Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Resisting Extremism

Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
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The speakers discuss the challenges faced by Muslims in various countries, including the lack of living with their], negative impact of peace and social conditions on their lives, and the importance of following laws and finding a culture that is not a culture of chaos. They emphasize the need for leaders to acknowledge and follow laws to avoid violence, and the need for people to be patient and calm. The speakers also touch on the ongoing conspiracy and world war, the sadness of shouts at spouse, and the importance of finding a culture that is not a culture of chaos.

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			Bismillah R Rahman r Rahim Al
hamdu Lillahi wa Salatu was Salam
		
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			ALA. So you didn't want to Selena
what other early he was so happy
		
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			about Rocco seldom at the Sleeman
Cathedral on Eli Yomi, Dean and
		
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			mother,
		
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			my dear respected friends, we're
here today, downtown Oslo, to
		
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			discuss this
		
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			kind of interesting topic,
resisting extremism. I don't know
		
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			how many times in history that
this topic had to be discussed.
		
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			But today, it has to be discussed.
And one of the reasons that makes
		
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			this a bit more pertinent is,
		
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			unfortunately, we had all of these
attacks yesterday in France as
		
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			well.
		
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			And
		
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			it makes this topic, an important
topic to discuss. The reason is
		
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			that generally, we have
		
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			in anybody's life, there's going
to be various different
		
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			attractions that a person has to
do different things. People will
		
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			call you to do different things.
People have different interests,
		
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			some of us are very laid back
people. Some of us are very
		
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			volatile people. Some of us are
very hasty individuals, just by
		
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			our nature. We just like to see
something. And we don't think
		
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			much, and we just follow it. Most
people in the world of followers,
		
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			very few people make up their own
minds about things. Most people,
		
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			they just see a trend. They see a
certain new direction, that people
		
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			are taking new style of something.
And we don't think about its
		
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			consequences.
		
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			We don't generally think about how
that will affect me. And we just
		
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			take it on, everybody is very
different in that regard.
		
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			So
		
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			that one of the most important
things that has to happen for
		
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			anybody is
		
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			to educate oneself as much as
possible to become more educated.
		
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			Education is what will keep a
person
		
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			in the know how a person will be
more aware, a person will be
		
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			better placed to make decisions.
		
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			And that's why education is so
important. That's why one of our
		
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			great scholars of the past, whose
name was Amanda Herbie shamsudeen,
		
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			the hubby was a great historian
and a hadith scholar and a number
		
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			of other subjects he had under his
belt as well. And he said that one
		
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			of the things that the this ummah,
this nation will always deal with
		
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			will be the problem of ignorance.
Because when a person is ignorant,
		
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			then culture
		
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			trends.
		
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			And any of these things will
easily mislead a person. But when
		
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			a person has knowledge, they can
make their better place to make
		
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			their own decision.
		
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			Also, another thing is that the
way the way this world works,
		
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			there are constantly going to be
challenges.
		
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			Not everything is going to always
be very clear cut. correct and
		
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			incorrect. Right and wrong.
There's going to be many things
		
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			that will appear to be correct,
appear to be right, appear to be
		
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			important. And yet only after a
person has committed themselves
		
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			they'll realize and regret.
		
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			And then it will be all about
hindsight. I wish I did not do
		
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			this. I wish I did not follow this
person. I wish I did not make this
		
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			move. Because it will be regret
for the rest of your life. That's
		
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			why it's very important to make
decisions. Challenges are always
		
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			going to be in front of us. And
that's why there's a saying which
		
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			says kafer yet Ducky manleigh
Yeah, man, Lady Maya turkey. This
		
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			is an Arabic saying which is that?
How does a person abstain and be
		
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			careful and be cautious when he
doesn't know what to be cautious
		
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			from?
		
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			It's important to know what to be
cautious from what's right and
		
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			wrong. What's wisdom? What is
wise, what is prudent? If a person
		
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			doesn't know that, then they're
going to be easily led into
		
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			something that is unwise. So one
has to be aware of this.
		
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			So today's discussion, just to
clarify for those sitting here
		
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			just so that you don't have
		
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			assumptions that it may be about
this subject or that subject and
		
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			then I don't want to
		
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			I don't want to dash your hopes.
What this topic is about
		
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			There is the potential for
		
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			mischief, and how to avoid it. How
a Muslims approach should be in
		
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			times of confusion.
		
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			What a Muslims approach should be
in times of confusion, how they're
		
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			supposed to deal with things, how
they're supposed to look at
		
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			things. So the whole idea of this
is how do we confront challenges
		
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			that the world is facing at this
particular time? This is quite a
		
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			unique time in the sense that for
Muslims, especially for Muslims
		
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			living in the West, in generally
non Muslim countries, is
		
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			especially a challenge for us.
It's a challenge for Muslims in
		
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			Muslim countries. I mean, as bad
as it may sound, unfortunately,
		
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			the Muslim world is on fire right
now. There are just so many
		
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			problems, people fighting with one
another. And beyond that, just the
		
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			social conditions.
		
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			There's no safety, you can't
travel at certain times, there's
		
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			curfews, you could be killed when
you're outside. There is no
		
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			balance in terms of the politics
in terms of just the safety of the
		
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			country. There's no Aman as the
Arabic word is there, to get just
		
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			something basic done for your
everyday life, you have to pay
		
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			bribes. So
		
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			there are some major challenges
that people are facing,
		
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			unfortunately. So in the West, who
our challenge is a bit different
		
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			in the sense that we're not even
under a Muslim rule. To start
		
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			with.
		
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			We have to live with our
neighbors, we have to live with
		
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			everybody. And we have to maintain
the peace that we're living in.
		
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			And at the same time, we have to
fulfill our obligations to the
		
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			Muslim world. That is why this is
a bit complicated for us. And this
		
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			is what can be exploited to lead
somebody to extremism. Because if
		
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			somebody comes and says to you,
what's your concern for people in
		
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			Palestine? What kind of concern
you have for people in Iraq or in
		
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			Syria and in other countries? What
is your concern? What have you
		
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			done? There are many things that
we can do.
		
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			And there are many things that we
can do that are completely legal,
		
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			right? Correct. And inshallah
useful and fruitful. But there's
		
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			also many things that a person can
do in any situation that is led by
		
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			anger, led by frustration and
blindness. And most human beings,
		
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			they like quick answers. They
don't want long term answers. So
		
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			sometimes the options that are
being placed in front of us, or in
		
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			front of an individual may seem
like, yes, this will cause a big
		
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			uproar. And this will make this
will bring about more results.
		
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			Now,
		
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			that is, the whole challenge in
front of us is this, what is the
		
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			right response? How does a person
restrain themselves and think
		
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			through these things, and become
educated and do things in the
		
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			correct way?
		
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			Because there's no point doing
something you regret later. And it
		
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			brings on more harm. Because so
far, a lot of things that people
		
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			have done, especially on the
extreme side, has only brought
		
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			about a bad reaction for Muslims.
Today, in many countries in the
		
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			West, and the world over
generally, and especially if you
		
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			want to travel, the world's become
a more difficult place. If you
		
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			look like a Muslim, if you don't
even look like a Muslim, but
		
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			people think that you're a Muslim,
whether you're a Hindu or a Sikh
		
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			or you're just brown skinned or
you look different, then you
		
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			would, you would you would face a
lot of hassle. So
		
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			what kind of logic is it that
tells us that you do something
		
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			that's aggressive, extreme, and
then you trouble millions of
		
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			people who are living peacefully
into making life difficult for
		
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			them.
		
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			What a person might be trying to
do is that they see oppression in
		
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			parts of the world and there is
definitely oppression and there's
		
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			no doubt about that. We won't say
there isn't. There's a there's a
		
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			there's a lot of oppression from
in different parts of the world
		
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			against Muslims, huge subjugation,
support for the wrong kind of
		
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			leadership, and so on and so
forth. So now a person wants a
		
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			very fast, quick result or
solution for this. So they think
		
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			doing this act, this heinous
crime, or this particular dramatic
		
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			measure, will will sort things
out, but what does it do is
		
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			actually makes it worse for the
Muslims the world over traveling
		
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			today has made it has become so
much more difficult than it was 15
		
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			years ago, than it was
		
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			20 years ago. So with everything
that has taken place, is it making
		
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			it easier with what's happened in
France yesterday last night? Is it
		
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			going to be? Is it going to make
it any easier for Muslims? It's
		
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			already a bad situation, is it
going to make it any any better.
		
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			We never heard of people taking a
Muslim woman with a hijab on in
		
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			London Underground in the tube,
and pushing her onto a train as it
		
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			approach Alhamdulillah she was,
she didn't die because he just
		
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			didn't do it. Before the train
came, he did it after it somehow
		
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			Allah saved her. But you didn't
hear about this 15 You know, even
		
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			when there were racial attacks
that were racist attacks, but now
		
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			it's a it's a different type of
racism. It's an extreme. It's
		
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			almost like they've justified
their racism. So these kinds of
		
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			acts perpetrated by certain
Muslims, what it's going to do is
		
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			it's going to justify racism.
Whereas racism is a crime. Now,
		
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			they're going to justify to
themselves that it's right to do
		
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			this, because these people are out
to get us. I remember when I was
		
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			in America, give a talk in one
place. And at the end of the talk,
		
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			this woman stood up from the back
and she said, wow, you know, this
		
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			is so important that we heard this
coming from you.
		
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			It was so important that we heard
this coming from you guys need to
		
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			speak more about the peace of your
religion, and the fact that these
		
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			events around the world are not
necessarily always supported by
		
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			you guys. Because we always think
that it's going to be somebody
		
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			who's going to blow up. I mean, as
gross as that sounds, and as
		
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			foolish that sounds, that's
exactly what she said. She said,
		
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			this is so important. So
		
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			the most important thing is that
what is the challenge in front of
		
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			us? And what are we supposed to do
about that? A group came to Imam
		
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			Ahmed Hypno, humble. Humble is one
of the famous Imams of the Muslim
		
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			mean of the Muslims. He was in
Baghdad, and he was one of the
		
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			most respected scholars of the
time. And he went under huge
		
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			Inquisition, from the ruling party
of the time, the ruling
		
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			Khalif of the time and he went
through severe persecution at
		
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			their hands, He was whipped and so
on and so forth. But despite all
		
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			of that, look how calm he is a
group came to him in Baghdad to
		
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			his house. And they were speaking
about a particular decision that
		
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			the government had taken at that
time about the Quran. So it was a
		
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			religious matter. Right. I don't
want to go into the into the
		
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			details of what exactly the
discussion discussion was about
		
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			because it's a complex.
		
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			It's a complex theological
discussion about creativeness of
		
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			the Quran, that is the Quran
created or uncreated? Is it the
		
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			uncreated Word of God? Or is it
the created Word of God? So the
		
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			opinion of the Muslims in general,
the scholarship is that it's
		
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			uncreated Word of God. Whereas the
particular ruling party of the
		
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			time, the Khalif of the time
rather, his he had taken an
		
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			adopted that opinion that it is
created. Now, a group of people
		
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			came to Imam Ahmed, and you want
Mohammed was the one who had been
		
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			persecuted for this particular
opinion. Meaning he was called in
		
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			and when he when he refused to
agree with the, with the
		
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			government government's position
on this, He was whipped. And he
		
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			was imprisoned for a while. Now,
when these people came to
		
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			discover, and they said that look,
this particular doctrine, this
		
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			false doctrine is spreading, we
need to do something about it. And
		
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			he said to inform others to read
Dune, what do you want? Like, what
		
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			are you saying? What do you want
to do about it? You want to do a
		
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			march outside? Do you want to get
some scholars and have a debate?
		
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			Or do you want to go and fight?
Right, you know, what is it that
		
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			you mean that we need to do
something about it? So they said
		
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			that that is exactly what we've
come to consult with you about?
		
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			You know, this is something that
we're hoping that you will tell us
		
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			what to do about it. Right. So
then he said to them,
		
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			he discussed he discussed with
them a while, and then he must
		
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			have seen some kind of maybe
extreme ideas coming from them,
		
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			maybe trying to get him to
justify. So then he said to them,
		
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			he said it could be nohcra TB,
Kullu become
		
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			C for them, it was the fact that
this is a evil. This is a bad
		
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			doctrine. And something needs to
be done about this. So what do we
		
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			do about this?
		
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			He told him that it is necessary
for you to think bad about this in
		
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			your heart. Understand, it's bad.
Look at it negatively. Or they can
		
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			be nohcra like refuse it in your
hearts be Kulu become. And then he
		
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			said what a toddler? Oh, yeah, the
mentor at he or Willa Toggler Oh,
		
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			yeah, the mentor at him. But it is
not right for you to leave obeying
		
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			your leader, meaning it's not
permissible for you to stop
		
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			obeying the laws of the land. Yes,
you
		
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			You feel bad about it, you refuse
this idea in your mind you
		
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			disagree with it. But from a
parent perspective in terms of
		
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			your, your relationship outside,
you have to continue to obey the
		
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			leader and the laws of the land.
You can't you can't you refuse to
		
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			do that. And then he said,
		
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			What are the short core Arsalan
Muslimeen
		
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			while at the speaker Dima, Dima al
Muslimeen. He said, Do not break
		
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			the rod of the believers don't
break the unity of the believers.
		
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			Because clearly in this not
everybody is going to support you
		
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			if you did go and start to
violently resist. Now remember,
		
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			here, there was no persecution. It
was just the doctrine. It was a
		
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			doctrine that they had, they had
adopted, it wasn't like they were
		
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			killing people on the streets
necessarily, at that time. So to
		
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			resist against that is saying,
think bad about it, but continue
		
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			to obey the laws of the land,
because they're Halal to obey,
		
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			they're permissible to obey, they
know that there's nothing haram
		
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			there. But do not break the unity
of the believers and do not spill
		
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			your blood and do not spill the
blood of the believers.
		
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			So you might spill other people's
blood, but there's going to be a
		
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			comeback, there's going to be a
response. And when that response
		
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			comes, whatever you can do, it's
going to be worse, what comes
		
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			back, because they're going to
have the whole army, they're going
		
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			to have the whole state apparatus
against you. And what they can do
		
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			is going to be much more violent
than what any of you can do. So
		
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			don't spill your blood or the
blood of the muslimeen. And then
		
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			he said, on the roofie, activity,
Americom was zero. Think about
		
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			think prudently. Think prudently
about the consequences of your
		
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			actions, think about what's gonna
happen in the future, and be
		
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			patient. Now he's giving them some
way to comfort themselves, because
		
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			at the end of the day, they are
feeling really bad about this. And
		
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			feeling bad about something is
nothing wrong with that. Humans
		
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			have to have a conscious, humans
have to feel bad about things if
		
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			you become so laid back, and so
cowardly, that you don't even
		
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			think about what's right and wrong
and think bad when something wrong
		
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			is happening, then that's also
wrong. But be patient was mero be
		
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			patient had yesterday who Barone?
Oh, you start our home in 13. In
		
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			essentially what he said here, in
a very kind of intricate way, he
		
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			said, until the obedient person,
that good person will find some
		
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			kind of solution and relaxation
from this, and delivery from this,
		
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			or
		
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			you will find an escape from this
kind of tyrant, meaning wait until
		
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			Allah does something for you. They
didn't listen to him.
		
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			They heard this but they were so
fired up with their zeal, that
		
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			they didn't listen to him.
		
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			What they did was they tried to
get his nephew on their side.
		
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			They went to his nephew, Imam
Ahmed Hypno humbles nephew and
		
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			they spoke to him and they said,
Look, this is our cause. Would you
		
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			like to join us? He, his father
heard about this from his son, and
		
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			he discouraged him. He said, Look,
your uncle is a Mr. Muhammad. He's
		
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			already worn them because of a
reason. There's a very strong
		
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			reason that he's worn them. And
Mr. Muhammad has the right to, you
		
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			know, has the right reasons for
this. So you should stay away from
		
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			this. So he stayed away from this.
Now, unfortunately, what happened
		
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			afterwards, they didn't listen to
him. They did what they thought
		
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			was going to be right. But
eventually what happened is
		
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			nothing. They were killed, others
were in were were imprisoned, and
		
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			they did not further their cause
at all.
		
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			But very soon afterwards, very
soon afterwards. The regime
		
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			changed after Martha Cymbala after
Mona Rashid and martyr similar the
		
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			beliefs eventually motiva kill
Bella became the Hadith. And he
		
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			was totally against his whole
ideology. And he revered Mr.
		
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			Muhammad in A humble and so on and
so forth. So patience is required,
		
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			you can't have a quick fix
solution. Unfortunately, in this
		
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			world that we live in, it's not
just people who have this idea to
		
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			have a quick fix and solution for
everything. Politicians do the
		
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			same thing. Nobody is willing to
think really ahead and look at
		
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			things very holistically,
spiritually, in a way that
		
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			everybody will benefit from it.
What happens most of the time is
		
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			that everybody wants a quick
solution. So while there's people
		
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			on the streets, getting up and
trying to do something, the
		
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			government also are governments in
different parts of the world, like
		
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			in America in England, I know.
Right? I don't know too much about
		
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			Norway, so I can't speak as much
about Norway, but they they then
		
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			have these blunt instruments by
which they try to they try to
		
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			oppress them
		
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			oppress the older Muslimeen. And
what that ends up doing is that
		
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			that actually then creates more
people to support that initial
		
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			group, that
		
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			they actually make the initial
group into martyrs by sometimes
		
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			doing this. So this is just the
approach that everybody's taking
		
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			nowadays, which is highly
problematic.
		
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			That's why care consideration
calmness, that is what should lead
		
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			a person in these times. Because
Abdullah him, no matter what are
		
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			the Allahu Anhu he relates a
hadith, in which the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said
in NASA to set a cool Omoro
		
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			Mustafa hertz, there are
definitely going to be matters
		
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			that will come about which are
going to be highly confusing.
		
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			They're going to be really creates
a lot of doubt in your mind,
		
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			there's going to be very
confusing, you won't be able to
		
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			see night from day right from
wrong, you won't be able to see
		
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			that for Alikum. But
		
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			it's necessary for you to calmly
deliberate over these matters.
		
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			calmly think through these
matters. For innaka in the corner,
		
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			and Dakota Tabby and Phil Hyde,
for inter Kona Tabby and Phil
		
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			Hyde, how you Roman and takuna
Robertson Fisher.
		
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			Now what does that mean? He's
saying that the bros are awesome
		
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			is that it is actually better for
you to be following, but to be
		
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			just a follower in goodness, and
in virtue than to be a leader of
		
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			evil. See, because leadership has
a position. There's an honor about
		
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			leadership. But what the Prophet
sallallahu Sallam is saying is, is
		
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			that being a leader for evil is
worse than just being a normal
		
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			follower in good.
		
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			So that shows the kind of status
quo that the Prophet sallallahu
		
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			Sallam wants from us. This hadith
is related by Abi Shaybah there's
		
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			another Hadith that Bukhari and
Muslim imam Bukhari Muslim relate
		
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			with the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam said, set the Quran
		
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			fitten. There are going to be
matters, tribulations, challenges,
		
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			strife. This word Fitna in Arabic
is a very difficult word to
		
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			translate into English, because it
depends on the context. So in this
		
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			case, it's talking about something
that bewilders you something that
		
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			confuses you, something that is
not very clear cut to judge that
		
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			you can't make a judgement of is
it right or wrong about this?
		
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			That's the meaning of fitna in
this particular context. So I
		
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			would say, like a challenge or a
tribulation, it's a form of an
		
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			ideological calamity. In a sense,
there will be these kinds of
		
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			challenges will come about, they
will be these kinds of things.
		
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			It's the nature of the world to
happen. But then what the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu sallam said is that the
one who sits down who is sitting
		
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			in those times is better than the
one who is walking.
		
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			He says the one sitting is better
than the one who's walking, and
		
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			the one who's walking is better
than the one who's running. What
		
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			is that trying to tell you? It is
trying to tell us that if you rush
		
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			into this, you will go wrong.
That's why I calmly deliberate
		
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			this walk. If you have to sit
down, think about it carefully. So
		
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			don't create bigger problems. For
example, the one thing that I have
		
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			seen around the world, when
anybody brings up a new idea. For
		
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			example, in England, we've got a
group who is against voting.
		
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			They're against voting. Born and
bred in the UK, right? They've got
		
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			a passport. They use that to get
into countries and travel the
		
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			world and benefit from it. Right?
For example, you know, having
		
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			Norwegian passport, but they say
It's haram to vote. Now, that's
		
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			fine. That's fine. But they stop
everybody else from voting as
		
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			well. When did you have your own
opinion don't want to vote.
		
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			There's a lot of non Muslims who
don't like to vote. They don't
		
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			like they don't like the you know,
they don't like the government.
		
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			They don't like the democratic
system, you know, that you can
		
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			have that opinion. You're free if
you want. It's a free free place
		
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			to have that opinion. Nobody can
force you. Right. But
		
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			my question I've got some people
that I know closely, they're nice
		
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			people. They're not violent people
at all, but they just have an
		
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			ideology that you can avoid.
They're not ones who go out and
		
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			curse people and things like that.
These are coming some of the
		
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			decent guys who don't agree to
vote and I that's fine. What I
		
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			said to him, my challenge to him
was, give me the name of the names
		
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			of three, just three prominent
scholars of the world who are well
		
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			respected, reputable scholars that
the majority of Muslims will
		
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			accept as scholars who say voting
is impermissible and voting is
		
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			unlawful.
		
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			Right? I asked him this question I
said just give me three scholars
		
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			because as Muslims were told to,
were told us to Allah decree in
		
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			controllata Allah mon
		
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			us the people of knowledge, if you
don't know. So give me three
		
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			people of knowledge that are
acceptable among people they've
		
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			got they've gained a reputation
among people
		
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			And he wasn't able to give me the
name of even a single individual.
		
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			Yes, they have scholars who say
what they they're saying, but
		
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			these are some individual scholars
here and there that nobody knows
		
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			in the world. Just like these
organizations that we hear about
		
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			who are doing things in Iraq and
other places. If you ask the
		
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			scholars of Iraq, the traditional
scholars, the traditional Sunni
		
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			scholars of Iraq,
		
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			what do you say about these
groups? They don't agree with
		
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			them. Because it's about who?
		
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			What is the scholarship?
		
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			So for me, that's always worked
for me. If you want to do
		
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			something, which God has said it,
how many scholars or one scholar
		
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			will say things, there's going to
be many scholars? Who will say yes
		
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			or no, they will, they will make
everything halal for you, or
		
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			everything haram for you if you
want. But give me reputable
		
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			scholars that have gained an
understanding because at the end
		
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			of the day, the OMA and what they
feel, in general is a kind of a de
		
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			Lille is a kind of an evidence. So
I will, I'll tell you why. Because
		
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			there was a, there was a, there
was a person who had died. And his
		
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			funeral was taken past while the
Prophet sallallahu was sitting
		
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			there. He was sitting there with a
number of companions. And there
		
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			was a funeral that went past. And
the prophets also asked him about
		
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			this person who had died. And he
said, he says he's a really nice
		
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			person. He's a knight, he's in
Jannah. So the prophets Allah
		
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			loves him said wager, but wager,
but that is obligatory that is
		
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			obligatory meaning that is right,
that is right, that is definite,
		
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			that is definite, then another
funeral pass by, and they did not
		
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			praise that person. They said a
few negative things about that
		
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			person, that he is probably going
to go to hellfire, whatever. So
		
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			the Prophet said the loss and then
said wager, but whatever, but
		
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			that's also become necessary.
That's also definitely sure, sure,
		
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			right.
		
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			And then he said that you are the
witnesses, you are the witnesses,
		
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			in this world, over people. So at
the end of the day, where I'm
		
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			taking this idea that asked for at
least three, four scholars who say
		
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			this, that are reputable, right,
when it comes to voting, when it
		
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			comes to picking up arms and doing
something, you know, ask the
		
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			relevant scholars, that is what is
really important. Otherwise, what
		
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			is your basis? It just one
scholar, some obscure scholar, how
		
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			do you even know his reality? Did
you did you know him from birth?
		
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			Do you know where he studied? You
know, a lot of the fatwas that you
		
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			see out there online these days,
they're not even from scholars who
		
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			are traditionally trained for this
many years. And people have known
		
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			them, they suddenly appear. Just
like, you know, in the media, we
		
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			have certain spokesman for built
for me, we have two types of
		
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			extremist in the media nowadays,
right? You have the extremists who
		
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			are talking about always killing
people. And the media always likes
		
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			to give them time, because they
make for good media and good
		
00:28:03 --> 00:28:06
			interviews, right? Because they're
always angry, and you know, so on.
		
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			And then the other extremist they
get are the those who are so
		
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			liberal and so progressive, that
all they they are they just Muslim
		
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			by name, but they want to allow
everything that the majority of
		
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			Muslims would not allow. They're
the people who these are the two
		
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			groups of people that the media
gives a voice to. And then
		
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			everybody's asking, Where are the
majority of the Muslims? Well,
		
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			what happens is when you only give
room to these two kinds of
		
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			extremes, whereas the majority of
Muslims, as every Muslim knows, is
		
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			not one of those two extremes, by
their own confession, because the
		
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			first group, the violent group,
they will probably condemned the
		
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			rest of the Muslims. And they'll
they will actually, I mean, just
		
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			the Muslims will understand this,
they will actually quote the
		
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			Hadith, because when you ask them,
you're just a very small group.
		
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			You don't have any scholars with
you. So then they'll they'll quote
		
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			the hadith of Rasulullah
sallallahu Sallam to battle for
		
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			Abba
		
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			al Islam Oba hurry ban was a riba
that Islam started off small,
		
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			strange, isolated, alone, and it
will eventually come back to that
		
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			as well. Now there is really under
estimating the the power of the
		
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			Muslim mean to say that this is
what our status right now it's not
		
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			Al Hamdulillah we got many things
going for us. So they quote that
		
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			to justify their presence. There
is another Hadith that they quote,
		
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			which is rated by Buhari and
others, which is that they will
		
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			always be a group of Muslims that
will be on the hook on the truth.
		
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			And they will not care about
anybody who criticizes them, or
		
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			questions them or goes against
them. So this is the kind of
		
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			Hadith they will quote and for
them, they feel comfortable about
		
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			that. That this is Oh, wow. You
know, were the best of the groups.
		
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			That's that extreme, but even by
their own confession, they're not
		
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			the majority. By the Hadith,
they're quoting by the nurse
		
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			shows that they're quoting the
traditions of the Prophet that
		
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			they're quoting SallAllahu sallam,
they themselves are saying that we
		
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			are the minority. Were that chosen
minority. Right? That means the
		
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			majority, they say a wrong but
that's the majority now that when
		
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			you look on the flip side of it,
and you see the extreme liberals,
		
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			the extreme progressives, right,
who hate the majority of Muslims,
		
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			for what they stand for, right?
They say the same thing. They feel
		
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			like outcast, they they criticize
the majority of believers as well.
		
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			So those are the two extremes that
media gives a lot of time to the
		
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			rest of us. We don't get time on
the meter media. We don't get time
		
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			to speak. That's why this program
here in the middle of Oslo, you
		
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			know, is really important. So that
hopefully we can set the record
		
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			rates and Allah help us because
really, it's it's only getting
		
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			worse. The extremists on either
side are winning. That's what the
		
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			problem is. That means do not ever
be the root cause of any kind of
		
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			evil and spread fitna. Rather, try
to deal with things in a way that
		
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			is beneficial for one and for all.
Zaid hypnotherapists another
		
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			companion of the Prophet salallahu
Alaihe Salam Radi Allahu Anhu
		
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			report Report reports that I will
do bIllahi min and feta mean and
		
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			fitten mahavihara minha, or my
button. It says, Seek refuge in
		
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			Allah from all types of these
kinds of tribulations and
		
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			challenges. Seek refuge in Allah
from them in God from them, both
		
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			the trials that are hidden and
those that are apparent, the
		
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			apparent one we know like the
apparent fitness that we know we
		
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			can see it's clear cut haram but
we can't help doing it. Because
		
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			the other meaning of fitna is the
more general meaning is that which
		
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			takes you away from Allah, but
your heart feels like doing it.
		
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			Right. For example for
		
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			that's like for example
overindulgence in the in the
		
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			world, it's like
		
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			materialism, essentially greed.
		
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			Would you call it sexual deviant
sees and all of these other kinds
		
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			of issues were speaking about that
that's also fitna. But then he
		
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			says, Seek refuge from the obscure
fitness and the clear fitna, so
		
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			all types of fitna, you need to
ask Allah for protection from
		
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			them. And then he says, then then
the Sahaba and this is a Hadith
		
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			narrated by Muslim then the Sahaba
said Nehru, the biller he may not
		
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			fit and Maha Amina Omar button. So
then they made this dua, we ask
		
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			Allah for refuge and protection
from the fitna that is clear and
		
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			those that are obscure, and those
that are not very clear. So this
		
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			is something that Sahaba used to
do. Because the giver of refuges
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala, we have to
ask him, because we are believers,
		
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			and Allah subhanaw taala is what
makes things happen. And if enough
		
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			of us are not asking for refuge
from this, then that is why other
		
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			things take over. That's why other
things then dominate. Generally,
		
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			in this kind of situation the
following, I'm going to quickly
		
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			list you a number of problems that
are created the evils of what
		
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			happens during a fitna, when a
person tries to take matter in
		
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			their own hands, and tries to do
things that they think are quick
		
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			fix solutions, right? In in their
pent up rage and frustration, then
		
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			these are the problems that occur.
Number one,
		
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			it removes one from the worship of
Allah. Now this is the strangest
		
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			thing. These people think they're
doing this for the sake of Allah,
		
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			they think they're trying to make
changes, improve the situation.
		
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			What it actually does, they get so
involved in that. And then shaytan
		
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			takes over because there's anger,
there's anger, there's ignorance,
		
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			it ends up taking them away from
worship, they don't have time for
		
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			worship, they don't have time to
calmly sit down and do vicar to
		
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			make their Salah properly. Even in
many cases, it's all about
		
00:34:04 --> 00:34:08
			propaganda propaganda, online
forums, constantly, you know how
		
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			time consuming online forums or,
you know, to be able to manage a
		
00:34:12 --> 00:34:17
			discussion. It's tough. And those
of you who are involved in that,
		
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			you know, I'm sure you know what
I'm talking about. It's such a
		
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			waste of time. In any case, right?
Even generally, it's a waste of
		
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			time, because you just, you're
you're talking with millions of
		
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			people outside and how can you
respond to everybody, and
		
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			especially if you've got what this
desire to always be right and have
		
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			the last word, then you will be
waking up in the middle of the
		
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			night to check has somebody
responded to what I've said, you
		
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			know, this whole Facebook
		
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			and Twitter and everything else
that we speak about. So it takes a
		
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			person away from worship. It
definitely takes out any focus in
		
00:34:52 --> 00:34:55
			worship and devotion in worship. A
person actually stops asking
		
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			Allah, they think they have so
much trust in what they
		
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			Their plan is in what their
solution is in their mind that
		
00:35:03 --> 00:35:05
			they stopped trusting in Allah
subhanaw taala.
		
00:35:06 --> 00:35:11
			And they start just purely putting
all of their energy into their,
		
00:35:11 --> 00:35:15
			into their plan or plot or
whatever it may be. It just
		
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			creates a lot of conspiracy
theory, it creates a lot of
		
00:35:19 --> 00:35:23
			propaganda, turbulences imbalance
in their lives. And all of this,
		
00:35:23 --> 00:35:28
			it just occupies a person away
from Duaa. And from a burden for
		
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			the rest of us the problem it
creates for the rest of us, you
		
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			know what that is? Like, even if
you're not involved in creating
		
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			the product, for example, let's
just take what happened in France
		
00:35:38 --> 00:35:39
			yesterday.
		
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			Now, most of us, all of us,
Inshallah, we're not involved in
		
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			that. But what does it create for
us? How does it occupy us? You
		
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			think? What do we do all day?
		
00:35:53 --> 00:35:58
			We start discussing, we start
watching TV, we start checking the
		
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			news. We want to read reviews, we
want to get commentary, we want to
		
00:36:02 --> 00:36:06
			find out what happens. And we just
get so occupied with these things.
		
00:36:06 --> 00:36:11
			How many of us actually set and
made the offer it? How many of us
		
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			actually set and pray to Allah,
that Ya Allah, what has happened,
		
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			protect us. Don't let this be
worse than it is, you know, and
		
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			protect us from doing this in the
future. How many of us actually
		
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			turn to Allah when these things
happen? That's why I used to, you
		
00:36:28 --> 00:36:30
			know, have a number of friends
from certain countries where there
		
00:36:30 --> 00:36:34
			were always political problems.
And essentially what what I told
		
00:36:34 --> 00:36:37
			him is that your solution to this
is to keep watching Al Jazeera all
		
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			day.
		
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			That's all you do. You don't do
anything else. Where's your
		
00:36:41 --> 00:36:45
			dollars? Where's your time your
prayer at night? So that is why
		
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			the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam said, this is a Hadith
		
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			narrated by Imam top Iranian is
Mr. Jamal Khabib. He says, a
		
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			birder told Phil Harada. Hey,
Jonathan Illya. For a person to
		
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			worship during these kinds of
confusing times, is like migrating
		
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			to me.
		
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			That is how powerful it is to do
worship at this time. If you want
		
00:37:07 --> 00:37:11
			more reward for your worship, cut
away from all of that stuff, and
		
00:37:11 --> 00:37:14
			start asking Allah because that's
what Allah wants. These kinds of
		
00:37:14 --> 00:37:18
			things happen to draw people to
Allah. But what it does for us is
		
00:37:18 --> 00:37:21
			that we just want more news, we
just want to be updated. We go and
		
00:37:21 --> 00:37:24
			argue with people and yes, raising
awareness is one thing.
		
00:37:25 --> 00:37:28
			But asking Allah and keeping our
trust on Allah subhanaw taala is
		
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			the most important a by the tune.
Phil harj. Is Hijra Ratan Alia
		
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			Illya.
		
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			That is that is a wonderful
statement. And the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu Sallam also said in the
seidelman Jude nibble Phaeton
		
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			hadith of Buddha owed, that the
fortunate one is the one who is
		
00:37:47 --> 00:37:52
			protected from becoming indulgent
in these kinds of tribulations,
		
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			the one who stay safe. Now,
remember here, I just want to
		
00:37:55 --> 00:37:58
			clarify because I know there'll be
people who will be saying, Oh, you
		
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			want to stay safe, because you're
cowardly. You don't want to do
		
00:38:00 --> 00:38:04
			anything. You don't want to stand
up to do anything. Cowardice is
		
00:38:04 --> 00:38:07
			not what we're speaking about. You
have to do the right you have to
		
00:38:08 --> 00:38:13
			you have to do something about it.
But not what is going to harm the
		
00:38:13 --> 00:38:17
			muslimeen and not what is going to
take innocent lives. That's not
		
00:38:17 --> 00:38:20
			what you do. The people on the
street that were killed yesterday.
		
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			How do you know that so many of
them probably don't even that
		
00:38:24 --> 00:38:30
			don't like the perspective of the
French government, for example. We
		
00:38:30 --> 00:38:34
			know the French policies are just
like out of you know, crazy, you
		
00:38:34 --> 00:38:37
			know, in terms of this, their
rigid secularism is a militant
		
00:38:37 --> 00:38:40
			secularism, there's no doubt about
that. But does that justify
		
00:38:40 --> 00:38:43
			innocent people being killed or
anybody being killed for that
		
00:38:43 --> 00:38:43
			matter?
		
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			So how can you justify so worship
worship? That's why numerous
		
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			numerous vicar and remembrances
have been mentioned by Rasulullah
		
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			sallallahu on Fridays, for
example, there's a hadith that's
		
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			related from almost selama Radi
Allahu anha, Which Imam Buhari
		
00:39:02 --> 00:39:06
			relates. He says that once
Rasulullah sallallahu is and woke
		
00:39:06 --> 00:39:09
			up at night, when suddenly he woke
up at night.
		
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			Frightened, the prophesy was on
woke up frightened in the middle
		
00:39:14 --> 00:39:18
			of the night. And he said, Subhan,
Allah Subhan Allah, like Glorified
		
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			is Allah glorified? Is Allah
mother and Zell Allahu Minahasa in
		
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			Mother Anzahl Allahu Meenal.
Phaeton, he said, subhanAllah look
		
00:39:27 --> 00:39:28
			at how many
		
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			treasures Allah subhanaw taala
has, has as sent down, but look at
		
00:39:36 --> 00:39:40
			how many tribulations and trials
and fitness He sent down as well.
		
00:39:41 --> 00:39:47
			And then he said, My UK, my youth,
Sawa him, Elijah Roberts, who is
		
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			who's going to go and wake up the
other women in the rooms so that
		
00:39:52 --> 00:39:55
			they can wake up for the hygiene
and pray salads and ask Allah for
		
00:39:55 --> 00:39:59
			help. This is what sudo Allah the
Prophet sallallahu I used to be
		
00:39:59 --> 00:39:59
			saying himself
		
00:40:00 --> 00:40:03
			If we had another great scholar of
the past whose name was Hassan Al
		
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			bacillary Rahim Allah He is like
one of the greatest scholars that
		
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			we've had in the past, who was a
master of all the sciences. And on
		
00:40:10 --> 00:40:14
			one occasion somebody came to him
because we had a tyrant ruler at
		
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			the time and you think it's bad
today? In those days when it was
		
00:40:17 --> 00:40:20
			Muslims ruling Muslims you had
hegemony use of who killed about,
		
00:40:20 --> 00:40:24
			like over 100,000 people,
including many, many companions
		
00:40:24 --> 00:40:26
			and Sahaba of the Prophet
salallahu Alaihe Salam, can you
		
00:40:26 --> 00:40:30
			imagine how that must have felt
like, right? So it's not new, what
		
00:40:30 --> 00:40:33
			we're what we're what we're
experiencing? So they came to
		
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			Hasan Basri and they asked him
about this. So he gave us he gave
		
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			a talk and he said, Yeah, Yohannes
oh people, he said, he said in the
		
00:40:42 --> 00:40:46
			who Allah He must Allah Allah who
must Allah Allah al Hijjah la
		
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			Camila aku button. Allah has only
placed his hijab no use of this
		
00:40:50 --> 00:40:54
			tyrant ruler against you as a
punishment. This is your
		
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			punishment.
		
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			Right? This is your punishment,
fella to array to Roku but Allah
		
00:41:00 --> 00:41:04
			He be safe. Don't try to confront
the punishment of Allah with your
		
00:41:04 --> 00:41:07
			swords. If Allah wants to send you
a punishment, and you're trying to
		
00:41:07 --> 00:41:10
			confront that with your swords,
you're not gonna get anywhere with
		
00:41:10 --> 00:41:14
			it. And then he said, well, like
Allah can it can be Sakina what
		
00:41:14 --> 00:41:18
			Tadahiro is, what you should be
doing at this time is adopt Sakina
		
00:41:18 --> 00:41:23
			calmness and adopt the Douro,
humble and treating Allah so
		
00:41:23 --> 00:41:27
			humble humbly and treating Allah
subhanaw taala humbly asking Allah
		
00:41:27 --> 00:41:30
			subhanaw taala pleading to Allah.
So that's what you should be doing
		
00:41:30 --> 00:41:35
			at this time. That's your response
responsibility. Because Allah
		
00:41:35 --> 00:41:38
			subhanaw taala says, Well, I've
got 100 Now who will either be
		
00:41:38 --> 00:41:42
			from a sticker for Mr. Kurnool,
there'll be him on either our own
		
00:41:42 --> 00:41:46
			that we have sent punishment down
to certain people, but they still
		
00:41:46 --> 00:41:51
			did not humble themselves. They
still did not humbly call on to
		
00:41:51 --> 00:41:52
			me.
		
00:41:53 --> 00:41:56
			This is the state and this is the
state with the majority of us as
		
00:41:56 --> 00:41:59
			well. We don't talk to Allah.
We're just constantly thinking
		
00:41:59 --> 00:42:04
			about what's the news and the
juicy details. That's why Abu
		
00:42:04 --> 00:42:07
			Huraira the Allahu Anhu relates in
this Hadith from ignobly Shava. He
		
00:42:07 --> 00:42:12
			says, The Kunal fitna la une
German ha Allah dua Anca Dora Illa
		
00:42:12 --> 00:42:18
			hurry cola Yun Jie minha, da la da
Anca Dora elaborate. There will be
		
00:42:18 --> 00:42:22
			tribulations and challenges in
front of you. The only thing that
		
00:42:22 --> 00:42:27
			will help you against it is like
is the dua like the drowning
		
00:42:27 --> 00:42:31
			person makes dua? What kind of dua
Do you think a drowning person
		
00:42:31 --> 00:42:34
			would make? That would be a
serious dua? Not just like, oh,
		
00:42:34 --> 00:42:38
			Allah help, help hope. It will be,
Oh Allah, I need to help. Right, I
		
00:42:38 --> 00:42:43
			need to be saved. That's the kind
of dua that will only work in
		
00:42:43 --> 00:42:46
			times of tribulations. And the
reason is that when tribulations
		
00:42:46 --> 00:42:48
			come, they come for a very
particular reason, Allah doesn't
		
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			send tribulations just like that.
He sends it for a reason. And we
		
00:42:53 --> 00:42:58
			need to then have sufficient
humility in front of that, and
		
00:42:58 --> 00:43:03
			sufficient devotion to turn that
around and to calm the anger of
		
00:43:03 --> 00:43:06
			Allah subhanaw taala. In fact, the
same hasn't been studied, there
		
00:43:06 --> 00:43:09
			was a group of people that came up
to him and they asked about this
		
00:43:09 --> 00:43:16
			particular group, who wanted to
who wanted to go against the
		
00:43:16 --> 00:43:20
			leader. They wanted to start a
rebellion. They wanted to start a
		
00:43:20 --> 00:43:25
			rebellion. And they came to
against Hijazi, essentially, they
		
00:43:25 --> 00:43:29
			wanted to start a start a
rebellion. And they came to ask
		
00:43:29 --> 00:43:34
			for his advice. This was his
response. He says, I don't think
		
00:43:34 --> 00:43:37
			you should do a rebellion against
Him. I don't think you should
		
00:43:37 --> 00:43:42
			rebel against him. Because if he
is a punishment from Allah against
		
00:43:42 --> 00:43:46
			you, if he is Allah's punishment,
then you are not going to be able
		
00:43:46 --> 00:43:50
			to remove the punishment of Allah
by fighting against it.
		
00:43:51 --> 00:43:56
			So it's useless. And he said, if
it's not Allah's punishment, but
		
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			just the challenge and a fitna and
a test, then for Spirou hedaya
		
00:44:01 --> 00:44:05
			Kumala Hua Hua Hiral Hakeem in,
then be patient,
		
00:44:06 --> 00:44:10
			until Allah subhanahu wa taala
makes his judgment and Allah is
		
00:44:10 --> 00:44:14
			the best judge. Allah makes the
best judgments. They left him,
		
00:44:15 --> 00:44:17
			they walked out after he gave them
that advice. And you know what
		
00:44:17 --> 00:44:20
			they said about him? They said,
		
00:44:21 --> 00:44:23
			No, to her the ledge.
		
00:44:24 --> 00:44:28
			They said they call him a bad
name. And they said that you think
		
00:44:28 --> 00:44:31
			we can follow him? He doesn't know
anything. This is the same kind of
		
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			discussions you'll see out there.
People will be saying that anybody
		
00:44:35 --> 00:44:41
			who speaks like I'm speaking about
calmness, deliberation, that he is
		
00:44:41 --> 00:44:44
			a sold out scholar. They don't
know what they're talking about.
		
00:44:44 --> 00:44:49
			The government men, they're paid
by the government. Allah He that's
		
00:44:49 --> 00:44:53
			not the case. You know, that's not
the case. But that's what they
		
00:44:53 --> 00:44:56
			say. Because for them and you
know, sometimes it's a complex in
		
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			the mind, this feeling of rage.
Get
		
00:45:00 --> 00:45:02
			To you and shaytaan whenever
there's anger, there's going to be
		
00:45:02 --> 00:45:05
			shaytaan. Right? That's why you
have to be very careful when you
		
00:45:05 --> 00:45:09
			get angry, angry for the sake of
Allah. Like, you have to train
		
00:45:09 --> 00:45:12
			yourself. Only a person with a
loss can be angry for the sake of
		
00:45:12 --> 00:45:17
			Allah. Otherwise shaytaan will
mislead that anger. And then he
		
00:45:17 --> 00:45:20
			shuts your mind. So then you start
thinking everybody is against you,
		
00:45:20 --> 00:45:23
			you start hating even your
parents, because they don't agree
		
00:45:23 --> 00:45:23
			with you.
		
00:45:24 --> 00:45:28
			And you hate the scholars, so you
have no scholarship. That's why
		
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			the other issues that come about
with fitna is ascendancy of the
		
00:45:33 --> 00:45:37
			foolish when you have these kinds
of tribulations, foolish people
		
00:45:37 --> 00:45:40
			will become leaders of these
groups, and people will start
		
00:45:40 --> 00:45:43
			following them, they will have no
respect for the scholars of the
		
00:45:43 --> 00:45:48
			time, they'll have no respect for
the for the, for the, for the
		
00:45:48 --> 00:45:52
			reasonable people of the time,
this is this is what happens in
		
00:45:52 --> 00:45:56
			this case. Another thing another
thing that happens is, is
		
00:45:57 --> 00:46:02
			generally whenever a person
undertakes this kind of activity,
		
00:46:02 --> 00:46:05
			it ends up in failure, and in a
bad ending. That's why
		
00:46:05 --> 00:46:08
			immunostaining Rahim Allah Hafiz
Tamia, Rahim Allah, the great
		
00:46:08 --> 00:46:12
			scholar of Damascus. He came at a
time and there were many trials
		
00:46:12 --> 00:46:16
			and tribulations before him. So he
surveyed all of those trials and
		
00:46:16 --> 00:46:20
			tribulations and he came up with a
conclusion. And what he said is,
		
00:46:21 --> 00:46:27
			Kalam and how Raja Allah imam in
the Sultan, he says, very seldom
		
00:46:27 --> 00:46:33
			is it that a group rebelled
against a powerful leader that
		
00:46:33 --> 00:46:34
			they
		
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			that he says, very seldom do you
get good, out of such kind of
		
00:46:41 --> 00:46:45
			rebellion. It's mostly there's
going to be shatter and evil
		
00:46:45 --> 00:46:48
			that's going to be created from
this most of the time, and we've
		
00:46:48 --> 00:46:51
			actually seen that there's hardly
been any success stories, except
		
00:46:51 --> 00:46:55
			maybe Tunisia, but that started
off in a kind of a different kind
		
00:46:55 --> 00:46:57
			of fashion anyway, even Egypt,
look at look at what happened in
		
00:46:57 --> 00:47:02
			Egypt, right, and Syria, Iraq, and
all of these other places, in
		
00:47:02 --> 00:47:08
			terms of what's going on. He says
Fela accommo dienen Wallah Walla,
		
00:47:08 --> 00:47:13
			AppCode dunion. He says two
things. He says fala accommo
		
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			dienen WOMMA AppCode dunya?
Neither did they establish Islamic
		
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			rule and Islamic faith? And
neither did they manage to
		
00:47:23 --> 00:47:27
			preserve even their dunya they
lost their dunya their world, and
		
00:47:27 --> 00:47:31
			they also lost the Akira. So there
was no benefit in what they did.
		
00:47:31 --> 00:47:34
			That's why you have to be very
considerate what you do. And we're
		
00:47:34 --> 00:47:37
			not trying to say there's no such
concept of jihad in Islam. I want
		
00:47:37 --> 00:47:40
			to be very clear about that. There
is jihad in Islam, but there's
		
00:47:40 --> 00:47:42
			very specific ways that's done.
		
00:47:43 --> 00:47:48
			Right. So it's not about trying to
take a total passive motion and
		
00:47:48 --> 00:47:52
			DIS and denying certain aspects of
Islam. That's not the idea here is
		
00:47:52 --> 00:47:56
			just that where we are there that
you know that this is not jihad to
		
00:47:56 --> 00:47:59
			do this, to call God can kill
innocent people. It's just not
		
00:47:59 --> 00:48:02
			jihad. Another point that it
brings about is that it obviously
		
00:48:02 --> 00:48:04
			creates even more confusion.
		
00:48:05 --> 00:48:07
			That's why Abu Musa Allah
Scheider, the Allahu anhu, he had
		
00:48:07 --> 00:48:11
			a very interesting statement, he
said that the nature of a
		
00:48:12 --> 00:48:16
			challenge is that when it comes,
it confuses the matter. It's
		
00:48:16 --> 00:48:19
			blinding. You don't know what's
right and wrong. And when it
		
00:48:19 --> 00:48:22
			removed when it goes away, when it
finishes, then it leaves
		
00:48:22 --> 00:48:25
			everything very clear that dust
settles, but it's too late by
		
00:48:25 --> 00:48:29
			then. So people who get involved
in the beginning when it's all
		
00:48:29 --> 00:48:33
			confusing, then they lose out
because then there's only regret
		
00:48:33 --> 00:48:36
			afterwards. If only it could be so
clear, but that's the nature of
		
00:48:36 --> 00:48:39
			these things. The Prophet
sallallahu sallam said in a hadith
		
00:48:39 --> 00:48:43
			in Sahih, Muslim man Katella data
riot in our immediate him, Yahoo
		
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			they bully Assabet in a weird era
as a baton, Aryan Surah ASA button
		
00:48:49 --> 00:48:54
			for Cotulla for Kittler to Hoja
Helia. What that means is, the
		
00:48:54 --> 00:48:58
			Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam
said that whoever fights under a
		
00:48:58 --> 00:49:04
			blinding banner, a confusing
banner, whoever fights for a
		
00:49:04 --> 00:49:08
			confusing, dubious reason, that is
not clear cut jihad for example.
		
00:49:09 --> 00:49:13
			And then after that, and because
of what he says yesterday, bully
		
00:49:13 --> 00:49:17
			as they are out of out of either
		
00:49:18 --> 00:49:22
			racism or out of just
		
00:49:23 --> 00:49:26
			what do you call it, affiliation
to somebody else, you get angry
		
00:49:26 --> 00:49:27
			because of that reason.
		
00:49:28 --> 00:49:29
			Or
		
00:49:31 --> 00:49:34
			you just help because of that
reason. And then if a person is
		
00:49:34 --> 00:49:40
			killed in that, then his dying is
a dying of ignorance. So it's not
		
00:49:40 --> 00:49:46
			a worthy dying over. Ignore serine
the Ignacia in the great scholar
		
00:49:46 --> 00:49:50
			after the time of the Sahaba he
states that Saturday, be raucous
		
00:49:50 --> 00:49:53
			Sorry, do not be worthless was one
of the great companions of the
		
00:49:53 --> 00:49:57
			Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam. He was asked that why he
		
00:49:57 --> 00:49:59
			didn't he joined between Ali and
why we are the Allahu Anhu
		
00:50:00 --> 00:50:00
			have
		
00:50:01 --> 00:50:05
			arguments and battles between
them, why don't you join in? So
		
00:50:05 --> 00:50:10
			this is the response he gave. He
says that I'm not going to fight
		
00:50:10 --> 00:50:14
			until you bring to me. Now, you'd
be able to relate to this. He says
		
00:50:14 --> 00:50:19
			until you bring to me a sword
until you give me a sword, which
		
00:50:19 --> 00:50:25
			has two eyes and a tongue. It has
two eyes and a tongue. And it has
		
00:50:25 --> 00:50:30
			eyebrows. It understands and it's
able to work out who's a real
		
00:50:30 --> 00:50:33
			believer and who's not a real
believer. So essentially a smart
		
00:50:33 --> 00:50:34
			sword.
		
00:50:35 --> 00:50:37
			Right? Something with enough chips
in there that it's able to figure
		
00:50:37 --> 00:50:40
			out, Okay, what's a believer and
who's wrong? And who's right,
		
00:50:40 --> 00:50:41
			right, a smart sword.
		
00:50:43 --> 00:50:46
			Unfortunately, if only they could
make smart bombs, the Western
		
00:50:46 --> 00:50:50
			countries, they get so much out of
all of these problems in the
		
00:50:50 --> 00:50:52
			world, because they're the ones
who are supplying all the
		
00:50:52 --> 00:50:55
			weaponry. countries like the US
and UK, I don't know what nobody
		
00:50:55 --> 00:50:59
			does, but us in the UK, they're
supplying and for them, the
		
00:50:59 --> 00:51:03
			defense contracts, the weapons
that they and then they say oh,
		
00:51:03 --> 00:51:07
			have come and be be you know, the
Take it easy, and all of this
		
00:51:07 --> 00:51:09
			thing and they're the ones who are
supplying the bombs and the
		
00:51:09 --> 00:51:11
			aircrafts and all of this kind of
stuff. It's clear cut, because
		
00:51:11 --> 00:51:15
			it's money money is what rules
today. So if only they can make
		
00:51:15 --> 00:51:19
			smart weapons like really smart
weapons that really only go after
		
00:51:19 --> 00:51:24
			true criminals. Not the problem is
in the Muslim world today is that
		
00:51:24 --> 00:51:27
			the people who are dying are the
innocent people. Mostly it's the
		
00:51:27 --> 00:51:30
			innocent all these collateral
damages taking bro. So we really
		
00:51:30 --> 00:51:34
			need the side of Nabil Baca says,
Yes, bring me that sword, which
		
00:51:34 --> 00:51:39
			has a eyes and it has a tongue and
he can tell the difference between
		
00:51:39 --> 00:51:43
			a believer and a disbelieve. And
then he said, you know, and then
		
00:51:43 --> 00:51:47
			to come the people next to him, he
says, Look, fucka Jaha to I have
		
00:51:47 --> 00:51:50
			done jihadi. Don't think I'm a
coward or something. I've done
		
00:51:50 --> 00:51:52
			jihad with the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam. This is not a
		
00:51:52 --> 00:51:56
			jihad. He says, right now he says,
I know what a jihad is. And
		
00:51:56 --> 00:52:00
			basically we're saying that this I
don't consider this to be a cause
		
00:52:00 --> 00:52:01
			for me to join in.
		
00:52:02 --> 00:52:07
			And the final two points in this
kind of situations, it creates a
		
00:52:07 --> 00:52:10
			lot of division. Look how much
division is created among the
		
00:52:10 --> 00:52:14
			Muslim mean, where Muslims are
attacking each other. This is what
		
00:52:14 --> 00:52:18
			fitna does for people creates
enmities, hatred and so on.
		
00:52:18 --> 00:52:20
			Whereas Allah says in the middle,
and
		
00:52:21 --> 00:52:23
			they're very Muslim, meaning
they're supposed to be believers,
		
00:52:24 --> 00:52:28
			that they're supposed to be
brothers, right, and reform
		
00:52:28 --> 00:52:31
			between your brothers. And
finally, the worst of it is that
		
00:52:31 --> 00:52:35
			killing becomes cheap. Murder,
life becomes cheap. That's the
		
00:52:35 --> 00:52:40
			only way you can justify your rage
justify these things. Killing
		
00:52:40 --> 00:52:43
			becomes cheap, murder becomes
cheap. And then eventually as
		
00:52:44 --> 00:52:46
			Abdullah him number of the Alon
relates in the hadith of Muslim
		
00:52:46 --> 00:52:51
			Muhammad, Phil fitna, la de
Ronell, Cutler che and when it
		
00:52:51 --> 00:52:55
			comes to fitna killing, you will
not see it as anything important
		
00:52:55 --> 00:52:58
			as anything significant. And
that's why there will be cases
		
00:52:58 --> 00:53:02
			where people will not even know
why they died. There are people
		
00:53:02 --> 00:53:04
			around the world that are dying,
they don't even know why they're
		
00:53:04 --> 00:53:09
			dying for its collateral damage.
It's a misguided bomb. It was the
		
00:53:09 --> 00:53:13
			wrong place. People don't know
this is the kind of environment
		
00:53:13 --> 00:53:17
			that's being created. I ask Allah
subhanho wa taala, to help us in
		
00:53:17 --> 00:53:23
			this in this situation, and to
guide us right, to remove our
		
00:53:23 --> 00:53:28
			confusions and to allow us to be
true believers, true role models,
		
00:53:29 --> 00:53:32
			true followers of the Prophet
sallallahu wasallam, especially in
		
00:53:32 --> 00:53:36
			our situation of being in the
West, where we have to live live
		
00:53:36 --> 00:53:40
			amongst so many different types of
people and obey the law of the
		
00:53:40 --> 00:53:44
			land. May Allah make that easy for
us. And may Allah make it easy for
		
00:53:44 --> 00:53:47
			us in the sense that it's all
conducive to our faith? May Allah
		
00:53:47 --> 00:53:50
			subhanaw taala make that easy for
us working with Dawa and Al hamdu
		
00:53:50 --> 00:53:51
			lillahi rabbil aalameen
		
00:53:54 --> 00:53:56
			See these difficult times and
		
00:53:57 --> 00:54:00
			Muslims around the world are
frustrated, especially in the
		
00:54:00 --> 00:54:03
			West, you're frustrated you want
to do something?
		
00:54:04 --> 00:54:05
			Islam is
		
00:54:07 --> 00:54:12
			it's an quite an amazing religion,
in the sense that there's no
		
00:54:14 --> 00:54:19
			you see, I've come from England,
I've come here. If I see any of
		
00:54:19 --> 00:54:23
			you on the street, and I say a
Salam Alikum to you, you don't
		
00:54:23 --> 00:54:26
			know me, you've never seen me
before. I say a Salam Alikum to
		
00:54:26 --> 00:54:30
			you. Suddenly all of these
barriers will fall down.
		
00:54:31 --> 00:54:37
			And suddenly you'll start feeling
level of comfort. Right? You might
		
00:54:37 --> 00:54:39
			think oh, maybe he's gonna ask me
for money. Next thing is I'm gonna
		
00:54:39 --> 00:54:43
			ask for money. You know, you know,
somebody begs you on the street or
		
00:54:43 --> 00:54:43
			something.
		
00:54:45 --> 00:54:52
			But mashallah, the way I went, we,
three of us we went to West
		
00:54:52 --> 00:54:54
			Africa, beginning of the year,
		
00:54:55 --> 00:54:56
			and
		
00:54:57 --> 00:55:00
			we went to Mauritania and then
after that, we
		
00:55:00 --> 00:55:01
			went to Senegal,
		
00:55:03 --> 00:55:07
			with a friend of us. When we got
there, we went to the house of a
		
00:55:07 --> 00:55:08
			friend of his.
		
00:55:09 --> 00:55:14
			We've only met him hot for half an
hour, 45 minutes, maybe the food
		
00:55:14 --> 00:55:20
			comes in big tray of couscous, and
some chicken and everything else.
		
00:55:21 --> 00:55:26
			And then it's us who are British
from originally Indian.
		
00:55:27 --> 00:55:32
			There was a Mauritanian
Senegalese, then he had other
		
00:55:32 --> 00:55:36
			people there from three different
African countries. We all sat
		
00:55:36 --> 00:55:42
			together and ate with our hands
from that same plate, same tree.
		
00:55:43 --> 00:55:47
			Where else can you see that in the
world, within half an hour, you've
		
00:55:47 --> 00:55:52
			developed this trust, security,
that there is no poison in the
		
00:55:52 --> 00:55:56
			food, it's clear, it's clean,
Baraka, you know, and you eat
		
00:55:56 --> 00:56:00
			together. That's the level that
Islam gives you. So whenever
		
00:56:00 --> 00:56:03
			something happens around the
world, Muslims are going to feel
		
00:56:03 --> 00:56:04
			troubled, there's no doubt about
that.
		
00:56:06 --> 00:56:07
			And this can be exploited.
		
00:56:09 --> 00:56:13
			This can be exploited. Now. Look,
there are some conspiracy theories
		
00:56:13 --> 00:56:17
			that this is actually non Muslims
who are making certain Muslims do
		
00:56:17 --> 00:56:23
			this. But that's not the whole
story. There are Muslims who, who
		
00:56:23 --> 00:56:27
			believe in very extreme methods of
doing something. And we have to
		
00:56:27 --> 00:56:30
			realize that because many Muslims,
they still feel everything's a
		
00:56:30 --> 00:56:31
			conspiracy.
		
00:56:33 --> 00:56:37
			Right, maybe 911 is a conspiracy.
But not every bombing that happens
		
00:56:38 --> 00:56:43
			is a conspiracy. It's an actual
event that some people did. And we
		
00:56:43 --> 00:56:49
			have to realize that and all it is
it's misplaced zeal, misplaced
		
00:56:50 --> 00:56:52
			enthusiasm, misplaced anger.
		
00:56:53 --> 00:56:58
			Do you understand? So a person has
to really be considered about
		
00:56:58 --> 00:56:59
			these things.
		
00:57:02 --> 00:57:05
			Look how difficult it has become
in the last several years. For
		
00:57:05 --> 00:57:07
			Muslimeen anywhere.
		
00:57:09 --> 00:57:13
			We want people to, to see the
beauty of Islam.
		
00:57:15 --> 00:57:17
			Not to just see the evil of Islam
		
00:57:18 --> 00:57:21
			or evil of Muslims rather, because
Islam is a beautiful religion.
		
00:57:22 --> 00:57:27
			Unfortunately, a religion is only
as good as the person practicing
		
00:57:27 --> 00:57:28
			it.
		
00:57:29 --> 00:57:33
			So if you practice it, well, it's
good that you're that you don't
		
00:57:33 --> 00:57:36
			have to vocally even say anything
to anybody, the women mashallah
		
00:57:36 --> 00:57:38
			they do bigger that with than
anybody else, those who wear
		
00:57:38 --> 00:57:41
			hijab, especially, they're doing
that hour every day, whether they
		
00:57:41 --> 00:57:45
			want to do it or not, just the
fact that they have to go outside
		
00:57:45 --> 00:57:49
			with a hijab on because they feel
it's important to God, their
		
00:57:49 --> 00:57:53
			modesty, they are doing that,
well. The men get away with it.
		
00:57:54 --> 00:57:57
			Because there's some men you know,
you don't even know that they're
		
00:57:57 --> 00:57:59
			Muslim or not right, they can get
away they can disguise themselves,
		
00:57:59 --> 00:58:04
			but women cannot. There on the
front, Mashallah. So that is that
		
00:58:04 --> 00:58:04
			our,
		
00:58:05 --> 00:58:08
			you know, your data is that the
fact that people know you're a
		
00:58:08 --> 00:58:11
			Muslim, but you're a good person
at work. You fulfill your
		
00:58:11 --> 00:58:16
			responsibilities. You don't come
late, you don't leave early. You
		
00:58:16 --> 00:58:19
			don't slack off in your job. You
do it properly. You're a good
		
00:58:19 --> 00:58:25
			contributor. That's what it is. So
a lot of people think Dawa is only
		
00:58:25 --> 00:58:27
			when you go and say Brother You
need to this is Islam. Give him a
		
00:58:27 --> 00:58:31
			book. And you know, to explain,
that's that way as well. But a lot
		
00:58:31 --> 00:58:34
			of the data that Muslims do in the
West is just the fact that people
		
00:58:34 --> 00:58:35
			know they're Muslims.
		
00:58:36 --> 00:58:39
			And they're good human beings.
		
00:58:40 --> 00:58:41
			They're good human beings.
		
00:58:43 --> 00:58:46
			That's why we need two things. We
need taqwa and humanity.
		
00:58:47 --> 00:58:53
			Taqwa between the Muslim decoy is
what governs it. Decoy means God
		
00:58:53 --> 00:58:57
			fearing pneus. And for the whole
humanity, we need insomnia,
		
00:58:58 --> 00:59:03
			humanity to be a good, reasonable,
decent human being. That's why
		
00:59:03 --> 00:59:07
			when somebody wrote to Abdullah
Hebner, Amara, the Allahu Anhu is
		
00:59:07 --> 00:59:08
			the son of Amara, the Allahu Anhu.
		
00:59:09 --> 00:59:13
			Now he was his temperament was
quite different from his father's
		
00:59:13 --> 00:59:17
			his father was always get up and
go, Now, same thing, Amara, the
		
00:59:17 --> 00:59:21
			Allahu anhu, get up and go do this
do that. The professor said, no,
		
00:59:21 --> 00:59:23
			no, you can't do this so many
times on one or the other said,
		
00:59:24 --> 00:59:28
			let me take care of this with my
sword. And the Prophet said, no,
		
00:59:28 --> 00:59:32
			no, you can't do that. So this is
a zeal. I mean, people have the
		
00:59:32 --> 00:59:36
			zeal, but it's just you need
somebody to guide that zeal and do
		
00:59:36 --> 00:59:39
			it in the right way. Then Amara,
the Allahu Anhu you should see
		
00:59:39 --> 00:59:41
			mashallah, once
		
00:59:43 --> 00:59:50
			somebody came to complain about
his wife to Amara Radi Allahu Anhu
		
00:59:50 --> 00:59:53
			and he was the belief of the
muslimeen. He was the Khalif of
		
00:59:53 --> 00:59:57
			the Muslim for 10 and a half years
after Abu Bakr Siddiq with the
		
00:59:57 --> 01:00:00
			Allah one. So this person had a
problem
		
01:00:00 --> 01:00:02
			had his wife maybe she was saying
some bad things to him or
		
01:00:02 --> 01:00:07
			whatever. So he says, Let me go
and complain to the, to the, to
		
01:00:07 --> 01:00:10
			the leader. So he came outside his
house.
		
01:00:11 --> 01:00:13
			And he knocked on the door.
		
01:00:16 --> 01:00:19
			And inside he heard this loud
shouting.
		
01:00:21 --> 01:00:24
			A woman is shouting Amara, the
Hola, Juan.
		
01:00:26 --> 01:00:30
			And he thought to himself, I've
come to complain about my wife.
		
01:00:31 --> 01:00:34
			His wife is shouting at him. What
is he going to help me and he
		
01:00:34 --> 01:00:37
			started feeling really sad. And he
started walking away.
		
01:00:40 --> 01:00:44
			Suddenly, Ramadan comes out. Where
are you going?
		
01:00:45 --> 01:00:49
			You wanted to see me were you
running off to now? Are you going
		
01:00:49 --> 01:00:49
			now?
		
01:00:50 --> 01:00:52
			So he said, Oh, no, it's okay. He
said, No. Why are you going? He
		
01:00:52 --> 01:00:55
			says, Well, look, I came to
complain to you. And he's very
		
01:00:55 --> 01:00:59
			sad. He says, I came to complain
to you about my wife. And then I
		
01:00:59 --> 01:01:02
			found out when I came to your
house, that it's the same
		
01:01:02 --> 01:01:05
			situation here. So what are you
going to do for me?
		
01:01:06 --> 01:01:11
			Now think about Amara, the Allahu
Anhu. This, you know, such a
		
01:01:11 --> 01:01:13
			mashallah man with so much zeal,
you know?
		
01:01:15 --> 01:01:18
			He said, Now, he could have made
an excuse, oh, she was shouting at
		
01:01:18 --> 01:01:21
			the kids. She was talking on the
phone.
		
01:01:22 --> 01:01:25
			There were no phones in those
days. She could have he could have
		
01:01:25 --> 01:01:29
			justified it. Right? Oh, she was
just having a bad day. You could
		
01:01:29 --> 01:01:35
			have criticized, she had PMT, you
know, premenstrual tension. In
		
01:01:35 --> 01:01:38
			case you call it something
different here, right? Or whatever
		
01:01:38 --> 01:01:41
			the case. So he could have made an
excuse, because, you know, for a
		
01:01:41 --> 01:01:44
			man to be caught with his wife
shouting at him. You know, like,
		
01:01:44 --> 01:01:46
			it sounds bad, you know,
especially the Hadith of the
		
01:01:46 --> 01:01:52
			Muslim. He said, he said, Look,
what do I do? He said, She washes
		
01:01:52 --> 01:01:57
			my clothes for me. She cooks for
me. She does this for me. She does
		
01:01:57 --> 01:02:00
			that for me. And she protects me
from haram.
		
01:02:01 --> 01:02:05
			How can I? What else? You know,
how can I not tolerate this?
		
01:02:06 --> 01:02:10
			Now look at the softness with
Tricia understanding this case? Do
		
01:02:10 --> 01:02:14
			you understand? So that is what
Islam teaches you to do the right
		
01:02:14 --> 01:02:18
			thing in the right place, you have
to get angry for the right reason.
		
01:02:18 --> 01:02:20
			You have to also be calm for the
right reason.
		
01:02:22 --> 01:02:23
			Mashallah, yes,
		
01:02:25 --> 01:02:29
			I would, what I would suggest is,
in any of these cases, take them
		
01:02:29 --> 01:02:34
			as soon as possible to go and
speak with a scholar, you need to
		
01:02:34 --> 01:02:38
			obviously speak to them first,
then I think you need to take them
		
01:02:38 --> 01:02:42
			to a scholar and let them sit down
and really discuss this. Right?
		
01:02:43 --> 01:02:46
			That is probably the best way to
know in some cases, you're not
		
01:02:46 --> 01:02:50
			going to be able to do anything.
We have to try to really help them
		
01:02:50 --> 01:02:53
			work through that. Why is it so
don't just start rejecting them
		
01:02:53 --> 01:02:56
			start speaking to them and saying,
Well, you know, what do you intend
		
01:02:56 --> 01:02:59
			to get out of that? What is it
really, because a lot of people I
		
01:02:59 --> 01:03:03
			said, it's all about this zeal,
that you have this anger that you
		
01:03:03 --> 01:03:07
			have, and you want to do something
about it. So this seems to be the
		
01:03:07 --> 01:03:10
			easiest idea, especially if
something in your life isn't going
		
01:03:10 --> 01:03:13
			right and you're a bit sick of
life. You know, maybe you've just
		
01:03:13 --> 01:03:16
			had a divorce or maybe you've just
broken up with your parents, or
		
01:03:16 --> 01:03:20
			maybe you've just lost your job or
something like that. So find out
		
01:03:20 --> 01:03:25
			what are the factors here.
Somebody with sincerity, they they
		
01:03:25 --> 01:03:30
			will listen, and they will really
think Well, I think we can just do
		
01:03:30 --> 01:03:33
			that I think we can just do the
best that we can is just to talk
		
01:03:33 --> 01:03:36
			through with them in sha Allah.
For example, somebody wrote to
		
01:03:36 --> 01:03:38
			Abdullah Hebner, Amara, the Allahu
Ana, as I was discovered, this is
		
01:03:38 --> 01:03:44
			relevant to this. And he said to
him, he asked him no matter the
		
01:03:44 --> 01:03:47
			time to write some advice to him
about some knowledge, give me some
		
01:03:47 --> 01:03:50
			of your knowledge. Now for
whatever reason, this is the
		
01:03:50 --> 01:03:54
			response he gave him he said, in
the Latin Mecca theory.
		
01:03:55 --> 01:03:57
			There are many many sciences
there's much knowledge out there
		
01:03:57 --> 01:04:01
			there's a lot of things to teach.
But he said to him, Well, I can
		
01:04:01 --> 01:04:05
			install Tata and tell kala Hafi
for vitamin D Ma, il Muslimeen
		
01:04:06 --> 01:04:11
			humming Sol bottlemen unworldly
him girl Phyllis Ernie an hour all
		
01:04:11 --> 01:04:17
			the hem Lizzie manly only Gemma it
him for fun. He gave me one simple
		
01:04:17 --> 01:04:21
			advice. He said that there's a lot
of knowledge out there. But if you
		
01:04:21 --> 01:04:21
			can,
		
01:04:23 --> 01:04:27
			if you're able to eventually meet
with Allah subhanaw taala when you
		
01:04:27 --> 01:04:28
			die
		
01:04:29 --> 01:04:35
			without any burden on your back
from the people's blood, Muslims
		
01:04:35 --> 01:04:39
			blood on you, you did not
contribute to killing of Muslim
		
01:04:39 --> 01:04:39
			mean.
		
01:04:41 --> 01:04:45
			At the end of the day, you know,
you might think a person might
		
01:04:45 --> 01:04:48
			think that they are going to go
and kill a few non Muslims in
		
01:04:48 --> 01:04:53
			Paris or in London or wherever it
is. But what is the response going
		
01:04:53 --> 01:04:57
			to be? The response is just going
to be killing a lot more Muslims
		
01:04:57 --> 01:05:00
			somewhere else, because you may
kill somebody with a machine
		
01:05:00 --> 01:05:03
			In gun, they've got bombs, and
other things of that nature. And
		
01:05:03 --> 01:05:06
			the only just makes them more
angry and more resolute.
		
01:05:09 --> 01:05:13
			So he says that if you're able to
die when you can meet Allah
		
01:05:13 --> 01:05:19
			subhanaw taala, without any Muslim
blood on your back, and your
		
01:05:19 --> 01:05:23
			stomach devoid of their wealth,
meaning you haven't cheated
		
01:05:23 --> 01:05:28
			anybody and taken haram wealth
from somebody, and your tongue has
		
01:05:28 --> 01:05:33
			abstained from dishonouring them,
you haven't spoken ill about
		
01:05:33 --> 01:05:33
			anybody.
		
01:05:35 --> 01:05:39
			And you have been constantly with
the general group and not being
		
01:05:39 --> 01:05:43
			isolated. Then do that. That is
the knowledge that you should
		
01:05:43 --> 01:05:43
			have.
		
01:05:47 --> 01:05:51
			They will come at you see what the
prophets of Allah said about fitna
		
01:05:51 --> 01:05:52
			is at different levels.
		
01:05:53 --> 01:05:58
			There were certain he the Prophet
saw some himself told people that
		
01:05:58 --> 01:06:03
			they will come times when you will
absolutely not know what is right
		
01:06:03 --> 01:06:08
			from wrong. Say a G O. Fitton,
Caqueta, Elaine, Muslim, right,
		
01:06:08 --> 01:06:12
			they will come certain trials and
challenges in front of you will,
		
01:06:12 --> 01:06:16
			she'll be like, pieces of the dark
night, you will know what's right
		
01:06:16 --> 01:06:21
			and what's wrong. So do you know
what he says in that case? He says
		
01:06:21 --> 01:06:24
			in that case, in some cases, I
mean, I don't think it's that
		
01:06:24 --> 01:06:26
			confusing right now. And
Hamdulillah, we still have a lot
		
01:06:26 --> 01:06:29
			of orlimar we still have a lot of
education. There's a lot of
		
01:06:29 --> 01:06:32
			understanding. I don't think it's
that bad right now. It is bad, but
		
01:06:32 --> 01:06:35
			it's not that bad. In fact, I
think we've had worse in history,
		
01:06:36 --> 01:06:36
			right?
		
01:06:37 --> 01:06:40
			That's why there's a book that
we've just published. It's called
		
01:06:40 --> 01:06:45
			saviors of Islamic spirits. Right.
And the reason why I think every
		
01:06:45 --> 01:06:48
			Muslim should read this, right?
Because
		
01:06:49 --> 01:06:53
			it shakable Hassan Ali nadwi wrote
this,
		
01:06:54 --> 01:07:00
			this book, about the highs and
lows of this ummah.
		
01:07:01 --> 01:07:04
			This is not the worst time that
we're faring right now. When the
		
01:07:04 --> 01:07:08
			tortoise came into Baghdad, which
was the double Khilafah, which was
		
01:07:08 --> 01:07:12
			the, the center of the Muslim
world, they killed a million
		
01:07:12 --> 01:07:12
			Muslims.
		
01:07:13 --> 01:07:17
			They killed a million Muslims just
you know, like just in Baghdad
		
01:07:17 --> 01:07:19
			alone, aside from all of the
others, they killed in the other
		
01:07:19 --> 01:07:23
			cities just in Baghdad or in the
in the double Khilafah. Right.
		
01:07:25 --> 01:07:31
			Jerusalem was gone. The musci Luxa
for 90 years, 90 some years, had
		
01:07:31 --> 01:07:35
			no Salaat in there. No prayer
taking place in there. There was a
		
01:07:36 --> 01:07:42
			there was a a the coop but the
Sahara was made into a A, the
		
01:07:42 --> 01:07:45
			templum dominate there was a cross
placed on top of that, and no
		
01:07:45 --> 01:07:49
			Salah took place in that area. And
the Muslims were cleansed out of
		
01:07:49 --> 01:07:53
			there to such a degree so many
were killed that knee. The horses
		
01:07:53 --> 01:07:57
			were knee high in blood, according
to the historians. Yeah, we've
		
01:07:57 --> 01:08:00
			we've had some serious issues in
the past. So what shakable Hassan
		
01:08:00 --> 01:08:04
			Ali nadwi has done is he's gone
into history for you know, for the
		
01:08:04 --> 01:08:08
			first volume contains the first
six or seven centuries. He's
		
01:08:08 --> 01:08:11
			spoken about all the challenges
that some of the major challenges
		
01:08:11 --> 01:08:14
			that took place, and how Allah
subhanho wa Taala brought about
		
01:08:14 --> 01:08:18
			respect, brought about a solution
through certain individuals,
		
01:08:18 --> 01:08:22
			certain scholars, certain Olia
Allah, right, so the Prophet
		
01:08:22 --> 01:08:26
			sallallahu Sallam has discussed
these different Hadith about times
		
01:08:26 --> 01:08:30
			of fitna, and then in one case,
the province of Assam set a time
		
01:08:30 --> 01:08:32
			will come when you will absolutely
not know what sorry, you won't be
		
01:08:32 --> 01:08:35
			able to make any decision. The
best person will be the one who
		
01:08:35 --> 01:08:39
			takes his sheep into the top of a
mountain. Right? Some way, no way.
		
01:08:40 --> 01:08:45
			Right. And he just just stays away
from everybody else. But I said
		
01:08:45 --> 01:08:48
			that I don't think it's that bad
right now. Do you understand, but
		
01:08:48 --> 01:08:51
			it will get worse some time. Now,
it doesn't mean that it will have
		
01:08:51 --> 01:08:54
			to get worse now and is getting
worse, worse, worse. It has to get
		
01:08:54 --> 01:08:57
			worse and clearer is going to
occur. And man he's going to come
		
01:08:57 --> 01:09:00
			No, it could go right back up, and
then get worse, that time will
		
01:09:00 --> 01:09:04
			eventually come. But do we have to
feel that it's going to come right
		
01:09:04 --> 01:09:04
			now? No.
		
01:09:05 --> 01:09:11
			Do you understand before the 1000
years of the Muslim? The Muslim
		
01:09:11 --> 01:09:17
			millennium? Because right now in
14 137 We just started 37 Right
		
01:09:17 --> 01:09:23
			14 137 years after Sula so since
migration before Imam suity died
		
01:09:23 --> 01:09:28
			in 911 Meaning 911 Hijiri not 911
		
01:09:29 --> 01:09:37
			Right 911 Hijra right at before he
died he wrote a book about how he
		
01:09:37 --> 01:09:41
			believed that this OMA this
nation, the Muslim ummah was going
		
01:09:41 --> 01:09:45
			to go past the millennium. And he
brought in certain Hadees to prove
		
01:09:45 --> 01:09:50
			it. And the most interesting thing
is that the reason he had to write
		
01:09:50 --> 01:09:53
			that book is there were people at
his time saying that the world is
		
01:09:53 --> 01:09:57
			going to end by the 1,000th year.
They actually believe that some
		
01:09:57 --> 01:10:00
			people and there were certain
Hadith they were misquoted
		
01:10:00 --> 01:10:03
			And so he clarified that, and he
did some calculations, and he says
		
01:10:03 --> 01:10:06
			that there still has to be at
least another 200. And some years
		
01:10:06 --> 01:10:10
			before the day of judgment can
occur. So that's why it cannot
		
01:10:10 --> 01:10:16
			occur until it cannot occur by the
1,001st Millennium. Now, if I take
		
01:10:16 --> 01:10:25
			the same calculations, were 1436.
Right? We're about 6564 63 years
		
01:10:25 --> 01:10:28
			away from one and a half
millenniums, there's no way that
		
01:10:28 --> 01:10:31
			piano can occur be that within the
one according to his calculation,
		
01:10:31 --> 01:10:33
			Allah knows best. But I'm just
saying according to that, so we've
		
01:10:33 --> 01:10:37
			got a long time left. And we have
to always be optimistic and try to
		
01:10:37 --> 01:10:40
			be positive. So that's what the
Prophet sallallahu Sallam he
		
01:10:40 --> 01:10:43
			mentioned these things a bother
during fitna asking Allah for a
		
01:10:43 --> 01:10:47
			solution for refuge from fitna.
That's what the Prophet said
		
01:10:47 --> 01:10:48
			Lawson told us to do.
		
01:10:52 --> 01:10:57
			A legitimate leader is said use
the use the same rule that I said
		
01:10:57 --> 01:10:58
			before.
		
01:10:59 --> 01:11:02
			How many Allama are going to
recognize that leader?
		
01:11:03 --> 01:11:06
			How can somebody become a
legitimate leader and know Allah
		
01:11:06 --> 01:11:09
			ma recognize him? That means the
province that loves him is
		
01:11:09 --> 01:11:14
			incorrect in what he said, right?
Because this OMA will never gather
		
01:11:14 --> 01:11:19
			together on the wrong. Right?
People can a lot of people can
		
01:11:19 --> 01:11:23
			start doing something haram and
wrong they can but as an ummah,
		
01:11:23 --> 01:11:25
			which means especially the
scholars,
		
01:11:26 --> 01:11:28
			if they're going to be blinded
from a leader for 10 years, that's
		
01:11:28 --> 01:11:29
			impossible.
		
01:11:30 --> 01:11:34
			So I would say, go with what the
major scholars of the world will
		
01:11:34 --> 01:11:37
			do. And that's why I mentioned
that you know, when the MADI
		
01:11:37 --> 01:11:41
			comes, or he would have appeared
already, but no, he would have
		
01:11:41 --> 01:11:43
			been born already, but nobody will
know Him.
		
01:11:44 --> 01:11:47
			And there'll be so much strife in
the world that the scholars from
		
01:11:48 --> 01:11:51
			each country will be coming for
Hajj every year because they know
		
01:11:51 --> 01:11:55
			that it's in Hajj that he's going
to be found. And they will
		
01:11:55 --> 01:11:58
			actually meet up and say, Why are
you here? So we've come to look
		
01:11:58 --> 01:12:01
			for Maddie. Eventually, they will
actually gather together to find
		
01:12:01 --> 01:12:05
			him, trace him and force him to
take the leadership. That's what
		
01:12:05 --> 01:12:09
			he says in the narrations in the
prophecies. So I would say if you
		
01:12:09 --> 01:12:13
			want to see whether something is
right or wrong in the world, see
		
01:12:13 --> 01:12:17
			what the opinion of the scholars
is in general, not one scholar,
		
01:12:17 --> 01:12:20
			but a few scholars, at least
reputable ones?
		
01:12:23 --> 01:12:27
			That's not true. You know, do we
have to establish a Halifa before
		
01:12:27 --> 01:12:31
			the Madigan come? Absolutely not,
he is going to come to establish
		
01:12:31 --> 01:12:34
			it. Because before him there's
going according to the narrations,
		
01:12:34 --> 01:12:37
			even though some of them are the
weak narrations. And for anybody
		
01:12:37 --> 01:12:40
			who's interested in this. I've
actually done an entire series,
		
01:12:40 --> 01:12:44
			it's an audio series on zamzam.
academy.com. What is it the signs
		
01:12:44 --> 01:12:45
			of the last day,
		
01:12:46 --> 01:12:49
			it's a signs of PR more signs of
the last day. That's what it's
		
01:12:49 --> 01:12:49
			titled as
		
01:12:51 --> 01:12:54
			if you start listening to it,
towards the end, it discusses all
		
01:12:54 --> 01:12:57
			of these things. And what's going
to happen is that it says that in
		
01:12:57 --> 01:13:00
			Syria, there's going to be a guy
called Sophie Jani, who's going to
		
01:13:00 --> 01:13:02
			be a major tyrant in the masjid is
going to do some really bad
		
01:13:02 --> 01:13:08
			things, and they start on the
other and everything, and the jail
		
01:13:08 --> 01:13:11
			is going to appear. So there are
particular signs of that. And it
		
01:13:11 --> 01:13:13
			doesn't mention any of those that
there's going to be an Islamic
		
01:13:13 --> 01:13:16
			Khilafah. It doesn't even give you
any idea that in fact it talks
		
01:13:16 --> 01:13:18
			about chaos.
		
01:13:19 --> 01:13:20
			Right? It talks about chaos.
		
01:13:21 --> 01:13:23
			And I tell you another thing.
		
01:13:24 --> 01:13:29
			Most Muslims in the world, they
have this utopian idea that they
		
01:13:29 --> 01:13:34
			they're waiting for the Khilafah
to happen. And Pakistan is like an
		
01:13:34 --> 01:13:38
			example they give a failed
example, unfortunately. Right? It
		
01:13:38 --> 01:13:43
			started off as you know, Pakistan,
right, Pakistan, Pakistan, you
		
01:13:43 --> 01:13:45
			know, and no offense to
Pakistanis. But you know what I
		
01:13:45 --> 01:13:50
			mean? Is this supposed to be this
Muslim utopia, splitting away from
		
01:13:50 --> 01:13:54
			India, and the rest of India
rather, and making this place that
		
01:13:54 --> 01:13:57
			is pure and Islamic rule, but
SubhanAllah? You know,
		
01:13:58 --> 01:14:02
			unfortunately, a failed exercise.
In that sense. It's still good in
		
01:14:02 --> 01:14:04
			some senses. But anyway, that's a
different issue.
		
01:14:07 --> 01:14:13
			The example we need to look at in
the West, is of a country in which
		
01:14:13 --> 01:14:17
			Muslims have lived successfully.
Yes, there's going to be issues.
		
01:14:17 --> 01:14:20
			There's issues in Muslim
countries. So why not in non
		
01:14:20 --> 01:14:24
			Muslim countries? What is the
example of a country where Muslims
		
01:14:24 --> 01:14:29
			have been successful with even
having their own laws to a certain
		
01:14:29 --> 01:14:34
			degree, full ability to practice
their faith? And so on so forth,
		
01:14:34 --> 01:14:39
			but living as a minority, a huge
minority, but still a minority
		
01:14:39 --> 01:14:42
			within a large country? Can you
anybody give me an example of
		
01:14:42 --> 01:14:44
			that, where they've got where
they're had scholars? They've got
		
01:14:44 --> 01:14:49
			academics, they've got huge
heritage and tradition of heirloom
		
01:14:49 --> 01:14:51
			and sciences and heirloom and
everything like that. Where do you
		
01:14:51 --> 01:14:52
			think that is in the world?
		
01:14:55 --> 01:14:58
			South Africa is a decent but
there's not as they still take
		
01:14:58 --> 01:14:59
			their strength from somewhere
else.
		
01:15:01 --> 01:15:05
			It's India. It's India, because
they've had a huge history of
		
01:15:05 --> 01:15:09
			Muslims. And how many Muslims in
India about 150 million? It's not
		
01:15:09 --> 01:15:14
			a joke, probably more than all the
Middle East put together, right of
		
01:15:14 --> 01:15:17
			Indian Muslims were everybody was
together at the time but in the
		
01:15:17 --> 01:15:22
			beginning, but they have lived
under Hindu rule well under
		
01:15:22 --> 01:15:26
			secular officially a secular rule,
but now it's whatever, they have
		
01:15:26 --> 01:15:29
			issues. You know, in many states
you can eat cow, right as though
		
01:15:29 --> 01:15:31
			that's going to be a deal breaker
you know,
		
01:15:32 --> 01:15:36
			but there are issues everywhere
there is Subhanallah you know,
		
01:15:37 --> 01:15:42
			there are Muslim countries where
we couldn't I couldn't be speaking
		
01:15:42 --> 01:15:46
			to you unless I got a special
license to speak to you on a very
		
01:15:46 --> 01:15:49
			particular topic. There's
countries in the world where they
		
01:15:49 --> 01:15:53
			have huge amounts of good scholars
but they're not allowed to say a
		
01:15:53 --> 01:15:58
			word that's why they call that
place the refrigerator the freezer
		
01:15:58 --> 01:15:58
			of their alma
		
01:15:59 --> 01:16:05
			Alma they just frozen, waiting.
That's why you and I have been
		
01:16:05 --> 01:16:09
			placed in these places, but
whether that be Oslo, Norway or
		
01:16:09 --> 01:16:14
			Sweden or England is a reason why
we're here and let's make the best
		
01:16:14 --> 01:16:18
			of that inshallah. And we meet
Allah subhanaw taala we have done
		
01:16:18 --> 01:16:21
			our best to fulfill our
obligations to Allah