The speakers discuss the challenges faced by Muslims in face of difficult circumstances and the importance of maintaining a positive attitude. They emphasize the importance of acknowledging one's mistake and rethinking one's faith, and provide a breakdown of their upcoming sessions. The importance of worship, prayer, fasting, and doing things according to one's ability is emphasized, along with the importance of positive development and protecting one's ego. The importance of the Prophet's guidance and the importance of understanding the Prophet's teachings is also discussed. The importance of understanding the Prophet's teachings is emphasized, along with the need to address "any human being" and "any moral ethics." The importance of the Prophet's teachings is also emphasized, along with the need to address "any human being" and "any moral ethics."
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It's
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real
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pleasure to, be with you,
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in this
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3 consecutive,
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days
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in which we are going to talk about
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the issue of the day
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or the issue of the hour
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about
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the nature of our faith
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and the challenge
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of
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radicalization
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or
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violent extremism
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or
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so many names were given to
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describe this phenomenon.
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East and West.
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Last month
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alone,
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I was in Australia
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and then India
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and then Brussels.
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The same day
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of the attack,
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the grand Mufti and myself were
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80 800 meters
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away
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from the second blast in the, subway station,
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800 meters away
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in the heart of the European Parliament.
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So
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everybody knows we are living at difficult times,
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and I'm sure,
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yesterday,
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when
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candidate
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Trump was around, everybody felt that
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difficult times are ahead of us.
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And as Muslims,
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we should not
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get so surprised
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because of these difficult times. We are in
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the Quran, have been promised
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over and over again
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that we will be
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visited with hardships and difficulties.
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As a matter of fact, the Koran beautifully
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sums up
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life as
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an abode of testing.
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It is a testing ground.
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And man
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was created in toil.
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Man has to
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work
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hard
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and work at
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odds and difficult circumstances,
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so that
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when he or she tries to please
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God
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on earth,
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he is promised
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eternal happiness.
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So we should not get surprised
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by these difficult
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occurrences
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and difficult happenings and difficult events,
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but we should maintain an attitude.
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This
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is what defines a Muslim,
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is that even though
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we are living
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at difficult times, but we should maintain an
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attitude,
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an attitude of
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positive attitude, an attitude of hope,
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an attitude of responsibility.
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We should own the situation and we should
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try
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to discuss it among ourselves and see what
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we can do together.
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Can we do something
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in the face of
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so many challenges we are
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encountering?
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And the answer is always yes, we can
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definitely
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do something about these difficult
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circumstances.
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I believe that the first step that we
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should do
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is that we should
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honestly
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discuss
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among ourselves
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what went wrong,
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how we can
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get back to the genuine,
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correct,
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authoritative
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understanding
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of our faith,
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how we can address
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this phenomenon
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of radicalization
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and extremism,
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which by way of honesty also, we have
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to face it,
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that
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a large
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part of the Muslim population
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unfortunately
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fell prey
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to this disease of radicalization,
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how we can immune
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or immunize ourselves from falling prey to radicalization,
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How can we win our children back
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to the genuine understanding
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of the faith?
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There are so many
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misconceptions
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about our faith,
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misconceptions from within,
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and misconceptions
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from without, from the external
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factors.
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And there is no end for misconception because
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if you
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misunderstand a certain part of the faith,
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you will make it a misconception.
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And unfortunately,
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at
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this
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fast
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pace
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of the social media outlets,
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Internet,
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communications,
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misconceptions
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are on the rise,
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especially
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about our faith.
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So what we are trying to do in
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these 3 consecutive
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nights, inshallah,
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1 hour each night,
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we're going to openly
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discuss
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these questions
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and hopefully I will try to be very
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brief and try to give some
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time for interaction.
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And I would really
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hope that each and every one of you
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opens up to this sensitive important issue.
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If you have any questions,
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of course there will be
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no time to answer each and every question
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about this important presentation,
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but
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I am committed
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to
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take your questions and feedback
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because
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eventually
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what we hope to do is we would
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like to transform
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this
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compact
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presentation
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into a full fledged program
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where we can share it and replicate it
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in other
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mosques
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about the the true nature of our faith
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and the
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peril
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or the threat of radicalization.
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So I hope,
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inshallah,
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that you also share this commitment
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by
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coming
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to other sessions and also
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interact and engage and discuss
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it with your children
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or with your friends
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because as I said, this is the issue
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of the time. We need
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to own
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to have this ownership of the situation,
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honestly and transparently
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discuss
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what went wrong,
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get to the bottom or the genuine
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understanding
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of our faith,
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and immunize ourselves
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and our children
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from the threat of radicalization.
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So
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let us start the breakdown
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of
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of the sessions will be
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certain
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bullet points.
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Okay, so hopefully
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tonight, insha'Allah, this evening we are going to
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cover
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5 points
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that essentially
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lead
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to
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a genuine understanding of our faith
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an authoritative
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understanding of Islam.
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And after we finish, there are 10 points,
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10 bullet points. We'll
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have 5 points
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this evening, 5 points
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tomorrow's evening, insha'Allah.
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And the last
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part
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will be dedicated to dismantling
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radical ideas.
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Before
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we
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elaborate
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on
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the 5 points,
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this evening,
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I just want to remind myself and to
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you, my brothers and sisters, with 2 verses
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from the Quran,
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which define us as
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Muslim community.
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Global Muslim community.
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This is the,
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the first
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verse,
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chapter
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3, verse 1
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110,
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that
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says, you, meaning
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the Muslim community, are
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the best community
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brought forth
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for America.
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And here, the Quran reminds us
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that
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there is essentially
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goodness
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in Arabic here
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in the Muslim community. This does not just
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refer
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to the earlier Muslim community.
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This carries
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some
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thank you.
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General application. So Muslim community
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shall be good.
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There is goodness
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in Muslim community.
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This was true at the time of the
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prophet, is true right now, and will be
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true in the future. Even though
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there
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are imminent
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problems,
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stereotypes,
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difficulties,
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but still this there is goodness
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in the Muslim community.
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And this is supported again by one of
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the Prophet's teachings.
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He said,
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there is goodness in me and my community
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till
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the end of time.
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This goodness
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is stipulated
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by doing some homework.
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We are
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we are going to be good as long
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as
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we do certain things.
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So the completion of the verse
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says,
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you are the best community
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that was
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raised in humankind
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because you
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believe in God,
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you enjoy what is good, and you forbid
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what is evil.
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So these are the criteria of goodness.
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And part of enjoining what is good and
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forbidding what is evil, is that we have
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to apply to ourselves first.
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We have to see, and
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honestly
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see what has gone wrong.
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So that
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when we try
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to
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better ourselves and better our communities and better
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our families,
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we
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become
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true
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to the criteria set by this verse.
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We are
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good as long as
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we
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do some positive work,
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As long as we rely on God.
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Because regardless
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of the difficulties
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and dangers and problems we are having,
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we have to be assured
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that
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God or Allah is still in control.
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God is in control.
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Regardless of the chaotic situations
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in many parts of the world,
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God is in control.
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You believe in God, you believe in Allah.
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That's the first step.
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And the second step
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is that we correct
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what went wrong. We try
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if we slip,
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if we run into
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obstacles
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and problems,
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we
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try to correct ourselves.
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The second verse,
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this is again a very important verse
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regarding the
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theme that I choose,
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upholding
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moderation
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and resisting
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radicalization,
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where Allah says in chapter 2 verse
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100143,
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thus we have made you
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a justly, balanced community.
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Umma wasat in Arabic.
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So this moderation is not an option.
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It is not something that,
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all of a sudden we decided to
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adopt.
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This is a divine mandate
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for Muslims that you are a community of
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moderation.
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Who
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is declaring this statement? Who?
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Allah is declaring it. You
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are a community of moderation.
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So this moderation is not
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a matter of choice.
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It is actually an imperative, it is a
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mandate from Allah
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that you are a community of moderation,
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that you never resort to extremes,
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as a community.
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But it doesn't mean that each and everybody
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will resort to this
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way of moderation.
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Indeed,
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few
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fringes, few radicals
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were resort to extremes.
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So we have a global we have
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a a collective mandate.
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For those who
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go to extremes,
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we have a mandate to bring
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them back to the middle way,
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to the path of moderation.
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This is the mission statement for Muslims,
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that the majority of the Muslim community
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naturally
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is on the middle path.
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Few of them
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go to extremes,
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we should not let them
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on the extremes, rather we have a mandate,
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we have a homework
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as a community
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to win them over,
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to win them back to the middle path.
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With this,
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we are we are going to start
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our 5 points
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for,
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this evening
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and
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they are bullet points. Of course, they will
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require further
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explanation,
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but we are going to try, as I
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have said, we are going to try to
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highlight these bullet points and leave
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the,
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the discussion and interaction
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to the question and answer session.
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So the first point, if you have this
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write up,
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I wrote
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as Muslims, I'm sorry. As Muslims. It says
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a Muslims. As Muslims
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as Muslims,
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we should not lose
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sight of the lofty goals of all religions
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and faith traditions.
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Okay?
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And I'm going to explain what
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are the lofty goals of all religions and
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faith traditions
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as mentioned
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in the Quran
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and as well as the higher purposes of
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Islamic
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law.
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What are
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the lofty goals
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or the higher goals of religions as perceived
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in the
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Quran. There are
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about 12 verses
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which were
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read over and over.
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You'll find them in the Quran. Over and
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over, they'll talk about
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3 higher goals
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of
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Islam
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as a faith
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tradition, as well as
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all religions.
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Three higher goals.
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The first is worshiping God.
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So all religions came to assert
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the importance
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of
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worshiping God.
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As a matter of fact,
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this is the purpose
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why Allah put us on this earth,
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is to worship Him.
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Okay?
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And,
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of course, we can talk about worship and
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its meaning, and it is very inclusive.
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It is not just about prayer or fasting
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or making pilgrimage, it is actually each and
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every movement
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that you do
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to please
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God, that the first condition,
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and that is done in accordance with
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faith,
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what Islam is all about, what faith is
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all about.
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These are the 2 conditions. If you do
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them, in each and every movement,
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you are getting reward
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because you are actually
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executing
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and implementing
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worship, Ibadan.
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So, as a matter of fact,
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we are here
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to
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discuss things about our faith.
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If we are here
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sincerely for this purpose
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and we are doing it in a manner
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that is pleasing God, we are going to,
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you know, execute
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the very meaning of our battle.
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Okay?
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So
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number 1 is our battle.
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This is something that we all know.
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But look at the other 2.
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Okay.
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The other 2
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lofty goals of all religions
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is
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Taskea, and Taskea means to purify yourself.
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Purification
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of the self.
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This is a higher goal of all religions.
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So we are not just talking about
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formalities,
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we are talking about
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inner purification,
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that each and every one need to work
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with his or herself.
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Because
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if you cleanse what is inside,
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the other job is going to be easier.
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Okay?
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So you have to fight your own ego.
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You have to cleanse yourself
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from all bad feelings.
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You have to fill, because this process of
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test gear,
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and again, this is something that we can
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talk about for days days,
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it involves
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2 things, taking out bad
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stuff
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and putting good stuff in your heart.
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Okay?
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So, this process is very integral
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to
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all faith traditions,
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particularly
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Islam.
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And unfortunately,
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because we are
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talking about the theme of moderation
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and extremism,
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unfortunately,
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part of the reasons why
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extremism
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is on the rise because of the neglect
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of this important factor,
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of
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working
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hard on yourself.
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And this, as a matter of fact,
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if you if you look at one of
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the
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most important
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hadith,
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prophetic teachings of the Prophet, that was
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given to us.
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Okay?
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You know the famous Hadith of Jibril.
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He came and asked the Prophet
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4 questions.
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The first question is,
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what is
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Islam?
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First is, what is Islam?
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Okay. And he answered by saying the 5
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pillars.
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Islam is to testify that there is no
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God
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but Allah,
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and that Mohammed
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is one of the messengers of God,
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is to pray 5 times a day,
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is to
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to give alms,
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number 4, to fast
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during the month of Ramadan,
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and number 5, to go to pilgrimage if
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you are capable of making the journey.
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That is the outward expression of Islam.
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But there is a higher level.
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So the second question was about,
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what is
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imam? What is belief?
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So he started
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telling
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the person,
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Sayyidina Jibril, that belief is to believe in,
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first
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Yes. Number 2, the angels and the last
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day
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on the books of
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messengers
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and the Kaaba,
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the predestination
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that everything is predestined by God.
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These are the 6 pillars of faith.
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And yet, there is a another higher level.
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And this is mind me,
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this is a level that we
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do not talk about much. And this level
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of,
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the Arabic word is ghsan.
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To feel the presence of God,
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to feel that Allah is watching over us.
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That's the level
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that is meant by purification,
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to have the consciousness
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of Allah,
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that he is monitoring you all the time,
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that you ought to develop
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awe
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and fear of him all the time.
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This is purification.
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And the third aspect that is also less
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talked about,
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the third goal is Umran.
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And I prefer to
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retain the Arabic word because
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there is not one single
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equivalent
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for this word in English. What is Umran
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means?
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Umran.
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Umrah
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means
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development,
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construction,
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positiveness.
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It means
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responsibility
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while scarcity.
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It means
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contribution.
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It means
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building.
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It means
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bettering the life,
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making the life better,
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habitable.
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This
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all these meanings are contained in the Arabic
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word,
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Umrah.
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In other words,
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one of the higher goals
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of faith of Islam, and all, as I
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said, we're talking about
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faith
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traditions,
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is that
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a human being, when Allah puts him on
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earth,
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he is obliged,
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he is commanded
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to contribute
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positively
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to make this
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life better,
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to develop
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the life,
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to do some work
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to make it a better,
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a bold
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for human being.
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The single
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objective of the person that he is here
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just to worship God, so
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he goes to prayer all the time,
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to fast, and he
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every other month, he goes to make Umrah,
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and that's it.
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That is a crooked understanding
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of what faith is all about.
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Okay? So
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1 third
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1 third of this phase
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is this
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shared responsibility
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to
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constructively
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develop
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the Earth.
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To do some positive work
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so that you can make
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life on this Earth
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better
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in the sight of God.
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Okay?
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These 3 higher goals,
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unfortunately,
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were neglected in the minds of Muslims.
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And this has caused
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these
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phenomena
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of extremist
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ideologies and extremist talk, rhetoric.
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Okay?
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In our engagement and in our effort
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to come to the middle path, in our
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effort to rediscover the genuine Islam,
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we should remember these higher goals.
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Worship
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and then
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work on yourself, purify
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yourself,
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and what are you going
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or what are you doing
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to make this life better?
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What kind of positive work you are putting?
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Each one according to his or her ability.
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Okay.
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Physicians, they are trying to do some positive
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work
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to respond to the ailment of people.
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Engineers, they are building
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and expanding.
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Religious scholars, they are teaching and imparting knowledge
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to the people, and so on and so
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and so forth.
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And we cannot
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ridicule or belittle any kind of work.
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Each and every
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each and every one of us needs
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each other, some way or another.
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So someone who devotes his entire life
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to worship alone is a crooked
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understanding
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of what faith is all about.
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So these are the 2 the 3
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higher
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goals, and, of course, each and every one
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of these higher goals is supported by verses
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from the Quran.
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There is another aspect
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also.
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It's called Maqas ad Sharia,
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the higher purposes of Islamic
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law. And the scholars have talked about 5
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higher purposes of Islamic
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law. Preservation
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of life.
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Life is so sacred.
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Life of a human being, we're not talking
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about
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Muslim blood
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or non Muslim blood.
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Human
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life. It's it's in Arabic, nafs, human soul,
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is sacred.
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And the highest
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objective of Islamic law, of Sharia law,
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is the preservation
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of this human life.
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To such an extent,
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I will share with you
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just one prophetic teaching.
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Maybe it will be surprising
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for some of you,
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but this is how Islam
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asserts
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the sacredness and sanctity
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00:29:44
of the human life.
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00:29:46
So one time, the Prophet
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00:29:47
was
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00:29:49
going around
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00:29:51
the Kaaba.
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00:29:52
Okay?
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00:29:55
And all of a sudden, he stopped.
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00:29:59
He was walking, so he stopped. And he
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00:30:00
looked at
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00:30:02
the secret house.
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00:30:06
And looking at the sacred house is a
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00:30:07
form of worship.
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00:30:08
Okay?
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00:30:11
So he looked at it
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and said,
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by Allah,
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I know
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that you are sacred
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00:30:21
in the sight of Allah.
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00:30:23
But
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00:30:26
the human blood
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00:30:30
is more sacred in the sight of Allah
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than you.
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It's a lot of
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00:30:34
Okay?
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00:30:37
So this is the most sacred place.
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Yeah. In our hearts,
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00:30:42
whenever we talk about Kaaba,
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00:30:44
you know,
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00:30:47
it tries to jump out of yearness and
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00:30:48
longness
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00:30:49
to go there.
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00:30:52
And now the prophet is saying that that
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00:30:53
human blood
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00:30:56
is more sacred in the sight of God
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than
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this
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00:31:00
sacred place.
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00:31:03
Okay? So all
00:31:04 -->
00:31:04
rulings
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00:31:06
of sharia came primarily
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00:31:08
to preserve
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00:31:11
the human life.
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00:31:13
So
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00:31:14
all
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00:31:18
these ridiculous actions and barbaric actions of killing
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00:31:20
people and and,
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00:31:23
suicide bombing, it is,
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00:31:23
again,
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00:31:25
a crooked
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00:31:26
understanding
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00:31:27
of
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00:31:30
the shari'at and Din.
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00:31:32
Because
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00:31:33
because
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00:31:35
even in terms of priority,
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00:31:37
okay,
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00:31:39
scholars discuss
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00:31:41
these 5
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00:31:45
higher purposes of Islamic law and they prioritize
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00:31:46
them.
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00:31:49
Number 1 is the preservation of the human
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00:31:50
life.
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00:31:51
It comes
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00:31:53
before each and everything.
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00:31:55
The sacredness
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00:31:57
of the human life.
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00:31:59
Preservation
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00:32:00
of the human intellect.
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00:32:03
Intellect is very important
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00:32:07
Because when we pray, when we do each
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00:32:09
and everything, we need the intellect. We need
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00:32:11
to preserve the intellect.
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00:32:15
And then preservation of freedom of religion.
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00:32:20
And then the preservation of family relations. Family
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00:32:22
is so important in Islam.
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00:32:25
And then the preservation of private property.
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00:32:31
Each and every action of Muslims,
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00:32:32
individuals,
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00:32:34
groups, communities,
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00:32:36
each and everything
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has to bear in mind
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00:32:39
these
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00:32:40
5 higher purposes.
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Are we complying
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00:32:45
with these 5 higher purposes?
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00:32:49
Are we abiding by these 5 higher purposes?
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00:32:51
Or are we negating
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00:32:54
them
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00:32:56
by one way or another?
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00:33:00
Another. So as Muslims,
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00:33:02
we need
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00:33:04
to measure our actions
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00:33:08
with
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00:33:11
the three goals of religions
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00:33:14
and the 5 higher purposes of Islamic law.
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00:33:17
So to have
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00:33:17
this
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00:33:21
sort of vision and mission,
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00:33:25
it will keep us on the track.
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00:33:27
So
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00:33:31
any actions that we do, individually or collectively,
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00:33:34
we have to bring
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00:33:36
this mental
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00:33:37
vision
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00:33:41
in front of us.
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00:33:43
Are we true
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00:33:48
to these 3 higher goals and these 3,
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00:33:51
5 principles principles or not? That is number
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00:33:52
1.
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00:34:03
I mentioned here anything
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00:34:07
that goes against these principles is antithetical
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00:34:10
to the spirit of Islam law. And this,
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00:34:12
by the way, is not my wording.
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00:34:15
These are the wording
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00:34:17
of eminent scholars,
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00:34:19
one generation after
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00:34:21
another. They said that
00:34:21 -->
00:34:24
each and everything that goes against
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00:34:29
these three goals and 5 higher principles
00:34:29 -->
00:34:30
or purposes
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00:34:33
of Islam cloth is not part
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00:34:37
of Sharia, even though some people would argue
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00:34:37
this.
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00:34:39
But it is not.
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00:34:40
Anything
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00:34:42
that
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00:34:43
sheds the blood
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00:34:46
of a human being is not part of
00:34:46 -->
00:34:46
Sharia.
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00:34:49
Even though you will find a lot of
00:34:49 -->
00:34:51
people arguing for this,
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00:34:53
there are certain
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00:34:55
systems and rules
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00:34:57
within
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00:34:58
the governments,
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00:34:59
within
00:35:00 -->
00:35:00
sharia,
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00:35:04
like the the court system, for example,
00:35:05 -->
00:35:05
that
00:35:07 -->
00:35:08
in case
00:35:08 -->
00:35:10
somebody kills someone,
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00:35:14
these are the proper channels, but individuals cannot
00:35:15 -->
00:35:15
do it
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00:35:21
themselves. Okay? And I know that,
00:35:22 -->
00:35:24
some of you might have a lot of
00:35:24 -->
00:35:25
questions, but
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00:35:26
hold on.
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00:35:30
We'll go to the second point. If you
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00:35:33
have this, I'm going just to read it.
00:35:34 -->
00:35:35
Quran
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00:35:36
represents
00:35:36 -->
00:35:39
the living miracle for Muslims.
00:35:41 -->
00:35:44
The living miracle for Muslims.
00:35:45 -->
00:35:47
Living miracle. So it is not a book
00:35:47 -->
00:35:50
about antiquity. It is not
00:35:50 -->
00:35:51
an archaic book.
00:35:52 -->
00:35:53
It is a book
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00:35:56
that was given to prophet Muhammad, peace be
00:35:56 -->
00:35:57
upon him,
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00:36:00
to be a guide manual
00:36:01 -->
00:36:04
for Muslims until the end of time.
00:36:07 -->
00:36:08
Now,
00:36:08 -->
00:36:11
this is a very important document
00:36:11 -->
00:36:13
for Muslims. It is a book of guidance.
00:36:15 -->
00:36:16
The question is,
00:36:18 -->
00:36:18
how
00:36:20 -->
00:36:21
can we benefit
00:36:22 -->
00:36:23
from the Quran?
00:36:24 -->
00:36:26
If it is a book of guidance, I
00:36:26 -->
00:36:27
need to approach
00:36:29 -->
00:36:29
Quran
00:36:30 -->
00:36:33
in a proper way so that I can
00:36:33 -->
00:36:35
take it as a guidance manual
00:36:36 -->
00:36:37
for myself
00:36:37 -->
00:36:40
and my family and my community
00:36:41 -->
00:36:42
to benefit
00:36:42 -->
00:36:43
from this guidance.
00:36:44 -->
00:36:45
Now this question
00:36:46 -->
00:36:46
was
00:36:48 -->
00:36:50
on the minds of the prophet,
00:36:50 -->
00:36:52
peace be upon him,
00:36:52 -->
00:36:55
and the subsequent generations of Muslims.
00:36:56 -->
00:36:58
They did a lot of homework
00:36:59 -->
00:37:00
in developing
00:37:00 -->
00:37:01
disciplines
00:37:01 -->
00:37:02
and sciences
00:37:03 -->
00:37:04
to
00:37:05 -->
00:37:05
maximize
00:37:06 -->
00:37:07
the benefit
00:37:09 -->
00:37:10
from the Quran.
00:37:13 -->
00:37:15
Some scholars counted
00:37:17 -->
00:37:17
these disciplines
00:37:18 -->
00:37:19
and these sciences
00:37:19 -->
00:37:20
to be 32
00:37:21 -->
00:37:21
sciences
00:37:22 -->
00:37:23
that were developed
00:37:24 -->
00:37:25
to
00:37:26 -->
00:37:28
benefit the Muslim communities
00:37:28 -->
00:37:30
on how best
00:37:31 -->
00:37:32
to get the guidance
00:37:33 -->
00:37:33
from the Quran.
00:37:36 -->
00:37:37
Okay?
00:37:38 -->
00:37:39
Now I'm talking about
00:37:41 -->
00:37:42
a very
00:37:43 -->
00:37:44
tricky problem here.
00:37:48 -->
00:37:48
Okay.
00:37:51 -->
00:37:51
What happened,
00:37:53 -->
00:37:55
with the self acclaimed
00:37:55 -->
00:37:57
Islamic State and other
00:37:58 -->
00:37:59
groups, extremist
00:38:00 -->
00:38:00
groups,
00:38:02 -->
00:38:03
is that they
00:38:04 -->
00:38:04
directly
00:38:05 -->
00:38:06
went to
00:38:07 -->
00:38:08
isolated
00:38:08 -->
00:38:10
individual verses from the Quran.
00:38:11 -->
00:38:12
They opened the Quran,
00:38:14 -->
00:38:15
and
00:38:15 -->
00:38:18
they go to a certain verse,
00:38:19 -->
00:38:22
taking it out from its contexts.
00:38:24 -->
00:38:26
They do not have any knowledge
00:38:28 -->
00:38:31
of these many disciplines and many sciences
00:38:32 -->
00:38:33
that were developed
00:38:34 -->
00:38:34
to help
00:38:35 -->
00:38:37
Muslims understand the Quran
00:38:38 -->
00:38:38
effectively
00:38:39 -->
00:38:40
and properly.
00:38:41 -->
00:38:42
And he said,
00:38:43 -->
00:38:43
well,
00:38:44 -->
00:38:44
Allah
00:38:44 -->
00:38:46
said in the Quran
00:38:47 -->
00:38:48
to kill
00:38:49 -->
00:38:50
non Muslims.
00:38:51 -->
00:38:54
Because in chapter so and so, God says
00:38:54 -->
00:38:54
so and
00:38:56 -->
00:38:56
so.
00:38:58 -->
00:38:59
This
00:39:00 -->
00:39:01
is a crime.
00:39:02 -->
00:39:02
This is
00:39:03 -->
00:39:04
a crime
00:39:05 -->
00:39:07
that is done to the Qur'an.
00:39:08 -->
00:39:08
A crime
00:39:09 -->
00:39:11
that is done to the Quran.
00:39:13 -->
00:39:14
Because
00:39:15 -->
00:39:16
they have neglected
00:39:18 -->
00:39:20
all of the efforts that were done,
00:39:21 -->
00:39:24
even with the prophet himself. Because one of
00:39:24 -->
00:39:25
the mandates of the prophets
00:39:28 -->
00:39:30
that was given to him by God is
00:39:30 -->
00:39:32
to explain the Quran.
00:39:40 -->
00:39:42
We have revealed onto you this Quran so
00:39:42 -->
00:39:44
that you explain
00:39:45 -->
00:39:45
explain
00:39:46 -->
00:39:47
the Quran
00:39:47 -->
00:39:48
to the
00:39:48 -->
00:39:50
people. Explain the Qur'an.
00:39:51 -->
00:39:52
And
00:39:52 -->
00:39:55
the scholars said that the best interpreter
00:39:56 -->
00:39:57
of the Qur'an
00:39:58 -->
00:39:58
is
00:39:59 -->
00:40:00
the Prophet himself.
00:40:02 -->
00:40:03
The best interpreter.
00:40:04 -->
00:40:04
He
00:40:05 -->
00:40:06
did not give
00:40:07 -->
00:40:08
the linguistic
00:40:08 -->
00:40:10
meanings of each and every verse,
00:40:11 -->
00:40:12
but his life pattern,
00:40:13 -->
00:40:14
his guidance,
00:40:15 -->
00:40:16
is the best
00:40:17 -->
00:40:18
interpretation of the Quran.
00:40:20 -->
00:40:21
Okay?
00:40:21 -->
00:40:23
So if you want to see
00:40:25 -->
00:40:26
the best
00:40:27 -->
00:40:27
translation
00:40:28 -->
00:40:30
of the Quran, look at the prophet himself
00:40:31 -->
00:40:33
and see. Did the prophet kill
00:40:34 -->
00:40:36
non Muslims or not?
00:40:37 -->
00:40:38
When he went
00:40:39 -->
00:40:41
to his hometown, Mecca,
00:40:42 -->
00:40:43
victoriously,
00:40:44 -->
00:40:45
what did he do?
00:40:47 -->
00:40:47
Forgive.
00:40:48 -->
00:40:51
He forgave? Yes, sir. He could have killed
00:40:51 -->
00:40:52
them all,
00:40:53 -->
00:40:54
but he forgives.
00:40:57 -->
00:40:57
So,
00:40:58 -->
00:40:59
what I am saying is that
00:41:00 -->
00:41:02
we need to benefit. If we want to
00:41:02 -->
00:41:04
go to the Quran and understand
00:41:06 -->
00:41:08
the Quran, we need to benefit from the
00:41:08 -->
00:41:09
so many sciences,
00:41:10 -->
00:41:11
so many disciplines,
00:41:11 -->
00:41:15
Muslim scholars have developed over the centuries.
00:41:15 -->
00:41:16
And they become
00:41:17 -->
00:41:18
standard words
00:41:19 -->
00:41:22
for approaching the Quran in a better way,
00:41:22 -->
00:41:23
in an effective way.
00:41:24 -->
00:41:25
Okay?
00:41:36 -->
00:41:37
Examples of these sciences?
00:41:39 -->
00:41:40
As Bab el Nuzoor.
00:41:41 -->
00:41:44
The causes of the revelation of certain verses.
00:41:44 -->
00:41:45
So there is a historical background. In order
00:41:45 -->
00:41:47
to understand the implications causes
00:41:55 -->
00:41:57
of revelation. Okay?
00:41:58 -->
00:41:58
When
00:41:59 -->
00:42:00
causes of revelation.
00:42:02 -->
00:42:02
Okay?
00:42:03 -->
00:42:05
When the Prophet, peace be upon him, said
00:42:06 -->
00:42:08
and this is a legitimate statement, this is
00:42:08 -->
00:42:09
an authentic
00:42:09 -->
00:42:10
statement
00:42:11 -->
00:42:12
I was ordered
00:42:13 -->
00:42:14
to fight
00:42:15 -->
00:42:18
with the people. Umerto and oqatil al nas.
00:42:18 -->
00:42:20
I was ordered to fight with the people.
00:42:21 -->
00:42:22
Now these
00:42:22 -->
00:42:26
lunatics and these extremists, they say I was
00:42:26 -->
00:42:28
ordered to fight with the people,
00:42:28 -->
00:42:30
so this is a license to fight and
00:42:30 -->
00:42:31
kill everybody.
00:42:32 -->
00:42:33
But if you
00:42:33 -->
00:42:34
look at
00:42:34 -->
00:42:38
this Hezbollah nazul, the head the causes of
00:42:38 -->
00:42:38
revelation,
00:42:39 -->
00:42:40
you will find
00:42:41 -->
00:42:44
that the people here meant the hostile
00:42:45 -->
00:42:45
people
00:42:46 -->
00:42:48
who lived at the time of the prophet
00:42:48 -->
00:42:49
in Mecca.
00:42:51 -->
00:42:53
So this is an important
00:42:54 -->
00:42:55
concession
00:42:56 -->
00:42:57
that will clarify
00:42:58 -->
00:42:59
the whole statement.
00:42:59 -->
00:43:01
So the Prophet, peace be upon him, was
00:43:01 -->
00:43:04
not talking about their people in general.
00:43:05 -->
00:43:08
This was a historical reference to certain group
00:43:08 -->
00:43:09
of people
00:43:10 -->
00:43:13
who were very hostile to his message, who
00:43:14 -->
00:43:14
persecuted
00:43:15 -->
00:43:17
him and persecuted his companions.
00:43:18 -->
00:43:22
But even though he said this, he never
00:43:23 -->
00:43:24
was an aggressor.
00:43:25 -->
00:43:25
Rather,
00:43:26 -->
00:43:27
all of his his
00:43:29 -->
00:43:29
fights
00:43:29 -->
00:43:31
were in defense
00:43:32 -->
00:43:32
of
00:43:33 -->
00:43:33
Medina.
00:43:34 -->
00:43:35
So all of these
00:43:36 -->
00:43:37
fighting
00:43:37 -->
00:43:40
occurred at his hometown.
00:43:41 -->
00:43:41
Okay?
00:43:42 -->
00:43:45
So the causes of revelation is extremely important.
00:43:45 -->
00:43:47
Kathayi and Vanni.
00:43:48 -->
00:43:49
Kathayi means definitive.
00:43:50 -->
00:43:51
Definitive,
00:43:53 -->
00:43:54
conclusive.
00:43:54 -->
00:43:55
Amzani
00:43:56 -->
00:43:57
means probable.
00:43:57 -->
00:43:59
So, for example,
00:44:00 -->
00:44:02
when the Quran says, kulu washrabu, walatusrifu.
00:44:03 -->
00:44:04
Kulu washrabu,
00:44:04 -->
00:44:05
eat and drink,
00:44:06 -->
00:44:07
and do not
00:44:08 -->
00:44:09
be extravagant.
00:44:10 -->
00:44:12
What is the meaning? Is the command here
00:44:12 -->
00:44:13
is for
00:44:15 -->
00:44:15
imperative?
00:44:17 -->
00:44:19
Or it is
00:44:19 -->
00:44:22
just a general command that we may or
00:44:22 -->
00:44:23
may not take it.
00:44:24 -->
00:44:27
Certain orders in the Koran are definitive and
00:44:27 -->
00:44:28
conclusive.
00:44:29 -->
00:44:32
Certain others are not definitive and conclusive.
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00:44:33
Which is which?
00:44:33 -->
00:44:35
Who determines it?
00:44:37 -->
00:44:37
The extremists?
00:44:38 -->
00:44:40
I doubt. They don't have any
00:44:40 -->
00:44:42
background in these
00:44:42 -->
00:44:44
special subjects. And so many
00:44:45 -->
00:44:45
other
00:44:46 -->
00:44:46
aspects,
00:44:48 -->
00:44:50
I will not deal with into.
00:44:51 -->
00:44:53
I wrote here, while most of the Quran
00:44:53 -->
00:44:55
are geared towards general readership,
00:44:56 -->
00:44:57
indeed, many verses
00:44:58 -->
00:45:00
need to be understood by making use
00:45:01 -->
00:45:02
of these many sciences.
00:45:05 -->
00:45:05
The Quran
00:45:06 -->
00:45:07
also should be understood
00:45:08 -->
00:45:08
holistically.
00:45:09 -->
00:45:11
I cannot just single out one verse and
00:45:11 -->
00:45:15
say, the Quran says so and so. Look
00:45:15 -->
00:45:16
at other
00:45:16 -->
00:45:19
verses about the same subject in order to
00:45:20 -->
00:45:21
be able
00:45:21 -->
00:45:24
to say, this is the Qur'anic guidance regarding
00:45:24 -->
00:45:25
this.
00:45:27 -->
00:45:29
The best interpreter of the Quran is the
00:45:29 -->
00:45:32
example of our Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon
00:45:32 -->
00:45:32
him.
00:45:33 -->
00:45:34
This is very important.
00:45:36 -->
00:45:37
Look at the example,
00:45:38 -->
00:45:40
and the pattern, and the life of the
00:45:40 -->
00:45:41
Prophet Muhammad
00:45:43 -->
00:45:45
and this is the best translation
00:45:46 -->
00:45:47
of the Quran.
00:45:49 -->
00:45:50
3rd point.
00:45:51 -->
00:45:54
Sunnah, which is the example of our Prophet,
00:45:54 -->
00:45:55
explains the Quran.
00:45:56 -->
00:45:57
Sunnah
00:45:57 -->
00:45:59
explains the Quran.
00:46:00 -->
00:46:03
You have to also put this in your
00:46:03 -->
00:46:03
mind.
00:46:04 -->
00:46:05
Sunnah cannot
00:46:05 -->
00:46:07
go against the Quran.
00:46:09 -->
00:46:10
The role of the sunnah,
00:46:10 -->
00:46:11
it explains
00:46:12 -->
00:46:13
the Qur'an.
00:46:16 -->
00:46:18
Sunnah, in terms of authority,
00:46:19 -->
00:46:21
and in terms of authenticity.
00:46:22 -->
00:46:22
Each
00:46:23 -->
00:46:24
prophetic
00:46:25 -->
00:46:26
statement,
00:46:27 -->
00:46:30
when we look at each hadith,
00:46:31 -->
00:46:33
we should look at look at it from
00:46:33 -->
00:46:34
2 perspectives.
00:46:37 -->
00:46:38
Does this hadith
00:46:39 -->
00:46:40
hold authority?
00:46:42 -->
00:46:43
Which means I am obliged
00:46:44 -->
00:46:45
or I am commanded
00:46:46 -->
00:46:46
to do
00:46:47 -->
00:46:49
what is included in this hadith?
00:46:51 -->
00:46:52
And the other question,
00:46:52 -->
00:46:53
is this statement
00:46:54 -->
00:46:55
authentic or not?
00:46:56 -->
00:46:59
These are the two issues that we need
00:46:59 -->
00:47:00
to battle with
00:47:01 -->
00:47:02
each and every
00:47:03 -->
00:47:04
prophetic statement.
00:47:06 -->
00:47:08
Now, with the first,
00:47:09 -->
00:47:10
I will just give you,
00:47:11 -->
00:47:12
a taste
00:47:13 -->
00:47:14
of the discussion.
00:47:15 -->
00:47:17
Of course, we will not be able to
00:47:17 -->
00:47:18
exhaust
00:47:18 -->
00:47:19
talking about this.
00:47:20 -->
00:47:21
In terms of authority
00:47:24 -->
00:47:25
in terms of authority,
00:47:25 -->
00:47:26
am I bound
00:47:27 -->
00:47:27
to do
00:47:28 -->
00:47:28
what is included in each and every hadith
00:47:28 -->
00:47:29
or not?
00:47:29 -->
00:47:32
In each and every hadith or not?
00:47:34 -->
00:47:35
I will tell you simply,
00:47:36 -->
00:47:37
this is a vast
00:47:38 -->
00:47:40
topic, a vast scene,
00:47:41 -->
00:47:44
that you need to grapple with many issues.
00:47:46 -->
00:47:47
Because
00:47:48 -->
00:47:50
the Prophet, peace be upon him,
00:47:50 -->
00:47:52
when he said
00:47:52 -->
00:47:53
or did
00:47:54 -->
00:47:56
or approved certain things,
00:47:58 -->
00:47:59
you need to distinguish,
00:48:00 -->
00:48:01
and please mind me.
00:48:02 -->
00:48:02
Okay?
00:48:03 -->
00:48:05
I know it's a working day,
00:48:06 -->
00:48:06
but,
00:48:08 -->
00:48:09
this is very important.
00:48:10 -->
00:48:12
We need to distinguish
00:48:13 -->
00:48:14
whether the Prophet,
00:48:14 -->
00:48:16
peace be upon him, uttered
00:48:17 -->
00:48:19
or did or approved such
00:48:20 -->
00:48:23
teaching he is imparting to his community.
00:48:24 -->
00:48:25
In terms of
00:48:26 -->
00:48:26
legislative
00:48:27 -->
00:48:28
authority
00:48:30 -->
00:48:33
or non legislative authority? I hope I'm not,
00:48:34 -->
00:48:35
complicating
00:48:35 -->
00:48:36
the discussion.
00:48:37 -->
00:48:40
But very simply, I will just give you
00:48:40 -->
00:48:40
examples.
00:48:42 -->
00:48:43
When
00:48:44 -->
00:48:44
we
00:48:44 -->
00:48:45
learn
00:48:45 -->
00:48:46
that the Prophet
00:48:47 -->
00:48:48
loved
00:48:48 -->
00:48:50
certain type of food,
00:48:51 -->
00:48:52
okay,
00:48:54 -->
00:48:55
or
00:48:55 -->
00:48:57
certain type of perfume,
00:49:00 -->
00:49:03
or he walked in a certain manner, or
00:49:03 -->
00:49:05
he ate in a certain manner,
00:49:05 -->
00:49:08
or he slept in a certain manner.
00:49:09 -->
00:49:10
Okay?
00:49:12 -->
00:49:13
We need to see
00:49:13 -->
00:49:15
whether the prophet was uttering
00:49:16 -->
00:49:17
these statements.
00:49:21 -->
00:49:23
In terms of setting guidelines
00:49:25 -->
00:49:26
to his community
00:49:27 -->
00:49:30
or was he talking about certain things
00:49:31 -->
00:49:32
as a human being?
00:49:34 -->
00:49:35
And who is going to determine
00:49:36 -->
00:49:37
which is which?
00:49:39 -->
00:49:40
Okay?
00:49:41 -->
00:49:43
In terms of the clothes
00:49:43 -->
00:49:46
that the prophet used to wear, for example,
00:49:46 -->
00:49:47
okay,
00:49:48 -->
00:49:50
certain colors, certain
00:49:51 -->
00:49:52
Style. Style.
00:49:53 -->
00:49:55
Are we bound to
00:49:57 -->
00:49:59
to do the same?
00:49:59 -->
00:50:00
Okay.
00:50:02 -->
00:50:05
In terms of the things that were peculiar
00:50:05 -->
00:50:06
to him,
00:50:08 -->
00:50:09
you know
00:50:09 -->
00:50:10
the manner
00:50:11 -->
00:50:14
how the Prophet kept Ruzat, kept the fast?
00:50:16 -->
00:50:17
You know, usually,
00:50:18 -->
00:50:20
especially in the long hours of the summer,
00:50:22 -->
00:50:23
when the time comes,
00:50:24 -->
00:50:25
we eat.
00:50:25 -->
00:50:26
Okay?
00:50:28 -->
00:50:31
We start with dates and milk and water
00:50:31 -->
00:50:33
and stuff like that, and then we have
00:50:33 -->
00:50:34
our dinner.
00:50:34 -->
00:50:37
Okay? And then maybe after that we have
00:50:37 -->
00:50:38
snack,
00:50:38 -->
00:50:40
and then after that we have suhoor.
00:50:41 -->
00:50:43
You know the prophet
00:50:44 -->
00:50:45
used to keep continuous
00:50:46 -->
00:50:46
fasts.
00:50:48 -->
00:50:50
He never ate
00:50:50 -->
00:50:51
or drank.
00:50:52 -->
00:50:53
I'm talking about, of
00:50:54 -->
00:50:54
course,
00:50:54 -->
00:50:57
his normal way of doing things.
00:50:57 -->
00:50:59
His normal way of doing things.
00:51:00 -->
00:51:03
He did not do this. Some other
00:51:03 -->
00:51:04
instances
00:51:04 -->
00:51:05
yeah, he drank, and
00:51:06 -->
00:51:09
and we learned from his sunnah about dates
00:51:09 -->
00:51:09
and everything,
00:51:10 -->
00:51:12
from the way he did. But in other
00:51:12 -->
00:51:13
circumstances,
00:51:13 -->
00:51:16
he never had any food or drink
00:51:16 -->
00:51:17
at all.
00:51:18 -->
00:51:21
And he forbid his community
00:51:21 -->
00:51:23
from following him
00:51:23 -->
00:51:26
and told them, do not follow me in
00:51:26 -->
00:51:28
this because Allah
00:51:29 -->
00:51:30
gives me food and drink.
00:51:32 -->
00:51:33
Okay?
00:51:33 -->
00:51:36
So there are certain things that were done
00:51:36 -->
00:51:36
peculiar
00:51:38 -->
00:51:40
to the prophet that we cannot
00:51:42 -->
00:51:44
Copy. Follow him, we cannot copy him.
00:51:45 -->
00:51:47
There are certain things that were done
00:51:48 -->
00:51:51
from the prophet as a human being,
00:51:52 -->
00:51:53
a human being.
00:51:54 -->
00:51:56
He likes certain food,
00:51:58 -->
00:52:00
okay, in a certain way,
00:52:01 -->
00:52:01
he
00:52:02 -->
00:52:04
likes to do certain things
00:52:04 -->
00:52:06
as a human being.
00:52:06 -->
00:52:08
And then, other
00:52:09 -->
00:52:09
circumstances,
00:52:10 -->
00:52:11
he was setting guidelines.
00:52:12 -->
00:52:14
He was guiding his community.
00:52:15 -->
00:52:17
Which is which?
00:52:18 -->
00:52:19
This is a very technical
00:52:21 -->
00:52:24
discussion. And as I said about the Quran,
00:52:25 -->
00:52:26
I say again
00:52:26 -->
00:52:30
that Muslim scholars have developed sciences and disciplines
00:52:31 -->
00:52:32
for Muslims
00:52:32 -->
00:52:34
to be able to understand
00:52:35 -->
00:52:38
these prophetic teachings in a better way.
00:52:39 -->
00:52:40
In terms of authenticity,
00:52:53 -->
00:52:55
see that or he approved
00:52:56 -->
00:52:57
these things.
00:52:57 -->
00:53:00
You can trace it back to the prophet.
00:53:02 -->
00:53:04
We need to make use
00:53:05 -->
00:53:07
of these sciences in order
00:53:09 -->
00:53:10
to understand
00:53:10 -->
00:53:11
our prophet
00:53:12 -->
00:53:13
better. Otherwise,
00:53:13 -->
00:53:15
we will be misquoting
00:53:15 -->
00:53:15
him.
00:53:17 -->
00:53:20
We will be misquoting him, as
00:53:21 -->
00:53:21
the other
00:53:22 -->
00:53:23
radicals and extremists
00:53:24 -->
00:53:26
are actually doing.
00:53:30 -->
00:53:31
There are calls
00:53:31 -->
00:53:34
to do a way to trash sunnah.
00:53:35 -->
00:53:37
There are people now, and they are very
00:53:37 -->
00:53:39
active by the way,
00:53:39 -->
00:53:40
to say
00:53:40 -->
00:53:43
the problems came from the sunnah, so we
00:53:43 -->
00:53:44
are better off
00:53:44 -->
00:53:45
trashing it
00:53:46 -->
00:53:46
and
00:53:47 -->
00:53:50
we don't we just need the Quran. This
00:53:50 -->
00:53:52
is a very, again, very crooked,
00:53:54 -->
00:53:55
extreme understanding
00:53:55 -->
00:53:57
of our faith. We cannot do away
00:53:58 -->
00:54:00
with our sunnah. The issue is
00:54:01 -->
00:54:02
we need to approach
00:54:03 -->
00:54:05
the sunnah and hadith
00:54:06 -->
00:54:08
in a proper way so that we can
00:54:08 -->
00:54:09
get the benefit
00:54:10 -->
00:54:11
from them.
00:54:14 -->
00:54:17
Now, this is something that will be surprising
00:54:17 -->
00:54:18
for you also,
00:54:18 -->
00:54:19
this point.
00:54:21 -->
00:54:23
Okay. Let me quiz you.
00:54:23 -->
00:54:23
Okay?
00:54:25 -->
00:54:27
How many Hagis
00:54:29 -->
00:54:31
are in the Sunni collection?
00:54:33 -->
00:54:35
How many? Of
00:54:35 -->
00:54:36
60
00:54:37 -->
00:54:38
thousand.
00:54:39 -->
00:54:41
That's the answer. About 60,000
00:54:42 -->
00:54:43
if we drop.
00:54:47 -->
00:54:48
You mean I like it? Yes.
00:54:54 -->
00:54:55
There are 60,000
00:54:56 -->
00:54:57
if we drop
00:54:57 -->
00:54:58
the repetitions.
00:54:59 -->
00:54:59
Okay?
00:55:00 -->
00:55:01
We have 60,000
00:55:02 -->
00:55:04
hadith in the Sunni collection.
00:55:06 -->
00:55:06
Okay?
00:55:08 -->
00:55:09
Out of these
00:55:10 -->
00:55:11
60,000
00:55:11 -->
00:55:13
hadiths, we have only
00:55:14 -->
00:55:15
2,000
00:55:15 -->
00:55:19
that talk about doze and bones, about legal
00:55:19 -->
00:55:21
issues, about matters of law.
00:55:23 -->
00:55:23
Okay?
00:55:26 -->
00:55:26
And 58
00:55:27 -->
00:55:28
talk about ethics,
00:55:30 -->
00:55:31
akhlaq,
00:55:31 -->
00:55:32
etiquettes,
00:55:33 -->
00:55:33
interactions.
00:55:36 -->
00:55:36
Okay?
00:55:37 -->
00:55:37
Now,
00:55:39 -->
00:55:40
percentage wise,
00:55:41 -->
00:55:43
it's about we are talking about
00:55:43 -->
00:55:43
5%
00:55:44 -->
00:55:46
that talk about legal issues,
00:55:48 -->
00:55:50
about how to pray, how to fast, how
00:55:50 -->
00:55:51
to do this, how to do that,
00:55:52 -->
00:55:53
those and those.
00:55:53 -->
00:55:54
And
00:55:54 -->
00:55:55
95%
00:55:56 -->
00:55:57
of Hadith
00:55:57 -->
00:55:58
talk about
00:56:00 -->
00:56:01
ethics, moral ethics.
00:56:04 -->
00:56:05
How to be a good
00:56:06 -->
00:56:07
human being.
00:56:08 -->
00:56:08
Okay?
00:56:10 -->
00:56:12
This is extremely important.
00:56:13 -->
00:56:14
Extremely important
00:56:16 -->
00:56:19
as we are battling with these phenomena
00:56:20 -->
00:56:21
of radicalism
00:56:22 -->
00:56:23
and formalism
00:56:23 -->
00:56:24
and literalism,
00:56:25 -->
00:56:26
to
00:56:26 -->
00:56:29
bring this point to such people and tell
00:56:29 -->
00:56:30
them 95%
00:56:32 -->
00:56:34
of the teachings of the prophet
00:56:34 -->
00:56:35
revolved around
00:56:36 -->
00:56:36
being ethical,
00:56:37 -->
00:56:38
being honest,
00:56:40 -->
00:56:41
having good manners,
00:56:43 -->
00:56:44
having good hearts,
00:56:45 -->
00:56:45
sharing,
00:56:46 -->
00:56:47
caring, all these beautiful
00:56:48 -->
00:56:49
aspects.
00:56:50 -->
00:56:51
And also,
00:56:51 -->
00:56:52
a similar
00:56:53 -->
00:56:55
percentage is with the Quran.
00:56:56 -->
00:56:58
If you look at the Quran, how many
00:56:58 -->
00:56:58
verses?
00:56:59 -->
00:57:00
6 1,233
00:57:01 -->
00:57:02
verses.
00:57:04 -->
00:57:06
Out of which, only 300 verses
00:57:06 -->
00:57:09
talk about those and don'ts' legal issues.
00:57:09 -->
00:57:10
And then,
00:57:11 -->
00:57:12
the other
00:57:12 -->
00:57:14
remaining verses talk about ethics,
00:57:16 -->
00:57:17
that is infused
00:57:17 -->
00:57:18
with
00:57:18 -->
00:57:19
correct understanding.
00:57:21 -->
00:57:24
This is what the Qur'an is all about.
00:57:24 -->
00:57:25
This is what the hadith
00:57:26 -->
00:57:28
is all about. It's not about formalism,
00:57:29 -->
00:57:30
it is not about literalism.
00:57:31 -->
00:57:33
Essentially, it's about core values,
00:57:34 -->
00:57:35
core ethics
00:57:35 -->
00:57:37
that we need to inculcate,
00:57:37 -->
00:57:38
without which
00:57:40 -->
00:57:43
Islam will be just restricted to a number
00:57:43 -->
00:57:43
of formalities.
00:57:49 -->
00:57:51
I will skip examples
00:57:51 -->
00:57:53
of how people
00:57:54 -->
00:57:55
miscode our Prophet
00:57:58 -->
00:57:59
But I will just jump.
00:58:01 -->
00:58:03
How are we doing with the time?
00:58:04 -->
00:58:04
It is
00:58:05 -->
00:58:07
10 to 9. It is 10 to 9.
00:58:07 -->
00:58:09
Okay. We have about 10 minutes. 7 minutes.
00:58:09 -->
00:58:09
Okay.
00:58:10 -->
00:58:12
Quickly, the 4th point
00:58:13 -->
00:58:14
says and
00:58:14 -->
00:58:16
this is again reinforces
00:58:16 -->
00:58:17
the other
00:58:18 -->
00:58:18
three points.
00:58:20 -->
00:58:22
I will just read it and comment,
00:58:25 -->
00:58:25
on it.
00:58:26 -->
00:58:27
Muslim scholars
00:58:28 -->
00:58:32
have developed very rich legacy of classical works
00:58:32 -->
00:58:35
in many fields of Islamic knowledge,
00:58:35 -->
00:58:39
works on Hafsir, Hadith, Aqidah, Sharia, and faqh,
00:58:40 -->
00:58:41
comparative religions,
00:58:41 -->
00:58:43
and many, many others.
00:58:44 -->
00:58:44
K?
00:58:47 -->
00:58:50
What should we do with this rich legacy
00:58:50 -->
00:58:53
as Muslims living in this time and age?
00:58:54 -->
00:58:55
This is a very
00:58:57 -->
00:59:00
critical question, and again, this question, we can
00:59:03 -->
00:59:04
delve into it,
00:59:05 -->
00:59:07
and we can talk about it for days
00:59:07 -->
00:59:08
days.
00:59:09 -->
00:59:11
Because we have to admit
00:59:11 -->
00:59:12
the fact that
00:59:14 -->
00:59:18
most of what the terror groups are saying
00:59:18 -->
00:59:19
about certain
00:59:20 -->
00:59:21
incidents in
00:59:22 -->
00:59:23
Islamic history,
00:59:24 -->
00:59:24
okay,
00:59:25 -->
00:59:26
are found in books
00:59:27 -->
00:59:29
that were written centuries ago.
00:59:30 -->
00:59:32
They called certain
00:59:32 -->
00:59:34
demands and certain
00:59:34 -->
00:59:35
labors,
00:59:35 -->
00:59:38
that they did this, they did that,
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00:59:41
and indeed they are found in these works.
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00:59:43
So,
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00:59:46
some reformers,
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00:59:48
they
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00:59:52
are advancing the claim that, again, with the
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00:59:55
sunnah, we need to trash each and everything
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00:59:57
and we start from the scratch.
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01:00:01
So what is the best way to deal
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01:00:02
with
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01:00:03
this legacy
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01:00:05
of 100
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01:00:07
of 1000 works?
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01:00:09
Okay?
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01:00:14
One of the richest legacies in the human
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01:00:14
civilizations.
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01:00:19
Look at, for example, how Muslims interacted
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01:00:20
with the Book of Allah,
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01:00:24
and they came up with these many, many
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01:00:24
volumes
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01:00:27
and many, many books
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01:00:28
about
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01:00:30
how to understand the Quran.
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01:00:32
Similar works were done
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01:00:34
to
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01:00:35
sunnah,
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01:00:37
Islamic history,
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01:00:38
theology,
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01:00:41
and name it.
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01:00:43
What is the best way
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01:00:45
to deal with this rich legacy?
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01:00:50
First of all,
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01:00:52
here are
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01:00:53
some
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01:00:54
bullet points.
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01:00:56
First of all, we should
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01:00:58
we should not regard
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01:01:00
this legacy
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01:01:01
as sacred.
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01:01:04
We should not regard it as sacred.
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01:01:06
This is a human product.
01:01:08 -->
01:01:09
Okay?
01:01:10 -->
01:01:12
This is a human product and
01:01:13 -->
01:01:14
not sacred.
01:01:16 -->
01:01:17
We also
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01:01:21
should say thank you to
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01:01:25
the many scholars that they have written
01:01:26 -->
01:01:27
such elaborate
01:01:27 -->
01:01:28
elaborative
01:01:29 -->
01:01:29
works
01:01:30 -->
01:01:30
about
01:01:31 -->
01:01:33
Islam and about Quran and about Hadith.
01:01:34 -->
01:01:35
They did their homework.
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01:01:37
They did
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01:01:39
their homework.
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01:01:42
They did not do
01:01:42 -->
01:01:45
our homework. They did their homework because they
01:01:45 -->
01:01:46
were living
01:01:46 -->
01:01:48
at such times and circumstances
01:01:48 -->
01:01:50
and contexts and
01:01:51 -->
01:01:54
social, political, name it. They did their homework,
01:01:55 -->
01:01:56
and they did
01:01:56 -->
01:01:57
fairly a good job.
01:01:58 -->
01:02:01
So Muslim scholars did their homework to relate
01:02:01 -->
01:02:01
Islam
01:02:02 -->
01:02:03
to the lived reality
01:02:04 -->
01:02:05
at their time.
01:02:05 -->
01:02:06
They produced
01:02:07 -->
01:02:07
solutions
01:02:07 -->
01:02:08
and alternatives
01:02:09 -->
01:02:10
for their congregations,
01:02:11 -->
01:02:11
their
01:02:12 -->
01:02:12
their,
01:02:13 -->
01:02:14
not ours.
01:02:16 -->
01:02:19
The third point here, we should engage in
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01:02:20
a similar process.
01:02:22 -->
01:02:25
We, meaning Muslims of this time and age,
01:02:26 -->
01:02:28
we should engage in a similar process to
01:02:28 -->
01:02:31
relate Islam to our lived reality,
01:02:32 -->
01:02:33
to our lived reality.
01:02:34 -->
01:02:36
We can make use
01:02:36 -->
01:02:39
now, this is again a very important point.
01:02:39 -->
01:02:42
Now, what can we do with these massive
01:02:42 -->
01:02:42
works
01:02:44 -->
01:02:48
of tafsir and kameed and fiqh and aqid
01:02:48 -->
01:02:48
and
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01:02:52
we can make use of the methodologies
01:02:54 -->
01:02:54
within
01:02:54 -->
01:02:55
the methodologies.
01:02:56 -->
01:02:58
Earlier, scholars have applied
01:02:59 -->
01:03:02
and not sink into their issues,
01:03:03 -->
01:03:05
which were shaped by their contexts
01:03:05 -->
01:03:06
at the time.
01:03:08 -->
01:03:09
Methodology the keyword is
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01:03:11
apply
01:03:11 -->
01:03:13
or make use of
01:03:14 -->
01:03:15
the methodology.
01:03:16 -->
01:03:17
They have applied,
01:03:18 -->
01:03:20
but not sink into
01:03:21 -->
01:03:22
the
01:03:22 -->
01:03:23
little issues
01:03:24 -->
01:03:27
of their time, because these issues
01:03:27 -->
01:03:29
do not relate to us anymore.
01:03:30 -->
01:03:32
I will just give you a funny
01:03:33 -->
01:03:34
example of what I'm
01:03:36 -->
01:03:37
saying here.
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01:03:38
Now,
01:03:41 -->
01:03:44
do you know the Arabic word for coffee?
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01:03:45
Coffee?
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01:03:47
Kahwa.
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01:03:52
The Arabic word for coffee is kahwa.
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01:03:54
Now,
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01:03:57
I'll ask you to do a little bit
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01:03:57
of homework.
01:03:58 -->
01:03:59
Go and search
01:04:00 -->
01:04:01
the linguistic meaning
01:04:02 -->
01:04:04
of the word the Kawa in Arabic.
01:04:05 -->
01:04:06
You know,
01:04:07 -->
01:04:09
one of the meanings of coffee
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01:04:11
is liquor.
01:04:14 -->
01:04:15
One of the meanings
01:04:15 -->
01:04:17
of Kaawah is liquor.
01:04:17 -->
01:04:19
And liquor is
01:04:19 -->
01:04:20
forbidden in Islam.
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01:04:22
It's why.
01:04:23 -->
01:04:23
Okay?
01:04:24 -->
01:04:25
So this is one of the meanings.
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01:04:30
Now, if you and you know, if you'll
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01:04:33
read about books of fiqh,
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01:04:37
you will find a statement that coffee is
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01:04:37
prohibited
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01:04:39
in Islam.
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01:04:41
Why it is prohibited?
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01:04:44
Because it is one of the names of
01:04:45 -->
01:04:46
liquor,
01:04:46 -->
01:04:47
which is prohibited.
01:04:48 -->
01:04:49
Nobody
01:04:50 -->
01:04:51
had the audacity
01:04:51 -->
01:04:53
to taste it and see
01:04:54 -->
01:04:56
the the content of
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01:04:57
coffee.
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01:04:58
Except
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01:04:59
300
01:05:00 -->
01:05:00
years later,
01:05:01 -->
01:05:03
they actually discovered
01:05:04 -->
01:05:05
that instead of
01:05:06 -->
01:05:07
putting the mind to sleep,
01:05:08 -->
01:05:09
it actually alerts
01:05:10 -->
01:05:10
the mind.
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01:05:14
And this was actually it is, I'm I'm
01:05:14 -->
01:05:16
not making it up. This is a true
01:05:16 -->
01:05:16
story
01:05:17 -->
01:05:18
that happened in Al Azhar.
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01:05:22
The students, when they drink coffee, they become
01:05:22 -->
01:05:22
more alert.
01:05:23 -->
01:05:25
And that's why they changed the rulings.
01:05:26 -->
01:05:28
So what I'm telling you,
01:05:28 -->
01:05:31
this legacy is full of odds and full
01:05:31 -->
01:05:33
of things
01:05:33 -->
01:05:35
that do not relate to us. We cannot
01:05:35 -->
01:05:37
just go buy books, but,
01:05:38 -->
01:05:40
again, we should not trash
01:05:40 -->
01:05:43
this legacy. This legacy is very important
01:05:44 -->
01:05:45
for Muslims.
01:05:46 -->
01:05:48
We need to adopt the methodology.
01:05:50 -->
01:05:53
The fact that they did their homework, they
01:05:53 -->
01:05:55
tried to find solutions,
01:05:55 -->
01:05:57
and similarly, we need to engage in a
01:05:57 -->
01:05:58
similar process.
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01:06:00
We are bombarded
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01:06:02
with many moral issues nowadays,
01:06:03 -->
01:06:05
with many legal issues nowadays.
01:06:05 -->
01:06:06
We
01:06:06 -->
01:06:07
need to
01:06:08 -->
01:06:11
bring up a cadre of the scholars to
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01:06:12
probe these issues
01:06:14 -->
01:06:14
with
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01:06:16
the three goals
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01:06:20
of religion and the 5 goals of of
01:06:20 -->
01:06:20
Islamic
01:06:20 -->
01:06:21
law in mind,
01:06:22 -->
01:06:24
to make religion relevant
01:06:24 -->
01:06:25
to the reality
01:06:26 -->
01:06:26
of people.
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01:06:29
And the last statement,
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01:06:32
this is a specialized
01:06:32 -->
01:06:32
project.
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01:06:35
It is not just the work of laymen
01:06:36 -->
01:06:37
or laywomen.
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01:06:40
This is the work of scholars.
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01:06:42
And
01:06:42 -->
01:06:44
also in terms of honesty,
01:06:44 -->
01:06:45
we have
01:06:46 -->
01:06:46
been miserably
01:06:47 -->
01:06:47
failing,
01:06:49 -->
01:06:49
miserably
01:06:49 -->
01:06:50
failing
01:06:51 -->
01:06:51
in
01:06:52 -->
01:06:55
bringing up this category of scholars
01:06:56 -->
01:06:57
who will bring back
01:06:58 -->
01:06:58
Islam
01:06:59 -->
01:07:01
to the left Riyadh.
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01:07:03
So we'll conclude here, and
