Ibraheem Menk – Believers Look Out For Each Other

Ibraheem Menk
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The importance of faith and belief in oneself to support one another and prevent evil behavior is emphasized. It is crucial to establish a bond based on one's faith and belief in Allah to protect and avoid evil behavior. It is also crucial to show faith and belief in oneself to achieve their goals at a lower level, leading to a sense of unity. The speaker emphasizes the importance of unity in addressing issues such as political and cultural issues and gives examples of how world leaders can change their behavior by greeting their brother and sister and achieving their goals at a micro level.
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The believers are meant to be supporting one

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another.

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We are meant to be helping one another.

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We are meant to be sincere

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to one another.

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And

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Allah makes this very clear for us.

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And the believing men and the believing women,

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some of them are supporters of others. Meaning,

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they are supporters

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of each other.

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They are protectors

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of one another

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which means that in my absence

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or in my presence,

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my believing brother and sister

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is looking after my best interest.

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It means that if I am to put

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$1,000,000

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on the table and leave it with a

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room

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full of Muslimen,

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not one of them will touch it because

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we are believers in Allah

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We know that we shall return to Allah

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Hence, we will not touch that money.

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And it

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means that when I am not present in

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the room,

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then I don't find that my brothers are

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speaking

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about me in my absence.

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Simply because I know that

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they are believers too.

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They are believers too. They believe in Allah.

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So we support and help one another and

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look out for each other

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in ways that others don't.

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And our bond is truly unique

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because it is a bond based upon the

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belief in one.

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You and I have no real other reason

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to love each other.

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No real other reason to bond with each

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other. So when I say real, yes. We

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have family ties.

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But how many a family do we see

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that don't have that underlying

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faith

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and belief in Allah

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torn apart. Why? Because

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they don't have that faith. They don't have

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that bond. So they bond over money. They

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bond over the love of this dunya. They

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bond over the natural love

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placed in their hearts. But as soon as

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there is something that they believe in more

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than that, then perhaps it is money that

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comes in between them.

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Perhaps it is

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jealousy

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of whatever,

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something material of this world.

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They believe in that more. So what happens?

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They don't mind. You find brothers not speaking

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to one another. So they don't mind breaking

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a relationship.

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But you and I

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have the

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link of faith

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and belief in

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Allah Hence, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

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says, Indeed, the believers

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are brothers.

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So make islah between your brothers. Make islah

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between your brothers. You see the common denominator

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here. In the other aya, Allah

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says, the believing men and the believing women.

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They are protectors

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us of one another.

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Here, Allah

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says what?

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Indeed the believers

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are brothers.

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So it is only when we establish

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that iman,

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and belief in Allah that we can truly

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look after one another.

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That we can truly

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be brothers and sisters in faith.

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You see,

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in this ayah

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that we mentioned first,

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala continues.

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They command

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and they encourage

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one another to do goodness,

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and they prohibit

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and prevent

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one another from doing bad. When you believe

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in Allah

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naturally,

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you believe that there is a last day,

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you believe that there is a jannah, you

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believe that there is a hellfire.

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So what is my duty towards my believing

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brother and sister?

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It is

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to protect them from the * fire

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and to take them towards Jannah.

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So what should I do in this world?

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Tell them to come towards goodness, encourage

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them towards goodness,

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And prevent them and prohibit them from evil.

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As much as this occurs in society,

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is as how

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high our faith is with Allah

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So when I see you doing something wrong

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and I can sit you down and say,

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my brother,

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what you are doing is drawing you closer

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to the * fire.

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And if you die tomorrow,

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this will not be of benefit

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to you in your grave.

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That that is a true scale

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of our belief in Allah

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as a community.

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Because if I can sit you down and

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tell you, listen brother.

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I don't want you to be burnt tomorrow.

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What is that? What is that? That is

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sincerity towards my brother.

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And that is what Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam

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says.

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Deen is sincerity.

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We said to for who, oh Messenger of

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Allah?

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For Allah

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First and foremost.

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It begins with you making with

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Allah

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between Allah and yourself.

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Clearing

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the record between you and Allah

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Turning back to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Seeking

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forgiveness from Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

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And to his messenger.

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And for the hierarchy,

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the leaders

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of the believers,

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and the general populace.

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When we are sincere to one another, then

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we will want to protect each other. Hence,

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Allah

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started by saying what?

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And the believing

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men and women,

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they are protectors

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of one another. So you see how the

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ayah is linked together.

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As soon as we believe in Allah Subhanahu

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Wa Ta'ala, when I see my brother doing

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something wrong, I will advise him. Yes. There

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is a way to advise your believing brother

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and sister.

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And

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the best way in most cases

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is to pull them aside.

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To find them when they are on their

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own.

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Nobody wants to be humiliated in public even

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when the sin is public. Nobody wants to

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be told in public, hey. Put that cigarette

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down. What does he do? His ego kicks

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in.

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He is more unlikely

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to accept. But if you pull him aside

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and say, brother, you know cigarettes are haram.

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You know it's detrimental

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for your health. You know what? I'm just

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reminding you that one day we will return

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to Allahabad.

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One day we will have to answer for

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the Amanah

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that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala gave us this

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body.

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If you keep smoking, what will your answer

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be? And leave it at that. Isn't that

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a better way to do it? Isn't that

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more likely of him to accept your naseeh?

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Your

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sincerity towards him. Your advice towards him. So,

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yes.

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What is known as

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encouraging goodness.

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And prohibition

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of evil

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is imperative.

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It is important.

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Without it, we cannot survive as a society.

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Without it, we will not move forward as

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a society.

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Without it,

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Allah

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has destroyed nations

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before us. Nations before us. Because

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that means that there is something lacking, sincerity.

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And when sincerity is lacking, belief in Allah

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is at an all time low. It is

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an at an all time low. So one

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of the ways that we can do this

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is to begin

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becoming

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more sincere towards each other. By meeting my

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brother and saying, Assalamu Alaikum Warahmatullahi

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wa barakatuh,

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I mean it from my heart.

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I mean that. I mean sincerity towards this

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brother. I mean peace for this brother. I

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mean I want goodness for this brother.

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And,

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we can begin by the heart. And, we

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can say, let's begin with it from within.

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Let's make the change within.

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And let's make

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our intention sincere.

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And let's change our feeling towards our brothers.

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But there is another way to do it

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as well. And today we see that that

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is lacking.

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Should I not guide you to something that

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if you are to do it you will

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love one another? What is that?

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Make salaam between you.

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Just pass these salaam to each other and

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you will find yourselves

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loving one another. What happens today? Those whom

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we know, we greet. Those whom we don't

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know, we don't greet. But are we not

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believers in bro in Allahu Bul Izzati wal

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Jalal? Are we not brothers and sisters

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in one faith

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that gathers us together? So why not greet

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a brother and a sister regardless?

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That is the least that we can do.

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And if we begin to spread that salaam,

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then we find that the love begins.

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We find that the belief in Allah

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increases.

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And today, dear brothers and sisters in Islam,

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the Muslims

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are in need of

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one main thing And that is unity. It

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is hard for us when we think of

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it at a macro level. How are we

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going to unite the Ummah?

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How are we going to gather people together?

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But when we think of it at a

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micro level,

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it becomes easier for us to understand.

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Yes. I may not be able to

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unite my community immediately, but I can greet

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my brother or my sister that I haven't

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spoken to for the last 5 years simply

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because I had a dispute with him, between

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between us. What I can do is go

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and greet them and say, let's make bygones

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be bygones. Put it behind us. Let's move

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ahead.

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And I can do that and I will

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be able to step by step change those

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around me. And if I can change those

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around me, and I can have an impact

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on my own family, then perhaps family by

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family, we will unite. And we will become

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stronger.

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And we will

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become more aware of each other's

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interests.

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And we will look out for each other

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more. So we can begin at a micro

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level. You know, oftentimes

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we talk about

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how world leaders can do something about the

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politics

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that is happening, and what they can change,

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and what they can do, and what they

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should be doing. And we are the first

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to commentate

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on how people around a war zone should

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be behaving.

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But if we are to look within our

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own families,

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we find ourselves lacking.

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We find there are people that we don't

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greet. We don't say salam to. We find

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there are people that we have a gripe

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that we have how to be held for

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the last 20 years.

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Begin

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there. That is a beginning.

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That is a start. That is something that

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you can change.

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Should I not

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guide you to something that if you are

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to do it, you will begin to love

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one another. Smile

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in your brother's face.

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Smile in your sister's face and say,

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How hard is that?

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You see how the Sunnah

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leads us

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from the micro to the macro. If we

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cannot solve the lower

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end of the spectrum, then how are we

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going to resolve the higher end of the

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spectrum? How are we going to resolve anything

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there? Let's begin at the bottom.

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He continues.

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And not only

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do they command

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good and prohibit from evil, they establish

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the salah.

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They establish the salah. Time for salah comes.

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They know Allah has asked

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me to do this, and he requires this

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from me at the bare minimum. Allahu Akbar.

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Allah is the greatest. Nothing matters more right

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now besides,

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except for my maker. The only thing that

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matters

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is Allah The only being that matters right

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now is Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Put everything

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aside. It doesn't matter.

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And those who give these aka,

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as soon as Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tells

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you, you know what? I've given you so

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much. Give 2 a half percent. You don't

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even think about it twice. You take it

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out because Allah said it.

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What happens to those people?

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Those are the ones whom the rahma of

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Allah

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will

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descend upon.

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The rahma of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, the

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mercy of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala descends upon

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that type of people.

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Those are the people that will receive the

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rahma of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

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Let's look around

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and ask ourselves

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really and truly. Do we feel that the

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rahma of Allah Abu al Izati wal Jalal

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is descending upon us?

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Or has it lifted?

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And if we feel that it has lifted,

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there are simple steps that we can take

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to move towards

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To unite one another for the sake of

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Allah

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At the next ayah, Allah

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tells us something very interesting.

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Allah has promised the believing men and women,

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Gardens

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beneath which rivers shall flow. Gardens

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beneath which river rivers shall flow. So not

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only will you attain

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and achieve something

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in this dunya, but you will attain and

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achieve something that is everlasting

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forever. It will last forever and ever. And

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that is

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gardens beneath which rivers shall flow.

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And good homes.

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And Allah

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doesn't stop there.

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He says the pleasure of Allah is greater

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than that.

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Can you imagine

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receiving your heart's desire? Whatever you want. You

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wish it and you have it. And Allah

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says I'll give you more. What can be

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more? What can be more than that?

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In the hadith,

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Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam tells us what is

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more.

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When the believers believers are in heaven,

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Allah

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will ask them

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that,

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is there anything

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more that I can give you than that

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which you have? And they will say, oh

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Allah, you've given us everything.

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We don't need anything. There's nothing we can

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think of. And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will

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say,

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but

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I will make halal for you my red

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one.

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My pleasure,

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my happiness today.

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So I will never be angry with you

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after today.

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Will give the believers

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more than their hearts desire. And that is

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the pleasure of Allah

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Such that he will be pleased with them

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forever and ever and ever.

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And that is greater than your heart's desire.

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You know why? Because you were created by

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Allah

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That very creator is happy with you forever

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and ever and ever. Allahu Akbar.

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What more could a believer ask for? And

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the creator of that human being knows him

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better than he knows himself.

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Hence, the human being was not even aware

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of the fact that there is something beyond

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his heart's desire that Allah could give him.

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What better gift to give a person

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than that which he is not even aware

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of? That he will love and be amazed

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with

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beyond his heart's desire. Allahu Akbar. That can

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only come from Allah

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You know what?

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That pleasure of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala can

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be attained

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before

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you get into Jannah.

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Before you get into Jannah.

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In this dunya,

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when you worship Allah

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and you please him and you turn away

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from these sins and you greet your brother

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and you smile at your brother and you

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are sincere towards your brother and you tell

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him when he is in the wrong and

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you guide him towards goodness,

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Allah

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will give you that pleasure. You will receive

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that

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from Allah

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That is why we find the

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as soon as we say

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Abu Bakr

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Allah

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is is pleased with him. May Allah

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be pleased with him. And we know that

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Allah

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is pleased with him.

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May Allah be pleased with him.

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Why? Because these people attained

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the red one, the pleasure of Allah

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That is what we're after. And that is

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what we should work towards.

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And I hope that these words can help

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us

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guide and guide us towards a better, stronger,

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more united

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community. May Allah

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unite us upon goodness.

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