Maryam Amir – Honoring the Legacy of Shaykh Muhammad AlShareef

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Shaykh Muhammad was invited to a two-hour session on Visionary Legacy, led by a member of the group and a representative from Discovery, Inshallah. The session will be led by a member of the group and participants will receive a bonus for missed participation and a spot on a Facebook group to receive a promotion. The session will be led by a member of the group and participants will receive a two-hour session and a bonus for missed participation.

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			Quickly share that link.
Inshallah, there's probably
		
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			someone in your life who needs to
hear the message that we're going
		
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			to share today. Alright, we're
going to start. So it's been the
		
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			off matter theme. Assalamu
alaikum. Everyone. Welcome to this
		
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			exclusive discovery you webinar. I
am going to give my space. Give
		
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			myself space if I get emotional.
It is the first official webinar
		
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			that we're having without Sheik
Mohammed Bin And Alhamdulillah,
		
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			we're so blessed that we get to
move forward and we get to
		
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			continue to do this work. So thank
you for being here.
		
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			Thank you for being with all of us
and continuing his legacy.
		
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			Sorry.
		
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			Thank you for moving forward with
us the only way that we knew how
		
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			at Discovery, which was through
dua
		
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			through what Shayna Hammon taught
us, and how he modeled and with
		
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			his life.
		
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			And so
		
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			when in these past couple of weeks
as a team, as we've been grieving
		
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			and thinking about, how do we be
there for our students? How do we,
		
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			Inshallah, continue the work at
Discovery, but really start it in
		
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			a way and move forward in a way
that allows you guys
		
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			to not lower your standards, to
not feel like things have, you
		
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			know, been stalled for you
because, you know, our mentor, our
		
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			teacher, is not there. How do you
continue to channel dua the way
		
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			that Sheik Mohammed, mashallah,
may Allah have mercy on him,
		
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			showed us, and that was, you know,
what we need to do, visionary
		
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			again. We need to do visionary
legacy, which was based on the
		
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			program he did in January for the
last two, three years,
		
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			which was about not just building
gods for the coming months and
		
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			days or weeks, but for a decade.
And so we're going to talk about
		
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			it in the context of life.
Inshallah, the rest of your life,
		
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			whoever knows how many days that
is that Allah has allowed us? How
		
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			do we craft it in a way that
Inshallah, we don't live with
		
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			regrets, and how do we craft it in
a way? Inshallah, how do we
		
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			approach our life through that
lens of hope and dua? And so as a
		
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			team, we knew that we wanted to
move forward, firstly, Inshallah,
		
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			by doing visionary legacy,
inviting so many of you. We had
		
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			hundreds and 1000s of emails of
people saying, I never got to take
		
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			Visionnaire. I'd heard about this
program. I knew Sheik Mohammed
		
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			talked about that, and so we
wanted to give an opportunity for
		
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			these new students who are also
grieving to come forward with us
		
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			and inshallah go through this
experience. So those of you that
		
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			are, you know eagerly waiting, I
know, like I said, we've gotten
		
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			so, so many messages,
Alhamdulillah. And so I'm putting
		
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			the link, and I'm going to be
talking about it today. Inshallah,
		
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			this is the program. It is a it's
going to be a live, shared
		
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			experience. So it is going to be
Shaykh Muhammad's ma live
		
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			recordings that he did on this
decade edition. It's going to be
		
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			guided by myself. We're going to
have mentors, and TAs also give
		
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			you additional support, peer
support, and it's going to be
		
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			about designing your life. And so
the topic of today was very much
		
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			intentionally crafted to speak to
the context and reality that all
		
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			of us are feeling right now after
Sheik Mohammed's passing. And that
		
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			is, how do you live with no
regrets? And you know,
		
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			subhanAllah, if there's anything
we learned from the life of Shaykh
		
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			Muhammad, his his life and his
death, was that he did not waste a
		
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			moment. And you know,
Alhamdulillah, you guys got to see
		
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			his his role as a teacher,
Alhamdulillah, his, you know, as a
		
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			sheik, building the vowel work
that he did the organizations
		
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			discover you Alma, and moving
forward. But we also got to see
		
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			behind the scenes Marshall, how he
was as a father, and, as you know,
		
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			Alhamdulillah husband, and really
being so intentional about how he
		
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			moved forward, how he thought
about his days. And you guys who
		
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			took vision are previously heard
about that as well, about his
		
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			health, his journey. You know, he
was just constantly thinking
		
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			about, how do I raise that bar?
How do I raise that bar? And so,
		
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			Inshallah, this is the opportunity
that we're going to sit with today
		
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			in this next hour. And there was
no one better I could think of
		
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			that I know I wanted to bring in.
And the team Alhamdulillah, which
		
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			is Sheikha Mariam Amir. She's no
stranger to discovery life. She's
		
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			Alhamdulillah. During Sheik
Mohammed time, she was with us.
		
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			And one thing I'm going to you
know I when I first reached out to
		
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			Sheik Mariam Amir about things at
Discovery, and when I used to
		
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			bring her on for things, one of
the things her and I would talk
		
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			about, and I would love like
sharing with her, is I'm like
		
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			Sheik Mohammed empowers the women
around him to step forward like he
		
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			he wasn't just like, Okay, we, you
know, we need to have fill our
		
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			quota and have this many women or
this many males. It was making
		
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			sure, Alhamdulillah, that we
always gave an opportunity and we
		
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			had women part of that
conversation. And you guys, know,
		
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			there's not a lot of
organizations, or even, you know,
		
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			courses out there that have that
quality female representation. And
		
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			so she's someone who's been with
us at Discovery, Alhamdulillah.
		
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			And so for this topic, I couldn't
think of someone better, but her,
		
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			she is so familiar with the work
we do, mashallah, just as
		
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			passionate as we are,
Alhamdulillah, about serving you
		
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			guys. And really, this topic of,
how do you move forward and have a
		
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			life with no regret?
		
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			Yes, how do you meet Allah
inshallah on the Day of Judgment,
		
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			with a smile and having left
behind, you know, leaving a legacy
		
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			that inshallah is going to be
bigger than you. And so that's
		
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			what we're going to speak about to
in the next hour. And I want to
		
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			give for those of you that are not
familiar, which I'm sure is like,
		
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			probably not even the case here,
but with that and Maria Amir, so I
		
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			want to give her proper bio. So
give me a second here. I'm going
		
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			to quickly give you a snippet of
if you don't follow her on social
		
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			media, definitely encourage you to
she has a master's in education
		
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			from UCLA. She holds a second
bachelor's degree martial Islamic
		
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			studies through al Ansar
University. She memorized the
		
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			Quran and has researched a variety
of religious sciences. She has the
		
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			godia app, which is phenomenal.
Alhamdulillah. I hope you guys are
		
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			benefiting from it. Her. She's
also living that path of leaving
		
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			her legacy and contribution. She's
so passionate about connecting
		
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			women to the Quran. Alhamdulillah,
honestly, I think men and women
		
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			and putting the love of the Quran
for for individuals there.
		
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			Alhamdulillah, and she's been
interviewed by various news
		
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			organizations. She's so active in
her Dawa. She's also mashallah, a
		
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			mother, not just, you know, a
speaker and a teacher. She has so
		
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			much to offer, and we're so
blessed that she's here with us
		
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			today to help us channel our grief
and move forward and Inshallah,
		
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			honor Alhamdulillah our grief in
the best way we know how right?
		
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			And that is what we're going to
move forward with today. So I'm
		
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			going to be here in the background
in the chat as she's speaking
		
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			inshallah. I will answer any
questions you guys have about
		
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			vision or legacy. But with that, I
want to bring Maryam on saleiko,
		
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			walika, salam, the library. Cat,
racia, how are you? Mariam.
		
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			Alhamdulillah, how are you doing?
		
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			I told Mariam you guys before she
came on today, and I was like,
		
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			it's going to be really hard to
not want to hug you. I know we
		
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			messaging, obviously since she's
passing, and Maureen has really
		
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			been there for me. So just go
ahead and thank you so much for
		
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			being here for us.
		
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			We're so excited. Thank you so
much for starting us off. Rosia,
		
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			the way that you shared emotion
is, I think, emotion that we are
		
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			all feeling, SubhanAllah.
SubhanAllah. Thank you, sha Allah,
		
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			will be able to grieve and and
find hope in moving forward, not
		
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			in moving forward, but But
continuing his legacy, Rahima
		
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			Allah, in all that we do in our
lives. Inshallah, I'm
		
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			going to hand it over to
		
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			similar Rahman Rahim
alhamdulillahi wa sallam.
		
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			I had heard so many people talk
about the most blessed bounty of
		
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			paradise being being able to see
the face of Allah, Subhanahu wa.
		
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			I've heard so many lectures about
people saying, like scholars
		
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			saying, seeing the face of Allah
is the absolute most, you know,
		
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			incredible blessing of paradise.
And when I was in college, I would
		
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			hear this, but I have to say, at
that time, I never felt like it
		
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			was something I was seeking. Yes,
I wanted to go to paradise.
		
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			Theoretically, of course, I want
to go to Paradise, of course. But
		
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			at that time, I had never felt
this longing to see the face of
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa and I wondered
if there was something wrong with
		
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			me, because I'd never sought it
out.
		
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			And then I was driving one day to
campus, and I was listening to a
		
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			lecture by Sheik Mohammed, Sharif
Rahim Allah. And
		
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			when I was listening to this
lecture, he talked about the last
		
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			person to exit hellfire, to be
taken out of hellfire and to be
		
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			placed into paradise. And it's a
conversation between this
		
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			individual and Allah Himself,
subhanhu wa taala. And this person
		
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			sees a tree, and they see the
shade of the tree, and they ask
		
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			Allah to be placed in that tree
and under that tree, to be under
		
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			the shade, to drink, to feel
comfort and relief after being
		
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			taken out of *. And Sheik
Hammad gives this lecture, and the
		
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			way that he is narrating this
narration is so descriptive that
		
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			Allah is like, well, if I if he
gives him this thing, this man is
		
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			going to ask for something else.
And this man says, No, he's not
		
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			going to ask for anything else,
just this one thing. So Allah
		
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			gives it to him, and then another
tree is shown to him, and it's
		
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			more beautiful than that previous
tree. And so he asked to go to
		
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			that tree, and then he goes to
that tree, and then another tree
		
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			is shown. And again, he asked
Allah. And Allah, over and over,
		
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			this man asked, and this Allah is
like, is is this going to be? Are
		
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			you going to ask for something
more? Are you going to ask for
		
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			something more until Allah tells
him about,
		
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			what if you're given the whole
world? Well, mithlah, given the
		
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			entire world, do you the response
of this man is, Are you making fun
		
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			of me, and You are the Lord of All
the Worlds? Are you making fun of
		
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			me and You are the Lord of All the
Worlds? That conversation the way
		
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			that Sheik Mohammed narrated,
which is so much better than the
		
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			way I just attempted.
		
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			It Subhan Allah, the way that this
man is speaking to Allah, and the
		
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			way that Allah is joking around
with this man is speaking with,
		
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			with this love and this and this,
this, this intimacy with this man,
		
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			it just brought me to such a
moment of emotion and to so many
		
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			tears that I'm that moment. I
remember calling out to Allah
		
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			while I was driving to school, and
I said, Oh, Allah, I want to be
		
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			this person. And then I amended
that, and I said, I don't want to
		
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			be the last person to exit *.
Don't let any of us go to * at
		
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			all. I mean, let us go into
paradise immediately. But I want
		
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			this I want this conversation with
you. I want to be able to see you
		
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			and have this conversation. That
was the very first time in my life
		
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			that I wanted to see the face of
Allah, and it was because of the
		
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			way that Sheik Mohammed, may Allah
have so much mercy on him. Shared
		
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			this, the beautiful telling of
this hadith
		
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			when I was
		
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			with a friend of mine. She's a
Shekhar. Her name is shekha Ali
		
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			ADA. She's a graduate from Al
Azhar. We had studied in Egypt
		
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			together. We were sitting in a
cafe. We were talking and having a
		
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			conversation about the community
and the things that our community
		
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			is struggling with, and what the
work that we need to be doing.
		
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			When we sat and had that
conversation, she suddenly got a
		
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			phone call from her mom, and so
she answered the call. And I took
		
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			a moment to look at my phone,
because we had been talking for
		
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			quite some time. And I just said,
I'll just check my messages. And I
		
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			looked down and I saw that there
was a picture of Sheik Mohammed,
		
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			and this was the announcement of
his passing Rahim Allah. And I
		
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			just stared at it and it I
couldn't process what it was
		
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			saying. I I just kept saying the
hallowela, illa, Billa, kuwata in
		
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			LA Bilal. And I just kept saying
that over and over until Alia,
		
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			shekhalia was done with her call,
and she came to me,
		
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			and the sobs that I felt was like
someone, you know, many of us,
		
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			hundreds and 1000s of us, have
been sobbing since the passing of
		
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			Shaykh and Rahima hula, when we
when we heard about his passing,
		
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			it felt like someone so Beloved to
us that we couldn't imagine that
		
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			this was real. I thought about the
time of the companions royalty,
		
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			that when they heard of the
passing of the Prophet Muhammad
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, it
was such a shock to the Ummah, it
		
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			was such a shock to the
Companions, that they denied that
		
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			it could be possible. Ahmad Ali
Allahu Anhu denied that it could
		
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			be possible. Of course, the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam is on a level that none of
us can compare to. There's no
		
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			comparison to the beloved
SallAllahu, alaihi wasallam. But I
		
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			think many of our reactions on
this ummah were reactions of
		
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			people who were so touched by
Sheik, Mohammed Al Sharif Rahim
		
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			Allah, that we were shocked that
we could not process that we
		
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			denied that it could be true, and
then we sat with it and we wept
		
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			because someone who hundreds and
1000s of people could testify on
		
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			behalf of, who could testify how
much they benefited from, who
		
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			could testify, how much they
impacted his life, and yet, the
		
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			majority of us have never met him
in person. Who is this person?
		
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			What kind of life did he lead, and
what kind of legacy Did he leave
		
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			behind? For so many of us to be
able to attribute our connection,
		
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			our initial returning to Allah,
subhanho wa taala, from the work
		
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			that he did and the legacy that he
left, and today Inshallah, what
		
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			we're going to do are, is we're
going to take four points
		
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			inshallah from his life. These are
reflections that I've been having
		
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			in this past week and a half. Rahe
mahola on things that there's too
		
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			many to count on, the ways that
we've all benefited from, but four
		
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			things that Inshallah, in my
personal life, inshallah that I
		
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			hope that I can live based on what
I've learned from him, Rahima
		
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			Allah, the first is being
vulnerable with Allah. Being
		
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			vulnerable with Allah. Sheik
Mohammed, Rahima Allah, many of us
		
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			watched a few years ago the live
lecture that he gave from Mecca,
		
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			where he talked about Hajj, and he
talked about the many experiences
		
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			that he had in Hajj that were life
or death, in which he saw so many
		
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			instances which would put your
body in a fight or flight mode.
		
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			And because of that, he had to
take some time away from Hajj just
		
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			to process the emotion. And then
he came back to Mecca. He came
		
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			back to Mecca, and he talked about
the gratitude that he felt for
		
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			every single part, touching the
marble of Mecca, the pillars of
		
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			Mecca, feeling the gratitude for
being there and the gifts of being
		
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			in Mecca, in.
		
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			And for me, when I was watching
him speak about this, I thought
		
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			about how so many of us struggle
with ourselves as in our in our
		
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			Muslim identities. And it's not
because we don't identify as
		
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			Muslim. We We love Islam, we
identify as Muslim, but we feel
		
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			like we struggle with our
relationship, on how we see
		
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			ourselves in connection to Allah,
subhanho wa taala,
		
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			because we don't always rush to
make tahajjud all night, or we
		
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			don't know how to process trauma
that we've experienced when it
		
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			comes to religious, religious
spaces. Sheik, Mohammed, Rahima,
		
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			Allah. What he taught us is that
someone who is so incredibly
		
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			righteous, whose entire life is
dedicated to Allah, is still
		
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			human, and still with that
humanity, it's even more powerful,
		
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			because when righteous people have
real moments. All of us who are
		
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			not at their level can understand
that we can go through experiences
		
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			which will be difficult, but they
will only bring us closer to
		
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			Allah. They will only turn us back
to Allah, even more so than what
		
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			was before. And when we think
about the lives of the prophets,
		
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			alayhim salam, many times, when we
think about the prophets, may
		
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			Allah be pleased with them. We
think, May Allah send send his
		
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			salaam upon all of them. We think
about the most righteous who've
		
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			ever lived. And yet think about
how every single one of them had
		
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			so much pain, how Yaqub alaihi
salam is often the first one that
		
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			we think of when we think about
pain for years and years and
		
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			years, the betrayal of his own
sons, harming his other son,
		
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			and the pain of that loss for 40
years of weeping, We think about
		
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			how Ayub alayhi salam, how he lost
his children and he was afflicted
		
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			with physical pain for so many
years. We think about LUT alayhi
		
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			salam and how his own wife did not
support him. No Alehissalaam, and
		
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			How's his own son rejected him in
the last moment of his, of his
		
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			seeing his son passing, he's
saying, just just jump into this.
		
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			Just jump in. Come to the boat.
He's not even asking anything of
		
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			him, just come. And his son says
that his This mountain is going to
		
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			save him.
		
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			And then the Moge comes, the flood
comes, and it's pan Allah no Hala
		
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			Islam witnesses this
		
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			when we go through pain in our in
our own lives, when we go through
		
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			trauma in our own lives, sometimes
we attribute that to the fact that
		
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			we don't have enough Amen, that
we're not good enough believers.
		
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			And yet Subhan Allah, look Sheik
Mohammed rahimahola, what he
		
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			taught us in his life is be
vulnerable with Allah's because he
		
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			listens and he is not as we think
we are. Allah is not how we think
		
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			we are. He is as we think he is.
So when we think about ourselves
		
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			as struggling because we don't
have enough faith. We think about
		
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			ourselves as we're not good enough
because of our sins. We think
		
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			about ourselves as we're not able
to do this action because there's
		
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			something wrong with us that's
about us.
		
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			It doesn't mean that's how Allah
subhanho wa Taala sees us. And
		
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			Sheik Mohammed really emphasized
that in his life, and he
		
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			emphasized that in this action,
that when we struggle, it's us.
		
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			It's not Allah seeing us as
someone who's not worthy. It's not
		
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			Allah seeing us as someone who is
not beloved to him. In fact, the
		
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			Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam told us that the Mujahid is
		
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			the one who, despite the fact that
they struggle with the with with
		
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			the obedience of Allah, they still
do it anyway. You still do it
		
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			anyway. That is a Mujahid. You are
a spiritual warrior. When you
		
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			struggle with an act of worship
and you do it still. It doesn't
		
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			mean you're not a good enough
believer. It doesn't make you a
		
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			hypocrite. You're a spiritual
warrior, and that is something
		
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			that Sheik Mohammed rahimala
emphasized, that when we see
		
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			ourselves ish in our relationship
with Allah, it doesn't mean that
		
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			we are not worthy of Him. Think of
His greatness. Don't think of our
		
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			weakness. Know that he is Al
Kareem the generous, even when we
		
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			are not.
		
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			And Subhan Allah, Bilal radi,
Allahu anhu, when Bilal roll the
		
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			Allahu Anhu a.
		
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			Said the Adhan after the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam passed
		
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			away,
		
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			he couldn't continue rolled the
Allahu anhu,
		
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			Ibn San mentions in elktaba God,
and there's discrepancy on the
		
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			narrations relating to these
incidences. But be that rule, the
		
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			Allahu Anhu went to Abu Bakr
RadiAllahu an and he asked him to
		
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			take leave from Medina to go to
Shem and to be involved with with
		
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			being a Mujahid there, he focused
on a different act of worship for
		
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			a very long time, because Bilal
RadiAllahu, Anhu to say the Adhan
		
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			after the death of the Prophet
sallallahu, alayhi wasallam, it
		
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			was so painful for Bilal
RadiAllahu, Anhu
		
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			a shadu anna Muhammad Abu to have
lived and to have witnessed the
		
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			Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam, to have given the Adhan in
		
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			every single moment of the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam's
		
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			life, at the time of the Adhan.
And of course, there were Abdullah
		
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			Prophet saw them, but Bilal
RadiAllahu, Anhu came back and did
		
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			give the Adhan. He came back ro
the Allahu, anhu, and that's the
		
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			point that when we go through
times of hardship and we go
		
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			through times of pain and we go
through times of trial, we be
		
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			vulnerable with Allah. We talk to
him about our pain and our and our
		
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			confusion and our and our numbness
and our worry for ourself, but we
		
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			come back, we take that
vulnerability and we turn it into
		
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			what we pour into our hands, and
we ask Allah to let us come back
		
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			to him, and we know that even when
we do not feel that we are worthy
		
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			of coming back, that he, Subhan wa
taala, is generous anyway, and
		
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			that he will listen to us and and
help us to, Inshallah, come back,
		
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			to feel that we can come back to
him, suban Hua taala, and I also
		
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			want to apologize. I know that I'm
tripping on my words, but Subhan
		
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			Allah, I can't express to you the
difficulty of being the person to
		
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			be honored with giving this talk.
So please forgive me. I don't, I
		
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			don't as Razia, beautifully
expressed, I think it's very
		
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			difficult to be in this space
after Sheik Mohammed Rahim Allah
		
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			has passed, and it's something
that I think is panel is such a
		
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			testament to his legacy, which
Inshallah, we're going to talk
		
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			about specifically. But the second
thing that we're going to address
		
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			when we after we talk about being
vulnerable with Allah, is that
		
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			sometimes that vulnerability, it
comes from a place of regret.
		
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			Sometimes it comes because we
regret. And the second thing that
		
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			we are taking from Sheik
Mohammed's life Rahim Allah is
		
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			that regret spurs us to action.
		
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			Regret spurs us to action. Sheik
Mohammed in that same lecture
		
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			talking about hajj, he mentions
that one time he saw an older man
		
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			who was Sundays, and he was
looking around, and it looked like
		
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			he was very confused, and no one
was helping him. And when Sheik
		
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			Mohammed is speaking about this,
he pauses, he tears up, and it's
		
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			very obvious that you can tell the
impact that this moment had on him
		
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			in his regret. And when you hear
the story, the end of the story is
		
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			simply that he didn't help this
man. It's not that like this man
		
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			Allah, may Allah protect him and
bless his family. It's not like we
		
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			hear in the story that something
happened to this man and Sheik
		
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			Hama did nothing about it. No,
it's just this man looked confused
		
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			in some days, and Sheik Muhammad
felt regretful that he didn't do
		
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			anything about it. That level of
connection with Allah, that you
		
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			feel so accountable for not doing
something when there's nothing
		
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			necessarily, actually that you
could have intervened in. He he
		
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			could have gone and said, How can
I help you, uncle? But it's not
		
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			like he had to stop something from
happening. Pan Allah, that level
		
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			of accountability. How many of us
even have that level of
		
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			accountability because of our
connection with Allah, that we
		
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			invest in other people around us,
because we notice that something
		
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			is wrong, even when there's
nothing that we tangibly see is
		
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			wrong.
		
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			Subhanallah Sheik Mohammed
mentions that that moment for him,
		
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			in that moment he decided that he
will never see someone who needs
		
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			help and Hajj and he's not going
to help them, that he will never
		
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			see a woman and like a grandmother
pushing a wheelchair that she's
		
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			supposed to be sitting on, except
that he is going to say to she
		
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			should sit and he's going to push
her. That change happened because
		
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			of a moment of regret, not that
change, that that intentionality,
		
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			that intentionality, took place
because of a moment of regret.
		
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			And I want to share with you a
very personal moment of regret
		
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			that I have. I had the very
humongous honor of giving lectures
		
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			in mesh Al and Ramadan 2019, and.
		
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			In Ramadan, we're all pregnant.
And so many times, you know, you
		
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			put your shoes in one place, the
bathrooms, and Mr. Aksa are in the
		
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			way back of the compound. And so
many times people might not have
		
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			their shoes and they are just
walking to use the restroom. And I
		
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			had just gone into the restrooms.
They, the ones that I saw had the
		
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			holes on the beloved style on the
floor. And it was not a clean
		
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			experience. It was not at all. It
was very filthy. As I was leaving,
		
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			may Allah bless, may Allah
protect. Michelle Aksa, may Allah,
		
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			you know, Harold mashallah, and be
with the people of huzzah and be
		
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			with the people of Philistine.
Yoruba, lahama, Amin.
		
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			When I I mean, there's hundreds of
1000s of people, like, literally,
		
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			the day, the the night of the
panel, the 27th night of Ramadan,
		
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			there were, there were over half a
million people praying in
		
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			Mashallah. So, I mean,
understandably, there's so many
		
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			people going there, it's very hard
to to maintain it in that time. So
		
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			this this woman comes up to me,
and she is a grandmother. She's
		
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			definitely like grandmother age,
and she sees me wearing shoes. I
		
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			had just come out of the bath the
bathroom area. She sees me wearing
		
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			shoes, and she asks me, I don't
have my shoes.
		
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			Can I borrow your shoes so that I
could go to the restroom?
		
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			And I'm so embarrassed to tell the
story. I
		
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			was supposed to give a lecture at
midnight. This was 1155
		
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			and I had two thoughts that ran
through my head. One, if I give
		
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			her my shoes, I'm going to be late
for the lecture. And two,
		
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			I don't know what's going to
happen to the cleanliness of my
		
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			shoes, because the bathrooms were
so dirty. They were melody, style,
		
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			I just imagine what could happen
to the shoes. And in those 10
		
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			seconds of hesitation, I literally
was like, I'm sorry. What sorry?
		
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			Could you repeat the question? I
was trying to stall because I
		
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			didn't know how to respond.
Another woman stepped up and she
		
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			immediately said, Oh, Hala, you
can use my shoes
		
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			and Wallahi. And I never say
Wallahi, Wallahi, the amount that
		
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			I was jealous of this sister who
she just immediately stepped up
		
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			and she said, you can use my
shoes. I can't imagine what kind
		
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			of secret she has with Allah. What
kind of secret do you have with
		
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			Allah that your your thoughts are
not about being late and about
		
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			your shoes? It's about I am there.
I am going to help this
		
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			grandmother. She is a grandmother
of my ummah in an occupation who's
		
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			going through so much, so much
oppression,
		
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			I wish that I had thought to give
her my shoes. I could have fixed
		
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			my problem of concern. I could
have given her my shoes. I could
		
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			have had no shoes for an hour,
gone to give a lecture, and then I
		
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			could have bought sandals. Why
didn't I think of that?
		
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			And so I ask Allah to make me like
Sheik Mohammed, a Sharif to help
		
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			me so that in the future, I never
say no to the to the grandmother
		
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			who asks me for my shoes. How do
you live a life where where you
		
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			are not thinking about yourself
when someone asks for something,
		
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			how do you make the intention that
when you have made a decision in
		
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			the past that you regret, that you
are going to move forward and you
		
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			are never going to make that same
mistake again? And of course, we
		
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			will. We will absolutely make the
same mistake again, because we're
		
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			human, but still, we can use the
pain of our regret of the past to
		
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			change what we do in the future.
And I want to share with you
		
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			another personal story that I was
walking out, and this one,
		
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			Alhamdulillah, I'm grateful for
that. I pray I made the right
		
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			decision, and I want to share it
with you, because for many of us,
		
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			it might have been a hard decision
to make. I walked out of a grocery
		
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			store and there was a man from the
unhoused community. He was lying
		
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			down. He had all his stuff around
him. Please excuse me for just a
		
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			second.
		
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			Thank you. He was lying down. He
had all his stuff around him. And
		
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			I had just walked out of the
grocery store, and I thought, I
		
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			can ask this, this man, I have
time, Alhamdulillah, that I have
		
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			the privileges of the resources to
be able to ask this man, what can
		
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			I get for you from the store? As I
walked up to him, I saw that his
		
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			eyes were closed, and I had five
seconds of Is he sleeping or his
		
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			eyes closed for a moment? You know
when you just sit back for a
		
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			moment. In those five seconds, he
opened his eyes and he saw me
		
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			looking at him, and I can imagine
that if you're from the unhomed
		
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			community and you don't have a
place to live, and you're living
		
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			on the street that people often
gawk at you, I can imagine, and
		
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			maybe you've done this, maybe
you've stared at someone and their
		
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			cart or their backpack or whatever
they have around them.
		
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			And you've just thought about it,
and maybe you've done so out of
		
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			pity, maybe you've done so out of
sympathy. Maybe they don't want
		
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			pity, maybe they Pamela, maybe
they don't appreciate people
		
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			staring. But this man opened his
eyes, and I was right there, and
		
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			the first thing he did was he
cussed me out. He started saying
		
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			every cuss word as loud as
possible, screaming at me. And I
		
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			also have to tell you something,
Alhamdulillah, I have a second
		
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			degree black belt in Taekwondo.
This was in broad daylight. There
		
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			were lots of people around. I was
not afraid for my safety. Of
		
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			course, if you're afraid for your
safety, that's a totally different
		
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			discussion. But this man was lying
down, cussing me out. And I felt
		
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			like it came from the place of
hurt, that he was hurt, that I was
		
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			gawking at him. And I said, Sir, I
had a moment that I thought I was
		
00:30:50 --> 00:30:54
			like, should I walk away? And then
I thought, No, I'm going to
		
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			explain to him, because I don't
want the rest of his day for him
		
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			to be thinking about how people
just stare. And so I told him,
		
00:31:02 --> 00:31:06
			Sir, I am so sorry. I was not
trying to stare at you while you
		
00:31:06 --> 00:31:10
			were sleeping. I was wondering if
you were asleep, and if you were
		
00:31:10 --> 00:31:13
			not, can I ask you if I can get
something for you from inside the
		
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			store.
		
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			He started to cry. He told me, I
am so sorry. I am so sorry. I am
		
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			so so sorry. And he just kept
saying sorry over and over and
		
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			over. And I said, No, don't worry.
No problem, brother, it's not a
		
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			problem. What can I get you from
the store? And he was like,
		
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			anything, just anything, anything,
anything. When I came back, all he
		
00:31:41 --> 00:31:46
			said was, I am so, so so sorry.
When I was walking away, he called
		
00:31:46 --> 00:31:50
			out screaming, I'm sorry, I'm
sorry. He just kept apologizing,
		
00:31:50 --> 00:31:52
			no matter how many times I said,
don't worry about it's not a
		
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			problem. And I thought,
subhanAllah, I am so grateful that
		
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			in the moment when he started
cussing me out, of course, I also
		
00:32:01 --> 00:32:05
			felt safe Alhamdulillah that I had
a split decision to make. Should I
		
00:32:05 --> 00:32:09
			just walk away, or should I
clarify? And that clarification
		
00:32:09 --> 00:32:12
			impacted my life. Literally, it's
been years since that incident,
		
00:32:12 --> 00:32:17
			but I kept thinking I could have
been again the woman who didn't
		
00:32:17 --> 00:32:21
			give my shoes. But Alhamdulillah
that I made a different decision,
		
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			and all of us are going to be in
those experiences where we can
		
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			choose to make a different
decision. Are we going to make a
		
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			different decision like Sheik
Muhammad Rahim Allah, very
		
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			intentionally decided to do
		
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			and Sheik Mohammed Rahim Allah
also shared one other story about
		
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			a man who, when he was in hedge
the previous year, he had been the
		
00:32:47 --> 00:32:53
			worst *. He had complained
constantly made it difficult for
		
00:32:53 --> 00:32:57
			people, just constantly
complaining. And then the next
		
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			year, he went back to hedge with
the intention that he was going to
		
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			fix his hedge from the previous
year. He was going to be the best
		
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			* that he could be. And Sheik
Mohammed, Rahima Allah,
		
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			sorry,
		
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			so hard to say. Rahima Allah,
		
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			he was sitting with the hedge
group. When
		
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			he was sitting with the hedge
group, the organizers of the hedge
		
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			they were telling him about this
man, and they were talking to him
		
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			about how this man
		
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			had been the worst * the year
before, and now he had come back,
		
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			and he had just asked them, How am
I this year? And they told him,
		
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			You are the model *. You are
the model *. You are like the
		
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			model pilgrim Mashallah. You're
doing everything so amazing.
		
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			And so he had gone to do the
jamarat, and this panel he passed
		
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			away, doing the jamarat. And Sheik
Mohammed talks about that the next
		
00:34:06 --> 00:34:11
			when he the next day, when they
were making the farewell toaf that
		
00:34:11 --> 00:34:17
			they Sheik Muhammad and millions
of people preyed upon this man
		
00:34:18 --> 00:34:22
			because they were doing the Janez
in front of the Kaaba this man
		
00:34:22 --> 00:34:25
			passed away. Excuse me, it was
preyed upon.
		
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			He had made a hedge he regretted.
And so instead, what he did is
		
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			choose to change the next hedge he
made, and Allah honored him. Allah
		
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			honored him in a way that very few
people are honored in this world.
		
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			Subhan Allah
		
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			and Sheik Muhammad also mentioned
this incredible Ayah for all of
		
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			us, Arham rejim, some is honestly
		
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			means
		
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			so much.
		
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			Me personally. It's about the
Companions who didn't go with the
		
00:35:04 --> 00:35:08
			Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasalam
when they were supposed to go on a
		
00:35:08 --> 00:35:10
			on a military excursion.
		
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			And then it says at the end, the
Allah turned to them so they could
		
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			turn to him many times. We fear
that our our are asking for
		
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			forgiveness will not be accepted.
Can you please make the for one
		
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			second say Allah,
		
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			apologies. There's a lot happening
emotionally. Um, so the
		
00:35:38 --> 00:35:41
			the Allah says thumb,
metapalahili, a Tubu, many times
		
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			we are afraid that Allah is not
accepting our repentance.
		
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			How do we know that he's accepted
a repentance that we made five
		
00:35:50 --> 00:35:56
			years ago, five months ago, five
days ago. Sometimes we are so
		
00:35:56 --> 00:36:01
			stuck we cannot forgive ourselves.
We think, how is Allah going to
		
00:36:01 --> 00:36:06
			forgive us? I can't forgive myself
for what I did. I can't stop
		
00:36:06 --> 00:36:09
			thinking about what I did. I can't
stop regretting what I did.
		
00:36:11 --> 00:36:12
			Allah. Spano to Allah,
		
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			has put in your heart already the
desire to ask for his forgiveness.
		
00:36:20 --> 00:36:26
			Why? Because he has already turned
to you in forgiveness. He has
		
00:36:26 --> 00:36:31
			already turned to you in
forgiveness, which is why you feel
		
00:36:31 --> 00:36:33
			the need to turn back to him in
forgiveness.
		
00:36:34 --> 00:36:37
			Some meta Bala, himlia, Tubu,
		
00:36:39 --> 00:36:42
			if you want to ask for
forgiveness, it's because he wants
		
00:36:42 --> 00:36:43
			you to ask for forgiveness.
		
00:36:45 --> 00:36:49
			So stop hating yourself for a
mistake that you made in the past.
		
00:36:50 --> 00:36:54
			Don't let shaleton paralyze you so
much from what you did in the past
		
00:36:55 --> 00:36:57
			that you don't know how to move
forward in the future.
		
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			You're so stuck thinking about
what you've done that you're not
		
00:37:01 --> 00:37:03
			focusing on all the good you could
do.
		
00:37:04 --> 00:37:09
			And Sheik Mohammed's life was that
example, focusing on the good that
		
00:37:09 --> 00:37:15
			you can keep doing. For someone to
pass away at 47 Rahima Allah so
		
00:37:15 --> 00:37:16
			young,
		
00:37:17 --> 00:37:22
			and yet his work just keeps
giving. That is the sign of
		
00:37:22 --> 00:37:27
			someone who came, who all of us,
even the Prophet sallallahu,
		
00:37:27 --> 00:37:30
			alayhi wasallam, constantly ask
for forgiveness. All of us need to
		
00:37:30 --> 00:37:36
			ask for forgiveness. And Allah
turns to us before we even do. And
		
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			I also want to clarify, if you've
never felt the need, if you're
		
00:37:40 --> 00:37:43
			wondering, I've never felt, ever
felt the need to ask for
		
00:37:43 --> 00:37:47
			forgiveness. That thought in and
of itself is a sign
		
00:37:48 --> 00:37:51
			that thought in and of itself can
bring you to say, oh, Allah, let
		
00:37:51 --> 00:37:53
			me feel that I want to ask for
forgiveness. And that comes from
		
00:37:53 --> 00:37:54
			his panel with
		
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			that point three
		
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			that we learned from shayham Ahmed
Rahim, Allah out of millions,
		
00:38:06 --> 00:38:09
			is leave the results with Allah.
		
00:38:10 --> 00:38:12
			Do the action
		
00:38:13 --> 00:38:17
			and leave the results with Allah
subhanahu wa
		
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			when raziah asked me about doing
this webinar. It was about a week
		
00:38:23 --> 00:38:25
			after Sheik Mohammed Rahima hula
passed away.
		
00:38:28 --> 00:38:29
			I was stunned,
		
00:38:31 --> 00:38:37
			obviously, as you can see, I was
crying. I heard her message, and I
		
00:38:37 --> 00:38:38
			just was stunned.
		
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			One week after someone's or the
founding organ, the founding
		
00:38:46 --> 00:38:50
			person of an organization, has
passed away, and the work is
		
00:38:50 --> 00:38:54
			continuing. The work just keeps on
going.
		
00:38:56 --> 00:39:01
			I have to I'm grateful to have
established clariah. Clariah is
		
00:39:01 --> 00:39:04
			the woman Quran reciters app. It's
free.
		
00:39:06 --> 00:39:11
			A lot of work, and especially
because it's free, there's
		
00:39:11 --> 00:39:14
			completely a reliance on
volunteers, which Inshallah,
		
00:39:14 --> 00:39:17
			that's going to change. It's going
to become a nonprofit inshallah.
		
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			But the point is that I was
thinking so much when I got that
		
00:39:20 --> 00:39:23
			call that whole week, I was
thinking about how his work is
		
00:39:23 --> 00:39:28
			continuing, how many of us, myself
included, have established
		
00:39:28 --> 00:39:31
			something or done something, and
if we were to leave it would
		
00:39:31 --> 00:39:32
			collapse.
		
00:39:33 --> 00:39:39
			Sheik Mohammed didn't make things
about himself. He didn't do it for
		
00:39:39 --> 00:39:43
			his name. He didn't do it for
Sheik, Hamada, Sharif, Rahim,
		
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			Allah, and it's why do we know
that? And we all have times where
		
00:39:48 --> 00:39:50
			maybe we have to, like, think
about, you know, our our
		
00:39:50 --> 00:39:54
			intentions and why we're doing
things, but we see it in the
		
00:39:54 --> 00:39:59
			result the Allah subhanahu wa
taala. He continued.
		
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			His work. Moments after he passed
away, Rahima Allah, people are
		
00:40:05 --> 00:40:09
			making to offer him reading Quran
and thinking of him doing
		
00:40:09 --> 00:40:13
			continuing to share his lectures,
continuing discover you.
		
00:40:13 --> 00:40:17
			Visionnaire inshallah is going to
continue leaving a legacy with
		
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			Visionnaire. You can sign up for
the next program. This isn't about
		
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			Sheik Mohammed. Rahim Allah, this
is about the work. Investing in
		
00:40:26 --> 00:40:27
			this work
		
00:40:29 --> 00:40:32
			instead of investing in the
outcome, is what Sheik Mohammed
		
00:40:32 --> 00:40:37
			taught, and I want to share with
you on Tiktok. Tiktok, for those
		
00:40:37 --> 00:40:41
			of you who don't use it, they show
you videos that they think you're
		
00:40:41 --> 00:40:41
			going to like.
		
00:40:43 --> 00:40:46
			After the passing of Sheik
Mohammed, Rahim Allah, I suddenly
		
00:40:46 --> 00:40:49
			saw a video from Sheik Mohammed.
		
00:40:50 --> 00:40:54
			I've been on Tiktok for two years,
and I have never seen a video of
		
00:40:54 --> 00:40:59
			Sheik Mohammed. I didn't even know
that he had a Tiktok account. I go
		
00:40:59 --> 00:41:03
			to his account and Subhan Allah,
he had a few 1000 followers. His
		
00:41:03 --> 00:41:07
			latest video had maybe all around,
I don't know, maybe around 10,000
		
00:41:08 --> 00:41:08
			views.
		
00:41:10 --> 00:41:14
			All of a sudden, I'm seeing Sheik
Mohammed Rahim Allah on Tiktok,
		
00:41:15 --> 00:41:19
			and within days, hundreds and
1000s of people are watching his
		
00:41:19 --> 00:41:20
			last video.
		
00:41:21 --> 00:41:22
			He
		
00:41:23 --> 00:41:28
			made a video about the dua of
seeing yourself in the mirror, and
		
00:41:28 --> 00:41:33
			he taught us how to make this dua
in this video. And Subhan Allah,
		
00:41:33 --> 00:41:36
			the last video that he made on
Tiktok, the one that has hundreds
		
00:41:36 --> 00:41:40
			and 1000s of views, is him making
a DUA, teaching us how to say
		
00:41:40 --> 00:41:45
			that. Dua, how many people are now
learning that dua from that video?
		
00:41:45 --> 00:41:48
			How many people are going to teach
their children? Inshallah, this
		
00:41:48 --> 00:41:51
			dua, how many children are going
to teach their children this dua,
		
00:41:51 --> 00:41:54
			how many great, great, great,
great great grandchildren are
		
00:41:54 --> 00:41:57
			going to know this dua because of
one person who learned it from a
		
00:41:57 --> 00:41:58
			video from Sheik Mohammed,
		
00:42:00 --> 00:42:03
			whose pan Allah passed away before
he even saw the results.
		
00:42:06 --> 00:42:10
			When you do something for the sake
of Allah's panawata,
		
00:42:11 --> 00:42:18
			Allah increases your work not by
one time or two times or three
		
00:42:18 --> 00:42:22
			times, just right now in the span
of a week, to at least 2020, times
		
00:42:22 --> 00:42:23
			the amount.
		
00:42:24 --> 00:42:30
			How much is the investment worth
putting in so that Allah will
		
00:42:30 --> 00:42:34
			magnify what you do, even if you
don't see it.
		
00:42:36 --> 00:42:43
			There was a man who was in the
civilians of the time of
		
00:42:43 --> 00:42:47
			Salahuddin. He was a civilian in
the time of Salahuddin and
		
00:42:47 --> 00:42:50
			Salahuddin Rahima Allah. He was
trying to get into a besieged
		
00:42:50 --> 00:42:54
			city. Now we know the narrations
of the Crusaders. We know the
		
00:42:54 --> 00:42:55
			narratives of the Crusaders.
		
00:42:56 --> 00:43:00
			The Crusaders themselves talk
about burning babies, barbecuing
		
00:43:00 --> 00:43:04
			babies. They talk about
cannibalism. It is disgusting.
		
00:43:04 --> 00:43:07
			Salah Haddin was working for the
justice, of course, of Muslims,
		
00:43:07 --> 00:43:10
			but also of Jews and Christians.
He was working for justice, for
		
00:43:10 --> 00:43:14
			the sake of Allah and the
Crusaders. Had a city that was
		
00:43:14 --> 00:43:20
			besieged with these huge wooden
just structures, and they had
		
00:43:20 --> 00:43:24
			doused it in vinegar so no fire
could light it a flame.
		
00:43:25 --> 00:43:30
			And there was a man, just a random
man, who was a civilian who, after
		
00:43:31 --> 00:43:34
			months of them trying to get rid
of the to open the break the siege
		
00:43:34 --> 00:43:39
			of this city, this random man
comes up to
		
00:43:40 --> 00:43:44
			a military leader in salahuddin's
army, Bahauddin, and he says to
		
00:43:44 --> 00:43:48
			him that he is actually a
woodworker, but he likes to try
		
00:43:48 --> 00:43:51
			chemistry. He does different
things with chemistry for his own
		
00:43:51 --> 00:43:54
			purposes. He just likes to try
things. And he said he has an idea
		
00:43:55 --> 00:43:59
			of how they could actually break
the siege using a mix of chemicals
		
00:43:59 --> 00:44:04
			that he had come up with this mix
of chemicals is what allowed for
		
00:44:04 --> 00:44:07
			the siege to be broken, for the
people of the city to be saved by
		
00:44:07 --> 00:44:08
			Salahuddin.
		
00:44:09 --> 00:44:10
			We don't know This man's name.
		
00:44:12 --> 00:44:14
			We have nothing more about this
man,
		
00:44:16 --> 00:44:19
			but he's preserved with Allah's
Panama to Allah, His reward is
		
00:44:19 --> 00:44:22
			Allah, the people who were
protected in that city, and their
		
00:44:22 --> 00:44:26
			offspring, all of their, their
their this panel is so much good.
		
00:44:26 --> 00:44:28
			Goes back to a man whose name we
don't know,
		
00:44:29 --> 00:44:32
			who doesn't really have much about
his life except this one, this one
		
00:44:32 --> 00:44:35
			action that he took he saw a
moment where he could take a
		
00:44:35 --> 00:44:38
			skill, something that he's
passionate about, and he could use
		
00:44:38 --> 00:44:42
			it to help an entire city. Many of
us, when we look at someone like
		
00:44:42 --> 00:44:45
			Sheik Mohammed, we think we have
to establish a foundation. We need
		
00:44:45 --> 00:44:49
			to write 10 books. We need to give
700 lectures for us to be able to
		
00:44:49 --> 00:44:51
			be honored in our life and our
death the way that he was, Rahima
		
00:44:51 --> 00:44:55
			Allah. But not all of us are going
to be Shaykh Muhammad as Sharif
		
00:44:55 --> 00:44:59
			Rahima hollah, and not all, not
all of us are asked to be Allah.
		
00:45:00 --> 00:45:06
			Allah is so merciful that there is
a story of Salman ibn Mansur, who
		
00:45:06 --> 00:45:10
			saw his father, who was a scholar,
in a dream, and his father had
		
00:45:10 --> 00:45:13
			passed away, and he came to his
son, and he told him about being
		
00:45:13 --> 00:45:16
			entered into paradise. And he told
his son why he was entered to
		
00:45:16 --> 00:45:17
			paradise. Why? What was the
reason?
		
00:45:18 --> 00:45:23
			Because one time he was giving a
lecture. And there was a man who
		
00:45:23 --> 00:45:29
			was passing by who sat down, and
when he sat down for the very
		
00:45:29 --> 00:45:35
			first time in his life, this man
cried a tear out of the hashiya,
		
00:45:35 --> 00:45:39
			out of the reverence, out of the
awe of Allah's Panama to Allah
		
00:45:41 --> 00:45:45
			just that one moment of being
touched so much
		
00:45:47 --> 00:45:50
			a man who hadn't been touched
before feeling that moment of
		
00:45:50 --> 00:45:54
			being touched because of that,
Allah forgave all the people in
		
00:45:54 --> 00:45:59
			the gathering, and this was the
action, not the hundreds of
		
00:45:59 --> 00:46:02
			lectures that She gave, not,
which, of course, still means so
		
00:46:02 --> 00:46:08
			much. But this was the action that
this Sheik mentioned was what was
		
00:46:08 --> 00:46:08
			what
		
00:46:10 --> 00:46:14
			entered him into a higher level of
paradise. Another dream that
		
00:46:14 --> 00:46:19
			another child of a scholar who
passed away had was of his father,
		
00:46:19 --> 00:46:22
			and his father told him that he
had been entered into Paradise,
		
00:46:22 --> 00:46:29
			and he told him the action was
that this Sheik used to go out to
		
00:46:29 --> 00:46:33
			the outskirts of the city and
teach a group of elderly,
		
00:46:33 --> 00:46:35
			illiterate women how to recite
Suratul Fatiha.
		
00:46:36 --> 00:46:41
			We can imagine that that process
maybe took a month, maybe a year
		
00:46:41 --> 00:46:44
			teaching a group of women who are
elderly, who didn't know how to
		
00:46:44 --> 00:46:47
			recite social Fatiha, who were
illiterate, how to recite social
		
00:46:47 --> 00:46:52
			Fatiha. But that was the action
that Allah honored so much that it
		
00:46:52 --> 00:46:55
			would it allowed him to be in a
higher rank of paradise. And these
		
00:46:55 --> 00:46:59
			are dreams. We don't take thick
rulings from them. We just take
		
00:46:59 --> 00:47:03
			inspiration from them that
Subhanallah many of us may think,
		
00:47:03 --> 00:47:07
			Well, I don't I don't have much
that I can contribute. Maybe you
		
00:47:07 --> 00:47:10
			are a 20 year old, a 30 year old,
a 40 year old, a 50 year old, 60
		
00:47:10 --> 00:47:12
			year old, 70 year old. Maybe
you're looking back at your life
		
00:47:12 --> 00:47:15
			with regret, and you're thinking,
there's so much more I could have
		
00:47:15 --> 00:47:20
			done and I should have done, but
you as a grandmother, helping your
		
00:47:21 --> 00:47:25
			grandchildren feel loved and
supported and cared for, and them
		
00:47:25 --> 00:47:30
			sharing that love and feeling like
whole, healed individuals, and
		
00:47:30 --> 00:47:35
			being able to share that healed
love with their children, that as
		
00:47:36 --> 00:47:39
			you being a parent and teaching
your child literally Anything,
		
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			subhanAllah, Allahu, Akbar being
kind to others. That is sadaqa
		
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			jariya.
		
00:47:44 --> 00:47:50
			You being someone who plants a
tree that birds eat from 300 years
		
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			later. That is constant. Sadaqa
jariya. You donating to a well
		
00:47:55 --> 00:47:58
			being established that people
continue to drink from 100 years
		
00:47:58 --> 00:48:02
			later. Those are all sadaqajarias
that any of us can be involved in.
		
00:48:03 --> 00:48:07
			You put in the effort Allah's
panamata allows you to see the
		
00:48:07 --> 00:48:11
			reward. He is the one who allows
you to see well, he's the one who
		
00:48:11 --> 00:48:14
			allows you to see the reward in
the Hereafter, whether or not you
		
00:48:14 --> 00:48:16
			can see it now, is not the goal.
		
00:48:17 --> 00:48:22
			It's you putting in the work and
allowing Allah to allow the fruits
		
00:48:22 --> 00:48:29
			to come out. And finally, the last
point is designing our life on
		
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			dua,
		
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			designing our life on DUA
		
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			and our death. Sheik Mohammed's
whole
		
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			life was talking about designing
your life by DUA
		
00:48:45 --> 00:48:49
			and he taught us about designing
our death by Dana. I don't mean
		
00:48:50 --> 00:48:54
			that we are going to ask for Allah
to take us in a particular way,
		
00:48:54 --> 00:48:58
			and that's what's going to happen.
What I mean is that we live our
		
00:48:58 --> 00:49:02
			life in a way that we want our
death to be and worship of Him and
		
00:49:02 --> 00:49:05
			praise of him, and we work towards
that. In our dua,
		
00:49:07 --> 00:49:10
			Almar rodilo anhu asked to be a
martyr in Medina. And people were
		
00:49:10 --> 00:49:13
			like, how are you going to be a
martyr in Medina? No battles
		
00:49:13 --> 00:49:17
			happen in Medina. And yet, he was
stabbed while leading Salah in
		
00:49:17 --> 00:49:22
			Mawi, and he died a martyr. Rodi
Allahu, anhu, you design your life
		
00:49:22 --> 00:49:27
			and your death by constantly
asking Allah for the best death.
		
00:49:27 --> 00:49:30
			You ask him, Oh Allah, take me in
the best way. Oh Allah, bless me
		
00:49:30 --> 00:49:33
			with the best death. And
subhanAllah, I just want to share
		
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			something that Allah, Allah,
Shaykh, Muhammad, Rahima, Allah,
		
00:49:37 --> 00:49:41
			he talked about in a lecture where
he says, living your life with no
		
00:49:41 --> 00:49:46
			regrets. He has a lecture on this
topic, and he mentions a person
		
00:49:46 --> 00:49:51
			who gathers their grandchildren
and they tell them about the one
		
00:49:51 --> 00:49:54
			regret that they had in this life,
what is the one regret that they
		
00:49:54 --> 00:49:58
			would have had in this life? And
that one regret would be not
		
00:49:58 --> 00:49:59
			spending more time in the masjid,
not going.
		
00:50:00 --> 00:50:04
			The Masjid more, not praying in
the masjid. More and Subhan Allah,
		
00:50:04 --> 00:50:06
			when I listened to that, and I
thought Sheik Mohammed, Rahima
		
00:50:06 --> 00:50:11
			Allah, the best of us. Allah Tala
honored him with being in the
		
00:50:11 --> 00:50:12
			masjid
		
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			in salatul Maghrib at the time.
Sub Allah, how many of us could
		
00:50:18 --> 00:50:22
			just hope to be in the masjid
praying and the masjid praying
		
00:50:24 --> 00:50:27
			for that to be our final act
		
00:50:28 --> 00:50:34
			is nothing more than a testament
of Allah's love for someone that
		
00:50:34 --> 00:50:37
			can be nothing more than a
testament of Allah's choosing
		
00:50:37 --> 00:50:41
			someone Inshallah, not only in
this life, we know Allah chose
		
00:50:41 --> 00:50:45
			shahamed. In this life, we can see
that. But also in the Hereafter,
		
00:50:46 --> 00:50:50
			when Allah loves someone, he calls
out to the people of the heavens.
		
00:50:50 --> 00:50:54
			And that love that spreads between
the people of the heavens and
		
00:50:54 --> 00:50:58
			jabila alayhi salam spreads to the
people on earth. All of our love
		
00:50:58 --> 00:51:01
			for him is a testament of how much
Allah loved him in sha, Allah, and
		
00:51:02 --> 00:51:06
			Inshallah, it's a sign of him
being in the highest paradise. We
		
00:51:06 --> 00:51:10
			beg Allah for that for him and for
us. So we design our life by dua,
		
00:51:10 --> 00:51:14
			and we design our death by asking
for the best khatima, by asking
		
00:51:14 --> 00:51:18
			for the best ending constantly
from Allah. And I know that many
		
00:51:18 --> 00:51:22
			of us fear what passing away might
look like, what it might mean,
		
00:51:22 --> 00:51:27
			what it might be. But I want to
end by sharing with you a story of
		
00:51:27 --> 00:51:31
			my my mom's friend. My mom told me
that she had a friend, and her
		
00:51:31 --> 00:51:35
			friend had a little sister who was
passing away in the hospital, and
		
00:51:35 --> 00:51:39
			her family was gathered around
her, and as she was lying there,
		
00:51:39 --> 00:51:43
			she told her mom and dad, she
said, Who are these beautiful
		
00:51:43 --> 00:51:47
			people who just came into my room
holding this beautiful white
		
00:51:47 --> 00:51:50
			dress. It's the most beautiful
white dress that I've ever seen.
		
00:51:52 --> 00:51:54
			And her parents looked around and
said, There's no one here.
		
00:51:56 --> 00:51:57
			And then she passed away,
		
00:51:59 --> 00:52:03
			losing your loved one losing a
child, there's nothing that can
		
00:52:03 --> 00:52:06
			that can compare to that amount of
pain. May Allah make it easy on
		
00:52:06 --> 00:52:10
			everybody Arab and protect
everybody Arab, I mean, but to
		
00:52:10 --> 00:52:16
			know that someone in this moment
is Inshallah, seeing angels,
		
00:52:17 --> 00:52:21
			Inshallah, bringing the most
beautiful shroud that is such a
		
00:52:21 --> 00:52:24
			comfort. Allah tells us,
		
00:52:26 --> 00:52:33
			in Allah who saw Mr. Kamu, Tata,
nazaloo, alayhi, Mala ike to
		
00:52:33 --> 00:52:38
			Allah, tahazanu or abushiro Adun,
		
00:52:40 --> 00:52:43
			that those who stand firm in this
belief Allah
		
00:52:45 --> 00:52:49
			that and they're passing away.
What happens? The angels come down
		
00:52:49 --> 00:52:53
			to them, and they say, Do Not Fear
and Do not grieve. And glad
		
00:52:53 --> 00:52:56
			tidings, glad tidings for
Paradise, which you have been
		
00:52:56 --> 00:52:57
			promised.
		
00:52:58 --> 00:53:02
			It's very natural for us to be
afraid, but Allah gives us the
		
00:53:02 --> 00:53:08
			comfort that, as the angels were
assigned to be protectors in this
		
00:53:08 --> 00:53:12
			life for you, while you're alive,
that they are assigned to give you
		
00:53:12 --> 00:53:17
			glad news, good tidings in your
death. And that is such a comfort
		
00:53:17 --> 00:53:21
			for any of us who are afraid and
any of us who've lost loved ones
		
00:53:21 --> 00:53:21
			to know
		
00:53:23 --> 00:53:27
			that Subhan Allah, just the asking
of one angel for the forgiveness
		
00:53:27 --> 00:53:28
			of the believers,
		
00:53:30 --> 00:53:34
			as Imam Al beloi mentioned, is
enough for all of the believers on
		
00:53:34 --> 00:53:39
			Earth. So imagine having angels
come to you and give you the glad
		
00:53:39 --> 00:53:45
			tidings May Allah, bless us with
being of the people who are given
		
00:53:45 --> 00:53:48
			the greatest tidings in this life
and the next. And Inshallah, we're
		
00:53:48 --> 00:53:51
			going to take, I know that we are
done with time. So Inshallah,
		
00:53:51 --> 00:53:54
			we're going to take just two
minutes to make dua. Inshallah, as
		
00:53:54 --> 00:53:59
			we end, if you can face the qibla,
it's the sunnah to face the Qibla
		
00:53:59 --> 00:54:03
			when making dua, it's the sunnah
to raise your hands when making
		
00:54:03 --> 00:54:06
			dua, but none of them are required
if you're not able to so we're
		
00:54:06 --> 00:54:10
			going to make a dua Inshallah,
quickly, Allahumma, like
		
00:54:11 --> 00:54:15
			Alhamdulillah, go Allah, you are
deserving of the most praise. Ya
		
00:54:15 --> 00:54:20
			rab Allah. AJ, send your peace and
blessings upon our beloved
		
00:54:20 --> 00:54:24
			SallAllahu, alayhi wa sallam,
Allah, have mercy on us. Shari for
		
00:54:24 --> 00:54:27
			him. Allah, Oh Allah, bless him
with being entered into the
		
00:54:27 --> 00:54:31
			highest paradise. Bilayer hisab.
Allah, bless him with being in the
		
00:54:31 --> 00:54:35
			lines of the prophets and the
martyrs. Was Siddiqi in Ya Rabbi
		
00:54:35 --> 00:54:39
			la Alamin, Oh Allah, honor us with
being able to continue his legacy
		
00:54:39 --> 00:54:42
			and honor us as you honored him.
Ya Rabbi alamin in our work for
		
00:54:42 --> 00:54:45
			your sake. Ya rab O Allah, enter
him into the highest paradise.
		
00:54:45 --> 00:54:49
			Bilayer, he said, and make his
grave a garden of paradise. Ya,
		
00:54:49 --> 00:54:53
			Rabbi Lamin Allama, make Shama
Ahmed's grave a garden of
		
00:54:53 --> 00:54:59
			paradise. Yorub Allah, honor his
family. Allah, honor his family.
		
00:54:59 --> 00:54:59
			Allah, honor.
		
00:55:00 --> 00:55:03
			Sheik Mohammed's family. Oh, honor
his wife, honor his children,
		
00:55:03 --> 00:55:06
			honor his parents. Allah, enter
all of them into the highest
		
00:55:06 --> 00:55:10
			paradise without his up together.
Yo Aloha, bless him with dreams
		
00:55:10 --> 00:55:13
			where Sheik Mohammed comes and
gives them glad tidings. Ya rab
		
00:55:13 --> 00:55:18
			balabi Aloha, Maya Ra, let them
not feel like they are departed
		
00:55:18 --> 00:55:21
			from him. Let them feel so close
to him. Ya rab balabi Aloha. Maya
		
00:55:21 --> 00:55:26
			Ra, continue. The work that he did
with success. Ya Rabin, a bless
		
00:55:26 --> 00:55:29
			everyone who misses him, everyone
who knew him and never met him. Oh
		
00:55:29 --> 00:55:33
			Allah, every single person. Ya
rabbina, please honor them. Ya
		
00:55:33 --> 00:55:36
			Rabbi Alamin, with being able to
continue his legacy, honor us with
		
00:55:36 --> 00:55:40
			continuing his legacy. One sur
Ikhwan and nafikuli. Me Kenya,
		
00:55:40 --> 00:55:43
			Allah, help this ummah everywhere,
and every single person who's a
		
00:55:43 --> 00:55:46
			part of this live, and every
single person that they love, Oh
		
00:55:46 --> 00:55:50
			Allah, we ask You, ya Rabbi for
sualan Wahida, we ask you for just
		
00:55:50 --> 00:55:55
			one, one request, Allah, we came
in this moment, Yara to you. We
		
00:55:55 --> 00:55:58
			came together to remember a
righteous servant of yours.
		
00:55:59 --> 00:56:03
			Allahu, from us are people who are
the foremost in worship. And from
		
00:56:03 --> 00:56:08
			us, most of us, we are the ones
who struggle Allah. From us are
		
00:56:08 --> 00:56:11
			those who are so vulnerable and
from us, ya rabbina, are those who
		
00:56:11 --> 00:56:15
			have hope in you and those who
struggle with their worship of
		
00:56:15 --> 00:56:20
			you. And that's most of us. Ya rab
So, Oh Allah, we do not Ya
		
00:56:20 --> 00:56:25
			Rabbana, lose our hope in you. And
we come to you asking just one
		
00:56:25 --> 00:56:30
			request, just one Yoruba, just
one. Enter us, Yara, and every
		
00:56:30 --> 00:56:34
			single person that we love, and
Sheik Mohammed as Sharif, and
		
00:56:34 --> 00:56:38
			every single person that he loved
into the highest paradise.
		
00:56:40 --> 00:56:41
			Thank you all
		
00:56:43 --> 00:56:47
			so much for joining us. May Allah.
Bless all of you. Thank you. It
		
00:56:47 --> 00:56:53
			was such an honor to be here
Salaam Alaikum, Mariam and
		
00:56:53 --> 00:56:58
			JazakAllah for doing the DUA.
		
00:57:01 --> 00:57:05
			Because I know a lot of us again,
and hamdana, it's that opportunity
		
00:57:06 --> 00:57:11
			channeling our grief to all of you
that are here. I hope. Inshallah,
		
00:57:11 --> 00:57:14
			I know mashallah, so many of you
sharing notes and gems from Sister
		
00:57:14 --> 00:57:19
			mariams session. And you know,
obviously so many beautiful points
		
00:57:19 --> 00:57:23
			touched. And I think one of them
that I really want to highlight,
		
00:57:23 --> 00:57:26
			which is obviously talking about
the vision or legacy, is waking
		
00:57:26 --> 00:57:30
			up, right? Like waking up from
this state of intoxication, asking
		
00:57:30 --> 00:57:33
			ourselves, like, am I going to let
another day, another month,
		
00:57:33 --> 00:57:37
			another year, another decade
passed by and stay in that same
		
00:57:37 --> 00:57:40
			place? Right? Like, what would,
what are the regrets I would hold
		
00:57:40 --> 00:57:43
			on to if, right now nothing
changed, and so that's my
		
00:57:43 --> 00:57:46
			invitation to you. That is our
invitation to you from discovery.
		
00:57:46 --> 00:57:52
			U is take this opportunity. Take
Alhamdulillah, the beautiful
		
00:57:52 --> 00:57:55
			reminder of Shaykh Muhammad's
passing the way that he lived his
		
00:57:55 --> 00:57:58
			life. Take that beautiful
reminder, Inshallah, and channel
		
00:57:58 --> 00:58:02
			it in assessing where it is that
maybe I'm not channeling the power
		
00:58:02 --> 00:58:06
			of God, where am I not having high
hope in what Allah panta can do in
		
00:58:06 --> 00:58:11
			my life? And so today, Inshallah,
we have registration open for
		
00:58:11 --> 00:58:14
			Visionnaire legacy. I'm just
putting it into the chat. And
		
00:58:14 --> 00:58:18
			also, you know, Inshallah, I know
a lot of you been asking, Can I
		
00:58:18 --> 00:58:21
			get access to, you know, more
lectures from Sheik Mohammed. So
		
00:58:21 --> 00:58:25
			Alhamdulillah, he had done one
that was called Mastering your
		
00:58:25 --> 00:58:28
			emotions. And so we're going to be
adding that as a bonus for the
		
00:58:28 --> 00:58:31
			visionary legacy students
inshallah when you join in the
		
00:58:31 --> 00:58:35
			next few days. So you'll have an
opportunity to get that as an
		
00:58:35 --> 00:58:39
			additional bonus. And if you're
wondering, how do you do visionary
		
00:58:39 --> 00:58:43
			without Sheik Mohammed? So it's
not without him. The sessions are
		
00:58:43 --> 00:58:46
			by Sheik Mohammed. It's the
sessions he did this past year
		
00:58:46 --> 00:58:50
			Subhanallah, and it's five
sessions. It's going to be over
		
00:58:50 --> 00:58:53
			five days. Each session is about
two hours, and it's going to be a
		
00:58:53 --> 00:58:56
			guided experience. So I'll be on
with you just like this. We'll be
		
00:58:56 --> 00:58:58
			having breakout rooms. We're going
to go through and watch the
		
00:58:58 --> 00:59:01
			session together. We're going to
have our Facebook group. As usual,
		
00:59:01 --> 00:59:03
			we're going to have TAs
Alhamdulillah, we're going to have
		
00:59:03 --> 00:59:07
			peer to peer support groups to
help craft your duas. And again,
		
00:59:07 --> 00:59:09
			it's going to be about
challenging, right, challenging
		
00:59:10 --> 00:59:14
			yourself waking up from the
intoxication that is Bania. You
		
00:59:14 --> 00:59:19
			know, one of the things shemadi
I'm sharing Marshall, so many like
		
00:59:19 --> 00:59:24
			stories of Sheik Hamid, different
webinars and talks he did. There
		
00:59:24 --> 00:59:28
			was one that I always have held on
to. It was actually quite a few
		
00:59:28 --> 00:59:31
			years back. He had, I don't even
remember, actually, if it was a
		
00:59:31 --> 00:59:34
			webinar or if it was just a
conversation he had mentioned, and
		
00:59:34 --> 00:59:38
			he has shown that, you know, there
will come a time where we will
		
00:59:39 --> 00:59:45
			like, long for will long for being
able to just do two more nakas
		
00:59:45 --> 00:59:49
			Aslam, like that, will be the most
precious thing to us on this
		
00:59:49 --> 00:59:53
			earth. And he was talking about it
again in the context of taking
		
00:59:53 --> 00:59:58
			action, in the context of, don't
be little small acts, small hopes
		
00:59:58 --> 00:59:59
			and dreams that you have.
		
01:00:00 --> 01:00:04
			That, because one day you along to
do just that, and that always,
		
01:00:04 --> 01:00:07
			like, I don't know, it just always
hit me so hard because I was like,
		
01:00:08 --> 01:00:12
			wow. Like, we we belittle so many
things. We're like, okay, just,
		
01:00:12 --> 01:00:15
			you know, like, it's that, so now
prayer, it's, you know, it's this
		
01:00:15 --> 01:00:18
			or that. And he's a kind of like,
you know, one of the things that
		
01:00:18 --> 01:00:20
			he taught me and modeled, I
believe, in his life, was
		
01:00:20 --> 01:00:23
			constantly taking advantage of
those small opportunities and
		
01:00:24 --> 01:00:27
			building them up to be the big
dream gods, right? Just as
		
01:00:27 --> 01:00:31
			Marshall, he designed, and we get
to benefit, continue to benefit
		
01:00:31 --> 01:00:34
			from. So I encourage you that if
you're in a place in your life
		
01:00:34 --> 01:00:38
			right now where you feel like, I
don't know, you know, is this for
		
01:00:38 --> 01:00:41
			me? Or, you know, maybe I am
living my life in a way I'm happy,
		
01:00:41 --> 01:00:44
			but like, if there's any question
that you are not raising your
		
01:00:44 --> 01:00:47
			standards, then I invite you to
join. And if you've never
		
01:00:47 --> 01:00:49
			experienced Visionnaire, I
definitely invite you to join
		
01:00:49 --> 01:00:53
			those who already have this is an
opportunity. And you guys get your
		
01:00:53 --> 01:00:55
			special promo code for the
students who've already taken it
		
01:00:55 --> 01:00:58
			before. You'll be emailed that
this is your special opportunity.
		
01:00:58 --> 01:01:01
			Inshallah, and someone just
mentioned. You know, I wish
		
01:01:01 --> 01:01:03
			someone could sponsor me. Number
one, make thought, make the
		
01:01:03 --> 01:01:07
			intention. And secondly, email us
inshallah. Don't hold back just
		
01:01:07 --> 01:01:10
			because, you know, you think right
now you can afford it. So email us
		
01:01:10 --> 01:01:14
			inshallah and support. And you
know, with that, I invite you to
		
01:01:14 --> 01:01:16
			join, take advantage of the bonus
that is there, and let you know
		
01:01:16 --> 01:01:19
			we're going to keep moving
forward. I am not going to hold
		
01:01:19 --> 01:01:23
			back. Our team is coming full
force, Alhamdulillah, because we
		
01:01:23 --> 01:01:27
			believe it is our job to continue
Inshallah, to call two people to
		
01:01:27 --> 01:01:31
			dua, to craft their life with dua
And Alhamdulillah, that is the,
		
01:01:31 --> 01:01:33
			you know, best way that inshallah
we carry this other kajana that
		
01:01:33 --> 01:01:36
			Shaykh Muhammad taught us and
connected us with. So if you're a
		
01:01:36 --> 01:01:39
			student here who's taken it
before, I encourage you go invite
		
01:01:39 --> 01:01:42
			someone else who's never taken
Visionnaire, you know people in
		
01:01:42 --> 01:01:45
			your community, and that will be
really powerful. Inshallah, no, it
		
01:01:45 --> 01:01:49
			is not just for women. It is open
for everyone, just as just as
		
01:01:49 --> 01:01:52
			visionary always has been open for
everyone. Each session, like I
		
01:01:52 --> 01:01:56
			said, is two hours. We start
Inshallah, August, 18, 20th, 21st
		
01:01:56 --> 01:02:01
			and then 27th 28th will be at 12pm
Eastern. Inshallah, you'll have
		
01:02:01 --> 01:02:04
			lifetime access again to the
recordings the Facebook group
		
01:02:04 --> 01:02:08
			community, and we'll have special
bonuses in there as well. I have
		
01:02:08 --> 01:02:10
			put the LinkedIn link there.
You're also going to be emailed
		
01:02:10 --> 01:02:12
			the link, so don't worry,
Inshallah, and you'll get that
		
01:02:12 --> 01:02:16
			opportunity to join. If you have
any questions, respond back to any
		
01:02:16 --> 01:02:21
			of the discovery emails or support
at Discovery life.com Inshallah,
		
01:02:21 --> 01:02:25
			just go ahead, everyone, please,
you know, keep Shaykh Mohammed and
		
01:02:25 --> 01:02:29
			obviously his family in your DUA
at this time as well. And please
		
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			make offer Shaykh amariam may last
had to reward her and bless her,
		
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			because it was not an easy task
to, you know, obviously, do the
		
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			first webinar after Sheikh's
passing. So really, you know,
		
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			honor to speak on behalf of the
team that it meant so much to all
		
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			of us that she could come on
board, just like to all of you for
		
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			continuing to be with us. Support
us. Give us your love. You know we
		
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			truly love you guys, and we want
to continue to see you. Inshallah,
		
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			raise your standards so just.