Ebrahim Bham – Hadrat Umar RA

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The transcript describes the struggles of thecece Islam during the years of the Islamist movement, including beating up their brother-in-law and reading the Surah Taha. The transcript describes a harsh and compassionate ruler who used to complain and make people accept Islam, and how he faced persecution and eventually became a Muslim. The transcript also describes a time where the ruler threatened his son's behavior and threatened his reputation, causing his reputation to be punished. The " exercises" in the presence of people have become a "has" in Islam, and the "has" in Islam has become a "has" in Islam.

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			Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah wa Ahla wa Salatu wa Salamu
		
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			ala man la yadabiyya maada.
		
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			Amma ba'du fawmu min ala ibn al-shaytan
		
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			al-rajim.
		
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			Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim.
		
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			Fala warabbika la yu'minuna hatta yuhakkimuka fima ash
		
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			-shadara bainahu.
		
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			Thumma la yajidu fee'an al-afusi ma
		
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			harajan mimma qarain.
		
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			Wa yusallimu tasliman.
		
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			Sadaqallahul Azeem.
		
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			My dear respected elders and brothers, Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala in the holy Qur'an
		
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			has commanded us to follow the people who
		
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			accepted Islam in the beginning.
		
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			They are known as sabiqoon al-awwaloon.
		
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			So Allah ta'ala speaks about the sabiqoon
		
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			al-awwaloon and then Allah ta'ala says,
		
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			wal-lazeena taba'oohum bi-ihsan.
		
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			Those who follow them in righteousness and guidance.
		
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			Allah is pleased with them and they are
		
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			pleased with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Last week we spoke about Hazrat Abu Bakr
		
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			r.a and following up from there.
		
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			Today I would like to speak on the
		
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			life and glimpse us from the life and
		
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			take inspiration and lessons from the life of
		
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			Umar r.a. Umar the Great.
		
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			And there is no doubt that he was
		
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			a towering personality.
		
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			He was a very great personality.
		
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			He was born some 10 or 11 years
		
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			before our beloved Nabi al-Karim s.a
		
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			.w. He was from the tribe of Bani
		
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			Adi.
		
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			And he used to look after sheep in
		
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			the initial stages.
		
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			He used to look after sheep for the
		
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			people of Makkah.
		
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			And even for his family.
		
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			His father used to beat him up a
		
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			lot while he was young.
		
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			Something that Umar r.a used to recollect
		
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			in his later days.
		
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			But, you know, Umar r.a was amongst
		
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			the very few who was literate in the
		
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			time of Makkah, in the early stages of
		
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			Islam.
		
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			And we all know that one of the
		
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			aspects that he was known for, that he
		
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			was known for his hostility towards Islam.
		
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			What did Umar r.a say about him?
		
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			What did he say about him?
		
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			He used to say, Islam said, Everyone
		
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			knew with regard to it.
		
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			One or two examples with regard to it.
		
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			There used to be a slave woman by
		
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			the beautiful name of Zanira.
		
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			So Umar r.a used to beat her
		
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			up.
		
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			And he used to beat her up so
		
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			much that afterwards he used to stop beating
		
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			her and he used to tell her, I'm
		
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			not stopping because I got Raham.
		
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			I got compassion for you.
		
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			I'm just tired.
		
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			Therefore, I stopped beating you.
		
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			Otherwise, I would have continued.
		
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			Just to know how he was is a
		
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			very interesting incident of Ummi Abdullah ibn Hantamah.
		
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			Ummi Abdullah ibn Hantamah with her husband decided
		
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			to leave Makkah after she accepted Islam because
		
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			of the hostility of the people of Quraysh,
		
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			including Umar r.a. So while she was
		
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			waiting to leave Makkah, Umar came past and
		
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			Umar just said, May Allah preserve you.
		
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			May Allah protect you.
		
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			So when the husband was born, he came
		
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			back and the wife said that Umar seems
		
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			to be coming soft on Islam.
		
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			He told me these beautiful words.
		
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			He told me these words.
		
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			You know what the husband said?
		
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			And Ibn Kathir has made mention of this.
		
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			He said, leave Umar.
		
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			The donkey of Khattab can accept Islam.
		
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			The son of Khattab can't accept Islam.
		
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			The donkey of Khattab perhaps can accept Islam.
		
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			How can Umar accept Islam?
		
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			But Allah gives guidance to whom He wills.
		
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			So Nabi Karim s.a.w. used to
		
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			make dua.
		
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			Allahumma ease Islam Oh
		
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			Allah, whoever is more beloved to you, between
		
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			these two people, make them accept Islam.
		
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			Either Umar ibn Hisham or Umar ibn Khattab
		
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			r.a. Why he said that?
		
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			It was a difference of one word.
		
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			Amr is spelt in a beautiful, in a
		
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			particular way.
		
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			And Umar is spelt in a particular way.
		
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			Amr ibn Hisham and Umar ibn Khattab.
		
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			So Nabi Karim s.a.w. made dua.
		
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			Oh Allah, accept either one of them.
		
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			One word of difference, Allah accepted Umar ibn
		
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			Khattab.
		
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			Now there were several incidents that happened.
		
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			One day he came to the haram.
		
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			He saw Nabi Karim s.a.w. reading
		
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			salat.
		
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			So he stood behind to listen.
		
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			And Nabi Karim s.a.w. recited, you
		
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			know, al-haqqa.
		
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			And he was impressed.
		
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			And he said, what beautiful words, ya Allah.
		
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			I mean, he was now inclined, becoming inclined
		
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			towards Islam.
		
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			And then he said, no, this can't be
		
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			true.
		
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			This is poetry.
		
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			And al-haqqa is wa ma huwa bi
		
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			qawli sha'in.
		
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			This is not the words of a poet.
		
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			And he said, ya Allah, I was just
		
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			about, I was saying that this is the
		
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			words of a poet.
		
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			And yeah, Nabi Karim s.a.w. in
		
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			the Quran is saying wa ma huwa bi
		
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			qawli sha'in.
		
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			Slowly he was starting to come closer towards
		
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			Islam.
		
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			But his hostility was still known.
		
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			So one day in that hostility, because Umar,
		
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			there was no half measures with him.
		
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			It was either this way or that way.
		
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			There was no like in between fence.
		
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			So then, in that particular way, when he
		
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			took out his sword, and he was going
		
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			in the streets of Makkah, Nuh ibn Abdullah,
		
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			who had just recently accepted Islam, seeing his,
		
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			you know, his seriousness, where are you going,
		
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			Umar?
		
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			I'm going to go and kill him.
		
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			I'm going to go and execute Muhammad.
		
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			Once and for all, I'm going to sort
		
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			out this matter.
		
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			So now, of course, you know, the incident
		
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			of Islam is, you know, the Islam of
		
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			Umar ibn Khattab is always been inspirational, no
		
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			matter how many times you hear it.
		
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			So Nuh ibn Abdullah says, leave Muhammad.
		
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			Your sister has accepted Islam.
		
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			And in that rage, Umar r.a went
		
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			to his sister's house, and he knocked.
		
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			Khubaib was teaching them the Quran.
		
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			Khubaib r.a. And then they came, he
		
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			came in, and he told his sister, I
		
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			heard you've accepted Islam.
		
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			And the sister, you know, and the brother
		
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			-in-law, Sa'id ibn Zaid, also amongst
		
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			the Ashra'i Mubashara, he said that what
		
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			if the religion that we have followed is
		
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			better than your religion?
		
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			Umar started beating up his brother-in-law.
		
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			Sister couldn't take it.
		
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			She came to protect, you know, the husband.
		
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			He started beating her up.
		
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			So much so that she started bleeding.
		
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			And then she said, Umar, go and do
		
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			whatever you want.
		
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			Kill us if you want.
		
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			We will not revoke.
		
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			And we will not reject Islam.
		
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			Umar then started having some form of compassion.
		
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			He said, tell me what you are reading.
		
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			Tell me what you are reading.
		
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			They were reading Surah Taha.
		
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			And they read that Surah Taha.
		
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			Umar started listening.
		
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			And when they came to the verse, I
		
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			am Allah.
		
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			Worship me.
		
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			No one is worthy of worship but me.
		
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			Umar said such beautiful words.
		
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			Take me to Muhammad.
		
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			Then I must become a Muslim.
		
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			He comes to Nabiya Karim sallallahu alaihi wasallam.
		
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			When he comes to Nabiya Karim sallallahu alaihi
		
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			wasallam, Hazrat Hamza r.a is there.
		
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			And Hazrat Hamza r.a said, Let him
		
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			come.
		
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			If he comes with peace, we will welcome
		
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			him.
		
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			But if he comes with any intention, we
		
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			will deal with him.
		
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			Hazrat Umar r.a comes and says, I
		
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			have come to accept Islam.
		
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			Umar r.a accepts Islam.
		
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			Umar r.a's Islam was a great victory.
		
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			So much so, that it is made mention
		
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			in the books of Ahadith that even Jibrail
		
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			a.s came down from the heaven.
		
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			Ya Muhammad, فَقَدِسْتَبْشَرَ أَهْلُ السَّمَاءِ بِإِسْلَامِ عُمَرٍ The
		
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			angels in heaven, they have deputized me to
		
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			come congratulate you on the Islam of Umar.
		
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			That was Umar's Islam.
		
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			Abdullah ibn Masud r.a used to say,
		
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			that this Islam, you know, what a beautiful
		
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			thing he used to say.
		
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			That Islam, the Islam of Umar was a
		
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			major crime.
		
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			His migration was a reinforcement.
		
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			And his Khilafat was a great blessing.
		
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			Now Umar r.a was, you know, that's
		
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			why Nabiya Karim sallallahu alaihi wasallam gave him
		
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			the title, Farooq, who distinguished between right and
		
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			wrong.
		
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			When he became a Muslim, he allowed, and
		
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			the first time, he was the first person
		
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			to openly declare his Islam.
		
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			He was the first person to take the
		
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			Muslims and bring them into the Kaaba to
		
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			be able to read, you know, to read
		
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			Salat.
		
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			Because of the force of his personality and
		
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			his greatness.
		
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			And, you know, because of his towering personality
		
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			and his greatness.
		
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			So this Umar, you know, he was amongst
		
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			those who had some amazing qualities.
		
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			One of his qualities was that, I'm going
		
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			to make mention of it, وَأَشَدُّهُمْ فِي عَمْرِ
		
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			اللَّهِ عُمَرٍ His firmness and strictness in adhering
		
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			to the command of Almighty Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala.
		
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			One day Nabiya Karim sallallahu alaihi wasallam was
		
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			sitting with a group of women, right?
		
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			And Nabiya Karim sallallahu alaihi wasallam was speaking
		
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			to them.
		
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			And then Umar r.a came.
		
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			And when Umar r.a came, they started
		
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			scattering.
		
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			And then he said, يَا نِسَىٰ يَا أَدُوَّاتِ
		
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			أَنفُسِكُنْ Oh, enemies of your own soul.
		
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			You know, the Nabi of Allah is talking
		
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			to you.
		
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			You don't scatter.
		
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			I come, you scatter.
		
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			What is the situation?
		
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			And then they said, You are more harsh
		
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			than the Nabi of Allah.
		
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			Apparently, you are more harsh than the Nabi
		
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			of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			So Umar r.a, you know, Nabi sallallahu
		
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			alaihi wasallam started laughing.
		
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			And he said, Oh Umar, leave them alone.
		
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			Even when you take a road, when you
		
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			take a road, shaitan takes another road.
		
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			Shaitan doesn't go to the road in which
		
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			you are going.
		
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			اَوْ اُبْنِ خَطَابُ وَالَّذِى نَفْسِ بِأَدِينَ مَا لَقَيَتْكَ
		
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			الشَّيْطَانُ صَالِكًا فَجًّا قَدْ إِلَّا سَلَكَ فَجًّا غَيْرَ
		
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			فَجِّكَ When you go on the road, shaitan
		
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			takes another road.
		
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			He was أَشَتُّهُمْ فِي عَمْرِ اللَّهِ وَأُمَرٍ He
		
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			was among those who was very firm.
		
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			One day a person went to Nabi A
		
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			.S. And he asked for a decision.
		
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			Nabi A.S. gave him a decision.
		
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			And then he came to Umar r.a.
		
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			Because he wasn't happy with that decision.
		
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			So Umar r.a. said, You came to
		
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			me with this problem.
		
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			Did you go to anyone else?
		
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			He said, I went to Nabi A.S.
		
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			And what did Nabi A.S. said?
		
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			Nabi A.S. gave this decision.
		
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			Umar became so enraged.
		
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			You went to the Nabi of Allah.
		
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			He gave a decision.
		
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			And then you still coming to me.
		
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			Umar executed him.
		
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			Then day Umar r.a. executed him.
		
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			He was a great, you know, uproar in
		
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			Makkah.
		
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			Allah Ta'ala revealed the verse, فَلَا وَرَبِّكَ
		
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			لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ You can't be a believer until
		
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			you make Nabi A.S. and Allah Ta
		
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			'ala and have a traitor in your matters.
		
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			أَبْمُسَلْمَانِهِ نَيُّ وَسَدْكَ جَلْتَكْ أَبْنَبِي وَأَلَّا تَعَالَى
		
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			تَجْوَهَنَا سَبْسَفْتَلْهَا مُقَتَّمْكَ وَجَوْبِهُ فَاسْرَكَرِ أَبُسْتَرَازِهُ
		
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			You are happy with the decision of Nabi
		
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			A.S. This was Umar.
		
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			Nabi A.S. said in a hadith, ذَكَتْ
		
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			كَانَ فِي مَا قَبْلَكُمْ مِنْ أُمَمٍ مُحَدَّثُونَ There
		
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			was amongst the people of the people of
		
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			the past, there were people who were inspired
		
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			by Allah.
		
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			That they used to speak the truth.
		
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			Allah used to bring truth on their tongues.
		
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			If there had to be one person in
		
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			this Ummah, it would have been Umar.
		
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			And Umar was such that Nabi A.S.
		
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			said, إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَعَلَ الْحَقِّ عَلَى لِسَانِ عُمَرْ
		
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			وَقَلْبِهِ Allah has planted truth in the heart
		
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			and tongue of Umar.
		
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			And Umar used to say, many a times
		
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			I used to say something, I used to
		
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			give an opinion, and then my opinion used
		
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			to coincide with the wahi of Allah.
		
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			And he used to say that out of
		
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			respect.
		
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			Because many times he used to give an
		
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			opinion and then wahi used to come.
		
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			In the matter of purdah, in the matter
		
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			of azan, in the matter of making maqam
		
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			-e-Ibrahim a place to read salat after
		
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			you make umrah.
		
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			Today go and see there.
		
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			In umrah there is so much crowd.
		
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			People were still going to read salat after
		
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			maqam-e-Ibrahim.
		
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			Because Umar r.a came to Nabi A
		
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			.S. يَا لَسُّرِّ اللَّهِ Make maqam-e-Ibrahim
		
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			a place where you can read salat.
		
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			وَاتَّقِذُهُ مِن مَقَامِ إِبْرَهِيمَ مُسَلَّةً الله تعالى revealed,
		
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			make maqam-e-Ibrahim a place of salat.
		
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			Now you see sometimes you get angry.
		
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			People are sitting there.
		
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			People are making tawaf.
		
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			But because of that people are still there.
		
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			Sometimes you are making ruku, the people who
		
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			are making tawaf in umrah, they take you
		
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			with your ruku.
		
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			With your ruku you are good.
		
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			But people still go and read namaz there.
		
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			Because Umar r.a came with that particular
		
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			opinion.
		
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			When the rumor came with regard to Hazrat
		
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			Aisha r.a, immediately Hazrat Umar just said
		
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			one word.
		
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			This is a great huma.
		
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			This is a great slander.
		
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			Allah revealed the verse, سُبْحَانَكَ هَذَا مُخْتَعْنٌ عَزِيمٌ
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has given him.
		
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			You know this was, one day Nabiya Kareem
		
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			s.a pointed towards Umar and said, you
		
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			are a barrier for fitna.
		
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			جَبْتَكْ آبْ هُمْگَةُ كُي فِتْنَا نَيْعَيْبَ Today we
		
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			need someone like Umar but there is no
		
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			Umar.
		
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			And the reason with regard to it is
		
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			because of his quality.
		
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			He could be a barrier because he stood
		
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			firm on his principles.
		
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			Now the amazing thing is that he had
		
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			a towering personality.
		
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			An intimidating personality.
		
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			A towering, you know, figure.
		
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			He was a very great figure.
		
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			Abu Musa s.a one day was called
		
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			up.
		
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			You know, Umar summoned him for something.
		
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			So he came very very worried.
		
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			And then when he came out he was
		
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			shivering.
		
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			قَابْنَلَا What's wrong?
		
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			He said, out of awe of Umar.
		
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			Out of awe of Umar.
		
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			One day a woman came to him, she
		
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			was pregnant.
		
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			Because of his personality she was scared.
		
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			This was Umar s.a. Now you see
		
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			sometimes you think that a person like that
		
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			who has this quality, he could be sometimes
		
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			arrogant, he could be harsh.
		
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			Amazing with regard to Umar s.a. You
		
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			know he was harsh whenever he required.
		
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			But he was very compassionate.
		
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			He was very kind.
		
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			He used to cry very easily.
		
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			Umar used to cry very easily.
		
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			He used to cry when he used to
		
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			read Salah.
		
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			One day a person came to him.
		
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			And said, I came to ask you for
		
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			some need.
		
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			So Umar became very angry.
		
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			He said, I was sitting in the masjid.
		
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			And asking people to come to me for
		
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			my need.
		
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			You didn't come now.
		
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			And now you come after I'm sitting now
		
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			in my own private quarters with my own
		
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			work.
		
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			So Umar took out his, you know, whip.
		
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			The whip of Umar was very famous.
		
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			So he hit him across the back.
		
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			So he went away.
		
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			Umar then afterwards had a lot of regret.
		
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			So he went looking for him.
		
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			And when he came looking for him, he
		
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			said, You take the whip and hit me
		
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			back.
		
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			He said, no way I'm going to do
		
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			that.
		
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			So Umar then made dua to almighty Allah.
		
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			What an amazing thing.
		
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			He said, Umar, You must guide Allah guided
		
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			you.
		
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			You had no izzat, Allah gave you izzat.
		
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			Then Allah made you the leader.
		
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			And when people come to you for assistance,
		
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			Is that the way you treat them?
		
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			For a long time he cried.
		
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			Until people saw him actually crying.
		
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			So this was Umar.
		
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			Despite his, you know, firmness.
		
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			He had this kind and compassionate nature.
		
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			And then Abu Bakr r.a made him
		
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			khilafat.
		
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			Made him the khalifa.
		
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			And some of the people, Hazrat Talha r
		
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			.a, Abdul Rahman ibn Hawf r.a, They
		
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			were worried and concerned.
		
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			They said, Umar is so harsh.
		
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			While you were there, he's so harsh.
		
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			And he's so strict.
		
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			What's going to happen is he'll become the
		
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			khalifa.
		
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			So as Abu Bakr r.a said, When
		
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			he becomes the khalifa, Allah will moderate his
		
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			temperament.
		
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			You will see Allah will moderate.
		
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			That's exactly what happened.
		
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			But you know, his khilafat was a great
		
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			mercy and boon to the ummah.
		
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			He 23 lakh square miles from Makran in
		
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			Pakistan.
		
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			Right in Sindh in Pakistan.
		
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			Right up to, you know, North Africa.
		
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			From Yemen till Azerbaijan.
		
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			He was a ruler.
		
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			Two great superpowers fell in his time.
		
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			Ten years of khilafat.
		
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			Two great superpowers.
		
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			The Roman Empire, Persian Empire.
		
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			He was the one who set up new
		
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			cities.
		
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			Kufa, Basra, Fistar, Cairo.
		
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			All of that was set up.
		
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			Mosul.
		
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			Was set up in the time of Umar
		
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			r.a. He had such a wonderful system.
		
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			He created a postal system.
		
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			He created a qaza system.
		
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			He created a system.
		
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			Today we have a situation when we go
		
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			from traveling from one place to other.
		
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			You know, you have this ultra shells.
		
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			Or you have this place where you stop.
		
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			Umar r.a. created that.
		
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			There are 22 reforms that was set up
		
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			by Umar r.a. in terms of administration.
		
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			He was not only pious.
		
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			He was a great ruler in terms of
		
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			administration.
		
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			He created all of these beautiful things.
		
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			You know, and he was the most just
		
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			ruler.
		
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			Perhaps in the whole history of humanity.
		
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			Other than the Anbiya a.s. All citizens
		
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			were equal in his eyes.
		
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			All citizens.
		
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			One day someone made a complaint to the
		
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			Qazi against Umar.
		
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			Umar r.a. went to the court.
		
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			The Qazi got up out of respect.
		
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			Umar said, Who gave you the right?
		
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			I'm not coming here as a khalifa.
		
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			I'm not coming here as a khalifa.
		
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			I'm coming as a defendant.
		
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			Who gave you the right to stand up
		
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			in my respect?
		
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			He was such a person.
		
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			And of course when it came to be
		
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			known that one of his sons, Abdurrahman ibn
		
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			Abu Bakr you know, had committed something that
		
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			he required punishment.
		
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			So the governor of Egypt did punish him.
		
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			But he punished him behind closed doors.
		
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			When Umar came to know about it, he
		
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			said, Send my son to me.
		
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			Let me be the one who will inflict
		
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			the correct punishment upon him.
		
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			There was no favoritism.
		
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			He inflicted punishment upon his own son, Abdurrahman
		
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			ibn Abu Bakr.
		
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			And then of course the famous thing, sir,
		
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			time doesn't allow me, that he even brought
		
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			the governor of Egypt, Umar ibn al-Asr
		
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			r.a. Then he came to know that
		
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			a non-Muslim came to complain about him
		
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			with regard to an issue.
		
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			Umar r.a. gave the governor of Egypt,
		
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			you know, gave him punishment.
		
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			And then he said, I'm the governor.
		
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			You know, how can you be doing this?
		
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			You're humiliating me.
		
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			He said, I can't remain a governor.
		
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			Umar said, If you want to be a
		
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			governor, remain.
		
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			If you don't want to remain, don't remain.
		
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			But I'm going to inflict punishment upon you.
		
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			And I'm going to bring Islamic justice upon
		
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			you.
		
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			This was of his.
		
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			Because of this, even the forces of nature
		
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			were subservient to him.
		
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			Even the forces of nature were subservient.
		
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			The people were going out in jihad.
		
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			While they were going out in jihad, the
		
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			enemies created an ambush.
		
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			They wanted to attack the Muslims from the
		
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			rear.
		
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			And the sahabi came back to Medina and
		
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			said, Oh Umar, we were there.
		
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			The enemies were about to ambush us.
		
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			All of a sudden, we heard your voice.
		
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			All of a sudden, we heard your voice.
		
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			Umar was in Medina.
		
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			Umar was in Medina.
		
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			On the Khutbah.
		
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			While he was on the Minbar.
		
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			He said, Ya Sariah al-Jabal.
		
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			Ya Sariah al-Jabal.
		
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			The wind took his command.
		
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			They heard it several thousand kilometers away.
		
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			They heard, Ya Sariah, look at the mountain.
		
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			There's an enemy waiting to ambush you and
		
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			attack you.
		
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			This was Umar r.a. Because of his
		
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			justice, even the forces of nature, they listened
		
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			to him.
		
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			He wrote a letter to the Nile.
		
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			In the Nile, the people used to, you
		
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			know, sacrifice a woman for the sake of
		
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			Nile and said, I'm sure you don't sacrifice
		
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			a woman.
		
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			Then that particular Nile will not continue.
		
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			Umar wrote to the Nile and said, If
		
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			you are flowing with the commands of Allah,
		
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			continue to flow.
		
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			If you don't go flow with the commands
		
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			of Allah, we don't need your water.
		
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			And when that letter was thrown, none of
		
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			the Muslims came to see what spectacle is
		
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			this.
		
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			That letter is thrown.
		
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			And before the letter is just thrown, the
		
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			Nile started you know, flooding its banks.
		
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			This is Umar r.a. And one of
		
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			the reasons was because of his justice, accountability.
		
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			Ya Allah.
		
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			And his concern for the subjects.
		
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			Ali r.a one day saw him running.
		
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			Umar, where are you running?
		
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			He said, One camel of the Baitul Mal
		
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			got lost.
		
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			I'm running to avenge that camel.
		
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			Umar said, We have set such a typical
		
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			example for rulers after you.
		
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			Who's going to be able to follow you?
		
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			Who's going to be able to follow you?
		
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			Huseyma ibni Khabib r.a used to say,
		
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			Whenever Umar appointed a governor, he would write
		
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			to him and stipulate a commission.
		
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			He will not ride a Turkish horse.
		
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			In today's time, you will not you will
		
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			not take a 4x4 Mercedes.
		
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			You will become a governor, you will not
		
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			ride a 4x4 Mercedes.
		
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			Just to give an example with regard to
		
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			it.
		
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			You will not wear eat delicacies.
		
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			You will not wear luxurious clothing.
		
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			You will not lock your door against people
		
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			who want to come and ask you for
		
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			something.
		
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			Otherwise, I will give you appropriate punishment.
		
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			This was Umar r.a. But yet, he
		
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			had such concern for his subjects.
		
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			Ya Allah.
		
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			We all know the famous incident.
		
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			Umar r.a used to patrol the streets
		
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			of Medina, looking for people with regard to
		
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			any of their problems.
		
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			And one day, he came to a woman.
		
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			And the woman was, you know, didn't have
		
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			any food.
		
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			And she complained about Umar.
		
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			And Umar said that, How is Umar supposed
		
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			to know what you are doing?
		
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			And she said, He's a ruler.
		
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			How is he not supposed to know?
		
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			Look at the rulers of today.
		
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			Look at the rulers of today.
		
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			Look at what is Umar r.a. Umar
		
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			r.a used to say, Even if a
		
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			sheep, a lamb, or a camel die under
		
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			my law, under my authority, I'm afraid Allah
		
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			will question me.
		
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			Today people are dying.
		
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			The world cares nothing.
		
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			Subhanallah.
		
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			So then, you know, he went to the
		
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			Baitul Mal.
		
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			He took a bag of flour.
		
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			He took other things.
		
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			And he told his servant Aslam, Put it
		
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			on my back.
		
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			Aslam said, How are you going to take
		
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			it?
		
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			You are the khalifa.
		
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			I said, No.
		
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			I'm going to take it.
		
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			He came and he fed the children.
		
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			He fed that Umar.
		
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			This is Umar r.a. And don't let
		
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			us only go to the rulers.
		
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			Don't let us only go to the rulers.
		
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			Once there was famine.
		
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			There was famine in Madinah and Manawarah.
		
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			So Umar r.a said, I'm not going
		
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			to eat ghee.
		
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			I'm not going to eat delicacies.
		
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			I'm not going to eat fruit.
		
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			His son one day was eating fruit.
		
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			And Umar became so enraged.
		
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			He took that fruit away from him and
		
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			said, Do you have any shame?
		
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			People are dying of famine and you're eating
		
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			in front of them.
		
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			We only like to say let the rulers
		
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			that are following Umar.
		
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			Are we following?
		
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			Do we have kindness and compassion to the
		
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			poor?
		
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			Subhanallah.
		
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			This is how it is.
		
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			When the time came with regard to famine,
		
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			he took an oath.
		
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			I will not eat any delicacies until it
		
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			comes freely available in the market.
		
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			One day the servant said, It has come
		
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			available in the market.
		
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			Go and buy it.
		
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			So he went to go and buy it
		
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			and he came back and said, Tell me
		
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			how much it was.
		
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			He gave him a price.
		
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			He said, Can the poor people afford it?
		
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			He said, They can't afford it.
		
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			He said, Take it away.
		
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			I don't want it.
		
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			I don't want it.
		
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			This is how Islam became Islam.
		
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			That is how Islam became such a great
		
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			power.
		
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			This is something I can go on making
		
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			mention with regard to it.
		
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			Jarir ibn Abdullah r.a says, I think
		
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			one day Umar gave me a Dawah.
		
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			Now today, if someone give you a Dawah,
		
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			you expect the best of, you know, food.
		
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			I mean, he gave me a Dawah, you
		
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			know, give me some of the best of
		
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			food.
		
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			Jarir ibn Abdullah said, I came to that
		
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			I couldn't eat his food.
		
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			The Khalifa, he said, I couldn't eat his
		
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			food.
		
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			It was so false.
		
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			This was Umar r.a, his simplicity, his
		
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			greatness, you know, and yet, you know, his
		
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			beautiful freedom of expression.
		
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			One day he was making mention with regard
		
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			to dowry and a woman said, you know,
		
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			you can't stop a woman taking dowry.
		
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			Allah has given them the permission to it
		
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			must be reasonable, but it is their right.
		
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			So Umar r.a came down, he didn't
		
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			get angry, he came down from a minbar
		
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			and said, Everyone knows more than Umar, even
		
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			a old woman knows more than Umar.
		
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			This was his last gift.
		
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			Despite all that, he had so much fear
		
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			of Allah.
		
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			His son, one day said, I saw him
		
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			taking a sand, and he said, how I
		
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			wish I was the sand.
		
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			How I wish that my mother never gave
		
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			birth to me.
		
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			Despite the fact that Umar is in Jannah.
		
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			Umar is in Jannah.
		
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			You know, and we all know that he
		
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			was you know, he was martyred by the
		
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			Persian, and then the last stages of his
		
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			life, he told his son, he was lying
		
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			on the lap of Umar Abdullah ibn Umar
		
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			r.a, his son, and then he told
		
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			his son, Oh my son, don't put me
		
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			on your lap, put me on the sand.
		
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			And then he put his sand, and he
		
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			put his you know, his cheek on the
		
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			sand and he rubbed it.
		
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			And what a beautiful thing he said, May
		
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			you be destroyed, O Ibn Khattab, if Allah
		
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			doesn't forgive you.
		
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			May you be destroyed, Ibn Khattab.
		
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			If Allah doesn't forgive you, what's going to
		
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			happen to you, Ibn Khattab?
		
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			Brothers, this is how Islam became great by
		
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			such personalities.
		
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			We make mention of it.
		
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			We know that sometimes we cannot live up
		
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			to this idea, but these are the ideas
		
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			that we must aspire to.
		
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			We make mention of it, that we create
		
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			that yearning, that we want to be like
		
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			such great people.
		
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			May Allah give us the tawfiq.