Mohammed Faqih – Orphans Of The World

Mohammed Faqih
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The speakers discuss the history and causes of orphaned Muslim households, including the Prophet sallati's death and ongoing conflict, as well as the struggles of children being orphaned. They stress the importance of caring for people in a sense of compassion and helping them grow up to be healthy individuals. The speakers also emphasize the importance of establishing programs and setting standards to achieve change, and emphasize the need for acceptance and empowerment for those who want to adopt. They suggest contacting an organization to establish programs and foster care for those in Pakistan, Pakistan, and the Indonesia, and Turkey, and emphasize the importance of empowerment and addressing issues such as abuse and abuse.

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			There is a Hadith that the best
house among the Muslims is one
		
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			where an orphan is well treated
and the worst house among the
		
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			Muslims is the one where an orphan
is treated badly. So it's assumed
		
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			that Muslim households should have
what,
		
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			especially back then, during the
time of the Prophet sallallahu
		
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			sallam, due to wars and stuff like
that. You know, there were many
		
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			that were orphaned. The Prophet
sallallahu alays himself. A lot of
		
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			people don't realize that some of
his marriages actually were
		
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			primarily to take care of and
provide for orphans.
		
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			SallAllahu sallam. So when Abu
Salama, who was his milk brother,
		
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			passed away, the Prophet
salallahu, alays salam proposed to
		
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			UMW Salama, after she was done
with her Idah and married her, and
		
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			Osama told the Prophet,
sallAllahu, I'm too old for you.
		
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			And the Prophet SAW said, I'm
older than you.
		
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			And the the one of the reasons was
so that he can take care of the
		
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			children of Abu Salim,
		
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			sallAllahu, sallam. Lot of people
don't realize when the Prophet
		
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			Sallam is cousin Jafar RadiAllahu
Anu. Jafar was killed in Mutta. He
		
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			left behind three children
		
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			with his wife Asmaa bintur Amaze
		
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			Abu Bakr RadiAllahu. Anhu married
her,
		
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			with whom she had two children.
She was actually pregnant when Abu
		
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			Bakr Ravi Allah Anu passed away,
		
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			and then after passed away. Now
she has the three children of
		
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			Jafar and two children from a
Waqar Rabbi Allahu, an Aliyah
		
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			RadiAllahu. Anhu marries her,
		
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			her former brother in law, Ani,
her first husband's brother,
		
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			and now he's taking care of all
five of them, his own nephews and
		
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			niece, as well as Abu Bakr as two
children, and then with whom, with
		
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			Ali Rana, she had three more.
		
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			So now they were all
		
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			siblings,
		
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			Ravi Allah, so this, this, this
was common practice. Nobody
		
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			objected to it. It wasn't an
issue. Some of us are sitting
		
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			here. We're like wondering,
really, okay, yeah, who dares now
		
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			to do anything like this? No one.
		
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			We have broken societies
		
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			now,
		
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			children, I mean, the major causes
for orphan, and someone might say,
		
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			Okay, why do we have, obviously,
conflict, conflicts and war. Many
		
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			Muslim majority countries
experience ongoing conflicts. We
		
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			have one going on right now.
Islamic conflicts actually
		
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			genocide in Philistine many
children are being orphaned, and
		
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			death and destruction is not
stopping in other places in the
		
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			Muslim world, still happening,
whether it's because of, you know,
		
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			internal fightings or, you know,
		
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			militia forces, you know, abusing
the people, but it's an ongoing
		
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			thing. In Syria didn't stop. The
bloodshed didn't stop. The people
		
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			are still dying. Same thing in
Iraq and Yemen and other places
		
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			still happening. The other major
reason is diseases, epidemics like
		
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			HIV and AIDS in the sub Saharan
African regions, orphan millions
		
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			of people. Other diseases like
malaria are causing that as well.
		
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			Many people don't realize, even
covid
		
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			took, you know, took, you know,
		
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			there was a big toll that came out
of of those two years. The third
		
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			primary reason is poverty,
widespread poverty, you know,
		
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			resulting in, you know, in a
stable Muslim, you know,
		
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			households and people cannot care
for their children. So there are a
		
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			lot of children that are
abandoned.
		
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			You know, there's also another
reason sometimes children are
		
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			abandoned, which is, you know,
children that are born out of
		
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			wedlock,
		
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			and they're they're just
abandoned. They're left in front
		
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			of masajid, they're left next to
dumpsters. They're left in front
		
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			of hospitals, because, you know,
no one is going to be able to
		
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			raise them.
		
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			So this is another reason. Another
major reason is natural disasters,
		
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			earthquakes, flooding, may Allah,
subhana, taala, ease the
		
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			devastating flood, floods that are
taking that that happened in
		
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			northeastern
		
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			regions of India and hit, you
know,
		
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			severely Bangladesh was was
affected by them. I'm still.
		
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			To
		
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			to pull them out of these
		
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			circles.
		
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			Now,
		
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			subhanAllah, I was doing some
research on, you know, using non
		
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			Muslim, you know, search engines
and resources and all of that. And
		
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			they listed prominent organization
Muslim that have great initiatives
		
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			in the Muslim world. The top three
that they, you know, that came up
		
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			were Muslim hands, which I'm not
very familiar with. But then
		
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			number two was Islamic Relief.
Islamic Relief has great,
		
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			you know, programs in multiple
countries, in Africa and in Asia.
		
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			And then the third one was the
organization that we actually went
		
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			to visit one of their locations,
and that is zakat foundation.
		
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			Again, I'm not getting this from
Muslim sources. I'm getting this
		
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			from non Muslim sources.
		
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			So zakat foundation and
SubhanAllah. It happened that the
		
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			the orphanage, or the center, the
orphan center that we visited in
		
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			Gaziantep, close to the Syrian
border, was actually run by zakat
		
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			Foundation,
		
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			and they were very grateful,
because they were recipients of
		
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			some donations from this
community,
		
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			and I tell you, it's going to make
a huge difference for you, for you
		
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			as an individual or as a
contributor or as a community
		
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			member or as an activist, to go
yourself and see and examine, You
		
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			know the kinds of services that
are provided, as well as really
		
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			get to know these individuals, as
opposed to just signing up for for
		
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			something and sending someone that
you don't know what they look like
		
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			or what they're, what they sound
like, money to for someone else to
		
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			take care of them. So it's, it's,
I would urge you to actually try
		
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			to get involved in some of these
efforts and and go yourself, there
		
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			are other organizations that are
doing great work that are also
		
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			named, as you know, having, you
know, great services in Pakistan
		
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			and Indonesia and Turkey and in
other places as well. Inshallah,
		
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			we'll talk about that in the
future. But the idea tonight was
		
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			just to shed some light on the
plight of orphans, especially in
		
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			the Muslim world,
		
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			and to remind ourselves of the
importance of really caring for
		
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			them. I tell you, if Muslim, if
the wealthiest Muslims, as a
		
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			matter of fact, not even if 1% of
the wealthiest Muslims
		
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			were to do their their part
		
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			and give, there's a cat, or
deliver, there's a cat where it's
		
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			supposed to be delivered
		
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			in a matter of I would say less
than 10 years.
		
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			I would comfortably say in five
years, if we were just to fulfill,
		
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			as a matter of fact, not all of
us, if only 1%
		
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			of those who are liable to paying
Zakah
		
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			were to manage and deliver their
Zakah properly.
		
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			We will be able to eradicate, this
is just my we will be able to
		
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			eradicate
		
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			orphanhood or not. Orphanhood,
poverty amongst orphans, the
		
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			orphan population in less than
five years, but for sure, in less
		
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			than 10 years. But according to my
estimation, in less than five
		
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			years, there will be no orphan on
the face of this planet that
		
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			Muslim or non Muslim, that would
need to be taken care of. They
		
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			will be set and secure for the
rest of their lives. And it's
		
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			these individuals that are going
to go tomorrow, grow up,
		
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			especially in Muslim countries,
and bring about positive change,
		
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			because they they were surrounded
by loving and caring people that
		
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			gave them second chance. And they
will grow up to love Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa put compassion in the
hearts of these individuals, and
		
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			they will grow up to love these
individuals, and they will grow up
		
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			to love this ummah, and they will
grow up to love this religion that
		
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			that that encourages people to do
this, and these individuals are
		
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			going to become an unstoppable
force to to bring about change,
		
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			because they they know what it
feels like to be deprived from
		
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			some of the basic blessings that
many of us take like or took or
		
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			take for granted. So they they're
going to grow up to be healthy
		
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			individuals that care and want to
to to create a better world, a
		
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			safer world for everyone.
		
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			And as I said, there's 150
		
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			million of them out there. You.
		
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			So imagine, within five years to
10 five to 10 years, what can can
		
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			happen if we just, if we spread
like if there is awareness, if
		
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			there's all of a sudden this, just
this massive movement within the
		
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			Muslim population worldwide to
really pay attention to the plight
		
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			of orphans and start, you know,
either,
		
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			maybe adoption may not be the
right word, but sponsor you know
		
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			someone, and give them a chance
and care for them, or contact or
		
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			establish some work, establish
something.
		
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			Obviously the easiest thing for us
to do is to contact any of these
		
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			organizations, individually or
collectively as a community, and
		
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			reach out and say what programs we
have. We would like to contribute
		
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			to this, and obviously be
proactive and not wait until
		
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			something happens and then, you
know, someone comes. Or the better
		
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			thing for us to do is to really,
you know, put our efforts together
		
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			and say, Listen, we would like to
contr we would like to do
		
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			something
		
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			exemplary. So one of the
suggestions that I have, and I see
		
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			plenty of people here that seem to
be very enthusiastic, one of the
		
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			suggestions that I have is for us
as a community to come together
		
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			and really establish
		
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			an orphanage, or help establish an
orphanage somewhere in the Muslim
		
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			world that sets a good example and
provide high level care for the
		
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			orphans that that sign up or that
are
		
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			and
		
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			help them actually get better
education, because now what is
		
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			happening in most of these
orphanages? You know, by the time
		
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			the child is 15 or 16, they just
want them to go get any job so
		
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			that they can support themselves
in the family.
		
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			But there are few individuals that
I know that started small
		
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			orphanages where they actually
know, they tell them, No, you have
		
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			to finish your education and you
have to get a college degree. And
		
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			maybe we will help, if you do very
well, we will help you get some
		
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			sort of scholarship somewhere and
go to a very, you know, good
		
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			institution or university and and
become a professional. And some of
		
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			these individuals that started
their work 10 years ago, they were
		
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			able to help individual, you know,
people become engineers and
		
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			doctors and NGO, you know,
		
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			workers and and that's what we
want to do. I personally, this is
		
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			my dream before I leave this
world. Help establish an orphanage
		
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			that does that,
		
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			that provides the members of that
orphanage with an opportunity that
		
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			is not any less than what we
provide for our own children
		
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			most of these, as I said, most of
these orphanages are overcrowded,
		
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			underfunded, and they they don't
get, you know, much, much help.
		
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			Some of them, they just teach them
Quran and some basic skills, and
		
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			then they're like, go. You need,
you need to leave, so that we can
		
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			accommodate other people.
		
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			So maybe as a community, we can
come together and say, Listen,
		
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			let's see where we can actually,
you know, establish something
		
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			that that will have high
standards. We will choose some of
		
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			the best and the brightest who
will take these opportunities
		
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			seriously and and work very hard
to Inshallah, to Allah become
		
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			something, and then go back and
help their society or their
		
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			community in sha Allah, that is
what I had for you tonight. And I
		
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			ask Allah, Subhanahu, taala, to
guide us to that which is most
		
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			pleasing in terms of Hana Hotel.
Yes.
		
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			JazakAllah, I just wanted to put a
plug in we have as a head Africa,
		
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			health, education, development.
We've been taking care of 110
		
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			orphans every day. We don't refuse
anyone. It's entire region.
		
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			Brother Mahmoud, as you know, very
well known in the community. You
		
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			know, we provide food twice a day,
education, eat clothes and
		
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			healthcare in basically, in the
Sahel region, nabic has 400
		
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			orphans. So like, it's very hard
to style an orphanage without
		
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			corruption, abuse and other
things. Our programs are fully
		
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			available for anybody to inspect.
And for example, in Sahil, you can
		
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			sponsor an orphan for $250
		
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			it's in basically tarka region,
Indonesia.
		
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			Air, which is the poorest country
in the world, and it's a poor
		
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			area. And middle class in Niger
means people can eat like they
		
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			have food security. That's what
really middle class is. So these
		
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			orphans, I have videos of them,
they said their life changed
		
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			because they don't have to think
about food. They go to school. You
		
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			know, we provide eight clothes
that they choose from the vendors
		
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			locally. So, I mean, I would say
like Annie, if there's anybody's
		
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			interested, I'm happy to talk to
them. Brother Mahmoud can talk
		
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			like if you guys want brother
Shipley is here. They have 400
		
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			orphans in Bangladesh. These other
programs are good, but I can say,
		
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			for ahead, for example, I'm sure
it's similar for navic. We have no
		
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			overhead, because we pay overhead
out of pocket. We, as the board,
		
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			pay for any administrative
expenses. So every dollar you give
		
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			goes to a program. And we have
orphans that are going to, for
		
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			example, nursing school and other
like, you know, we have programs
		
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			like that.
		
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			So we're talking about Michelle,
is that one? Okay, that's
		
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			beautiful.
		
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			Anyone else has a comment or a
question?
		
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			Okay? Technical point, sometimes
people ask, okay, adoption in
		
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			Islam is not allowed. Let me just
allow me to stand here. Adoption
		
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			in Islam is not allowed, right?
You can't adopt someone, meaning
		
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			you cannot claim them to be your
own child and give them your last
		
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			name and right, yes,
		
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			yes, yes or no,
		
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			okay, but sponsoring or caring for
for a child,
		
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			not only is it allowed, it's
actually highly encouraged and
		
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			recommended.
		
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			So now, if the most adequate way
for you to care for a child is to
		
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			legally adopt them, but not
consider them your child, if
		
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			that's the only way you can do
that, then
		
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			then be it. Nobody says that in
order for you go through the
		
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			adoption process, that you have to
give them your last name, do you?
		
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			You don't have to give them your
last name. They can maintain their
		
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			last name. You don't have to give
them, but you can still go and
		
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			become their legal guardian. Go
through the proper process,
		
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			whether you're adopting a child
from Yemen or from Philistine or
		
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			from Morocco or from wherever, go
through the process, but your
		
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			intention is not to make them your
own child, because they're not
		
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			your own child. So you can't claim
them as your own and as long as
		
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			you and they have that
understanding right, that you're
		
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			not claiming them to be your own,
		
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			but you're just adopting them,
because that's the legal
		
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			terminology. And you go through
the whole process and you become
		
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			their legal guardian. There's
nothing wrong with that,
		
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			so just keep that in mind.
		
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			So just in case, this is,
		
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			you know, deterring or stopping
some people from doing it. And I
		
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			personally know, in California, we
had a, you know, a couple of
		
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			initiatives by some of the, you
know, brothers and sisters to
		
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			encourage and you know people to
do that. And they went through the
		
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			process. And Alhamdulillah, they
were able to adopt someone from a
		
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			Muslim child from overseas. And I
would say, start with the Muslims.
		
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			Computer sometimes say, Well, can
I adopt a non Muslim and give
		
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			them? I say, we are. I will. Let's
start with a Muslim from a Muslim
		
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			country or from even if it's
locally here, start with a Muslim.
		
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			Start with, you know, some of us,
maybe we can get into foster care,
		
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			you know, create a foster care
system and awareness. We did that.
		
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			And maybe shout Allah, will talk
to Sheik ASA about this, and do
		
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			maybe one night, talk about, you
know, becoming foster foster
		
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			parents, because there are
Muslims. As our community grows,
		
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			we're going to have more and more
of these issues. Again, we are a
		
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			small community, but in
communities, larger communities,
		
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			where there is high, you know,
density, you know, where they had,
		
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			you know, larger and older
communities.
		
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			This is a problem. This is a
problem. Muslim children ending up
		
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			beginning,
		
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			going through foster care, you
know, and ending up with non
		
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			Muslim families.
		
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			So that's, you know, because we
didn't have enough Muslim families
		
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			that were either willing or that
were that went through the proper
		
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			process to become foster parents.
So this is something that we need
		
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			to be proactive about and start
really talking about and prepare
		
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			for here in the greater Memphis
area in sha Allah town. So just
		
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			wanted to address that issue from
a 50 point of view, we ask Allah,
		
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			subhana Taala to
		
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			accept the Word.
		
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			Deeds and forgive our sins. And
may Allah subhanho wa Taala grant
		
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			relief to anyone who is in
distress. May Allah subhanho wa
		
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			Taala ease the trial of our
brothers and sisters in
		
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			Bangladesh. May Allah subhanho wa
Taala strengthen the people of
		
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			ghaza and bless them and give them
decisive victory over their
		
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			enemies. And may Allah subhanho wa
Taala bring his wrath upon those
		
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			who torture and abuse and
transgress against
		
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			innocent civilians, anywhere in
this, on this, on this planet, I
		
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			mean Abu Dhabi,