Mirza Yawar Baig – Seerah Is The Answer Workshop

Mirza Yawar Baig
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The segment discusses the importance of character and self-worth in Islam, as well as the use of negative language to assert one's appearance. The speakers also touch on the challenges of showing proper behavior and the importance of being true to one's appearance. The segment also touches on the cultural and political implications of Islam, including the need for people to change their behavior and win political parties.
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Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim, Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen Wa Salatu

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wa Salamu ala Ashrafil Anbiya wal Mursaleen Muhammadun

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Rasulullahi Sallallahu alaihi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi

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wa sallam Tasliman kathiran kathiran Amma badu, we

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come to the section in terms of the

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seerah And that is the power of character,

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the power of self-worth In

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Islam there is only, it's very clear in

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Islam, the measure, the metric of self-worth

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is character, a person's character It's not their

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physical beauty, it is not their race, it

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is not their tribe, it is not their

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culture, it is not their language, it is

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not their family lineage It is not even

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their education, it is definitely not their net

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worth as we think of net worth which

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is money In Islam net worth is character

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And that's why I say that Islam changed

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the value of character from Abu Lahab to

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Abu Bakr Abu Lahab was

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known for his money, he was a very

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wealthy man and he was known for that

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Where Abu Bakr Siddiq was also wealthy but

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not in the same level as Abu Lahab

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But by the time he finished with his

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wealth he became almost penniless because he spent

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everything in the path of Allah to please

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Allah And that is the value of net

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worth, this is what net worth is supposed

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to do And this is how net worth

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is supposed to be seen in the Islamic

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sense So I remind myself and you, let

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us think about that and see it in

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that context of what is really valuable to

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala In the sight

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of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and what

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is not One thing to think about and

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reflect upon is that it is easy, you

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will find in society it is easy for

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people to respect strangers Because the stranger you

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are only seeing what, first of all you

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are seeing the stranger for a short period

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of time Secondly you are seeing the stranger

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in a controlled environment Where he or she

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is dressed the best, they are in a

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controlled environment, they are on high alert to

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do the right things, say the right things

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Even if there is any provocation they are

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aware that people are watching In today's world

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maybe it is being live streamed somewhere, it

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is being recorded So you curb your immediate

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reactions, you curb your immediate responses and so

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on But when you are free from all

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of these environments, that is when the real

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person comes out And that is the reason

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why Rasulullah s.a.w. a man asked

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him, how do I know that I am

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a good man, he said ask your wife

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Very tough, because that is a no mask

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environment Because if you have a family relationship

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with your spouse where you are always on

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alert Where you have to fear for what

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is going to happen, where you have all

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kinds of you know defenses Then there is

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no, there is not a relationship, what is

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that If you cannot be completely free with

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your spouse then what is the meaning of

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the marriage, that is not a marriage That

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is some kind of you know agreement or

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So people usually in their own homes, in

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their own environment they are like themselves So

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you see them in their shoes off state,

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now of course you take your shoes off,

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sometimes the socks stink So it is a

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good idea to wash your socks, the idea

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of this is to help people understand that

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have the same character everywhere This does not

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mean you are getting a license to behave

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like an animal in the house, no Have

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the same character everywhere, so ask your wife,

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ask your husband If they say that my

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husband or my wife is a good person,

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Alhamdulillah Inshallah, that is your case In another

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place Rasulullah s.a.w. said ask your

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neighbor, because the neighbor is seeing you everyday

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What does the neighbor think of you, does

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he think you are a good person or

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not, that is very important And very important

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and very interesting to note, Rasulullah s.a

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.w. did not say ask your Muslim neighbor

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He said ask your neighbor, both in Makkah

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and Madinah Muslims lived with non-Muslims They

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lived in a society which in today our

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terminology we call it a multicultural, multi-religious,

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pluralistic society We have all these nice words,

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that was the society, it was a multicultural,

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multi-religious, pluralistic society They had at least

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four religions, they had Islam, Christianity, Judaism and

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polytheism I don't know if there were any

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atheists and so on, maybe not, but this

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much was there definitely Makkah was the, as

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I mentioned to you yesterday when we were

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talking about money yesterday and today Makkah was

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the seat of business in the Hijaz, so

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people came from all over the place Rasulullah

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s.a.w. said ask the neighbor and

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people who followed this, people who followed this,

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Abdullah ibn Mubarak Rahmatullahi who was among the

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greatest of the Tabi'un, he heard that

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his neighbor who was a Jewish man Was

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selling his house and people came and said

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to him the man is selling his house

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and his price he has put is double

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the market value Why are you guys sitting

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there, come and sit here, in front, people

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at the back come and sit in front

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So he put double the market value, so

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they asked him what's the basis, I mean

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this is a nice house but the market

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value is so much He said because Abdullah

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ibn Mubarak will be your neighbor, for him

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it was a, there was a financial number,

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financial value For having Abdullah ibn Mubarak as

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his neighbor, Rahmatullahi, a good neighbor is worth,

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I mean even today we say you pay

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for For example you buy a house in

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New York, in Manhattan, the address, sometimes people

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say the address is worth more than the

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actual Accommodation, so you pay a lot of

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money for a house which has less accommodation

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because it's a good address, upmarket address He

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said Abdullah ibn Mubarak is your neighbor, so

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Abdullah ibn Mubarak when he heard this, Rahmatullahi

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he went across and Asked him, I said

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you're selling the house, he said why, he

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said because I need money, he said no,

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you need money, I'll lend you the money

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Take the money, return to me whenever you

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can and wish and stay here, I like

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you, you are a good neighbor, I want

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you as my neighbor Don't sell the house,

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take the house off the market, character, second

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point I want to talk about character is

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that given all these examples It is very

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difficult to have people who know you very

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well to respect you and show you reference

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and so on and so forth Because they

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know you that well, they are there with

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you every day, I remember it was those

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same people who called Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam

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As-Sadiq ul-Amin, As-Sadiq ul-Amin

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was not a title, it was not a

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Nobel Peace Prize, this was a title given

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to him by people who were his relatives

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People who saw him every day, people who

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dealt with him, who bought from him, who

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sold to him and so on and so

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forth They called him As-Sadiq ul-Amin,

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the truthful and the trustworthy, very difficult to

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get praise from your own people People

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don't have value for their own, now we

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know the story of Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam

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When he received Wahi, he came down, he

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was terrified because it was an incredible experience

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I mean he had encountered a being from

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another state, I mean you can't say planet

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because Malaika don't live on planets So, being

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from completely another world, who was huge and

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massive because he had seen Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi

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Wasallam Twice he said he saw him, once

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he saw him and both times he saw

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him sitting on a throne on the horizon

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And he said that he completely filled the

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horizon, I could see nothing except him And

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he said he had 600 wings, magnificent, he

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was terrified when he saw him And this

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being came and he hugged him and so

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on and so forth Now he came down

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when he saw Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, he

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came down from Hira He came into his

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house running and he said to his wife,

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our mother Khadijatul Kubra, he said Zammiluni, Zammiluni

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He said cover me up, cover me up,

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it was like he had a fever, he

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was shivering He laid down on his bed

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and she comforted him Allah Subh'anaHu Wa

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Ta-A'la gave him his wife who

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was not just a wife But he was

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his greatest support, psychological support, material support She

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was one of the wealthiest people in Makkah

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and she completely dedicated her entire wealth to

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the service of Islam To the service to

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her husband's work, everything And she was also

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his greatest psychological support So how did she

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support him?

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Did she say, you know, you worship Allah

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all night, you fast so much, you are

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unethical Because in the Ghar he was unethical,

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he didn't mention any of those He said

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Allah will not let you perish because you

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speak the truth, Sadiq wal Ameen You are

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Ameen, you are truthful, you are trustworthy You

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bear the afflictions of people, meaning people trouble

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you, they abuse you, they do things but

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you don't take revenge You bear the affliction

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of people You spend in good things, in

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good works, whatever you gain in trade, meaning

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your own profit You put your hand in

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your pocket and you spend this to help

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people You are hospitable and you assist your

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fellow men All the things she is speaking,

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none of that is Ibadah, everything of that

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is character His character, his manners, his dealing,

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not worship That is something for us to

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understand and remember Character defines us, character defines

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us Alhamdulillah, one thing I am seeing here

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in this Masjid Hamza here, apart from the

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incredible food That you have been feeding us,

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may Allah bless you and bless all your

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families and make this a source of fire

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and barakah I was telling Shakeel bhai, my

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only request is after the food, if they

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could also give me a bed here To

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make me work after eating that food is

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like Zulm, I need to sleep But one

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of the things I am noticing here is

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you got a whole lot of young kids

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Who are running around here, but no disturbance

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Alhamdulillah, they are not screaming and running around,

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they are small kids At this age they

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should run around, if they are not running

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around, something is wrong with them So they

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are running around, Alhamdulillah, I feel very happy,

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let them all run around Somebody yesterday told

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me, we are sorry, I am not sorry

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I am very happy to see all these

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kids running around, but no noise, they don't

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disturb Alhamdulillah, our workshop yesterday and today is

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going on very nicely, even though all of

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these kids are there This shows character, this

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shows that something, somewhere these parents are doing

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something good They are training their kids correctly,

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you must bring them to the Masjid, that's

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how they will learn How to behave in

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a Masjid, but you are bringing them to

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the Masjid and you are teaching them how

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to behave in a Masjid Even in the

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Musallah, I saw these young kids came, they

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were sitting there and then I mean they

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are laughing and so on, it's okay, it's

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not haram to laugh, but no noise And

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then when they were going, one small one

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tells the other one, don't walk in front,

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go on the side People were praying, both

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of them small ones, one small one tells

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the other one, don't walk in front, go

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on the side Alhamdulillah, this shows that the

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parents are doing a good job, the kid

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didn't dream that up Somebody told him, at

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some point he remembers it, he carries it

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forward Now in terms of character, we have

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all of these beautiful hadiths, all of them

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are sahih hadiths From Muwatta Imam Malik, Anas

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bin Malik R.A, he says, Rasulullah S

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.A.W. said I have been sent to

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perfect good character In another

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hadith he said S.A.W. in Tirmidhi

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al-Abdaud Nothing weighs heavier in the balance

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on the Day of Judgement than good character

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Allah S.W.T. hates that which is

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wanton and base Allah S.W.T. hates

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swearing, Allah S.W.T. hates bad language

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Allah S.W.T. hates shameless kind of

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talk, dignity in speech That's required, that is

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what Allah likes In another hadith, another place

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S.A.W. said A person will get

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closer to me on the Day of Judgement

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By good character than somebody else who has

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been praying Salatul Lail, Khayamul Lail his whole

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life and he has been fasting This other

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one he was not praying, obviously Faraid or

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Faraid everyone prays but Maybe Khayam and so

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on he was not doing but good character

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Kind person, helpful person A man comes to

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the Masjid-e-Nabawi Sharif to meet Abdullah

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ibn Omar R.A. Somebody said he is

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there, he goes to meet him And he

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sees him in the Masjid-e-Nabawi and

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he says O Allah Karim So suddenly Abdullah

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ibn Omar said what happened, what's wrong He

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said no I came to ask you to

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come with me To talk to a man

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from whom I borrowed money and that man

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is troubling me I need money, time to

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pay back but he is not giving me

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time So I wanted you to come and

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intercede for me because you are you know

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he is a respected person But now you

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are here in Etikaf So you can't go

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from here Abdullah ibn Omar R.A. said

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no I will come with you He said

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what, you will break your Etikaf, he said

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yes He said I will come back and

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make it up He said why, he said

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because Rasulullah S.A.W. said To help

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your brother, to walk with your brother, to

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help him Is better than one month of

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Etikaf in my Masjid Better than, not equal,

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better than, how much better Allah knows Better

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than one month of Etikaf to help your

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brother So Abdullah ibn Omar R.A. said

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I will come with you, I will help

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you and I will come back here And

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whatever I miss I will make up And

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in the Hadith in Tirmidhi Rabood A'udh

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again Nabi S.A.W. said the believers

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who have the most perfect faith Are those

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who have the best character So what is

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the sign of Iman?

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Character I cannot say I have Iman when

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I am telling lies When I am cheating,

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when I am backbiting When I am using

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foul language If I am deceiving somebody The

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sign of Iman is behavior How does anybody

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know that I have Iman?

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By dealings S.A.W. asked somebody about

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another man He said does anybody know this

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man?

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One man said yes, I know him, he

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is a good man S.A.W. said

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how do you know?

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Is he related to you?

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He said no He said did you travel

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with him?

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He said no He said did you have

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any dealings with him?

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He said no He said then you don't

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know him You think you know him, you

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don't know him To know somebody these three

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characters Is he related to you?

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Do you have any dealings with him?

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Do you travel with him?

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Because that brings out the real character of

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a person In travel you have difficulties, this,

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that You are somewhere, how does a person

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behave?

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Dealings especially And then he said The best

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are those who are best to their women

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folk Why is he saying women?

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One because of women, second thing is because

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Women are in most societies Subordinate to their

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men So by inference this also means People

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who are best to those who are subordinate

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to them So best to your employees, best

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to your servants Best to people who work

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for you That is the mark of character

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Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said He is not

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a believer who eats his fill While his

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neighbor beside him goes hungry There is a

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wonderful story about Abdullah Ibn Mubarak Again Radhiyala

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no Ramatul Ali He finished Hajj He completed

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Hajj And a day or two after that

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He made tawaf of the Kaaba And then

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he was tired So he lay down there

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In the corner of the mataf somewhere And

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he went to sleep And he had a

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dream In the dream he saw two angels,

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two malaika These two malaika were talking to

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each other So one of the angels said

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has not accepted

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The Hajj of anybody in this year Allah

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has not accepted The Hajj of anyone in

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this year So Abdullah Ibn Mubarak In Radhiyala

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no Ramatul Ali's dream He says I have

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also made Hajj Allah has not accepted my

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Hajj The other angel said However Allah accepted

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the Hajj of everyone Because of one man

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And he gave the name of the man

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And where the man was living in Damascus

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That is the dream he had in Mecca

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So Allah accepted the Hajj of everyone Because

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of one man And that man is in

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His name is so and so, he is

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in Damascus So Abdullah Ibn Mubarak Ramatul Ali

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says I woke up and I said I

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have to go meet this man Who is

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this man?

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Who is this man because of whom Allah

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accepted everyone's Hajj And what it is that

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this man did I mean this is an

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amazing thing So he said I went and

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imagined these people How their figure of Deen

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was So he travels from Mecca all the

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way to Damascus And in the dream he

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had this Address of the man So he

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goes all the way to Damascus And in

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Damascus now he goes and finds this man

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Who is this man?

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This man is a poor cobbler He is

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a shoemaker Shoe repairman, mochi Abdullah Ibn Mubarak

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is surprised He said okay maybe you know

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If this man was a Some big sheikh

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Or some mufti Or some hafiz, some qari

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or something Very pious man, holy man No,

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this man is a cobbler He is a

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shoemaker I mean it is not haram to

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make shoes But you know he is a

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regular So Abdullah Ibn Mubarak went to his

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house He knocked on the door He asked

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the man are you so and so He

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said yes, what do you do?

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I am a shoemaker He said okay, he

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said Mabrook for your Hajj The man said

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I did not go for Hajj What?

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He said you did not go for Hajj

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this year?

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He said no I didn't go He said

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what kind of thing is this?

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Then he said I am asking you I

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am so and so He was very famous,

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he was a very big scholar The man

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knew his name He said Subhanallah you came

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all the way from Makkah to meet me?

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He said I had this dream And in

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this dream I was told Your name and

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I was told that Allah Subhanahu wa ta

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'ala accepted the Hajj Of everybody because of

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you And I come here And ask you

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I say Mubarak for your Hajj And you

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say I did not even do Hajj So

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what is the story?

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The man said I don't know the story

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I don't know why you got this dream

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But I will tell you what happened He

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said what happened was That I wanted to

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do Hajj But I am a very poor

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man I am a shoemaker So I have

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no money So he said I was saving

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up money And he said I saved up

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money For 30 years Little by little He

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said after saving up for 30 years I

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had enough money to go for Hajj this

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year So he said I made all the

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preparations I had my money to go for

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Hajj And then like it happens In many

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cultures It happens in our culture also Somebody

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wants to go for Hajj They go and

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meet relatives Neighbors and friends And they tell

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them I am going for Hajj Please forgive

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me if I did anything wrong So this

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man said well I did that I went

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and did my rounds And he said last

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person Was my neighbor So I went to

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meet him I knocked on the door He

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opened the door And he said I could

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smell This fantastic odor of Roasting meat So

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he said I thought to myself I am

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also feeling hungry I walked all day meeting

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different people And there is this fantastic Roasted

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meat So obviously it is Islamic manner Somebody

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comes to your house at Food time Immediately

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you invite them please come eat with us

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He said I told the man I am

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going for Hajj and so on and the

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man said may Allah accept your Hajj But

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he did not invite me To come and

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eat So this man He said I felt

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So I felt Odd I also felt hurt

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I said this is my neighbor I am

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one man I mean if I come and

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eat A piece of his meat They won't

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starve why doesn't he invite me Please come

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have He said I asked him Normally you

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don't ask this But he said I asked

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him This beautiful smell of meat is coming

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And you are not inviting me to eat

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He said the man had tears in his

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eyes He started crying he said This meat

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is not Halal for you So the man

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said now this is even more Mysterious he

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said you are Muslim I am Muslim How

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is it not Halal It is Halal for

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you but not for me how is it

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possible He said it is not Halal for

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you because This is the meat of a

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donkey And on top of that It is

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the meat of a dead donkey And he

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said it is Halal for me because Me

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and my family we have not eaten For

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three days today is the fourth day My

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children are starving So I went out I

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am not Getting any work I am not

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able to earn anything I went out I

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found a Dead donkey so I cut off

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a piece of meat And we cooked This

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to feed our family because We have nothing

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so obviously for us It is Halal because

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we are in this Dire state but I

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can't give it to you The man said

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I turned around I went home I took

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all the money That I had saved for

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30 years Go for Hajj And I brought

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it and gave it to them And I

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did not go for Hajj Abdullah Ibn Mubarak

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said Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala sent me

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From Makkah to here To give you the

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Bashara That Allah accepted your Hajj And not

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only Accepted your Hajj but because of you

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Allah accepted the Hajj of everybody This is

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the story True story told by Abdullah Ibn

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Mubarak This is how seriously The Sahaba took

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And the Ridwanullah Al-Ajma'in All the

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Tabi'in Tabi'in all the people of

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Allah This is how seriously they took These

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things of Rasulullah Rasulullah said he is not

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a believer Who eats his fill while his

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neighbour is hungry And once again as I

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said In Islam there is no Differentiation between

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Muslim neighbour and non-Muslim neighbour The non

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-Muslim neighbour Is also as entitled To good

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treatment From you as the Muslim neighbour Rasulullah

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said he is not a neighbour Who has

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to fear from your tongue or your hand

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He is not a Muslim Whose neighbour has

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to fear From your tongue and your hand

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Meaning the neighbour must be safe If he

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does not feel safe from you Whatever you

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are doing Then your Iman is at stake

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Not just a matter of good behaviour Your

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Iman is at stake And this hadith is

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in Bukhari and Muslim As I mentioned to

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you And then in this other hadith Again

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Bukhari and Muslim Rasulullah said if anyone is

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Pleased to love Allah and his Messenger, if

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anyone is pleased Meaning he wants to love

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Allah and his Messenger or rather If he

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wants Allah and his Messenger To love him

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He should speak the truth When he says

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anything Fulfill his trust When he is put

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in a position of trust And be a

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good neighbour If you do that Allah will

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love you and Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam will

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love you So good neighbourly Conduct is a

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very important thing Sometimes I ask people In

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my masjid You know in most masajids you

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will see that At least in the first

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half People always pray in the same spot

00:32:01 --> 00:32:03

You know it becomes like a habit If

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I am praying five times a day in

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the masjid I come and I stand Directly

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behind the imam or I stand on The

00:32:09 --> 00:32:10

right side or the left side or something

00:32:10 --> 00:32:14

right People have their literally their Personal space

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kind of thing I ask people I said

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this person Who prays next to you He

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prays next to you five times a day

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everyday Do you know his name?

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Do you know his family?

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Does he have a family?

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Is he married or unmarried?

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Does he have children?

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What do you know about the person who

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is praying next to you five times a

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day?

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The strange thing The tragedy is that for

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most people They do not even know the

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name Try out Maybe I hope in your

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masjid This is not true But try out

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When you go now for salatul asr Next

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to you who is there?

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Ask yourself do I know this guy?

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Do I know his name?

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How many times have I seen him?

00:33:03 --> 00:33:05

What does it take to know somebody's name?

00:33:06 --> 00:33:08

Simply say salam alaikum My name is so

00:33:08 --> 00:33:11

and so That's it You don't have to

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launch some FBI investigation To find out the

00:33:13 --> 00:33:15

name of the guy We don't even take

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that trouble Now my point is if we

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do not even know the name of somebody

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How can you say I am helpful I

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can help the person Help who?

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You don't even know the name of the

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guy So we need to Change our Character

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Islam focuses on A Muslim's character must be

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ethical Moral It must be Righteous, pure And

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responsible Because we hold Ourselves responsible to Allah

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subhana wa ta'ala From whom nothing is

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hidden It's not responsibility to A human agency

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Who can be deceived It's responsibility to Allah

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subhana wa ta'ala from whom Nothing is

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hidden Finally last point Is

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another beautiful Story from the seerah Where Abu

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Bakr Siddiq Al-An'am was sitting In

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a majlis with Rasul Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam

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And there was a man in the majlis

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who Started abusing Abu Bakr Siddiq Al-An

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'am Some Reason he had for hating him

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so he was calling him Names and abusing

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him and Yelling at him even though Rasul

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Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam himself was present And

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In front of other people Now throughout That

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interaction Rasul Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam remained silent

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He did not Say anything Now Abu Bakr

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Siddiq Al-An'am Out of adab for

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the Rasul Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam He kept

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quiet and he listened He did not respond

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Finally it got so bad That Abu Bakr

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Siddiq Al-An'am Responded Whatever the man

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was saying he Retaliated The moment he retaliated

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Rasul Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam got up and

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walked away Until then he was sitting there

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And not only was he Silent but Abu

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Bakr Siddiq Al-An'am Noticed that he

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had a smile on his face As soon

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as Abu Bakr Siddiq Al-An'am Retaliated

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Responded to the man Rasul Allah Sallallahu Alaihi

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Wasallam got up and walked away Now Abu

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Bakr Siddiq Al-An'am Forgot that man

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He went behind Rasul Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam

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And he had tears in his eyes, he

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was weeping He said Ya Rasul Allah what

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did I do He said why did you

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get up and go away He said Ya

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Rasul Allah when the man was cursing me

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And abusing me and so on You did

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not say anything You did not say anything

00:36:02 --> 00:36:06

in my favour You kept silent You even

00:36:06 --> 00:36:08

had a smile on your face And the

00:36:08 --> 00:36:09

moment I said something You got up and

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walked away Rasul Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said

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I had a smile on my face Because

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all the while The man was cursing you

00:36:18 --> 00:36:22

There was an angel There who was speaking

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In your favour and asking Allah to forgive

00:36:25 --> 00:36:30

you He said the moment you retaliated The

00:36:30 --> 00:36:32

angel left And if the angels are gone

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Why should I stay there Tough huh But

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that is the standard That is the standard

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That is why I am doing a series

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of Lectures called Sahaba the gold standard Sahaba

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the gold standard Sahaba the gold standard Because

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this was the standard Arabic Arabic Arabic Arabic

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Arabic Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said the first

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of the first Arabic Among the first the

00:37:10 --> 00:37:13

ones who won the race Arabic From the

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migrants Arabic From the ones who gave them

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help The people of Mecca and the people

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of Medina And then Allah left the door

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open for people like you and me May

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Allah count us among them Arabic And all

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those who Follow them in goodness and excellence

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This is the Rahmat of Allah Sallallahu Alaihi

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Wasallam Allah left the door open Arabic Arabic

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They are pleased with Allah is pleased with

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them And they are pleased with Allah They

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are the gold standard We have a I

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do these lectures Every week and if you

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Listen Inshallah So the question to ask ourselves

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is that In our lives and especially In

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our Families I call this family legend What

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are the stories that we hear What are

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the stories That are told to us About

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our elders By our elders about our elders

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What are the stories that are told to

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us Because They reinforce certain Behaviors, they reinforce

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certain values Right So ask yourself what are

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the stories What do we hear And then

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ask yourself What would happen if you could

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change this And remember the stories Don't necessarily

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have to be only about my uncle Or

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my grandfather Who are our Salafus-Saraheen Who

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are our Pious predecessors Are all the Muslims

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who came before us All the great people

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who came before us Because Our nizbat is

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the nizbat of Islam It's not the nizbat

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of race or Ethnicity So Abdullah bin Umar,

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Abdullah bin Mubarak Radiallahu anhuma Hassan al-Basri,

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Rahmatullahi alaihi And so on and so forth

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All of these people, the sahaba The tabi,

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the tabatabi All of these are our elders

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And our previous Pious predecessors, Salafus-Saraheen So

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these Stories must become the Norm In our

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cultures, in our homes Tell your children about

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them These names Must not be strange names

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to them These names should be names that

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they have been Hearing from their parents throughout

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their lives They must become aspirational Role models

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I want to be like so and so

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You know Those must be the stories Abu

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Dharm Ghaffari Radiallahu anhum Was known to be

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a very Ascetic man He was against All

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forms of luxury So one day he is

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going in Medina And another sahabi stops him

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and said You have nothing, how is it

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you live like this You have nothing So

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Abu Dharm Ghaffari said Who told you I

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have nothing He said I am wearing this

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top Alhamdulillah He had another top over his

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shoulder He said this one I wear on

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Fridays He said I have a donkey to

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ride if I want to ride He said

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I have a goat that gives me milk

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I have a roof over my head He

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said I have a small house He said

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what more does a man need He said

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what more does a man need Rasulullah Sallallahu

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Alaihi Wasallam said in a hadith He said

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if you wake up in the morning And

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your body is functioning Right Your body and

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mind is functioning You are able to get

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out of bed, you are able to do

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your stuff He didn't say there is no

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pain There will be pain as you grow

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older But he said your body is functioning

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You are healthy There is a roof over

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your head And you have enough food For

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that day That day Not for the next

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month, not for the next one year Food

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for that day He said then it is

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as if The whole world has been collected

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And brought to you For you We need

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to talk about these things We need to

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inculcate the sense of Hanaat, sense of contentment

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Sense of shukr Make this a habit, don't

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complain even to yourself About anything If you

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have a complaint Complain to Allah Allah The

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father of Yusuf A.S He said my

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tears are only for Allah My sadness is

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only for Allah So complain only to Allah

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Don't even complain to yourself Don't complain to

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anybody else, makes no sense Hassan Basri is

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walking in the street He hears one man's

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conversation One man is complaining to another man

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This is my problem, I have this, I

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have this Hassan Basri stopped and said What

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a strange man you are You are complaining

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about Ar-Rahman to the one who has

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No Rahman Because if I am complaining about

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my situation in life Who gave me the

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situation in life Allah SWT, Ar-Rahman He

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said you are complaining about Ar-Rahman To

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somebody who has no Rahman, this is a

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human being What a strange man Shukr So

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very clearly Try and do this, I won't

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tell you to take 20 minutes Just think

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about this and say In my life Looking

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at the issue of character What must I

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change in my life To get the character

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of Rasul A.S As close to that

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as possible Right Let me give you 5

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minutes, just think about it Drink some coffee

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No He

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won't go He will come

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He will

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come Unless you want to Don't tell them

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Drop the weapon Alright The

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second last Of the qualities that we are

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talking about is How Nabi S.A.W

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Was able to change the attitudes of people

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It was a very interesting Important thing to

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think about Because as one of the brothers

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here He asked me while we were having

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lunch He said Sometimes the interfaith groups and

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so on People say Islam was spread by

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the sword So how do we counter that

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How do we counter that So I said

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to him I am the person who are

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you going to vote for Are you a

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republican or are you a democrat Who will

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you vote for And the person said Say

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for example I am going to vote for

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So and so, Donald Trump Or Harris Kamala

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Harris So whichever candidate The person said I

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will vote for them Say for example Now

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if I force you To say Or to

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vote for the opposite candidate And I force

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you in whichever way You know I threaten

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you I force you I put a gun

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to your head Whichever So what will happen

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What will happen is maybe I can force

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you to vote for The other person because

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of the force I am trying to I

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do some horrible thing But who is in

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your heart Even if you are being forced

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With a gun to your head To vote

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for the opposite candidate Who is in your

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heart Your candidate The heart does not change

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Because of force On the other hand the

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heart actually becomes Even stronger on that person

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Because now you are forcing me To vote

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for or to Support the opposite So my

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question is If you will not even change

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the candidate that you vote for If you

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will not even change the football club Or

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a soccer club or a basketball club That

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you support Because of force How will you

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change God How can you change who you

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worship Because of force Nobody can convert Another

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person by force To any religion Not only

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Islam If somebody says Christianity was spread by

00:52:19 --> 00:52:21

the sword I will stand against it I

00:52:21 --> 00:52:25

will say that statement is false Christianity was

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not spread by the sword Christianity was spread

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because people Wanted to become Christian They became

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Christian Whatever reason Many times including in Islam

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People follow the religion of the ruler It

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is just more convenient It is politically more

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useful Because if the ruler is the Muslim

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We know this was very common in the

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Days of the empire Whether it was the

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Ottomans Whether it was the Mughals Whether it

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was the The Safavids in Iran or whoever

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Some Top positions Ministries were given only to

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Muslims With the Safavids Who were a Shia

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dynasty The top ministerial positions Would only be

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given to Shias So there will be people

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who will say Who cares I am a

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Shia, I am a Sunni, I am this,

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I am Muslim He becomes My point is

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His reason for changing may not be the

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best reason His reason for changing is not

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Sincerely because of Allah But the point is

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who is making that decision The person himself

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For a good reason or a bad reason

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The person himself or herself Is making that

00:53:41 --> 00:53:48

decision Nobody can force him And this is

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what Rasulullah s.a.w. taught He said

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put the other before yourself That's why Allah

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s.w.t revealed Arabic Arabic Arabic

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Allah s.w.t said They are those

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who feed Who give ta'am Who feed,

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who give food To others even though They

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are in need of it themselves Even though

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they want it for themselves They need it

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for themselves And they give it to the

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Miskeen The poor person who does not ask

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The difference between the sa'il and the

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miskeen The sa'il is the one who

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is asking The miskeen is the one who

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does not ask But he is poor He

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has got that Izzah, he will not ask

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He will not beg, he will not Spread

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his hand Before another human being The orphan

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The orphan And the prisoner In a Muslim

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society Who is likely to be a prisoner

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Especially Muslim

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Khilafah And the Muslim Rule of Rasul s

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.a.w. They were non-Muslim Allah is

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praising the Muslim For feeding Not just the

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non-Muslim But the non-Muslim Who was

00:55:52 --> 00:55:54

an enemy And he became a prisoner of

00:55:54 --> 00:55:56

war Because of one reason only That is

00:55:56 --> 00:55:59

that he went to fight He went to

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kill Muslims But he was not able to

00:56:00 --> 00:56:05

kill Muslims He got taken prisoner So this

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man is not even a Well-wisher of

00:56:07 --> 00:56:10

Muslims And Allah is praising them Allah is

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saying these are the people who Give up

00:56:13 --> 00:56:16

their food To feed the miskeen The one

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who has Waqar, who has Izzah, but he

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is poor By Ateem and the Orphan And

00:56:29 --> 00:56:29

the prisoner

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