Majed Mahmoud – Leadership in the divine light – Phroaic

Majed Mahmoud
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The importance of Islam for men in leadership positions is discussed, with a former participant experiencing negative reactions and a focus on trusting leaders. The importance of learning to be a successful business person is also emphasized. The segment explores the impact of humility and prioritizing humility in leadership roles, with a focus on insha-leying in the world and the importance of prioritizing humility in a job application. The segment also touches on the impact of a woman losing her job due to the pandemic and the importance of prioritizing humility in leadership roles.
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Allahu Akbar Assalamualaikum Bismillah Bismillah wa salatu wa

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salam wa ala rasool Allah wa ala alihi

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wa sahbihi wa salim May Allah bless you

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for your attendance thank you to all those

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who traveled from far away distances and even

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if you're from Baltimore may Allah still reward

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you for that as well and may Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala make this convention the

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most successful one yet to come and may

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Allah bless all the volunteers, wonderful MC and

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all those behind the scenes that made this

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possible and we also appreciate our wonderful ASL

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interpreter for her work may Allah grant her

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Jannah I hope she mentioned it do you

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think she mentioned it?

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inshallah, excellent, alright fantastic the topic is what

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was the topic?

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it's a joke it's about something about Islam

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humility in authority but before I go right

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to it I want to ask you a

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couple of questions inshallah did you know that

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there are times when you should step up

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and seek authority and do you know that

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there are times where you need to step

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down and let others seek authority you may

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say is it such a big deal that

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this is a topic at a main session

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event?

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absolutely a man went to Rasulallah the Prophet

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is giving a talk, just imagine I'm talking

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right now and all of a sudden someone

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from the corner of the event says brother

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Majid what's the sign of Al Mahdi coming?

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in the middle of my session Muhammad as

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he was talking a guy said oh Rasulallah

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ready?

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when is the day of judgment?

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what did the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam do?

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did he pause, answer the question?

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did he rebuke him?

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no he continued the talk as if no

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one spoke the sahaba were talking to one

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another do you think Rasulallah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam

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heard him or do you think he got

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angry, he ignored him or did he just

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not hear him?

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at the end of the lecture, ready?

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at the end of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi

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Wasallam speech, he asked where is the one

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who asked me when is the day of

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judgment?

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that means he heard him, he moved on

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so the man says here I am Rasulallah

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here I am, I'm the one who asked

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that question so the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam

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told him the day of judgment will come

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when there's no more trust on earth when

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treachery and betrayal becomes the norm then the

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day of judgment is at the door some

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of you right now may be sitting and

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say why is brother Majid referencing this hadith

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when his talk is about humility and authority,

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what does trust have to do with this?

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the man followed up with another question said

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ya Rasulallah give me a tangible sign, like

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give me a sign that the trust is

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no longer there, then he says when now

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you see people not qualified for leadership and

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authority they take positions of leadership and authority

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the world is coming to an end one

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more time when people who are not qualified

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for leadership take these positions this dunya is

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coming to an end to show you how

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critical the situation it is about leadership, and

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Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and I'm sure many

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of you have heard this before, is Islam

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very much encouraging for you to become a

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leader, as the majority of the hadith and

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the ayat is it about praising yourself and

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say I got this and choose me is

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that what Islam majorly about no the default

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no Rasulallah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and I will

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clarify before people get upset and leave the

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session, let me finish inshallah one time in

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an authentic hadith a man said I walked

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into the prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam with my

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two paternal cousins so my cousins told Muhammad

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Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam Ya Rasulallah please give us

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authority over such and such location that we

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conquered as Muslims, we took over this land,

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make me the mayor make me the leader

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of the financial department, choose me Ya Rasulallah,

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ready to hear what Rasulallah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam

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said, he said I will never give such

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position to someone who asked for it, then

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he says and I will never give it

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to someone that was desperate just for that

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leadership brother Jazakallah Khair but your talk is

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about prophet Yusuf and humility and authority and

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we have in the Quran Yusuf Alaihi Salam

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says Yusuf went, applied

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for a position of the secretary of treasury

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of the entire country of Egypt not just

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applied and says choose me to lead the

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entire nation which was a very wealthy nation

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at that time, may Allah lift the hardship

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from our brothers and sisters in Egypt and

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Gaza and all around the world not just

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he applied, he praised himself he said what

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so brothers and sisters, when he says I'm

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trustworthy I know my stuff, how do we

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reconcile between what Allah is saying Allah says

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don't you ever praise yourself and the hadith

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says we will never give authority to those

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that apply for it and then in the

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Quran Allah praises that discussion how do we

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reconcile Yusuf Alaihi Salam pushed himself to be

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the leader, number one because he knew no

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one around him is qualified no one is

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even close to that, Yusuf Alaihi Salam upbringing

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was in the house of Al-Aziz, the

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financial minister of Egypt and he saw who's

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the next man up and he saw who's

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on the ballot and he saw who's being

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funded and he realized none of them deserve

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it, none of them are qualified for it

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in that case he felt obligated that now

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I have to step up, now I have

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to go through and say I'm the one

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for that job, number two when he now

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puts on his resume an expert in Java,

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an expert in C++ and whatever the case

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may be he put the qualities that matter

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to the job he says I am Hafidh,

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I'm very trustworthy when it comes to money

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you have to have amanah, I am Hafidh,

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I know very well the halal from the

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haram, I am Hafidh I will show up

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to work early, I am Hafidh I promise

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not to disturb on my phone when I'm

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supposed to pick up the phones, that's Hafidh

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but that's still not enough because some of

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us can come early to work, do a

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great job but you don't know how to

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do the job, we might be people that

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do i'tikaf in the musalla of your corporation

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I've seen it happen before, may Allah make

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it easy for us I walked in one

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time to pray at one of the companies

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I worked at and I saw a brother

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sleeping they said what are you doing, he's

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like i'tikaf Allahu Akbar, i'tikaf at lunch time

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right, so he might be in a way

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Hafidh but to an extent, but that's not

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enough, do you have someone in your family

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for example, they tell you, you know what

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I want to drive 20 miles away because

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they're selling an item 10 dollars less than

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the store across the street, you heard that

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before, yeah so then 20 miles that's Hafidh,

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but what is that individual missing, alim, knowledgeable

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the knowledgeable's partner's spouse says listen, according to

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the IRS the standard mileage rate of reimbursement

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is 0.67 cents per mile and 20

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miles costs 13 dollars and 40 cents so

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in essence you're buying the item from across

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the street though it's 10 dollars more you

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saved 3 dollars and 40 cents and I

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lost half the crowd Alhamdulillah, that's why none

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of you are qualified to be the financial

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ministers Allahu Akbar, right so here, yes you're

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trustworthy this person saved them at all cost,

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but there's knowledge that has to come in,

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it might be cheaper to go to the

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next store that is more expensive and I

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have this example as well some people may

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have that aspect I really want to help

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out, I will choose a makeup example, can

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I do that or will I get cancelled

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May Allah make it easy, Ameen so let's

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say someone for example a sister wants to

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buy a lipstick that is called Charlie or

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Charlotte Tilbury, Allahumma Barik but Mashallah sisters can

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relate Alhamdulillah, that's fantastic, right by the way

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there's a review, there's ratings for every speaker,

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so make sure 5 stars after this Jazakallah

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Khair, on the app May Allah protect us,

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right then someone else, Miskeen, wants to buy

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from Sheen but anyhow, but the point being

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here is that you have to know, maybe

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one quality brand is better than 5 cheaper

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brands, and let's proceed so he says I

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am trustworthy, I am honest, and I am

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Alim, I know money I know how to

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buy and sell, I know what's the right

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stock to invest in, the Ilm comes in

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brothers and sisters, and that's very critical to

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all of us, he could have said, and

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I am Jameel, he's the most handsome man

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ever walked on earth but that is not

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important for the job he could have said,

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I'm a very generous, kind human being, my

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mom and dad love me, but that doesn't

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matter for the job you go and you

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propose to someone and you tell them, you

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know what, I do this I do that,

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and by the way I, for example, amazing

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at FIFA the guy will very likely say,

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you're rejected, you're denied, you apply for a

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job that is specific to financials, and you

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put on your resume, I'm 6-2, what's

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the point of that, that might actually disqualify

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you, because it looks like you're full of

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yourself, may Allah forgive us so he says,

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Inni Hafizun Alim so now we have a

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picture of when to go up to authority,

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and when to step down and before you

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step down if now you're hearing this, O

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Allah, I might be Hafiz, everybody loves me

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in the Masjid, but I should not be

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on the board correct?

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I'm a big time donor it doesn't mean

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you know how to run a Masjid or

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run the Imamah position may Allah forgive us,

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Ameen Rabbil Alameen so here, Yusuf Alayhi Salam

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made it, and he was hired so now

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the second part of the talk, which is

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humility Khalas, you made it to the top

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MashaAllah, Tabarakallah how do you maintain your humbleness,

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three parts from Surah Yusuf number one, Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala says, ...

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...

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when the family of Yusuf came from Jerusalem

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into Egypt, he received them he was not

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embarrassed of who mom and dad are, remember

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mom and dad, when they used to drop

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you off to school, and now MashaAllah you

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graduated and sometimes they wear clothing that do

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not match, and they show up to your

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graduation you're like, stay home right, your embarrassment

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...

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I received my mom and dad then he

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says, ...

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...

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...

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look at that, inshaAllah though he's the most

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powerful of people in all Egypt, he didn't

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say, go Egypt, no one will mess around

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with you he didn't say, mom and dad,

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my siblings go to Egypt, and you'll be

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just fine he did say that, but there's

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something he added to it, what was it?

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excellent inshaAllah, and that's real humility, the higher

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up you go in the ladder in whatever

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place you may be the more you realize

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I always need Allah so someone says, you

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are a CEO at Microsoft, or CFO or

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whatever the case is, and the guy comes

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all the way to Seattle, headquarters and he

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tells you, could you be able to hook

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me up with a job, the guy, the

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CFO says, I got you bro, for sure,

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just give me your resume, I'll get you

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a job in no time too confident because

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he does not comprehend how can I not

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get him a job as a CFO, Yusuf

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is the financial minister, secretary of treasury for

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the whole nation, and he knows, inshaAllah, if

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Allah wants, it will happen, it's not up

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to me so may Allah allow you and

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I to always remember that, a brother comes

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and says bro, you're gonna kill it, you're

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gonna kill it in your lecture what do

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we say, inshaAllah right, because all of a

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sudden, what happens the mic may not work

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right, it's gonna be quite embarrassing Allah can

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cut off the mic, Allah can cut off

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the way of not being able to speak,

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I could've forgot my notes, so many things

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can happen, inshaAllah can change the world, wallahi

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no exaggeration look at this authentic hadith Prophet

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Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam he said, Prophet Suleiman

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Prophet Suleiman Alayhi Salam said and made a

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promise and an oath his intention is to

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get married, to have righteous children to become

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soldiers to fight and lift the oppression off

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of earth, that was his goal so he

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said in his gathering tonight, I will approach

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my spouses and in hopes they all become

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pregnant and they all deliver boys, and they

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all become old enough to be soldiers four

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layers of dua, did you see that so

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then what happened he approached his spouses, out

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of all the ones that he had, only

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one became pregnant, when she delivered, the one

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lady that became pregnant she delivered a child

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that was deformed and he died at a

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young age what's in the world are you

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telling us this story for because the Prophet

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Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam says I swear by Allah

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Wallahi, if Suleiman Alayhi Salam said in sha

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'a Allah, if Allah wills, all his wives

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would be pregnant, all would deliver baby boys,

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all children become old, all will fight in

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the way of Allah three words would have

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changed destiny, just show Allah the brokenness, insha

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'Allah of course Suleiman unintentionally forgot, subhanallah so

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here brothers and sisters the humble of insha

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'Allah the other matter of humanity, this is

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a litmus test to see, are you full

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of yourself or not, ok be confident, there's

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nothing wrong with it, you go to a

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job, go for it, tell them I'm this

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and I'm that, but there's a point where

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you break yourself to Allah subhanahu wa ta

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'ala another litmus test, ready he says wa

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qala ya abati hadha ta'weel ru'yaya

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min qabl oh my father, what is happening

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to me is the interpretation of the dream

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when I was young, do you guys know

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the dream the sun and the moon were

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prostrating to Yusuf and the rest of the

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stars, how many stars 11 stars so how

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many children did Ya'qub have 12, Yusuf

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was a 12th, subhanallah, so he said oh

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my father, no he didn't say oh father

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he says ya abati my dear beloved father

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my habibi, so this shows me that the

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more you are closer to Allah, the higher

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you up in this world, the more humble

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you are not just to Allah but to

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your parents let your parents and your family

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be the first ones to benefit from your

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first paycheck let your mom and dad and

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your siblings be the first ones to benefit

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when you get that promotion, when you have

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something that is a good news, share it

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to those who love you and no one

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loves you more than your family so he

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says ya abati, oh my dear beloved father,

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and look what he said, Yusuf alayhis salam

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at the end, the third and last, as

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a litmus test of our humility in leadership,

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rabbi qad ataytani minal mulk, ya Allah all

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this is from you, ya Allah, may Allah

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make you and I remember that the meal

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you had today is from Allah, not from

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your own job yesterday, did you guys have

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breakfast today, or lunch, raise your hand it

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was probably one of the most expensive lunches

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you had in your life, I know you

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probably paid $24 for a small french fry,

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subhanallah, so as you're paying this, you say

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alhamdulillah that I had the capacity to pay

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that amount of money when many people across

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earth cannot be able to afford that, so

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you say Allahumma lakal hamd, ya Allah, help

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me be grateful so the thing is that

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the higher up we go, to be very

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frank with all of us here inshallah the

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higher up we go sometimes we start feeling,

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this is because of my grinding, my hard

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work, and the means that I've taken, which

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is true but it's very concerning when Allah

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is not in that sentence when you don't

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say it's because of Allah's help, then my

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effort, so here he says, rabbi qad ataytani,

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all this is from you ya Allah, minal

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mulk, and you taught me, wa allamtani, how

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to interpret dreams, Yusuf a.s related success

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to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala so to

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conclude some of us may be desperate for

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leadership roles, the question is to be answered,

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why do you want to be the MSA

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president, why you want to lead salah, and

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that needs to be answered are you the

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one and only qualified because if you don't

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step up when you should, you'll be held

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accountable and that's what our shaykh taught us,

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shaykh Abdul Bari Yahya, one time he told

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us he told us, brother Majid and others

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if you are in a gathering and you're

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about to pray salah and you know for

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a fact that you're the best one to

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read Quran in tajweed, and you know the

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rules of the salah, if you lost your

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wudu, how to exchange and who leads and

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you do not step up and you know

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no one else is qualified, and someone else

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becomes the imam and you're shy and you

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have the wrong type of humility and that

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person makes mistake you are held accountable in

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front of Allah SWT, so may Allah allow

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you and I to be able to have

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the priority, and may Allah SWT forgive us

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for our shortcomings and if we messed up,

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fix it today before a day that will

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come that the money of the world will

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never save us so may Allah forgive us

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and thank you for your patience, wassalamu alaikum

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wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh

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