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The importance of praising almighty Allah's actions during the 10th of the year, specifically his actions in the 10th of the 10th of the year, is discussed. The use of words like " praiss" and "will" in religion is emphasized, along with the importance of freedom of association and giving people the opportunity to participate in the community. The importance of sacrificing personal and organizational concessions is also emphasized, along with the importance of not seeking corruption. The focus is on the sacrifice of Islam to put unity, peace, and love of the Muslim um in the forefront, and the importance of not acknowledging falsehood and not seeking corruption.

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			My dear respected allama,
		
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			elders, brothers,
		
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			we begin by praising almighty Allah
		
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			sending salutations upon our beloved Nabiya Kareem
		
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			We thank Allah to Allah that He has
		
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			given us the opportunity together
		
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			on this,
		
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			on this blessed,
		
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			on this joyous day of Eid.
		
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			For barely this is a day of joy
		
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			Each and every nation has certain days of
		
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			rejoicing
		
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			and these are our days of rejoicing the
		
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			Eid ul Fitr
		
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			and an Eid ul Alhamd
		
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			obviously
		
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			both of them have different origins
		
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			and different reasons for celebration.
		
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			And today
		
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			amongst the various
		
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			acts that are carried out on the 10th
		
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			of Zul Hijjah,
		
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			the most blessed of all
		
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			the deeds that are carried out on 10th
		
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			of Zul Hejia is
		
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			the Ubahiyyah and the Qurbani.
		
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			Therefore one of our great scholars,
		
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			one of our greatest scholars that have come
		
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			from the Indo Pakistani.
		
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			He has made mention that on this day,
		
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			the day of Eid,
		
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			we strengthen
		
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			our relationship with Ibrahim alaihis salatu wa salam
		
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			Allah has
		
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			told us
		
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			about the and the creed of Ibrahim alayhi
		
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			salatu wa sallam.
		
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			In the words that I incited before you,
		
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			says, Only those
		
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			stay away,
		
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			and they turn away from the of Ibrahim
		
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			who
		
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			are losers,
		
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			who are foolish people.
		
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			You and I as this Ummah of Naniya
		
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			Kareem
		
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			we are indebted to Ibrahim alaihis salam
		
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			At the height
		
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			of his spiritual
		
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			powers he made to our to almighty Allah.
		
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			Oh, Allah, stand amongst my progeny
		
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			such a nabi.
		
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			And that nabi came in the manifestation
		
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			of our beloved nabi
		
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			says Allah in the 17th Jews of the
		
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			holy Quran
		
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			in Surah Al Hajj
		
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			who was
		
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			He called us Muslimins.
		
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			We reciprocate
		
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			the famous of Ibrahim Alaihi salat wa salam.
		
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			On every salat,
		
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			there is no salat of ours that is
		
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			complete
		
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			until we do not read through the Ibrahim.
		
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			And this aspect of Ibrahim alaihis salatu wa
		
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			salam today,
		
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			the greatest aspect is
		
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			paying homage
		
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			to his ultimate sacrifice
		
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			and submission
		
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			when he set out to sacrifice
		
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			his one and only son at that time.
		
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			Hazal Ismail alaihis salatu wa salam.
		
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			I'm not gonna make mention of the entire
		
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			incident because I want to spend more time
		
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			on some of the aspects of sacrifice
		
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			that is required in today's age and time.
		
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			But then briefly,
		
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			let us be mentioned. Tamsil al Mazhari
		
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			has written a tamsil, and he has written
		
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			in this
		
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			8th of Zul Ijja.
		
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			And he started reflecting what is the meaning
		
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			of the dream?
		
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			Therefore, the 8th of Zul Ijja is known
		
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			in our adults
		
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			as the day
		
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			of reflection.
		
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			The 8 of is known as
		
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			the day of reflection
		
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			he saw the same dream on the night
		
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			of the 9th of Dua Hijjah
		
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			and then he recognized
		
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			that this is
		
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			what Allah wants from me. Allah wants me
		
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			to sacrifice my son.
		
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			And the submission to Allah.
		
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			And, therefore, this day is known as
		
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			means recognition of Allah.
		
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			Recognition of the command of Allah.
		
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			He recognized that this is the command of
		
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			Allah.
		
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			Therefore, he came to be known as Job
		
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			and Harafa.
		
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			And then he saw the same dream on
		
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			the night of 10th of Zul Ijjam.
		
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			And that day he carried out this act
		
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			and he went out to carry out this
		
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			act with the intention of completing it. And
		
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			therefore, that day is known as
		
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			the day of sacrifice.
		
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			And, of course, you know, one of the
		
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			things that we always ask, who will ever
		
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			be able to sacrifice his son? Who goes
		
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			out and to slaughter his son? But it
		
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			was because of the command of almighty Allah.
		
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			It was because
		
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			of him showing
		
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			submission to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and I
		
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			want you to reflect
		
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			that when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala makes mention
		
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			of this deen and then that Allah makes
		
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			mention of it, what word Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala uses in the holy Quran? And then
		
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			Allah ta'ala
		
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			says before I come to that, let me
		
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			say, we must not
		
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			also forget
		
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			the aspect of the family of Ibrahim alaihis
		
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			salatu wa salam
		
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			in this whole particular act of submission.
		
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			If Ismael Alaihi
		
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			Salaam was not cooperative
		
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			and he is not cooperate,
		
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			It would have been very difficult for Ibrahim
		
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			alaihi salatu wa sallam to carry out or
		
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			at least go out into the aspect of
		
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			time to carry out because he had sincere
		
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			intention of carrying it out. And he told
		
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			unto his son,
		
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			Oh my son,
		
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			Oh my son, I am seeing in a
		
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			dream that I am slaughtering
		
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			you. Tell me what is your opinion? He
		
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			was also after all the son of such
		
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			a great kareem. He said
		
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			is this the command of almighty Allah? And
		
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			he said yes. He's the command of almighty
		
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			Allah. He said, keep almaatulmal.
		
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			Go and do what you have been commanded.
		
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			He did not show pride even in such
		
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			a time. Today, we read 2 rakat, extra
		
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			namals. We feel we have done a favor
		
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			called Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. What did even
		
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			Musa'ala alayhi salatu wa salam
		
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			going out to carry such an act of
		
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			submission?
		
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			What did he say? He did not say
		
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			I will be so pious. I will do
		
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			it. Do what you want to do. Inshallah,
		
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			you will find me to be amongst those
		
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			who persevere
		
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			who make someone.
		
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			He it was part of that. We also
		
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			acknowledge his submission.
		
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			We also acknowledge the submission of Adar, the
		
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			wife of Ibrahim alaihis salatu wa sallam.
		
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			She also had great amount of sacrifice.
		
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			And then Allah said leave them and go
		
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			away
		
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			and as she was leaving
		
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			she was obviously worried I'm here in a
		
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			barren desert
		
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			No vegetation.
		
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			No food. No water. What I'm going to
		
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			do? And she saw him leaving and she
		
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			said,
		
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			Allahu.
		
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			Did Allah move on you to do this?
		
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			The word is not Allah.
		
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			Allah. Allah means is imam, question.
		
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			And Allah has used this in the end
		
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			of 19th subara
		
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			Allahu
		
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			kayrunhamba
		
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			yushrikoon
		
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			It's not Allah there? Allah
		
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			we are supposed to put it is Allah
		
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			better
		
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			or is the many idols you worship better?
		
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			Allahu Amaraka Bi'ala. Then Allah Qumran knew and
		
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			he nodded in the affirmative
		
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			and he said
		
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			and she said if Allah commanded you then
		
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			he will not lose us
		
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			he will take care of us
		
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			so and of course it's not part of
		
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			following you Ibrahim alaihis salaam then you you
		
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			leave your wife in the desert
		
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			And then I was making mention of the
		
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			point. What did Allah use? What words did
		
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			Allah use when both the son and father
		
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			were ready to carry out the
		
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			sent.
		
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			When both of them submitted.
		
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			Brother's submission is a very, very
		
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			required attribute in our religion.
		
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			It is even it comes even before
		
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			Amal.
		
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			It comes even before doing any deed.
		
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			And what does Allah say? Our
		
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			imams read it after every salah what does
		
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			it mean? Oh Allah I have some
		
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			and inshallah, now I will act.
		
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			1st submission,
		
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			then act.
		
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			And without submission,
		
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			we will not be able to have faith.
		
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			In Imadu Pujwal, when we were small we
		
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			had in our madrasas
		
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			and our may you all know that Allah
		
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			reward our our ustad. They made us learn
		
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			it properly. And if we didn't, you know,
		
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			we had to bear the consequences.
		
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			And what did we say in
		
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			Oh,
		
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			Oh, Allah, I accept all of your commands.
		
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			Oh, Allah, I accept all of your commands.
		
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			Whether I practice it for it or not,
		
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			that's a different and in the next step.
		
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			But the first step is
		
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			I accept
		
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			every one of your commands.
		
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			And brothers, that is the basis of our
		
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			religion, submission.
		
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			Remember one thing.
		
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			Freedom and submission are 2 falling apart.
		
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			1 is freedom to have freedom to move
		
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			wherever you want. Freedom to be, you know,
		
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			have freedom in your,
		
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			the aspect of going wherever you want. Freedom
		
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			of religion. Freedom of association. It's a very
		
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			great nimat of allatala.
		
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			Then as the Umar Ali Abi Allahu Ta'ala
		
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			said in a particular occasion, in a particular
		
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			context, what did he say? He said, sons,
		
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			where have you enslaved
		
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			people when Allah
		
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			made them and gave birth to them when
		
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			they are free? To be free in that
		
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			sense is a very
		
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			great
		
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			never regard that
		
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			as light and insignificant
		
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			are those countries in the world where people
		
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			don't have that freedom To have that freedom
		
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			is a great name. Umar
		
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			radiAllahu ta'ala who acknowledged him and said, since
		
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			when have you enslaved people? When Allah, God
		
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			created them free. But today, when sometimes when
		
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			we look at this aspect, we feel freedom
		
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			means I got the right to do whatever
		
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			I want.
		
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			I got the right
		
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			to think whatever I want. I got the
		
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			right to make my own opinions.
		
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			You might have that right if you are
		
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			not a Muslim.
		
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			I can think whatever I want. I can
		
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			have whatever opinion I want. Maybe you can
		
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			have that opinion if you are not a
		
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			Muslim.
		
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			But if you are a Muslim,
		
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			you have
		
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			by the very nature when you have the
		
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			kalima,
		
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			you have given a commitment that you will
		
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			submit your will,
		
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			your actions,
		
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			your thoughts,
		
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			your opinions to the command of Almighty God
		
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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Then you are not free
		
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			to think whatever you want. You are not
		
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			free to do whatever you want. Your thoughts,
		
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			your opinions, your actions,
		
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			to Almighty Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala in his
		
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			commands.
		
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			And that is what Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			means mentioned with regard to Ibrahim alaihis salam.
		
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			What did he say? When he was out
		
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			to command to slaughter his son, who does
		
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			it? What word Allah use? Submit
		
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			to the command of Allah. Brother, you and
		
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			I, we are supposed to have this command
		
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			of submitting to.
		
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			And this is what we learn from this
		
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			action.
		
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			And this action of
		
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			is not something to be done by proxy,
		
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			by sending it out to foreign countries.
		
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			Remember what
		
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			Uddhiyah and Korbali is not an act of
		
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			charity.
		
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			It can be used for charitable causes.
		
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			But the essence of Korbali
		
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			It is to follow the sunnah of your
		
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			forefather, Ibrahim alaihis salam. It can be used
		
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			for charitable causes, but it is not a
		
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			act of charity. There are other many virtues
		
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			of charity which are made mentioned in the
		
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			Quran and Hadith. Over here is to submit
		
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			to learn submission, to learn sacrifice from the
		
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			action of Ibrahim alaihis salam. And therefore, when
		
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			the real kareen salallahu alayhi wasalam was asked,
		
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			what is Adahi? He said,
		
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			but you see Munan Abu Hasan Benbir Rahim
		
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			Ola one of our great scholars
		
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			he went to Pakistan towards the end of
		
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			his life and there he gave a talk
		
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			on sacrifice
		
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			he said to me we very grubly and
		
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			very easily use the word sacrifice
		
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			we make a number of sacrifice we feel
		
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			that we have done tremendously.
		
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			He said each and every action in our
		
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			sharia
		
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			has got the lineage and got an origin.
		
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			Every act in sharia has got the lineage
		
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			and origin.
		
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			Every masjid that is established in the earth,
		
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			the lineage and the origin is tawba and
		
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			baydullah. Punjibrahi
		
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			made the first the first house of almighty
		
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			Allah in this in this earth.
		
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			Every educational
		
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			institute
		
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			has got an origin and a lineage.
		
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			Every educational institute, the origin and the lineage
		
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			goes back to sufa in banjal and abode
		
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			and sacrifice
		
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			sacrifice
		
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			the origin and the lineage of it goes
		
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			to Ibrahim alaihis salam sacrifice
		
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			it is not permissible for you to go
		
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			and slaughter your son if everyone anyone goes
		
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			and go and tell his son that I
		
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			saw a dream that I am slaughtering you
		
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			it is haram going to carry it out
		
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			he is not required from you today in
		
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			today's time to go and sacrifice your son
		
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			so imam most amoebul asham then will imold
		
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			us says there are 3 types of sacrifices
		
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			that are required into this time.
		
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			Compare
		
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			and given the
		
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			climate and the environment that you are that
		
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			you and I are living in. And he
		
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			made mention of it. And he said it
		
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			in Pakistan.
		
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			A place
		
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			where over 100,000
		
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			people gave their life
		
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			for an ideal. Pakistan
		
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			They gave their life for an ideal that
		
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			their country will be woo, rude according to
		
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			the sharia. It did not turn out according
		
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			to the sacrifice that was made. It's a
		
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			different matter. Why it didn't turn out? Abhinav
		
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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala knows what regard to it,
		
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			but they gave their sacrifice. In that land,
		
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			said 3 sacrifices
		
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			required in today's time one is the sacrifice
		
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			of
		
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			it was taken for granted that that that
		
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			particular army is gonna win the battle.
		
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			Not once did he lose any battle in
		
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			which he was a general.
		
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			At such a time, when such a general,
		
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			with the most successful general in the history
		
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			of mankind, Umar radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu writes a
		
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			letter and gives a command, a proclamation,
		
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			sends it on the eve of one of
		
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			the most important battles in the history of
		
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			Islam.
		
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			Remove Khalid from being the general. Change him
		
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			and bring Abu Uweda ibn Jarrah.
		
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			Now,
		
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			Umar radiya bow down the road had a
		
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			vision.
		
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			The vision was everyone was starting to say,
		
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			if Khalil is in the battle, Muslims are
		
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			gonna win.
		
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			And it was taking people away
		
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			from directing their attention to almighty Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala. That was his vision.
		
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			And Allah, in the holy Quran has made
		
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			mention of it to such an extent that
		
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			when
		
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			al Nabi al Qariim saw salam on the
		
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			on Bethul Ambadl took sail
		
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			threw it in the direction of the non
		
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			Muslims.
		
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			And for a moment, they were temporarily blinded.
		
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			We changed the course of the battle. For
		
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			the first time, doubt came into their mind.
		
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			Although that action was
		
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			also didn't refer to the news.
		
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			So Umar al Yamaykum want to say we
		
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			will gain victory
		
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			with the wazaw kari
		
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			that was his mindset
		
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			and then people came to kareem you need
		
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			nothing wrong
		
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			you need nothing wrong why are you removed
		
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			why are you still fighting he continued fighting
		
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			right on the end of his life And
		
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			what did he say?
		
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			He said since when am I fighting for
		
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			Omar?
		
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			Since when am I fighting for Omar?
		
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			He said, since when am I fighting for
		
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			Omar? I am fighting for Allah.
		
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			Brother, that is one of the sacrifices required
		
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			in today's time to do everything for the
		
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			sake of almighty allah subhanahu
		
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			wa'ala
		
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			makes mention and he said, today we have
		
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			organizations. We have jamaaz. We need it for
		
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			the proper running of our affairs in the
		
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			community.
		
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			But he says,
		
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			remember
		
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			the organizations
		
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			and the jamads and the personalities
		
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			are there to serve
		
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			the collective,
		
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			to serve the creed. It's not the other
		
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			way around.
		
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			The organizations,
		
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			the jamaats,
		
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			and personalities
		
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			can be sacrificed
		
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			for the sake of the cause, for the
		
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			sake of the and the creed,
		
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			men, it cannot be the other way around.
		
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			The religion and the collective
		
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			cannot be sacrificed for the jaman for organizations
		
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			and personalities.
		
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			So the first lesson and sacrifice we require
		
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			today is to do something
		
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			solely for the sake of Allah. My dear
		
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			respected elders and brothers, there is no limit
		
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			to what the person can do when he
		
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			doesn't worry who gets the credit.
		
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			The second type
		
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			of sacrifice that is required in today today
		
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			which one Abu Hassan that we are having
		
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			is
		
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			the sacrifice of Azal Hassan
		
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			after
		
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			his father was martyred
		
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			and he became
		
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			and he was told that he is going
		
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			to be the Khalifa and part of his
		
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			khilafat
		
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			ended up the khilafat at Rashida.
		
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			At that time, Hazal Hassan
		
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			would enter into a peace agreement with.
		
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			He relinquished his right to Khalifa.
		
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			He relinquished his right to.
		
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			And such a time
		
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			when the emotional support of the woman was
		
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			with him. Because after the martyrdom of his
		
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			father more and more emotional support came with
		
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			him the moral authority was with him
		
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			The moral authority was with him. The moral
		
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			rightness was with him. The moral and emotions
		
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			of people were him. In such a time
		
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			As an assembly of Allah,
		
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			who signs a peace agreement
		
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			and giving rise
		
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			and manifestation
		
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			to what Nabi al Kalim saw as salam.
		
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			One day on the mibar of Nabiya Karim
		
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			saw a salam, Abu Waqarahi
		
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			reports, Hazrat Hassan was what Nabiya Karim saw
		
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			a salam. And Nabiya Karim saw a salam
		
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			said
		
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			this grandson of mine is a leader.
		
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			He's a leader.
		
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			Because of him, Allah will bring the ummal
		
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			together.
		
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			Because of him, Allah will bring the ummal
		
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			together.
		
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			And
		
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			when the moral authority when the emotions of
		
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			people were with him he signed an agreement
		
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			someone told him you are a sellout
		
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			and I'm not gonna use the sellout in
		
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			any particular reference of nowadays political situation
		
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			they told him you are sell out and
		
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			what did he say? Hazar al Hassan said
		
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			shame is better than freedom.
		
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			To be accused of being a sellout is
		
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			better than having the blood of the Muslims
		
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			on my hand. And of course, we know
		
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			the time of
		
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			other. You know, sahaba were they confronted one
		
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			another and so many of them were killed.
		
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			So many of them were martyred. And someone
		
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			has so truly said, the greatest tragedy in
		
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			history is not when
		
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			truth confronts falsehood. That is going to happen.
		
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			And if truth confronts falsehood and the people
		
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			of truth died, they are mothers.
		
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			The greatest tragedy in history is not when
		
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			truth confronts falsehood.
		
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			That has and won't continue happening.
		
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			The greatest threatening in history is when truth
		
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			confirms
		
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			truth.
		
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			The greatest threatening in history is when truth
		
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			confronts truth. And that is what happened. And
		
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			Hassan
		
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			could not see it. And he is made
		
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			mentioned that
		
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			Hassan
		
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			and said make dua for my children oh
		
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			prophet of almighty allah
		
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			then he said
		
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			an amazing thing
		
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			He said, I made dua to my
		
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			dignity and leadership.
		
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			And I made dua that
		
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			grant Hussain
		
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			my generosity and my courage.
		
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			Hussain also adopted a path. Hasal also adopted
		
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			a path. And both of them were correct
		
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			in the respective times. The part of Hassan
		
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			identified
		
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			as one of the sanctifiers required.
		
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			What did he say? He said for the
		
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			sake of my khilafat,
		
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			I don't want even the blood of 1
		
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			person so that I can become the khanifa.
		
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			He said what will happen to me if
		
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			I assume khilah but on the blood of
		
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			muslims?
		
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			Then, allah, will question me
		
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			in the Muslim Ummah when he got to
		
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			this unity. This is one of the sacrifices
		
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			required. The sacrifice of Hassan
		
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			to put
		
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			the unity, the peace, the love of the
		
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			Muslim Ummah in the forefront.
		
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			That is a second
		
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			sacrifice
		
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			which in Pakistan
		
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			held identified.
		
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			I would have loved to have, you know,
		
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			given more elaboration with regard to in at
		
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			the time. The 3rd and the last one
		
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			with regard to what type of sacrifice that
		
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			is required. It is a required sacrifice of
		
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			woman bin Abdul Aziz Abdul Aziz Abdul Aziz
		
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			Abdul Aziz Abdul Aziz Abdul Aziz Abdul Aziz
		
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			Abdul Aziz Abdul Aziz
		
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			When he became the Khalifa,
		
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			before that he was a governor of Madinah.
		
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			They said when he became the governor of
		
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			Madinah from where he was staying, his goods
		
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			came to Madinah
		
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			on the back of 40 camels.
		
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			He used to wear clothes.
		
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			You know that one one clothes was equivalent
		
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			to 400
		
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			dirhams.
		
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			400 dirhams and that also you say it
		
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			is not fine enough. It is not good
		
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			enough. Time to get something that is more
		
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			expensive for me. Then he was made a
		
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			khalifa
		
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			and his whole life changed
		
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			and how someone had said someone had said
		
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			so beautifully sometimes a potential of a person
		
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			needs a moment of truth to blossom. And
		
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			then it was.
		
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			Thereafter,
		
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			someone one day brought him a crock of
		
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			40 dirhams. And he said it is too
		
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			expensive for me going, taking for something that
		
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			is even less than that.
		
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			His simplicity that he had at the time
		
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			when he was a khalifa
		
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			was something that never mind other rulers.
		
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			Even saints could not match.
		
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			He's he returned all the rifle.
		
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			He gave everyone the rightful rights. He restored
		
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			justice. He brought justice. Whatever anyone had been
		
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			treated unjustly,
		
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			he gave them back whatever was supposed to
		
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			be raised. He used to cry out of
		
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			the field for my people. He had such
		
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			great degree
		
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			of
		
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			sacrifice even while he was a Khalifa.
		
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			One day, he saw his daughters.
		
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			They were covering their mouths
		
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			while they were speaking to him.
		
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			And he said, oh my daughters, why are
		
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			you doing this?
		
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			They said, oh, father, there was nothing in
		
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			the house to eat. There was only some
		
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			onions.
		
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			We had those onions.
		
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			And there's a smell emanating from our mouths.
		
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			Therefore we are covering our mouths
		
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			and say oh my daughters
		
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			I could have also given you a sumptuous
		
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			meal
		
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			the way the previous Khalifa did
		
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			But I'm afraid
		
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			of. What am I going to reply to
		
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			almighty?
		
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			His wife
		
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			saw him weeping.
		
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			He was weeping profusely. And she said, why
		
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			are you weeping so much?
		
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			And he said, there are so many people
		
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			who are poor, who are in poverty.
		
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			I'm the Khalifa. I'm not able to help
		
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			and assist them. There are so many people
		
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			requiring justice. I'm the Khalifa. I'm not able
		
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			to come to their system to give them
		
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			justice. So many people who have been wronged,
		
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			I have not been able to do what
		
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			I'm supposed to do.
		
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			And that is the reason why I'm kind.
		
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			His companion
		
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			Yazid bin Hausar used to say
		
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			when Umar bin Abdul Aziz
		
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			used to cry
		
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			out of the sea of war, Baniyah Allah,
		
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			it seemed
		
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			as a general
		
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			term was only created for him.
		
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			That was Omar bin Abdul Aziz. The Khalifa
		
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			of the time
		
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			who had the greatest
		
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			authority over the entire known world at that
		
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			time and he changed his life into one
		
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			of simplicity
		
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			one in which he was worried about
		
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			the justice
		
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			and the poverty
		
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			and the situation of people. 1 who was
		
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			worried with regard to how I am going
		
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			to account to almighty Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Refers to the sentence, one of the sacrifices
		
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			that is required from you and I is
		
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			to make sacrifice to change our life for
		
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			the better.
		
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			What sec what what sacrifice he did from
		
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			where he came
		
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			and how he used to be someone who
		
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			used to be dressed in the mess of
		
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			clothes
		
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			and then what how he changed his life
		
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			to simplicity
		
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			and the fear of almighty Allah. And the
		
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			ulama right the day he was passing away,
		
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			this ayat was on his lips.
		
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			Pride and intelligence in this
		
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			earth and do not seek corruption.
		
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			It was as if he was a manifestation
		
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			of the verse and he passed away.
		
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			Hazrat said these are the type three types
		
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			of sacrifice.
		
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			Keeping in mind, I made mention that the
		
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			sacrifice of Ibrahim alaihis salam is the origin
		
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			of all sacrifices. But he said in today's
		
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			time according to him, and we share the
		
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			words of wisdom of such a great scholar.
		
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			The sacrifice of Khalil Ibrahim
		
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			to everything for the sake of Allah.
		
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			Put Allah in front in front of everything.
		
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			In front of our ambitions.
		
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			Before any other aspects with regard to our
		
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			life. Put
		
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			the put the commands of Allah and put
		
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			the the the sincerity
		
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			and the pleasure of Allah before us. The
		
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			sincerity and the sacrifice of
		
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			in bringing the Ummah together and the sacrifice
		
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			of
		
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			in changing our life.