Mufti Menk – Being Part of an Ummah

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The speaker discusses the importance of working on one's bad habits to protect a person, and how it is linked to the umighteenth trait, which is a sense of brotherhood. The speaker also explains that the umighteenth trait is a result of showing one's brotherhood to others, as they are part of the umighteens, and that the umighteens refer to a circle of small and smaller relationships.

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			My brothers and sisters, I'm going to work
		
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			on my bad habits and so do you
		
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			need to work on your bad habits. Why
		
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			am I spending time on this? Because the
		
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			qualities of the heart,
		
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			that's what matters. When I look at someone
		
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			else and I feel,
		
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			you know what, I would give my life
		
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			to protect this person. They are part of
		
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			me.
		
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			Wallahi, when you get to that stage you
		
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			are part of an ummah.
		
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			I swear, when I see someone in I'm
		
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			just giving you an example. When I see
		
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			someone that actually I can relate to this
		
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			person, this person's part of the Ummah. In
		
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			fact, it extends to humanity at large, any
		
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			human. That's why the Quran says, if you
		
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			save a single life without mentioning what religion,
		
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			without mentioning any other detail.
		
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			You save a single life, it's as good
		
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			as saving entire humanity. I'm sure you've heard
		
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			the verse.
		
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			Woman
		
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			But there comes a closer and a closer
		
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			and a closer relation
		
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			as the circle becomes smaller and smaller and
		
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			smaller until you get to your own blood.
		
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			Blood meaning brother sister. Why do we say
		
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			blood? Because Allah chose them for you. You
		
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			didn't choose them. Who's your mother? Who's your
		
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			father? Who's your brothers and sisters if you
		
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			have any?
		
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			They are the ones chosen by Allah.