Maryam Amir – Pray for others instead of judging them

Maryam Amir
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The speaker discusses their experience with Islam and how they use their learning and researching expertise to promote their online endeavors. They emphasize the importance of investing time and energy in praying for others and finding the right person to ask questions about. The speaker also mentions a recent trend on TikTok where people make comments about their du birth and encourage them to take advantage of opportunities to learn more about Islam.

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			I wasn't sure if Islam is the truth.
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			I doubted whether or not I wanted to
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			be Muslim,
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			and I questioned
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			God.
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			But Allah blessed me with going to Mecca,
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			reading the translation of the Quran, and falling
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			in love with Islam. And then all I
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			wanted to do was learn about who he
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			is and how I can get to know
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			him.
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			I was so honored to memorize the Quran
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			and have a degree through Al Azhar University
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			in Islamic studies and spent the last 17
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			years researching Islam and publishing articles
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			on contemporary
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			and working with scholars and teaching Islam.
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			So many people used to judge me and
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			say things about me, and I'm so humbled
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			and grateful
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			that those same people now come to me,
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			and they ask me questions
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			about Islam.
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			It's an honor,
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			but I wanted to share this with you
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			because I've seen a lot of people, especially
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			on TikTok, making comments to other people's videos,
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			like, oh, you might as well just take
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			off your hijab, or you're gonna go to
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			*.
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			Come on. Instead of investing so much time
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			pushing people
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			who are struggling,
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			or maybe they're in a part of their
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			journey.
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			And Allah sees that,
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			and he appreciates their effort despite their situation.
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			Instead of putting so much effort in making
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			them feel like they're not worthy
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			of God,
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			invest.
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			Invest that time and that energy
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			in praying for them. Say that Allah makes
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			them
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			one day
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			your teacher.
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			And maybe one day because of your du'a,
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			that person might be the believer you go
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			to,
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			to ask questions
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			about how to get closer to God.