Ali Albarghouthi – Being Honest with Allah

Ali Albarghouthi
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The speakers discuss the importance of honesty in politics, social media, and media. They stress the need for honesty in one's actions and commitment to Islam, as it relates to personal experiences and actions. They also emphasize the importance of avoiding topics like decadeate behavior and bribery in publicity. The speakers emphasize the need for honesty in everything, including speaking truthfully, and encourage people to be honest with their actions. They emphasize the importance of honesty in protecting against diseases and weaknesses, and emphasize the need for acceptance in life. They also emphasize the importance of honesty in building a father's image and being honest with one's tongue.

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			Inna alhamdulillahi nahmaduhu wa nasta'ainuhu wa nastaghfiruhu
		
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			wa na'udhu billahi min shururi anfusina wa
		
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			sayyi'ati a'malina may yahdihi allahu fala mudhilla
		
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			lah wa may yudhlil fala hadiya lah wa
		
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			ash'hadu alla ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharika
		
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			lah wa ash'hadu anna muhammadan abduhu wa
		
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			rasuluh Sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi
		
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			wa sallam amma ba'du fa inna khayra al
		
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			hadith kitabullah ta'ala wa khayra hadi muhammadin
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam wa sharra al umuri
		
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			muhdathatuha wa kulla muhdathatin bid'ah wa kulla
		
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			bid'atin dhalalah wa kulla dhalalatin finnaar amma
		
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			ba'd It's indisputable that we are living in
		
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			a dishonest world.
		
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			There is rampant dishonesty all around us.
		
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			There is dishonesty in politics that almost everyone
		
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			is witness to, to national relations.
		
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			There is dishonesty in business.
		
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			There is dishonesty in entertainment.
		
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			There is dishonesty in social media that you
		
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			witness daily if you're on it or even
		
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			become a participant in it because that is
		
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			what is dominant.
		
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			There is dishonesty in how people present themselves,
		
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			how they carry themselves, who they claim they
		
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			are to the effect that it is the
		
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			dishonest, the liars, are the ones who seem
		
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			to prosper.
		
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			And in the face of all of this,
		
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			it is important not to surrender to all
		
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			of this just because it's dominant, it's the
		
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			norm.
		
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			That's what people do.
		
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			But to resurrect the virtue of honesty, of
		
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			as-sidq, which is fundamental to Islam and
		
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			to your practice of Islam.
		
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			That is when the Prophet ﷺ, he was
		
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			sent with a message of Islam.
		
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			It is called in the Qur'an as
		
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			-sidq.
		
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			وَالَّذِي جَاءَ بِالصِّدِقِ وَصَدَّقَ بِهِ Those who brought
		
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			the truth and they believe it.
		
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			And the one who brought the truth is
		
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			Muhammad ﷺ.
		
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			It's called as-sidq, what is honest.
		
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			And those who believe in it honestly, those
		
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			who will prosper and triumph with Muhammad ﷺ.
		
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			When the Byzantine emperor asked Abu Sufyan before
		
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			Abu Sufyan's Islam, does he ﷺ lie about
		
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			people?
		
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			Did you experience him lying?
		
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			And he said, no, never once did he
		
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			lie.
		
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			And then he said in reply to that
		
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			question and the answer he received, he says,
		
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			he would not leave lying about people and
		
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			lie about God.
		
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			Meaning if his habit is not to lie,
		
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			never to lie, then he would not lie
		
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			about God when it comes to God.
		
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			Honesty, as-sidq, does not simply mean that
		
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			when you speak, you're honest with your speech.
		
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			It does include that.
		
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			It's not limited to it.
		
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			As-sidq, honesty is inclusive of all of
		
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			us.
		
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			Everything that we do, internally and externally, must
		
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			yield to honesty.
		
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			So there is honesty in your intention.
		
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			Sidq, in your ikhlas.
		
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			Meaning what do you want from all of
		
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			this?
		
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			What do you want when you worship Allah?
		
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			Do you want Him or someone else?
		
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			What do you want when you pray?
		
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			What do you want when you fast?
		
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			What do you want when you give sadaqah?
		
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			Are you honest with Allah عز و جل
		
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			that this is for Him?
		
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			Without that, it's dishonest.
		
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			You look like someone, but in reality you're
		
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			someone else.
		
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			There has to be honesty in ikhlas.
		
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			And there has to be honesty in commitment
		
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			to Allah عز و جل.
		
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			As-sidq ma'a Allah عز و جل.
		
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			Allah عز و جل said in the Qur
		
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			'an, وَيَقُولُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَوْ لَا نُزِّلَتْ سُورَةٍ
		
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			The believers say, why not a surah be
		
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			revealed?
		
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			Meaning surah where there is command or at
		
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			least permissibility to fight.
		
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			Allah continued and He said, فَإِذَا مَا أُنْزِلَتْ
		
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			سُورَةٌ مُحْكَمَةٌ وَذُكِرَ فِيهَا الْقِتَالِ رَأَيْتَ الَّذِينَ فِي
		
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			قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ نَظَرَ الْمَخْشِيِّ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ
		
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			الْمَوْتِ فَأَوْلَى لَهُمْ طَاعَةٌ وَقَوْلٌ مَعْرُوفٌ فَإِذَا عَزَمَ
		
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			الْأَمْرُ فَلَوْ صَدَقُوا اللَّهَ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُمْ He
		
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			says, but you see that when a surah,
		
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			a clear surah comes down and it mentions
		
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			fighting, prescribing it, you will see those who
		
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			have disease in their hearts looking at you
		
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			as if they're about to die.
		
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			It is better for them to obey Allah
		
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			and speak righteously.
		
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			And when the matter gets serious, if they're
		
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			honest with Allah, then that'd be better for
		
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			them.
		
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			And what does it mean when the matter
		
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			gets serious, when it's actually time to fight?
		
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			What does that mean that they are honest
		
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			with Allah, means that they commit themselves to
		
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			Allah's command.
		
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			They say, we believe this is from Allah,
		
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			and we commit ourselves to it, and we
		
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			will do our best to fulfill it, and
		
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			we'll ask Allah for help.
		
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			And He says, if they do this, it'd
		
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			be better for them.
		
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			And this is what it's called, as-sidqu
		
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			ma'allah, that you'd be honest with Allah,
		
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			you'd be honest with His religion.
		
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			And then you get to ask yourself, am
		
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			I honest with Allah عز و جل in
		
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			His religion, in adhering to it?
		
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			How many of us say, I wanna be
		
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			a better person, I do wanna pray, I
		
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			do wanna fast, I wanna put the hijab
		
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			on, I do want to avoid these sins,
		
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			and we say these things, and maybe we
		
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			partially mean them, but we fail.
		
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			Why do we fail?
		
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			Had we been really honest with Allah عز
		
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			و جل in wanting these things, Allah will
		
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			aid you, Allah will guide you, Allah will
		
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			facilitate these things for you and me.
		
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			But because we partially want them, but partially
		
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			we do not want them, we don't exert
		
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			ourselves, we don't push ourselves, we don't really
		
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			wish for it.
		
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			Because really, the mark of wanting something is
		
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			devoting your whole self to it.
		
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			You see those who really want to be
		
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			rich, and I mean really want to be
		
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			rich, they give their whole life to it.
		
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			And maybe they get it or maybe they
		
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			don't.
		
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			Those who wanna be famous or successful, that's
		
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			their preoccupation.
		
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			They keep at it until they achieve that
		
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			goal, and maybe they get it and maybe
		
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			they don't, because this is dunya after all.
		
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			Not everybody is gonna get what they want
		
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			from it.
		
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			But if you want something religiously, ask yourself,
		
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			are you honest with Allah?
		
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			Are you honest with yourself that you want
		
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			this particular thing?
		
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			فَلَوْ صَدَقُ اللَّهِ If you truly honest with
		
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			Allah Azza wa Jal in wanting this thing,
		
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			then you would commit to it and say,
		
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			I want it.
		
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			And you will ask Allah for it, and
		
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			you will do your best to get it.
		
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			And if that happens, that will be better
		
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			for you.
		
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			And if you do that, Allah Azza wa
		
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			Jal will give that to you.
		
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			There is once an Arabi, a Bedouin, who
		
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			came to Muhammad a.s. And he accepted
		
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			Islam and he said, I wanna migrate to
		
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			where you are.
		
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			And he migrated.
		
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			And in one of those battles, after they
		
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			fought the enemy for some time, and they
		
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			got to rest.
		
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			When they were resting, the Prophet s.a
		
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			.w. was dividing the bounties that they got
		
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			from that battle.
		
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			And he gave him his share.
		
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			So that man came to the Prophet s
		
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			.a.w. and he said, Ya Rasulullah, O
		
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			Messenger of Allah, what is this?
		
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			This is something that Allah Azza wa Jal
		
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			has for you as a consequence of your
		
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			participation.
		
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			He said, O Messenger of Allah, I did
		
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			not enlist, I did not fight, I did
		
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			not follow you for money.
		
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			I followed so that an arrow would fly,
		
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			hit me in the neck and kill me.
		
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			And I'll be martyred for the sake of
		
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			Allah Azza wa Jal.
		
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			So Rasulullah s.a.w. said, If you
		
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			are honest with Allah, Allah will repay that
		
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			honesty.
		
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			Meaning if this is really what you want,
		
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			and this is really what you're trying to
		
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			get, Allah will give it to you.
		
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			Then the battle resumed.
		
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			And then an arrow flew, and hit him
		
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			exactly where he had pointed.
		
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			And he fell dead.
		
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			They carried him to the Prophet s.a
		
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			.w. He said, Is he the same man
		
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			who came before and said what he said?
		
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			They said, Oh yes, O Messenger of Allah.
		
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			He said, He was honest with Allah, and
		
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			Allah Azza wa Jal repaid him for that
		
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			honesty.
		
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			Then the Prophet s.a.w. shrouded him,
		
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			wrapped him in his own jubbah, in his
		
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			own clothes.
		
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			And he prayed janazah for him.
		
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			And they said, What we could hear from
		
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			what he said, a.s. in the dua,
		
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			Allahumma hadha abduka, qad hajara fee sabeelika, wastushhida
		
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			fee sabeelika, wa ana shahidun alayhi.
		
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			He said, O Allah, he is a servant
		
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			of yours who migrated to you, was martyred
		
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			for your sake, I'm a witness for him.
		
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			If you're honest with Allah Azza wa Jal,
		
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			Allah elevates you in ways and to places
		
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			you did not think possible.
		
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			Allah will be beside you to support you.
		
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			But the thing here is, where are we?
		
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			Internally and externally.
		
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			Intasduqillaha yasduq.
		
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			If you really are honest with Allah, Allah
		
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			will repay you for that honesty.
		
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			You want to stay away from that sin,
		
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			from that swamp, from that contamination, from that
		
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			lifestyle, you really want it.
		
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			He said, Be honest with Allah.
		
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			Inside, ask Allah for it.
		
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			Allah said, I really want it.
		
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			And then externally, do whatever is possible for
		
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			you to escape it.
		
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			And Allah Azza wa Jal will get you
		
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			out of that thing, no matter what that
		
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			thing is.
		
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			Nothing is greater and more powerful than Allah
		
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			Azza wa Jal.
		
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			Falaw sadaqullaha, if you're honest with Allah, that
		
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			would be best for you.
		
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			In another story, Anas ibn Nadr radiyallahu anhu.
		
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			He said, for some reason he did not
		
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			witness the battle of Badr.
		
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			And he said, I've missed the first battle
		
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			with the Prophet alayhi salatu wa salam.
		
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			Indeed, by Allah, if he were to allow
		
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			me another opportunity, Allah will see what I
		
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			will do.
		
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			Minal mu'mineena rijalun sadaqu ma'ahadullaha alayhi.
		
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			Among the believers are men who are truthful
		
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			in what they have promised Allah Azza wa
		
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			Jal.
		
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			They say this was revealed about that.
		
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			So in the battle of Uhud, when Muslims
		
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			or some Muslims withdrew and flee, Anas ibn
		
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			Nadr, he said, I am innocent of what
		
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			they are doing.
		
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			And he head towards the enemy.
		
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			Sa'd ibn Mu'adh, he said, where are
		
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			you going?
		
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			He said, I can smell Jannah closer to
		
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			me than the mountain of Uhud.
		
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			I can smell like physically, I can smell
		
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			Jannah closer than the mountain of Uhud.
		
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			And I want you here to process all
		
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			of this because all of this happens because
		
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			of honesty with Allah Azza wa Jal.
		
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			I'm giving my life, I made a promise,
		
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			I'm fulfilling this promise.
		
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			Jannah, I can smell it closer than Uhud.
		
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			Qala Sa'd ibn Mu'adh, famastata'tu an a'mala
		
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			ma'amila ya Rasool Allah.
		
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			He says, O Messenger of Allah, I could
		
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			not match what he has done.
		
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			When he was killed, they counted how many
		
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			injuries he had in him.
		
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			And it was 80 plus.
		
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			He had been struck with swords, spears and
		
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			arrows.
		
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			And he was mutilated.
		
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			And his sister could only identify him with
		
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			his fingers.
		
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			He was honest with Allah Azza wa Jal.
		
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			And Allah was honest with him.
		
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			And so, as you are practicing Islam, as
		
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			you're obeying Allah Azza wa Jal, think to
		
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			yourself about the bounty that awaits you when
		
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			you say, I believe that this is the
		
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			truth.
		
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			And I will commit myself to it.
		
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			I have no doubts about it.
		
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			I will commit myself to it.
		
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			And when I do this, Allah Azza wa
		
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			Jal will open the doors that you need
		
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			for you to reach it.
		
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			أقول قولي هذا وأستغفر الله لي ولكم فاستغفروه
		
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			الحمد لله رب العالمين حمدا كثيرا طيبا مباركا
		
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			فيه ملء السماوات وملء الأرض وملء ما شئت
		
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			من شيء بعد أما بعد Of honesty or
		
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			the branches of honesty is for the inside
		
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			to match the outside and the outside to
		
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			match the inside.
		
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			For the devotion that is exhibited externally, the
		
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			khushu' for it not to simply be something
		
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			that gets performed by the limbs, by the
		
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			body, but the heart is absent and the
		
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			heart is distracted and the heart is rebellious.
		
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			So you have to ask yourself because the
		
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			discrepancy, the difference between the outside and the
		
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			inside that is the mark of hypocrisy.
		
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			هذي سيمة المنافق The essence, the leg upon
		
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			which hypocrisy stands is lying.
		
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			الكذب Where the inside is different than the
		
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			outside, the public is different than the private.
		
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			So you have to ask yourself, What am
		
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			I?
		
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			Who am I?
		
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			Among people versus alone.
		
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			Among family versus friends.
		
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			Externally when people see me or in the
		
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			masjid versus privately and secretly when no one
		
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			can watch.
		
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			My heart versus my body and if there
		
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			is a mismatch between all of these things,
		
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			you have to bring it back into harmony
		
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			and never be content with, I'm outside righteous
		
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			but inside unrighteous.
		
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			I'm publicly good but internally I'm not.
		
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			I wish for the worst but no one
		
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			knows about it but I keep hiding it.
		
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			And you live this type of life.
		
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			You have to bring both into harmony.
		
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			So you say, If people think I am
		
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			the best, I should be the best.
		
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			If people think I'm righteous, my heart should
		
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			be righteous as well.
		
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			Otherwise something is missing and it will catch
		
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			up with you when Allah Azawajal tests you.
		
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			Because under the pressure of that test, you
		
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			will not be able to maintain that facade.
		
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			You will collapse.
		
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			And the inside will come outside.
		
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			And the weakness and the disease will come
		
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			outside.
		
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			And people lose their faith, and people lose
		
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			their iman, or lose their taqwa, or lose
		
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			their practice.
		
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			Where did this come from?
		
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			Whereas we could see you before and you
		
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			could see me before, a righteous person.
		
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			It's because the inside was dishonest.
		
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			أَحَسِبَ النَّاسُ أَن يُتْرَكُوا أَن يَقُولُوا آمَنَّا وَهُمْ
		
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			لَا يُفْتَنُونَ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ
		
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			اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ الْكَاذِبِينَ It says, do
		
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			people think that they will be left alone
		
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			to say we believe and they are not
		
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			gonna be tested?
		
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			Indeed we tested those who came before them.
		
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			And Allah will know and differentiate between those
		
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			who are honest and those who are not,
		
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			those who are lying.
		
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			Those who say, but they don't truly believe.
		
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			So you're living in a world today where
		
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			you are going to be tested day and
		
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			night, year after year.
		
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			Tested physically, tested mentally, tested with your money,
		
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			tested with your family, tested religiously.
		
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			And if there is no honesty on the
		
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			inside to match what you're doing on the
		
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			outside, you will collapse.
		
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			Honesty protects you in the dunya, and honesty
		
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			protects you in the akhirah.
		
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			قال الله هذا يوم ينفع الصادقين صدقهم Allah
		
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			said, this is the day when the truthful,
		
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			the honest will prevail because of their honesty.
		
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			How did they become honest?
		
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			It didn't just simply begin or end with
		
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			their tongue being honest when they speak.
		
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			They're honest in everything that they do, in
		
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			the claims of iman, in their practice, in
		
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			their commitment, in their lifestyle.
		
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			This is why a siddiq is called a
		
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			siddiq.
		
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			This is if you ever imagine or hope
		
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			to be a siddiq.
		
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			How do you become a siddiq like Abu
		
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			Bakr r.a?
		
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			It's because everything that he had done is
		
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			honest.
		
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			What he says, what he commits to, his
		
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			life, his promises, his speech, all of it
		
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			is honest.
		
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			And you can begin with honesty on the
		
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			tongue.
		
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			You can begin there, but you should not
		
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			just stop there.
		
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			And Rasulullah a.s. said, إِنَّ الصِّدْقَ يَهْدِي
		
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			إِلَى الْبِرَّ وَإِنَّ الْبِرَّ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَلَا
		
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			يَجَالُ الرَّجُلُ يَصْدُقُ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ صُدِّيقًا
		
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			He says, honesty leads to righteousness.
		
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			And righteousness leads, where does it take you?
		
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			Takes you to Jannah.
		
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			And you'll continue to be honest until you
		
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			will be with Allah a siddiq.
		
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			So if you want the first path to
		
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			the level of righteousness, al-bir, is to
		
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			be honest with your tongue.
		
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			Don't lie.
		
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			Never lie.
		
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			Never lie.
		
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			Because lying leads, as he said, عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ
		
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			وَالسَّلَامُ, to sinfulness, الفجور.
		
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			And that leads to hellfire.
		
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			And you'll continue to lie until you are
		
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			with Allah a liar.
		
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			Written with Allah, known with Allah as a
		
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			liar.
		
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			So you wanna begin, and say, I will
		
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			only speak the truth with my tongue.
		
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			I will not lie.
		
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			Not embellish, not exaggerate, not hide the truth.
		
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			I will always be truthful.
		
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			Because after all, this is the character of
		
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			the Prophet عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ.
		
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			And Aisha رضي الله عنها, she said, مَا
		
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			كَانَ خُلُقٌ أَبْغَضَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ
		
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			وَإِن كَانَ الرَّجُلُ لَيَكْذِبُ عِنْدَهُ الْكِذْبَةِ فَيَجِدُ عَلَيْهِ
		
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			بِهَا حَتَّى يَعْلَمَ أَنَّهُ أَحْدَثَ مِنْهَا تَوْبَةً He
		
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			said, there is no character that the Prophet
		
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			عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ hated more than lying.
		
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			And a person would lie in front of
		
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			him.
		
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			And the Prophet عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ would continue
		
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			to be uncomfortable with this person.
		
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			Upset with him.
		
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			Until he knows that he had repented from
		
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			this particular sin.
		
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			There is a discomfort that the Prophet عَلَيْهِ
		
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			الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ had with liars.
		
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			And so if you want the path of
		
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			righteousness, do not lie.
		
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			And then when it begins as not lying
		
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			with your tongue, extends into not lying in
		
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			your lifestyle, with your deeds, with how you
		
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			present yourself, who you claim you are.
		
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			It will include how you live, what you
		
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			claim to believe.
		
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			It will include you on the inside and
		
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			you on the outside.
		
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			And when that happens, then you are righteous
		
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			enough to fight the falsehood that is around
		
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			you.
		
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			And never submit to it.
		
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			And never surrender to it.
		
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			So I want you here to ask yourself,
		
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			بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَىٰ What is it that
		
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			you believe in?
		
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			And do you believe it?
		
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			And are you willing to commit yourself to
		
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			it?
		
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			If it is the truth, and you believe
		
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			it's gonna take you to Jannah, what is
		
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			stopping you from following what's gonna take you
		
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			to Jannah?
		
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			Rationally, what is stopping you from following what
		
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			is gonna take you to Jannah?
		
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			If Allah said one thing and your nafs,
		
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			your hawa is saying something else, and you
		
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			know and you believe what Allah said is
		
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			better, what is stopping you from embracing what
		
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			Allah has said?
		
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			And being honest with Allah and what He
		
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			said about your belief, what is stopping you
		
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			from following it?
		
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			And you know that it's gonna bring you
		
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			the best results in the dunya and in
		
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			the akhirah.
		
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			Not the least of it is what?
		
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			Serenity.
		
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			He said, عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ أَلْصِدْقُ طُمَأْنِينَهُ وَالْكَذِبُ
		
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			رِيبًا He said, honesty is serenity, comfort.
		
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			Whereas dishonesty is agitation and discomfort.
		
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			You'll find the liars, whatever lie they partake
		
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			in, and they bring into their life, always
		
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			uncomfortable, always dissatisfied.
		
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			And you'll find the honest, always happy, always
		
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			serene, pleased with whatever Allah Azawajal had given
		
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			them.
		
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			So they ask yourself, if this is true,
		
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			you should be truthful in following it, and
		
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			committing yourself to it, and asking Allah Azawajal
		
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			for it.
		
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			And nothing again is greater than the power
		
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			of Allah Azawajal.
		
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			So we ask Allah, أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ to make
		
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			us of the truthful and with the truthful.
		
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			We ask Him, رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ to give us
		
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			truthful tongues, and truthful hearts, and truthful bodies.
		
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			We ask Him, رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ to make us
		
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			of those who are devoted to His religion,
		
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			and to the sunnah of His Messenger ﷺ
		
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			internally and externally.
		
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			We ask Him, رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ to cleanse our
		
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			hearts.
		
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			O Allah, we ask You, we plead with
		
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			You, we know that our hearts have hardened,
		
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			we know that our hearts are rebellious, and
		
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			they are filled with sin.
		
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			We know our hearts have strayed away.
		
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			We ask Him, رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ to soften our
		
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			hearts.
		
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			We ask Him, رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ to purify our
		
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			hearts.
		
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			We ask Him, رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ to bring our
		
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			hearts to You.
		
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			We ask Him, رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ to fill our
		
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			hearts with iman, with taqwa, with Your love,
		
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			and love of Your Prophet ﷺ.
		
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			We ask Him, رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ to make Jannah
		
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			an easier path for us, and Hellfire a
		
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			more difficult path for us.
		
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			We ask You to bless us and our
		
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			spouses, our children, our parents, our families, our
		
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			communities.
		
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			We ask You to bless the Ummah of
		
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			Muhammad ﷺ.
		
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			We ask You, رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ to send Your
		
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			mercy upon all Muslims, the afflicted, those who
		
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			are in hardship, wherever they may be, in
		
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			particular in Palestine, in Sudan, and any other
		
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			place where a Muslim may be suffering.
		
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			اللهم آتنا في الدنيا حسنة وفي الآخرة حسنة
		
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			وقنا عذاب النار اللهم يا مقلب القلوب يثبت
		
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			قلوبنا على دينك اللهم يا مصرف القلوب صرف
		
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			قلوبنا على طاعتك اللهم أعنا على ذكرك وشكرك
		
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			وحسن عبارتك ولا تجعلنا من الغافلين