Mufti Menk – Is THIS Your Reaction

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And that's what it is. Someone did good

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to you all your life.

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And at the end of the day, all

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you did is threw it straight out of

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the window. Nothing. Someone tried to teach you,

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reach out to you. People did things, you

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know, and that's it. A person cooks for

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you. A person cooks

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for you. And they spent hours on end

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preparing the meal. And the only thing you

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could do was to pick on what was

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wrong.

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That's what we do.

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Rather than saying,

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imagine you have a dish and

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you or the person who cooked forgot to

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put

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put some salt. You see, I heard salt

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coming from the crowd.

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They know it has happened. It's normal.

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I think Allah makes it happen because it

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might be coincidental for us. For Allah, there's

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no coincidence. He knew it was going to

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happen. Before you were born, it was already

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written. This day, this time, there'll be no

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salt. We'll be watching. The angels will be

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writing. And as you put the food in

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your mouth, the angels are writing and they

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just see your reaction pass or fail, Allahu

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Akbar.

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So if you were to taste it and

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say, imagine the tick you get, 10 out

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of 10, subhanAllah,

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say this is absolutely

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lovely. How long did it take you to

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make

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this? Wow.

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You can say you can quietly bring a

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bit of salt. You know, I prefer a

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little bit more salt.

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Wow. You looked after someone's feelings. That's what

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you did. You looked after

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a person you care for, you love, perhaps.

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Even if it was a paid cook,

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at least you didn't hurt their feelings. May

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Allah

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help us and guide us. Okay.