Mufti Menk – A Prayer for your Enemy

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The speaker discusses the history of Islam and the praying practices of the Prophet sallahu. They explain that praying for one's enemies is not enough and that praying for others is rare. The speaker also talks about the success of praying for the Prophet sallahu and how they can fulfill pockets of it.

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			Now let me take you through that Sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam
		
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			we follow his Suna.
		
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			How can I pray?
		
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			For those who have wronged me? When I feel no one has really wronged me. So Allah says, Wait, we're
going to create someone who's gonna wrong you do something wrong, then we're going to just watch. Do
you react? How the profits are seldom reacted or do you do your own thing? If you decide I'm going
to take a page from
		
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			then a B of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, first thing you do Alhamdulillah then you pray for
them or like guide these people. Oh Allah soften their hearts. That's not easy. Imagine the prophet
of Islam was praying for Abu Jamal. He was an enemy. And he was praying for Omar.
		
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			He says, Oh Allah, soften the hearts of at least one of these two and bring them to Islam. So that
at least the strength that they have, they can use it towards the deen how many of us would ever
pray those type of prayers for our enemies? And then we claim to be solid followers, you know?
Subhana Allah, Who are you? Well, I'm on the Suleiman way to relax. The sooner is so broad that only
a prophet of Allah sallallahu Sallam could actually fulfill all of it.
		
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			We can only fulfill pockets of it as best as we can, as best as we can. May Allah strengthen us, may
Allah grant us good guide