Mufti Menk – Best Way To Respond To Troublemakers

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The speaker discusses the message that Muhammad salassalam has given to his followers, which is peace. The speaker uses a negative language to emphasize the importance of not losing one's health and not being too emotional when people address him. The message is to change and not become so emotional.

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			So, that is the message to Muhammad salassalam.
		
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			Another verse comes to my mind of Surat
		
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			Al Furqan, where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
		
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			The good believers, the the ones who are
		
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			worshiping the most merciful.
		
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			When the ignorant
		
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			address them, the only words they have for
		
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			them is peace.
		
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			Peace. It's okay. They swear you, peace.
		
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			They accuse you, peace. They say something bad
		
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			about you, peace. Slander,
		
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			peace.
		
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			They try to rile you up as we
		
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			would say, peace. Mashallah. That's the way. Leave
		
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			it in the hands of Allah. Don't worry.
		
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			Allah is the greatest. Don't lose your health
		
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			because of words that someone else has said.
		
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			When we were young, we used to say,
		
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			you know, sticks and stones would hurt my
		
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			bones, and then we would go on to
		
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			say that words wouldn't do anything to us.
		
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			That's not true. Words hurt a lot of
		
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			people, and actually cause tremendous
		
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			pain to a lot of people. Let's change
		
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			that.
		
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			Let's go back to what Allah is saying.
		
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			When these people address you,
		
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			you don't need to actually become so emotional
		
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			about what they've said. It's okay, discount it.
		
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			They are showing themselves and their own level,
		
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			not yours. They are stooping to a very
		
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			low level.