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In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Ever
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Merciful.
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All praise is due to Allah, Lord of
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the worlds.
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And peace and blessings be upon the messengers
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and messengers of Muhammad and his prophet, peace
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and blessings be upon him and his family
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and his companions.
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Peace and blessings be upon you all.
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My brothers and sisters, somebody asked me to
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speak to some college students about so-called
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secrets of success in life.
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I say so-called because nothing is secret,
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everything is public.
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It's just that some people just don't get
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it.
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Like some people don't get what's in the
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face, right?
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Not because it's secret, because most of the
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time you don't want to see it.
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So for those of you who want to
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know this secret of success, let me share
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it with you.
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It's very simple.
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I want you to remember three letters.
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Three letters, I, A and D.
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IAD.
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I stands for investment, A stands for abundance
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and D stands for discipline.
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Investment mindset, a mindset of abundance and A,
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the ability to discipline yourself, IAD.
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In the words of Vincent Lombardi, who was
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a great coach of the Chicago Green Bay
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Packers, the team.
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He was a wonderful coach, wonderful quotes from
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him.
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One of his quotes which I love the
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most, he says, the only place where success
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comes before work is in the dictionary.
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The only place where success comes before work
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is in the dictionary.
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And that's the truest word ever spoken.
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So three things, investment mindset.
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Just think in terms of your life, think
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in terms of anything.
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If you want to get something, you have
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to give something.
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This is the rule Allah Subh'anaHu Wa
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Ta-A'la made.
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If you want to get something, you have
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to give something.
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If you want a good harvest, you have
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to plant the seed.
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Without planting the seed and before planting the
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seed, tilling the field, cleaning it of all
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kinds of toxic substances and insects and pathogens,
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right?
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Making the soil friable and smooth.
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Then making arrangements for irrigation and so on
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and so on and so on.
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All that is required for agriculture.
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And then planting the seed.
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If you don't do all of this, you
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will not get a harvest.
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You will not get a harvest.
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You say, no, no, no, I'm going to
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go and on this field I will pray
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Tahajjud every day.
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You can pray Tahajjud until where you make
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Sajdah become the hole in the ground, nothing
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will happen.
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Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la can
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bring water out of a rock.
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Allah told us He brought water out of
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a rock.
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But that is the will of Allah.
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That happens when Allah wants to show the
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world something.
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It won't happen because of you and me.
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If you want a good harvest, you have
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to plant.
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If you want a good marriage, you have
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to first find the right person and then
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invest in that.
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Part of that investment is to take...
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I'm trying to think of something which has
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more than four letters to describe what you
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have to take.
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What you have to take, right?
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From that spouse, you have to take something
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which, as I said, try to find something
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which has more than four letters in it.
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There is no other way, believe me.
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There is no other way.
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If you have in this mind of yours
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that you are going to marry this man
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or this woman who is complete, absolute essence
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of goodness, then think of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi
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Wasallam.
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The wives of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam not
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only had problems with him, but Allah Subh
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'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la revealed Quran.
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In Surah Al-Ahzab, Allah Subh'anaHu Wa
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Ta-A'la said, if you don't like
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to be the wives of my Nabi, I
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will tell him to let you go.
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And I will give him better than you.
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Something as serious as that.
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Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam kept himself away for
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a month from all his wives.
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So if you think that because you are
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such a wonderful human being, and I agree
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with you, but I'm not married to you,
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so it doesn't matter to me.
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And you say, but why does my wife
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have a problem?
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Then let me answer for me the question,
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why did the wife of the Rasul have
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a problem with him?
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Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.
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Allah told us this.
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This is not my imagination.
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Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la told
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us this happened.
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Investment mentality.
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If you want to do well at your
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work, you have to go and spend time
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and money and energy in that work.
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If you want your shop to do well,
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you have to go in the morning and
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open the shop at the correct time.
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You can't say today I'm feeling lazy, I
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open at 10 o'clock, tomorrow something else
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happens, I open Monday, I don't open Monday.
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People like to talk about China and why
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Chinese businesses are successful.
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I'll tell you a true story, because I
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have clients.
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One of my clients makes air turbines, you
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know, the big windmills.
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So they build air turbines.
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So where do they source those turbine blades?
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The blade is longer than the nozzle.
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So where do you think they source it
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from?
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China.
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So the guy tells me, we had ordered
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these blades.
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And they were supposed to come and we
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know these guys, if they tell you they're
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delivering on the 9th of November, you can
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bet your last dollar in your pocket that
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on the 9th of November, come * or
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high water, that blade will be standing in
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front of your house.
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Simple as that.
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So they said, in that particular case, they
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said we, for whatever reason, this is in
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India.
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So he said we were going, we were
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delayed in the construction, the civil works part
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of the process.
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Because they have to build the whole big
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foundation and put that big pole and all
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that, right?
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So they said we got delayed with that.
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So our problem was now a whole bunch,
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it's not one blade, it's a whole field
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of windmills.
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So he said the whole bunch of blades
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are going to be delivered, then we have
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to store them, which costs a lot of
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money.
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So he said somebody had this bright idea
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that they will go to China and tell
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them that they have a problem with the
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specs they sent, and change the specs.
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People are smart, they think they're smart.
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So they changed the specs.
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So now they have to redo, it will
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delay them and that will match with our...
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So they said we went.
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And not only he said did we go,
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but we went to one of our other
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clients, whose facility was in some remote boondocks
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place.
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I mean, it was like not in the
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town or not in Shanghai or something.
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So he said they went into the remote
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place.
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And from there, they called his company, they
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said, look, we got a problem, we need
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to talk to your engineers, so send your
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engineers.
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Where are you?
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We are in this place.
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They're okay.
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Engineer will be there at 8 a.m.
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tomorrow morning.
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They're okay.
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They said 8 a.m. We see this
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woman, she must be, the man says she's
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at least seven months pregnant.
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There are big bays like this.
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This factory was on top of a hill.
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And for whatever reason, there was no car
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or something.
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She is walking up that hill.
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She stops every little while, she's panting.
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Obviously, she is in difficulty, but she comes
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on top.
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Once she gets there, there's no place to
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sit, so she sat down on the floor.
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She pulled out her laptop, she put it
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there.
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She opened the CAD CAM design thing.
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She said, here is the blade, tell me
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what you want.
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So now these people are there.
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They're telling her, we want this chain, this
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chain.
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No problem, whatever you say, right?
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You want this blade to make coffee for
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you, the blade will make coffee for you.
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You want the blade to fly, it will
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fly.
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Whatever you want, you tell us.
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So once they did all that, she pulls
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out a portable printer, connects it, prints out,
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gives it to them.
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It's a sign here.
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It's a sign.
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She said, when will you deliver?
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Same date.
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Same date.
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So these guys are saying, for God's sake,
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we went all this way for nothing?
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Investment mentality.
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You build a global reputation for manufacture by
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delivering world-class products on time, consistently.
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I, A, abundance mentality.
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Sharing.
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Believe me, in my life, I have practiced
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this throughout my life.
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I'm in the consulting business.
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My raw material, my product is all in
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my head.
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What I produce, every document, every PowerPoint, every
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book is original material.
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It has actually a dollar value.
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I can take all my material and get
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it evaluated.
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There will be a dollar value.
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But throughout my life, I have shared my
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material, I have shared my designs freely with
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anyone who wants.
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Whoever asks me, I give it to them.
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Many of my consultant friends, who are my
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friends, but also obviously they are business...
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I'm trying to find a nice word for
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it.
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They're not opponents or competitors in a way,
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right?
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They tell me, you are giving away your
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original material.
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If you go to Bill Gates and say,
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you own Microsoft, give me a laptop, he
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won't give it to you.
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You've got to buy it.
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You give it free.
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What sense does it make?
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I think it makes sense to me.
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Throughout my life, I have given, and Allah
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has provided me from sources I could not
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imagine.
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And second thing is, people I give it
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to, come back to me with their value
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addition on it.
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So I give Marwan something, Marwan comes...
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Not that I'm saying, I'm giving you, give...
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I give it to him, I forget about
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it.
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Six months later, he comes to me.
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He says, you know, Sheikh, I was looking
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at this thing, and this is my understanding
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on this.
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This is the insight of God.
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I say, Alhamdulillah.
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That's value addition for me.
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And this has happened to me many, many
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times.
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Many times.
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Abundance mentality.
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Share.
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Whatever Allah gave you, share.
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Like somebody said, don't go to your grave
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full of stuff.
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Go to your grave empty.
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Whatever Allah gave you, give it back.
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Share with everybody.
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Go to your grave...
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What's the point?
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If I go to my grave with all
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my knowledge in my head, the worms will
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eat it.
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What's the good of that?
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Makes no sense, no?
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I mean, instead of that, I share it
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with everyone.
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Then, Alhamdulillah, I have people making dua for
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me.
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I have people who are benefiting from it.
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That is satskaj area for me.
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Why would I not share?
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Abundance mentality.
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And the last one, and probably the most
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important, is discipline.
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Very simple definition.
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Discipline is to do what must be done,
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whether you like it or not.
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Discipline has nothing to do with, I like
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it, I don't like it, I'm feeling tired,
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it's not my mood.
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No, no, no.
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If I am alive, it will happen.
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The only way that will not happen is
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if I am either dead or I am,
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may Allah protect me and you, I am
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lying in some hospital in the bed.
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Otherwise, if I give you my word, this
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will happen, you can go to sleep, it
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will happen.
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That is the meaning of discipline.
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That is the meaning of discipline.
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Discipline is to do what needs to be
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done, what must be done, irrespective, whether you
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like it or not.
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Then I tell myself and I tell people,
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discipline begins with making your bed.
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As soon as you get up in the
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morning, make your bed.
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Clean, neat.
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Your bed must be like a, you know,
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like a tabletop.
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Not a wrinkle.
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Either somebody freshly ironed it.
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Pillows in their place.
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Bed, cover on top.
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No matter what.
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No matter how much of a hurry you
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are.
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You might be in an absolutely raging emergency.
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Make your bed.
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Discipline is to get up at least one
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hour before the time of Salatul Fajr and
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pray Tahajjud, at least two rakat.
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If Allah gives tawfiq, pray more.
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But at least two rakat of Tahajjud.
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No matter what.
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Whether you are sick, whether you are travelling,
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no matter what.
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And don't let Shaitan give you, you know,
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deceive you by giving you fatwas.
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Shaitan does this.
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This happened to me once.
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I was going to South Africa.
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So from Hyderabad, from India.
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So it's a beautifully, the time of the
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flight is fantastic.
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It leaves Hyderabad at 10 p.m. So
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10 p.m. means I finish my Maghrebi
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shah, everything is over.
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I get on the plane.
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Land in Dubai at 2 a.m. I
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go to the lounge and the flight from
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Dubai is at 4 or 5 or something
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like this.
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I land in South Africa.
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So I have finished my shah and everything
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here and I just have to pray Fajr
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on the way or actually I think it
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starts after Fajr.
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So Fajr we pray in Dubai and then
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Zohar Asar and everything else.
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So Salah time, no problem.
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So I landed in Dubai and a thought
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came to me, let me go to the
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Mosalla and pray Turaqatul Tahajjud.
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Instantly you won't believe how fast, I actually
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had a, I was laughing.
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Instantly I get the second thought, you are
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in Sabar, you are traveling.
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For the traveler even the first Salah you
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pray Khasar.
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Tahajjud is only Nafid.
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I said, Ya Mubti, I know who you
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are.
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I know where this fatwa is from.
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So I gave him a counter fatwa.
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I said my fatwa is the Dua of
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the traveler is accepted and if that Dua
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is made in Tahajjud, in Sujood it is
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accepted even more.
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Inshallah.
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Beat the fatwa with your own fatwa.
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This is the question.
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Shaitan has many ways of deceiving.
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Fatwa is one of them.
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So anytime somebody is giving you a fatwa
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which is likely to create trouble, you know,
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between brothers, some dispute and this.
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Remember that.
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The statement may be correct.
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I am not disputing that.
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But it's coming from a bad source.
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The intention behind it is bad.
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So don't follow it.
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Discipline is to do what needs to be
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done irrespective of anything else.
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These three things, believe me, you follow this.
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Success is inevitable.
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You cannot possibly fail.
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What are those three things?
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Number one, investment mentality.
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Invest in yourself.
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Invest in yourself and measure it.
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What are your metrics?
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Literally measure it.
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Say from last year to this year, what
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did I learn more?
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And I am not talking about your school,
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college, degree work.
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Don't take the curriculum.
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That's out of it.
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Other than that, what did I learn?
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In any field.
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What did I learn about people?
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What did I learn about work?
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What did I learn about myself?
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Anything you like.
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What did I learn?
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And it must be something you should be
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able to write it down.
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That's the most important thing.
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Documentable.
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The metrics of it.
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What did I learn?
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What is my investment in myself?
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You should be able to document that.
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Whichever kind of investment.
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I was less healthy, I am more healthy.
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I was fatter, I am thinner.
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I was thinner, I am fatter.
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Whatever you need to do.
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Lose weight, gain weight, whatever, right?
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Investment.
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Track the investment.
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Number two.
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Abundance mentality.
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Again track that.
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What did I share?
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What did I give?
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To whom did I give?
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Don't tell them.
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Tell yourself and between you and Allah.
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And the third one is discipline.
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Discipline.
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Do what needs to be done.
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No matter what.
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No excuses.
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Because excuses don't change reality.
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This is one of the many foolish things
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that we have been conditioned to believe.
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That if I give a good excuse, I
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am safe.
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No, no, you are not.
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Supposing, for example, if I lose my wallet,
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right?
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May Allah protect us and all our wallets.
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Supposing I lose my wallet.
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Then I come and tell you, you know,
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I was going in this place and this
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happened, that happened, that happened.
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And Marwan says, yeah, sheikh, absolutely, you are
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right.
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You know, this is, I mean, had to
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happen.
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It's not your fault.
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Right?
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So I say, okay, my brother, I love
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you.
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But will the wallet come back?
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Wallet won't come back.
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Wallet will not come back.
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Brother, you lost your wallet.
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Period.
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Khalas.
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Gone.
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Goodbye.
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Instead of making excuses, think to yourself, first
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of all, how can I mitigate that damage?
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What have I lost?
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What can I do?
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Cancel credit cards and whatnot.
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Second thing is, how can I prevent that
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from happening again?
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So don't waste your time.
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Don't waste somebody else's time by, you know,
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telling them all kinds of stories.
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No need.
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You suffered a loss.
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Figure out why did it happen.
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Figure out how can I prevent that from
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ever happening again.
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Period.
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Done.
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Alhamdulillah, you have gained.
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That's the investment you made in yourself.
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So I remind myself and you, follow these
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rules if you want to succeed.
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Inshallah.
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Hmm?
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We ask Allah to give us khair and
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barakah in our lives and to help us
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from sources that we cannot imagine and to
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protect us from ourselves or our nafus from
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shaitan and to be pleased with us and
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never to be displeased.
