Mufti Menk – Do You Enjoy The Suffering Of Others

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Many people many people

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would prefer to see another

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being destroyed

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or going down. They it would make them

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more excited

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when they see something

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bad that happened to someone, they begin to

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say,

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You're

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supposed

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to

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say,

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You're supposed to be sad when someone else

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is suffering a loss.

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But unfortunately,

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we are witnessing a growing number

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who show happiness at the loss of others

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simply because

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they're jealous, or they've had a difference of

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opinion, or they might have had a little

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bit of

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an altercation,

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and now suddenly they're excited that this brother

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or this sister has suffered.

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We should never say they deserved it. No.

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Don't say that.

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Even if you think they did. No. Because

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the next person in a problem could be

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you.

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Try and reach out to them.

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Offer some help because when you're in a

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disaster you will also find others offering help.

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And that help when Allah puts it in

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your heart to reach out to others, remember

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it is Allah helping them through you.

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We always say this. I remember in this

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hall, I spoke last year and I remember

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saying, in fact earlier this year. And I

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said,

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when you pledge to a certain cause that

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is

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a necessity,

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people are struggling, you've pledged, It's Allah who's

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giving them but He loves you so He's

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put it in your heart to give

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to the right place. So you can earn

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a reward

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while helping them. That's what it is. But

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if Allah wanted, He did not need to

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use you.

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He's giving you an opportunity.

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And when you help, you will always find

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that the Almighty will help you in other

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difficulties and hardships. And in your own life,

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like the prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him,

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says,

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Allah continues to assist

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a worshipper for as long as that person

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is busy helping others.

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So if you help others you will be

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helped. In what? In your own matters, in

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your own affairs.

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So thank Allah for this.