Mufti Menk – I Learnt A Lesson Because Of This

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I learned a lesson from the death of

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Maulana Taha. He stood for something. He knew

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what he was standing for. He was backed

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up totally by knowledge and he presented it

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with great wisdom. He never ever turned

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to the side to respond to the naysayers.

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Not once.

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He never ever bothered about those who swore

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him. May Allah grant me and you and

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all of us the strength. He never ever

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wasted time. He used to say, we have

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more important things to do.

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Here he is

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already

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presenting his deeds in front of Allah. And

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where were we? We saw Him. We shouted

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at Him. We mocked at Him. We made

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a joke of Him. We laughed at Him.

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We printed pamphlets about Him. And what did

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we achieve?

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Where is He for us to go and

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seek forgiveness from Him to say, you know

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what, you were actually right, we were wrong.

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Or you were right on 5 things, we

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were right on the other 5. But we

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were not justified

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to call you the dirtiest names. Allah blessed

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you with a Friday.

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Allah blessed you with such a blessed death.

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My brothers and sisters, we need to know,

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the ummah is bleeding.

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The pandemic is real. And by all means

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we will differ as to how to deal

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with it. No problem.

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But that's your brother.

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Love him with the difference.

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That's another scholar. Respect him even though you

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may respectfully

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disagree. And you may strongly disagree. No problem.

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He is a scholar. He is a man

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of Allah. You don't know his relationship with

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Allah.

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Indeed the most honored from amongst you

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are those who have taqwa, closeness with Allah.

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Who knows that? Only Allah Allah knows that.

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Be careful my brothers, my sisters.

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You might lose your akhira just because you

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spoke about someone you did not know was

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close to Allah but might have made a

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mistake. So what? Mistakes are permissible.

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O Allah, O our Rabb. Do not hold

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against us our forgetfulness and our errors. Allah

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says, no problem. I did that. It's that.

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That's okay. I will not hold against you

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your forgetfulness and your errors. What about us?

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If he made a mistake, we purposely,

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without making a mistake, swore back, insulted back,

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said the most demeaning things for a man

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who is today sitting very calm and so

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beautifully

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and amazingly

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with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. May Allah grant

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us such a good death.