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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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of the human life.
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So one time, the Prophet
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was
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going around
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the Kaaba.
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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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00:30:12
and said,
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00:30:15
by Allah,
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00:30:16
I know
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00:30:18
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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00:30:31
than you.
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00:30:33
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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00:30:39
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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00:30:57
than
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00:30:58
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
00:31:05 -->
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,
00:31:20 -->
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
00:32:09 -->
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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00:32:37
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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00:32:43
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
00:33:17 -->
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,
00:34:10 -->
00:34:12
by the way, is not my wording.
00:34:13 -->
00:34:15
These are the wording
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00:34:17
of eminent scholars,
00:34:18 -->
00:34:19
one generation after
00:34:19 -->
00:34:21
another. They said that
00:34:21 -->
00:34:24
each and everything that goes against
00:34:25 -->
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
00:34:37 -->
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,
00:34:52 -->
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,
00:34:59 -->
00:34:59
within
00:35:00 -->
00:35:00
sharia,
00:35:02 -->
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,
00:35:11 -->
00:35:14
these are the proper channels, but individuals cannot
00:35:15 -->
00:35:15
do it
00:35:18 -->
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
00:35:25 -->
00:35:26
hold on.
00:35:28 -->
00:35:30
We'll go to the second point. If you
00:35:30 -->
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
00:35:53 -->
00:35:56
that was given to prophet Muhammad, peace be
00:35:56 -->
00:35:57
upon him,
00:35:57 -->
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.
00:44:32 -->
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,
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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,
00:59:38 -->
00:59:41
and indeed they are found in these works.
00:59:43 -->
00:59:43
So,
00:59:45 -->
00:59:46
some reformers,
00:59:48 -->
00:59:48
they
00:59:49 -->
00:59:52
are advancing the claim that, again, with the
00:59:52 -->
00:59:55
sunnah, we need to trash each and everything
00:59:55 -->
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.
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01:01:09
Okay?
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01:01:12
This is a human product and
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01:01:14
not sacred.
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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
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01:01:27
such elaborate
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01:01:28
elaborative
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01:01:29
works
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01:01:30
about
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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
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01:01:45
our homework. They did their homework because they
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01:01:46
were living
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01:01:48
at such times and circumstances
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01:01:50
and contexts and
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01:01:54
social, political, name it. They did their homework,
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01:01:56
and they did
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01:01:57
fairly a good job.
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01:02:01
So Muslim scholars did their homework to relate
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01:02:01
Islam
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01:02:03
to the lived reality
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01:02:05
at their time.
01:02:05 -->
01:02:06
They produced
01:02:07 -->
01:02:07
solutions
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01:02:08
and alternatives
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01:02:10
for their congregations,
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01:02:11
their
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01:02:12
their,
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01:02:14
not ours.
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01:02:19
The third point here, we should engage in
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01:02:20
a similar process.
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01:02:25
We, meaning Muslims of this time and age,
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01:02:28
we should engage in a similar process to
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01:02:31
relate Islam to our lived reality,
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01:02:33
to our lived reality.
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01:02:36
We can make use
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01:02:39
now, this is again a very important point.
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01:02:42
Now, what can we do with these massive
01:02:42 -->
01:02:42
works
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01:02:48
of tafsir and kameed and fiqh and aqid
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01:02:48
and
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01:02:52
we can make use of the methodologies
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01:02:54
within
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01:02:55
the methodologies.
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01:02:58
Earlier, scholars have applied
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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.
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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
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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
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01:03:27
of their time, because these issues
01:03:27 -->
01:03:29
do not relate to us anymore.
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01:03:32
I will just give you a funny
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01:03:34
example of what I'm
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01:03:37
saying here.
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01:03:38
Now,
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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.
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01:03:59
Go and search
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01:04:01
the linguistic meaning
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01:04:04
of the word the Kawa in Arabic.
01:04:05 -->
01:04:06
You know,
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01:04:09
one of the meanings of coffee
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01:04:11
is liquor.
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01:04:15
One of the meanings
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01:04:17
of Kaawah is liquor.
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01:04:19
And liquor is
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01:04:20
forbidden in Islam.
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01:04:22
It's why.
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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
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01:04:46
liquor,
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01:04:47
which is prohibited.
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01:04:49
Nobody
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01:04:51
had the audacity
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01:04:53
to taste it and see
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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
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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
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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.
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01:05:28
So what I'm telling you,
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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.
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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
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01:06:07
need to
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01:06:11
bring up a cadre of the scholars to
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01:06:12
probe these issues
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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
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01:06:21
law in mind,
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01:06:24
to make religion relevant
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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
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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
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01:06:44
also in terms of honesty,
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01:06:45
we have
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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
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01:06:55
bringing up this category of scholars
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01:06:57
who will bring back
01:06:58 -->
01:06:58
Islam
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01:07:01
to the left Riyadh.
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01:07:03
So we'll conclude here, and
