Hosam Helal – Saviours of Islamic Spirit Episode 2 Zayn al ‘Abidin

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The speaker discusses the history of Islam, including the use of Sub hang Way as a title and the importance of forgiveness and showing excellence. They also touch upon the negative treatment of women and the need for forgiveness. The speaker provides examples of how people have been treated with harsh language and how they have been treated with it. They also discuss the importance of praying and praying to God.

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			Salam alaykum Warahmatullahi
Wabarakatuh Bismillah
		
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			Alhamdulillah wa salatu salam ala
Rasulillah who Allah Allah He was
		
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			the woman who Allah. I asked Allah
Subhana Allah to bless you and to
		
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			give you the best in dunya and
akhira here I mean, the last live
		
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			there was some issue of
Hamdulillah we fixed it we're back
		
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			me a lot of words you and your
family are up. I mean, as we
		
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			promised every night for the 28
days, the next one eight nights
		
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			and days, Inshallah, we're going
to be featuring a program and
		
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			sometimes in the same day more
than one program, getting the
		
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			letter and tonight inshallah we're
going to begin with the saviors of
		
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			Islam, a series that looks at
icons in Islamic history, people
		
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			that changed Islamic history,
people that left a beautiful
		
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			legacy behind and really
transformed the lives of people
		
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			around them. Tonight Inshallah,
we're going to look at somebody
		
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			from the Prophet Muhammad
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam his
		
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			life. I'll tell you a little bit
about him and then inshallah to
		
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			Allah together we can guess who
this individual is. This
		
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			individual was from the Prophet
Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam his life. He had a
beautiful quality and several
		
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			beautiful qualities. He was known
as suggest, the one who
		
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			perpetually frustrated you will be
seen in the message of the Prophet
		
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			Muhammad sallallahu alayhi salam
in the masjid and never we
		
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			prostrating for long periods of
time you would be sometimes, you
		
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			know, prostrating for minutes,
sometimes for close to an hour at
		
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			a time begging and asking Allah
subhanaw taala and making dua for
		
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			the people around him. He was also
known as a key in the colloquial
		
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			language now, as the key means
smart, but in the classical
		
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			Arabic, as the key means the
purified one. So his his tongue
		
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			was pure, his gaze was pure. When
he walked around, he carried
		
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			himself with clarity. There was no
you know, there was no twisting
		
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			and turning with his speech, very
transparent, very clear. And
		
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			people really appreciated that
about him. He was also known for
		
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			his generosity, especially in
private, especially in private.
		
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			And he was one of the one of the
many people that really focused on
		
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			the power of dua, he focused on
the power of dua, as a really
		
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			beautiful way of connecting with
Allah subhanaw taala. And he would
		
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			often remind people around him
that more fully rebirth that he
		
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			do, that the essence of worship is
to turn to Allah subhanaw taala.
		
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			And to make dua to ask Allah
subhanaw taala even in the
		
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			smallest of things, in the largest
things to always turn to Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala and to ask ALLAH
SubhanA wa Tada, his mother was
		
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			Persian, she was actually a slave
who was set free, and eventually
		
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			married, one of the great
tambourine and great Sahaba why
		
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			she read Sahaba of the Prophet
Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam, by now some of you may
have guessed who we're talking
		
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			about tonight, we're talking about
Ali ibn Al Hussein, even Ali ibn
		
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			Abi Talib, also known as zeyneb.
Then I begin, his mother was one
		
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			of those individuals who really
really took Islam seriously. She
		
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			was a revert to Islam. She was a
Persian descent, but took Islam
		
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			seriously. And as the scholars
say, Hassan Islam was that she
		
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			became genuine in her Islam, and
in her submission to Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala. But she passed
away at a young age. So similar to
		
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			the Prophet Muhammad Al Salam, as
they lived in Aberdeen, here. He
		
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			is an orphan at a young age. And
he is now just by himself with his
		
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			or his raised mainly by one of
the, one of the slaves in the
		
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			house, one of the one of the
servants in the household, and
		
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			Emma, so he was raised by that
servant in the house, and really
		
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			interesting to his father, his
first teacher, his father, and
		
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			Hussein really paid attention to
him and invest in his education
		
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			sent him to learn with some of the
greatest scholars who would sit
		
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			with Omaha Bob, he would sit with
		
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			when I'm not with Rama, Jota, but
the students of Ramana mahatva, he
		
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			would sit with the students of an
even avatar that he would sit with
		
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			many others of the territories,
and one individual he would sit
		
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			with often was actually the molar
aroma, they would sit with the the
		
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			person who was used to be a slave
with Ramana Hapa. And he was set
		
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			free. And still, even though he
was set free, there was still a
		
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			little bit of stigma associated
with it, especially from some of
		
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			the arrogant members of the
community. So the Quraysh would
		
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			come and they would seize it and
then I begin sitting with this,
		
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			you know, ex slave and they would
say, Why are you sitting with an
		
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			ex slave when you are from Karachi
when you are from, you know, the
		
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			prophetic family, you could be
sitting with many others who are
		
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			much much more noble in status,
and he would say, a Raju Ji Soo
		
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			Hina interfere with the human
where the good man will sit
		
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			wherever he can derive benefit. I
have no I have no pride, no
		
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			arrogance to sit with somebody
that I can learn from. And that's
		
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			what really, really distinguished
Zen even Aberdeen. He wasn't
		
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			arrogant. He wasn't egoistic. You
wouldn't say I'm not gonna sit
		
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			with this individual. This
individual is beneath me. No, he
		
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			would treat everybody with that
level of respect. And he would sit
		
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			and learn from anybody that he had
access to Subhanallah
		
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			Once you were seen I want you to
listen to this carefully once he
		
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			was seen crying around the cabin
with his hand raised and by the
		
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			way, then it didn't have a deal
would usually go as many times as
		
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			possible. He would do a moron he
would stand and he would hold the
		
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			he would hold the, the, the covers
of the cab and you pulled them
		
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			really tight, and you'd be making
dua to Allah kanatal over and over
		
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			and over again. And sometimes
tears would come down his eyes and
		
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			later we're going to find out why
was he crying often? But for those
		
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			once asked him you have not a
Sula, it will be he was coin, oh
		
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			child of the Prophet Muhammad
Salam Of course he's not the
		
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			direct child he's a descendant but
it was still given as a title
		
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			coined, you know given given to
him as a title. So those asked him
		
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			you have no Rasulillah Why are you
crying? Why are you making so much
		
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			dua when I know that three things
distinguish you from everybody
		
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			else? That puts you in a much
better position with Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala than the rest of
us? So of course, I'm saying even
		
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			Ali's they didn't they didn't says
Tell me. Tell me what what is what
		
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			is it that you that makes you say
that? He said first you are from
		
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			the Prophet Mohammed Salim is
family.
		
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			Second, I leave maybe tell him,
your grandfather could do Shiva,
		
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			he could ask Allah Subhana Allah
on your behalf he's that he's
		
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			close to Allah Subhana Allah. So
not only is your not only is your
		
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			grandfather, the Prophet Muhammad
said, or your great grandfather,
		
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			the Prophet Muhammad salah, but
you also have an even if you
		
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			thought it was a Shaheed and one
of the holy fat. And finally, even
		
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			with all of those, you still have
the Mercy of Allah subhanaw taala.
		
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			So he responded, he says, my
respected Brother, look at the
		
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			etiquette look at the love. He
says, As for the first point that
		
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			you've raised, Allah Subhana Allah
says in the Quran for either
		
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			Newfield, Hafiz suuri Fela and
Serba Bina Yo man, even whether it
		
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			is a loon. One the pulpit is
blown, there will be no lineage
		
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			taking into account on that day,
who you're related to is not going
		
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			to matter. And they're not going
to be asked, and then are going to
		
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			be asking in the name of the
lineage or on behalf of the
		
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			lineage. As for the second point,
Allah Subhana Allah says, Well,
		
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			yes Varona Illa many of Baba Allah
so Allah Subhana Allah makes it
		
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			clear that it doesn't matter who
is going to advocate and who and
		
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			Yeoman piano nothing is going to
be accepted. Only one only that
		
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			which Allah subhanaw taala
permits, so you still have to get
		
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			the permission of Allah subhanaw
taala and as what you've said, in
		
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			terms of the Ruffner, you're right
that I have Allah Subhana Allah is
		
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			that which we all hope for the
mercy and the grace of Allah
		
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			subhana data, but even that Allah
Subhana Allah says in the Quran
		
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			in Rahmatullah HICO li Boone, mean
animosity that the Mercy of Allah
		
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			Subhana Allah Allah is close and
near and accessible to those to
		
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			those who not just open to anybody
who just okay I want the Mercy of
		
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			Allah, Allah, Allah, I'm gonna get
the Mercy of Allah. It's not
		
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			wishful laissent basically a man
you can whatever any alligator,
		
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			it's not just about wishful
thinking, you don't just get the
		
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			Grace of Allah Subhana Allah by
wishing for it, you get it through
		
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			the sun, you get it through
excellence, and he's implying
		
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			here, why am I worshiping? Why am
I dedicated? Why am I doing the
		
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			best that I can because I want to
demonstrate that excellence and SN
		
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			with ALLAH SubhanA Huhtala they
lived in Aberdeen was also known
		
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			for his beautiful demeanor with
other people. And I want you to
		
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			pause here and take this. As a
reminder, if you're going to take
		
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			one thing from the session, take
this as a reminder, while I we're
		
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			living in a time now, where it's
so easy to hold on to grudges and
		
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			so much envy and jealousy and
hatred and division in the
		
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			community. So much focus on the
aesthetic, so much focus on the on
		
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			the picture, less focus is given
and directed to the heart and the
		
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			state of our hearts. Less focus is
directed to truly forgiving, you
		
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			know, to all our relationships for
the most part in Lamoureux
		
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			Hammurabi, except the very few
that are lost friend that has
		
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			given their grace because of the
commitments, most of our
		
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			relationships nowadays have become
transactional. If you're important
		
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			to me, I'll keep you in my life.
But if you're not important,
		
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			delete block. Not important to me,
this panel, so become very selfish
		
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			in many, many ways. Not everybody
I don't want to generalize. But
		
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			it's it's become much, much more
common, especially now, with the
		
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			difficulties that come with Corona
and the difficulties that come
		
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			with and the challenges that come
with being alone. We've been, you
		
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			know, we've been kind of pulled in
towards ourselves further, and
		
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			that has led some to be selfish,
of course, and others have
		
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			hamdulillah have become even more
optimistic and more positive and
		
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			more selfless. And may Allah
subhanaw taala make us from
		
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			malaria. I mean, now, here's the
beautiful incident. Al Hassan had
		
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			never seen. He says what got Bini
what they you know who I mean?
		
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			They lived in Aberdeen schedule.
So I'll hustle,
		
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			hustle, hustle, hustle, hustle. So
the cousin, the cousin of Zealand
		
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			and Aberdeen. So imagine one is
the son of a saint and one is the
		
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			son of an essence. So they're
cousins. So it has an imminent
		
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			hazard and it hasn't the son of a
husband says there was a little
		
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			bit of a dis
		
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			Built between me and David in
Aberdeen, and I really need to get
		
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			things off my chest. So I walked I
couldn't control myself. I walked
		
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			straight in. And I found him
sitting with his friends sitting
		
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			with his, you know, companions in
the masjid. So I walked straight
		
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			to him. And I just gave it to him.
I started yelling, I started using
		
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			all kinds of words, not cursive
words, not swear words, not vulgar
		
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			language, but it was still harsh
language. So I gave it to him. And
		
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			once I was done, I walked away. So
that same evening, I heard a knock
		
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			at the door, and my heart sank.
		
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			I thought, could it be him coming
back to give it back to me? And I
		
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			found him at the door. So I opened
the door and asked him, What is
		
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			What did you come here for? He
said to me, listen to this, he
		
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			said to me, if what you said about
me today is true. May Allah
		
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			subhana, Allah forgive me, and may
Allah allow me to be better. But
		
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			if what you said about me today is
false, that you've learned he
		
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			didn't say that. But assume you
assumed here, you've let your
		
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			emotions carry you to accuse me of
things that I haven't done. I
		
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			asked Allah subhana, Allah to
forgive you.
		
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			And he passed on something small,
like a gift back to me. And he
		
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			walked away. So I held him back.
And I said, I'm sorry, I think I
		
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			took it too far. And he looked
back with a smile and said,
		
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			Nothing happened between us. It's
as if though nothing happened.
		
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			Forget about it. SubhanAllah. So
look at that beautiful flower, the
		
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			demeanor the way that you carry
yourself. Another example, one
		
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			once he was walking in the market,
and again, you know, he was he was
		
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			doing so to understand a little
bit why sometimes there are going
		
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			to be disputes. He was into
business, because I think that I
		
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			began as a businessman, and he had
a lot of property and he had a lot
		
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			of farmland, and because of that
he was dealing with a lot of
		
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			people. And sometimes there's
gonna be, you know, something will
		
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			happen here and issue will happen
there and someone will get
		
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			frustrated, right? So once he was
walking down the street, and one
		
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			of the people came to him and
started yelling at him, started
		
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			yelling at him, how dare you
giving it giving him all kinds of,
		
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			you know, harsh language. So the
people that were around said, I'm
		
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			gonna have it you couldn't
tolerate the How dare you
		
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			disrespect someone who is related
to the Prophet Muhammad Salam.
		
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			This is not the kind of behavior
that we're we should be directing
		
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			towards people who have who have
that level of respect and that
		
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			level of knowledge and connection
with the Prophet of Allah. So what
		
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			is he says, Who 400 module? Leave
the man alone, leave him alone.
		
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			And what does he say? He said, I
want you to listen to this
		
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			carefully. He said Laqad, Serb
tena, Bhima islands, woman su
		
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			tierra anchor mean and Marina
Akbar. He said, You have insulted
		
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			us about things that you know
about us. But the things that you
		
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			don't know about us are far
greater in the sight of Allah,
		
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			meaning that you have come to
recognize a flaw in me. Okay,
		
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			you've come to recognize a flaw in
me. But the flaws that you haven't
		
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			come to recognize yet, or even
more, so and this is his humility.
		
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			He's not going to say How dare you
I have the best service in town.
		
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			No, you've come to recognize the
flaw. I respect that no problem.
		
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			And you know what, I'm not even
going to defend myself. you've
		
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			recognized one of the flaws that I
have. But perhaps with Allah, I
		
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			have many, many more that
humility. And he said that we've
		
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			come with certainty. You know,
when when you're secure in your
		
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			relationship with Allah subhanaw
taala. You're not afraid of being
		
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			wrong. You're not afraid of being
corrected. Because you know that
		
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			if someone is bringing you
something that will allow you to
		
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			be better, it's only fair for you.
So you don't shy away from that.
		
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			Allahu Akbar. And so the man felt
shy. He says, I felt shy. And then
		
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			David Robinson added, he says,
like your hedger, new, a new
		
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			caledonia. Is there something that
I can help you with? Is it
		
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			something that's bothering you?
Let's if you think let's get to
		
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			the root cause, what's the issue?
So he took out 1000 dinars or 1000
		
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			Little homes, and he gave it to
the men so I sent him like, we
		
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			didn't give him some money, right
as compensation. And on top of
		
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			that, he gave him a small gift,
one of the items that he used to
		
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			wear Subhanallah Look at that.
Look at that. One time Zainuddin
		
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			Aberdeen, he was imperfect. He was
a human being. So one time he lost
		
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			his school. And when he lost his
school, he treated one of his
		
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			servants in the house, a little
harsh, a little harsh. So the man
		
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			spoke out and says, You're so kind
to everybody else and I'm trying
		
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			my best. And you're gonna be
treating me with this harshness,
		
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			Zen him that I've been in, took
them in. And he said, May Allah
		
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			forgive me. May Allah forgive him.
My brother, he calls him my
		
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			brother, servant in the community,
my brother, go to the masjid of
		
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			the NABI SallAllahu sallam, go to
the masjid and pray to rock as to
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala. And while
you're praying, ask Allah Subhana
		
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			Allah to forgive me. And if you do
that, you are set free. So he's a
		
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			slave and setting you free that
one condition, go to the masjid
		
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			and make dua that Allah forgives
me.
		
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			Yeah, Allah Look at that. Look at
that. Look at that beautiful
		
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			heart. Allah
		
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			I'm Janet Montgomery I mean,
alumna Jana mountain. And if on
		
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			top of that he was actually known,
he was actually known to set
		
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			slaves free, he set more than 1000
slaves free. And he would pick the
		
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			day of read the night reads, so
the night before he read it
		
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			filtered specifically, and he
would set as many slaves free as
		
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			possible. And he wouldn't hire a
slave more than one year. So the
		
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			longest period that he would hire
somebody as a slave, and of
		
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			course, labor is different, back
then then it is conceived now,
		
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			especially with the recent
experience with slavery, so on
		
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			that, I encourage you to read a
little bit more, but he would try
		
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			to sell as many slides as
possible, and he wouldn't keep a
		
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			contract for more than one year.
And on top of that, when he would
		
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			set them free, he would ask them
if they needed anything. And many
		
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			times he would give them a little
bit of extra, a little bit of
		
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			extra money spending allowance. So
they're able to start and work
		
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			their way up SubhanAllah. In
addition to that, my brothers and
		
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			my sister, there's so much that
can be said about setting that
		
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			vision and we have a few moments.
But I really want us to connect
		
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			with his advocate with His love,
to be inspired to be better, to be
		
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			inspired to be kinder, to be
inspired to be more genuine with
		
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			people to be more accessible to
people to be more you know, more
		
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			open to feedback more open to
criticism to have a pure kind
		
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			heart that forgives that holds no
grudges, the whole is not
		
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			jealousy. The whole is no
entitlement, no arrogance, because
		
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			once we have that, we will rebuild
that feeling of OMA we will
		
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			rebuild that feeling of being
accessible to one another. Let's
		
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			look at a few other stories in sha
Allah to Allah before we bring
		
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			this to upload closer ask Allah
Subhana Allah bless you and your
		
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			family. I mean,
		
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			one of my favorite stories,
actually with zenith and Aberdeen,
		
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			and why I chose to include him in
the defenders of Islam is because
		
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			you stood very, very, very clear
in his position when it came to
		
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			not letting his lineage and being
a prophet Mohammed Al Salam, or a
		
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			descendant of the Prophet Muhammad
Salim a member of the Prophet
		
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			Muhammad Selim his family, he
chose not to let that get did not
		
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			let that basically be a reason for
arrogance. Don't treat me any
		
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			differently because I'm rasool
Allah is Allah salams offspring.
		
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			And one of the things that
happened the people of Iraq, the
		
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			people of Iraq, and and of course,
this happened in many other places
		
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			as well, but he came to him and
they would basically, you know,
		
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			treat him with with extra
reverence with extra respect to a
		
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			point of Subhanallah to point
where they were treating him as
		
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			though he's he's a prophet, or as
though he's divine himself. And
		
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			what did he say? What did he say?
Subhanallah he said, Yeah,
		
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			hallelujah rock, he Munna hook
that is learning what to pay buena
		
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			bill of tsunami, oh, people of
Iraq love us the way that you love
		
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			Islam and lovers in the name of
Islam and lovers because of your
		
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			love for Islam while at the Buena
football of SNAM and don't love us
		
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			the way that you love idols don't
idealize us don't just love us
		
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			blindly and think through that
love that you want to get the
		
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			highest level of gender no let
your love for us. Be a love of
		
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			Islam and let your love of Islam
be the reason that you love us.
		
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			And then he added he said them as
Allah hug Bukovina hotter birth to
		
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			Munna indigenous illness. So he
says you keep on showing this
		
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			exaggerated love. And it's so
again, it's like public and it's,
		
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			it's, it's it's, it's like outward
piety, right outward piety, to a
		
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			point where people now begin to
hate us. You're exaggerating in
		
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			that love. It's not genuine
anymore, to the point now where
		
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			people begin to hate us. So love
us with moderation. And don't let
		
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			that love for for us, lead us or
lead you to thinking that we are
		
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			more than what we really are
Subhanallah and once he was
		
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			actually sitting in the Haram
sitting in Mecca, and he heard
		
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			some of the people that came to do
to do Umrah, and they were talking
		
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			and they were really really
ridiculing aboubaker. So anything
		
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			that either didn't stayed silent,
ridiculing or Omar stayed silent,
		
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			and then they went to snap and
they really really really said
		
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			terrible things about us man. Radi
Allahu Anhu and Jimmy and
		
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			so then then Aberdeen walked
towards them and he sat next to
		
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			them and he said to them, did you
hear the I in the Quran where
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala says little
for Cara ill mahadji in
		
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			India to him Well he never to
Hoonah formula min Allah who
		
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			worried wanna well saloon Allah wa
rasool Allah eco Homosassa *.
		
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			Some are those who are poor, they
have emigrated out of Mecca,
		
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			driven out of their homes and left
their wealth behind. seeking
		
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			Allah's pleasure and bounty said
yes, we heard the idea. He said,
		
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			Are you from them? Are you from
the Maharaja when they said no,
		
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			we're not from the maharaja. And
he said, Well, are you from the
		
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			group that has mentioned in the
second I will Latina teboho
		
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			Dharawal Iman, I mean, covered him
up bounnam And Hajra la him? What
		
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			are you doing? I feel so dorium
hadn't been met who to wait with
		
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			you?
		
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			Now Anna and Fujimoto candidate
has also won the new Kushal
		
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			Hanapepe for older woman with
Lebron, and those who had settled
		
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			in the city of Medina and embrace
the faith before the immigrants
		
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			that Mahajan came to them, before
the arrival of the immigrants,
		
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			they love whoever immigrates to
them, never having a desire in
		
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			their heart for whatever of the
gains that are given to the
		
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			immigrants and they give
selflessly preferring others over
		
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			their own selves, even though they
may be in need. And whoever is
		
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			saved from selfishness out of
their own souls, they are the ones
		
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			who are truly successful. Are you
from those people? They said, No,
		
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			we're not from the managerial
we're not from the unsought. Then
		
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			he said to them, by Allah, you're
not from the third category either
		
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			in the same series of AI, which
Allah subhanaw taala says, When
		
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			Latina Jaya women Bandy him Oh
Luna, Rebecca, Wolfie, Lana. Well
		
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			if learning Alladhina said Hakuna
bit Imani while I attend your
		
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			unfaithful aubenas inland Lilina
Amman Robina in Nicaragua, for
		
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			Rahim, you're not from those who
came after them. Those who say, Oh
		
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			our Lord forgive us and our fellow
believers before us who preceded
		
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			preceded us in faith. And oh Allah
do not allow any bitterness into
		
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			our hearts to any of those who
believe our brothers from the
		
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			believers Lo and alarm me. So he
said to them, you're not from the
		
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			said they said themselves we're
not from them hygiene we're not
		
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			from the answer is anything other
than us and you're not from those
		
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			who came after them, have no ill
towards them. So hold your tongues
		
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			and hold yourselves accountable
before you're forced to stand
		
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			front of Allah subhanaw taala and
be held accountable. And this is
		
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			very powerful using the Quran as a
clear argument. Why are you making
		
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			again, why are you throwing
accusations to those that Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala is honored in the
Quran while you're disrespecting
		
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			the work of those who came before
you. And although Al Hamdulillah
		
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			we're living in a society and are
in a community, where at
		
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			hamdulillah nobody's going to be
disrespecting Abu Bakr and Omar on
		
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			Earth man in our communities in
our organizations. And it's not
		
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			for example, we're not going to
hear that. So why am I mentioning
		
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			the story? Why is it relevant?
Because sometimes when you hear
		
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			those with good intentions,
saying, oh, remember those uncle's
		
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			who built this organization?
Remember the uncles who did this,
		
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			remember, and they will actually
mention them, forgetting the good
		
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			that they've done and only
focusing on some of the flaws and
		
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			the shortcomings. We wouldn't be
where we are had they not done
		
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			what they have done. And every
human being has limitations and
		
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			flaws. But Allah subhanaw taala
reminds us in this area, to look
		
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			at the good to ask Allah to
forgive them for the wrongs that
		
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			they've done. And especially if
they're seeking the forgiveness of
		
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			Allah Subhana Allah, and if
they're looking for opportunities
		
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			to, you know, seek amendment and
to seek or to seek to be closer to
		
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			Allah Subhana Allah to see
forgiveness. Don't let the
		
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			mistakes, the small mistakes, or
even the major mistakes, cause you
		
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			to label that person forever. Just
like you want Allah Subhana Allah
		
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			to forgive you. allow there to be
room for others to be forgiven.
		
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			And be careful what you say and
choose the highlights of others.
		
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			And of course Abubaker and Armada
northlan Who are they compared to
		
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			us? were nothing compared to them.
Right? But just a reminder for all
		
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			of us to be, to be fair, in our
criticism, to be honest, in what
		
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			we say, to be careful of what this
says, you know, sometimes when
		
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			we're cornered, we want to get rid
of the blame. So we blame others.
		
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			Stop, stop, be honest, pause, stop
talking. Take a step back and be
		
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			fair, be fair, and give everybody
give everybody the right that they
		
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			deserve. I want to finish my
brothers and my sisters with with
		
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			with something very are two things
that shall appear quickly. I was
		
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			in and then I believe they didn't
in Aberdeen, I've mentioned to you
		
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			how beautiful and how great of a
smile he had and how generous he
		
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			was for the community. A few
things very quickly.
		
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			He was so kind, but he went
through a lot. He was known for
		
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			having tears run down his eyes
often. So once they asked him, Why
		
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			do you have tears running down
your eyes often? And he says the
		
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			father of use of the apple
Balasana lost eyesight because of
		
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			the departure of his son, Yusuf
Ali Sinha. Now I lost 14 of my own
		
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			family. I saw them all killed in
front of my own eyes. How do you
		
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			not expect me to have tears rolled
down my eyes.
		
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			They didn't Aberdeen, he witnessed
Carvela he was sick. He was
		
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			wounded. So he didn't participate
and that's why he wasn't killed.
		
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			But he witnessed the slaughter of
14 of his own family members.
		
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			But despite that, he didn't let
that builds hatred in his heart.
		
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			He didn't let that build hatred in
his heart. And because of his
		
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			ability to hold on and to be
disciplined, and to take that
		
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			emotion and translate it into
productive
		
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			constructive output rather than
destructive output, he earned the
		
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			respect and the love of everybody
in this community
		
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			to the point and I want to leave
you with this. I love the poem
		
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			that was written about Zayed an
Aberdeen
		
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			once and the story behind these
very beautiful one Zen him that
		
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			Aberdeen was he was doing kava, he
was doing a hedge or doing an
		
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			umbra, some say hydrogen some
seomra and this was during the
		
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			time that he shall not the medic
was also doing Amara, now he
		
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			shared with Abdul Malik was not
the Khalifa. But he was very ill
		
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			and he was second in line. So
either his brother or his father
		
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			was the Khalifa at the time. Now
he showed up the medic was doing
		
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			Amara and he sees anything that I
believe was showing him that the
		
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			medic is doing Amara is doing go
off. He tries to get to the
		
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			Blackstone and he can't. So he
said some give some give him some
		
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			space goes behind a little bit and
his his helpers set up a small
		
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			little, you know sunshade to kind
of shade him from the sun. And
		
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			he's sitting in waiting for the
crowd declares he can go kiss the
		
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			Blackstone, all of the sudden he
sees this man walking. And as this
		
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			man is walking a crowd make space
for him to go all the way to the
		
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			stone and to kiss it and
everybody's saying I said I'm on
		
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			Aiko. May Allah bless him.
Everybody's making dua for him. So
		
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			shall we demand it felt a little
bit jealous. So one man is coming.
		
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			He's asked question, Who is this
guy? Why does everybody look at
		
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			him and why does everybody respect
him? He shall not developed out of
		
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			you know, out of not wanting more
attention. I don't know him. Now
		
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			as far as Doc, who was the
official poets of the Khalifa at
		
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			the time, was with hishammuddin
Abdul Malik and he says if you
		
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			don't know him, I know him. Let me
tell you about this man had a lady
		
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			down the phone but he was Peretta
who will be to Hill Louisville
		
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			harem had no history by the law
equally him had a TPU an APU of PA
		
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			Hiru Allah animal had Neufeld
Tinatin in Quinta Jaya healer who
		
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			be jet de Ambia. Allah He caught
the whole team, long poem just
		
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			reading your Psalm. And then he
says malerkotla Kaku inlife Etosha
		
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			who did he Lola Tasha who deacon
at Hoonah amo Tara who either
		
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			magic to whom or to her Lila can
Nakamura please lady and Tessa elu
		
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			Allah, Allah, Allah, very
beautiful. What does he say? He
		
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			says her the lady Italian food but
her work for atta who this is the
		
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			man that the ground knows his
footsteps. Of course poems poets
		
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			like to exaggerate, they say even
the ground knows who this man is.
		
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			When Bay to Yachty for the house
of Allah knows him because he
		
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			comes here often when Hindu and
haram and those who are coming to
		
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			do worship here who are in there
from those who are entered the say
		
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			that the Koran and those who are
outside, not having entered a
		
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			state of the Quran had been hired
everybody like equally him. This
		
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			is the son of the best of people
to Allah subhanaw taala had a
		
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			toughie UniFi you have pa hirola
animal, this is the pure, the
		
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			blessed, the the one that Allah
subhanaw taala chose as an icon,
		
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			the one that Allah subhanaw taala
chose as a as an icon, had that
		
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			Neufeld Tina, this is the son of
faulty man in Quinta, Jaya Hebrew
		
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			if you don't know who he is, visa
vie MBA ala carte the full team by
		
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			Him and through Him the best of
all the best of profits and all
		
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			the profits were sealed through
his grandfather. And then he said
		
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			his famous line malerkotla Vitosha
who did he? He never said no,
		
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			except in his the shareholder Illa
Illa Allah, no one worthy of
		
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			worship except Allah, lo
Leicestershire who the current
		
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			owner, had it not been further to
shareholder Illa Illa Allah he's
		
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			no would have been a yes. Meaning
he never said no to anybody who
		
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			came asking you for anything. The
word no did not exist in his
		
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			vocabulary except when he said no
one worthy of worship except
		
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			Allah. Dot all who either imagi
tell him what the * Lilla when
		
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			you come to ask for something you
see him open his arms like a moon
		
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			that shines like a question that
shines in the dark night. Get a
		
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			neck Mr. Lee lady and Tessa you
know, as though you've come to
		
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			give him what you've come to ask
for. That's Zayn ignitability and
		
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			that's why he is one of the
defenders of Islam. May Allah
		
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			Subhana Allah bless you and your
family and give you genetic for
		
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			those for the next 28 nights in
sha Allah. Every night we're going
		
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			to look at a figure like we did
tonight with zip in Aberdeen. Look
		
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			at their contributions, look at
why they have left a beautiful
		
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			legacy, how they stood out. I
asked Allah to bless you and your
		
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			family division and for those so
much can be said about him but we
		
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			kept it brief in sha Allah. Let us
try to embody some of that. Leave
		
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			some of the comments share this so
that the Azure can spread and the
		
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			head can spread keep us in your
DUA and in a few moments. We're
		
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			going to be beginning inshallah
with our next session, which is
		
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			going to be a little bit light
humor, crazy stories with our shoe
		
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			SLR
		
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			Monica Monica McCullough he Lovato
Catherine