Mufti Menk – Don’t Let Distractions Ruin Your Journey

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The speaker advises parents to play games for a limited time to memorize the Quran and get creative in their teaching. They also suggest studying and learning to succeed in exams, but not to slack one's voice or make too many distractions. The speaker also warns parents to avoid distractions and protect everyone from them.

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			While you are working
		
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			there will be distractions
		
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			sometimes.
		
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			While you are working
		
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			Whether you're going to school, you're doing your
		
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			madrasah,
		
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			you're trying to obey Allah's commands and instructions,
		
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			distractions come.
		
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			Imagine I am doing hifl. I'm trying to
		
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			memorize the Quran
		
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			and then a guy is playing games on
		
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			the side and he says come play. Come
		
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			play with us. It's okay to play but
		
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			you need to play only for 1 hour.
		
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			Only for how long?
		
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			1 hour.
		
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			Check all the older people don't agree with
		
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			me. Right? You need to play for how
		
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			long?
		
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			Come on, guys. I can't hear those base
		
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			voices of the guys there at the back.
		
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			The kids are saying one hour of each
		
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			other. They don't even know what they're in
		
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			for.
		
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			It's the older people we're trying to get.
		
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			You play for a limited time. 1 hour.
		
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			That's enough. After that, what do you do?
		
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			You go back to your work so that
		
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			you don't lose focus. Because when you lose
		
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			focus, you will not achieve in this world.
		
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			Look at the people who have good jobs.
		
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			Look at these teachers of yours.
		
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			Look at the teachers of yours. They're called
		
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			educators.
		
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			Look at those who are around. They are
		
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			here every day. Okay. Sit down. Sit down.
		
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			No problem. Masha'Allah.
		
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			They are here every day on time. Do
		
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			you ever see them just sitting and playing
		
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			games?
		
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			No. They don't play. They are here because
		
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			they are leaders.
		
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			They they are caring for you. They want
		
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			you to learn. They want you to succeed.
		
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			You might get a job and earn more
		
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			than them. They don't mind for as long
		
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			as they've helped you get up there. I
		
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			know some of my teachers who
		
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			are not maybe as successful as I am
		
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			from one angle but they are more successful
		
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			than I am from many other angles.
		
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			So it doesn't mean that they did not
		
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			do well because they didn't make more money,
		
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			but they did very well because they cared
		
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			for the rest of the people like they
		
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			like you are being cared for and cared
		
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			about right now.
		
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			So don't allow distractions
		
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			to come
		
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			in the path of
		
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			your journey to success.
		
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			You want to succeed in the exams. You
		
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			need to study. If you play too much,
		
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			will you have time to study?
		
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			If you play too much, will you have
		
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			time to study?
		
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			See the young see, I I'm really really
		
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			impressed actually by the little ones.
		
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			But at the same time, I wonder the
		
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			older ones. Is it the sun that's, or
		
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			is it just the wind that's blowing your
		
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			voice away in the other direction? Because I
		
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			can't really hear you say you want to
		
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			study. SubhanAllah. May Allah protect all of us.