Mufti Menk – Gender Equality

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The speaker discusses the issue of killing one's own children and the need for acceptance of the fact that sex is not a choice. They also mention that some people have lost their comfort and are stuck in crisis due to their lack of desire for children. The speaker asserts that Allah's favor is based on love for the children and that everyone is fine with the situation.

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			Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala talks about the killing
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			of one's own children. In Surat Al An'am
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			verse number 140
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			Allah says:
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			indeed at a loss are those who have
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			killed their own children. To put this into
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			context,
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			there was a
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			time when people did not want female children.
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			So when they had females, they would take
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			the child and bury that child alive. They
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			would kill the child. May Allah Subhanahu Wa
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			Ta'ala protect us. We are taught that you
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			have male or female. Be happy that Allah
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			has blessed you with a child to begin
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			with and thereafter a healthy child. And Alhamdulillah,
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			even if the child may have a few
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			challenges,
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			consider that a gift of Allah to you.
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			It's your means of earning paradise. Alhamdulillah.
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			But don't ever be upset with the choice
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			of Allah for you. Some people to this
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			day have so much of ignorance in them.
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			They lose their comfort and they plunge themselves
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			into crisis simply because they're not happy that
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			Allah has given them only girls. There's nothing
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			wrong with that. Some are not happy that
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			Allah has given them only boys. There's nothing
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			wrong with that. Some are not happy that
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			Allah has given them boys and girls. There's
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			nothing wrong with that. Some are not happy
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			that Allah has not bestowed them with children.
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			There's nothing wrong with that. There are people
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			from all these 4 categories and you're not
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			the only 1. May Allah bless us with
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			what we love, but at the same time
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			He knows what's better for us. So Allah
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			says at a loss are those who have
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			killed their children
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			for whatever reason it is. May Allah Subhanahu
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			Wa Ta'ala
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			grant us goodness
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			and may He bless those who don't have
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			children with children and make us pleased with
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			the children He has granted us.