Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Seeking a Miracle During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
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The importance of trusting in God and avoiding negative consequences is emphasized in the conversation. The speakers emphasize the need for everyone to trust in God and not let anyone overstate their behavior. The importance of developing fear and monitoring one's behavior is also emphasized. The conversation also touches on the use of Islam in war and its negative impact on society.

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			Bismillah R Rahman r Rahim Al
hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa
		
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			salatu salam ala say even more
Celine while earlier he was so
		
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			happy he was seldom at the Sleeman
Kathira en la Yomi Deen another
		
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			call Allahu Tabata Isla feel
called and Nigeria will funnel
		
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			Hamid Kula, you'll see benna Ilana
Khattab Allahu lenah Who mo
		
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			learner, wide Allah He fell yet
our Khalil me known. Allah
		
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			subhanho wa Taala says in the
Quran, Quran and you'll see but
		
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			this is sort of the Toba that
nothing shall ever happen to us
		
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			except what ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada
has ordained for us who are Molana
		
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			he's our Mola. He's our patron.
He's our caretaker, he looks after
		
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			us. Moloch can be translated as
Lord, helper and protector. Why
		
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			Allah He followed me known and in
Allah, that the believers put
		
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			their trust in Allah let the
believers put it put their trust,
		
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			it's only the believers that are
going to be putting their trust in
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala. So while we
find ourselves in this situation,
		
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			I just want to clarify first, that
this is not some kind of official
		
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			Juma hautbois. That's generally
done in a masjid followed by a
		
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			prayer. This is just an informal
sermon, because most people, at
		
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			least in this country, and maybe
other parts of the world as well,
		
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			they won't be attending July in
the masjid.
		
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			There'll be just sufficing at
home, with their prayers at home.
		
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			So this is just to keep that in
mind. And to provide a reminder,
		
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			where the kids are in the vichara,
than feral Momineen remind for a
		
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			reminder, it's beneficial for the
believers. So it's just to give
		
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			that Friday that everybody is used
to. So we thought we'd make that
		
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			useful. And so to carry on, we
find ourselves in this particular
		
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			particular predict predicament,
and lots of people are very
		
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			bewildered. And I've heard from
different people that there's
		
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			people who are really getting
paranoid and losing a lot of
		
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			sleep, even though they may not be
physically sick. And they may not
		
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			have caught any viruses yet, and
may never do, actually, but
		
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			because of the hype around that
there's children who can't sleep
		
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			at night.
		
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			That's why we, as parents, and
others need to manage this well.
		
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			And not, we need to take it
seriously, obviously, because it
		
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			is definitely serious. And we need
to take all precautions, etc. But
		
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			at the same time, we also don't
want to make it such that people
		
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			start losing hope. So what we have
is, you know, they say that
		
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			there's 80% of the people may
catch this. And then there's the
		
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			statistics from other countries
and so on. And based on that, what
		
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			the governments have told us what
the health professionals are
		
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			telling us, they're telling us
that you need to wash up like
		
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			this, you need to keep a distance,
you need to have isolation, you
		
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			need to have this than the other.
And you know, we need to listen to
		
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			all of that. Now, once we've
listened to all of them, we're
		
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			doing our best we've hatched down,
we're staying indoors, we're not
		
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			doing anything that is going to
you know, put ourselves at risk.
		
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			Now as a person of faith, and I'm
not just talking to the Muslims
		
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			here, I want this to be an
addressed to even non Muslims,
		
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			people of other faiths who believe
in a God, right, who believe that
		
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			there's a creator who believes
that this creator, this God, this
		
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			Lord is in control of the universe
and is essentially in charge of
		
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			all the affairs of this universe.
And he is basically the omniscient
		
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			Lord, he knows what he's doing.
And he is the omnipotent Lord, He
		
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			has power over everything. He
hears everything, he understands
		
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			everything, he plans, everything,
everything is done according to
		
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			His will. So anybody who believes
in this, Lord, we need to come
		
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			together in this regard. And there
is a responsibility upon us,
		
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			rather than responsibility. We
actually have some more because
		
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			once we've done everything that
the doctors and medical
		
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			professionals and governments have
advised us to do, right, what do
		
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			we do next? How do we how do we
deal with the whole psychology
		
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			behind this? How do we deal with
our spirituality? Is there
		
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			something else that we can do? Do
our faiths tell us something more
		
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			than this? What else should we do?
That's a very, very important
		
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			question. And that's why we really
need to our role as believers in
		
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			God, Muslims and others, it goes
actually beyond just hatching down
		
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			and doing that there's a lot more
we can do and I think the rest of
		
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			the people have to we need to do
enough that we can actually help
		
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			the rest of the people as well.
This is the time to actually turn
		
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			to our Lord. God says in the
Quran, Allah says in the Quran, I
		
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			mean even say in Arabic for
Pharaoh, Illa Allah, hasten to
		
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			Allah run to Allah. Right run to
Allah escaped to Allah. Now what
		
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			we have to understand is that
		
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			this is not just to thinking about
Allah subhanaw taala is not
		
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			Just to manage our sanity, that's
an important aspects. But beyond
		
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			that, it's also asking him to help
us to invoke his mercy for all of
		
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			us, for the entire mankind, for
our country, for people in general
		
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			for for this to be lifted, because
clearly there's something going
		
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			on, I mean, understanding that
this virus began, there's many
		
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			viruses, there's many Corona
viruses as well, and they're
		
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			around, but this particular
mutation of it, or I would
		
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			probably say that the way they
started, the way where it started,
		
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			where it's going, and the effect
it's having in different places,
		
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			that's all under the will of
Allah. Right? And there's no doubt
		
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			about that. I mean, what else are
you going to say? I mean, people
		
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			are bewildered scientists, medical
practitioners, biologists, people
		
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			who deal with viruses, they're all
bewildered by this one, right?
		
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			There's new ideas, new advices
precautions coming up, policies
		
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			are changing. Heads of States have
this prime ministers have this
		
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			President's may have been
afflicted by this. And so on and
		
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			so forth. This is something that
is overtaking everybody. This is
		
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			just Allah showing his power. And
we can't be blind to that fact. We
		
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			can't be blind to that fact.
Because pretty much from a non God
		
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			perspective, none God non divine
perspective, pretty much
		
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			everything is out there. Everybody
knows what you can do. up to that
		
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			level. But there's another level
that we need to tap into,
		
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			especially people that are people
of faith. Because look at this,
		
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			you got viruses everywhere, right?
You got viruses, suddenly, this
		
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			particular one in a particular
area of China suddenly gets
		
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			activated. Right now where they
started from a bat and how it
		
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			started, Allah knows best but
regardless of it, the reality is
		
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			in front of us, it's gone
everywhere. And we're being
		
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			afflicted by it. Allah subhanaw
taala, he literally just started
		
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			it. He opera, he basically started
its operation, it became activated
		
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			and it started doing its thing, as
as much as it's going around and
		
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			the havoc that it's wreaking
throughout Allah subhanho wa Taala
		
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			in his hands is the power to
literally just turn it off,
		
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			deactivated it, and it can
disappear as far as you know, even
		
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			faster than it started
miraculously. But for that there's
		
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			a reason why this has happened.
And Allah subhanaw taala is
		
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			waiting for us to do something to
reach that level of
		
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			invocation to Allah and treating
Allah humility to Allah turning to
		
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			him seeking forgiveness, removing
the burdens from ourselves, so
		
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			that he will do that for us. It's
all in his hands. He's all in his
		
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			hands and Allah is merciful. And
we are told time and time again in
		
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			our scripture in our books, that
you do Toba, you repent, you turn
		
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			to him in penitence, you turned to
him in repentance, and you seek
		
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			forgiveness for your vices and
wrongs and everything. And Allah
		
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			is Forgiving, God is forgiving.
There's absolutely no doubt about
		
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			that. So
		
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			where it started, how it started,
how it's proliferated and spread,
		
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			there's has to be reasons for
that. Now, I'm not trying to say
		
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			we need to go into conspiracy
theories about this. There's lots
		
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			out there. That's not what I'm
talking about. What we want to
		
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			talk about here is that we need to
reflect over Allah's command.
		
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			Allah's Will Allah's plan, and
what he has in store for us and
		
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			what our faiths tell us that we
need to how we need to respond to
		
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			this hour. I mean, definitely our
actions have got something to
		
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			every individual needs to think
what is of my action, never think
		
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			that our individual wrong, actions
are insignificant. We live in a
		
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			quantum world, everything affects
something else, we have numerous
		
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			traditions from the Prophet
Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam to explain that to, to
highlight that idea, I want to
		
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			keep this short, so I'm not going
to go into it. But I'm sure you've
		
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			heard of things like that, where a
calamity comes up on people. And
		
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			then actually the Allahu Anhu
asked the Prophet salallahu Salam,
		
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			but there's such an such a
righteous person and such and such
		
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			a racist person in that area. How
come you know what's gonna happen
		
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			to them? And basically, the rocks
are awesome said that, did that
		
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			person ever protest against the
wrong, so we're all guilty at some
		
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			level or the other in whatever,
whether in oppressing ourselves or
		
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			others, or not basically speaking
out against oppression, against
		
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			abuses against so many different
things. So we all need to have the
		
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			introspection number two less
consumption. Right? This is
		
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			something I spoke about earlier in
another in another talk. So I'm
		
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			not going to speak about the
sudden there's going to have to be
		
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			a change of lifestyle. I mean,
we're being forced to change our
		
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			lifestyle. This is a very good
moment to do surgery, there's a
		
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			concept in Arabic called the G
which means to essentially strip
		
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			away all non essentials from our
life, and start right from the
		
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			beginning. And then just introduce
what's absolutely necessary,
		
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			especially us in the West who
Allah has given abundance to and
		
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			we thank you Allah, for giving us
so much Subhanallah you've given
		
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			us more than so many others in the
world safety, security, medicine,
		
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			supplies, and so on. Even in this
time, you know, you can still get
		
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			things if people do not do panic
buying, right? It's amazing. The
		
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			shops are still food, you've still
got lots of fruit and nuts
		
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			other things which probably come
from other countries, Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala hasn't changed any
of that yet. But we need to
		
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			discipline ourselves. This is the
moment for that ourselves, our
		
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			children were at home many of us
at home. So we need to see our
		
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			consumption levels, the kinds of
things that we do, that we should
		
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			be doing that we should not be
doing and so on and so forth. I
		
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			just want to bring our You see,
when you call Unto Allah, miracles
		
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			happen. So, I just want to mention
one incident which took place in
		
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			Madina Munawwara right, several
centuries ago and this I mean, the
		
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			prophets Allah had mentioned that
there will be a huge fire that
		
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			will erupt in Madina Munawwara and
this happens in the prophets of
		
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			Allah himself said that a huge
fire will erupt in Madina
		
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			Munawwara which will be so huge
and so, so inflamed that it will
		
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			actually illuminate the the next
of the camels of Basra in Sham
		
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			which is south of Damascus. So
several centuries later, after the
		
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			prophets, Allah some had mentioned
this exactly, there was a huge
		
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			love of flow, right there was
there was a huge love of flow and
		
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			we're just basically consuming
everything in its Miss amidst you
		
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			can read about this in the various
books, Alicia Afia, Shazza, and,
		
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			and other books, and is basically
just consuming everything as a
		
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			historical account. And what the
people did is they saw that it's
		
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			coming directly from the student
number we and the inhabitation
		
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			around it. So including the
governor of Madina, Munawwara
		
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			everybody, they rushed to the
masjid. Now, I know, that would be
		
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			an ideal situation. But we can't
do that because of the difference
		
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			in the scenario, the context,
right? Because here we've got a
		
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			different calamity upon us. So
we're going to have to do this in
		
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			our homes that we're going to have
to run to Allah in our homes, and
		
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			basically, slaves were freed. Lots
of sadaqa were given lots of
		
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			charity was given the path of
Allah, and so on and so forth. And
		
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			as this thing is coming, you know,
towards Masuda nubbly, and it's
		
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			just going to consume everything
in its path. Suddenly, Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala brings a relief and
it miraculously literally, I mean,
		
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			there's no other explanation for
this, it miraculously turns like,
		
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			how does a lava flow going in one
direction, just turn. And if you
		
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			want to check this out, you can
consult geologists have actually
		
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			gone and seen this in the last
several years. I mean, I've heard
		
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			of reports of geologists who have
gone there, because when lava
		
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			flows, it leaves a tract of the
black, the black, lava stone,
		
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			right? And they've actually seen
it's coming in one direction,
		
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			suddenly it takes a diversion.
There's numerous incidents
		
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			incidences like this, you've got
the incidence of the Battle of the
		
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			Trench where the Muslims were in
the Medina were completely
		
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			outnumbered the enemies, that no
other force, no other greater
		
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			force had ever congregated and
assembled together. Right, as in
		
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			the history of the Arabian
Peninsula as had been when they
		
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			just basically campaign and got
everybody together to come and
		
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			attack the Madina Munawwara and it
just felt like there's nothing
		
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			much you could do, they took
precaution. By digging the trench
		
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			they did all of that precaution.
But their sites were with Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala, the prophets of
Allah was praying to Allah, the
		
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			Sahaba praying to Allah, that's
where you get the seven massages
		
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			from those who go formula they see
the the era in Madina Munawwara
		
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			seven massage, and that is where
the different Sahaba had basically
		
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			stationed themselves or had been
stationed. And then they build
		
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			messages. In those seven lessons.
That's exactly where the trench
		
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			was. But Allah subhanaw taala, he
brings this huge, almost like
		
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			Storm, a hurricane, which
basically uprooted the tents of
		
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			the enemy, and they disappeared.
There's so many other stories like
		
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			this. There's so many other
stories about the River Nile,
		
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			about other incidences in history,
there's numerous incidences, this
		
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			can still happen today. It doesn't
have to carry on, right, it
		
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			doesn't have to carry on and take
the 80% You know, the rate that
		
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			has been predicted, it doesn't
have to happen like that. Right?
		
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			Different countries have dealt
with it differently has, and it's
		
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			afflicted different places in
different ways. That's why we need
		
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			an abundance of the remembrance of
Allah. Right? We need to remember
		
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			him, we need to seek forgiveness
from him, we need to give huge
		
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			amounts of charity charity is said
to calm down the anger of Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala. The other thing
that we need to remember is that
		
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			there's a Hadith of the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, which
		
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			basically says, Hadith Sahih
Muslim, which says that we're
		
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			Allahu, it's along the Hadith. But
this part is very pertinent for
		
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			us. Because at this moment,
everybody is very selfishly
		
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			thinking about themselves, because
we're in our homes where
		
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			everybody's paranoid, you know
that the situation right now is
		
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			that you get a bit of a sore
throat, or you have a slight
		
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			tickle in your throat and you
think you've got it, right. You've
		
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			got to you know, you're feeling a
bit hot and you feel you've got a
		
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			temperature, you get a bit of a
cough, and you think you've got
		
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			the virus, right, there's no SIBO
effect, literally, I mean, not a
		
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			placebo effect, but it's like a no
SIBO effect. And lots of people
		
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			are dealing with this, right? Oh,
of course, it's a reality. People
		
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			are having this issue, but there's
paranoia, there's just, it's
		
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			crazy. So, what's happening is
that most people are looking
		
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			inwards, right? It's a it's a very
selfish time because everybody's
		
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			worried about themselves and their
		
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			precaution, How'd you even help
somebody yesterday I sat with the
		
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			children. And I said, Look, let me
give it let's give ourselves a
		
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			task, right? Let's give ourselves
a task. And I've given them a day
		
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			I've given ourselves the data. How
can we act on this hadith? The
		
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			hadith says that Allah, we are
only allowed to Allah Who can only
		
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			live the merkon Al Abdullah only
agree that Allah subhanho wa Taala
		
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			will assist a person will remain
in the assistance of a person,
		
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			Allah will assist people and help
them as long as that person is
		
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			engaged in the assistance of
others of his brother, his sister,
		
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			other people. So one of the ways
to attract the assistance of Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala is to assist
others. Now that will require us
		
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			to be that to be basically very
practical,
		
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			very practical, and think outside
the box as to how while sitting at
		
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			home, while isolating ourselves
how we can help others is there
		
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			people we know who are going
through difficulty? Maybe Maybe we
		
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			can send them some money, right?
Maybe we can send them a bank
		
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			transfer, maybe we can get some
other way to deliver even cash or
		
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			vouchers to somebody for a
supermarket. I don't know I'm
		
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			waiting for the children and us to
come back and you know, brainstorm
		
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			this if you've got ideas, you
know, put them out there, put them
		
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			on our, you know on on our zamzam
Academy website comments or on the
		
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			on the Facebook or whatever, you
know, if this is something we need
		
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			to help one another in that how
can we assist others and that will
		
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			take the brunt of this of
ourselves psychologically, when
		
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			you've got a problem yourself and
anguish or grief or sorrow or
		
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			difficulty you're dealing with.
One of the best cures for that is
		
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			to actually start thinking about
others and helping others that
		
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			minimizes it gives us something to
do makes us feel useful during
		
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			this time. Otherwise, what are we
going to do for I don't know how
		
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			many weeks just sitting, sitting
trying to protect ourselves. So
		
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			let's think about how we can
safely help others and help
		
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			basically help the whole of
humanity right and bless those who
		
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			are going to who are going to do
that. And there's another Hadith
		
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			in that regard, which is where the
Prophet sallallahu sallam said it
		
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			hammelmann Fill out your Henkelman
visa, have mercy on those on the
		
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			earth and those in the heavens
will will treat you with mercy as
		
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			well. Famous Hadith. Then, I want
to mention a few verses of the
		
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			Quran which talk about the Mercy
of Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah
		
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			subhanho wa Taala firstly, look at
this verse, he says warahmatullahi
		
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			was the right color shade. My
Mercy encompasses everything,
		
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			envelopes, everything, covers,
everything spans everything.
		
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			That's Allah subhanaw taala now
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam in explaining that and in
trying to, in trying to
		
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			demonstrate the vastness, the
simpleness, the broadness of Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala has mercy to the
sahaba. He there was an incident.
		
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			It was just after a war and the
you know, the people are there,
		
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			there's the Havoc that's been
caused by the war, there's the
		
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			spoils, there's people lying
around, so on. And there's a
		
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			mother who's lost a child during
the situation. There's a mother
		
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			who's lost a child, I mean, she
didn't know where her child is.
		
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			So, after the war finishes, after
the battle finishes, she's going
		
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			among all the martyrs, all the
people who are dead, lying on the
		
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			ground, looking for her child. And
finally, when she when she finds
		
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			this child, she picks that child
up, and she just embraces that
		
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			child. I mean, you can understand
the motherhood, the mother
		
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			leanness, the mother love of that
child of that woman for her for
		
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			her child, she picks that child
up. So now, at this the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam asked
the companions that our owner had
		
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			the hill, Mara, Tori Hatton, what
are the half inner? Do you ever
		
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			think that this woman would ever
throw her child into the fire into
		
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			a fire? Would you ever imagine
that this woman would throw her
		
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			child into the fire? We said no,
the Sahaba said no Allah, Allah he
		
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			were here and then the Prophet
Allah some said, Allah who were he
		
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			a duck? What he Wallah, he were he
a duck there either and Tatro who?
		
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			She she can't do that. That's not
something she can do. She would
		
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			never throw her child in the
Hellfire in the fire in general.
		
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			So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam then said, Allah who
		
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			this is a very important part,
Allah who are a hammer will be
		
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			able to him in her the Hebrew
whether the HA, ALLAH SubhanA wa
		
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			Taala is even more merciful with
his servants than this mother is
		
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			with her one child.
		
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			You know, we can see the
manifestation of Allah's mercy
		
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			through people doing good work,
Allah's Mercy supposed to be well
		
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			superior to this, well above this
many, many times over multiple
		
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			times over this is a Hadith of
Sahih Muslim. Let me just mention
		
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			a few others. Another one is where
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam said that in Allah He may,
		
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			Allah subhanho wa Taala he has 100
Mercy this is just to depict just
		
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			to kind of visualize it for us,
Allah has 100 mercies
		
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			unzila mean how Ramadan wa
Headington banal Jimny well NC
		
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			while Baja AMI Well, however me
only one part of that mercy so
		
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			Basically saying that if you
imagine that all of Allah's mercy
		
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			which is infinite, but just to
give an explanation, just to give
		
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			an exaggerated example, or just
the minimal example, if you divide
		
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			Allah's Mercy into 100 parts, it's
only one of those parts like 21%
		
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			that he has put into this and
divided and spread and shared
		
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			among all the jinn, the gem kind,
the humankind, all the beasts on
		
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			the earth, all the insects and
other rodents and all other
		
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			animals on earth, and Furby hired
out of one and that's, that, that
		
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			is the mercy by which there is
compassion within creatures for
		
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			one another, why do we have
compassion for one another? Why is
		
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			there even the faculty of
compassion that we actually feel
		
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			for someone, it's because of this
small share of this 1% of mercy
		
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			that has been spread among all of
creation, from Allah's mercy,
		
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			where the rest of it is 99% will
be higher? Tara Hammoud that's how
		
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			they merciful to one another, will
be her doubtful, WashU Allah, what
		
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			are they and that's even why an
animal will be compassionate and
		
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			look after and care, right, its
own offspring, even though that
		
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			animal we do not consider them to
be rational creatures, but they
		
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			even have that built in by Allah
subhanaw taala to be from that
		
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			part to part of His mercy. And
then Allah then the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu sallam said, what what
Allah Who this and what is Ina
		
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			Rama, Allah has postponed 93 part
the 99% of that mercy, the rest of
		
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			the rest of that mercy. Can you
imagine how much that's going to
		
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			be? If 1% is what shared among
everybody that you've ever seen
		
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			being mercy, all the stories of
compassion in the world we've ever
		
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			had, historically, all that will
come it's just 1%. Now we have
		
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			99%, that Allah subhanaw taala has
kept back for himself, your
		
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			Hammurabi, ha Reba hooyo Malkia.
Definitely on the Day of Judgment,
		
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			he's going to use that, to
basically have mercy on on his
		
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			servants on his servants. And this
is just because this is a Hadith
		
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			about the Day of Judgment. But it
doesn't mean that Allah subhanaw
		
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			taala is not going to use it in
this world that he can have mercy
		
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			upon us. We've seen that we've we
know that from experience.
		
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			Likewise, Allah subhanaw taala
says, well, Lilina either for
		
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			alpha Heisha, a lot Mo and Busan,
the Corolla, those people who have
		
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			done
		
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			a matter of emote committed a
matter of immorality committed
		
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			some immorality as a device,
especially sexual vices and
		
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			others, or they've oppressed
themselves in another way
		
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			vulnerable and fusarium, then they
remember ALLAH because it's all
		
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			about coming back to Allah, then
they remember ALLAH and they seek
		
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			for self photo Liuba him and they
then seek ALLAH, ALLAH forgiveness
		
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			for their sins. It's just about
turning back to Allah that Allah
		
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			Allah wants from us. When a young
Pharaoh Guba Illa Allah Who else
		
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			is there, that's just Allah puts
that in who else is there that can
		
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			forgive besides Allah? Because
it's only him that we are, you
		
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			know, transgressing against we
transgress against others, but
		
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			that's a transgression against
Allah as well. What am you see
		
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			Rwanda mufaddal. And then these
people they do not persist on
		
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			their, on their own on their
oppression. Right? Well, whom
		
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			Yeah, the moon while they know of
course, they could still make
		
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			mistakes, they could still do it
accidentally, they could still do
		
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			it overcome sometimes, but they do
not purposely want to do it again
		
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			and do it again. Then Allah
subhanaw taala says that Jezza uma
		
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			FIRA to Mira by him their reward,
their reward is a forgiveness from
		
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			the Lord. What Janet and Paradise
gardens actually Daydreamin Daniel
		
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			and how below which rivers will
flow and highly Dean if you had
		
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			they will remain in there forever
when they are modular Armenia and
		
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			this is what a wonderful gift and
award this is for those who do
		
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			good and that's okay that's
talking about the hereafter. But
		
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			you think people who are destined
for good in the hereafter Allah
		
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			will not have mercy on them in the
world. Ways of attaining Allah
		
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			subhanho wa Taala as mercy let us
let us see how else we can get
		
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			Allah's mercy. So I'm just going
to mention to you four verses of
		
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			the Quran and then one Hadith,
right and that should be enough
		
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			for us. Allah says 100 Zero
mineral Quran is suited to Israel
		
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			100 Zero mineral Qurani man who
has Shiva on warahmatu lil
		
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			Momineen we have revealed from the
Quran that which is a cure and a
		
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			source of mercy for the believers.
That means increase our reading of
		
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			the Quran right maybe do it with
the children I mean hamdulillah in
		
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			my house we've got a mashallah
wonderful routine children wake
		
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			up. I'm only saying this just so
that you have an idea. I will do
		
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			another lecture. We'll do another
lecture inshallah about timetable,
		
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			but we have a that they're going
to they're going to read for this
		
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			long two hours or whatever because
they're they're doing hymns of the
		
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			Quran anyway. And mashallah, if
you use this time to do have the
		
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			Quran, write yourself a bit,
whatever few suitors here and
		
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			there, the blessing of the Quran
is that it's the one Words of
		
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			Allah, your house inshallah will
be protected. Can you imagine for
		
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			one or two hours you've got people
reading the Quran
		
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			In your house, you may have never
had that before accepting
		
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			Ramadan's, right? Can you imagine
the abundance of Mercy that's
		
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			going to come because when the
Quran is recited this hadith that
		
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			show that angels gather around is
a certain tranquility that
		
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			descends Sakina that defends this
huge amount of benefit to do that.
		
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			Do not, do not be deprived of
this. Sit down, read the Quran,
		
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			have your children read the Quran,
have you know has everybody read
		
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			the Quran?
		
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			Because it's going to be a cure
Allah says there's a cure in the
		
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			Quran is going to be a cure
psychologically for you. There's
		
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			so much in the Quran especially if
you're reading with translation,
		
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			you're reflecting over the Tafseer
and so on and so forth. Number two
		
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			in Sorrento and I'm Allah subhanaw
taala then says we'll have kita
		
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			boon and Zilla who MOBA or con,
this is a book we've revealed
		
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			which is blessed it this book
we've revealed his blessing for
		
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			who who so follow it, follow it
adhere to what's in it. What Taku
		
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			like I look into Ramon and fear
Allah, attained Taqwa fear Allah
		
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			fear Allah stop doing things that
we did without thinking about how
		
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			we are violating Allah's commands,
think about the violations and
		
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			stop doing those things. There are
Subhanallah we have so many sins,
		
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			right, that have become parts of
our life. And we no longer even
		
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			consider them since we've
justified them. Somehow we've
		
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			overlooked them we think they're
okay. There's no problem with
		
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			them. So we really need to
introspect and may Allah grant us
		
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			that introspection. May Allah
grant us the understanding. So the
		
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			this verse is telling us two
things, number one,
		
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			follow what's in the Quran. And
number two, develop fear for him.
		
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			La Isla come to her moon, so
perhaps you will be dealt with
		
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			mercy. So that's another way to
invoke the mercy of Allah. And the
		
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			third verse is sort of that it
sort of it Imran which is what are
		
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			to your Allah, what rasool Allah
Allah control, Herman essentially
		
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			be obedient to Allah and His
Messenger, so that you can be
		
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			given mercy again, you can be
given mercy if you try your best.
		
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			Now, a lot of others said that we
don't even know that what we're
		
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			doing wrong. And for that, we have
to educate ourselves mashallah
		
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			lots of Allah may Allah bless our
fellow Allah ma around the world
		
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			who are giving, you know,
mashallah giving lots of lectures
		
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			and reminders and do rules around
the world. And the more the
		
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			better, right, because one person
can't do it all, you know, a few
		
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			conduit all it needs to be in
every locality, providing
		
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			children's lessons, adult lessons,
we need to benefit from that
		
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			inshallah that will help too.
		
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			That will help for us to become
more discerning as to what we need
		
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			to do with our life from now on.
And sort of the layout of the last
		
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			verse I'm going to quote here is
in the rahmatullahi kyriba middle
		
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			Marcin in that very Allah's Mercy
is close, is close to the doers of
		
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			good. Now, when you say Masini and
doers of good there are so many
		
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			things. When you beautify
something when you do something
		
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			excellently. When you do any kind
of virtue, then it's a very broad
		
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			idea to any kind of good and
virtue and Allah's mercy will be
		
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			with you we need this mercy. And
finally the hadith of Buhari in
		
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			the Maya humble law whom in a bad
he Rohana which is similar to the
		
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			Hadith I mentioned earlier, that
Verily, Allah has mercy
		
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			upon his, from His servants, Allah
has mercy on them who are merciful
		
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			to others, having mercy upon
others having that idea that will
		
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			inshallah attract Allah subhanaw
taala as mercy for us as well. So
		
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			Jazak Allah here for listening, we
have gone a bit over time.
		
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			We did start a bit late, but may
Allah subhanaw taala, bless your
		
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			days, and make these easy for us
and avert this through this mass
		
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			invocation for Rama, this mass
practice of deeds that bring about
		
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			the Mercy of Allah subhanaw taala
do not think what it what
		
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			difference is going to be made. If
I make something, the day you
		
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			start doing something, understand
that Allah will make changes,
		
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			right? Especially those who feel
they're sinners, and who feel that
		
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			they're not going to get anything
out of this that they can't
		
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			contribute, nothing's going to
happen, you can change and that
		
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			will provide an effect inshallah.
So we ask Allah, please keep us
		
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			all in your doors, keep the
doctors and all the healthcare
		
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			professionals and the nurses and
all those who are working in that
		
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			regard. The police forces, the
Obama, right, these are the people
		
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			who are going to keep things
going. Right and the people who
		
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			are essentially manufacturing
		
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			essential supplies and selling
these essential supplies and not
		
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			basically trying to profit
wrongfully through this. May we
		
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			pray that Allah subhanaw taala
give them lots of Baraka, lots of
		
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			baraka and lots of blessing. May
Allah protect them. And may Allah
		
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			allow us to be accepted for some
service to his deen and to
		
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			humanity as well. Well, he read
that one Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil
		
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			Alameen