Mohammed Faqih – Jumuah 03-01-2025

Mohammed Faqih
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The speakers discuss the importance of living long periods of acceptance and love for one's parents' lives. They emphasize the need to be mindful of one's thoughts and shaping one's mindset to avoid negative consequences. The importance of trusting Allah's judgment for oneself and being fully present in one's home to enjoy life. They also stress the importance of setting a clear intention and agenda for this year and engaging with one's community.

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			As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
		
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			Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu
		
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			Akbar, Allahu Akbar.
		
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			I bear witness that there is none worthy
		
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			of worship except Allah.
		
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			I bear witness that there is none worthy
		
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			of worship except Allah.
		
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			I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger
		
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			of Allah.
		
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			I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger
		
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			of Allah.
		
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			Come to prayer, come to
		
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			prayer.
		
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			Come to success, come to success.
		
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			our years and all of our affairs in
		
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			the name and with the name of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala and by praising him
		
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			azza wa jal and we thank Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala for all of his blessings
		
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			the ones that we realize and the ones
		
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			that we haven't yet been able to realize
		
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			the ones that we acknowledge and the ones
		
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			that we deny the ones that we are
		
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			well aware of and the ones and the
		
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			many that we are completely oblivious of we
		
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			praise Allah for all of his blessings subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala and we praise Allah azza
		
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			wa jal for coming to this moment and
		
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			for yet another day and another perhaps year
		
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			may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make all
		
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			of our days and weeks and months and
		
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			days and years years of blessings victory guidance
		
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			and forgiveness ameen today I wanted to share
		
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			with you on this first Jumu'ah of
		
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			what I hope inshallah ta'ala would be
		
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			an extraordinary year I wanted to share with
		
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			you the importance of remembering who it is
		
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			that we live for and what we live
		
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			for few years ago I had the honor
		
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			of being the privilege and the opportunity to
		
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			attend a session conducted by one of the
		
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			greatest scholars of our time in al-masjid
		
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			al-nabawi he has or he had a
		
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			regular session that he would conduct on a
		
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			weekly basis and one of the things that
		
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			a lot of people don't know about him
		
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			is this is a man this scholar is
		
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			someone that dedicated his life to Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala seeking knowledge and teaching other
		
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			people his father was a great scholar even
		
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			a greater scholar rahimahullah ta'ala he was
		
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			one of the heavy weights of our time
		
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			but something about his personal life that is
		
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			extraordinary and extremely inspiring and it's an example
		
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			that I understand that most of us won't
		
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			be able to relate to or won't be
		
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			able to match most of us at least
		
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			as far as I know I don't know
		
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			if I was if I would be able
		
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			to do something like what he did may
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless him see
		
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			this scholar dedicated and devoted his life to
		
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			serving his parents learning seeking knowledge and serving
		
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			his parents and early on his father passed
		
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			away so he took care of his mother
		
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			and dedicated his life to taking care of
		
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			his mother and his mother lived a long
		
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			life may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless
		
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			her soul and have mercy on her and
		
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			he refused to get married and part of
		
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			his this is what I gathered from some
		
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			of the people who are very very close
		
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			to him and you know some of these
		
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			people who knew him on a personal level
		
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			knew him closely part of what he said
		
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			was that if I get married I'm afraid
		
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			that I may not be able to really
		
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			do my wife justice and do my mother
		
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			justice at the same time and he was
		
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			someone who was fully devoted to his mother
		
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			fully devoted to his mother so much so
		
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			they said that if he is on his
		
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			way if he's traveling on his way whether
		
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			he's driving or he's flying and halfway his
		
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			mother says Mohammed come back I miss you
		
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			or I need you here he will actually
		
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			cancel all of his engagements make a U
		
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			-turn or take the first flight back home
		
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			to Medina to be at her feet this
		
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			is how devoted he was and she passed
		
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			away and he was in his probably late
		
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			50s by the time she passed away and
		
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			after she passed away maybe a year or
		
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			two or three he got married now why
		
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			am I telling you this I'm telling you
		
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			this not necessarily because of this part of
		
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			his life but I wanted you to know
		
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			that this is someone who did this for
		
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			his parents now fast forward to that moment
		
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			when the Q&A session started and one
		
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			of the questions he received may Allah bless
		
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			him was from a young man who was
		
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			sharing with him a dilemma that he had
		
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			now this is after his parents passed away
		
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			after he got married after more than five
		
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			decades of serving his parents and devoting his
		
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			life and not pursuing anything else that may
		
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			may possibly interfere with his care and love
		
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			for his parents the question and I remember
		
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			it precisely I was sitting right to his
		
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			right behind him behind his chair the question
		
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			was read to him and then his initial
		
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			response to it the first statement he said
		
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			brought me to tears I couldn't contain myself
		
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			especially knowing some of the background of this
		
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			noble and great scholar Hafizahullah the young man
		
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			was saying something to the effect that sheikh
		
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			I have a dilemma we are three brothers
		
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			or siblings he said we are three brothers
		
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			I'm the most dutiful of all of them
		
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			the other two don't even care about my
		
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			parents and I think he was either the
		
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			middle brother the middle child or the youngest
		
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			child for sure he wasn't the eldest he
		
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			said the other two don't even care I
		
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			think he was the middle brother the eldest
		
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			didn't care he had his own family that
		
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			he would take care of and the youngest
		
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			sibling gave his parents hard time he said
		
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			out of all three I'm the one that
		
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			listens to them serves them does everything for
		
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			them everything yet my two brothers are the
		
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			ones that get all the love and the
		
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			acknowledgement and the tolerance and the special treatment
		
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			and you know they let them off the
		
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			hook whenever and I the religious one that
		
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			fears Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala apparently wants
		
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			to please Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala I
		
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			want the pleasure of my parents I get
		
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			very little of that and instead I'm always
		
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			not good enough and I feel that they
		
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			take advantage of that and I feel so
		
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			much of that stress is really getting to
		
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			me and affecting me what do I do
		
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			how can I maintain my beautifulness and righteousness
		
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			towards my parents because I don't think whatever
		
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			I'm doing is enough to begin with but
		
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			shaykh is just getting too much you know
		
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			what the first response from the shaykh the
		
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			first statement he said oh how fortunate you
		
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			are he said oh how I wish I
		
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			was in your spot he said oh how
		
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			I wish I was in your place so
		
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			now you see the relevance of that small
		
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			portion of his life that I told you
		
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			a man who dedicated more than five decades
		
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			of his life when someone complained to him
		
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			that his parents are abusing him and taking
		
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			advantage of him he said oh how I
		
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			wish I was in your place oh how
		
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			I wish I can have access back I
		
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			can have access to my parents and do
		
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			more for them than I did oh how
		
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			I wish I was the one that listens
		
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			to the one who's being abused by his
		
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			parents yet still has the ability to be
		
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			there for them and then he said your
		
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			problem and this is what I wanted to
		
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			remind myself and you with he said your
		
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			problem is you're not dealing with Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala you're dealing with your parents
		
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			but if you change that if you make
		
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			that paradigm shift or that mind shift change
		
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			your mindset he said deal with Allah don't
		
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			devote yourself to your parents don't devote yourself
		
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			to your families don't devote yourself to your
		
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			spouse or your children or your community or
		
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			your tribe or your community or your work
		
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			or it's not worth it none of these
		
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			things are worth you devoting your life you
		
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			only have one life to live and that
		
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			life is priceless your studies are not worth
		
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			you devoting your life to your career is
		
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			not worth devoting your life to no one
		
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			in this world deserves your life except the
		
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			one that granted you that life the one
		
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			to whom belongs that life so if you
		
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			are someone of some sort of understanding and
		
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			wisdom and hopefully with all the disappointments and
		
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			all the hurt and every relationship and all
		
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			the failure maybe one day you will come
		
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			to the conclusion that no one deserves your
		
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			life and your devotion except the one that
		
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			you belong to because tomorrow if something happens
		
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			to you and you fall your wealth will
		
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			be of no benefit Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala says that even his wealth won't be
		
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			of any value to him so nothing there
		
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			isn't a price that you can put on
		
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			a moment on one second of your life
		
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			let alone your entire life span life is
		
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			priceless so who you devote that life to
		
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			must be someone worth it and the only
		
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			one who's worth it is Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala and if that's the case because
		
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			I want you to remember this because when
		
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			someone when we're told someone has passed away
		
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			what do we say we say inna lillahi
		
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			wa inna ilayhi raji'oon when we're afflicted
		
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			with a calamity or a loss we say
		
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			to Allah we belong and to Allah we
		
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			return inna lillahi we are for Allah we
		
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			are to Allah we belong to Allah that
		
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			has to manifest itself and translate itself in
		
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			our lifestyle and whatever we do and why
		
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			we do it and what we do it
		
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			for and how we do it it has
		
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			to manifest itself because you can't say inna
		
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			lillahi to Allah we belong and yet everything
		
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			that you have you devote or you do
		
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			in the name or for the sake of
		
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			someone or something else that is finite that
		
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			is temporal that is going to perish you
		
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			either going to leave it behind or it
		
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			will leave you behind not even our own
		
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			parents are going to be there for us
		
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			when we stand before Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala
		
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			and in the Quran Allah challenges the believers
		
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			to adopt this mindset Allah Azza wa Jal
		
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			in the Quran constantly reminds us that Allah
		
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			Azza wa Jal has to be the most
		
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			beloved that Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala has to
		
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			be the aim and the objective and that
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala has to be the
		
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			reason and that Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala has
		
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			to be the one that we have on
		
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			our mind for whom we do everything to
		
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			whom we belong to whom we will return
		
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			subhanahu wa'ta'ala and Allah Azza wa Jal
		
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			commands the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam in the
		
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			Quran and his followers or inna salati say
		
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			and when Allah say it says qul it's
		
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			not just something that you repeat with your
		
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			tongue Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala is telling us
		
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			say it and live it or inna salati
		
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			wa nusuki wa mahyaya wa mamati lillahi rabbil
		
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			alameen say indeed my prayers my salawat are
		
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			not for people they're not to show off
		
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			they're not there for Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala
		
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			I pray for Allah Azza wa Jal and
		
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			my rituals and my sacrifices are all for
		
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			Allah wa nusuki lillah wa mahya not only
		
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			that but my living my entire living is
		
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			for Allah wa mamati in my death or
		
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			my dying is for Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala
		
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			in such a person my dear brothers and
		
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			sisters whoever does that will live a life
		
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			worth living will live a meaningful life a
		
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			fulfilling life and that is why the Prophet
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wasallam tells us that whoever loves
		
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			for Allah hates for Allah gives for Allah
		
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			withholds for Allah and has indeed accomplished iman
		
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			has indeed attained iman so even our emotions
		
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			have to be regulated by Allah and for
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala by the love of
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala and when we ask
		
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			we should ask for Allah and when we
		
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			give we give for Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala
		
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			and if we withhold we withhold for Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa'ta'ala in a manner that pleases
		
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			Allah Azza wa Jal because I tell you
		
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			and I will conclude with this my dear
		
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			brothers and sisters the ones that we try
		
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			to impress please and appease and appeal to
		
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			will not be there for us when we
		
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			need them only Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala can
		
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			grant us that unconditional love and support and
		
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			care and forgiveness that we all desperately need
		
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			I ask Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala to forgive
		
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			us our sins.
		
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			I say that which you have heard, and
		
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			Allah will forgive me and you, and He
		
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			will forgive him who forgives you.
		
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			Indeed, He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
		
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			Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah wa kafa wa salatu wa salamu
		
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			ala ibadihi allatheena as-safa wa ba'd.
		
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			My dear brothers and sisters, three and three.
		
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			Three things that we need to do to
		
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			live with Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala and by
		
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			Allah Azza wa Jal and they all revolve
		
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			or they all are founded upon increasing our
		
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			awareness of Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala's presence and
		
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			the nature of the relationship that we have
		
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			with Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala such as really
		
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			coming to terms with the fact that we
		
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			belong to Allah Azza wa Jal.
		
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			We belong to nothing else.
		
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			Everything else is given to us.
		
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			We belong to Allah.
		
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			We ultimately belong to Allah.
		
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			Not only that, but everything that we possess,
		
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			everything that we possess belongs to Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa'ta'ala.
		
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			And the worst choice for us to make
		
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			is to give up the one that we
		
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			belong to for the sake of the things
		
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			that He gave us.
		
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			To be preoccupied with what Allah Azza wa
		
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			Jal created for us and gave us from
		
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			the one that gave it to us and
		
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			created us.
		
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			To be distracted by what we own symbolically.
		
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			What we own from our duties to the
		
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			one that owns us.
		
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			It doesn't make sense at all.
		
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			So our awareness of Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala's
		
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			presence and the nature of this relationship and
		
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			the reality of everything that we possess that
		
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			is really finite and that we belong to
		
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			something bigger and greater and that is Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa'ta'ala.
		
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			It is very important and that should lead
		
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			to three things at least.
		
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			Number one, full trust in Allah Azza wa
		
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			Jal.
		
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			Full trust in Allah Azza wa Jal.
		
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			I'll give you an example of an area
		
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			where a lot of people say, I trust
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala but they're they're not
		
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			willing to, I don't want to say even
		
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			try it, because if you trust Allah you're
		
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			not gonna try.
		
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			You're just going to believe and you're going
		
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			to practice and you're going to do it.
		
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			You have full trust in Allah Azza wa
		
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			Jal.
		
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			How many times have we been told that
		
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			give up something for Allah Azza wa Jal.
		
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			If you give up whatever interferes with your
		
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			relationship with Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala, whatever can
		
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			actually compromise or jeopardize your relationship with Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa'ta'ala, you give it up for
		
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			the sake of Allah Azza wa Jal and
		
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			Allah guarantees that he will give you something
		
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			better.
		
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			Yet most of us were like, I don't
		
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			know if I'm ready.
		
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			No, we want to keep everything that we
		
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			have and have more and we want Allah
		
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			to give us that which doesn't belong to
		
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			us.
		
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			This greed of ours and no matter how
		
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			much we have it's not going to be
		
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			enough and it's not going to make us
		
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			happy.
		
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			So times will come where you have to
		
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			make a sacrifice knowing full-heartedly that Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa'ta'ala promised you something better, either
		
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			in this life or in the hereafter.
		
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			As a matter of fact, people in the
		
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			past, those who fully trusted Allah subhanahu wa'ta
		
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			'ala and devoted themselves to Allah Azza wa
		
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			Jal, they were asking Allah Azza wa Jal
		
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			to give it to them later when they
		
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			needed the most.
		
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			They didn't care because they knew that whatever
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala, if you give something
		
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			for Allah and Allah gives you something else,
		
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			replenishes it, gives you something else in this
		
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			life, it will go.
		
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			You will use it, you will wear it
		
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			out, you'll find yourself in a situation where
		
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			you may have to give it up again.
		
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			It's really worthless.
		
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			But if Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala saves it
		
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			for you, that's better.
		
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			So part of being trusting Allah subhanahu wa'ta
		
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			'ala, having full trust in Allah is trusting
		
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			Allah's judgment for you and Allah's choices for
		
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			you.
		
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			Whatever Allah chooses for you, if Allah chooses
		
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			to give it to you in this life
		
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			and give you a relief in this life
		
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			and give you a victory in this life,
		
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			alhamdulillah, biha wa ni'mat.
		
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			Alhamdulillah, we praise Allah.
		
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			If Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala wants to save
		
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			it for you, alhamdulillah.
		
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			If Allah wants to give you children, bless
		
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			you with children, alhamdulillah.
		
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			If Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala decrees that maybe
		
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			that's not the best thing for you, alhamdulillah,
		
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			you're content with Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala, which
		
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			leads me to the second point.
		
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			So trusting Allah azawajal, full trust and tawakkul
		
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			in Allah.
		
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			Number two, gratitude and contentment with Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa'ta'ala.
		
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			Be content with Allah azawajal.
		
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			And number three, my dear brothers and sisters,
		
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			be fully present and be aware of His
		
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			presence subhanahu wa'ta'ala.
		
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			Now if we do this, my dear brothers
		
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			and sisters, it will be very easy for
		
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			us to start living a life that is
		
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			devoted to Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala, that is
		
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			for Allah, by Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala.
		
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			And I will conclude with three more practical
		
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			steps inshallah wa'ta'ala that you could consider,
		
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			bi'lillahi azawajal, implementing, starting today, this year.
		
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			Number one, strengthen the home as a place
		
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			of worship.
		
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			Many of us want home to be a
		
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			place where we can just have fun and
		
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			relax and be distracted and just and sleep
		
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			and be idle and not produce.
		
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			You know, in some cases, our homes turn
		
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			into into tombs.
		
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			And the Prophet ﷺ precisely warned us, don't
		
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			don't turn your homes into maqabir.
		
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			Make it a place where Allah subhanahu wa'ta
		
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			'ala is worshipped, where Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala
		
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			is praised, where Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala is
		
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			remembered, where Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala is obeyed.
		
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			Many homes are plagued with the fact that
		
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			they become places where sins and sinful lifestyle
		
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			and events and conversations and habits take place.
		
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			So much so that a person is completely
		
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			different at home from what they are in
		
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			public, especially in the masajid.
		
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			Make a conscious effort to turn your place
		
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			into a place of worship.
		
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			And then carry that with you to the
		
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			masjid, to the place of worship.
		
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			And take the place of worship with you
		
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			back home.
		
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			We are even told that that it's recommended
		
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			that we designate certain areas for salah and
		
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			ibadah.
		
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			So turn your place into a place of
		
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			worship.
		
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			Number two, set a clear intention and agenda
		
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			for this year.
		
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			If you haven't already done it, have a
		
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			very clear plan for this year.
		
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			And alhamdulillah in two months or less than
		
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			two months actually, the month of Ramadan is
		
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			coming.
		
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			So between now and Ramadan, have a clear
		
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			plan for yourself, a spiritual plan as to
		
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			how you're going to grow spiritually and get
		
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			closer to Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala.
		
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			Because for sure this year is going to
		
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			bring you closer to Allah azza wa jal,
		
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			whether you like it or not.
		
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			It's going to bring that day or that
		
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			year where you're going to meet Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa'ta'ala closer.
		
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			So this journey is just bringing us closer.
		
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			So get closer to Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala
		
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			on your own before you brought to Allah
		
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			azza wa jal against your own will.
		
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			Number three, engage with your community and engage
		
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			in your community.
		
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			Participate in the masjid events, support neighbors and
		
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			offer your time and your effort and your
		
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			expertise for causes that uplift you spiritually and
		
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			that uplift other people.
		
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			Get involved, get involved for the sake of
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala.
		
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			For we know that the best and the
		
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			most beloved of deeds to Allah azza wa
		
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			jal are deeds that benefit other people.
		
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			And one of the greatest and most beloved
		
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			deeds to Allah azza wa jal is to
		
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			cheer a believer, someone who's broken, someone who's
		
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			hurt, someone who's sad, someone that need help
		
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			and assistance or needs attention.
		
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			That's surur.
		
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			Someone that needs forgiveness, someone that needs a
		
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			second chance, someone that needs an understanding.
		
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			You'll be that person, you'll be that agent
		
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			of Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala that brings that
		
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			to that believer.
		
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			And cheering someone for the sake of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa'ta'ala might earn you Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa'ta'ala's pleasure.
		
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			Remember that Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala was pleased
		
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			with a man who tried to cheer a
		
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			dog.
		
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			In another narration it says it was a
		
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			woman, a prostitute.
		
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			Who tried to cheer a dog and show
		
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			an act of courtesy.
		
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			تصور ما لك عند الله سبحانه و تعالى
		
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			إذا جبرت خاطرًا أو قلبًا مكسورًا So
		
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			my dear brothers and sisters, I ask Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa'ta'ala once again to make this
		
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			year a year of blessings and victory and
		
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			breakthrough for our community and for our ummah.
		
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			And may Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala grant decisive,
		
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			glorious, and swift victory to our dear brothers
		
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			and sisters in Gaza.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala allow our brothers
		
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			and sisters in Syria to prosper.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala grant our brothers
		
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			and sisters in Bangladesh to set a great
		
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			example for the rest of the ummah.
		
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			And may Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala liberate all
		
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			Muslims everywhere from treachery and from injustice.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala strengthen us and
		
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			empower us.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala make us of
		
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			those who listen and follow the best of
		
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			what they listen to.
		
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			Make sure that you fill in the gaps
		
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			and you move forward.
		
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			I think we still have plenty of room
		
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			inside the main prayer hall.
		
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			And whoever is sent as a messenger to
		
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			Allah, he has certainly attained a great success.
		
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			Indeed, We have set up the heavens and
		
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			the earth and the heavens and the earth
		
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			and the heavens
		
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			and the earth and the heavens and the
		
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			earth and the heavens and the earth and
		
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			the
		
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			heavens
		
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			and the earth and the heavens and the
		
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			earth and the heavens and the earth and
		
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			the heavens and the earth and the heavens
		
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			and the earth and the heavens and the
		
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			heavens and the earth and the heavens and
		
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			the earth and the heavens and the earth
		
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			and the heavens and the earth and the
		
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			heavens and the earth and the heavens and
		
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			the earth and
		
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			the heavens and the earth and the heavens
		
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			and the earth and the heavens and the
		
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			earth Salaamualiekm Salaamualaikm
		
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			4 announcements, 3-4 announcements inshAllah tonight after
		
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			IHASHA Chefacee will be doing a program called
		
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			sustain a commitment your future this will be
		
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			happening right after as ISHASHA in the prayers
		
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			hall inshALLAH uh....next friday we'll be launching a
		
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			program the family fund my program with activities
		
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			for ages 12 and under.
		
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			So these activities include Legos, arts and crafts,
		
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			movies, childcare.
		
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			So when we have these nights, inshallah, all
		
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			kids 12 and under must be checked in
		
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			to these rooms when families enter.
		
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			There'll be a check-in desk, inshallah, where
		
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			you can check in your kids for the
		
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			program.
		
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			And it'll be running from 6 p.m.
		
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			to 9.30 p.m. So this will
		
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			be starting next Friday, January 10th, inshallah.
		
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			And also sometime next week, we will also
		
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			be releasing our latest policies, guidelines, and security
		
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			protocols.
		
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			So be looking out for that as well.
		
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			Lastly, Human Development Fund will be coming with
		
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			Sheikh Yasser Bidjas and Imam Khaled Latif for
		
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			a fundraiser, Gaza and Beyond Rebuilding the Ummah.
		
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			That'll be Sunday, January 26th, inshallah.
		
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			And if you exit out, you'll see some
		
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			tables with flyers there and some volunteers, inshallah,
		
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			with the link to register.
		
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			Jazakallah khair.