Mohammed Faqih – Friday Khutbah 19-04-2024

Mohammed Faqih
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The importance of settling and reforming in the month ofFinancial is emphasized, as it is crucial to maintain a permanent change in heart, deeds, and physical health. The use of Allah's actions in purifying the heart, including asking for forgiveness and rehashing his actions, is emphasized. Prayer for the Prophet salall Drive and finding healing and supportive healing is also emphasized. The importance of finding guidance and support for one's heart to be healthy and healing is emphasized, as it is the most powerful aspect of healing power. The speaker also discusses the healing power of the Prophet sallam's teachings and offers a QR code for free ticket and the internet for peace member.
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Akbar

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Allahu Akbar

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I should warn

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My dear brothers and sisters, one of the

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greatest

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accomplishments

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for any believer in the month of Ramadan

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is to

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reach a better level of iman and taqwa.

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It's to lead to to to reach

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a level that one struggles throughout the entire

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year to to to attain.

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And unfortunately,

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for many,

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after the month of Ramadan,

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there is a dip.

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There's a decline.

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Now

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some struggle more than others,

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and some

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are able to maintain the changes

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and the reform

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that they were able to achieve or enjoy

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in the month of Ramadan.

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Today, I wanted to talk about a very

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important

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element of this,

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which is the state of the heart.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala as the prophet sallallahu

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alaihi wa sallam told us,

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examines and looks at and judges each and

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every single one of us based on the

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quality or the state of the heart and

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the quality of our deeds.

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As mentioned in the hadith in Allah Ta'ala,

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Allah

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does not look at,

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meaning Allah doesn't judge you based on.

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What Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala examines is not

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your images.

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No matter how beautiful, how enhanced,

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how amazing

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your profile picture is.

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You could you could be free of any

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blemish.

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You could be the most handsome

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based on the

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standards of human beings.

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But to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala it doesn't

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mean much.

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In allaha illaamburu illa salaikum. Allah doesn't look

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at that. He's the one that created it.

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And overall Allah made each and every single

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one of us

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unique

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and beautiful.

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So Allah doesn't look at that, doesn't judge

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you based on that. We human beings, because

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we're very superficial,

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we do that. We fall for it,

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but not Allah.

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And not even your bodies,

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your physiques,

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how you're built,

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Your height.

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Your skin tone.

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The texture of your hair.

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The colors of your eyes.

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Your body type,

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your bad your your your,

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whatever, your fitness, any of these things don't

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matter to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

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Allah doesn't look at that whatsoever.

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But what Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala looks at

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is

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your hearts.

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The state of your heart.

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And your deeds.

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See, you know, it's some mashallah, alhamdulillah, and

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I and I hope that Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala blesses this.

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Your fitness, your health,

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you know, the amount, you know, whatever you

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lost in Ramadan, the with the extra weight

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that you lost in Ramadan, it's great. And

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many of us

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or at least some people within my circle,

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they're like, yeah. I'm that's it. I'm gonna

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hold on to it.

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It's it's inshaAllah ta'ala permanent change.

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It's a new lifestyle. I'm going to maintain

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this slim look

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and and stay healthy. Great. Good for you.

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Alhamdulillah.

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And we should we should we should actually

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focus on that.

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We should be taking care of these bodies

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that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has given us

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and adopt

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healthier lifestyles

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and change our bad habits. That's very important.

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But what about what matters the most to

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala?

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The fitness,

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the wellness,

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and the health of the heart, the spiritual

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heart. Because that's what Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

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looks at.

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And then what comes out of that heart

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is

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our deeds,

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our actions.

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The fruits of the hearts are the actions.

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So that that's what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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looks at. And that's what we need to

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make sure that we

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maintain.

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The reform, the change, the enhancement,

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the growth,

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the purity level that we have reached in

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the month of Ramadan.

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How do we maintain that?

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That's the point of this kutbah today.

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How can we hold on to that

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desperately?

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Because the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam says,

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There

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is

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this part of the body, there's a piece

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of flesh, there is something in the body.

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If you can fix it, if it's well,

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then the whole body

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will be well.

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And if it's corrupted,

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then the whole body will be corrupted.

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It will spill over.

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It will extend to the rest of the

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body,

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to the rest of your being. And we're

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we're talking here specifically and especially about the

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spiritual heart.

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Maybe some of our medical professionals can later

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elaborate on how even in the

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physical sense

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that could be also

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very true.

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That the your cardiovascular

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health

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reflects or affects the rest of the health

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of the rest of your body.

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But the spiritual heart.

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So how do we do that? How can

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we maintain that level of purity,

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and that level of

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iman and that level of wellness

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that we were able to reach in the

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month of Ramadan. Not only that but build

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on it.

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First

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and the most powerful

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of all is to turn to Allah Subhanahu

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Wa Ta'ala

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and ask Allah Azzawajal for help.

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For Allah Azzawajal is the one that controls

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the hearts.

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As the prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam mentioned

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in the hadith,

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This heart,

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in Arabs called it because they say because

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it it keeps turning

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and switching,

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and fluctuating, and changing.

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It turns over.

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It can easily You can be one thing

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in Ramadan, you can be totally the opposite

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after the end of the Ramadan. And many

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of us but what you know, we're even

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shocked. What happened to me?

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I thought I transformed.

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I thought I was sincere. What happened?

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So turning to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and

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holding on to your attachment, to your connection,

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to your relationship

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with Allah

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Turning to Allah subhanahu wa jal.

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Turning to Allah subhanahu wa jal 1

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through stilfar.

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Asking Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala for forgiveness.

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And that is why at the end of

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every Ibadah, no matter how how good we

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are, we're supposed to actually

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ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for forgiveness for

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any of our shortcomings and mistakes.

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So turning to Allah ajazawajal constantly in a

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state of

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in a state of issighfar.

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In the act of issirfar, in the practice

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of issirfar.

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The Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam himself used

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to ask Allah Azrael for forgiveness

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70 times in another narration 100 times a

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day.

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Constantly asking Allah to forgive you.

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And repenting to Allah azza wa jal.

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One of the greatest tools

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to purify the heart.

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Number 2. General dhikr. Remembering Allah Subhanahu Wa

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Ta'ala.

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Remembering Allah SubhanAllah, Wa Alhamdulillahi lahi lillahi lillahu

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lahu akbar. And really actually pondering and focusing

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on that. There's plenty of evidence

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that supports that. Number

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3,

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du'a. Asking Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to purify

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your

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heart, or to keep your heart firm,

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or to keep your heart strong, or to

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protect your heart from anything that could corrupt

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it.

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You can look at at it in different

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ways. And if you examine the prophetic dua,

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you will find that the Prophet

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puts or or there's

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there's he

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he many parts of his du'a involve

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making dua for his heart.

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And who are we talking about? We're talking

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about a man

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that not once

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but at least twice.

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1 in his childhood

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and one in his adulthood. Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala sends angels.

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And Jibril

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comes down

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and purifies the heart of the Prophet sallallahu

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alaihi wa sallam. Twice his heart was washed

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sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, and his heart was

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purified by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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This man sallallahu alaihi wa sallam constantly and

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desperately always is making dua for his heart.

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So may I saw that even his companions

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notice that.

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You make dua.

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Allahumayamuqalibalqalub. Oh Allah who turns hearts over,

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Make my heart keep my heart firm, aladinik,

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upon your religion.

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And the prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam told

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us that a time will come and perhaps

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we're living

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that.

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A time will come

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when there will be so many trials and

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tribulations.

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Fitna.

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Fitna.

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By, you know, day night,

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around the clock, you're exposed to fitna.

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We are carrying fitna in our pockets

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through, you know, these devices that we have.

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We're constantly exposed to fitna.

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And the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam says,

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to the point where a man may

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come upon

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may start his day as a believer,

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and by the end of that day, by

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night,

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they lose their iman.

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Goes to bed as a believer

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and in the morning that person becomes Kafir.

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We're constantly bombarded with all kinds of fitna.

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So that heart needs protection from Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala. Only Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala can

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protect it. You will find the prophet sallallahu

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alaihi wa sallam asking Allah ajawajal

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to purify his heart,

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or to

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to to islah

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which means to enhance,

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to rectify,

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to purify, to reform,

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to make it well, or

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to guide.

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Allahumma Adi Qalbi,

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O Allah, guide my heart sallallahu alaihi wa

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sallam. He himself was a guide sallallahu alaihi

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wa sallam. He was the source of guidance.

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Yet he's asking Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to

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keep him guided and to guide his heart,

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and to protect his heart,

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and to help him regulate his heart.

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Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. So du'a.

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So 1 is sifar, specifically seeking

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forgiveness.

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2, dhikr of Allah azza wa jal constantly

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being in the state of dhikr.

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It purifies the heart. It polishes the heart.

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As mentioned in one hadith. That the heart

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rests

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like metal rest.

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So how do you polish it? The thick

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of Allah azza wa jal. SubhanAllah.

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And number 3, to desperately pray to Allah

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and ask Allah azza wa jal for guidance

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and for wellness and for purity of the

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heart.

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So that's with regards to Allah

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Secondary

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or

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next.

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There is nothing, my dear brothers and sisters,

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that is more healing,

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that is more supportive

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to the heart than the tradition

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of the man

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who had the purest of all hearts. Sallallahu

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alaihi wa sallam.

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In the example of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi

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wa sallam, your heart will find comfort and

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inspiration

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and healing.

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The prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam's sirea. The

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prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam's mention.

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To pray for the prophet salallahu alaihi wa

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sallam and to

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even

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perform or send or recite salawat on the

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prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam purifies and comforts

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the heart.

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And the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, the

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Sahaba

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who had direct access to him salallahu alaihi

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wasallam, who interacted by with him salallahu alaihi

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wasallam, who were touched by the Prophet sallallahu

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alaihi wasallam,

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who had the privilege of being in his

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company sallallahu alaihi wasallam.

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They asked the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam that,

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Umirmna, we were ordered, o messenge of Allah,

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to

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pray for you.

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To pray or to give salam? Sala We

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know how to give salaam to you. Salaamu

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alaykayuhunabiu

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rahmatullahi barakatuh. Salaamu alaykayr Rasool Allah. They they

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directly said their salaam to him

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in person.

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And in response the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa

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sallam will say what? Wa Alaikum Salam.

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So they heard it from him sallallahu alaihi

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wa sallam.

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He's making dua for them. That's why they

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were the most peaceful of people.

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Because the salaam was directly They heard it

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in his own voice sallallahu alaihi wa sallam

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real time.

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They said, We know how to make salam

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or how to say salam to you.

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But how do we pray for you? Kafunusalli

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alaihi. So the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam

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taught them

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the best

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which Allah azza wa jal has chosen for

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us

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to be recited in salah.

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This is the best

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form of salahul Ibrahimiyya.

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Allahumasalli

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In another narration in another authentic narration,

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Allahumasalli

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a'la Muhammedin.

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Oh Allah bless

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Muhammad salallahu alaihi wa sallam,

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and his wives, and his children.

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So the prophet

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taught us this.

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And every time you again read, learn, reflect,

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remember the Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, and

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you say salallahu alaihi wa sallam, you're actually

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treating

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your

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heart.

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You're treating your heart.

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Another way of strengthening our relationship with the

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Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam is by really

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looking for a guidance. You and I, my

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dear brothers and sisters, are either coping,

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struggling,

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or getting overwhelmed and exhausted and drained by

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challenges and problems, on a personal level, on

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on different levels.

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Each and every single one of us. Life

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is full of struggles.

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So we're either coping or we're struggling, and

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some maybe are able to manage

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their struggles or their challenges very well.

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But you will find in the example of

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the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,

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guidance and comfort.

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The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam dealt

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with

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personal

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problems, family problems,

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Issues with his community. People that he called

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to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

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Even his

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companions.

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There were times where they had conflict amongst

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them,

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or there was a misunderstanding, and the prophet

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had to deal with that.

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He had to care He had to care

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for an entire community, not only for his

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family, but his entire community and for his

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ummah. And he cared for other people as

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well.

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No one had more

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burden

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than the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.

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So if you think, My life is very

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hard. I have to deal with a lot

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of things.

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You don't know, you know,

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how much stress I have in my life.

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Find comfort and guidance and the strength in

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the example of Muhammad salallahu alaihi wa sallam,

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and see how

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he salallahu alaihi wa sallam

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dealt with these issues.

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Just read. How did the Prophet salallahu alaihi

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wasallam Go ahead and Google it. How did

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the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam handle such and

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such? How did the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam

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handled

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not 1,

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not 2, not 3, not 4,

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but 9?

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How did he deal? Different personalities,

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different needs and

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Sallallahu alaihi wasalam. How did the Prophet deal

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with people

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who are

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speaking ill of him?

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Gossiping about him, calling him names, putting him

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down? How did the Prophet deal with haters?

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How did the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam

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handle trolls?

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How did the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam

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handle those people who were envious of him

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sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. They knew he was

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a messenger from Allah that came

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to save them and guide them. Yet they

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rejected him.

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They dismissed him sallallahu alaihi wasallam.

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Whether it's from his own tribe or from

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Banu Israeel.

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They knew.

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They knew the truth.

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Hasadaminarindiyanfusayhim

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Out of envy and jealousy.

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How did the Prophet handle or how did

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the Prophet cope with that? Cause it wasn't

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easy. Especially for someone that really cared about

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others,

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cared about saving them.

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So find

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something to strengthen your heart, purify your heart,

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and strengthen your resolve in the example of

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the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam.

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And last point I'm going to mention in

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this portion of my hutwa.

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My dear brothers and sisters, we have an

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amazing gift from Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

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An amazing gift.

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It's the very gift that you and I

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became more exposed to,

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and came in contact with and engaged

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throughout the whole month of Ramadan. If you

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wonder

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where some that some of that inspiration or

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most of that inspiration,

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and the strength, and purity,

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and energy

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came from

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in the month of Ramadan.

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The most obvious

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is the fact that besides the Ibadah, besides

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the fasting and the submission to Allah Subhanahu

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Wa Ta'ala and the Taqwa,

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It's the book of Allah, the Quran.

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Our intake of the Quran, our engagement with

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the Quran increases in the month of Ramadan.

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Simply, there are some people

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All they do is just listen to the

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Quran in the month of Ramadan and they

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feel different.

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They feel the effect of it. It's almost

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immediate.

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That daily

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connection with the book of Allah,

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listening to it, reading it,

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reflecting upon it.

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Nothing

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has

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healing power. I'm talking about nothing that we

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have

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like nothing tangible that we have.

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No

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substance,

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no,

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lifestyle,

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no regiment, no program

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has more healing

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power and effect

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than the words of Allah

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the Quran.

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And that's why the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa

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sallam recommends it.

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That's why the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam

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biabihu aummi, tells us, Read this this many

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times. Read this ayah. Read those surahs after

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such and such, and before such and such.

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So hold on to that.

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Whatever you are able to do in the

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month of Ramadan. Now some people might say,

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Well it's not realistic. Wallahiajama'ah.

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Wallahi is doable.

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It's doable.

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I was inspired in the very

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few nights of the month of Ramadan. Little

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girl, 10 year old, here in our community.

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I noticed her,

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her pronunciation. I said, who taught you that?

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She said, oh, I learned it on my

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own. Where?

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Online.

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We have here in our community individuals

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that memorize the whole Quran on their own.

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No teacher, nothing.

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No fancy program, nothing. On their own.

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It's it's about the heart.

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And then and then after I eat, I

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ran into her and I said, So how

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are you doing? I'm memorizing surah Maryam. Are

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you sure? Yes. On my own. Let me

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listen. An entire page, not a single mistake.

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It's all about the heart.

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Ask Allah azza wa Jal to fill our

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hearts with His love. And the love of

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His Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, and the

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love of His book the Quran.

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Now I don't know about you. I don't

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know if you saw some of these videos

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that came out of Gaza and out of,

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Jerusalem and

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different messiahs, even Masjid Al Haram

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and of young reciters of the Quran, people

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memorizers of the Quran.

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And one particular,

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one particular

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video that someone shared with me had to

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do with little girls in Gaza, in refugee

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camps,

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sitting reciting the entire Quran from after Fajr

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until Asr

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to each

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other. These are people who are living a

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life that is worth living,

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A life of Quran.

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You know we waste a lot of time.

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I personally, you know, over the past 3

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days

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was experimenting. See how how much Quran can

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you recite or listen to

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on the way from

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your house to work or on the way

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of dropping your,

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your own children to school.

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I remember the example of my late father,

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may Allah

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have mercy on him.

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And I remember that I actually memorized a

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good portion of Surah he has seen from

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him because he recited it every day. I

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memorized up to a particular verse because that's

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that was I was the first stop. He

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dropped me off.

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I wasn't looking at a mushaf. He was

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just reciting

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and I'm just listening.

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And believe it or not, you can finish

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the entire you can finish

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the whole

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surah, Surah Al Kahf.

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This morning, I was experimenting with my children.

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Surah Al Kahf and Surah Tiasin,

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on the way

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from MIC to Pleasant View.

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That's it.

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Instead of wasting it listening to something that

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is not useful, something that is not going

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to help us grow,

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or just sometimes just dead silence, or thinking

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about different things, or frustrated by the traffic

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and the horrible drivers on the road.

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So take advantage of this

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blessed

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opportunity that you have, the book of Allah

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A time will come where it's gonna be

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taken away either from us

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or we will

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we will not have that, that

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that privilege anymore.

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May Allah

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protect us and preserve

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us.

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Inshallah.

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On Sunday, April 21st,

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Sabir is holding an autism walk, in, for

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autism awareness month, inshallah.

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Sabar is our special needs support group here

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at MIC.

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The walk will be held at Johnson Park

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from 9 AM to 12 PM.

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General admission is $10, and all proceeds will

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go towards the suburb program.

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Free breakfast will be provided at the park.

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In May will be the 2nd annual Southern

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Dawah Conference. We held one last year. Inshallah,

00:41:01 --> 00:41:03

the second one will be from May 10th

00:41:03 --> 00:41:04

to 12th here at MIC,

00:41:04 --> 00:41:08

bringing in local and national speakers with attendees

00:41:08 --> 00:41:11

from various cities. Registration is open inshallah and

00:41:11 --> 00:41:13

we'll be sending out that shortly as far

00:41:13 --> 00:41:15

as the link for everybody to register. So

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again the Dawah conference will be May 10th

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to 12th here at MIC.

00:41:20 --> 00:41:23

If anyone is interested in raising 1 or

00:41:23 --> 00:41:25

more of our vegetable beds in the MIC

00:41:25 --> 00:41:26

community garden,

00:41:27 --> 00:41:29

please contact one of us in administration,

00:41:30 --> 00:41:32

and we can get you hooked up with

00:41:32 --> 00:41:36

that. And then lastly, the Palestine legacy platform,

00:41:37 --> 00:41:39

or PLP for short, is a student organization

00:41:39 --> 00:41:41

that has been recently established at the University

00:41:41 --> 00:41:42

of Memphis.

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It needs the support of the Muslim Ummah.

00:41:45 --> 00:41:47

Now is your chance to come find out

00:41:47 --> 00:41:50

more insight on Palestine, and this Tuesday's teaching

00:41:50 --> 00:41:52

at the University of Memphis. The teaching is

00:41:52 --> 00:41:54

taught from diverse perspectives of

00:41:55 --> 00:41:58

speakers invited, which include Sheikh Anwar,

00:41:58 --> 00:42:00

3 U of M professors, and an anti

00:42:00 --> 00:42:02

Zionist Jewish voices for peace member.

00:42:03 --> 00:42:05

There's the what's it called? The flyer has

00:42:05 --> 00:42:07

been sent out through our newsletter. It's on

00:42:07 --> 00:42:09

the projectors as well.

00:42:09 --> 00:42:12

Doors open at 3:30 PM. It's at the

00:42:12 --> 00:42:14

UC Theater at the University of Memphis. There's

00:42:14 --> 00:42:16

a QR code for your free ticket,

00:42:16 --> 00:42:18

and this is PLPs last event of the

00:42:18 --> 00:42:20

semester. If you'd like to find out more

00:42:20 --> 00:42:20

information,

00:42:22 --> 00:42:24

their co president Adam Salah is here, in

00:42:24 --> 00:42:26

a blue phobe if you'd like to connect

00:42:26 --> 00:42:27

further to the cause.

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