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			there's some something's happened
in the house, you have to get
		
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			billed as you come so you have to
be with them. Right, you just got
		
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			no time or there's a project that
you have to spend, you know, 16
		
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			hours of the day, most of her have
a lot of time. It's just we have a
		
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			phone, the smartphone and the
social media. That is where half
		
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			an hour and YouTube is so easy.
How much bulking time there is
		
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			when you get onto YouTube. You can
pass two hours just like that
		
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			right?
		
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			In any language, at any age, smart
Allah, you got Bangla stuff on
		
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			there, you got all this stuff on
there, you've got English study or
		
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			whatever language you want,
mashallah caters for everyone,
		
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			half an hour an hour. It's just if
we can stop wasting our time and
		
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			understand our priorities, and
focus on I want to learn something
		
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			new every year.
		
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			I want to get better. I want to
know Allah, I want to know,
		
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			because that's what's gonna give
me otherwise, we might scrape
		
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			through in sha Allah, at least if
we can scrape through even that's
		
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			great Hamdulillah. But, you know,
then ultimately, forever, that's
		
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			our level. Why don't we get a
higher level, because in the
		
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			world, we try to get higher levels
of things. We're not satisfied
		
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			with the basics. We always upgrade
ourselves and our phones and our
		
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			cars and our homes and clothing
and things like that. Right? When
		
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			you first need a jacket, you don't
you don't think of a Canada Goose
		
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			jacket to you. For your first
jacket when you're 1213 Any jacket
		
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			works. Your first phone for you
got a phone.
		
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			If I gave you if I gave you this
old Nokia phone that just works.
		
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			Would you be happy with that?
Maybe not.
		
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			You'd be happy, right? But give it
about you.
		
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			But then give it five years and
you want the latest one, right?
		
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			Yeah, because you're still at that
moment. Yes. Right. It's just the
		
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			way these things work is the way
that things work. Right. So I
		
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			think, let us view Ramadan like
that, that it was an opportunity,
		
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			it is an opportunity to push
ourselves up and benefit from it
		
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			for the rest of the year. And then
the next Ramadan for the next
		
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			Ramadan. And we need to get rid of
our ignorance, it is no longer
		
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			tolerable. If you want to achieve
something we need to get rid of
		
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			our ignorance. If your family is
something if your family is a
		
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			family that doesn't do this stuff.
There's never been an utterly
		
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			menial family. There's never been
a half is in your family. There
		
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			has never been a person who's read
all five prayers in the masjid in
		
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			your family. There has not been
anybody in your family who's kept
		
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			a beard and worn a hijab for
example. Does that mean you must
		
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			carry on like that?
		
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			If the Sahaba were like that, and
they came from those tribal
		
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			mentalities and of warring
factions and ignorance and
		
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			absolute darkness, and they said
that's how we found that is how we
		
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			found out
		
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			Our forefathers we would be lost
today. They couldn't have
		
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			supported the Prophet sallallahu
sallam, let us change that. Why
		
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			don't you be? I can give you
examples of families that had no
		
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			order ma No, you know, they're
just decently religious now.
		
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			Mashallah, in that one whole
generation, out of all of the
		
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			uncles, children, all the boys
like 1015, that all half is of the
		
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			Quran.
		
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			Like every single one of them, I
think, except one half is of the
		
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			Quran. Doesn't matter if it's not
in your family, why do you have to
		
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			perpetrate the ignorance of your
culture, I love culture, but
		
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			there's bad aspects in our
culture, keep the good aspects,
		
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			get rid of the bad, you may follow
resistance, but we can't stay
		
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			ignorant anymore.
		
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			We have to benefit ourselves and
our generations to come, you lay
		
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			that foundation make a difference.
And it's easy all of your children
		
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			can be Hafiz have the Quran and
have all straight A's in their
		
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			GCSEs and a levels and, and they
can get to you know, they can have
		
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			good degrees from good
universities aim for the best in
		
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			everything
		
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			I can give you number of
individuals in the you know,
		
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			within 10 miles of here, right
because I teach in a you know, in
		
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			a particular madrasa where we have
students who are PhDs, doctors,
		
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			engineers, and they're also alums
of the dean, they've also done
		
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			heads of the Quran, you can be the
best of both worlds, just because
		
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			your family didn't have that it
was just all doctors are all
		
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			engineers are all you know, Army
or whatever it is, you know, from
		
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			Pakistan Army or Bangladesh or
whatever it was, or India doesn't
		
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			mean that you have to carry on
like that. There's a new world
		
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			we're living in, and you can the
opportunity Allah has given us in
		
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			London, you know, Allah, Allah be
thanked for that. Right? Allah be
		
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			praised for that. So use the
opportunities, get rid of this
		
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			ignorance, improve ourselves. And
then we can see that we can be
		
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			closer to Allah subhanho wa taala.
So essentially, read the Quran
		
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			with meaning along with your
reading, just like that, read some
		
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			Hadith, get a Syrah book, and read
the life story of ourselves and
		
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			then you, I guarantee you, you
read this once through, you will
		
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			want to do this for the rest of
your life. You don't know the
		
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			pleasure that's found in there,
you will feel more enriched, you
		
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			will feel more grounded, you will
feel much more spiritually
		
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			motivated, and you will feel
hungry for more because it's
		
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			addiction. Right? You will, that's
what you'll get into. Then
		
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			inshallah your life will improve
everybody around you the
		
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			contentment, the piece that you
have, the willingness to meet with
		
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			Allah subhanho wa Taala Inshallah,
all of that will improve. And, you
		
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			know, the lot of people say, you
know, we're just in this
		
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			competition in the world, all of
that rat race, you will still be
		
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			working, you can still make a lot
of money, no problem with that
		
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			make a lot of money. We just need
righteous people with a lot of
		
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			money to do the things in life,
because that's what is needed in
		
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			the world today a lot of money in
the hands of righteous people to
		
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			do things for the Ummah and for
themselves. So that's a that's a
		
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			lot of stuff in a short amount of
time. Hopefully, it's not too much
		
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			to digest. But keep that in mind.
Let us start with trying to
		
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			understand Allah better. And that
will be our beginning. May Allah
		
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			may Allah grant us is
understanding that's where he
		
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			created us for. May Allah grant us
your understanding. May Allah
		
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			grant us your knowledge. May Allah
make it easy May Allah grant us,
		
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			oh Allah grant us your your love,
and the love of those whose love
		
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			will benefit us, oh Allah make our
surroundings conducive for your
		
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			love conducive to your devotion,
allow us to remove the obstacles
		
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			in our path, the excuses that we
have, and forgive us for our
		
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			delay, and our laziness or
procrastination. Our indulgence is
		
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			in other things, obsessions with
other things, our distractions,
		
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			and our sins and transgressions of
Allah forgive us, and allow us to
		
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			start afresh and become closer to
you. Well, I can read that one.
		
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			And we'll have to like go beyond
me. The point of a lecture is to
		
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			encourage people to act to get
further an inspiration, and
		
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			encouragement, persuasion. The
next step is to actually start
		
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			learning seriously, to read books
to take on a subject of Islam and
		
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			to understand all the subjects of
Islam at least at the basic level,
		
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			so that we can become more aware
of what our Dean wants from us.
		
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			And that's why we started Rayyan
courses, so that you can actually
		
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			take organize lectures on demand
whenever you have free time,
		
00:39:23 --> 00:39:27
			especially for example, the
Islamic essentials course that we
		
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			have on the Islamic essentials
certificate which you take 20
		
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			Short modules, and at the end of
that insha Allah you will have
		
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			gotten the basics of most of the
most important topics in Islam and
		
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			you'll feel a lot more confident.
You don't have to leave lectures
		
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			behind you can continue to live,
you know to listen to lectures,
		
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			but you need to have this more
sustained study as well. Jessica
		
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			law here in Santa Monica when I
have to live record