Morad Awad – Under the Influence

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The influence of drugs and alcohol on people's lives is discussed, including the use of drugs to stimulate desire and desire for sex, the use of alcohol to cause negative perception, and the influence of brothers and sisters on behavior. The speaker emphasizes the importance of respecting and showing respect to the Prophet, respecting Jesus's travels, and showing respect to the Prophet Thumama. Thumama tied up to Thumama and brought him to the pillars of the pillars, leading to the loss of the sur Asset. Thumama's actions led to the return of the area of the airport where he was close to his teacher. Thumama's actions led to the return of the area of the border patrol, and Thumama's actions led to the return of the area of the border patrol. Thumama's actions led to the return of the area of the border patrol, and the return of the area of the border patrol. Thumama's actions led to the return of

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			Allahu
		
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			Akbarullahu
		
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			Akbarullahu Akbar
		
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			We praise Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			And we send our peace and blessings upon
		
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			our noble prophet Muhammad alayhis salatu was salam.
		
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			I remind myself and yourselves on this blessed
		
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			and noble day of Yomul Jumu'ah
		
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			to fear Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. As Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the noble Quran,
		
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			after
		
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			All you who believe, fear Allah the way
		
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			he should be feared and do not die
		
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			except in the state of submission to him.
		
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			Brothers and sisters,
		
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			in
		
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			these times that we live in,
		
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			we
		
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			don't know
		
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			how much
		
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			influence
		
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			or how much we are being
		
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			influenced
		
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			by the things and the people
		
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			and the environment around us.
		
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			But before I get into what influences us,
		
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			let's talk about another influence.
		
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			An influence that we hear about and we
		
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			read about in the news.
		
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			Somebody driving down the George Bush
		
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			Parkway
		
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			in their
		
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			car
		
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			after being
		
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			intoxicated
		
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			and drinking kamr.
		
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			And I seek refuge
		
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			from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and ask Allah
		
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			to protect all of us from kamr.
		
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			After drinking
		
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			alcohol
		
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			and not having anyone to drive them, they
		
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			decide to drive
		
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			and they are speeding, going above a 100
		
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			miles an hour
		
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			on the parkway endangering their lives and the
		
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			lives of others.
		
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			They get caught by the police.
		
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			They pull over,
		
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			and once they're found to be drunk,
		
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			or in the state of intoxication,
		
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			and under the influence,
		
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			they get a ticket, their car
		
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			gets towed, they get imprisoned,
		
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			and they have whatever they have to deal
		
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			with after that.
		
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			And what they get is called
		
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			the driving under the influence, DUI.
		
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			But you know, sometimes we we see this
		
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			as a very bad sin.
		
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			Not only that, not only is it illegal,
		
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			it's immoral, it's unethical.
		
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			Someone endangering their lives and their lives of
		
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			innocent people by driving on the road
		
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			and you know, putting everyone around them at
		
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			risk. It's a very irresponsible thing to do.
		
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			But there's something even more irresponsible than that,
		
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			and even an influence
		
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			that's even worse than alcohol
		
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			on our lives.
		
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			And some of us might say, what influence
		
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			is worse than that? As kamr is called
		
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			the mother of all evils
		
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			is alcohol. Because with it,
		
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			the person changes and can do any other
		
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			sin after that.
		
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			That's why it's called the mother of all
		
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			evils.
		
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			But there is an influence that is more
		
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			than this.
		
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			And as a matter of fact, dare I
		
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			say,
		
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			there are people that don't only drive under
		
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			the influence,
		
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			they live
		
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			under the influence.
		
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			Let's call it a LUI. Right? Living under
		
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			the influence.
		
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			And living under the influence
		
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			is so dangerous
		
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			on our faith, on our iman,
		
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			on our livelihood,
		
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			and where we go after we die.
		
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			When we live under the influence brothers and
		
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			sisters, we don't live with kamer,
		
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			with alcohol or with with drugs.
		
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			We don't live with,
		
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			you know,
		
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			something that affects our bodies per se,
		
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			but we live in an environment
		
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			that we choose
		
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			to allow to affect us.
		
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			Brothers and sisters,
		
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			the people
		
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			we keep
		
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			around us,
		
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			our surroundings
		
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			without a doubt
		
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			have an effect
		
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			on the way we think, the way we
		
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			perceive life, the way we live our life
		
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			and even
		
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			decide for us
		
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			what we will do with our lives.
		
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			Everything we choose
		
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			to surround ourselves with
		
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			will ultimately
		
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			and inevitably
		
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			affect our lives
		
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			and will influence our lives whether we like
		
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			it or not.
		
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			The way they influence us is not our
		
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			choice at all because
		
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			we don't know how it's going to influence
		
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			us the same way we don't know how
		
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			a particular drug or how a certain type
		
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			of alcohol is going to influence us.
		
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			Some people think that
		
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			they won't be affected that much
		
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			but they don't know until they try. And
		
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			likewise,
		
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			when a person surrounds themselves
		
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			with certain toxic friends and people,
		
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			When a person
		
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			submerges themselves
		
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			on certain social media accounts or visit websites
		
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			or
		
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			binge watch on Netflix or on anything, certain
		
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			shows and movies that affect the way they
		
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			perceive life, that affect their relationship with their
		
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			spouses, that affect their relationship with their kids,
		
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			that affect how they conduct themselves in public,
		
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			that affect what they perceive as acceptable and
		
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			unacceptable in society,
		
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			that's a person living under the influence.
		
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			Sometimes brothers and sisters, we overestimate
		
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			the
		
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			abilities that we have to repel evil.
		
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			We think because Allah blessed us with a
		
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			conscience. We think because
		
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			we grew up in a good environment
		
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			relative to the one around us, or because
		
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			our parents were good and instilled the right
		
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			values in us, or because
		
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			blessed us to be around a good community.
		
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			We think that we are strong
		
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			and we think that we can
		
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			surround ourselves and expose ourselves to things
		
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			not knowing
		
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			that they will take
		
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			a long term toll on us,
		
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			on our faith,
		
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			on our iman, on our perception,
		
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			And will ultimately lead us to demise.
		
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			See brothers and sisters,
		
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			in the seerah of the prophet
		
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			there are so many examples
		
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			of how
		
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			influence, good and bad,
		
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			can impact the person.
		
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			Negative influence,
		
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			we have examples. And positive influence, we have
		
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			examples.
		
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			One of the famous examples of good influence
		
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			is the example of
		
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			a man by the name of Thumama ibn
		
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			Uthal
		
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			who later on became Muslim
		
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			and became a sahabah.
		
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			He was traveling from
		
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			Yamama,
		
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			which is present day riyadh,
		
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			to Makkah to perform his umrah as the
		
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			mushrikeen, the idolaters performed the umrah even before
		
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			Islam.
		
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			Right? But they had their own ways to
		
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			do it, right? With idols and whatnot.
		
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			Right? And it was some of the remnants
		
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			of Ibrahim alaihis salam and his teachings
		
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			that remained with them.
		
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			So on his way down, he was travelling
		
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			and he was close to Madinah.
		
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			The sahabah, they were scouting around as they
		
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			there were, you know, sahabah who patrolled at
		
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			night. You know, they were like the border
		
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			patrol of Madinah.
		
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			And they would look around, they found the
		
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			suraq coming from Najd, and they stopped them
		
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			and they told them, What are you doing
		
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			around here? They said, We're going to perform
		
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			umrah. They said, Why are you coming from
		
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			Madinah?
		
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			You know, you're too close to Madinah. No
		
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			one comes through here. They always go through
		
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			Ta'if and that side.
		
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			They caught him and they brought him. They
		
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			didn't know who who he was.
		
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			They tied him up and they brought him
		
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			and a few men that were with him,
		
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			and they brought him to Madinah, and the
		
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			prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam went in.
		
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			And he told the sahaba jazakumullahqir,
		
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			do you know who you cap captured?
		
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			They said, we we don't know. They they
		
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			said there's some men from Najd.
		
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			He said, this is
		
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			He is the leader
		
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			of all of Najd
		
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			and all of Yamama.
		
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			This man was
		
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			the chieftain
		
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			of all of Yamama.
		
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			Alhamdulillah, the sahaba said, Oh, subhanahu, we just
		
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			thought he's another guy.
		
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			So they caught Thumama and the prophet
		
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			said, give put Thumama in the masjid,
		
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			and tie him up to one of the
		
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			pillars of the masjid, and let him see
		
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			us. So they did that. They tied him
		
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			to the masjid. And the prophet
		
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			told them, Take care of him. And whenever
		
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			he prepared food for himself,
		
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			from his house, he would split it and
		
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			tell the sahaba, Send some to a thumbama.
		
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			Why? Because is a leader. He's not your
		
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			average,
		
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			you know, captive.
		
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			He's a leader. So the Prophet wanted to
		
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			treat him as such, and show him that
		
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			respect.
		
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			Although he's an idolater,
		
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			and he carried animosity towards the Prophet
		
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			And if he had a chance, he would
		
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			have killed the Prophet
		
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			But he didn't he didn't have that chance.
		
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			The Prophet tied up to the sariyah, to
		
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			the pillar, gave him food. The 1st day
		
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			the Prophet said, What do you have to
		
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			say, Youthul mama?
		
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			He said, Look. You caught the right guy.
		
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			If you want money, I'll give you. If
		
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			you free me, you'll have backing in the
		
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			imama.
		
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			Right?
		
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			And I'm not somebody you wanna do anything
		
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			bad to because you know how many swords
		
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			back me.
		
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			The prophet
		
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			said,
		
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			Okay Atulama. And he left. The next day,
		
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			he told me, Atulama, what do you say
		
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			now? He said the same thing. 3rd day,
		
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			he said the same thing.
		
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			So he told the sahaba,
		
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			Allah's free him. Let him go.
		
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			They freed him
		
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			and he left. He went to the outskirts
		
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			of Madinah. He did of muslimeen.
		
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			He changed, he came back and he said,
		
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			The power
		
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			of influence.
		
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			The power of influence brothers and sisters.
		
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			Look at what
		
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			the prophet
		
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			did for him.
		
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			Although he put up this front like he
		
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			wasn't being impacted,
		
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			but he was.
		
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			And he made that choice. And subhanallah, later
		
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			on, he went and continue to do a
		
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			Muslim umrah.
		
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			And as a as a matter of fact,
		
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			Thumama did the first umrah in the history
		
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			of Islam.
		
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			Thumama ibn Uthal,
		
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			fadilah this is. But look at the power
		
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			of influence.
		
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			Brothers and sisters,
		
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			everything around us impacts us and influences us.
		
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			And in a in Sheikh al Islam Ibn
		
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			Taymiyirhamu Allah, he has a book called
		
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			He talks about the power of influence.
		
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			And he said, if you were to grab
		
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			a child,
		
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			a young boy or a young girl, and
		
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			you were to dress that young boy like
		
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			a scholar,
		
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			find the great scholars, you know, they wear
		
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			the cloak
		
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			and the turban, they have the nice mask
		
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			on, and they smell that, they look and
		
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			they're carrying a high quality and you give
		
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			it to this child. You put a nice
		
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			robe and a garment on.
		
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			Look at the way they act.
		
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			They feel like they must act like a
		
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			scholar
		
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			because of the way they dress.
		
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			They chose,
		
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			you know, who chose, the parent chose or
		
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			maybe the child chose to dress like that.
		
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			Right? But you dress them that way, they
		
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			will dress like.
		
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			Dress them like a sports person,
		
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			put them in shorts, put them in a
		
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			tank top, put them in a t shirt
		
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			and bring them to the masjid, And then
		
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			you're gonna notice, he's walking around,
		
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			he's jumping around. Why? Because he's dressed the
		
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			part.
		
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			The child acts the way they are dressed.
		
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			So it is upon the parent to to
		
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			even, you know,
		
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			affect or impact or influence
		
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			them in this particular way.
		
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			But what about our style and the way
		
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			we dress?
		
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			The way we dress
		
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			affects us in many ways.
		
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			So even
		
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			watch how you, you know, like, carry yourself.
		
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			How you smell, what you watch, who you
		
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			befriend.
		
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			Tell me who you befriend and I'll tell
		
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			you who you are. The prophet salallahu alaihi
		
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			wa sallam said,
		
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			That your religion is not your religion. You
		
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			know what the Prophet shalallahu alaihi wa sallam
		
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			said?
		
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			He said, Your religion is your friend's religion.
		
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			You know what this means?
		
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			The Prophet
		
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			is implicitly telling us that when you choose
		
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			to have a friend,
		
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			you make sure that this is someone you're
		
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			comfortable enough to stand in front of Allah
		
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			on the day of judgment and say, You
		
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			Allah,
		
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			if you don't judge my religion for my
		
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			religion,
		
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			I don't mind being judged for my friend's
		
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			religion
		
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			because
		
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			he's better than me
		
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			or she's better than me.
		
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			That's my friend.
		
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			That's how comfortable you need to be with
		
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			the people that surround you. Always surround yourself
		
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			with people that are better than you.
		
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			And the moment
		
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			the people around you are negatively
		
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			influencing you, the moment you come to the
		
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			conclusion or to the realization
		
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			that they are making you worse and worse,
		
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			that's when you drop them,
		
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			before they drop you,
		
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			before you slip up and drop into jahannam.
		
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			The choice is now in this world.
		
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			The choice is now to drop them first.
		
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			And this is the only choice you have.
		
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			That's it.
		
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			We ask Allah
		
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			to surround us with righteous people. We ask
		
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			Allah
		
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			to make us from the amongst the righteous,
		
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			and to not allow any negative influence upon
		
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			us. We ask Allah subhanahu ta'ala to guide
		
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			us and to forgive us.
		
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			Brothers and sisters, fear Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Fear Allah in who you befriend.
		
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			Fear Allah in what you watch.
		
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			Fear Allah in the way you dress.
		
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			Fear Allah in who you associate yourself with.
		
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			Fear
		
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			Allah in who you do business with.
		
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			Fear Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala as our days
		
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			are numbered.
		
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			Our lives are merely seconds, and minutes, and
		
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			hours, and weeks, and months.
		
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			So when a minute goes by, a part
		
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			of us goes by.
		
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			And when a day disappears,
		
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			a part of who we are disappears
		
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			because we are but merely days.
		
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			So watch who you spend your days with,
		
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			and watch who you spend your hours with,
		
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			and what you spend your time doing
		
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			because
		
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			is your life, is your existence
		
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			worth what you're doing at that time?
		
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			Does what you're spending your time doing, is
		
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			it worth your purpose in life?
		
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			Is it worth it?
		
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			This is a question we need to ask
		
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			ourselves.
		
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			And who we befriend
		
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			is a huge impact
		
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			on us brothers and sisters. And I'll end
		
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			with the hadith. The prophet alaihis salatu wa
		
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			sallam said,
		
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			Do not befriend except the believer.
		
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			Do not take as a close ally and
		
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			a close friend except someone who's a believer.
		
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			So the Prophet
		
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			divided people
		
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			into categories.
		
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			Imagine a circle with a core and then
		
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			the outer circle and then the the the
		
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			circle furthest out.
		
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			The furthest out is the colleagues, the classmates,
		
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			classmates,
		
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			acquaintances, and people that we know. And they
		
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			can be many.
		
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			And then there's a circle inside.
		
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			The people who
		
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			perhaps we follow
		
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			on our social media.
		
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			The people who we call and check up
		
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			on, the people who we like to hang
		
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			out or hang out with, the people who
		
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			we want to listen to
		
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			and ask advice from,
		
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			and share ideas and thoughts, and open up
		
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			a little bit too.
		
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			The Prophet said, These
		
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			they have to be believers.
		
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			Then he said,
		
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			the furthest in it is You
		
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			know the food that you make for yourself?
		
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			The food like you don't basically
		
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			invite anyone into your house, your haven unless
		
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			you
		
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			trust their iman.
		
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			You don't bring and introduce to your wife,
		
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			or to your mom, or to your siblings,
		
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			or to your children, except someone who you
		
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			know
		
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			would make dua for you. Someone who you
		
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			know would say, would carry themselves the right
		
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			way. Someone who you know when they eat,
		
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			they're not gonna be jealous of you or
		
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			give you evil eye, or someone who's not
		
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			gonna pray for you, or someone who's not
		
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			gonna be grateful or appreciative
		
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			of bringing them close. No. The
		
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			the God fearing person is the one you
		
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			feed your food to.
		
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			And these are the categories the prophet
		
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			gave us. Why? Because this is how
		
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			he wanted us to be influenced, right? By
		
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			the best.
		
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			So it's time right now. Wallahi brothers and
		
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			sisters, it's time
		
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			to drop them before they drop you. It's
		
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			time to unfollow, unfriend, unsubscribe to
		
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			any other, you know,
		
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			program or some something whatever on TV, you
		
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			know. Just cancel it out.
		
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			Cancel it out. If it's having a bad
		
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			influence, if it's making me understand life the
		
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			wrong way, then just block it off and
		
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			cancel it out because wallahi, it's not worth
		
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			it. Life is too short. Life is too
		
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			short to be negatively influenced.
		
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			We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			to clear
		
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			our relationships from anyone who will negatively influence
		
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			us. We ask Allah
		
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			to protect us from those who want to
		
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			drag us down to the * fire. We
		
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			ask Allah
		
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			not to surround us with anyone except for
		
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			those who will intercede for
		
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			and we will enjoy the bliss of their
		
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			surrounding in jannatul firdaus. We ask Allah to
		
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			forgive us. We ask Allah to forgive our
		
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			parents. We ask Allah to forgive our children.
		
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			We ask Allah to forgive our families and
		
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			our spouses. We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			to guide us to the straight path, to
		
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			unite us upon khair, to protect our communities
		
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			from all evil. We ask Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala to forgive us.
		
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			Still still what I do?
		
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			After after Jumah, we're gonna do
		
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			because
		
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			would be 2 minutes after, and then we
		
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			would pray