Moutasem al-Hameedy – Be a Force For Good

Moutasem al-Hameedy
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The importance of fearing evil consequences of actions in Islam is discussed, along with the need for everyone to observe the rules and avoiding distraction from the crowd. The success of Islam is highlighted, including guidance on avoiding distraction and fulfilling obligations. Personal preference and avoiding negative behavior are also emphasized. The importance of finding one's heart and finding the right path for achieving good behavior is also emphasized. The importance of fixing one's heart to fulfill obligations and spending time on finances is also discussed. The importance of being true and honest to avoid mistakes and mistakes, and being good to oneself, family, and others is emphasized.
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And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has

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certainly attained a great success.

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As for what follows, the truth of the

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Hadith is the words of Allah.

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And the best guidance is the guidance of

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Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and

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his family.

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All praise is due to Allah.

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We praise Him.

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We seek His aid and we ask for

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His forgiveness.

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We seek refuge in Allah from the evils

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of ourselves and the evil consequences of our

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actions.

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Whomsoever Allah guides, none can lead astray.

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And whomsoever Allah leads to go astray, none

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can guide.

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I testify that there is none worthy of

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our worship and devotion but the Almighty Allah

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alone.

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And I testify that Muhammad, peace and blessings

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be upon him and his family, is His

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servant and His messenger.

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O you who believe, fear Allah as He

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should be feared and die not except as

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Muslims.

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O mankind, be dutiful to your Lord who

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created you from a single person and from

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Him He created His wife.

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And from them both He created many men

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and women.

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And fear Allah through whom you demand your

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mutual rights and observe the rights of your

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kin.

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Surely Allah is ever and all-watcher over

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you.

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O you who believe, keep your duty to

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Allah.

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Fear Him and speak the truth.

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He will direct you to righteous deeds and

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will forgive your sins.

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And whoever obeys Allah and His messenger has

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indeed attained a great achievement.

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The best words are the words of Allah.

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And the best guidance is that of Prophet

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Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and

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his family.

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And the worst things in the religion are

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the newly invented matters.

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For all the newly invented matters in religion

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are innovation and every innovation is bid'ah

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and misguidance.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tells us in

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the Qur'an about Isa Ibn Maryam, peace

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and blessings be upon our Prophet, that he

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says to Bani Israel, وَجَعَلَنِي مُبَارَكًا أَيْنَ مَا

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كُنتُ And Allah made me mubarak.

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Allah made me blessed.

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And a source of blessing wherever I may

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be.

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And that's a description of the believer.

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And what it means as the scholars of

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tafsir commented on this verse is that Allah

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made me a source of good.

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Allah made me a person who engages in

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good and spreads good wherever I may be.

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And that's how the believer should be.

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That's how every believer should be.

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This is the advice of Prophet Muhammad, peace

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and blessings be upon him.

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And this statement captures the heart of the

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religion of Islam.

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Brothers and sisters, the khutbah has sanctity.

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I don't stipulate it.

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It's not my ideas.

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The khutbah in Islam has a high place

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regardless of who gives the khutbah.

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Sanctity is not about me.

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It's about the khutbah.

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Allah made it sanctified.

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And it's Allah's right that we respect the

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khutbah.

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It's Allah's right that we respect the khutbah.

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It's from sha'airullah.

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This is from the legislations and the signs

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of Islam that Allah established for us.

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And Allah says, ذَلِكَ وَمَن يُعَضِّمْ شَعَائِرَ اللَّهِ

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فَإِنَّهَا مِن تَقْوَى الْقُلُوبِ Those who glorify and

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those who observe the rituals that Allah set

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for us, this is a sign, a good

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sign about the heart.

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And the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon

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him, warned us against even speaking in the

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khutbah.

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Or engaging in anything during the khutbah.

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Whether you like what is being said or

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you don't like it.

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Whether the speaker or the khatib appeals to

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you or not.

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So when we come into the masjid, you

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either turn your phone off or you put

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it on silent.

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We don't bring the voice of shaitan and

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the singing of shaitan into the house of

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Allah.

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The house of Allah has sanctity.

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And we are supposed to observe it.

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The khutbah has rights.

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These are the rights of Allah.

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They are not my rights.

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They are the rights of Allah.

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And we ought to observe it.

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So when we enter the masjid, make sure

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that your phone is on silent or turned

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off completely.

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And I will take this opportunity as well.

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Because many times in the khutbah, people will

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be checking their social media or they'll be

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surfing the web.

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And this is forbidden in the khutbah.

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It's forbidden.

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There are people who play games in the

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khutbah on their phone.

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Why did you come here then?

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Why did you come here?

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The Prophet shallallahu alaihi wasallam says, من لغى

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فلا جمعة له Whoever engages in anything other

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than the khutbah, then he has no jum

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'ah.

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There is no reward.

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So if someone, why do we come here?

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We come here in obedience to Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala.

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We come here seeking Allah's reward.

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Then we waste this reward.

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And we violate Allah's rights just to check

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our messages, or our social media, or play

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some games.

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Things have rights.

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And we have to observe the rights.

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So please keep this in mind.

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جزاكم الله خيرا So the believer is someone

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who is supposed to have a positive and

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blessed presence wherever they may be.

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And the Prophet shallallahu alaihi wasallam captured this

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in the hadith where he advised Mu'adh

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ibn Jabal radiallahu anhu.

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When he said, اتق الله حيث ما كنت

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وأتبع السيئة الحسنة تمحها وخالق الناس بخلق حسن

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Beautiful advice from the Prophet shallallahu alaihi wasallam.

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And it's a lifestyle.

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This advice is a lifestyle.

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The Prophet shallallahu alaihi wasallam says, Have taqwa

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towards Allah wherever you may be.

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In every place.

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When you're at home, when you're by yourself,

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have taqwa of Allah.

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Be mindful of Allah.

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Be respectful of Allah.

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Be fearful of Allah.

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Be beautiful to Allah.

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Observe Allah's rights.

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Know that He is with you wherever you

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are.

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And act accordingly.

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When you are with your spouse, observe the

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rights, treat them well.

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When you're with your children, when you're with

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your parents or your siblings, or when you

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are outside the house at work, you should

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be a man of honor and dignity and

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righteousness.

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Even if the environment around you is corrupted,

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you strive to be on the truth.

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You're supposed to be blessed wherever you may

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be.

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So be mindful of Allah wherever you may

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be.

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Be beautiful to Allah wherever you are.

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Be obedient to Allah.

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Be a servant of Allah, a true servant

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of Allah.

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Anywhere you may be.

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اتق الله حيثما كنت وأتبع السيئة الحسنة تمحوها

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And if you fall in a sin, or

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if you slip, and we humans are bound

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to slip, كل ابن آدم خطأ وخير الخطأين

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التوبون All of us fall in error.

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And the best among those who fall into

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error are the ones who repent.

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So when you follow up a sin or

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a slip with a good deed, it would

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wipe it.

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And that's what we want.

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Renew your commitment to goodness.

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Renew your commitment to obedience to Allah, to

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being a good presence in the world.

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وخالق الناس بخلق حسن And treat people, socialize

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with people with a good demeanor, with akhlaaq.

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Good demeanor, the akhlaaq of Islam, with morality,

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a high standard of morality, of justice, fairness,

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respect, generosity, kindness.

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Wishing good for others as an act of

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obedience to Allah, as an act of worship.

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Worshipping Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala with your

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heart, with your attitude, with your demeanor.

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And since we're talking about this, the best

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example of this is Prophet Muhammad salallahu alayhi

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wasalam.

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Every incident of his life was a manifestation

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of being mubarak wherever he was.

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And the good, the manifestation of this good

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is still available and present in our lives.

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Allah guided us through him.

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Allah guided us through his message.

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Allah guided us through his sacrifice that still

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continues until the day of judgment.

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So each one of us, we're supposed to

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be good wherever we may be.

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Sometimes we get excited and we start looking

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for opportunities to do good.

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But Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala brought good

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to your doorstep, wherever you may be.

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Any capacity that you find yourself in has

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opportunities for doing good.

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And the greatest good that you can do

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is to fulfill the obligations that Allah has

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upon you.

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This has priority over everything else.

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There's always this balance.

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What Allah loves the most are the obligations.

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That's what he loves the most.

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And what Allah hates the most and what

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angers him the most is violation of the

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things or committing something that he made prohibited.

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Before you go out of your way to

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do good and fix evil, you need to

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fulfill the obligations.

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You need to build that foundation.

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But if you leave what is an obligation

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and you commit what is a prohibition, and

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then you want to do extra good, you'll

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have a serious problem with how you view

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the command of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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This is why in the divine hadith, the

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hadith al-Qudusi, Allah says, وَمَا تَقَرَّبَ إِلَيَّ

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عَبْدِي بِشَيْءٍ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِمَّا افْتَرَبْتُ عَلَيْهِ My

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servant will never draw nearer to me, close

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to me with anything better than what I

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made an obligation, what I made binding on

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you, whether it's an obligation or a prohibition.

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That's where good starts.

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And once you fulfill this, you go out

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of your way to look for opportunities of

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extra good to do.

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This is the right order.

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So we have to be that type of

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Muslim.

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That's the reality of a Muslim.

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That's the reality of a believer.

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That's what faith brings about.

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Faith and goodness are synonymous in many ways.

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They are the same.

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Islam and goodness are the same.

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Many people like to reduce Islam to certain

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rituals that they are comfortable with or they

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are happy with.

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But in other areas of their life and

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of their behavior, you'll find that they display

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despicable kind of behavior.

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And that shows that there is a serious

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flaw in their understanding of Islam or even

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a serious flaw in their intentions.

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That they are doing things that are pleasing

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to them.

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That's it.

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They are obedient to their nafs, to their

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self and to their ego.

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They are not obedient to Allah.

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What decides what they do and what they

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engage in and what they observe is their

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personal preference, not the command of Allah.

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So they are a slave to themselves, not

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a slave to Allah.

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And we take an example here from the

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Muslim history, a beautiful example of a great

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character from Tabi'i Tabi'in.

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Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak, rahimahullah ta'ala.

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One of the great characters in the early

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generations, the salaf of this ummah.

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A great scholar, a great worshiper, and even

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a great businessman.

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He was a man that was born to

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a father from a Turkish origin.

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And his mother was from Khawarizm, which is

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now in the area between Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and

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Uzbekistan, to the north of Afghanistan today.

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He started seeking knowledge at the age of

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20.

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And as he was studying just to show

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you certain, will take certain glimpses from his

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life to show you the goodness of this

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man, how he is a manifestation, a manifestation

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of how to be Mubarak as a believer.

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That it's simple, that it's easy, but it's

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easy only for those who have good hearts.

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Allah made Islam easy for a good heart.

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This is where it starts.

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Many people want to be good outwardly, but

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they don't want to fix the diseases of

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their heart and they struggle.

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Doing what's good becomes hard for them.

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Why?

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Because they're not going about things the right

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way.

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If you don't fix your heart, doing what's

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good, fulfilling the obligations and staying away from

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prohibitions becomes very difficult.

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Why?

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Because of the discrepancy, because of the contradiction

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between what's in your heart and your desired

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action outside.

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So many people say, I struggle with prayer,

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I struggle with dhikr, I struggle with a

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sin, I want to keep away from it,

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but I can't.

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What do I do?

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It starts with the heart.

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This is why the Prophet ﷺ told us,

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this is where Allah looks.

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Allah looks at your heart.

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And the Prophet ﷺ told us in another

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hadith, that if the heart is sound, then

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everything else is sound.

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Because this is where it starts.

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That's the seed.

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All of your actions outside are a reflection

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of your heart.

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So start with the heart, it becomes easier.

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So Abdullah ibn Mubarak, as he was studying,

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he traveled to Yemen, to Egypt, to Asham.

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And as he was studying in Asham, and

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he finished his studies, in the later days

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he borrowed a pen.

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He didn't have a pen, so he borrowed

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a pen from someone.

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And he had in mind to return the

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pen to its owner.

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And he thought he did.

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Then he traveled to his city, which is

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Maro, today known as Merv.

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It's in Turkmenistan today.

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When he gets very close to his hometown

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of Maro, he checks his luggage, and he

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finds the pen that he had borrowed.

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He turns back, goes back to Asham.

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Talking about Damascus.

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Thousands, probably hundreds, or maybe thousands, more than

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a thousand kilometers.

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He goes back to return the pen.

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And then he goes back to his hometown.

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That's his example.

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He starts doing business with one main goal.

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First, to protect his honor, so he doesn't

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need anyone.

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And so that he is not put under

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pressure by, you know, politicians, who want to

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use, sometimes, the people of knowledge and the

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people of influence.

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So he wants to be independent.

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That's one reason for himself.

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The second reason, he said, I wanted to

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save the students of knowledge and the scholars

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from the need for anyone else.

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So he sponsored countless number of students of

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knowledge and scholars.

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Even the son of al-Fudayl ibn Iyad,

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Ali.

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Fudayl ibn Iyad, one of the greatest worshippers

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of our ummah.

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His son Ali asks Abdullah ibn Mubarak, he

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said, you always tell us and talk to

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us about zuhud, and about staying away from

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the dunya.

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But you have all this business.

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And he was a multi-millionaire.

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He was very, very, very rich.

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His business flourished.

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So he said, you always tell us about

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staying away from the dunya.

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But I see you doing all of this

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business, buying all these goods and selling them.

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He said, I'm doing this to protect my

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honor, so I don't need any human being.

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So I don't have to compromise on my

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principles and my attitude.

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And number two, it's for the students of

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knowledge that I could save them.

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Wallahi, had it not been for them, I

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would never have engaged in any business, just

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to sponsor them.

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And he was a very advanced scholar in

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terms of hadith.

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He would spend much of his time at

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home, reading and studying.

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To the point that some of his companions

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and friends, they said, you pray with us,

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then you leave.

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You don't stay with us.

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You don't spend time with us.

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He said, why should I stay with you?

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I spend my time with the Prophet sallallahu

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alayhi wasallam, when I read his hadith at

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home.

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I spend my time with the sahaba, the

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companions and the tabi'een.

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Their company is better when I read about

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their life.

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It's better than spending my time with you.

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And all you engage in is matters of

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this life and backbiting, talking about others.

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Why should I spend time with you?

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That's how he spent his time.

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And he was very generous.

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And he would perform hajj every year.

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And then, so one year he would make

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hajj, and one year, he would engage in

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the Muslim expeditions, military expeditions.

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And one day as he was going to

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hajj, which was not his first hajj, more

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of a voluntary hajj, they stopped by a

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place, and there was like a dump.

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They passed by it, and they had, they

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used to carry their food, like they would

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carry the chickens, and some of the food

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that they would eat.

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And a chicken died.

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So they threw it in the garbage.

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So as they were leaving, he noticed that

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a local woman picked up that dead chicken

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and took it home.

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He followed her.

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And he knocked on the door, and he

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said, I saw that you took the dead

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chicken.

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You know, it's haram to eat caracass.

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She said, you know, we don't have food,

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so it's halal for us.

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We can eat.

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We can eat it, because we haven't had

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food for a long time.

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So he turns to his assistant.

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He used to manage his affairs in hajj.

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And he said, how much do we have

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in terms of finances for hajj?

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This is on the way to hajj.

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He said, a thousand dinars.

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He said, how much do we need to

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make it back to our hometown if we

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return from this spot?

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He said, 20 dinars.

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He said, okay, give the rest to her.

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Keep 20 with us.

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Helping those needy Muslims is better for us

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to make voluntary hajj, which we made many

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times in the past years.

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So he gave her the wealth and he

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said, fix your own affairs.

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And he went back to his home city.

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That's an example of being mubarak.

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And subhanallah, his name was Abdullah ibn al

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-Mubarak.

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May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala accept from

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him and bless him.

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And may Allah allow us to be an

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example of this great generation, of these great

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personalities that followed the sunnah of the Prophet.

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Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak, he would go for

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hajj as well from his hometown.

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And he created some sort of a framework

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where he would manage the hajj for the

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people from his city.

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So he would take their finances and say,

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I would cover all of your needs throughout

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the hajj.

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I will take care of all of that.

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Because I have some assistants and they can

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manage the details.

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You don't have to.

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So just give me the finances you have

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for hajj.

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And many times, the finances were not sufficient.

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So he would take those and keep them.

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And keep them where?

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Keep them in Maru, in their home city.

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And he would sponsor them throughout hajj and

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treat them very well.

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Give them a luxury experience from his own

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pocket.

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Give them the best food, the best accommodation.

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And on the way back, he would buy

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gifts for their families from his own pocket.

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And they don't know, they're clueless.

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And then, before they arrive at their hometown,

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he would send one of his assistants to

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each house of his companions in order to

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refurbish the house.

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Renovate it.

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Beautify it.

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Paint, give it a new painting.

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And so that when they arrive, it's a

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pleasant experience.

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Something fresh.

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And he would, once they arrive, he would

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give them the gifts that he bought for

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them.

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And then he would give each one of

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them the finances that he had given them

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before they set out.

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He would say, Here's your money.

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Your hajj was a gift from me.

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That's what he would do.

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So that's an example of someone.

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An example to be followed.

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And we all, you know, we don't have

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to be Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak.

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We don't have to be rich.

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You don't have to be special in any

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ways.

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Wherever Allah puts you, Allah puts so many

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opportunities.

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Wherever you find, you know, the responsibilities, start

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with the responsibilities that are upon you.

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The people around you.

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Start, you know, charity at home.

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It's not about the excitement of getting out

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of your way and doing charity.

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If charity is for Allah and if it

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comes from a good place, it starts at

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home and you would enjoy it.

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If it's not for some kind of psychological

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reasons and not for show-off, it would

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make so much sense just to do good

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and not get any credit for it.

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That's a sign of sincerity.

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So, let's be a source of good and

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blessings wherever we may be.

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First in our private life by being obedient

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to Allah and being true and honest with

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Allah.

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Fixing our own mistakes.

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Addressing our own shortcomings.

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And then being good with our spouses, our

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children, our parents as well.

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Our youth are taught now to be cool

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is to be rebellion and defiant and disrespectful.

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And to act in unethical ways.

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Don't succumb to that.

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Don't fall for that kind of foolishness.

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Don't fall for that.

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Be a man of dignity and a man

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of honor.

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Because honor and dignity are timeless.

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A timeless.

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Don't let this culture that is corrupted, don't

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let it eat at your heart.

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Don't let it destroy you.

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Be good, be good to your parents.

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Be good to your siblings.

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Be good to other people.

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That kind of trying to be cool and

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being immoral and unethical and selfish.

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And it's all about how you look and

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it's all about show and it's all about

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looking different and looking trendy.

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Wallahi, you will regret it.

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You will regret it because it will destroy

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your life sometimes in ways that you can

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never fix afterwards.

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Don't fall for these trends.

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Wallahi, they are there to destroy you.

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Be mubarak.

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Be a person of blessings.

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And wallahi, you will reap the fruits in

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this life and in the next.

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Start with your family around, with your friends,

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with your colleagues, with people around.

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Don't be a source of suffering for someone

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else.

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Don't be a source of suffering.

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Be a source of good.

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We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to

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guide our hearts and to forgive our sins.

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اللهم اغفر للمؤمنين والمؤمنات والمسلمين والمسلمات الأحياء منهم

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والأموات اللهم اغفر لنا ذنوبنا وإصرافنا في أمرنا

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وثبت أقدامنا وانصرنا على القوم الكافرين اللهم ابرم

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لهذه الأمة أمر رشد يعز فيه أهل طاعتك

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ويذل فيه أهل معصيتك ويعمل فيه بكتابك وسنة

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نبيك صلى الله عليه وسلم اللهم كن للمستضعفين

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من المؤمنين في كل مكان اللهم ارحم ضعفهم

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واجبر كسرهم اللهم انصرهم على عدوك وعدوهم اللهم

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عليك بالظالمين اللهم عليك بالظالمين ومن عاونهم اللهم

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خذهم أخذ عزيز مقتدر اللهم كن لإخواننا المسلمين

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في غزة وفي فلسطين وفي السودان وفي الشام

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وفي جميع بلاد المسلمين برحمتك يا أرحم الراحمين

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إن الله يأمر بالعدل والإحسان وإيتاء ذي القربة

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وينهى عن الفحشاء والمنكر والبغي يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

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اذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ يَذْكُرْكُمْ واشْكُرُوهُ عَلَى نِعَمِهِ يَزِدْكُمْ وصلِّ

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اللَّهُمَّ وَسَلِّمْ وَبَارِكْ عَلَى عَبْدِكَ وَرَسُولِكَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى

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آلِهِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ أَجْمَعِينَ

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