Mufti Menk – It is December – Holiday Time – Dos and Donts

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The speaker discusses the importance of staying on holiday during the festive season, as it is often difficult to avoid feeling dis pleasure and distrust. They emphasize the need for forgiveness and disciplined behavior during celebration. The speaker also discusses the negative impact of social media on older individuals, including people under the age of 16 and the benefits of heat. They suggest being aware of the negative impact of social media and sending too many types of messages to avoid causing people to kill. The speaker also talks about the suffering across the globe for different people and their struggles with different ways of expressing themselves.], [The speaker discusses the negative impact of social media on older individuals, including people under the age of sixteen and the need for forgiveness. They emphasize the importance of not sending too many types of messages and not giving people too many opportunities to kill. The speaker also talks about the benefits of heat and the need to stay cool to avoid hot weather. The speaker ends by expressing their love for their brothers and

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			Bismillah walhamdulillahi wassalatu wassalamu ala rasulullahi wa ala
		
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			aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een.
		
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			My brothers and sisters, this is the month
		
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			of December in which mashaAllah many people will
		
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			be on a holiday.
		
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			Globally, generally in the month of December, businesses
		
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			close, work, the workplace closes, schools close, colleges,
		
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			universities and so on, and people travel.
		
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			Some people don't travel, but they have a
		
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			break at home.
		
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			Nonetheless, it's important for us to realize that
		
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			time is created by Allah subhanahu wa ta
		
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			'ala.
		
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			He wants us to utilize it to the
		
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			benefit of ourselves in a way that is
		
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			not displeasing to Allah.
		
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			I've always said, we go on holiday, our
		
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			prayer does not go on holiday.
		
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			We go on holiday, consumption of halal food
		
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			does not go on holiday.
		
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			We go on holiday, our connection with the
		
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			Quran does not go on holiday.
		
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			We go on holiday, our remembrance of Allah,
		
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			our mu'awwidat does not go on holiday.
		
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			We go on holiday, our behavior as believers,
		
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			our character and conduct does not go on
		
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			holiday.
		
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			So it's important that when you are in
		
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			your free time, your leisure, you do that
		
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			which is not displeasing to Allah, and you
		
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			bear in mind that you are never going
		
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			to get that moment again.
		
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			Today we are seated here, today is not
		
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			going to come back.
		
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			The split second that is passing as I'm
		
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			speaking will never come back.
		
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			Utilize it to the best of your ability
		
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			in the way that it's going to be
		
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			beneficial for you in the hereafter.
		
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			Now many of us, being human beings, we
		
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			have faltered, we do falter, we shall falter,
		
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			whether it is intentional in the form of
		
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			a sin or unintentional in the form of
		
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			forgetfulness.
		
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			Don't lose hope in the mercy of Allah.
		
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			You are a human being and it is
		
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			expected of a human to be forgetful.
		
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			It is expected of a human to err,
		
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			to sin at times.
		
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			But a believer quickly repents to Allah and
		
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			moves generally in the correct direction.
		
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			What that means is, say there is a
		
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			person who is addicted to something that is
		
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			displeasing to Allah, harmful to himself or herself.
		
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			As time passes, they reduce their addiction or
		
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			they are doing well, they are doing better,
		
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			they are cutting down on the binging that
		
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			they may have been in with that which
		
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			is unacceptable and they are coming towards that
		
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			which is acceptable.
		
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			That is the way a believer should behave,
		
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			improving every day.
		
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			As we grow older, we should be becoming
		
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			closer to Allah and not further away.
		
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			So if Allah loves his slave, he gives
		
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			him a realization.
		
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			If Allah loves his slave, he shows him
		
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			and he makes him feel and work towards
		
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			building his hereafter.
		
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			Because ultimately there comes a point when you
		
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			realize that this world is just a rat
		
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			race and this world actually we are not
		
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			going to take anything with us besides our
		
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			deeds and therefore you begin to realize the
		
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			importance of the hereafter.
		
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			That is a sign of the love of
		
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			Allah for you and I.
		
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			May Allah make us better people as time
		
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			passes.
		
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			So speaking about going on holiday or during
		
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			the festive season, many people unfortunately tend to
		
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			forget their prayer.
		
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			They tend to visit those places that are
		
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			displeasing to Allah.
		
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			Doing that which is displeasing to Allah, we
		
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			can't afford that.
		
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			We really can't afford that.
		
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			And why I say this is last year
		
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			during the same festive season, somewhere across the
		
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			continents, there was a group of youngsters who
		
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			had traveled in order to do whatever they
		
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			desired without even being bothered of the pleasure
		
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			or displeasure of Allah.
		
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			They just wanted to have a holiday.
		
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			You know I've worked hard through the whole
		
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			year.
		
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			I deserve or we deserve to just go
		
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			and have fun.
		
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			And unfortunately something happened.
		
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			There was a disaster and they lost their
		
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			lives.
		
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			Now may Allah forgive them and grant them
		
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			Jannah.
		
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			They were Muslims from a totally different part
		
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			of the world.
		
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			But when that came to me because I
		
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			knew one of them personally, I felt it's
		
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			important every time there's a holiday to just
		
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			share the possibility that this might just be
		
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			your last holiday.
		
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			Possible.
		
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			We are taught something amazing when you're praying
		
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			Salah.
		
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			Think for a moment this might be my
		
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			last prayer.
		
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			This might be a different person.
		
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			And one day it will be your last
		
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			prayer.
		
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			In the same way when you're going out,
		
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			when you get up every day, Ibn Umar
		
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			used to say don't even talk about witnessing
		
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			the night.
		
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			You might not even see it.
		
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			And when you arrive at the evening, don't
		
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			even believe that you are going to remain
		
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			until the morning because you might not see
		
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			it.
		
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			When you built that habit, a day will
		
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			come when really you go back to Allah
		
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			and you'll be a happy person because you
		
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			were conscious of it.
		
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			So what's the point of a five-minute
		
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			dive into Haram and you dive four minutes
		
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			into it?
		
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			May Allah Almighty grant us protection.
		
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			So as much as we believe you do
		
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			deserve fun, you do deserve a break, but
		
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			don't have fun in a way that you
		
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			disconnect from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			Make it interesting.
		
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			Make it clean fun.
		
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			Make it something that you really enjoy with
		
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			good company, doing the right thing, bearing in
		
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			mind your dress code.
		
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			Very important for both male and female.
		
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			It doesn't mean my hijab goes on holiday
		
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			because I'm having fun on the beach.
		
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			It doesn't mean my awrah goes on holiday
		
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			because I'm having fun.
		
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			Again, beautiful resort.
		
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			When you are in a secluded area, yes,
		
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			the rules may be slightly relaxed, but still
		
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			you're a believer.
		
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			Carry yourself as a believer.
		
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			Enjoy within what is pleasing to Allah.
		
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			Don't take risks when it comes to halal
		
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			and haram in terms of your consumption because
		
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			what happens is when you consume something that's
		
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			haram, it has to take its course in
		
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			your entire system.
		
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			It contaminates your thinking.
		
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			It makes you look at that which is
		
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			good as bad, that which is bad as
		
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			good, and you don't understand and you don't
		
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			realize why.
		
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			And then people blame Allah.
		
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			Don't blame Allah.
		
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			You know, actually, it was us.
		
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			Allah says, Allah
		
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			never oppresses any human, anyone.
		
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			But in fact, human beings oppress and do
		
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			wrong to themselves without even realizing.
		
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			You wonder why is this happening?
		
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			Well, it's a skittle effect for something you
		
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			might have done sometime earlier, and now you're
		
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			paying a price for it.
		
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			This is why, bottom line, every day seek
		
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			the forgiveness of Allah.
		
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			We say, For things I don't even know
		
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			that I did that were wrong.
		
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			Because we're living in an environment where so
		
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			many things we may be doing that we're
		
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			not conscious of the fact that this is
		
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			actually wrong.
		
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			It's displeasing to Allah.
		
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			So let's become conscious of it and seek
		
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			the forgiveness of Allah.
		
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			He will help you.
		
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			He will remedy you.
		
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			It's like medication from the effects of something
		
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			you might have done that was displeasing to
		
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			Allah.
		
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			You see, when someone is abusive, the hadith
		
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			says, The angels of protection and mercy bolt.
		
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			They literally run away from you, according to
		
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			one of the narrations.
		
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			So what happened?
		
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			You pay the price for using the F
		
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			word, for using whatever other word.
		
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			You paid a price.
		
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			Now, in order to bring them back, it's
		
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			going to require a lot of effort.
		
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			Who are these angels?
		
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			They are the ones who are there to
		
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			protect you.
		
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			They are the angels of mercy to help
		
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			you.
		
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			And you literally chase them away just by
		
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			the abuse of tongue.
		
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			Was it worth it to swear?
		
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			People use those swear words like salt and
		
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			pepper in their speech for no reason.
		
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			They want to ask you, how are you?
		
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			And they start asking you using a bad
		
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			word, peppered or salted in the middle, marinated,
		
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			whatever you want to call it.
		
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			It's not a believer who is conscious of
		
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			Allah that wastes his opportunity by engaging in
		
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			that type of behavior or in those words.
		
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			You don't need it.
		
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			You can do away with it when you
		
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			become conscious of it.
		
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			And I've been told by some people that
		
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			really what you said has helped us because
		
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			we've become conscious of it.
		
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			And subhanAllah, it makes you so clean in
		
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			the way you speak.
		
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			You're a believer.
		
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			I know the trends of the age are
		
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			so many.
		
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			Social media brings about tremendous pressure on the
		
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			young.
		
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			I was in Australia last week and a
		
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			law is being passed there to ban social
		
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			media for those under the age of 16.
		
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			I think it's gotten almost to the stage
		
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			where it is law, if I'm not mistaken.
		
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			But there's pros and cons.
		
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			Because of the negative side of social media,
		
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			they had to do this.
		
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			So it shows that the non-Muslims, secular
		
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			country, they believe that there is more negativity
		
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			for the under-16s than positivity in social
		
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			media.
		
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			My point is, can you imagine what it
		
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			does to those over 16?
		
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			You also need to be disciplined.
		
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			You need to watch yourself when taking photos,
		
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			making videos.
		
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			Make sure that it is something that if
		
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			someone were to pick up your phone, you
		
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			would not be embarrassed of.
		
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			If someone sent you something that is X
		
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			-rated or wrong, send them a message, please
		
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			don't send me this type of message again.
		
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			Even if it's your friend.
		
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			They might just say, since when did you
		
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			become so holy?
		
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			It happens, right?
		
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			They might say things like, you can talk
		
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			to them, say, you know what?
		
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			It's okay, we don't need to do this.
		
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			We are believers.
		
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			But if you entertain it and you put
		
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			a thumbs up, they're going to send you
		
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			more and more.
		
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			And this is what's going on.
		
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			It's a reality.
		
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			People say, wow, they forwarded it to all.
		
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			They just say, just for laughs.
		
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			Or they say, forwarded as received.
		
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			That's not a password that you can use
		
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			on the day of judgment.
		
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			Oh Allah, I forwarded it just as received
		
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			to let the people know.
		
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			Be strong.
		
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			Thank Allah.
		
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			Imagine I'm talking today about what we do
		
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			on a day-to-day basis.
		
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			How to convert it to the pleasure of
		
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			Allah.
		
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			Just be conscious and that's it.
		
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			Another point, very interesting point, is that in
		
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			the southern hemisphere, it's very hot in December.
		
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			December is a hot month in the southern
		
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			hemisphere.
		
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			In the northern hemisphere, generally, it's freezing cold.
		
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			Now people use the heat as an excuse
		
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			to undress.
		
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			And they tell you, well, it's too hot.
		
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			What do you expect me?
		
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			To wear clothes?
		
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			Believers?
		
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			No, they know Allah Almighty has instructed us.
		
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			Today, I want to tell you something very
		
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			interesting.
		
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			Did you know that just to bear the
		
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			heat, your sins are being wiped out?
		
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			Just to bear the heat and to thank
		
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			Allah that you're okay.
		
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			And even to do something about it, having
		
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			rehydrate, having water, keeping yourself hydrated, because the
		
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			body is an amanah.
		
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			It's a trust entrusted to you by Allah.
		
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			To look after it, you're bearing the heat.
		
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			Not to curse Allah because of how hot
		
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			it is.
		
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			Not to blame Allah because of how hot
		
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			it is.
		
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			You bear the heat, Allah forgives your sins.
		
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			Allah grants you a reward.
		
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			And the same applies to the cold, extreme
		
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			weather.
		
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			Allah forgives you.
		
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			In fact, I want to tell you something
		
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			even more interesting.
		
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			There is a hadith that states that depending
		
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			on the place you're in, that could just
		
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			be your ticket to Jannah.
		
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			About Madina Munawwara, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam says, How's that?
		
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			In Madina, if you're going to endure the
		
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			heat and the cold and thank Allah on
		
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			all conditions.
		
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			Allah says, we grant that person Jannah, Paradise.
		
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			Why?
		
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			You did not complain.
		
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			You made the most of it and you
		
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			actually thanked Allah.
		
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			Oh Allah, you granted me life.
		
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			Part of your test is to go through
		
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			this type of weather.
		
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			Allah, if he wanted, he could have kept
		
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			weather throughout the year, almost the same.
		
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			He wants it to be hot to see
		
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			what you do.
		
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			Do the right thing.
		
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			Whether it's clothing, no matter what it is.
		
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			If Allah has blessed you with a little
		
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			bit of wealth, you might want to put
		
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			in some fans.
		
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			You might want to get in an air
		
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			conditioning system.
		
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			You might want to bring in some form
		
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			of cooling system.
		
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			And if you don't have that much, you
		
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			can have the handheld ones.
		
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			But to do that, bearing in mind, this
		
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			is a body that I need to look
		
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			after, is a great reward from Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala.
		
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			And that goes to show us that even
		
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			when we are dressing on holiday, make sure
		
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			your aura is covered at least.
		
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			Make sure inshallah that you go out and
		
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			bear in mind those who are struggling.
		
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			Right now, as we speak, our brothers and
		
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			sisters in Gaza and in Asham are struggling
		
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			and suffering.
		
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			A genocide has been committed and it's continuing.
		
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			And we are helpless, we are praying, we
		
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			are trying, we are giving, we are conscientizing,
		
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			but that's not enough.
		
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			You and I know it's not enough.
		
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			We will only be happy when the killing
		
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			stops.
		
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			We know that.
		
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			Now imagine when they are suffering, they don't
		
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			have food and drink.
		
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			And similar situations across the globe for different
		
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			types of people.
		
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			And here we are showing our food.
		
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			We had a luscious meal, five star.
		
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			Here's all the chicken.
		
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			We threw half of this away because there
		
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			were only three people with such a big
		
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			meal.
		
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			Do you think a believer should be doing
		
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			that?
		
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			May Allah forgive us.
		
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			May Allah make us conscious of it.
		
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			Even if you've enjoyed, be careful what you
		
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			share on social media about the enjoyment, especially
		
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			when it is something regarding matters of survival
		
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			that people are struggling with.
		
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			And yet we have a surplus of the
		
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			same and we're showing it off.
		
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			May Allah grant us forgiveness.
		
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			May Allah protect our brothers and sisters, not
		
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			just in Palestine, and in the whole of
		
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			Asham, in Sudan, and in so many other
		
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			places, places we know and places we don't
		
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			know.
		
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			People are struggling.
		
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			Similarly, in our midst, there are some who
		
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			can't afford things.
		
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			Imagine when we show off and when we
		
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			boast and brag about things, whether it is
		
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			posted online or physically.
		
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			Do you really think Allah is pleased with
		
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			it?
		
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			When someone's heart is going to be hurt
		
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			to say, I can't even afford a banana.
		
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			And here's these people showing us that they
		
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			have so much, they're throwing it.
		
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			If you want, reach out to the people.
		
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			You know, a point that's just come to
		
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			my mind is, according to Imam Shafi, when
		
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			you're a wealthy person in a certain city,
		
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			you have to give your zakat in that
		
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			city.
		
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			You can't go out unless there's no poor
		
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			people in the city, or there is a
		
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			greater need somewhere else.
		
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			One of the reasons is, the people of
		
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			the city, they watch your business, they see
		
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			the cars you're driving, they see the type
		
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			of lifestyle you have.
		
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			And instead of them being jealous, they begin
		
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			to make dua for you, saying, you know
		
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			what, this man end of the year is
		
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			going to give all of us.
		
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			SubhanAllah, they make a dua for you.
		
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			They'll pass your business and say, two and
		
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			a half percent of this business belongs to
		
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			us.
		
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			They are happy for you.
		
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			You see, they pray for your growth because
		
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			two and a half percent is going to
		
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			grow as the business grows.
		
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			And if you haven't given those around and
		
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			you went elsewhere, your zakat is correct, according
		
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			to the majority of scholars.
		
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			But I'm only raising the interesting point that
		
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			according to Imam Shafi, this is what it
		
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			should be because of the heart, to show
		
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			you that the hearts of people are affected
		
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			by what you do, especially in your community,
		
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			your nation and in the midst where you
		
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			are.
		
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			This is why we say, be conscious of
		
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			it.
		
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			May Allah Almighty grant us all strength.
		
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			Indeed, like I began here, the month of
		
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			December is always a month where many people
		
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			enjoy the break.
		
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			If Allah has granted you the ability to
		
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			go somewhere, remember to worship Allah during those
		
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			days.
		
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			And remember to be careful, to follow the
		
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			rules.
		
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			I'm thinking of the roads.
		
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			As believers, we don't drink.
		
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			We're not intoxicated.
		
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			But there are others who may drink and
		
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			drive.
		
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			There are people who are reckless.
		
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			Learn to thank Allah.
		
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			Enjoy yourself within the obedience of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala.
		
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			Similarly, in the northern hemisphere, it's extremely cold.
		
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			And the days have become very, very short
		
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			in some of those nations.
		
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			We ask Allah Almighty to help us to
		
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			be from among those who can develop the
		
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			voluntary fast when the days are short.
		
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			It's a very interesting du'a.
		
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			Because sometimes if you go to the northern
		
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			hemisphere, the day is so short, you start
		
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			off with a breakfast and it's time of
		
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			suhoor.
		
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			By the time it's your lunch, it's already
		
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			time of iftar.
		
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			Why don't you seize the opportunity to fast
		
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			Monday and Thursday?
		
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			It will be the beginning of something that
		
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			Allah will give you the strength of for
		
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			the whole year.
		
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			And then you can fast 13th, 14th, 15th.
		
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			Get used to it.
		
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			The doctors and medicine is already saying, the
		
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			intermittent fasting is one of the healthiest things
		
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			you can give to your body.
		
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			We have it Monday and Thursday from before
		
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			medicine said it.
		
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			We ask Allah Almighty to grant us the
		
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			opportunity to look at things and think about
		
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			them from the lens that Allah wants you
		
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			to look at them with.
		
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			In this way, no matter what you do,
		
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			you lead a good life and Allah will
		
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			be pleased with you.
		
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			May Allah Almighty bless every one of us
		
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			and grant us goodness.
		
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			Give us a beautiful, not just a month
		
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			of December, but even the coming year.
		
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			May Allah make it fruitful.
		
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			May Allah Almighty alleviate the suffering of all
		
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			those who are struggling.
		
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			May Allah Almighty grant us barakah and blessings
		
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			in our wealth, in our health, in our
		
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			families, in our communities.
		
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			And may Allah Almighty make us the leaders
		
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			of those who believe.
		
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			It's a dua.
		
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			It's a serious dua.
		
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			Make that dua because if you ask Allah,
		
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			Oh Allah, make us leaders of the believers.
		
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			The minimum is, He'll make you a believer.
		
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			That's the minimum.
		
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			What a bonus.
		
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			May Allah Almighty grant us forgiveness.