Do You Know Why We Are In Pain

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A Muslim discusses his frustration with the situation in Palestine, which is unacceptable, and how he is honored to be a Muslim. He explains that he is a Muslim because he was born in the first place and because he was instructed to serve God. He also discusses the importance of living in the lifespan of Islam and how it increases his value.

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My beloved brothers and sisters, I'm a Muslim

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and I'm in pain.

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We are Muslims and we are all in

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pain. Do you know why we're in pain?

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We're in pain because right now while we're

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seated here in our comfortable seats,

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mashaAllah, enjoying the peace that we do have.

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Our brothers and sisters

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are dying elsewhere on earth.

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We have the situation in Palestine, in Gaza

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that is

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unacceptable.

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Un

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We ask Allah to grant our brothers

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and sisters safety,

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security,

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peace and victory. May Allah Almighty protect all

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of us.

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I'm a Muslim

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and I'm a proud Muslim. Not the pride

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that is wrong, but the pride

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as in I'm happy to be Muslim

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and I will

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carry myself as a Muslim. That's a proud

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Muslim.

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Many of us say we're Muslim, but wallahi

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we don't realize the gift that we have.

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If we knew the gift we had, we

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would adopt the teachings

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more than anything else.

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It's not good enough for me to say,

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well you know what, I'm a Muslim. And

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then my life is led

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opposite from the teachings of Rasulullah salallahu alaihi

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wa sallam and the message of the Quran.

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Primarily as a Muslim I'm honored because Allah

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has chosen me to worship Him alone. And

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who is He? He is the one who

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created me in the first place. The one

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who created entire creation.

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The only one worthy of worship is He

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who created.

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And then it is an honor to obey

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His instructions because the only one

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who has the power

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to dish instructions

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that will be followed without a question is

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the one who made in the first place.

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Allah created. That's the reason why He has

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the right to tell you what He wants

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you to do.

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And how do I know that Allah created?

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I know Allah created

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the creator of everything because none of us

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seated here came onto earth because we wanted

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to come. We were placed here.

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You are not here because you wanted to

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be on earth.

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I've met people who say, I didn't want

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to be on earth. Why am I here?

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Well,

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tough luck. You are here. Whether you like

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it or you don't like it. You are

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going to be here. You're going to have

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to live here

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for as long as Allah wants. Allah decided

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that you came here and Allah will decide

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when he's going to take you back. And

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for this reason anyone who attempts to take

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their own lives away

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are perpetrating

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a sin

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and a crime in the eyes of Allah

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Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. You need to live the

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lifespan that Allah has chosen for you and

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in the interim, Allah says none of your

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lives are going to be perfect.

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It's an honor to hear what Allah says.

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It's an honor to read the Quran.

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It increases

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me in value. Not the Quran. The value

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of the Quran is where it is. It's

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neither going to increase nor decrease because it's

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at the top. It's the word of Allah

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Subhanahu

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Wa Ta'ala.

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But my value increases

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if I connect to the word of Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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unplug, I lose value.

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unplug, I lose value.