Ammar Alshukry – Easy Key To Jannah

Ammar Alshukry
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The speakers discuss the importance of culture creators and not just the culture of the people they are in. They share their experiences of being a culture creator and encourage others to say hello to people they know. The negative impact of social media on people, including the belief that everyone is supposed to be treated similarly, is discussed. The importance of kinship and connecting with family members, especially those who cut off others' messages, is emphasized. Prayer in the night is also discussed, and privacy concerns are addressed as a topic.

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			Do you say set out why they come to those who you know, and those who you don't know?
		
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			Do you say salaam aleikum to those out on the street? Out and About?
		
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			Even beyond that?
		
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			For those who are not listening? Do you say good morning to them? Do you say hello to them? Do you
spread greetings of Peace to them?
		
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			In the south is something beautiful that's done. It's considered part of Southern hospitality.
People are very nice and welcoming. And they say hi, and good morning and things like that. So maybe
we do that.
		
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			But it's very important that I Muslim community, that we be culture creators, and not just culture
consumers. Meaning that if I'm in Houston, and everybody says, Hi, good morning, how are you? I say
Hi, good morning. And how are you? Because that's what everybody does around me. But if I go to
Chicago, and nobody says, Hi, good morning, how are you? I don't say Hi, good morning. And if I go
to New York, or if I got any of these places, you know, I had an experience
		
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			where after moving to Houston, and I got used to this Hi, good morning, how are you business? And so
I went to New York. And I started saying hi and good morning to people. And everybody was ignoring
me.
		
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			I said to myself, like this is becoming like a tourist.
		
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			But then I thought to myself is saying hello. Is that from macadam? Hola Hola. Yes or No? Is it good
character? Yes, it is. And so if it is good character, then the believers are, oh, we love it. We
have more right to it.
		
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			And we shouldn't be vessels of beauty and goodness, everywhere that we go.
		
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			Not because it's the culture of those around us. But because it is our culture.
		
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			It is our de. And so I thought to myself, No, I'm going to double down. And I'm going to say Hi,
good morning loudly. Maybe I wasn't saying it loud enough. I'm going to say it louder now. And I'm
going to make eye contact now. And I'm going to make sure that I've said it clearly so that
everybody around knows that I'm not talking to somebody on the phone. I'm talking to them directly.
And so I did it. And over that weekend, when I made sure to be clear and loud and proud.
		
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			Every single person said good morning back to me. Every single one. Everyone said hi how are you?
		
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			The reason is because people's fit. People are inclined to good character. So the prophets of Allah
Hi, Sam says f Xu Sidama Bina calm, it is something that is incredibly disturbing. It is something
that is incredibly disappointing that we build beautiful massages, we spend millions of dollars on
massage. But if you walk into that measure that nobody responds to your system, how do you feel
about them as
		
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			it can be worth millions of dollars, I'm not going to come back.
		
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			The Salon makes people feel welcome. The Salon makes people feel seen, the salon makes people feel,
beloved, I felt that I didn't look my other shade either for how to move to have up to actual cinema
benaco. And so make this our habit that we don't simply say send out to those who we recognize. But
we say sent on to those who we know and those who don't know, the promise of Elijah said themselves
and next he says other mcbomb feed people, feed people.
		
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			And I have a challenge as well. Anytime anybody goes anywhere in the Muslim world, anywhere in the
Muslim world, whether they go to West Africa or East Africa, whether they go to the Arabian
Peninsula, whether they go to North Africa, or they go to Southeast Asia, or whether they go to the
subcontinent, whether they go to Europe, go to Turkey, no matter where they go. What's one thing
that everybody comes back raving about everybody?
		
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			Not just the food, but the hospitality. They will insist and feed you and feed you and feed you and
feed you and feed you and feed you.
		
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			Now we're 1% of the population here in the United States. Are we known for our hospitality? Are we
known for feeding people?
		
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			We're known for wrestling each other when we go to a restaurant, if I go I'm into a restaurant, I'll
fight with him over the bill. If I go with other Muslims, I will fight over the bill and I will do
that. But does broader society recognize our hospitality and our generosity? And if not, then the
question is why
		
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			are we culture creators? Are we simply consumers, if people don't pay then we don't pay. And if that
culture doesn't exist, we don't create it. The prophets of Allah they send themselves to feed
people. Allah says we'll put him on a banner either hook the human skin away a team and when I say
Allah, in the monitoring community, he laughed loudly to me and was actually called in and a half in
the
		
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			middle of being a human I wasn't completely wrong.
		
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			They feed the poor and they feed the imprisoned and they feed the orphan and sort of the inside is
the Meccan Surah how many Muslims were there in Makkah, there weren't that many. This is talking
about a non Muslim population that the believers are feeding.
		
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			And number three, the province of Allah is and themselves will single on ham. He says connect the
ties of kinship.
		
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			We love our friends, friends are fun. We get to choose our friends, but Allah subhanaw taala chose
our family
		
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			Allah chose our family and he obligated that you connect with those family members. Allah chose that
uncle for you. Allah chose that cousin for you. Allah chose those parents and those grandparents and
Allah chose your nieces and your nephews, Allah chose your children and your grandchildren. Allah,
Allah subhanho wa Taala selected them for you. And then he commanded that you connect the ties of
kinship and the promise that Melania is setting himself that is not been McCarver. It is not
reciprocity. You know, you have some family members who you send the message, and they respond back
with flowers and hearts and all sorts of beautiful things. So you want to keep sending them
		
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			messages. And then you have another uncle who you send them messages to and he always leaves you on
read he never response.
		
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			You call them they never respond back to you. And that's difficult. And you always or you might feel
that I'm going to stop reach Alpha last like I reached out to him a million times and he doesn't
respond. But the prophets of Allah they sent him said no, Scylla is not a golfer, connecting the
ties of kinship is not reciprocity. You're good to them, and they're great to you. And that's
wonderful. But connecting the ties of kinship is that you connect with those who cut you off.
		
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			And it is a great, great act of worship. It is a beloved act of worship to Allah Subhana Allah
rasool Allah, Allah Allah as the name says, civil or ham. And number four, the last he says will
suddenly will be lady when national near free in the night while the people are asleep. The first
three things the prophets of Allah, it was in upset have to do with our treatment of each other. And
the fourth one has to do with our worship of Allah Subhana Allah
		
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			that you make your audience Allah the night prayer is the prayer that is the least expected to have
any sort of video or any sort of showing off. There's nobody else who sees people know if you come
to join or not people know if you come to vote are also remote it to some degree in Asia and Fajr.
Even though those are the hardest prayers on the munafo because they have the least audience. But
the night prayer for person prays in the night, that normally they've prayed their five prayers,
nobody prays the night unless they have their five prayers in order. And a person who prays in the
night
		
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			someone will be Lady and the prophets of Allah Sam says when national Nia This is a person who is
		
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			infused with love for Allah Subhana Allah.
		
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			And this is a person who's seeking nearness to Allah. There was a man who was very, very successful
in his dialogue. And they asked him not just about that well, but this is also about family this is
about relationships. But this man, when he was asked, Why are you so successful? He said, I talked
to Allah. He said, I talked to my people about Allah. And I talked to Allah about my people.
		
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			The four things are
		
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			actually sent out spread the center. Number two is feed people. Number three is connected ties of
kinship. And number four is pray in the night while the people are asleep. What will happen he says
the theologian Methodists around you will enter paradise and peace upon him as a mentor Mustafa you
were looking for stuff through nonverbal right
		
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			but hamdu lillah wa salatu salam ala Rasulillah while it looks like this an instrument can feel a
lot of maintenance or look at agenda and probably they have been put into a habit whenever the
becoming another marker Rabine 100 podium I learned a lot from it and fusina Blaha exactly Hunter
Edelman circa Antonio Hamada, Allah who have similar nomenclature to monitor who will be hearing and
obeying the Masoretic mentor I think I'm out to value whenever he doesn't want me to hold up it and
slightly but dunya with 10 along maybe a smile you know of sliding work you know, other than a beta
which I've always I mean what I thought when I don't know what I'm also not looking at them and I
		
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			don't know what else I don't see but then IVDD know when they die the dunya Amina Willa my beloved
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I'm gonna come from America. Melda Bernie, so the law alumnus you want to dine on what I mean what
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