Hosai Mojaddidi – PreRamadan New Muslim Gathering

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The speakers discuss the importance of keeping things in perspective during the pandemic and recommend using litanies to help with intentions of prayer. They also provide resources for finding helpful resources and offer YouTube videos for practicing prayer. The speakers emphasize the importance of protecting one's health and family members' health during busy days, protecting one's health and family members' health, and focusing on their core values. They encourage listeners to practice these three simple concepts and apply them for themselves, emphasizing the importance of learning for their behavior and their belief in their identity.

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			All right, Tom did a lesson I want
to call him everybody just wanted
		
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			to kind of address the topic for
today. And I, you know, I thought
		
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			about, like, there's so many
things, we could talk about it
		
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			right a little bit, just to get
ready for them a lot. And I think
		
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			you're gonna hear if you're in
this community or any community,
		
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			you'll hear from this point
forward, maybe Clif Bars and talks
		
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			and stuff online, a lot of people
are gearing up, right, because the
		
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			month is right around the corner.
So there's a lot of great advice
		
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			already that's going to be given
to you in sha Allah, and
		
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			hopefully, that will help you. But
I kind of was thinking, what's a
		
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			way that we can, you know, kind of
keep things in perspective, not
		
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			just for a normal Dawn, but also
just starting out? Right? It's
		
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			premium above and beyond. So what
are some advices are some things
		
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			that we can discuss. So I came up
with sort of
		
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			an acronym, which I'll share with
you. But before I jump in, how
		
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			many people know the word LM? What
does the word LM mean? In Arabic?
		
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			I
		
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			know what
		
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			I am is knowledge, right? And
Allah, would you mind? I'm so
		
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			sorry. While I read? Could you
please help me on the board? Okay,
		
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			if you can write because the
acronym I want to kind of just
		
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			write it for you so that we can
refer to it? So.
		
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			Right, perfect. So if we can do I,
and then maybe l underneath that?
		
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			Yes. So we're gonna use LM because
I want it to stick right, get that
		
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			sticky factor, so you just
remember it. So I feel like you
		
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			know, let's break this word down.
Obviously, we know knowledge,
		
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			right. And that's all of us,
whether we're new Muslims, or
		
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			people born into the space, this
is part of our journey that we're
		
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			constantly striving to learn. And
that we're in the pursuit of
		
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			knowledge, right. That's what we,
we should strive for every day,
		
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			wherever we are in our journey. So
that's why I thought this was an
		
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			appropriate and it's quick, right?
So it's, it's something hopefully
		
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			we can, we can remember. So the
first point I wanted to talk about
		
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			was the eye. And so the word that
I used for I was intention,
		
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			intention. Every day, it's so
critical that all of us and this
		
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			is part of the path, again, no
matter where you are new or been
		
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			on for a while, that you start
your day with Neil with intention,
		
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			and that you really think about
that. And that can happen. If
		
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			you're lying in bed, you know,
before your foot, your alarm goes
		
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			off, or after it goes up, and
you're waiting for 10, you know,
		
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			the snooze, to come back. And
you're just thinking, but to
		
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			really have that moment of
reflection, where you think about
		
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			what you want from your day,
right? What what is the day ahead
		
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			of you going to look like because
this is for all of us. It's a
		
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			journey that we're on. But every
day, we have to take it day by
		
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			day, right? For some of us, as we
said, martial law, that demand
		
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			fluctuates, right? Some of us,
we're gonna wake up, and we're
		
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			going to have those days where
we're going to just we feel so
		
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			much just, you know, inspiration
to do things, you know, or there
		
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			might be something to look forward
to maybe there's an event like
		
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			right now that we're all looking
forward to no more time. So
		
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			naturally, those feelings are good
there. And you know, we want to
		
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			learn, we want to get our stuff
straight, right. So that's kind
		
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			of, you know, part of the process,
that you're going to have days
		
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			like that, where you wake up with
that kind of, you know, strong
		
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			resolve. And then there's other
days where yes, you're going to
		
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			struggle, and to remember that
that this is perfectly normal. And
		
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			I remember when I was studying,
you know, our teacher, he used the
		
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			analogy of a staircase, you know,
that steps, you're gonna have
		
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			moments where you rise and the
moments where you kind of just
		
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			plateau, moments where you rise
moments where you plateau. And as
		
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			long as you're in this upward sort
of moment, or movement, don't push
		
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			yourself like, and I think it's
very natural, even myself, you
		
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			know, I shared with you that I
wear hijab after two weeks. And I
		
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			realized after I did it, and
because I'm so stubborn, I never
		
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			want people to go see we told you
so you weren't, you know, you're
		
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			gonna take it off. I for that
reason I kept it on, but I
		
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			struggled with it for a while
because I realized it was way too
		
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			fast. You know, so if anybody in
the room, you know, has been
		
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			through that, where people are
pressuring you to do things at a
		
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			pace where you're not ready, you
have to pace yourself because the
		
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			intention matters more than the
outward, right? We can all put on
		
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			the costume, right of being super
Muslim, we can all look the part
		
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			we can walk into the masjid and
you know, look like we've been
		
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			here all day. But if in the heart,
there's, you know, a disconnect,
		
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			and we're not feeling it, then
that doesn't none of this is gonna
		
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			matter. So the most important
thing and that's why you know it
		
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			no matter how mad have been the
anti this was one of the most
		
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			widespread and well known Hadith.
It's one of the first hadith of
		
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			Imam and they're always a
collection and you know, there's
		
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			different kinds of collections of
Hadith. But the movie is a very
		
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			popular text that many people
study, but it's one of the first
		
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			things even little children, they
teach the importance of intention.
		
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			So for us to really think about
that, so I really recommend it.
		
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			Does anybody know what a word is?
The word would it? I'm sorry,
		
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			would you write this down? So a
word is the Arabic word for a
		
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			litany. And so those of you from
the Catholic tradition or from
		
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			Christian traditions, litanies,
you know, are formulaic prayers.
		
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			And so, you know, you might have a
rosary that you certain sort of
		
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			formula prayers that you do,
right, or that you knew as a
		
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			child. So they teach this, you
know, in Sunday school, or you
		
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			know, in church, they also teach
it and synagogues and mosques, but
		
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			this idea that you should have
something that you commit to as a,
		
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			as a as a prayer that you do every
day. So it's not there. Are these
		
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			available to you? And they're a
lot of our scholars recommend us
		
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			doing them every single day. What
these litanies do is, they help
		
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			you with the intention, because
all of the things that you want
		
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			from your day are covered? They're
all from the Sunnah. So all of the
		
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			prayers and the Lebanese are
actual doors that the prophets
		
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			have always taught us. But what
the scholars throughout history
		
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			did, and you'll have different
scholars throughout history have
		
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			their own litanies, right. So what
they did is they looked at the
		
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			different doors, whether it's when
you wake up, you know, when you go
		
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			to the bathroom, when you put on
your clothes, when you look at
		
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			yourself in the mirror, when you
dress, because my show, like
		
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			pretty much every part of our day,
there's a dog for it, right. And
		
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			so, what they did is say, well,
let's, you know, create these,
		
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			this formula where it's just, you
know, concise, it's something
		
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			easily easy, you know, to, to
memorize, and then they, you know,
		
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			put it in the text and Hamdulillah
we have access to that. So there
		
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			are live knees that you can do
that take about 10 to 15 minutes a
		
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			day, and our scholars recommend
that you start your day with them.
		
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			So after you've prayed or fajr
prayer, sitting on the prayer mat,
		
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			or just, you know, like for me, in
my household, we actually play
		
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			there's an audio version of it. So
I'll just play it when I'm making
		
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			breakfast, my eggs, scrambled
eggs, you know, coffee, but the
		
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			whole house is, you know, we have
if you have the you know, Alexa or
		
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			any of those speaker systems in
your house that kind of can hum
		
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			and it's nice, everybody's
listened to at the same time, one
		
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			of the doors cover they cover your
day. So there's doors for
		
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			protection from everything from
stress, anxiety, from any type of
		
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			danger. From, you know, things
that we don't really think about
		
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			that we should debt, right is
dead, not one of the biggest
		
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			stressors in our life. So imagine
every single day, you start your
		
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			day by asking all about that to
protect me from debt, it without
		
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			really thinking about it, right?
Because it's something that you're
		
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			just doing, you're memorizing it,
of course, you can read it in
		
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			English and get the meaning of it.
But it's sort of like, I'm
		
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			checking it off my list of worries
that I might, you know, think
		
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			about or might you know, later it
might affect me in my life health,
		
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			asking you a lot to protect your
health or to protect your
		
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			children, your family, your
extended family, and then asking
		
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			him for the good of the day and
protecting you from whatever evil
		
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			or dangers are out there. So all
of these are covered in these
		
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			litanies, you get it done. 1015
minutes, boom, you go to work, you
		
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			go to school, you go to take care
of your mom, you go shopping, you
		
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			leave your home, but what have you
just done, you've created like, I
		
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			kind of like to imagine things. So
I kind of imagine like, there's
		
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			this forcefield this air, you
know, bubble that I've just sort
		
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			of protected myself with, you
know, spiritual bubble that when I
		
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			walked out the door, I now feel
better. I feel just I have solace.
		
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			And my kids, no one did either six
and nine, but they you know, they
		
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			understand this is the part of our
routine. So if we and it's
		
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			happened before where I'm rushing
out, I forget that we didn't do
		
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			the you know, the you know, the
Lindy, so I'll go well, 100 lads
		
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			on YouTube, play it in the car. So
there we go on our drive, wherever
		
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			we're going. But what I love about
it again, is it what really
		
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			centers you to your intention. I'm
starting my day, knowing my
		
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			purpose knowing that Allah has
given me life, you know, and
		
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			that's why the first draw that you
make when you open your eyes is
		
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			what gratitude that you lived
through the night, right? Because
		
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			it's like, wow, you know, there's
a Hadith of the Prophet. So I sort
		
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			of said that sleep is the little
brother of death, right? Every
		
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			night when we sleep. It's like,
it's there is a you know, it's
		
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			almost like we're visiting in a
way death because there's this
		
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			period of time where we're doing
nothing, right. We're completely,
		
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			you know, incapacitated in a way.
But then Allah revives us, He
		
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			gives our soul life again. So we
wake up, boom, here's another
		
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			opportunity to worship him another
opportunity to serve him another
		
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			opportunity to spread light. So
being so grateful for that, but
		
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			then at the same time, you know,
making sure that you're protected.
		
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			So that's why you know, the
intention is so important. Anybody
		
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			have any questions about that? Or?
And we can I can give you the
		
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			actual sources on YouTube, how to
find these prayers. There's PDF
		
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			files where you can print it was
very easily accessible. I mean,
		
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			there's books you can buy, but if
you want it, everything's 100
		
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			Right now available online, free,
boom, print, and then the YouTube
		
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			videos. Yes.
		
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			Okay.
		
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			Oh, thank you. So I heard that
there's a with a prayer and
		
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			nighttime. Yes. So is that that's
a different Yeah. Which is also
		
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			it's as a special prayer that you
do at night. But this is the
		
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			weird, weird, it is just the
Arabic word for litany. So that's
		
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			completely different. But and this
is, you'll see it whenever I wish
		
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			I had brought my other bag, but I
actually have it, it's just, it's
		
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			like a list of different laws that
you say. And then there's, like
		
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			you say, like, different amounts
of some of them, you say three
		
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			times, four times, seven times,
but you just keep repeating it.
		
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			And then you're done in about 1015
minutes. But the meanings are all
		
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			there. And it's really actually,
		
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			it actually, maybe after the
event, I can pull it up for you
		
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			just for you to visualize it and
see it. And you'll see the
		
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			meanings and how they just make
their so those for protection. So
		
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			it's like, wow, I wouldn't even
think of praying this for myself.
		
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			And you know, and have the lead.
It's all there. And I have just
		
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			repeat it. And it's like, it makes
it also easy. Instead of
		
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			struggling to think about, you
know, all the things that could
		
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			happen to you and all the things
that you're you know, the worries
		
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			and stresses of life. It's all
done for you. You just repeat it
		
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			walk out, like I said, and you're
you're clear. So yeah, I'll
		
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			provide more details in sha Allah.
Okay, thank you. Is there a
		
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			specific one? Yes, yes, the one
that we most of our scholars
		
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			recommend, which is easy, and it's
easy to find, especially online,
		
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			it's called a good Abdullatif. And
this is by Imam Al had dead. And
		
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			you can actually find it on
YouTube, you can find it the the
		
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			PDF files, like I said, which are
easy to print, I can send those as
		
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			well, the link for you guys. But
again, this just makes it so easy
		
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			to,
		
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			to set yourself. And then also, as
I said before, about intention,
		
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			when you really get this key
concept down, you realize that the
		
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			outward isn't as important as the
inward, right? The outward form is
		
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			not as important as the inward
reality. Sometimes we can get
		
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			caught up with the outward form of
things. And we forget for
		
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			ourselves or for other people, it
just, and I know this from
		
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			experience with with working with,
with, with conferences, that and
		
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			even myself honestly that it can
get disheartening, because you
		
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			have a lot of high expectations,
right? You think like, you know,
		
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			this faith is so beautiful, and I
love it. I'm so in love with
		
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			everything, and it's so amazing.
And then you see your muscles
		
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			behaving in a way where you're
like, wow, like, how does that
		
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			make any sense, it can get
disheartening. But when you
		
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			realize that you know, that don't,
don't get caught up with the form,
		
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			don't get caught up with names
don't get caught up with, Oh,
		
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			they've been muscle for so long,
or they wear hijab, or they have a
		
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			beard down this? No, we're all
struggling, every single one of us
		
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			and we certainly have varying
degrees. So when you really
		
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			realize it, like I said, helps you
so don't get caught up with this.
		
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			And work on it work on the inside,
I'll just share a quick story just
		
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			to let you like kind of, you know,
explain how this really came from
		
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			me. It kind of hit me this lesson.
You know, I was practicing for a
		
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			while and I was all about form. I
used to wear like, you know, I
		
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			swam at that time was was very
much about how you looked? You
		
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			know, so not only did you have to
work a job you have to wear
		
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			correctly, and then you had to
wear you know, it was very, I
		
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			don't know, it's just a different
message than about looking very
		
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			Muslim. So I used to walk around
all black. Like I would wear you
		
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			know, that job and I would have no
makeup on. And I was just like,
		
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			you know, like, nothing, no smile,
no actually put intentionally I
		
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			would not smile. I'm not kidding.
And I had friends who say why do
		
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			you walk around like this? Because
I was on college campus. And I'm
		
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			just like, and I would say, you
know, I don't want that far to
		
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			know. I'm not freedom.
		
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			That's how I used to walk around
with that kind of energy. Can you
		
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			imagine how how honest, that
really is when you start to
		
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			understand. But I just thought
that was it was a very interesting
		
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			way of practicing back then. So I
used to walk around like that. And
		
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			I used to judge people all the
time for how they weren't dressed
		
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			the way that I thought that she
does. And I'm someone you know,
		
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			again, I was I thought I was on
the right path. And I thought this
		
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			is what Islam is. One day I was at
Oakland airport. And I shared a
		
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			story just to show you again how
this hit me. I was an Oakland
		
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			airport and I was waiting for a
ride. This car pulls up and this
		
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			lady walks out she's like, you
know typical white American woman
		
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			and she's wearing like a tank top
and shorts like short shorts. And
		
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			of course one sitting there in my
gear to the bed but I'm just like
		
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			I've got like daggers coming on my
eyes towards this lady. You know,
		
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			I'm like looking at her like I was
just dressed like what is this
		
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			ridiculous now I have all these
terrible thoughts in my mind. And
		
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			I swear to this happens, she cuz
she's she's in her you know, she's
		
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			has a trunk open and she's moving
stuff in her car. This is where
		
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			all these thoughts are coming. She
sees me and she like looks right
		
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			at me. And I was like, oh dang it.
		
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			I was, like, my thoughts out of my
head, like, are they? You know,
		
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			she's hearing my thoughts. Like,
it just felt very awkward to see
		
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			this woman that I'm thinking about
all these terrible things looking
		
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			at me because there's so has, you
know bustling airport, a lot of
		
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			people, you know a lot of traffic,
but she looks right at me. And
		
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			then she closes her trunk, and she
walks like directly towards me.
		
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			And I was like, Oh, my God, like,
I my heartbeat was like, boom,
		
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			boom, boom, like, what is gonna
happen now. And she was, this is
		
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			what comes out of her mouth.
		
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			And she's like, I know, I don't
look like a Muslim. I'm actually
		
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			really embarrassed the way that I
look right now. I converted to
		
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			Islam. It's just a tiny her story.
And she's just like, so humble, so
		
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			timid, and just really feeling,
you know, shy, but she's like, I
		
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			felt compelled to talk to you.
Because, you know, I'm raising my,
		
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			my son, Muslim, and I don't have
any information. And I saw you.
		
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			And I thought it was like a sign
from God, that maybe I should come
		
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			talk to you and ask you for books,
like references for books. And you
		
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			can imagine what's going on inside
of me, right? So this is what I
		
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			call this, you know, life changing
moments. Absolutely. Like, I felt
		
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			like I just got hit in the face.
Because from the outward, just
		
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			looking at examining the two, you
know, people would assume a lot of
		
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			things about me and assume a lot
of things about her but the
		
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			realities are so far right.
Here's, she's someone who's
		
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			seeking who's humble, who's coming
with that soft, gentle heart. And
		
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			here I am, on my high horse
thinking I was something you know,
		
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			so it really did wake me up. And
that was a turning point for me to
		
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			realize, like all this years, like
you've been worrying about this,
		
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			this, this. So that's why this
intention matters so much, because
		
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			it's all for naught, you know,
it's off means nothing if it's not
		
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			done with the right intention, so
we have to remember that every
		
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			day, every single day. So we
started with LM, the next one, L
		
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			and we're just doing an acronym to
kind of again, help us you know,
		
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			takes you know how to take away
from this session so that we can
		
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			apply it starting today and onward
and shuttler and develop, the next
		
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			one stands for lead. Okay.
		
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			You know, in the, in Surah
Baqarah, verse 30, Allah's
		
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			Pandavas a beautiful exchange that
happens between a lot and the
		
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			angels when he decides to tell
them that he's created, you know,
		
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			and I sent him and he says, Here
What if part of a booklet melodica
		
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			to Indonesia, even for the Army
Khalifa Paulo at the geography,
		
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			ham, and UFC, the free house, we
could deny Our National Assembly.
		
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			So we humbly go in and put the
Sulak father in the animal
		
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			manakala moon, and he says and
mentioned Oh Muhammad, when your
		
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			Lord said to the angels, Indeed I
will make upon the earth, a
		
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			successive authority. And they
said, Well, you place upon at one
		
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			who causes corruption there in and
sheds blood while we declare Your
		
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			praise and sanctify you a lesson
indeed, I know that which you do
		
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			not know. I love this is because
it is such a beautiful
		
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			confirmation of our potential,
right? I was part of this
		
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			confirming for us that we have the
capacity we have the capability to
		
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			surpass even the angels. Right?
He's telling them because they're
		
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			like, We worship you, we do
nothing wrong. And you're gonna
		
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			put this human that's going to do
all of this and and claim him as
		
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			you know, your buy cigarettes or
your you know, the success of
		
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			authority. Like it, he says, what
I know that what you do not know.
		
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			So this should build our
confidence that no matter how many
		
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			times you fall, it's okay. This is
not about perfection. Okay, all
		
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			this probably doesn't expect
perfection from any of us. He
		
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			expects us to strive and to keep
returning. And that's why there's
		
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			so many beautiful headings that
remind us that if Allah wanted to
		
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			make all of us perfect, he would,
but he loves who will be more than
		
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			the perfect worshipper. He loves
the returning sinner, the one who
		
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			acknowledges his or her
shortcomings, but keeps coming
		
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			back keeps coming back. And so
this is again, you know, this just
		
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			a beautiful way to look at
yourself, and to remind yourself
		
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			that you were created with this
intention to be something great
		
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			and to not let negative thoughts
negative people ever break you
		
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			down, or comparisons. Comparisons
is something across the board all
		
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			human beings have a problem with
but I think even spiritually, it
		
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			can be a problem if you feel like
I've been Muslim for this long and
		
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			I'm not where so and so is or I
haven't made Hajj or I haven't I
		
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			don't wear hijab I don't do this
and
		
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			If I'm not good enough, these are
all West USA was supposed to our
		
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			whisperings from Shakedown and
write negative ruminations. If you
		
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			ever have like thoughts that just
keep coming and coming and they're
		
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			negative, and they're meant to
break you down, be certain this is
		
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			from Shavon, especially for many
of you who are alone on this
		
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			journey and who don't have that
support system. Hopefully, that
		
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			problem will be resolved with
groups like this Insha Allah,
		
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			that's our intention. But in the
meantime, if you ever have that
		
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			thought, like, I'm not good
enough, or I'm not doing enough,
		
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			and I'm a loser, and what's the
purpose, and these are all from
		
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			Shay time, that's why you have to
remember this. I remember the
		
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			purpose and the intention and the
beautiful confidence that that Our
		
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			Lord has in who we are, right? And
then you know, the promise will
		
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			realize that, and he also he says,
you know, am I worth to my demon?
		
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			Indeed, I was sent as a teacher,
and he's our example. Right? So
		
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			you mentioned if you type English,
right, anything else type
		
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			anything, whether it was in
church, Sunday school, Utah,
		
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			right? You type, isn't it? Isn't
it amazing? I mean, I'm a teacher
		
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			by profession, too. But isn't it
to me, I think the best way to
		
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			learn something is to teach it
right? It will absolutely stick,
		
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			right. So we have to see ourselves
as teachers too. So I love you
		
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			know, that you were saying, when
you learn something, you teach it
		
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			to other people, this is
reinforcing. It's so important not
		
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			to let your newness into the faith
intimidate you from teaching and
		
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			from being an advocate of the
faith. A lot of times new converts
		
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			feel like who am I, I don't know,
Arabic. I don't know this, I don't
		
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			know that. And I have to deal
with, I hear this a lot. Even with
		
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			people who are moving with them
for a long time, there's this
		
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			notion that you can only teach
something, if you have attained
		
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			this level of knowledge or
scholarship. And that's not true.
		
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			You know, there's Hadith where you
know, the process and so even if
		
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			you have no one, I You should
teach it a small short verse. So
		
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			whatever, you know, teach it
because it reinforces it for you.
		
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			So embodying this identity of
Allah created me to be something
		
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			great. Allah created me to teach.
This will also help all of us on
		
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			our journey, to reinforce
everything that we learned and not
		
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			let again, those negative thoughts
break us down and make us feel
		
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			inferior, or we're not capable.
Okay? Any questions about this
		
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			point? So the L stands for lead
Yes, to lead.
		
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			To be teaching to be leading by
example, right. So you either
		
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			teach or you lead by example,
whatever you learn, when you apply
		
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			it, you can, you know, teach it
you that's people will learn from
		
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			you. It's not just about the
outward even greeting people like
		
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			when you walk into a room, you
know, and you greet people with
		
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			that beautiful smile, and you're
warm, and you're welcoming. And
		
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			you offer people, this is all our
faith, it's all putting our faith
		
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			into practice, it's all leading by
example. These are small things,
		
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			right? That you can do. And then
you know, other things. Of course,
		
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			if you learn knowledge, if you
have any knowledge, use your
		
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			platform, social media, for
example. You know, I seen, you
		
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			know, 100 people use it for
different things, some people are
		
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			on there, yes, to learn to teach,
some people are on there to share
		
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			with family and friends, to
promote their businesses, whatever
		
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			it is, your intention matters. But
I always feel like if you really
		
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			want to benefit from social media,
learn, and then teach. So use your
		
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			platform to share beneficial
things. And you know, I you know,
		
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			you see it all the time, taking a
picture of, of your meal at a
		
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			restaurant is great.
		
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			If you want to, you know, share
with people who look at the
		
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			delicious meal I had, but what if
you were reading a book at that
		
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			restaurant, and you saw a quote,
that was really powerful. And it's
		
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			like, ooh, so that people don't
take a picture of the quote,
		
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			right. And so you kind of look at
it, like, I only see Islam and
		
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			like as a as a medicine, right?
That I am so fortunate. We're also
		
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			fortunate, they'll help us, you
know, you've helped us find this
		
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			treasure trove of medicine that
just heals, right? So for me, it's
		
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			like, I want to share because I
feel like there's so many people
		
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			out there who are hurting, who are
you know, they need it, they need
		
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			it. So any opportunity to give
them medicine to get it doesn't
		
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			have to be with scripture. Right?
I just want to
		
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			comment, because I think sometimes
especially for us when we do
		
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			because we don't know I can't
coach you anything.
		
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			Like I can't say Oh, this is this
right here. So learning Yeah,
		
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			learning but I think for us, it
could just be like at work, maybe
		
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			a co worker.
		
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			Why do you do this? How come you
come here this way? Just put it
		
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			back to Allah. Why do that because
in Islam, we are taught that so
		
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			they always know everything is
connected. Now the batch that I do
		
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			it
		
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			Be like, no, that's me. This stuff
that's from a love so then we
		
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			can't necessarily get them
scriptures.
		
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			But our behavior specialists,
because we didn't realize, Wow,
		
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			you just took this.
		
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			Like this. Maybe I need to take my
show. Totally, you know exactly
		
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			what to do with our actions.
Absolutely. That's what Prophet
		
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			Muhammad
		
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			did to like, he Yeah, yeah, the
Scripture, obviously. But I think
		
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			his the way that he is like, it
describes how he was how he
		
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			treated you were yet also a
software people's hearts.
		
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			So we can do the same thing
without knowing this is I shoulda
		
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			this. Exactly. Those are limiting
thoughts. Right? Those are
		
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			limiting beliefs that I have to
only teach if it's, I haven't
		
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			proved that I have everything
memorized. I can say that in
		
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			Arabic. No, that's the *.
And the thing is that a lot of
		
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			people think JSON only inspires to
evil. That's not true. He will
		
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			thwart good. It with other things.
So it's like, oh, you know, so. So
		
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			it's not necessarily he's only
going to direct you to sin. He'll
		
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			just he could for you from good
behavior by these limiting
		
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			thoughts. So that's why you have
to be able to identify No, that's
		
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			a limiting thought, I'm not going
to do that. Because like you said,
		
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			you know, I'm I'm now able to
just, you know, share whatever I
		
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			can that's beneficial that I know,
benefits me. And I don't need to
		
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			constantly, you know, confine
myself to these strict rules. No,
		
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			be free teach, and you'll see the
benefits of that inshallah. Yeah.
		
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			To that point, I think Ramadan
also opens it up to other people.
		
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			Because, yeah, that's the best
time because they asked you all
		
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			kinds of questions. So So for me,
it's all my best moments have
		
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			been, when I have customer
meetings, and we have lunch and
		
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			learns, and, you know, I'm not
eating, they're like, Well, why,
		
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			after the meeting, we had like,
another hour discussion, right?
		
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			Just kind of go back and forth.
And they kind of tell them their
		
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			experience with with Islam, when
they and I've had a lot of
		
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			customers that worked in Dubai,
and a lot of those areas, so they
		
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			so they don't understand. So they
understand that so. And, you know,
		
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			it's good to know that as long as
it expands, all walks of life,
		
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			and, and everyone can relate to
some at some point in time in
		
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			their life. That is such a good
point. I'm so glad you brought
		
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			that up, because I'm realizing
it's so true. How I will kind of
		
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			facilitate these discussions
during the month. Right? And if
		
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			you do, too, I mean, even myself,
I feel like we're so much more
		
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			proud. You know, I loud about our
Islam and Ramadan, because it's
		
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			like, it's oh my god, you know,
and, and people wise people are
		
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			usually shy, like, Oh, I gotta
pray. I find a conference room. I
		
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			did this, but then it's like,
well, it's in Milan. It's like,
		
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			Yeah, I can't fast. Sorry. And I
can't eat that up if you want.
		
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			Like, they don't really think
about it, right. And it's similar
		
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			to I guess, you know, how in the,
you know, in Christian faith, you
		
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			also see an uptick from
Thanksgiving to Christmas, and
		
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			people being very proud of their
Christianity, right, even if
		
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			they're not going to church every
day. But there's just something
		
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			about the season, that kind of
gives people all those good feels,
		
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			and then they spread that out
there. So that's a great
		
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			perspective, because it's a great
opportunity to, again, work on
		
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			that sense of ownership, right and
their identity, and establishing
		
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			yourself in your circles with your
friends and co workers. But with
		
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			that sort of added boost, you
know, the normal line naturally
		
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			kind of gives. So thank you, thank
you for sharing those really good
		
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			reminder for all of us. Mashallah.
So the last letter here stands for
		
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			mastery. Okay. And this is
obviously the hardest part of the
		
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			journey because it's the
continuous polishing, right of
		
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			what's in here of this heart that
extends to the lens. And this is a
		
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			life long process every single one
of us you know, our have to do
		
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			this no matter again, where we
started. If we started five years
		
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			ago, three months ago, 1020 years
ago, 40 years ago, it doesn't
		
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			matter. This part of the process
never ends until we are in the
		
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			grave. It's an every day upward
sometimes battle right? And it
		
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			takes persistence, it takes
dedication.
		
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			And so if you think about it, it's
the most important because it
		
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			proves our sincerity right how do
you prove sincerity in anything?
		
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			You know in a relationship for
example, if I'm in a relationship
		
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			with you and I tell you I love you
and you mean everything to me? But
		
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			then I disappear
		
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			I don't you don't hear from me for
months and weeks at a time. How is
		
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			my sincerity? You know, it's my
sincerity proven to you or the
		
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			opposite right? So you know in
anything even at work, you know,
		
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			if I if you
		
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			say to my employer, you can count
on me.
		
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			But I'm calling in sick or I'm,
you know, scrolling on my phone
		
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			when I'm supposed to be in a
meeting.
		
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			All right, chances are I'm
probably not gonna have my
		
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			picture. And I'm not gonna get a
plaque at the end of the month if
		
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			I can get things, right. Because
your sincerity is proven with
		
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			what? Deliberate constant
continuous action. So that's what
		
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			we have to constantly remind
ourselves that this is something
		
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			that you're not going to reach,
like this peak and then be like,
		
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			ah, have arrived. Right? I'm
finally like, all these other
		
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			people who I see are like what I
think are super Muslim. No, no,
		
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			there's, you know, there's plenty,
that's where there's plenty of
		
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			Hadith that show, you know, the
downfall of people who are really
		
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			high because something went wrong.
Maybe they, you know, got
		
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			spiritually a little too, you
know, headed themselves. And they
		
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			thought, like, oh, I don't have to
work on this. Nope, this is an
		
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			everyday process, this constant
polishing, right? And so, you
		
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			know, the process is what I've
said, and how do we do this? So
		
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			the practice of how do we, you
know, get you know, improve or
		
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			work on this mastery is SN. Do we
know this word is?
		
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			Excellence, very good.
		
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			You supposed to live? Are we like,
a lot? Like we can see a lot? Yes,
		
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			we can't, but then we know he
could see. Exactly. So from the
		
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			hadith of Gibreel lives, this is
also from mmm, and now always
		
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			forgetting. There's a beautiful
exchange that talks about Islam.
		
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			Amen. And accent, this is where we
get this definition of Sn. Sn is
		
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			spiritual excellence, right? It's
really putting in our best effort
		
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			in whatever we do. And so really
understanding that if you want to
		
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			achieve mastery over anything,
instead of trying to do it all,
		
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			focus on specific things, get
mastery of it, then go to the next
		
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			right. So whatever that is, if
right now you're in a place where
		
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			you're like my prayers, I'm not
where I want to be. Maybe I'm not
		
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			praying on time, maybe I want to
work on my Arabic or, you know,
		
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			just whatever, you know, I'm not
doing all five, maybe I get really
		
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			tired at certain point where I'm
missing one that continuously,
		
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			this is normal. All of us have
been on this journey, every single
		
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			person here has been in this. But
how do you focus on perfecting
		
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			your prayer, if you're also trying
to do X, Y, Z or ABCD. And you're
		
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			you're trying to do too much so
pacing yourself and not thinking
		
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			that it's like an all you can eat
buffet, you have to hit every
		
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			single, you know, station, as long
as beautiful, and there's a lot to
		
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			offer, but you don't have to hit
every station, okay? Pace yourself
		
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			and just get really like, you
know, focus on the main course,
		
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			right. And work on those things
important. Of course, we know
		
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			prayers is the most straight
important. So if that's something
		
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			that you're struggling with more
comprehend, and if it's, you know,
		
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			something else, whether you want
to learn to tweet, right, which is
		
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			the correct pronunciation of the
climate, you want to start
		
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			learning how to read Arabic, this
can be your next project, right.
		
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			But I think the pressure of trying
to do too much can can can be very
		
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			overwhelming. And this is how
again, chiffon can prevent us from
		
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			really advancing because like
anything, you know, whether you're
		
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			dieting or trying to you know,
create, you know, some new other
		
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			habits, whatever it is, if you
overwhelm yourself, trying to do
		
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			too much, you're gonna stop, it's
gonna, maybe after a week, you're
		
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			even I'm done, I can't do this
anymore. Whereas if you say, you
		
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			know, what, I want to really
understand this concept of accent
		
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			and really,
		
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			you know, just just, you know, be
really good at something. So that
		
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			have that, like, you feel pride in
that thing. And if it's one or two
		
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			things, if it's something
meaningful to me, and Allah has
		
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			facilitated that for me, I want to
get just really good at that and
		
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			inshallah be continuous and be,
you know, just improve on that.
		
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			And it's one of the rules of thumb
said, is that Allah will get the
		
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			mud so I've cliche that he,
		
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			he prescribed the accent and all
things. So when I'm just talking
		
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			about worship, right? You should
we should, as Muslims try to do
		
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			everything we can, with this
concept of doing it excellently.
		
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			And there's another There's a
principle for example, if you've
		
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			come into a space or if you use
something that you leave it better
		
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			than how you found it. So I like
to use the analogy of like a
		
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			public bathroom.
		
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			You walk into sometimes some of
these bathrooms and you're like,
		
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			oh my god, right into the shower
here, right? It's like the window
		
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			station is just like
		
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			soaking wet paper towels
everywhere. The stalls are
		
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			disgusting. And you know, I'm sure
we've all done it before. It's
		
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			like you walk into one stall, move
on to that
		
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			restaurant, but if you get to that
place where you're like, you know
		
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			what, who's gonna make the change?
		
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			Who's gonna
		
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			make the change, you know, maybe
the person who cleans the
		
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			bathrooms is gone for the night.
But maybe there's other human
		
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			beings that use the restroom, I
can sit here and gripe and
		
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			complain, or I can be a game, you
know, as a change maker and say,
		
00:35:11 --> 00:35:14
			I've walked into this I'm not
happy with it's disgusting, it's
		
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			repulsive, so my mess already
created. But if I want to lead by
		
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			example, I gotta make the change.
So maybe take a few minutes to
		
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			clean up the paper towels what we
had a driver sink a little bit,
		
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			you know, obviously, you don't
need to go, you know, buy a toilet
		
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			plunger, go straight cleaning the
toilets, but you know what I mean,
		
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			just whatever you can do in your
capacity, if you're, you know,
		
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			whatever time you have, just to
make an improvement, small
		
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			improvement. This is showing SN
it's saying Allah I found
		
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			something unpleasant, unbecoming
of, of, you know, Muslims and
		
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			Islam, and I want to change that.
So these are little small things
		
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			that we can do, but that exhibit
this beautiful concept in our
		
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			faith. Right.
		
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			Any questions?
		
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			It's, I think the timing is
perfect, because we, unless you
		
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			have any questions, but I hope
this was helpful to you this three
		
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			simple concepts, and really try to
you know, apply them for all of
		
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			us. This is advice for all of us,
in our every day, inshallah. And
		
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			then forward looking forward, also
predominate on any, any questions
		
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			and come Yes, please. I mean, do
you have any specific tips on how
		
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			we can apply this during Ramadan?
Sure. I mean, for a prayer, of
		
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			course, is, I think the most
important thing that we should be
		
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			all really striving for, because
we have 30 days, and they say, you
		
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			know, habits are made in 40 days,
right? So right now until one of
		
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			them you got 40 days. So we start
right now, right, and you say I
		
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			want to really work on my prayer.
So I'm gonna, you know, if I need
		
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			to, for example, wake up for
Fudger and my alarm isn't working,
		
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			I need to change it to in my life,
my other alarm writing to really
		
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			just sleep early, some of us are
night owls, and we wonder what's
		
00:36:54 --> 00:36:57
			coming up for Fudger maybe because
we're up too late browsing the
		
00:36:57 --> 00:37:00
			internet or watching Netflix or
whatever we're doing, right? So we
		
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			need to think about how the life
adjustments we can make so that
		
00:37:03 --> 00:37:08
			these excuses that you know, kind
of get in the way of our you know,
		
00:37:08 --> 00:37:13
			attaining these these things that
how we can prevent that from
		
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			happening. So, you know, just
prayer I would say would probably
		
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			be the focus that I would say all
of us can do because there's you
		
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			know access and inshallah Edlin
will be you know, the pivot point
		
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			in person for this new group. So
what we can do is maybe create I
		
00:37:27 --> 00:37:31
			don't know, a mail list or
Whatsapp group, whatever you
		
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			advise, and if anybody here needs
help with prayer, we can show them
		
00:37:35 --> 00:37:39
			maybe a range of buddy you know,
someone to really help with you
		
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			with your prayer and maybe you
know, just share resources with
		
00:37:42 --> 00:37:45
			you either unless ginger I'm sure
has plenty of resources, but
		
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			again, we'll facilitate that but I
would say
		
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			and then, you know, there's other
things too bad habits vices, you
		
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			will know you should by this age
at this point in our lives, we
		
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			don't know ourselves we know our
bad habits and really try to
		
00:38:00 --> 00:38:04
			examine them from a critical point
not from a point of negativity and
		
00:38:04 --> 00:38:07
			looking down at yourself. But
again, uplifting yourself and
		
00:38:07 --> 00:38:11
			saying I have to be better and I
want to be better and I can you
		
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			know Allah has made room for for
for us to return and to you know,
		
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			to draw near him no matter where
we are. So I'm not going to let
		
00:38:20 --> 00:38:23
			those negative thoughts get me
down. I'm just going to do what I
		
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			need to do. So with a positive
outlook
		
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			okay, there's food for all of you.
So we'll just end it shallow with
		
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			a quick DoD
		
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			sabbatical or FOMO on the hamster
crash.
		
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			Test of the KOA to buoy lake. So
that was awesome in Santa Fe
		
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			hospital. It
		
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			was very happy with the rest of it
happy with the vessel, the cellar.
		
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			All of this bless the circle bless
every member here but the
		
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			organizers of this mission for
creating the space for us
		
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			inshallah. And bless are gonna
hold on bless our families and
		
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			children and guide them open their
hearts Hala.