Aqeel Mahmood – Being Positive

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The importance of positive speech in Islam is discussed, including the use of bird language as a sign of positivity and the importance of holding onto the glimpse of light in one's consciousness. The speaker emphasizes the benefits of showing faith and patience in difficult circumstances and the importance of positive reinforcement in the illness of the person involved. The speaker also discusses struggles of the Arab world, including loss of success and the use of rock and weapons to remove people from buildings and cities, and the importance of positive actions and positive thoughts in building one's life.

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			Yeah.
		
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			Today, brothers and sisters, in this Khutba, I
		
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			want to talk to wanted to talk to
		
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			you
		
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			about
		
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			how we
		
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			perceive things
		
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			that happen in our lives
		
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			and how we react
		
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			to
		
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			things that
		
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			happen in our lives which we never expected,
		
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			things
		
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			when they turn out
		
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			not how we wanted them to turn out,
		
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			and our mindset,
		
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			how we behave,
		
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			how we think, how we react,
		
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			what we do
		
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			when negative things happen in our lives,
		
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			and
		
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			the consequences
		
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			of
		
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			our reactions
		
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			and our behavior.
		
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			When we
		
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			reflect on
		
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			this religion of ours,
		
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			this religion of ours is
		
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			a religion
		
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			which encourages
		
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			and promotes
		
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			positivity,
		
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			Being positive
		
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			regardless
		
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			of an individual's
		
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			circumstances.
		
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			We as an umma know
		
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			that the light of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			will never be extinguished.
		
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			And Islam will always be here.
		
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			And so
		
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			as an ummah, we should be thankful that
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has blessed us with
		
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			Islam and that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			will continue this light of Islam.
		
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			And it's something that we should be proud
		
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			of.
		
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			But on an individual level,
		
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			in many cases,
		
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			things happen to us,
		
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			and
		
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			we start to question why those things happened
		
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			and why Allah
		
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			decreed certain things to happen to us.
		
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			And sometimes a person can be negative to
		
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			such an extent
		
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			that without anything
		
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			having happened to him, without any bad experience,
		
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			he's thinking about the future in a negative
		
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			manner.
		
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			He may be thinking about his financial state,
		
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			and he's worried about what the future holds.
		
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			Where am I gonna make the money to
		
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			support my family?
		
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			How am I gonna make enough money?
		
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			Even though
		
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			up until this point, Allah
		
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			has blessed him with the wealth which he
		
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			had.
		
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			A person may be questioning
		
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			why he's going through trials
		
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			related to
		
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			his business, his work, his health, his family,
		
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			many things.
		
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			And that
		
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			doubt, those questions
		
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			may
		
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			have him
		
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			question
		
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			even the existence of Allah.
		
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			Why am I in this state? If there
		
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			was a god,
		
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			why isn't that god helping me? Why isn't
		
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			Allah assisting me and helping me in my
		
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			situation?
		
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			So a person starts to have negative thoughts.
		
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			He starts to think about what might happen
		
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			in the future.
		
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			What's going to happen to me? What's going
		
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			to happen regards regarding my health? What's going
		
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			to happen to me regarding my wealth?
		
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			And we said that Islam is a religion
		
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			which encourages
		
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			positivity.
		
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			It's a religion which tells us that we
		
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			have to be positive regardless of the circumstances.
		
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			And this is why
		
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			in a hadith in which Allah
		
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			himself states a hadith Qudsi,
		
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			He tells us,
		
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			I am
		
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			however
		
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			my slave perceives me or thinks of me.
		
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			When a person thinks badly of Allah,
		
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			when a person has bad thoughts of Allah,
		
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			when a person isn't hopeful that Allah
		
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			will help him, will aid him, will take
		
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			care of him, will take care of his
		
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			affairs,
		
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			when a person has this negative
		
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			attitude towards Allah,
		
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			then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will have a
		
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			negative attitude towards him.
		
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			And so because he's negative
		
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			about Allah
		
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			and he has bad thoughts about Allah and
		
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			he's not optimistic about the future,
		
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			there's more chance of this individual going through
		
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			more trials and tribulations,
		
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			more problems occurring in his life.
		
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			Because he's not dependent on Allah. He doesn't
		
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			have this trust in Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			I am however my slave perceives me or
		
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			thinks of me.
		
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			When you're
		
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			hopeful of Allah's aid, when you know Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala will help you, protect you,
		
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			take care of you, deal with all of
		
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			your affairs,
		
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			Then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will reciprocate.
		
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			He'll respond likewise
		
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			because the slave
		
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			has shown optimism.
		
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			The slave is being positive about his relationship
		
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			with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And so Allah
		
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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will aid that slave of
		
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			his.
		
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			If we look
		
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			at some of the narrations of the messenger
		
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			of Allah,
		
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			we see that
		
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			even positive
		
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			speech was something which the messenger of Allah
		
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			sallallahu alaihi wasallam would encourage
		
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			the slaves of Allah to do.
		
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			He would encourage them encourage them to speak
		
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			positively.
		
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			Not just
		
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			to have positive thoughts, but to express that
		
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			in one speech.
		
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			And in fact, research shows that when a
		
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			person speaks positive
		
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			speech, when he thinks positively and that is
		
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			shown through his speech,
		
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			that makes that person more optimistic about the
		
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			future. It makes him more positive.
		
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			And you may have heard about people who
		
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			always repeat things to themselves,
		
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			saying positive words, words of affirmation,
		
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			saying good things
		
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			in order for themselves to feel better.
		
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			There is some truth to this because the
		
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			messenger of Allah
		
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			told us in a hadith,
		
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			There is no and there is no
		
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			There are no infectious diseases except by the
		
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			permission of Allah. A person shouldn't be worried
		
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			about catching an infectious disease because that's in
		
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			the hands of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			And there's no bad omens.
		
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			And it's called
		
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			because in the past, they would use birds
		
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			as a sign of whether something was good
		
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			or bad, or whether they should do something.
		
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			If a bird went a certain direction,
		
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			they would say because the bird has gone
		
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			this direction, we shouldn't travel today.
		
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			If a bird goes the other way, they
		
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			would say this is a good sign, this
		
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			means we can travel, nothing bad is going
		
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			to happen. This was what they used to
		
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			do, superstitions.
		
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			So the messenger of Allah salallahu alaihi wa
		
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			sallam, he tells us
		
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			There is no
		
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			There is no infectious disease except by the
		
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			permission of Allah. There is no
		
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			There are no bad omens based on the
		
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			directions of a bird.
		
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			But I'm amazed by
		
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			And so the companions asked what is messenger
		
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			of Allah? He said
		
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			a good word, saying good things,
		
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			saying positive speech, speaking good as opposed to
		
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			speaking bad.
		
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			Because this has an effect
		
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			on the way you even behave. It has
		
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			an effect on if you're talking to others,
		
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			on them.
		
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			And how they'll perceive things.
		
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			When you're remembering Allah, you're thankful to Allah.
		
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			You're saying good things about your situation regardless
		
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			of how bad it may be.
		
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			This is a sign
		
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			of your positivity,
		
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			of you being optimistic.
		
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			And
		
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			when we reflect on some of those situations,
		
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			some of those incidents in the time of
		
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			the messenger of Allah alayhi wasalam,
		
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			which are too many for us to mention
		
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			today,
		
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			but some of these give us an idea
		
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			of how powerful this
		
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			mindset is,
		
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			being positive.
		
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			Once the messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wa
		
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			sallam,
		
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			he visited a man who was sick, a
		
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			Bedouin man.
		
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			And
		
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			when he visited this man, the man was
		
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			sick. He was lying down.
		
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			He was very ill. The messenger of Allah
		
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			sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said to him, as
		
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			we say when we visit a sick person,
		
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			never mind.
		
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			May it be a means of purification if
		
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			Allah wills.
		
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			Even in a state when a person is
		
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			suffering from an illness, we are positive. We
		
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			look at the positives, not at the negatives.
		
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			Even in that situation where he may even
		
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			end up dying.
		
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			Never mind. May that illness, may that disease,
		
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			may that problem that you're afflicted with
		
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			be a way for Allah to remove your
		
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			sins.
		
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			Because we know any situation, any trial a
		
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			person goes through, Allah removes a person's sins
		
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			depending on how severe that trial and tribulation
		
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			is.
		
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			So he said
		
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			being positive,
		
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			positive speech,
		
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			positive reinforcement.
		
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			And so the sick Bedouin,
		
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			he said to him he replied and he
		
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			said, Tahuur,
		
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			purification.
		
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			No.
		
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			Rather it's an infectious disease.
		
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			It's a boiling fever that's harassing this old
		
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			man so much that it's going to lead
		
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			me to the grave.
		
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			So he rejected this idea of this illness
		
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			that he had being something which was good,
		
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			being something which was positive. And so the
		
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			messenger of Allah
		
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			he said in response,
		
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			Then yes, if that's the case.
		
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			Meaning if that's the way that you want
		
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			to perceive this illness that you have, then
		
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			that's how it'll be.
		
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			I am however my slave perceives me. And
		
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			narrations mention that this man he passed away
		
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			from this disease a number of days later.
		
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			Because of the mindset that he had, Studies
		
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			actually show
		
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			that women who have a more optimistic outlook
		
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			on life, they are 30%
		
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			less likely
		
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			of suffering from heart diseases.
		
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			Other studies also show that people who are
		
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			optimistic
		
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			have lower
		
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			risks of suffering from strokes,
		
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			and it's also said from research
		
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			that those individuals who are more optimistic
		
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			are less likely to suffer from disabilities.
		
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			And as they get older,
		
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			they end up living longer in certain cases.
		
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			This is what research shows us.
		
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			And based on this hadith we can understand.
		
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			When a person is optimistic,
		
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			when a person is positive,
		
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			then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will reciprocate. Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala will accommodate for that individual.
		
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			One of the things we should do as
		
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			Muslims,
		
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			whenever calamity is
		
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			before us
		
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			is to always hold on to that glimpse
		
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			of light in that darkness that we're experiencing.
		
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			When there's complete darkness, there's always that limp
		
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			that glimpse of light. Something we can hold
		
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			on to. Something positive we can take from
		
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			that circumstance, from that situation.
		
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			If we look at
		
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			how
		
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			the messenger of Allah
		
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			told us,
		
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			how amazing is the affair of the
		
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			believer. How amazing is the affair of the
		
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			believer. The one who believes in Allah. The
		
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			one who has iman.
		
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			All of his affairs are good.
		
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			Regardless of what happens to him, it's good
		
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			for him.
		
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			And that's only for the believer. That's only
		
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			the case with the believer. When something pleasant
		
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			happens to him, he's thankful to Allah.
		
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			When he comes across a trial or tribulation,
		
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			he's patient and that's also good for him.
		
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			He's being rewarded for his patience in times
		
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			of trials and tribulations.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tells us
		
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			There are 2 eases after a person goes
		
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			through a hardship.
		
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			We lose lots of money. We're suffering from
		
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			an illness.
		
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			There's a death in the family.
		
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			Something like this happens
		
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			and we become sad, and that's a natural
		
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			thing to experience. We become upset.
		
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			It's a difficult thing. It's a trial we're
		
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			going through. When you're patient, you're being rewarded.
		
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			After you show that patience and after you
		
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			go through that hardship that you're going through,
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gives you even more
		
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			strength, makes you even stronger.
		
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			Because the next time somebody passes away from
		
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			your family, the next time you suffer from
		
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			a from a lock a loss of wealth,
		
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			the next time you're having issues with family
		
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			members,
		
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			you're more experienced,
		
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			you're stronger than you were before because you've
		
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			already been through it.
		
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			And you know what to expect to a
		
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			certain extent, and you're able to handle it
		
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			a lot better than you did before.
		
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			So on top of the patience that you
		
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			were showing
		
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			in face
		
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			in the face of this hardship you were
		
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			also
		
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			becoming stronger as a result of showing that
		
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			patience
		
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			in times of hardships
		
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			which every single one of us will go
		
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			through.
		
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			We look at
		
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			how in the past the righteous
		
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			and those who are from the believers would
		
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			have
		
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			and trust in Allah in the most dire
		
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			circumstances.
		
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			Hajar
		
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			was left behind in the middle of the
		
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			desert with her newborn son Ismail
		
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			with no food, except for a small amount
		
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			of food and a small amount of water,
		
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			with no one around to help them,
		
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			no one traveling in that direction,
		
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			no one leaving where she was being left
		
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			by Ibrahim alaihis salam, and Ibrahim alaihis salam
		
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			is walking away under the command of Allah
		
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			to leave her.
		
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			This is a trial that Hadid went through.
		
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			It's something that she has to go through.
		
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			It's a test for her. How did she
		
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			respond? When she's looking around, she has a
		
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			small amount of food,
		
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			Ibrahim is leaving her and their newborn child
		
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			in the middle of the desert.
		
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			Something many of us couldn't even imagine.
		
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			These were the trials of those who had
		
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			iman.
		
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			Hajar alaihi salam, she tells Ibrahim
		
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			why where are you leaving us? Why are
		
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			you leaving us here? There's nothing here. How
		
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			are we gonna survive?
		
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			And Ibrahim alaihis salam
		
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			can say nothing because this was an order
		
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			from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Hajar then asks,
		
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			did Allah order you to do this?
		
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			Ibrahim alaihis salam simply responds, nam.
		
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			And Hajar responds,
		
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			In this case, he will never abandon us.
		
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			He will never forget us.
		
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			In a situation
		
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			where we will think that person will surely
		
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			perish,
		
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			they're not gonna survive in the desert with
		
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			small amount of food. There's nobody around. And
		
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			we know that's the story of how Zamzam
		
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			was discovered.
		
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			That's the story of the birthplace of the
		
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			greatest
		
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			land on the face of the earth, the
		
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			city of Makkah.
		
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			And the birthplace
		
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			of the house of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			the Kaaba.
		
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			Look at the reward
		
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			attached to Hajar alaihi salam's trust and and
		
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			positivity in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Look at
		
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			what came about as a result of how
		
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			she was so positive about her circumstances. We
		
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			look at the story of Yaqub alaihi salam.
		
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			When he thought
		
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			or he felt
		
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			that his sons had done something
		
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			to his most beloved son, Yusuf alayhis salam.
		
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			And so when they went with
		
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			his other son Binyamin
		
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			and he was also
		
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			being tested with his other son Binyamin,
		
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			who was left with Yusuf alaihi salaam because
		
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			Yusuf had made a plan,
		
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			they went back not knowing that it was
		
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			Yusuf who had kept Binyamin behind.
		
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			The one who was in charge of the
		
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			finances when they went to ask for food
		
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			and they went to ask for help from
		
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			Youssef, unbeknownst to them that it was Youssef
		
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			alaihis salam. Now they're worried. They go back
		
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			to Ayyaaqoub alaihis salam knowing that they had
		
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			already got rid of his other son, Yusuf,
		
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			their other brother. And now they're going back
		
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			with that binyamin.
		
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			So Yaqob alaihis salam, if we think about
		
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			his state of mind, imagine losing a son.
		
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			Imagine the trials and tribulations of losing a
		
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			son. And then imagine
		
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			later on losing another son,
		
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			losing 2 sons.
		
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			This would rattle anybody's faith in Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala. This is something which could question
		
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			a person as a result of this test,
		
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			he could question his own faith.
		
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			Why is this happening to me? Why 2
		
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			sons?
		
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			Yaqub alaihis salaam,
		
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			he realizes
		
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			that the believer
		
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			isn't stung from the same hole twice. There's
		
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			something going on.
		
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			There's something more to this. Even though the
		
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			news he's received that is that has
		
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			been left behind.
		
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			So he says to them,
		
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			Oh my sons, go and investigate
		
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			about the situation of Yousef and his brother.
		
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			And don't despair
		
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			from the
		
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			hope of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. Being hopeful
		
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			of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Don't despair
		
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			from being hopeful of Allah Azzawajal.
		
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			And sure enough,
		
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			when they went,
		
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			they found Binyamin,
		
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			and on top of that they found Yusuf
		
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			alaihis salam,
		
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			who was the one they were talking to,
		
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			the finance minister of the land of Egypt,
		
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			and they both came back
		
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			safely
		
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			and soundly to their father. This was
		
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			the optimism
		
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			of Yaqub alaihis salam. He was being positive
		
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			about his situation
		
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			and he never thought badly. He was holding
		
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			on to those positive things that he could
		
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			think about,
		
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			that he could hold on to in those
		
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			cases where many of us would think there
		
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			is no positive
		
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			to gain from this situation. There is nothing
		
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			good about my situation.
		
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			We look at the stories from the life
		
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			of the messenger of Allah alaihi wasallam.
		
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			The battle of the trench.
		
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			This was the 3rd battle
		
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			of the Muslims.
		
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			The Arab world had come together. Every single
		
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			tribe
		
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			of the Arab world had come together
		
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			to unite, to extinguish, and wipe out the
		
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			Muslims.
		
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			And they were on their way to Madinah
		
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			to wipe out the Muslims, to destroy the
		
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			Muslims. And the Muslims were outnumbered,
		
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			so they dug a trench around the city.
		
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			When they dug this trench
		
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			there was an area of the trench which
		
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			they weren't able to destroy.
		
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			A huge
		
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			rock in this trench
		
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			which they wanted to break down into pieces
		
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			and they weren't able to break this huge
		
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			rock. So they called the messenger of Allah
		
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			alaihis salatu wa sallam.
		
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			And the enemy is on their way. And
		
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			this rock needs to be destroyed, needs to
		
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			be removed. And they're trying with their axes
		
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			and their weapons and they can't remove this
		
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			rock.
		
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			If the rock isn't removed, they'll use this
		
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			rock to step on and remove themselves
		
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			out of the trench onto the other side,
		
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			onto the side of the Muslims.
		
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			And so they called the messenger of Allah
		
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			and the messenger of Allah he
		
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			raised the axe that he had,
		
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			and
		
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			he said Bismillah.
		
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			And he struck the rock, and as soon
		
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			as he struck the rock, the companions, they
		
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			said, we saw a flash of light.
		
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			The strongest, most white kind of light that
		
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			we've seen.
		
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			And the messenger of
		
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			he said, Allahu Akbar,
		
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			I have
		
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			seen the keys
		
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			of ancient Syria being granted to me. And
		
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			I can see by Allah
		
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			the palaces of Syria in front of me.
		
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			Here they are about to be
		
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			faced with the greatest
		
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			trial
		
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			and fight of their lives
		
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			facing the rest of the Arab world,
		
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			afraid that maybe Islam will be wiped away,
		
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			afraid that there won't be any Islam,
		
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			Afraid that all these people have come together
		
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			to fight them.
		
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			And here the messenger of Allah is showing
		
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			them and telling them where Islam is going
		
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			to be in the future.
		
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			What's going to be the fate of the
		
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			Muslims?
		
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			Sham, Syria is going to be yours.
		
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			Forget Arabia itself.
		
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			The messenger of Allah raised
		
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			the axe and hit the rock a second
		
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			time and he said Allahu Akbar, Persia is
		
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			granted to me. I swear by Allah I
		
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			can now see the palace of Madain.
		
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			And then he struck the rock a third
		
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			time and he said Allahu Akbar I have
		
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			been given the keys of Yemen. I swear
		
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			by Allah I can see the gates of
		
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			San'a
		
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			right from where I'm standing right now.
		
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			And so in this situation, the messenger of
		
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			Allah showed
		
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			positivity,
		
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			optimism to those
		
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			who were worried about their fate.
		
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			They were struggling to see any positives about
		
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			their situation.
		
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			On top of this,
		
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			there were individuals
		
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			in Madinah itself after they had dug the
		
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			trench from the Munafiqun,
		
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			from the people of the book who decided
		
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			to rebel
		
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			and harm the Muslims instead of supporting the
		
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			Muslims in the city of Madinah.
		
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			And so Allah
		
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			caused the Muslims to become successful.
		
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			They became victorious
		
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			even though the situation
		
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			was such a difficult situation.
		
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			Being positive
		
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			breeds positive actions,
		
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			doing positive things. When you say positive things
		
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			you do positive things. There was once a
		
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			leader by the name of Al Hajjib al
		
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			Mansur.
		
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			Al Hajjib al Mansur,
		
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			he was somebody
		
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			in the early days of his life who
		
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			used to be a delivery person. He would
		
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			use his donkey to
		
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			take people's goods from the market to their
		
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			homes.
		
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			And so he was sitting with 2 of
		
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			his friends and they were talking about the
		
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			future, what their hopes are for the future.
		
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			And when they asked him what his hopes
		
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			were, he said I hope to be the
		
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			leader
		
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			of Andalus of Andalusia.
		
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			And they laughed.
		
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			And he said to them if I become
		
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			the leader,
		
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			what do you ask of me?
		
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			One of them said I'd like for you
		
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			to give me a huge house and a
		
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			beautiful horse
		
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			and lots of wealth. And he mentioned many
		
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			things.
		
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			The other he said to him, if you
		
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			become the leader of Andalusia,
		
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			put me on the donkey facing the other
		
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			way, train me around the city, and tell
		
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			the soldiers to whip me. Because it's never
		
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			gonna happen. You're never gonna be the leader
		
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			of Andalusia.
		
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			Years later,
		
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			Al Hajjib
		
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			Al Mansur,
		
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			this individual became the leader and the Hakim
		
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			of Andalusia.
		
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			He became the leader, and he called the
		
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			both of them forward.
		
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			And he gave the man
		
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			what he promised to give him from the
		
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			goods and the wealth and the treasures that
		
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			he now had in his possession.
		
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			And he also gave the other man what
		
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			he promised him.
		
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			Traveling through the city on a donkey
		
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			being ripped by those soldiers.
		
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			The point being brothers and sisters, when a
		
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			person is positive about what may happen in
		
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			the future, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is the
		
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			one who can make it happen. When you're
		
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			positive,
		
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			then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will have positive
		
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			thoughts about you and he'll respond positively towards
		
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			you. We look at the story of how
		
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			Umar ibn Abdul Aziz told us
		
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			how he was somebody who had
		
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			ambition. He was somebody who was ambitious.
		
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			And he said that
		
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			I have an ambitious soul.
		
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			Whenever I have a goal, I try to
		
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			reach that goal, and I always try
		
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			to go higher than the goal that I
		
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			set.
		
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			I always try to aim for the stars.
		
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			So he said that I had this ambition
		
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			to marry
		
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			the daughter of the leader Fatima, and I
		
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			married her.
		
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			Then I had this goal. I had this
		
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			lofty goal, this ambition
		
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			to be the governor.
		
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			And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala granted me this.
		
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			I became the governor of a land. And
		
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			then I had this ambition
		
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			that I wanted to be the khalifa of
		
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			the muslims.
		
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			And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gave me this.
		
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			And now
		
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			I hope
		
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			that
		
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			I can have this last final lofty ambition
		
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			and goal of having the highest stations of
		
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			paradise.
		
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			And
		
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			he will have because he was somebody who
		
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			was positive. He was somebody who had an
		
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			idea about what he wanted, and he was
		
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			negative about what he could achieve,
		
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			his potential.
		
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			When Allah is on your side, brothers and
		
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			sisters,
		
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			anything is possible.
		
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			When Allah is on your side nothing is
		
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			impossible.
		
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			So us being believers here in the masjid
		
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			today is a blessing from Allah.
		
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			We know that we are in this masjid
		
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			about to pray
		
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			and we're worshiping Allah.
		
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			Regardless of our circumstances
		
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			and our situation outside of the masjid,
		
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			at work, with family,
		
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			with our health, whatever the case may be,
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will always be with
		
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			us. He'll always be helping us. So long
		
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			as we're having good thoughts of Allah.
		
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			I am however my slave perceives me and
		
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			thinks of me.
		
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			Brothers and sisters, we were talking about being
		
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			positive
		
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			and having positive
		
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			thoughts
		
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			and how positive thoughts can be something which
		
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			will bring about success in a person's life.
		
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			And in fact, being positive about Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala,
		
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			having good thoughts of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
		
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			will
		
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			be a cause for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			to help you and to aid you.
		
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			So when you're positive about your own future,
		
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			wealth will come to me if Allah wills.
		
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			Allah will provide for me. Allah will take
		
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			care of my health. Allah will take care
		
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			of all my circumstances as long as I'm
		
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			patient and have faith in Allah. Allah will
		
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			reciprocate.
		
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			Finally, brothers and sisters,
		
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			a way in which we can show positivity
		
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			in our lives.
		
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			According to a hadith of the messenger of
		
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			Allah,
		
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			when he told us,
		
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			whoever makes lots of istighfar,
		
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			whoever says astaghfirullah
		
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			many times in the day, Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala will provide for him a way out
		
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			of each concern that he has, and he'll
		
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			solve all of his problems, and he'll provide
		
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			for him from ways he never even imagined.
		
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			Simply by saying astaghfirullah.
		
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			Simply by increasing our istighfar
		
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			and asking Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to forgive
		
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			us. We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that
		
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			he does forgive us of our sins and
		
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			that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gives us the
		
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			ability and the mental capacity
		
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			to be positive about all and any of
		
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			the situations
		
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			which occur in our lives.