Mubeen Kamani – The Essence Of Ibadah

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The importance of worshipping Allah's teachings and testing one's behavior is emphasized, along with the need for personal redirections and progress toward Allah's mercy. Personal preferences and priorities are also discussed, including the importance of faith and personal adjustments. The speaker emphasizes the need for personal continuous improvement and a foundation providing clean water to Muslims inipped. Prayer, fasting, and performing are also emphasized, along with providing solutions to water crisis issues.

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			We started by praising Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala,
		
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			the one who is worthy of all of
		
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			our praise and our gratitude is Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala, who has given us this blessed
		
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			month of Ramadan to come close to him
		
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			is Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
		
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			who awaits for us so that he can
		
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			shower his mercy and his love upon us.
		
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			Is Allah
		
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			who gives us his mercy
		
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			that we don't ask for?
		
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			Is Allah
		
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			who gives to us on every step of
		
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			our way?
		
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			We then send peace and blessing upon the
		
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			prophet the
		
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			the one that was sent as a mercy
		
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			to mankind and as an example for us
		
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			how
		
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			to live our lives
		
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			and to worship Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			We then send peace and blessing upon the
		
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			companions of the prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam,
		
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			and his family members, those who helped him
		
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			and aided him,
		
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			umabad thereafter.
		
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			A famous hadith of the prophet
		
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			when the beast of Ramadan
		
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			into
		
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			3 categories.
		
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			Saying that the first is a mercy, the
		
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			second is a forgiveness, and the third is
		
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			a freedom from the father of ji hamdom.
		
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			We find ourselves in a place where
		
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			the first ten,
		
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			the first asherah are almost over.
		
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			And like every year we
		
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			see each other and say, wow, Ramadan is
		
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			going fast.
		
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			But a question comes to mind.
		
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			Is my Ramadan working?
		
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			The other day I was sitting with one
		
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			of the youth and we were talking about
		
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			techniques on how to control your anger.
		
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			He came to me saying that, Shaykh, I
		
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			kinda struggle with my anger. What can I
		
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			do to control my anger so I don't
		
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			get mad at people so much?
		
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			And we start talking about these different techniques,
		
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			and they were under and he was understanding
		
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			them.
		
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			And then he comes and says to me,
		
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			how can I test this?
		
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			Because there has to be a test. If
		
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			you're putting effort into something,
		
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			you wanna know, is it working or not?
		
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			If you're working on your car for hours,
		
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			you want to first check if it's working.
		
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			Does it start?
		
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			Because if it's not working then we're just
		
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			wasting our time.
		
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			And that same question comes to Ramadan,
		
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			that is our Ramadan working or not?
		
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			And reality is, when you give it through
		
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			this test, when you put it through this
		
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			test,
		
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			sometimes you'll find that
		
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			it's not working.
		
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			But then,
		
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			is all hope lost?
		
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			What's the next step?
		
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			And the reality is, it's okay.
		
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			There are some adjustments that need to be
		
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			made.
		
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			You make these adjustments and what you will
		
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			find is
		
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			it will start to turn on.
		
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			Now,
		
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			what are these adjustments?
		
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			And how can you test that is my
		
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			Ramadan working or not?
		
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			And the reality is the essence to all
		
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			worship,
		
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			the main part of all ibadah,
		
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			if this is missing,
		
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			whether it's in your salah, whether it's in
		
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			your fasting, whether it's in your Quran, whether
		
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			it's in your zikr,
		
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			anything that you do,
		
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			if this part is missing,
		
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			then it's failing the test. It's not working.
		
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			Your salah,
		
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			not working.
		
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			Without this, anything that you do just becomes
		
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			a habit.
		
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			Many of us have a habit.
		
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			Every month, every year we fasten the month
		
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			of Ramadan, it's just a habit. What do
		
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			we take away from it? Nothing.
		
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			Many of us have a habit that we
		
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			wake up and we pray salah. What do
		
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			we take away from it? Nothing.
		
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			Many of us have a habit that I
		
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			come to tarawih in Ramadan, whether it's 8
		
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			or 20, it's just a habit. When I
		
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			leave from here, I take away nothing.
		
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			And the essence to worship is what you
		
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			need to be taking away. The key
		
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			component is
		
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			the closeness to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Is my salah bringing me closer to Allah?
		
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			Is my fasting bringing me closer to Allah?
		
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			Is my reading Quran bringing me closer to
		
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			Allah? Is my tarawi
		
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			bringing me closer to Allah? Because if it's
		
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			not,
		
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			then it's just a habit.
		
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			It's just something that you're doing, some movements,
		
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			some hunger that you're facing. The prophet sallallahu
		
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			alaihi wa sallam says, come insayman,
		
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			how many people are there that fast? Saying
		
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			that there are so many people like this
		
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			that fill this test,
		
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			who get nothing from their fast except for
		
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			hunger and thirst.
		
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			Hunger and thirst, that's all they get.
		
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			Because
		
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			the essence of worship
		
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			is not there.
		
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			Their fasting
		
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			doesn't bring them closer to Allah Subhanahu Wa
		
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			Ta'ala.
		
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			Imam Ghazali tells us that for every act
		
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			of worship there are 2 components.
		
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			There's an external component and then there's an
		
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			internal component.
		
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			And if the internal component is missing,
		
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			then the action is a waste.
		
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			How can you present an action in front
		
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			of Allah
		
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			saying that, oh Allah, I did this but
		
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			I wasn't thinking of you.
		
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			I was doing something else.
		
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			It's like being with your children but thinking
		
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			of something else. Being with your spouse but
		
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			thinking of something else. It's not
		
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			loyalty there.
		
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			But yet we stand in front of Allah
		
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			and
		
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			our minds will be some somewhere else. And
		
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			inshaAllah we'll come back to this point.
		
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			But in another place, Imam Ghazali alhamtulillahi he
		
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			tells us that there are three levels of
		
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			fasting.
		
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			And the purpose why we talked about this
		
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			is that some of us at this moment
		
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			might find ourselves at level number 1.
		
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			And if that's the case,
		
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			then it's time to step up to level
		
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			number 2 and then level number 3. He
		
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			says level number 1 of fasting
		
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			is what
		
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			everybody knows about Muslims.
		
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			That in this month of Ramadan, the Muslims
		
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			do not eat, drink or have marital relationships.
		
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			Everybody knows that. It's plastered all over Instagram,
		
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			it's plastered all over the news. Muslims are
		
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			fasting, Muslims are fasting. But these are the
		
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			three things that they refrain from. They do
		
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			not eat, they do not drink, they do
		
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			not have marital relationships.
		
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			That's level number 1. This basically, you are
		
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			just checking a box.
		
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			It's like me when I spend time with
		
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			my spouse, but my mind is somewhere else,
		
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			but I can tell her, look, I spent
		
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			an hour with you. I spent 2 hours
		
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			with you. I've been with you all day.
		
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			But it's just checking that box.
		
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			Then Imam Ghazali
		
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			says that, level number 2
		
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			is when a person fasts with his hunger,
		
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			thirst, and desires, but at the same time
		
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			he steps it up where his fast is
		
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			now going through his other body parts as
		
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			well.
		
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			He's fasting with his eyes, he's fasting with
		
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			his ears, he's fasting with his, you know,
		
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			feelings and emotions.
		
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			That he doesn't look at something that's prohibited.
		
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			He didn't say something that's prohibited. Now saying
		
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			something prohibited doesn't just mean saying something that's
		
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			foul, but saying something that hurts somebody's feelings.
		
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			The famous hadith where rasulullah
		
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			salallahu alaihi wasalam is approached by the companions
		
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			saying that there are 2 couple women that
		
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			are complaining of stomach pain,
		
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			but they're fasting. And the prophet salallahu alayhi
		
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			wa sallam has them regurgitate and meat comes
		
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			out, and the prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam
		
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			tells them, this is what what you're back
		
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			by me that you were doing. You were
		
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			not supposed to do this. So controlling and
		
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			fasting with your eyes and your tongue and
		
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			your other body parts,
		
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			that's
		
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			level number 2,
		
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			where you want to
		
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			be
		
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			at. Where throughout the day it's not that
		
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			I do whatever I want, but
		
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			5 minutes before sunset I come and sit
		
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			down and give me a jujour and give
		
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			me some, you know, samosa and biryani.
		
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			It's a little bit different.
		
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			That throughout your whole time, as you're fasting,
		
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			your mind is present.
		
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			You're there in the moment.
		
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			You remember mazara hamtulalai in another place he
		
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			says that when a person is praying salah
		
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			and you find it hard to concentrate,
		
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			this is pretty much all of us,
		
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			when you're standing in front of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala when you're in worship
		
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			and your mind starts to wander out
		
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			and go to different places, he says the
		
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			reason for this is
		
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			a person's thoughts go to those his priorities
		
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			and his desires.
		
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			Your mind will go to things that you
		
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			like, natural.
		
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			You like your children, your mind will go
		
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			there. You like your car, your mind will
		
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			go there. You like your house, your mind
		
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			will go there. You like your job, your
		
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			career, your mind will go there.
		
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			Whatever is your priority in this moment,
		
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			while you're in salah, or even outside of
		
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			salah.
		
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			You're at home, and you're in bed, and
		
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			you're about to go to sleep, but then
		
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			your mind starts to wander off, and you're
		
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			thinking about so and so thing, and you're
		
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			thinking about so and so thing. And you
		
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			ask yourself, why am I thinking about this?
		
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			And the answer is, because this right here
		
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			is a priority
		
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			in my life.
		
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			My health is my priority, and that's why
		
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			my mind is going there. My parents are
		
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			my priority, and that's why my mind is
		
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			going to my bills are my priority, and
		
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			that's why my mind go is going there.
		
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			Imam Ghazariftalalaihi
		
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			says that when you when you are in
		
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			salah, your priorities,
		
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			your mind directs itself there.
		
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			But how do you redirect it?
		
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			You know at the beginning of Ramadan,
		
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			the Khutba's
		
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			and the Khattar's were all about, Ramadan is
		
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			about God consciousness, Ramadan is about God consciousness.
		
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			But the reality is,
		
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			this is a reminder that needs to come
		
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			to us over and over and over.
		
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			It's something that we have to remind ourselves.
		
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			Why am I doing this?
		
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			When you're in salah, you have to redirect
		
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			yourself and tell yourself, why am I doing
		
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			this?
		
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			In this moment of time, what is my
		
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			priority?
		
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			Yes, my work is a priority, but right
		
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			now,
		
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			it's not.
		
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			Because in this moment of time, my biggest
		
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			priority is Allah
		
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			If you are insulah and you tell yourself,
		
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			oh no no, I shouldn't think about food,
		
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			I shouldn't think about work, I shouldn't think
		
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			about this,
		
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			the reality is
		
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			that's just gonna make you think about it
		
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			more.
		
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			The way that imam was aiah says that
		
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			the way that
		
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			you correct yourself
		
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			is tell yourself my biggest priority
		
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			in this moment while I'm in salah is
		
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			Allah
		
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			My closeness to Allah
		
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			my relationship
		
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			with Allah
		
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			And the same thing goes with every type
		
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			of worship.
		
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			In your fast,
		
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			as your mind begins to drift away,
		
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			as your thoughts begin to shift,
		
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			remind yourself
		
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			how close am I up to Allah
		
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			Is this fast
		
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			working?
		
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			The imam lazai is the 3rd level. So
		
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			you have the person that does the bare
		
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			minimum of just eating, drinking, and controlling their
		
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			desires, then you have a person who controls
		
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			their other limbs as well. But then, Imam
		
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			Ghazali says, a fast for the third, the
		
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			most elite.
		
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			This is a common folk,
		
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			the basic.
		
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			Then he says
		
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			the righteous,
		
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			but then the third is the most elite.
		
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			And that is a person who fasts with
		
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			his heart.
		
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			Throughout the day his heart is connected
		
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			to Allah
		
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			There's no space for anybody else.
		
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			It's you and Allah
		
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			And the reality is when you begin to
		
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			love Allah in this way,
		
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			where your whole day you're thinking about Allah,
		
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			Allah
		
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			will turn around and he will love you.
		
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			And very famous of these was Allah salallahu
		
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			alaihi wa sallam says,
		
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			that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said,
		
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			I am with my servant if the way
		
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			he thinks of me.
		
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			If you think of Allah subhanahu wa sallam
		
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			to be if you think of God to
		
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			be this one that wants to punish you,
		
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			then that's how he will be. It's like
		
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			when my children come to me and said,
		
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			Abba, you're gonna get mad.
		
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			Well,
		
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			it's already starting. But when they come to
		
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			me and say, Abba, you're loving, you're merciful,
		
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			and that's how I'm gonna react. Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa'ala does it, he says,
		
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			I am with my servant the way he
		
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			thinks of me.
		
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			Think of my mercy and I will shower
		
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			you my mercy. Think of my love and
		
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			I will show you my love. Then Allah
		
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			says,
		
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			when my servant comes close to me,
		
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			a hand span,
		
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			a small step.
		
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			You just start to remember Allah Subhanahu Wa
		
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			Ta'ala.
		
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			That in return, I will come close to
		
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			him an arms length.
		
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			He then says that, if you remember me
		
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			when you are alone, then I will remember
		
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			you
		
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			in solitude.
		
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			And if you remember me in a gathering
		
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			of people with your family, with your friends,
		
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			with your community,
		
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			then I will remember you in a gathering
		
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			that's far way that's far better than your
		
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			gathering.
		
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			He then says, if you come
		
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			walking to me,
		
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			then I will come running to you.
		
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			The love that you show Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala,
		
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			the reality is,
		
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			in all of our relationships
		
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			we we fear,
		
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			what if I don't get the same amount
		
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			back?
		
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			The investment that I put into my children,
		
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			in the back of my mind, I do
		
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			fear, what if I don't get that back?
		
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			The love that I give to my spouse,
		
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			I fear, what if I don't get that
		
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			back? The commitment that I put on my
		
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			work, I fear that what if I don't
		
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			get that back? But with
		
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			Allah that fear is not there.
		
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			Because you come walking to him and he'll
		
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			come running to you.
		
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			You remember him throughout your fast, and Allah's
		
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			mercy,
		
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			his love will be there throughout your day.
		
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			Allah's love
		
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			is in the form of his mercy.
		
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			You know, we talk about the mercy of
		
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			Allah, and how these first 10 days are
		
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			all about the mercy of Allah, a person
		
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			should focus on this. But then the question
		
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			comes up, what does the mercy of Allah
		
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			look like? What is the mercy of Allah?
		
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			And the mercy of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			is,
		
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			every time
		
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			that you open the fridge and there's food
		
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			there, that's the mercy of Allah
		
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			Every time you go home and your children
		
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			smile at you, that's the mercy of Allah
		
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			Every time you are in trouble
		
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			and things worked out for you, that's the
		
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			mercy of Allah
		
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			Every time you open the app, your chase
		
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			app, or whatever app it is, and you
		
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			see some money there, that's the mercy of
		
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			Allah
		
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			Every time you thought that there's no other
		
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			way,
		
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			the Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala open the door
		
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			for you. That's the mercy of Allah Subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala.
		
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			And the reality is we are surrounded
		
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			by his mercy.
		
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			You and I cannot take a step without
		
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			the mercy of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. You
		
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			and I cannot live a day without the
		
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			mercy of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			And this is why
		
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			at this point of Ramadan,
		
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			where we're 10 days in,
		
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			that we refocus ourself.
		
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			And we bring that god consciousness,
		
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			that presence,
		
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			the awareness of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, the
		
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			awareness of god into our fast. So that
		
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			our fasts are not just empty, it's not
		
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			just shallow.
		
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			It's not just a shell. It's not just
		
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			a mundane act that we end up doing.
		
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			We
		
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			always joke that people say after amban.
		
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			You know, I'm not doing this now
		
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			after I'm done.
		
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			But that comes, why? Because
		
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			this is just empty.
		
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			Our fasts are empty.
		
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			But it's okay.
		
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			Some adjustments
		
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			can be made.
		
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			We can work on this.
		
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			We can change a level from 1 to
		
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			2, and then 2 to 3, and make
		
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			our fast more meaningful. And we started off
		
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			with the verse where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			tells us
		
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			When my servant asked it about me,
		
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			when you question yourself about the mercy of
		
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			Allah,
		
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			In this month of Ramadan you
		
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			are tired. The reality is,
		
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			we go to sleep 11, 12 o'clock, we
		
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			wake up at 5 o'clock.
		
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			Many of us are on 5, 6 hours
		
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			of sleep.
		
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			It's Friday and we can't wait till Saturday,
		
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			why? Because I get to sleep in.
		
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			And you ask yourself,
		
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			in this state where I'm going all out,
		
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			where is Allah
		
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			What am I getting back? And Allah Subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala says,
		
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			when my servant asked about me,
		
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			I'm right there with you.
		
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			I'm with you.
		
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			I see the struggle that you are going
		
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			through. The hunger that you face.
		
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			The thirst that you have.
		
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			The fatigue and the tiredness.
		
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			The,
		
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			you know, the headaches that you get.
		
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			All of this,
		
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			I see
		
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			it. What am I doing?
		
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			I'm answering your prayers.
		
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			So call on to me.
		
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			And believe in me.
		
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			Put your trust that if in this month
		
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			in Ramadan, belief is not just saying,
		
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			that's basic level. We're far beyond that. We're
		
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			30, 40 years, 50, 60 years into our
		
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			Islam game.
		
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			True belief in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is
		
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			that if I put in this effort, Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			will allow
		
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			this month to be a month of change
		
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			for me.
		
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			My situation with my children, my situation with
		
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			my spouse, my situation, all around can get
		
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			better.
		
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			It's not just for those people that have
		
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			a beard. It's not for just for those
		
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			people that wear a sobb. It's not just
		
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			for those people that stay in the masjid
		
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			all the time. This religion is for me
		
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			as well. The mercy of Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala is for me as well. Our deen
		
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			is
		
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			a deen that covers every single person.
		
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			Everyone in this room, every single Muslim, every
		
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			single non Muslim, Allah
		
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			showers his mercy upon.
		
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			In one of these, Rasool Allah salallahu alaihi
		
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			wa sallam says,
		
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			in 9th of Ramadan,
		
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			Allah
		
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			throughout the whole night
		
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			comes out
		
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			and he makes out a call.
		
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			Imagine that he is saying your name.
		
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			Imagine if he's saying, oh, Ahmed.
		
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			Imagine if he's saying, oh, Abu
		
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			Bin. Imagine if he's saying,
		
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			your name.
		
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			And he's saying,
		
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			do you want my mercy?
		
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			Who is there to ask for my mercy
		
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			so I can shower my mercy?
		
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			Who is there to ask for my love
		
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			so I can give him my love? Who
		
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			is there to ask for my sustenance so
		
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			I can give him my sustenance?
		
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			Who is there to ask for my forgiveness
		
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			so I can give my forgiveness?
		
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			The reality is the essence of Ibadah is
		
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			not just movements,
		
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			it's not just hunger, there has to be
		
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			a deeper reason.
		
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			And that deeper reason is your closeness and
		
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			your connection to Allah Subhanahu.
		
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			In this moment in time, ask yourself,
		
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			how close do I feel with my creator?
		
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			You can ask yourself this question about your
		
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			spouse, and you'll say, oh, we're close.
		
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			You can ask yourself about your children, say,
		
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			yes, me and my children are close. But
		
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			ask yourself, how close am I to my
		
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			rub?
		
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			How close am I to my halik?
		
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			How close am I to my lord? How
		
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			close am I to my Allah
		
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			And this is a time to go closer
		
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			to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			We have the brother from Muslim Aid here.
		
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			Muslim Aid works in many different countries
		
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			providing for the orphans, providing for,
		
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			you know, clean water in Palestine.
		
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			They are the fastest
		
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			growing Muslim non, non profit organization.
		
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			One of the projects that we're working on
		
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			are
		
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			giving clean water to the Muslims in Palestine.
		
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			So until they're here today,
		
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			you know, they ask that you donate,
		
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			you know, to provide it one system, one
		
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			filtering system, is $5,000.
		
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			If you can't do that, then whatever amount
		
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			is is appreciated.
		
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			The minimum,
		
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			they're asking that you at least sponsor an
		
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			orphan, which is $45.
		
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			Injala, on the way out, you can visit
		
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			the table. We ask Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala,
		
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			that Allah has mercy upon us and the
		
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			Muslims across the world. We ask Allah, subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala, that he has mercy upon Muslims
		
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			wherever they may be. He we ask Allah,
		
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			that he accepts our calls in this month
		
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			of Ramadan, that he accepts our fasting. We
		
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			ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala that he accept
		
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			our standing and praying to him. We ask
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala gives us the
		
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			ability to come close to him, that we
		
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			understand the true essence of worship. We ask
		
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			for unity in this month of Ramadan. We
		
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			ask for closeness to him in the month
		
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			of Ramadan. We ask that this month of
		
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			Ramadan be a month that we transform and
		
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			change ourselves.
		
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			We ask that Allah
		
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			forgives us in this month of Ramadan. We
		
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			ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala wipes away our
		
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			sins. We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala makes
		
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			us when people agenda in this month of
		
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			Ramadan. We ask Allah that, oh, Allah do
		
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			not let us exit Ramadan the way that
		
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			we entered Ramadan. Oh, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			break us free from our vices in this
		
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			month. Oh, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, break us
		
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			free from our temptations. Those things that
		
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			that hold us down. Oh, Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala, give us a connection with you. Give
		
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			us a connection with the Quran. Give us
		
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			a connection with the prophet
		
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			Oh, Allah. We ask that you make us
		
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			good Muslims and good human beings. Oh, Allah
		
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			make us kind, make us gentle. Oh, Allah
		
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			give us a heart that is soft. Oh,
		
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			Allah give us a hand that is open
		
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			and that gives in your path. Oh, Allah
		
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			give us a eye that cries out of
		
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			your mercy. Oh Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. We
		
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			ask that you protect us from the fire
		
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			of jahannum. Oh
		
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			Allah, we ask for jannah. Oh Allah, we
		
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			ask you to give jannah not alone but
		
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			with our family members. Oh, Allah, Subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala. Give our parents Jannah, and give our
		
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			siblings Jannah, and give our children Jannah. Oh,
		
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			Allah, give all of our friends and our
		
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			loved ones Jannah. Oh, Allah, Subhanahu wa ta'ala,
		
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			wherever there's a Muslim struggling, we ask that
		
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			you remove the harms and difficulties from their
		
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			path.
		
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			Oh Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. In this month
		
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			in Ramadan, there are Muslims that don't have
		
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			food. Oh Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, you are
		
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			there for them. Oh Allah, we ask that
		
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			you make matters easy for them. Oh Allah
		
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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			accept from us. Oh Allah, be pleased with
		
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			us.
		
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			InshaAllah,
		
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			after salah,
		
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			we we, again, if everybody can stay seated,
		
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			we have a sister that will be accepting
		
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			Islam. She'll be taking her shalaz, she'll be
		
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			in the sister's area. So everybody, if if
		
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			you all can remain seated, we'll have the
		
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			shahada.
		
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			Sami'allawmi
		
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			manuhamedah.
		
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			Just a request.
		
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			We have a sister that is taking.
		
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			So everybody can stay seated for a few
		
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			minutes.
		
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			So
		
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			whenever you're ready, if you have the mic,
		
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			we can get started.
		
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			We are ready.
		
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			Once again, this is Zaynab, if she's ready,
		
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			we can start the shahada.
		
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			We are ready.
		
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			Okay. Okay. So before we start the before
		
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			we take the shahada, just a little basic
		
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			for the sister.
		
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			Our deen is based upon 5 actions.
		
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			Of course, every Muslim knows this. This is
		
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			the 5 pillars of Islam.
		
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			As a Muslim, number 1, inshallah, we testify
		
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			that the oneness of Allah, and the reason
		
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			for that is that whatever is in our
		
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			heart, we bring it to our tongue. We
		
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			verbalize it. Number 2, we pray 5 times
		
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			a day. The reason for this is to
		
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			remind us of Allah, bringing God conscious into
		
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			our lives. Number 3, we give a charity,
		
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			which if a person can afford, if it's
		
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			more than is is excessive, then they give
		
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			2.5%
		
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			of whatever is extra. Number 4, we fasten
		
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			the month of Ramadan. And number 5, we
		
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			perform the once in a lifetime Hajj.
		
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			Holy scriptures. We believe in all of the
		
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			angels. We believe in all the prophets. We
		
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			believe in life after death, and we believe
		
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			in predestination.
		
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			Even though we have control in what we
		
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			do, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala knows. So these
		
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			are 6 things that every Muslim believes in
		
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			and 5 actions that every Muslim does.
		
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			If the sister is ready, I can say
		
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			the shahada. I'll first say it in Arabic,
		
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			and then, inshallah, she can repeat after me,
		
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			and then we'll say it in English. And,
		
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			inshallah, this will complete her shahada.
		
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			That Muhammad
		
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			That Muhammad is a servant
		
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			is a servant and messenger.
		
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			And messenger. And messenger. You can't help a
		
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			smile.
		
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			Such a beautiful moment where a person comes
		
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			into the folds of Islam.
		
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			The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam tells us that
		
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			when a person accepts Islam,
		
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			it's a new page of their life.
		
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			Everything in the past in the past
		
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			is wiped away wiped away.
		
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			Completely clean. Completely clean. What a better time
		
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			to accept Islam
		
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			other than the month of Ramadan?
		
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			SubhanAllah.
		
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			Once again, inshallah, the sister, all of her
		
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			sins are forgiven. Like we said earlier, if
		
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			you want your sins forgiven,
		
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			all you have to do is ask Allah
		
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			who will forgive our sins. Inshallah, we have
		
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			the brother from Muslim Aid who have a
		
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			short appear.
		
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			Now we have one sister, one soul saved
		
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			from the hellfire.
		
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			My job is now to save
		
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			lives. 2 and a half 1000000 brothers and
		
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			sisters live in cage in Gaza.
		
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			97%
		
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			of them drink
		
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			contaminated
		
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			water.
		
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			13% annual
		
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			kidney failure over there in one of the
		
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			most inhuman
		
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			living cases in our history, modern history.
		
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			7% of the children death over there is
		
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			because of contaminated water. Luckily luckily, Muslim aid
		
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			USA was able to partner with international
		
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			relief organizations
		
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			like Red Cross Geneva and ADR
		
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			and USAID to make sure that we will
		
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			be able to install
		
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			reverse osmosis water system in Gaza.
		
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			And we were able to make 4 of
		
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			these in one of the most populated areas
		
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			in Gaza, Takbir. Takbir. Just imagine Allah is
		
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			sending us to reduce the impact of injustice
		
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			against these brothers with drinkable water which we
		
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			take for granted.
		
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			You can be a major contributor with your
		
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			donation
		
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			whether it's a one time donation, a big
		
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			donation, 10,000, 5000, 25100
		
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			or even if it is $100
		
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			whether it's one time, monthly, ongoing
		
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			just
		
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			be sure to be part of the solution
		
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			for this crisis.
		
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			If you cannot, at least what you can
		
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			do, $45
		
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			a month, orphan sponsorship,
		
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			whether it's in Gaza, in Lebanon, in Yemen,
		
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			in Southern Turkey, or in Northern Turkey, in
		
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			Ethiopia, in Somalia,
		
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			in the Pakistani administered Kashmir. We also we
		
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			have,
		
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			Allah opened 3 schools for a 1,000 students
		
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			including a 184
		
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			offered just recently. Takbir.
		
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			Whatever you can do, be a supportive,
		
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			be a generous doonor like prophet Muhammadu alaihi
		
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			wa sallam, especially in Ramadan. See us in
		
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			the back. Do whatever you can do. Do
		
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			not belittle your gift. Just be generous, be
		
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			courageous and give fee sabi lillah. We'll see
		
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			you outside and insha Allah we will see
		
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			2, 3 at least of you to come
		
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			forward and save
		
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			$5,000 from me to help solve this water
		
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			issue in Gaza Insha'Allah.
		
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			See you in the back inshallah.