Imtiaz Sooliman – Jumuah 20 Jumada AlAkhirah 144413 January 2023

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The speakers discuss the responsibility of individuals to fix the wrongdoings and create awareness, values, and ethics, and the importance of practicing positive things and not harming people. They emphasize the need to change the system and find something good in order to avoid bad behavior, and the importance of protecting family members and not allowing anyone to do things without their permission. They also discuss the need for support for Muslims and the importance of serving all people, demographics, demographics, and demographics. The speakers emphasize the need for change and personal growth, and encourage people to take care of their health and not worry about money.

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			When hospitals are targeted,
ambulance medical facilities are
		
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			targeted, and the families of
those healthcare workers, but did
		
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			their commitment to serve make
them stay there? As Muslims? What
		
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			are we afraid of? It
		
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			is very, very clear, Quran says,
and we are taught that you will
		
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			only die when your time is up, not
one minute earlier and not one
		
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			minute later, and you will die
even when towers high and far you
		
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			try to run away that will catch
you out. So there is no need to
		
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			fear or to run
		
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			only if you do wrong things, if
you have bad things, you have lack
		
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			of faith that makes you be afraid
and run away. So as Muslims, we
		
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			have a responsibility to fix
what's wrong. So what's wrong?
		
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			We say government, we say
corporates, we say society. But
		
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			who makes up all these different
entities.
		
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			It's people,
		
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			and if you change a system, you
can't change a system. You can't
		
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			control people, but laws. You got
to create awareness, mindfulness
		
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			and four important principles,
spirituality,
		
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			morality, values and ethics. You
can have the best systems in the
		
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			world, but you have individuals
that don't have these qualities,
		
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			nothing will work,
		
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			and we need to go back to those
basic principles.
		
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			And can it be done?
		
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			Yes, on Monday, Tuesday morning,
there was a gliding example of it
		
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			can be done, and it is being
practiced. You see, our office got
		
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			burgled on Monday morning.
		
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			When we got there, the door was
open. Things were strewn all over
		
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			the TV. The PCs were taken away.
		
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			And people say police are useless.
		
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			They corrupt.
		
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			We call the police. They came the
Flying Squad came flying, and
		
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			police came from other places, and
police from the whole of western
		
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			came on to come, not only because
we are gifted from the givers, but
		
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			they understood the value of the
service that we provide. So in all
		
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			the things that you think they
corrupt, there was goodness in
		
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			their heart to identify that even
when I'm a bad cop, this cannot be
		
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			allowed to happen. A charity
organization cannot be robbed,
		
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			because they understand the value
of service, even with their own
		
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			faults.
		
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			But the charity on the top is
this, when we announced it to the
		
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			community, and within an hour, the
community responded and said,
		
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			house number, this, that person,
that person, that person, the
		
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			community responded instantly.
		
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			And the police couldn't believe
they could make nine arrests
		
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			within a few hours and the same
day, everything was captured and
		
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			brought back. They even captured,
they even found the people who
		
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			stole, who's bought stolen goods.
		
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			So that, again, raises more
issues. You see, on the one hand,
		
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			you have the thief,
		
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			but the biggest thief is indie
Asia initiator, who buys the
		
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			stolen stuff. So you are the
bigger thief. You are the one
		
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			making the problems. You are the
ones to make profit the underhand
		
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			way. That is a direct insult to
Allah Himself, because you are
		
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			saying, oh, Allah, I don't trust
you to be the sustainer. I don't
		
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			trust you to provide sustenance.
So I steal and I do things the
		
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			wrong way. That's the direct
message that you are giving when
		
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			you do this underhanded things,
and in your underhanded behavior,
		
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			somebody gets killed one day,
because that's what youngsters go
		
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			and they take what they want, and
in the process, they're surprised
		
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			by somebody, and they shouldn't
kill somebody. You are responsible
		
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			for your underhanded work. I'm a
very direct guy
		
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			to change the system, change
yourself. Corporates keep saying
		
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			government's corrupt. Government's
corrupt. I did 173
		
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			lectures last year speaking to
corporates, government, banks,
		
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			European investors, American
investors, the Reserve Bank,
		
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			everybody. And I tell all of them,
you keep guys. Guys keep saying
		
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			government's corrupt. Who corrupts
government?
		
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			It's the people, the corporates,
the business people. Easy to sit
		
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			back and say a government is
corrupt. You are the initiator of
		
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			that corporate of that corruption.
You want to fix the country, fix
		
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			yourself first. We have to change
that system. I told you Monday, on
		
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			Tuesday morning, and when Monday
the cops came, and on Tuesday,
		
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			something else happened, but on
Monday, the faith in the police
		
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			service just increases. You see,
you have bad and good everywhere.
		
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			But it's never good to label
everybody as corrupt. Everybody in
		
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			government is not corrupt either.
There's a lot of good people in
		
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			government.
		
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			Also, a lot of them don't have the
skills. A lot of them don't know
		
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			how, and a lot of them are
blocked. But when you breed them
		
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			individually, they have the
country at heart. A lot of them
		
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			want to fix the country, they just
don't know how. Now, in spiritual
		
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			terms, my Sufi teacher, who I met
31 years ago. Said I was sitting
		
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			to him and talking with him,
		
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			and he says, My son,
		
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			when people do bad,
		
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			don't focus on the bad that they
do.
		
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			Spirituality is we send positive
messages into the atmosphere. So
		
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			when a person does bad, you try to
find something good that the
		
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			person has done.
		
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			And you say, you know you fat the
you fed the cat last week, and the
		
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			guys, the light goes on that you
recognize something good in his
		
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			soul.
		
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			And you tell him about the dog you
gave water to or the person you
		
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			stopped on the street and hugged.
And you said, if you keep doing
		
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			that kind of positive stuff, the
positivity starts growing up, and
		
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			the negativity goes down, and the
bad habits go down on the same
		
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			basis. We don't judge anybody. You
see, I landed I'm in Turkey for
		
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			the first time in August 91 and
this was a few months post Gulf
		
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			War. The Gulf War created this
beast chasm between all
		
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			civilizations, all religions, all
cultures. The impression of
		
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			Muslims on one side, the West on
the other side, Christians, Jews
		
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			and Hindus on one side, Muslims on
the other side. I walk into this
		
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			place and I see Americans,
Russians, Europeans, Germans,
		
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			people from South America,
Australia, India, Pakistan, New
		
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			Zealand, all over the world, all
religions, Muslims, Christian,
		
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			Jews, Hindus, Buddhists and people
who say they don't believe we have
		
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			no faith, and
		
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			they're all there in a Sufi place.
And the teacher said, we are not
		
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			the ones to judge.
		
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			Judgment lies only in Allah's
hands. Our community, we got great
		
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			judges. Everybody pronounce on
everybody else. Everybody is knows
		
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			a mufti, everybody knows who's
kafir and is not Kafir. We got a
		
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			serious problem. What ego, what
self righteousness and thinking
		
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			that we know better than anybody
else? Those are systems we need to
		
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			change so they walk in. So I said,
then what's the magic?
		
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			You said, the magic is non
judgmental and love. You see, we
		
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			read about it. The Prophet sallam
said, treat your enemy with love.
		
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			I saw it with my own eyes on
sight, where people from different
		
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			cultures and different religions
were embraced to the extent they
		
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			wanted to become Muslim.
		
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			50% of the people that were Jews
there became Muslim,
		
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			the akhlaq, the character, the
behavior, was substantially better
		
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			than any born Muslim because they
understood the value of what they
		
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			found. We don't understand that
value.
		
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			We don't know what they have.
		
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			And he said, show love. Wherever
you go, show love.
		
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			And then he said,
		
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			you see the from different
tarikas? We have different
		
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			outfits, different colors. So the
man with one Tarika with a long
		
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			sleeves was talking to the man
with another Tarika, and
		
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			the guy from the other tariqa,
asked the man with the long
		
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			sleeves, why you dress like that?
		
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			Why you have long sleeves? So he
says, in my long sleeves, in our
		
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			Tarika, we take the faults of
people and we hide them inside
		
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			here.
		
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			How many of us hide faults?
		
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			We find great joy in running
people down, in exposing the
		
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			faults of others or bringing more
negativity in the community, of
		
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			destroying families and people,
where you don't even check it's
		
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			right. Forward, forward, forward.
Messages go. You don't even read
		
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			the stuff and you send it forward.
You are part of the problem,
		
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			youths, old people, everyone. You
are part of the problem. You need
		
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			to change the system and not send
anything out. Don't send out
		
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			negativity. Send out positive
things. The Prophet taught, admire
		
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			your brother in public
		
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			and admonish him in private,
quietly. Don't do the wrong thing.
		
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			How
		
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			many of us really practice that?
Yeah, four times a year. Go out
		
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			every other year, 30 days,
Ramadan, fast etikafuti all the
		
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			time. But how many of us practice
the principles of real Islam? It's
		
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			easy to do all those things. I'll
be honest. Can fast 365, days, not
		
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			complicated. The Go former is not
complicated. The Go Fajr, not
		
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			complicated. It's complicated to
control the ego and not control
		
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			the tongue and control the mind.
Try practice that and see how
		
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			successful you are with that.
		
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			Very, very difficult. So the guy
with the sleeves tells the other
		
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			guy,
		
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			you got short sleeves.
		
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			You don't have what kind of jacket
you wearing.
		
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			So the guy said, I got short
sleeves. I.
		
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			Because we don't see the faults of
people.
		
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			Can we practice that? So let's go
back to the office burglary.
		
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			A man and his son come Tuesday
morning
		
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			to the office full of remorse, a
parent coming full of remorse with
		
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			his son,
		
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			and he says, I am so embarrassed.
So I said, Brother, what happened?
		
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			He said, My son bought the stolen
goods
		
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			and me and my family. No, this is
not allowed. I'm a very honest,
		
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			religious man. All the youths who
are responsible for harming the
		
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			names of your parents be awake and
alert, because one day you are
		
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			going to be parents too. And it
comes back. It comes back to hit
		
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			you very hard. And parents, you
need to discipline your kids the
		
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			promise we've lost the value of
parenting. So the man comes, and
		
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			it's very heartbreaking to see
this man come here, honorable man
		
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			with a beard elderly, and says,
I'm very sorry we saw all these
		
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			pictures on social media and
realized that it's your guy stuff,
		
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			and my son bought it. But he had
the courage of his conviction. He
		
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			had the etiquette, he had the
ethics, the values, the
		
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			spirituality and the morality and
against all embarrassment, he came
		
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			with the stuff to the office and
said, It's me. It's my family. We
		
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			did it. And he came forward. And
then the media were there.
		
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			Everybody was there. And he said,
I will speak to them, to the
		
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			media.
		
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			Now, that's a very, very brave
man.
		
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			That's a man who's giving examples
to follow,
		
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			and a man like that is like all
the community around the community
		
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			got together, and that's why the
police could act so quickly. I was
		
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			with Minister Becky seller in
December last year, no November
		
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			last year, I was in Syria. Went in
after many years, to sort out the
		
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			hospital and other stuff. And as I
finished off there, we got a call
		
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			from the Western Cape provincial
government police services. They
		
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			want us to speak at the gathering
of of the new police because
		
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			they're going to launch for
December in the festive season.
		
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			And the minister was there, and
I've been with him before.
		
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			And what I said? And he said the
same thing. You see, criminals
		
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			fester in society because we
protect them.
		
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			We protect our sons, our brothers,
our children, our sisters and our
		
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			fathers. We are the ones that
promote and allow this to happen
		
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			because we don't stop it. We need
to change that behavior. It may
		
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			not necessarily be stealing and
drugs and alcohol
		
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			in the more affluent society. It
could be about values in business,
		
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			lot of us are very puffed up with
pride and arrogance. You know, I
		
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			robbed the insurance company.
		
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			They only stole two items and I
claimed for six I made money. I'm
		
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			a sharp guy. I'm clever. Do we
allow that kind of thinking to
		
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			carry on? Do we allow a stop and
guide our children to do the right
		
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			thing?
		
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			So that parent and that son who
came congratulations to you. May
		
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			Allah, bless you in abundance.
You've been a living example of
		
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			what Islam and Muslims are all
about, what humanity should be all
		
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			about, that you stop the crime,
and you came forward, and his son
		
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			got arrested. By the
		
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			way, sons got arrested, and 10
other people and at the kingpin
		
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			was also caught.
		
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			This was the value of a father. I
want
		
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			to give you the personal
experience, my own experience of
		
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			the value of a father.
		
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			You see, my father got divorced
and my mother got divorced when I
		
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			was very young in potchefs room.
		
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			Mother came away back to Durban.
My father was home, and me and my
		
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			two sisters bringing up.
		
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			My father was not a very
religiously educated man.
		
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			He came there's more religion now.
There's more teaching. Now there's
		
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			more Arabic learning. Now there's
more schools, more Umrah mohaj,
		
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			but there's 10 times more problems
than we had taken before. So
		
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			something is seriously wrong in
the way we practice things. So he
		
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			was ordinary man playing the shop
Monday to Friday, Saturday
		
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			morning. And I settled in the
shop. I worked. I was I was born
		
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			in pajaros room. I went to school
in pajaros room after 1974 and
		
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			then I moved to Durban. I used to
watch him. He never spoke much go
		
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			in the shop, and black customers
would come
		
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			and they would buy, and he would
sell. And then one day I would
		
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			watch the black customer would
come and say, I can't pay the
		
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			account,
		
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			but my family is hungry, and my
father would say, give him more
		
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			stuff. We're not going to get get
paid for that either, but give it.
		
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			You, in any case, because they've
served their families who with our
		
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			business for years, the same
member, or some years, would come
		
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			and say, a family member died. I
won't paid you for Account Number
		
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			one, I haven't paid you for
account number two, and I need
		
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			money for the funeral. And he
would say, give them the money for
		
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			the funeral. We're not going to
get it back.
		
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			Now, the point I'm making,
		
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			did you see when you talk to
Muslims in general, and when you
		
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			talk about causes and to support
people, the first question they
		
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			ask you is, can you take zakat?
What
		
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			kind of a dumb question is that?
		
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			Did you make your money from
Palestinians, from Syrians, from
		
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			Iraqis, from Afghanistan. Who did
you make your money from?
		
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			From the people in your own
country?
		
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			That's why allowed you two and a
half percent send it wherever you
		
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			want. No problem, but you got a
choice on 97 and a half percent to
		
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			support those who made you where
you are today? Do we apply our
		
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			mind? We don't.
		
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			That's a very dumb question to
ask, because Islam never said
		
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			serve Muslim only. Muslim only is
hungry, Muslim only is thirsty.
		
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			Allah, slaves, emphasis on the
word NAS, mankind. Khairun, nas,
		
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			Mayen, fauna, Nas, best among
people are those who benefit
		
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			mankind, not Muslim. And the
teacher told me that three times,
		
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			remember the word, it's mankind,
not Muslim,
		
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			not little musliming. He don't
come for the Muslims. They came
		
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			for all creation. We say we love
the Prophet sallallahu. We like to
		
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			be like him. We like to follow
Him. Do we really do that? Do we
		
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			really do that? No, we don't. We
very selective about what we want,
		
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			and we take what we want and we
leave out whatever else we don't
		
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			want doesn't suit us, because it's
too hard for the ego and the real
		
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			faith to do that. So my father
would do that, would help the
		
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			people, and he would win the love
and heart of people in the area.
		
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			How many of us have dumped our
parents?
		
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			A year or two ago,
		
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			I got a call from Pretoria, I
don't know this people. They said,
		
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			Can you please check I think in
the SIBO Kang hospital, my wife is
		
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			in hospital, and every time I
speak to the doctors, they tell
		
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			me, No, the machine is not
working. Some part doesn't come
		
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			she's there for a long time. She
needs orthopedic surgery. She's
		
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			getting depressed. She wants to
kill herself.
		
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			So I said, let me check for you.
And I said, Uncle, don't you have
		
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			children? Yes, I have children. So
where are they? What are they
		
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			doing? Are they like poor they
can't manage to help you? No, my
		
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			children are very well off. So
what are you doing in the
		
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			government hospital? Aren't you on
the medical aid?
		
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			No, my children say it will cost
them too much of money to take it
		
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			off my salary to put their father
and their mother on a medical aid.
		
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			So it's better to suffer in
hospital, because you can't cost
		
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			you too much of money to put your
father and your mother on your
		
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			medical aid. Who is the most
unfortunate person,
		
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			the most unfortunate person, as
described by the Holy Prophet
		
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			sallam, is he whose parents are
alive and in old age, and it
		
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			doesn't serve them.
		
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			Eventually, the machine got fixed
up. It was broken, it's true. And
		
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			the part finally did come and they
put it in the lady, and two days
		
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			later she died.
		
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			Do you children want to see that
happen to your parents?
		
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			But parents should do that to
their parents. Get it back.
		
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			No matter how old you are. You
need to change the system.
		
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			So my father, I worked with him in
the shop. He gave the love to the
		
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			people. How many of us obedient to
our parents? He's a big man. It's
		
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			not like 20 years old. He's 5560,
		
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			and the father, his father, passed
away. My grandfather, my granny
		
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			tells him that as long as I am
alive, meaning her, and as long as
		
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			you alive, your brother and
sisters need the assistance. So my
		
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			father listened wholeheartedly to
his mother, and he paid for the
		
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			sisters my mother that was
divorced from him. He took care of
		
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			her also.
		
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			He had that soft, generous heart
to take care of people, and for
		
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			that, he took the blessings. Yes,
he suffered a lot cancer the
		
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			prostate and cancer of the Quran,
but when you reach that stage,
		
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			it's a stage of purification.
		
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			So he served with distinction. He
looked after his siblings, he
		
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			looked after his family, and then
just my time to be tested. Oh,
		
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			gift of the givers is too busy.
I'm flying all over the world. I
		
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			can't do this that any other. And
the call came to your father wants
		
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			you. I.
		
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			So I fly from Peter marisburg to
Joburg, drive to watch this room,
		
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			sit with him six or seven days.
Get in the car. I got two families
		
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			go back. They missing me. I fly
back from Joburg to Peter Marisa.
		
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			Get home, and the call comes. He
needs to see you again.
		
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			So I jumped up, plane, car, the
plane, no processor. I go back to
		
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			him. It was the three best years
of my life,
		
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			because the blessings that came
from my father was suffering is
		
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			unmatched.
		
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			My sister said, my sister runs a
Umrah company, travel agency, and
		
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			whenever she could, she could
take, take my father. And she
		
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			said, One day, the way he was
praying,
		
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			I thought he had no other children
the way he prayed for you.
		
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			It's not about self. It's
explaining to the youth the
		
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			importance of respect to your
parents, the importance of stop
		
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			putting everything else down.
Because it's not my instruction.
		
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			I'm not telling you my words.
These are not my words. I'm not
		
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			some great prophet or something.
These are words from Allah himself
		
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			and the only prophet, sallam.
Those are the words I'm telling
		
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			you we can't speak our own words,
		
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			and when you do that, you will see
the blessing of water flow.
		
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			And the week before he died,
		
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			I told my family he's going to die
on the 21st of February. And
		
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			I said, How do you know that? I
said because my Sufi teacher died
		
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			on the 21st of February. My father
died on the 21st of February. My
		
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			mother was born on the 22nd of
February.
		
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			Everything has a special spiritual
significance, brothers and
		
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			sisters, I'm not here to put Shay
into you. I'm asking us to protect
		
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			our lives. This life is very
temporary. It has no meaning, and
		
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			what matters is how successful we
are in the year. After talking
		
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			about ethics and values, I want to
give you a few examples.
		
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			You see, I have a very mixed team,
Christians, Muslims, Jews,
		
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			everything is mixed up in our
medical teams. We don't see race,
		
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			we don't see religion, we don't
see color, we don't see practices.
		
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			We only self. See one thing, serve
human being unconditionally. So we
		
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			get into Haiti. We make World
History. Eight days after
		
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			earthquake, 20th, January, 2010 we
pull a lady alive from the rubble
		
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			in the collapsed Catholic Church,
and when she gets up, what our
		
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			first words,
		
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			I love God Almighty.
		
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			You instilled hope in somebody
several 1000 kilometers away.
		
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			People will say, but the
Christian, Jew, Muslim,
		
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			are this creation created by some
other god?
		
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			Is there some other God that has
made all the other nations,
		
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			or is the same God that made
everybody? Does this God have only
		
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			feelings for one kind of creation
and no feelings for the other kind
		
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			of creation? We need to get our
principles fixed up. Allah has
		
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			love and compassion for every
creation, for the cat, for the
		
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			dog, for the universe, for
everyone, because He is Allah, the
		
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			Supreme, the Almighty, the all
kind, all knowing, all seeing, all
		
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			wise. That's his qualities. So
when you go there, you instill
		
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			faith in Him, in no other God. And
the next thing she tells my team,
		
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			I love you,
		
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			what the teacher said, the
principle of love. But then we see
		
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			the bad practice of greedy,
egoistic, selfish mankind. The
		
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			earthquake was the epicenter was
in Port au Prince. It was 2.4
		
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			kilometers into ground. But the
problem, and it was nine on the
		
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			left scale, it wiped out 250,000
people in 40 seconds.
		
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			But why did so many people die? So
many people died not because of
		
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			the earthquake. They died because
of man,
		
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			because all the buildings were
next to each other. No proper
		
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			plans, no proper architecture, no
proper engineering, no proper
		
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			steel structure, no solid cement.
Latas, as we say, shortcut job.
		
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			How many of us do shortcut job in
our business. And because of that,
		
00:29:02 --> 00:29:06
			when one building went every
building went with it collapsed.
		
00:29:07 --> 00:29:11
			1000s died because of the
selfishness of men and the greed
		
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			of men.
		
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			Those children could have been
your children. Could have been our
		
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			families, our brothers and our
sisters. Imagine that you see the
		
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			building fell because somebody
took a shortcut here. That was the
		
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			first part of the problem. That
was a local issue.
		
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			My teams go to the church, and as
the kids start coming in, the
		
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			Africana guys, big size Africana
guys were involved in this
		
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			paramedic business, and cut Jaws
of Life and cut the cars and cut
		
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			everything else, wash the floor,
wash the wall, waiting to serve.
		
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			And as the kids come in, they
start tearing now, businesses not
		
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			allowed to be emotional, not
supposed to cry, but they broke
		
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			down. Why? Because some other
teams from some other northern
		
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			country came world class people,
first class standards.
		
00:30:00 --> 00:30:04
			And practice amputation on those
children. And they did it wrong.
		
00:30:05 --> 00:30:08
			So you cut the hand. We now had to
cut above the elbow. To cut the
		
00:30:08 --> 00:30:12
			angle. We had to cut above the
knee. Not one, hundreds of kids.
		
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			We had to do that too after five
or six, they couldn't take it
		
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			anymore. That is suffering.
		
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			We, as Muslims, are not supposed
to cause suffering. We are not
		
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			caused by Muslims, but as human
being, we are not supposed to
		
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			cause suffering. We are there to
bring relief, to help people, to
		
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			assess people. So after they did
it and they tell a child, now, go
		
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			home. The child said, Go home
where
		
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			no house, no parents, no family,
no neighbor, no grandparents, no
		
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			way to go and nothing to eat, *
shirt where they go, and the teams
		
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			broke down. And you're complaining
about nothing's not going right in
		
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			your country,
		
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			there's far worse problems all
over the world. Are you
		
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			complaining because you can't make
another 30 or 40 million extra day
		
00:31:01 --> 00:31:05
			or year, you complain you because
you can't live in more expensive
		
00:31:05 --> 00:31:07
			house or you can't have a more
extravagant lifestyle. What is the
		
00:31:07 --> 00:31:08
			problem?
		
00:31:09 --> 00:31:14
			But Allah has blessed you with
make it to fix the lot of people
		
00:31:15 --> 00:31:17
			as I'm speaking to you now,
there's children dying of
		
00:31:17 --> 00:31:18
			starvation in the Eastern Cape.
		
00:31:20 --> 00:31:21
			Why are they dying of starvation
		
00:31:22 --> 00:31:26
			in a country that got coal,
diamonds, platinum, magnesium and
		
00:31:26 --> 00:31:28
			everything else you know? Why?
		
00:31:29 --> 00:31:32
			Because the parents don't take the
children to the hospital in time.
		
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			Why do they not take the children
to hospital in time? Because it's
		
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			quite normal for the parents to be
hungry every day. So hunger is
		
00:31:42 --> 00:31:45
			part of their life. So it's quite
normal for them to be hungry. So
		
00:31:45 --> 00:31:48
			if they're hungry, it's quite
normal for the children to be
		
00:31:48 --> 00:31:51
			hungry also, so they don't see the
need to go to hospital. The
		
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			difference is children die. Adults
can survive longer, and when they
		
00:31:54 --> 00:31:59
			come to the hospital, it's too
late and the children die. Imagine
		
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			your children died because of
starvation, and
		
00:32:03 --> 00:32:04
			you want to know how much zakat to
give,
		
00:32:06 --> 00:32:07
			we need to change our thinking.
		
00:32:08 --> 00:32:11
			And we got involved with Eastern
Cape Health Department. We said,
		
00:32:11 --> 00:32:14
			we'll hold your hand, we'll
educate, we'll teach. And we
		
00:32:14 --> 00:32:18
			started using a product called
Easy peanut paste made by a
		
00:32:18 --> 00:32:20
			Norwegian company. It got
proteins, it's got energy, it's
		
00:32:20 --> 00:32:23
			got energy, it's got
micronutrients. And we gave it to
		
00:32:23 --> 00:32:25
			the kids, and they started eating
it, and they started loving it,
		
00:32:25 --> 00:32:29
			and we gave it to the adults who
were hungry too. See how Allah
		
00:32:29 --> 00:32:33
			works. The Quran is clear that
when you get good, you get good in
		
00:32:33 --> 00:32:35
			return. When you do good, you get
good in return.
		
00:32:36 --> 00:32:41
			The company that made the product
saw it on our social media pages.
		
00:32:42 --> 00:32:46
			And said, we appreciate what you
guys are doing for the people of
		
00:32:46 --> 00:32:50
			South Africa. Norwegian company.
And said, we will send you some
		
00:32:50 --> 00:32:55
			stuff. And they sent it here to
Cape Town, 15 containers of easy
		
00:32:55 --> 00:32:59
			peanut paste. Value, 25 million
Rand.
		
00:33:01 --> 00:33:05
			Non Muslim company, giving a
Muslim organization, helping
		
00:33:05 --> 00:33:09
			people in another country, because
they saw the value of what was
		
00:33:09 --> 00:33:13
			being done and the difficulty of
people that the difficulty that
		
00:33:13 --> 00:33:14
			people went through.
		
00:33:16 --> 00:33:21
			My final points were finished off
is still I always go back to how
		
00:33:21 --> 00:33:27
			this started, because you can't do
anything without obedience. So I
		
00:33:27 --> 00:33:31
			meet a spiritual teacher that
night in August, and I see
		
00:33:31 --> 00:33:33
			everything that's happening, and I
see the love they're showing the
		
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			people. And I go back, and I stand
in front of Mubarak, and I told
		
00:33:37 --> 00:33:40
			professor I don't understand the
study of business. If it's
		
00:33:40 --> 00:33:44
			correct, I like to go back there.
So I landed up back there six
		
00:33:44 --> 00:33:45
			August, 1992
		
00:33:46 --> 00:33:50
			it was a Thursday night after zikr
at 10 o'clock, the sheik suddenly,
		
00:33:50 --> 00:33:54
			after zikr looks up, makes eye
contact with me, and in FLUENT
		
00:33:54 --> 00:33:57
			Turkish. I don't speak a word of
Turkish, but I understood
		
00:33:57 --> 00:34:00
			everything that he said. He said,
My son, I'm not asking you, I am
		
00:34:00 --> 00:34:03
			instructing you to form an
organization. The name in Arabic
		
00:34:03 --> 00:34:07
			will be walkful walk if in
translated gift of the givers.
		
00:34:07 --> 00:34:11
			Again, these are important
principles. You will serve all
		
00:34:11 --> 00:34:17
			people of all races, all
religions, all colors, all
		
00:34:17 --> 00:34:22
			classes, all cultures, of any
geographical location and of any
		
00:34:22 --> 00:34:26
			political affiliation, but you
will serve them unconditionally.
		
00:34:27 --> 00:34:31
			You will expect nothing in return,
not even a thank you. In fact, in
		
00:34:31 --> 00:34:34
			what you're going to be doing for
the rest of your life, expect to
		
00:34:34 --> 00:34:37
			get a kick up your back. If you
don't get a kick up your back,
		
00:34:37 --> 00:34:42
			regard it as a bonus. Serve
people. What love, kindness,
		
00:34:42 --> 00:34:49
			compassion and mercy and remember
the dignity of men is foremost.
		
00:34:50 --> 00:34:53
			Brothers and sisters, this country
will not collapse because of
		
00:34:53 --> 00:34:58
			hunger. It will not collapse
because of racism. It will not
		
00:34:58 --> 00:34:59
			collapse because of rich and poor.
		
00:35:00 --> 00:35:04
			Of the difference getting so wide
it will collapse when people have
		
00:35:04 --> 00:35:08
			no dignity, when you are
humiliated and you have no dignity
		
00:35:08 --> 00:35:11
			and there are no consequences,
because you've lost everything,
		
00:35:11 --> 00:35:15
			the amount of negative energy that
will go into you to do negative
		
00:35:15 --> 00:35:21
			things, because you've got no hope
we can fix that, and we are fixing
		
00:35:21 --> 00:35:23
			it. And who's coming to the fore
		
00:35:24 --> 00:35:29
			corporate South Africa, they don't
ask about zakat,
		
00:35:30 --> 00:35:33
			they don't ask about a tax
certificate. They don't ask for
		
00:35:33 --> 00:35:39
			the be points. They do what is
expected of a human being. We've
		
00:35:39 --> 00:35:43
			been taught. We got the book, we
got instructions, we got a life.
		
00:35:43 --> 00:35:45
			What are we doing about it? How
		
00:35:46 --> 00:35:50
			much did we give for the fires in
Cape, six fires in one week? How
		
00:35:50 --> 00:35:53
			much have we done? No, you'll ask,
can I take zakat?
		
00:35:55 --> 00:35:58
			Those are the kind of questions
you ask. How do you explain to a
		
00:35:58 --> 00:36:02
			mother that your child fell down a
toilet and died in feces. How will
		
00:36:02 --> 00:36:02
			you
		
00:36:04 --> 00:36:07
			expect that, if that happens to
your child, what will you do? Go
		
00:36:08 --> 00:36:12
			to hospital and there is no
medication, no staff, one person
		
00:36:12 --> 00:36:16
			got no hope of being seen like
that man and his wife in SIBO Kang
		
00:36:16 --> 00:36:18
			hospital. What do you do?
		
00:36:20 --> 00:36:25
			Provide food to the hungry, water
to the thirsty, clothe the naked,
		
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			naked and in everything you are
do, be the best at what you do,
		
00:36:30 --> 00:36:31
			not because of ego.
		
00:36:32 --> 00:36:36
			If anything destroys the country,
a civilization, a community, a
		
00:36:36 --> 00:36:40
			people, it's ego. We need to
defeat that ego within ourselves,
		
00:36:40 --> 00:36:43
			not because of ego, but because
you're dealing with human life,
		
00:36:44 --> 00:36:47
			human emotion, human suffering and
human dignity. This is an
		
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			instruction for you for the rest
of your life. I was 30 years old
		
00:36:51 --> 00:36:55
			that time, and then you said the
most important thing of all. You
		
00:36:55 --> 00:36:58
			said, My son, whatever you do
		
00:36:59 --> 00:37:00
			is done through you,
		
00:37:01 --> 00:37:02
			and not by you.
		
00:37:03 --> 00:37:08
			30 years. There's no way we can do
the kind of things that we did.
		
00:37:08 --> 00:37:11
			I'm going to give you one
spiritual example about the power
		
00:37:11 --> 00:37:14
			of what the sheik has said. You
see, I walked into Syria.
		
00:37:15 --> 00:37:19
			I came to a place called darqush.
I went to many other places, and
		
00:37:19 --> 00:37:22
			every year when I couldn't find
medical teams. My heart told you
		
00:37:22 --> 00:37:25
			don't go, yeah. Don't do this.
Don't do this. Prophet said, when
		
00:37:25 --> 00:37:27
			you're not sure something, listen
to your heart. The heart is saying
		
00:37:27 --> 00:37:30
			no negative things all the time.
Till I got to this place called
		
00:37:30 --> 00:37:35
			darkush, I couldn't find anybody.
I was sad. I can't have the Syrian
		
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			people. I'm walking out. As I'm
walking out, I see a man talking.
		
00:37:41 --> 00:37:42
			They say there's a doctor.
		
00:37:43 --> 00:37:46
			So he comes to me, slums, Brother,
how you are? You speak English,
		
00:37:46 --> 00:37:49
			yes. What's your name? Doctor?
Ahmed gangud. What do you do? I'm
		
00:37:49 --> 00:37:52
			a cardiothoracic surgeon, but now
I do everything. I work in the
		
00:37:52 --> 00:37:55
			cave, I work in the mountain. I
save lives. This is what I do. So
		
00:37:55 --> 00:37:58
			I said, Is there a building here
which you can convert into a
		
00:37:58 --> 00:38:01
			medical, emergency medical
facility? Yes, we got the right
		
00:38:01 --> 00:38:04
			one. Let's just go. Takes me down
in the street. 10 days before they
		
00:38:04 --> 00:38:07
			liberated the city from assets,
people go to the building and
		
00:38:07 --> 00:38:11
			said, this building was built for
old people, way in the Muslim
		
00:38:11 --> 00:38:13
			world, old people are going to
stay in all age home.
		
00:38:14 --> 00:38:17
			Then nobody came. Building is
empty. So I looked at the
		
00:38:17 --> 00:38:21
			building. I said, my friend, this
building is too small for what we
		
00:38:21 --> 00:38:24
			got in mind here. But he said, but
we haven't even started. I said,
		
00:38:24 --> 00:38:27
			we give for the givers. These
things will be too small. He said,
		
00:38:27 --> 00:38:31
			Okay, let's do it. So then he
said, What do you need? I said, I
		
00:38:31 --> 00:38:35
			need to know. We need an engineer.
Can we go upwards, backwards,
		
00:38:35 --> 00:38:38
			forwards, sidewards, and across
the road on the other side there?
		
00:38:39 --> 00:38:42
			So whilst we were walking, because
neither gift shed on and my friend
		
00:38:42 --> 00:38:45
			was with me as we walked to the
Ahmed bam. We were together in
		
00:38:45 --> 00:38:47
			hospital, in this in this building
that's supposed to be the
		
00:38:47 --> 00:38:50
			hospital, and other people were
very curious, who's foreigners
		
00:38:50 --> 00:38:53
			here? Because every foreigner is
like a traitor or a threat or a
		
00:38:53 --> 00:38:57
			spy or something. So we walk
inside and they see me, and the
		
00:38:57 --> 00:39:01
			guy said, I'm sorry, but I
overheard you talking that you
		
00:39:01 --> 00:39:04
			need an engineer. I'm an engineer.
		
00:39:06 --> 00:39:09
			I said, You speak English also. He
said, Yes. So I said, Okay, tell
		
00:39:09 --> 00:39:12
			us, can we go upwards, backwards,
sidewards or towards? Yes, you can
		
00:39:12 --> 00:39:13
			go up two floors. I
		
00:39:14 --> 00:39:16
			said, What kind of engineer Are
you? So
		
00:39:17 --> 00:39:20
			I said, what you mean? I said,
Where's the plan, where's the
		
00:39:20 --> 00:39:23
			drawing? Where's the steel
structure, where's the sermon? How
		
00:39:23 --> 00:39:27
			can you give an answer like that?
This is my brother. Take it easy.
		
00:39:28 --> 00:39:29
			I'm the guy that built this
building.
		
00:39:31 --> 00:39:36
			That's not the point. This man
left that Kush several years ago.
		
00:39:37 --> 00:39:42
			15 million people this place in
Syria, internally and externally,
		
00:39:42 --> 00:39:47
			the day, I need an engineer, not
any engineer, the engineer that
		
00:39:47 --> 00:39:51
			built this building walks in at
the same time. What's the chances
		
00:39:51 --> 00:39:53
			of that happening from a human
point of
		
00:39:54 --> 00:39:57
			view? You have faith in
spirituality. These are the kind
		
00:39:57 --> 00:39:59
			of things that happen, and we took
the land.
		
00:40:00 --> 00:40:02
			Crossed the road and we took five
other buildings, and is the
		
00:40:02 --> 00:40:05
			largest functional loss model in
North Syria today. There your
		
00:40:05 --> 00:40:07
			zakatman is working very good.
Thank
		
00:40:10 --> 00:40:14
			you. It's that kind of feeling and
faith when you serve people. The
		
00:40:14 --> 00:40:18
			help of Allah comes, yes, it's not
easy. Test comes. Trials come. The
		
00:40:18 --> 00:40:21
			Prophet lost his children,
saraswam. He lost bibhati Ja. He
		
00:40:21 --> 00:40:25
			lost everything. He lost his
uncle. He lost his support. Allah
		
00:40:25 --> 00:40:28
			says that everybody will go to the
same system. We will have
		
00:40:28 --> 00:40:30
			challenges. We will have
hardships. We will have
		
00:40:30 --> 00:40:34
			difficulty. There's only one way
to do this, the right way,
		
00:40:35 --> 00:40:42
			spirituality, morality, values and
ethics. Change our thinking. Let's
		
00:40:42 --> 00:40:47
			fix our country together. Our
people need our heart first. And
		
00:40:47 --> 00:40:53
			the final point is that man that
came with his son to the office is
		
00:40:53 --> 00:40:56
			what we need to go back to. You've
seen the old days. I come from
		
00:40:56 --> 00:40:57
			pajaros again,
		
00:40:58 --> 00:41:02
			in the old days in Potsdam, if
somebody was naughty, and you come
		
00:41:02 --> 00:41:05
			and tell your the father you know
your son was naughty. He said, Why
		
00:41:05 --> 00:41:06
			are you telling me? Give him two
shots.
		
00:41:07 --> 00:41:12
			You tell him that your son is my
son. Try doing that today. Try
		
00:41:12 --> 00:41:16
			doing that today. Mind your own
business. Got nothing to do with
		
00:41:16 --> 00:41:19
			you. It's not your son. It's my
son. There's the ego of our
		
00:41:19 --> 00:41:22
			people, the ego that is destroying
our kids on drugs and every type
		
00:41:22 --> 00:41:25
			of wrong thing, because we are too
proud and elegant to extrude the
		
00:41:25 --> 00:41:28
			messenger in the foot rather than
fix the problem.
		
00:41:30 --> 00:41:33
			And we'll say, and the community
will stand together, and everybody
		
00:41:33 --> 00:41:36
			would go to the funeral together,
go to the wedding together, even
		
00:41:36 --> 00:41:39
			though they're not invited,
they'll go and help. And that was
		
00:41:39 --> 00:41:44
			that love today. The love is
materialism. Is money, it's pride,
		
00:41:44 --> 00:41:45
			it's power, it's ego.
		
00:41:47 --> 00:41:49
			If I give you 2 billion rand now
and say already has 2 billion
		
00:41:49 --> 00:41:53
			rand, please tell me how many
lifetimes you're going to need to
		
00:41:53 --> 00:41:53
			spend.
		
00:41:54 --> 00:41:57
			It will die several times over,
and you won't be able to spend
		
00:41:57 --> 00:41:57
			that
		
00:41:58 --> 00:42:04
			money. What you what you don't use
is not yours. So rather take it
		
00:42:04 --> 00:42:07
			and spend it on someone else. So
when you get on the other side,
		
00:42:07 --> 00:42:11
			something good is waiting for you.
JazakAllah, Slavin Allah,
		
00:42:15 --> 00:42:20
			here unto Dr Suleiman, founder and
chairperson of the workflow work.
		
00:42:20 --> 00:42:24
			Refien, give of the givers and
JazakAllah Khan for bringing
		
00:42:24 --> 00:42:27
			reality to us. And I'm sure that
is not even the tip of the iceberg
		
00:42:27 --> 00:42:32
			that is happening outside the
doctor ratima, long life, healthy
		
00:42:32 --> 00:42:35
			life, to continue with the good
works doctor is doing. Inshallah,
		
00:42:35 --> 00:42:39
			we make dua for Doctor Sadiq
Parker, who is currently in the
		
00:42:39 --> 00:42:44
			GMC melumed cultural hospital.
It's not doing too well. We make
		
00:42:44 --> 00:42:48
			Dwight Allah, Doctor Sadiq shifa.
Shifa and kamilan Complete shifa
		
00:42:49 --> 00:42:53
			grant him comfort and also ease
and support to the family and
		
00:42:54 --> 00:42:59
			friends. And one point Doctor
raised was that in the law you
		
00:42:59 --> 00:43:03
			remember coming for sim, let us
make the change. Allah, will never
		
00:43:03 --> 00:43:07
			change the condition of the people
until the people change it
		
00:43:07 --> 00:43:09
			himself. We make that intention
today, Inshallah, that we are
		
00:43:09 --> 00:43:13
			going to try to change our
condition to the better. Quite a
		
00:43:13 --> 00:43:17
			few people are standing outside,
both sides with all the doors. Can
		
00:43:17 --> 00:43:20
			we just ask the brothers to stand
in public, to stand and to fill
		
00:43:20 --> 00:43:23
			all the tiny gaps just to fill it
with public so that everyone can
		
00:43:23 --> 00:43:25
			come inside them, as Inshallah, on
your left
		
00:43:28 --> 00:43:31
			hand side as well brothers, you
have people standing At the door
		
00:43:31 --> 00:43:34
			and in The front as Well
		
00:43:35 --> 00:43:35
			as
		
00:44:44 --> 00:44:44
			o.
		
00:45:17 --> 00:45:17
			Ash Abu
		
00:45:20 --> 00:45:20
			Ah,
		
00:45:57 --> 00:45:57
			Jesus,
		
00:45:58 --> 00:45:58
			oh,
		
00:46:00 --> 00:46:00
			let us
		
00:46:19 --> 00:46:20
			know, I said,
		
00:46:36 --> 00:46:36
			Oh,
		
00:46:48 --> 00:46:48
			O,
		
00:47:08 --> 00:47:08
			Ah,
		
00:51:05 --> 00:51:05
			Oh,
		
00:51:22 --> 00:51:22
			I should Do it.
		
00:51:40 --> 00:51:40
			Oh,
		
00:52:00 --> 00:52:00
			Oh,
		
00:52:32 --> 00:52:32
			Ah,
		
00:52:44 --> 00:52:45
			Oh,
		
00:53:37 --> 00:53:41
			quad,
		
00:54:01 --> 00:54:01
			call
		
00:54:05 --> 00:54:25
			it a Allah. Yeah, you holiday,
		
00:54:26 --> 00:54:39
			what the cool law in Allah? In
Allah, your room may become in hot
		
00:54:39 --> 00:54:44
			your room maybe for see him,
Mahalo, name, rasulull.
		
00:55:23 --> 00:55:31
			Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, and
had
		
00:55:32 --> 00:55:41
			an Allah subhanaw taala School. So
Allah was a limited stream and
		
00:55:41 --> 00:55:46
			Cathy on Cathy, Ramadan for
yanival Allah. It took also Mahana
		
00:55:46 --> 00:55:52
			Kala, Taina, yeah, you will let in
the color to Kati wala tuna, Illa
		
00:55:52 --> 00:55:53
			one to Muslim
		
00:55:54 --> 00:56:01
			movie, habili jamiya for Raku For
law. So no idea. Muhammad, yunna,
		
00:56:01 --> 00:56:02
			Kafi, kibila.
		
00:56:13 --> 00:56:27
			Muhammad come also later on him,
while they are listening,
		
00:56:27 --> 00:56:31
			Muhammad, while they are
listening, Muhammad came about to
		
00:56:31 --> 00:56:37
			him why they are listening well
below, mindful of a healer by Abu
		
00:56:37 --> 00:56:44
			Bakr in one room so happy to have
it with tabby. Ain woman, Tabin,
		
00:56:44 --> 00:56:48
			Allahumma, Islam. I saw one Muslim
in Allahumma. Is that Islam? I
		
00:56:48 --> 00:57:00
			must Amin Allahumma is that Islam
and one Sudan Muslim in Allah
		
00:57:00 --> 00:57:02
			mean, Allah mean, feel Toni.
		
00:57:05 --> 00:57:14
			Moji,
		
00:57:20 --> 00:57:22
			it in law. Samudale, hiya
		
00:57:24 --> 00:57:32
			Robb Moore, she said, is to give
before the Cadwaladr. Warhamma
		
00:57:32 --> 00:57:35
			Turner has an
		
00:57:36 --> 00:57:42
			affair Now at Hillel genitalia.
Maulana,
		
00:58:00 --> 00:58:06
			like bubble wall, yeah. Moment
come Allah and just ask, once
		
00:58:08 --> 00:58:10
			again, the people to fill the gaps
in public,
		
00:58:11 --> 00:58:12
			then shoulder to Shoulder, try
		
00:58:13 --> 00:58:15
			to keep the Roses straight as
possible. I
		
00:59:20 --> 00:59:20
			Allah.
		
00:59:25 --> 00:59:26
			Allah,
		
01:00:05 --> 01:00:06
			All
		
01:00:19 --> 01:00:21
			this Yun al
		
01:00:25 --> 01:00:25
			Han
		
01:00:26 --> 01:00:30
			mean Allah man Yun, laheim,
		
01:00:33 --> 01:00:34
			manikin,
		
01:00:37 --> 01:00:38
			Abu
		
01:00:40 --> 01:00:41
			nustaiim,
		
01:00:50 --> 01:00:51
			When
		
01:00:54 --> 01:00:54
			I
		
01:01:19 --> 01:01:19
			So
		
01:01:20 --> 01:01:21
			Now,
		
01:02:20 --> 01:02:20
			I know
		
01:02:40 --> 01:02:40
			what a wabuu,
		
01:02:49 --> 01:02:50
			Allah, wakma.
		
01:02:59 --> 01:03:01
			May Allah won't Even Hamid,
		
01:03:13 --> 01:03:15
			Allah.
		
01:03:18 --> 01:03:19
			Allah
		
01:03:20 --> 01:03:20
			come
		
01:03:26 --> 01:03:26
			a
		
01:03:42 --> 01:03:43
			man, mean,
		
01:03:54 --> 01:03:54
			stop
		
01:03:58 --> 01:04:00
			being a stop,
		
01:04:04 --> 01:04:06
			clean. Simone,
		
01:04:07 --> 01:04:08
			Fun,
		
01:04:09 --> 01:04:11
			living our name when I'm on Me.
		
01:04:20 --> 01:04:20
			Me?
		
01:04:32 --> 01:04:32
			Why?
		
01:04:36 --> 01:04:37
			Soon,
		
01:04:40 --> 01:04:40
			Baba
		
01:04:41 --> 01:04:42
			Hale
		
01:04:48 --> 01:04:52
			om Swarna for
		
01:04:55 --> 01:04:55
			whom.
		
01:05:20 --> 01:05:20
			I see
		
01:05:29 --> 01:05:31
			all she,
		
01:05:36 --> 01:05:38
			Lovely, Allah Like Mo.
		
01:06:42 --> 01:06:42
			Oh,
		
01:06:50 --> 01:06:57
			stuff along at All, I'm told him
to
		
01:07:00 --> 01:07:08
			only doing along most, only on a
senior Mohammad in walls. I mean,
		
01:07:09 --> 01:07:11
			it was in him along and
		
01:07:14 --> 01:07:20
			generally only one seminar, one
corner, winning Colonel mossy
		
01:07:21 --> 01:07:22
			water. I wanna come at a
		
01:07:37 --> 01:07:43
			mean as in
		
01:07:47 --> 01:07:50
			a moment,
		
01:07:52 --> 01:07:56
			meaning one volume,
		
01:07:58 --> 01:07:59
			what
		
01:08:01 --> 01:08:02
			to buy.
		
01:08:05 --> 01:08:06
			In
		
01:08:08 --> 01:08:11
			Canada,
		
01:08:13 --> 01:08:19
			Samuel, Ali, Watu, wanaina,
		
01:08:21 --> 01:08:21
			Mo
		
01:08:22 --> 01:08:23
			sene, me.