Hussain Kamani – Stories of the Companions- Abu Musa al-Ashari

Hussain Kamani
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The great Sahabi of Islam, known as Sahab feqih, was a pivotal figure in the conquest of northern regions of the Persian during the Khilafah of the Arab Spring. He was a point of reference for the Prophetiteration of the deen and was able to improve their reading and teach them the deen. The importance of shaking hands and showing support for people in difficult situations is emphasized. The transcript discusses the use of shirts and shirts in reciting, reciting, and engaging with the Q parody, as well as the importance of learning about one's deeds and not missing important information.
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Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem, Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah wa

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kafa wa salamun ala ibadihi alladhina as-salafa,

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khususan ala Sayyidi Rasooli wa Khatami al-anbiya

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wa ala alihi al-askiya wa as'habihi

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al-adqiya, amma ba' Today, inshallah, we will

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spend the evening reflecting on and discussing the

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life of the great Sahabi of Rasulullah ﷺ,

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whose name you've heard while reading hadith in

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the khutbas, Sayyidina Abu Musa al-Ash'ari

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radiyallahu ta'ala anhu.

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Abu Musa al-Ash'ari radiyallahu anhu's name

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is Abdullah ibn Qais al-Tamimi.

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He is referred to in the hadith sometimes

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as al-Ash'ari, Abu Musa al-Ash

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'ari, but also by his name.

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There are narrations where you will find the

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Prophet ﷺ making du'a for him using

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his name.

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So, knowing that is important so you understand

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who this du'a of Rasulullah ﷺ is

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directed towards.

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Abdullah ibn Qais al-Tamimi.

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He was a great general of the Muslim

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armies during the Khilafah of Sayyidina Umar ibn

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Khattab radiyallahu anhu.

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He played a pivotal role in the conquest

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of some of the northern regions of the

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Persian lands.

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He was a faqih, a qaid, and also

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a muqri, one of the great reciters of

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the Qur'an.

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He was blessed with being one of the

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few people that had the honor of reciting

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the Qur'an to Rasulullah ﷺ and then

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went on to teach the Qur'an to

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his students.

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He accepted Islam in Mecca Mukarramah and then

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migrated to Abyssinia according to the opinion of

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Ibn Sa'd.

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He says the first expedition that he participated

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in alongside Rasulullah ﷺ was the battle of

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Khaybar.

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He passed away in the year 42 AH.

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There is some difference of opinion on what

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year he passed away in.

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Insha'Allah we'll come back to this at

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the end of our dars today.

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Ibn Sa'd claims that Abu Musa al-Ashari

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radiyallahu anhu was one of the individuals that

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partook in the migration to Abyssinia.

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However, some of the other historians like Imam

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al-Waqidi and others say that he actually

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didn't migrate to Abyssinia.

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He accepted Islam in Mecca Mukarramah and then

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went back to his people and served there

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educating them, teaching them.

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And therefore Imam al-Waqidi with his Sunnah

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says, لَيْسَ أَبُو مُوسَى مِن مُهَاجِرَةِ الْحَبَشَةِ He

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was not one of the people that migrated

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to Abyssinia.

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What actually happened was that he went back

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to his land and when it was time

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for him to come back to be with

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Rasulullah ﷺ, they were traveling through the sea

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and the waves got a little heavy.

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Things became very difficult for them to navigate.

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So they docked their ship at the port

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where the Muslims weren't too far from near

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Abyssinia.

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So they stopped over there, they met Najashi,

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saw the Muslims and then said to them

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we're going back to Rasulullah ﷺ.

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And after a little time the Muhajirun of

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Abyssinia also decided to go back.

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So they then traveled together to Rasulullah ﷺ.

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So when he arrived in Madinah Munawwarah, it

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was alongside the Muhajirun of Abyssinia, the migrants

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of Abyssinia.

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And they all came together in the battle

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of Khaybar.

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Abu Musa al-Ashari radiallahu anhu was a

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great faqih and jurist.

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During the time of Rasulullah ﷺ, he was

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one of the four companions that the Sahaba

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would go to, to gain clarification on matters

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of jurisprudence.

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Masrooq says, that when it came to matters

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of verdicts and judicial affair, there were six

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companions who had a rank that others did

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not have.

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Umar, Ali, Ibn Mas'ud, Ubayy, Zayd and

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Abu Musa.

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Who were these six people?

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Umar radiallahu anhu, Sayyiduna Ali radiallahu anhu, Abdullah

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ibn Mas'ud radiallahu anhu, Ubayy ibn Ka

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'ba radiallahu anhu, Zayd ibn Thabit radiallahu anhu

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and the last one was Abu Musa al

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-Ashari radiallahu ta'ala anhu.

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After learning the Qur'an with Rasulullah ﷺ,

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he became a point of reference for the

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Sahaba.

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Later on in life, he relocates to Basra

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and when he arrives there, he starts teaching

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the people how to read the Qur'an.

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Many of these people are new Muslims, so

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he works with them on perfecting their reading

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and also helping them gain a deeper understanding

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to the deen.

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And this is beautiful because his approach to

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increasing literacy in Muslims is to help them

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read the Qur'an and at the same

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time gain a deep understanding of the deen.

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Not one of the two, both things together.

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So as they're gaining that deeper understanding of

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the deen, they're able to connect it back

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to the Qur'an.

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And while they're reading, they don't turn the

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recitation of the Qur'an into some art,

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a fun.

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They understand that the purpose of reading the

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Qur'an is to develop an understanding of

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the deen so the individual can draw closer

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to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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Abu Musa al-Ashari radiallahu anhu, he narrates

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that one day the Prophet ﷺ said, اللهم

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اغفر لعبدالله بن قيس ذنبه, O Allah forgive

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the sins of Abdullah bin Qais.

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Who was Abdullah bin Qais?

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Abu Musa al-Ashari radiallahu anhu.

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وادخله يوم القيامة مدخلا كريما.

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And grant him an honorable entry into paradise

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on the day of judgment.

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Anas radiallahu anhu says that the Prophet ﷺ,

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he said to the companions, يقدم عليكم غدا

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قوم هم أرق قلوبا للإسلام منكم.

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That tomorrow a group shall arrive whose heart

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is more soft to this faith than yours

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is.

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They're very inclined to this deen.

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They love Allah and His Messenger.

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فقدم الأشعريون, the tribe of Abu Musa al

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-Ashari radiallahu anhu arrived.

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فلما دنوا, when they came close to Madina

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Munawwara and they were now near Rasulallah ﷺ

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جعلوا يارتاجزون.

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They began to recite poetry and sing.

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غدا نلقى الأحبة محمدا وحزبا.

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Tomorrow we will meet our loved ones, Muhammad

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and his companions.

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فلما أنقدموا تصافحوا فكانوا أول من أحدث المصافحة.

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When they arrived in Madina Munawwara, they started

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shaking everyone's hands.

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And this then developed the tradition within Islam

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of shaking hands.

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They made it apparent, they included everyone into

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it.

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Muslims would shake hands before this, but the

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way they did it as a group, how

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they owned it and how they showed their

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love through shaking hands.

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فكانوا أول من أحدث المصافحة.

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Iyad al-Ashari says that when the verse

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was revealed, يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَن يَرْتَدَّ

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مِنكُمْ عَن دِينِهِ فَسَوْفَ يَأْتِ اللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ يُحِبُّهُمْ

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وَيُحِبُّونَ that whoever turns away from this faith,

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مَن يَرْتَدَّ مِنكُمْ عَن دِينِي whoever thinks that

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I don't need this deen and I'm going

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to leave the religion and choose a life

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of apostasy, they should know.

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فَسَوْفَ يَأْتِ اللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ Allah will replace you

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with the people.

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يُحِبُّهُمْ وَيُحِبُّونَ Allah loves them and they love

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Allah.

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This ayah reminds us of how needy we

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are to the deen and not the other

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way around.

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The deen doesn't need us.

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We need the deen.

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We should humble ourselves in front of revelation,

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the Qur'an and the sunnah of Rasulullah

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ﷺ.

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When given an opportunity to learn the deen,

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no one should have to force us.

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We should rush to it.

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I always bring this up to you guys

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because it's a reflection and it's such a

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reminder for myself that alhamdulillah we have all

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the freedom of the world to study the

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deen and to learn the Qur'an and

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yet we are the people who waste this

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freedom in nonsense.

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Running after a dunya that isn't ours to

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begin with and won't be ours to end

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with.

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A hundred years from now we will be

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lucky if anyone knows where our graves are.

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Mark my words.

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No one will know where we're buried.

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Let our children pass by, grandchildren may come,

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great grandchildren will have no idea where these

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graves are.

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It all disappears.

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What matters, what will matter when we enter

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into our graves are deeds.

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That's what's gonna matter.

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What we did in this dunya, how we

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connected with Allah ﷻ, the sacrifices we made

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for the sake of the deen, the time

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we dedicated to the remembrance of Allah ﷻ,

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these things will remain.

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You know, fame, name, popularity, followers, you know,

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abundance of wealth, you know, going over the

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top with assuming that the only reason why

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Allah ﷻ created us was for a career.

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All of these things will disappear.

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They won't be anywhere.

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The type of car we drive, the house

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that we live in, the clothes that we

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wear, these things will all disappear.

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Be lovers of the deen.

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There was a person who sent a letter

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to Shaykh Mikha'il, one of the instructors

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at the seminary.

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He receives letters weekly from inmates who are

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in prisons throughout.

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And they're, you know, they're asking him questions

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and engaging.

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So one of the brothers, he sent a

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letter this week and Shaykh Mikha'il showed

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it.

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And that brother said that, he addressed that

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part of the letter to me and he

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said, thank you so much for giving us

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a chance to spend an hour every week

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with our companions.

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We look forward to it.

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It's such a pleasure, such a joy that

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we're, you know, so hundreds and hundreds and

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maybe thousands of miles away.

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But in our cell block, everyone waits for

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the Tuesday halaqah.

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We ask, is today Tuesday?

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It's today Tuesday.

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For that one hour with the sahaba, subhanAllah.

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I, when I read that, it hurt my

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heart because it was a moment of internal

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reflection, how much time we waste with all

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the freedoms we have.

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It's a priority.

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The priorities are wrong.

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It's not time.

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Neither is it engagements and responsibilities.

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What we end up spending our day with

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shows our priorities.

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I know people who work three jobs, who

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are working a full-time job and also

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in med school, but they make time every

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day to go to the gym.

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You guys know that person?

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You know one of those people?

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Yeah.

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Because it matters to them.

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Nothing in the world can stop them.

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That's what's important to them, that I need

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to be healthy.

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I need to do this for myself.

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Likewise, when it comes to our just nourishing

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the heart.

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Not every dars needs to be educational.

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Not every dars needs to be an academic

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journey.

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Not that we should step away from learning,

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but sometimes you need to attend gatherings where

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the only desire is to water the heart.

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That, Ya Allah, allow this gathering to be

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an opportunity for my heart to be lifted.

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For this dry, barren land to become fertile

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again.

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So something can grow here, so I can

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develop and become something that my Rabb is

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happy with me.

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Ya ayyuhal ladheena aamanu mayyaw tadda minkum AAan

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deeni O those who believe, whoever turns away

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from this deen, they should know.

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Fasawfa yaatilla, Allah will bring the people.

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Yuhibbuhum wa yuhibbuna.

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He loves them, they love him.

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And this is how a person avoids the

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path of irtidad, muhabba, through loves.

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Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala on the other

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side of irtidad, apostasy, puts muhabba there.

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That this is what Allah wants from the

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heart.

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He wants to love them, and in return,

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they should love him.

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Iyad al-Ash'ari says, lamma nazalat fasawfa

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yaatilla biqawmin yuhibbuhum wa yuhibbuna Qala Rasulullah salallahu

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alayhi wa sallam hum qawmuka ya aba musa

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This ayah speaks of the people who will

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love Allah, and Allah will love them.

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O Abu Musa, these are your people.

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wa awma ilayhi pointing towards them, that you,

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it's your people who this ayah is referring

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to.

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These were Yemeni people, al-Ash'aris.

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The Yemeni people were weirdly looked down upon

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by the Arabs.

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They looked at them as conquered people.

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The Persians, the Romans, they had their turns

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with them.

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And because of that, there was war, so

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they were, many of the people were poor,

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and you know, war-strucken, they didn't have

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much.

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It was common for people to look down

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on them, but Rasulullah salallahu alayhi wa sallam,

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he praises them, that their hearts are more

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soft for their religion than you are.

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They love Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, wa

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awma ilayhi, that these are your people, O

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Abu Musa.

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This shows us the care that Rasulullah salallahu

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alayhi wa sallam had for humanity.

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There was an individual who was speaking to

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me regarding a situation.

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He was involved in a business with a

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colleague.

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That didn't work out.

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That happens, you know, sometimes you want things

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to work out, they don't.

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So he was sad about the business deal

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not working out.

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But there's one statement that he said that

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stuck with me.

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He said, Shif, I'm not sad that the

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business failed.

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That happens, you know, you try your best

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and it doesn't work out.

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I'm sad that I got kicked out of

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the business group that we started this with,

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because my people allowed me to fail.

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When they saw me failing, they should have

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caught me.

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When they knew I was trying my best

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and things weren't working out, it would have

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been so beautiful for them to come and

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help me.

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I'm hurt because the people around me allowed

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me to fail, even though I was giving

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it my best.

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What happened at the end?

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Logical, musallam, I accept that.

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I had to leave, that makes sense as

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well.

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But why did they let me fail?

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It wasn't that I was being lazy, it

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wasn't that I wasn't trying.

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I didn't receive the love and support that

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I needed to succeed.

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And that's such a profound thought because many

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of us can't say it out loud, but

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that's how we feel as we're failing in

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life, that why did the people around me

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not come and help me?

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At least those that love me, those that

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cared for me, they could have been there

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for me.

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They could have helped me in my time

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of need.

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May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala give us

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that tawfiq, to be there for people.

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And this is what Rasulullah ﷺ is doing

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for people.

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Before they voice their need, before they voice

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their position, their situation, he speaks on their

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behalf.

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That these are people that are beloved to

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, this leaves no

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place for anyone to say anything against them.

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Their state is beloved to Allah, maybe it's

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their poverty, maybe it's their lack of social

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position that has them focused on more meaningful

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things.

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Maybe this is what keeps their eyes locked

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on to the akhirah and to pleasing Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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The Prophet ﷺ had a lot of respect

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for Abu Musa al-Ashari radiallahu anhu.

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And before Rasulullah ﷺ passed away, Abu Musa

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al-Ashari radiallahu anhu alongside Muadh ibn Jabal

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radiallahu anhu.

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People know about the story of Muadh, how

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he was appointed as a ruler in Yemen,

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as a judge in Yemen, but he didn't

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go alone.

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Before and after him, Rasulullah ﷺ sent other

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companions because it was a large region.

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One of the companions who the Prophet ﷺ

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appointed on Zabid and Adan was Sayyiduna Abu

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Musa al-Ashari radiallahu ta'ala.

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During the time of Umar ibn al-Khattab

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radiallahu anhu, he was appointed over the city

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of Kufa and then also over Basra.

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When Umar radiallahu anhu was stabbed due to

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the assassination attempt and he was passing his

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final wasiya to his companions that carry this

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on my behalf, carry this on my behalf,

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Kattab al-Umar fi wasiyatihi alla yuqarra liya

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'amilun akthara min sanatin wa akhirru al-ashariya

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arba'a sinin.

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That after I leave this world, anyone that

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I have appointed as governor, have them removed

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in one year.

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Let the next khalifa come and appoint his

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governors.

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But Abu Musa should remain in his position

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for four years.

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Not just one year, let him stay longer.

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He is an honorable, trustworthy person.

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Abu Musa al-Ashariy radiallahu anhu one day

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came to visit Sayyiduna Muawiyah radiallahu anhu and

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Muawiyah radiallahu anhu had him settle into one

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of the homes, one of the guest houses

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to spend the night.

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But during the hours of darkness, Muawiyah radiallahu

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anhu exited his home and everyone asked him,

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where are you going, where are you going?

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He said, oh, trust me, I need to

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be somewhere.

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And he knew what was going on.

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He's in his palace, he leaves, and he

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heads over to that home where Abu Musa

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al-Ashariy radiallahu anhu was and he knew

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very well that when he arrived at his

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home, Abu Musa would be reading the Quran

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like old times in Medina.

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He would be doing istihajud salah.

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فخرج معاوية من الليل ليستمع قراءته Just to

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listen to the qiraat.

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These sahaba were predictable.

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Muawiyah radiallahu anhu knew that this man won't

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be sleeping like everyone else.

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He's not going to be doing Netflix and

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YouTube and Instagram.

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He is going to be reading the Quran.

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So he sat outside his house, enjoying his

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recitation.

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And this wasn't the first time.

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His recitation was loved by all, including the

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Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam and the wives of

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Nabi salallahu alayhi wasalam.

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He was a master in the Quran.

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Al-Ijri says that لم يكن في صحابة

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أحد أحسن صوتا من There was not another

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companion who could match the voice of Abu

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Musa al-Ashariy radiallahu anhu.

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He read such Quran.

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When Umar radiallahu anhu sent him to Basra,

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he not only served there as a governor

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and judge, but he started the maktab program

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right away.

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Called everyone in, let's do Quran.

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Working on people, let's get your Quran right.

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Let's get you connected to Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala.

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One sahabi says that one night, I came

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outside and I noticed Rasulallah salallahu alayhi wasalam

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was standing right at the door of the

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masjid.

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Just standing there.

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And inside the masjid, there was someone praying

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salah.

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The Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam said, يَا بُرَيْضَ

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أَتَرَاهُ يُرَأِي Oh, Burayda, do you think that

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guy is showing off right now?

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That guy reading in the Quran because he's

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chilling it.

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Do you think that guy is showing off?

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قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ If it was one

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of us, we would have said, of course

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he is.

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Clear flex.

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He says, Allah and his messenger, no.

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Because claiming someone is showing off is assuming

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their intention.

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Very dangerous place to be.

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And doing this too frequently and carelessly is

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one of the greatest signs of your own

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personal spiritual decline.

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That you go around passing judgment on other

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people's hearts and what their thoughts are.

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فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهُ صَلِى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَمُ بَلْ

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هُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ مُنِيبٌ لَّقَدْ أُعْتِيَ مِزْمَارًا مِنْ مَزَامِيرِ

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آلِ دَاوُوتِ He is a believer.

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And he is one who is desperate to

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turn back to Allah, munib.

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He wants to go back to Allah.

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He wants to connect with Allah.

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He has been blessed with a flute from

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the flutes of the family of Dawood.

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You know how a flute, air passes through

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it and it creates a sound?

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And just like that, the hollowness of the

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throat, through that the air passes through and

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it creates the beautiful vocals that one recites

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the Qur'an with.

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So Buraidah says, فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ أَبُو مُوسَىٰ

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I came to the guy and check up

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on him.

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It was Abu Musa al-Ashari radiyallahu anhu.

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So I waited and when he finished off

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his prayer I told him, the Prophet was

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blown away by your recitation.

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That same narration, he says, the narrator Buraidah

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says in another narration, that when we were

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listening to him reciting, he then made a

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du'a.

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In his du'a he said, اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي

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أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا

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أَنْتُ الْآحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدُ وَلَمْ يُولَدُ

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وَلَمْ يَكُلْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ He said in

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his du'a, Oh Allah, I ask from

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you.

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And I testify that you are Allah.

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There is no god but you.

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الْآحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدُ وَلَمْ يُولَدُ وَلَمْ

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يَكُلْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ From surah Ikhlas, he

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took those words and worked them into his

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du'a.

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The Prophet ﷺ, when he heard him make

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du'a with these words, he said, وَالَّذِي

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نَفْسِ بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ سَأَرَ اللَّهَ بِإِسْمِهِ الْأَعْظَمِ الَّذِي

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إِذَا سُئِلَ بِهِ أَعْطَى وَإِذَا دُعَيَ بِهِ أَجَابُ

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When he hears a person invoking him with

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these words, he grants.

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And when du'a is made with these

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words, Allah accepts.

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He asks Allah with the Al-Ism Al

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-A'zam.

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The greatest name of Allah.

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And then the next part of the narration

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is the same.

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لَقَدْ أُعْتِيَ هَذَا مِزْمَارٌ مِنْ مَزَامِيرِ أَهْلِ دَاوُودِ

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Anas radiallahu anhu says, One night Abu Musa

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Al-Ashari radiallahu anhu was reciting the Qur

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'an and he was doing his thing, just

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killing it.

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فَقُمْنَ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِي يَسْتَمِعْنَا لِقِرَاءَتِهِ The wives of

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Rasulallah ﷺ gathered around to hear his voice.

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فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ أُخْبِرَ بِذَلِكَ The next morning someone

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came and told him that, you know, the

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wives of the Prophet of Allah gathered and

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they were enjoying your recitation.

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He said, man, I wish I knew I

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would have then shown them.

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I would have brought desire and love to

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their heart for the Qur'an.

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لَوْ عَلِمْتُ لَحَبَّرْتُ تَحْبِيرًا وَلَشَوَّقْتُ تَشْرِيقًا Ibn Shawdab

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says that Abu Musa Al-Ashari radiallahu anhu

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would lead Fajr Salah.

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And after Fajr Salah, استقبل الصفوفة He would

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turn around and face his congregation.

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وَاسْتَقْبَلَ الصُفُفَةَ رَجُلًا رَجُلًا يُقْرِئُهُمْ And one by

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one have every person read and correct them.

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And listen to them.

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That you read Surah Fatiha.

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Now you read it.

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Now you read it.

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If you've been to Madina Munawwara, you see

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this happening after Fajr Salah too.

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People gather in small rukh, halaqas, and then

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one person will be sitting at the front

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and they'll have everyone read, you read, you

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read, you read, and they correct you.

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And one of the teachers there, I was

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once sitting in one of these gatherings with

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some of the students, and not only did

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he work on the recitation, of what I

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thought was so beautiful, just like Abu Musa

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Al-Ashari radiallahu anhu, he was also explaining

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the verses.

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And his explanation was so simple, maybe it

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was through the barakah of the Prophet of

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Allah a.s. that was only a few

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feet away, but they were heart penetrating.

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Whatever he was saying, it was hitting in

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a different way.

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I kid you not, he went through a

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word, ayah by ayah, sentence by sentence, verse

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by verse translation and explanation of Surah Fatiha

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in Arabic.

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But it really changed our perspective on how

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to recite Surah Fatiha.

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May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala elevate from

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that shaykh, and put it in his mizan,

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hasanat.

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Abu Salama says that when Umar radiallahu anhu

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would sit with Abu Musa Al-Ashari, during

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his khilafah, when the two of those would

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be sitting together, sometimes he would say to

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Abu Musa, ذكرنا يا أبا موسى فيقرأ Oh

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Abu Musa, remind us, give us that reminder

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of Allah.

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The two of them would be together, two

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senior companions, take us on that journey.

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So Abu Musa Al-Ashari radiallahu anhu, would

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then recite the verses of the Qur'an

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for him.

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Abu Uthman Al-Nahdi says, ما سمعت مزمارا

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ولا تنبورا ولا صنجا أحسن من صوت أبي

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موسى الاشعري إن كان لا يصلي بنا فنود

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أنه قرأ البقرة من حسن صوته There was

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no musical instrument that could match his voice.

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When he would lead us in prayer, we

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would desire for him to recite the entire

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Surah Baqarah.

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Don't stop, just keep going, keep going.

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I remember I heard a scholar saying that,

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put aside the اختلاف that some jurists have

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regarding the permissibility of certain instruments.

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Put that aside, please.

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If you just look at people who lock

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themselves into music, you will notice every moment

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they spend listening to music, they are missing

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out on the opportunity of listening to the

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Qur'an.

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One has no fayda in the dunya or

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the akhirah.

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One has no fayda, no matter how much

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someone says to you that one has fayda,

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it does not have fayda.

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On the other hand, the Qur'an has

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so much benefit, whether you understand it or

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not.

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You walk around in markets in the Muslim

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world, whether it's in Mecca, Medina, we were

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recently in Uzbekistan, same story there.

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You guys ever been to the Somali malls

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in Minneapolis?

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Yes, some of you guys have been there?

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You've been there?

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You're from Minneapolis, that doesn't count.

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If you've never been before, it's a scene,

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man.

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Imagine two like four or five story buildings,

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with the whole parking garage and everything, and

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100% Muslim.

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And there's a massive masjid, bigger than this

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masjid right here.

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Massive musallabah, imam ratib and everything.

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When you're walking around in the market, no

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music at all.

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You see the khaltu or the auntie sitting

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there selling her abaya, and she's playing Qari

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Abdul Basit.

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She's playing Manshawi.

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She's playing Mustafa Ismail.

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She's listening to the Qur'an.

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And it's just such a beautiful scene by

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Allah.

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When you walk and just see it, you

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think to yourself, How amazing is this?

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That this person's entire day is somewhere between

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listening to the Qur'an and engaging in

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selling halal.

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Like they're selling itar, someone's selling kufi, someone's

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selling abaya, someone's selling khimar, someone is selling

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miswak.

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One person has a sambusa shop, another person

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has a shai shop, another guy's a barber.

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You go to the barber, the hinnah shops

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there, they have beauty parlors for women as

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well.

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You can't see inside.

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The sign says beauty parlor, and then there

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is a massive hijab at the front door.

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You can't see on the inside.

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No men are allowed to see.

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If you want to have hinnah put in,

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you walk around that garment head inside, and

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there's one person then that puts the hinnah

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on.

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So much haya and modesty.

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It's beautiful.

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It's really refreshing because you see that they

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weren't willing to let go of the beautiful

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parts of culture and deen.

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Right.

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May Allah ﷻ grant us that tawfiq.

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One of my teachers actually, someone asked him,

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what is your opinion on listening to nasheed

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and poetry?

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You know the Islamic poetry?

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So in those days, there would be a

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lot of Arabic poetry that people would have

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on cassettes, and you would play them in

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your car, and you'd be like, you know,

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Allah, Rasul, and you know, the sahaba.

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So we used to enjoy listening to it.

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I really, that's actually my first introduction to

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poetry were those nasheeds.

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They had them on a hadith about Ghuraba.

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That was a famous one.

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I don't know if you guys heard that

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one.

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That was a famous one, and then they

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had, you know, different ones too.

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So one of my teachers, he, I remember

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this clearly, he scolded the students.

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He said, why do you guys listen to

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all of these nasheed when you could be

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listening to the Quran?

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He said, as beautiful as that poetry is,

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more beautiful than that is, the Quran.

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Now I'm not telling you to stop listening

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to halal poetry or leave something that is

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permitted in Islam.

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I'm trying to convey to you a perspective.

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That he was saying, don't even leave the

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Quran for even that.

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Even though that is Allah and his Rasul.

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Even though that is talking about Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah,

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Allahu Akbar, bury yourself in the Quran.

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May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala make us

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from the people of the Quran.

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Abu Musa al-Ashari radiallahu anhu was very

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modest.

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Sayyiduna Anas ibn Malik radiallahu anhu says, When

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Abu Musa radiallahu anhu would walk around among

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people, rather than just wearing a waist wrap,

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like we do in Ihram for men, he

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would wear a pant, a shirwal, a sirwal,

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where one leg fits into each slot.

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And the reason why he would do this

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is so that his awrah, his private areas,

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would not be exposed.

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That when I sit down, if I don't

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cross my legs, or if I sit a

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particular way, I will be seen, my awrah

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will be exposed.

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To avoid that, he would wear pants.

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Is it proven that the Prophet ﷺ ever

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wore a sirwal in his life?

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Wallahu a'lam.

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There is stronger proof that he was gifted

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a sirwal, but there is little proof to

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establish that the Prophet of Allah ﷺ ever

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wore anything in his life other than a

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waist wrap.

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But there is proof from the Sahaba.

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And Abu Musa al-Ashari radiallahu anhu is

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one of them.

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Anas radiallahu anhu says this regarding him.

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Similarly, Anas radiallahu anhu says, That

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when he would sleep, he would wear a

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tubban.

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A tubban was a small undergarment that would

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cover the awrah mughallaba, the immediate private area.

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Like an underwear, like some of you may

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be familiar with this.

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He would wear that when he would sleep,

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just so that he wouldn't be exposed and

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anyone would see him.

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Similarly, Abu Musa al-Ashari radiallahu anhu, when

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he would bathe, he says regarding his own

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showering, I bathe in a dark room.

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Even then, I bend my back rather than

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standing up straight with my private exposed, I

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bend forward out of haya and shame of

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my Rabb.

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With his great ability and skill and connection

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with reading and engaging with the Qur'an,

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he was a master reciter, deep understanding, a

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great teacher.

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This didn't take away from his righteousness and

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piety.

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Sometimes a person gets so caught into one

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expertise of theirs that they lose touch with

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what actually matters.

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That a person is so lost in reciting

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that they make that an occupation and they're

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no longer focused on their own spirituality, their

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ta'alluk with Allah.

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That wasn't the case of Abu Musa al

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-Ashari radiallahu anhu.

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Abu Musa radiallahu anhu says that one time

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we were on an expedition somewhere in the

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seas, ghazawna fil bahri and hatta idha kunna

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fil lujjatil bahar right in the middle of

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the ocean things were picking up, it was

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getting tough, sami'na munadiyan yunadi we heard

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someone say, ya ahla al-safina, tifu, ukhbirukum

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stand up, oh people of the ship.

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fa kuntu I stood up.

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Abu Musa says I couldn't see anyone, I

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looked left and right, I didn't hear where

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the voice was coming from but I heard

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someone saying stand up.

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hatta al-nada sabaa miraran that guy announced

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his message seven times, stand up, stand up,

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stand up.

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fa kuntu alaa taraa fee ayyi makaanin nahnu

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innaa laa nastatee'u an naqif don't you

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see the waves in the ship and everything's

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rocking left to right.

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We don't have the ability to stand, we're

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gonna hurt ourselves, we need to sit down

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in this moment.

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Then he said, I heard this person saying,

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should I not inform you of a verdict

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that Allah has committed to himself, a promise

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that Allah has made.

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annamal aqtasha nafsahoo lillahi fee yawmin haarin kaana

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haqqana ala Allahi ayyirwiyahoo yawmal qiyama that whoever

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remains thirsty on a hot day, Allah promises

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to nourish his thirst on the day of

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judgment.

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man aqtasha nafsahoo lillahi fee yawmin haarin kaana

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haqqana ala Allahi ayyirwiyahoo yawmal qiyama So the

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narrator says, after that day, wa kaana Abu

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Musa laa takadoo talqaahu fee yawmin haarin innaa

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saiman Whenever we saw Abu Musa radiyallahu anhu

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and especially if it was hot outside, he

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would be fasting out of hope for this

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promise that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will

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nourish my thirst on the day of judgment.

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Imam Shamsuddin al-Zahabi, while describing Abu Musa

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al-Ashari radiyallahu anhu, he says, fa kaana

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Abu Musa sawwaman qawwaman rabbaniyan zahidan abidan mimman

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jama'al ilma wal amala wal jihada wa

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salamat al-sadr walam tughayyiruhu al-imara walaghtarra

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bid dunya He was one that fast, one

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that stood during the nights, he was rabbani,

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godly, he had no interest in worldly possessions,

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one that was always in the worship of

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Allah.

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He gathered knowledge, practice, jihad, and a pure

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heart.

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All of these things existed in him.

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He was not fooled by leadership that he

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changed as a person.

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And neither was he deluded or fooled by

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the material world.

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He narrates from Rasulallah ﷺ so many beautiful

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ahadith which show us his moments with the

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Prophet of Allah.

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In one hadith he says, we were traveling

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with the Prophet of Allah and the people

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with us, they climbed an elevation, so one

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person from there started shouting out loud, la

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ilaha illallah, wallahu akbar bi a'ala sawtihi

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Prophet ﷺ was at a distance, so then

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he said to the people, Rasulallah ﷺ, ayyuhannas,

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innakum la tunaduna asamma wa la ghaif You

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are not calling out to an Allah that

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is deaf or that is absent that you

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are shouting when you are calling out to

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Allah?

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What is this?

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And then the Prophet ﷺ turned to the

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sahabi next to him, Ya Abdullah bin Qais,

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who is this?

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Abu Musa Bashari, ana adulluka ana kalimatin min

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kunuzil jannah Can I teach you something from

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the treasures of Paradise?

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He said, of course.

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The Prophet of Allah said, then say la

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hawla wa la quwwata illa billah This is

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from the treasures of Paradise.

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La hawla there is no power to turn

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away evil.

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wa la quwwata, and there is no power

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to cause the ability to do good illa

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billah, but with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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Abu Musa Bashari radiallahu anhu narrates that I

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heard the Prophet ﷺ making du'a to

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Allah Allahumma inni astaghfiruka lima qaddamtu wa ma

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akhartu wa ma asrartu wa ma a'alantu

00:39:05 --> 00:39:09

innaka anta almuqaddim wa anta almuakhir wa anta

00:39:09 --> 00:39:10

ala kulli shay'in qadeer O Allah, forgive

00:39:10 --> 00:39:12

us of all of our sins for you

00:39:12 --> 00:39:15

are before and after and capable over all.

00:39:16 --> 00:39:19

Abu Musa Bashari radiallahu anhu he says that

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the Prophet ﷺ said when the body of

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a Christian or Jew passes by you or

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Muslim idha marrat bikum janazatu yahudiyin or nasraniyin

00:39:31 --> 00:39:34

or muslimin fa qumu lahat then stand up

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for that person when the dead body of

00:39:37 --> 00:39:38

someone is being taken past you stand up

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for them falastum lahat taqumun you are not

00:39:40 --> 00:39:44

standing up for that person innama taqumun liman

00:39:44 --> 00:39:47

ma'aha minal malaika you are showing your

00:39:47 --> 00:39:49

respect to the angels that are with that

00:39:49 --> 00:39:52

person Abu Musa Bashari radiallahu anhu says the

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Prophet ﷺ said man qatala litakuna kalimatullahi hiyal

00:39:59 --> 00:40:02

uliya fa huwa fee sabeelillah to be in

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the path of Allah isn't just fighting being

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in the path of Allah means fighting so

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the word of Allah the mention of Allah

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is above all litakuna kalimatullahi hiyal uliya purify

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your intentions when you do something whether it's

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reading the Quran coming to the majid for

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salah serving at the majid as a volunteer

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studying hadith do it for the sake of

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Allah then and only then will you be

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in the path of Allah if you're doing

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it for yourself then you're in the path

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of yourself you're not in the path of

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Allah if you're doing it because you're trying

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to impress a girl a guy, some other

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business partner or any other reason you're in

00:40:44 --> 00:40:46

their path you're not in the path of

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Abu Musa says

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that Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam said inna a

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'adhamal dhunubi aind Allah ayyalqahu abdun biha ba'dal

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kabail allatina haa anhu ayyamuta rajulu wa alayhi

00:41:01 --> 00:41:03

dainun laa yada'u qadaan that one of

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the greatest sins of a person after kufr

00:41:07 --> 00:41:09

and major sins is that a person dies

00:41:09 --> 00:41:15

without completing their debt you don't bury yourself

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in millions of dollars of debt and then

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just die just die because now those people

00:41:21 --> 00:41:24

they're going to be stranded you ensure that

00:41:24 --> 00:41:26

you pay off the other person's debt this

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is quite interesting because in Islam we don't

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inherit debt no one inherits debt when someone

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dies what happens to all their financials guys

00:41:36 --> 00:41:38

it closes you can claim the debt from

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their left over money but if that money

00:41:40 --> 00:41:43

hits zero and the debt still remains no

00:41:43 --> 00:41:47

one inherits that yeah this can obviously open

00:41:47 --> 00:41:51

up the door to unethical practices the prophet

00:41:51 --> 00:41:55

said don't do that don't rob people in

00:41:55 --> 00:41:56

the name of debt I didn't do anything

00:41:56 --> 00:41:58

haram here the prophet of Allah is saying

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Allah will hold you accountable abu musa ala

00:42:01 --> 00:42:05

sharri radiallahu anhu was a leader for the

00:42:05 --> 00:42:08

muslim ummah a teacher for the muslim ummah

00:42:08 --> 00:42:10

he narrates many ahadith from the prophet salallahu

00:42:10 --> 00:42:14

alayhi wasalam his courage in the battlefield is

00:42:14 --> 00:42:18

truly worth studying how he went and fought

00:42:18 --> 00:42:21

in the path of Allah this thing that

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he gathered ilm amal, jihad and salamatul sadr

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is a good way of understanding who he

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was he was a master of knowledge master

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of acting upon his knowledge he was a

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master of jihad not I'm just going to

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stay at home and practice I'm going to

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go in the field and go and fight

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for the sake of Allah for the preservation

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of human honor and dignity and also had

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a pure heart abu musa ala sharri radiallahu

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anhu passed away according to some of the

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historians in kufa in the year 42 after

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hijrah some say it was 43 after hijrah

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another group of scholars claim abu no'im

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and others that it was 44 after hijrah

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imam al-waqibi says it was 52 after

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hijrah and imam al-madaini claims that it

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was after the passing of mughirah bin shu

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'bah in the year 53 after hijrah may

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala elevate the maqam

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of abu musa ala sharri radiallahu anhu and

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fill his grave with noor, accept all of

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his deeds and allow us to follow the

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footsteps of these great giants the companions of

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the prophet of Allah wasallahu ta'ala nasir

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al muhammad assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh

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