Haifaa Younis – 3 key takeaways from Sh. Omar Suleiman’s precious Nasiha – advice to our young boys

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			Last weekend when Sheikh Omar Suleyman came and
		

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			was talking to the boys. Right? And then
		

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			this young boy asked him a question.
		

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			Right? No. Actually, I asked Sheikh Omar. I
		

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			said, Sheikh Omar, all of these young boys
		

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			really wanna be like you. Because, subhanallah, the
		

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			day before I asked them a question, all
		

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			of them said Sheikh Omar Suleyma. And I
		

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			said, okay. Tomorrow you'll have this big surprise.
		

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			So I said, all of them wants to
		

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			be like you. And in Insha Allah, you
		

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			Rabbi Amin. And some of them are your
		

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			children. In 10 15 years,
		

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			what do you tell them? So in 10
		

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			15 years, they become another Umar Surayma. He
		

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			said three things.
		

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			Subhanallah. Number 1, he told them, be good
		

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			to your parents. There will be no Barakah
		

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			in your life,
		

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			and especially your mother.
		

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			He and he kept saying it in a
		

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			very nice way, but look at the number
		

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			2. That's where it comes now to my
		

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			came to my mind. So number 2 is
		

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			your time.
		

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			Don't waste your time.
		

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			Time is your essence. It's your like your
		

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			asset. So this young boy raised his hand.
		

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			I don't remember who was he. Right?
		

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			And he said,
		

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			so
		

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			playing this game
		

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			Fortnite,
		

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			am I did I say it right? Yeah.
		

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			Uh-huh.
		

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			And he said, is playing Fortnite is a
		

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			waste of time?
		

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			It's a good question.
		

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			Realistic.
		

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			So he said, how long do you play?
		

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			He was so honest, Heather. I don't remember
		

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			who was he.
		

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			He said 3 hours.
		

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			Exactly like that.
		

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			And he said to him, and imagine Sheikh
		

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			Omar and this boy is like this. And
		

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			he said, is it 3 hours too much
		

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			from a day?
		

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			I said, I think so.
		

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			Time
		

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			time
		

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			is for us. And the third one was
		

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			I I love the third one, actually.
		

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			He said, believe in yourself, obey Allah, and
		

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			don't worry about what people say about you.
		

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			He kept telling them, you're talking about 12,
		

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			13, 14.
		

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			Obey Allah,
		

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			do what pleases him, and don't worry about
		

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			what people say about you.
		

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			This needs to all of us.