Mufti Menk – Learn To Build Bridges

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The speaker discusses the negative impact of animals on people's lives and emphasizes the importance of human beings in achieving growth and ease of life. They also mention the use of the word "has" in religion to describe actions and actions in life. The speaker encourages individuals to build bridges with their surroundings and achieve their goals.

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			Allah made us different for us to enjoy
		
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			the earth. Imagine if there were no reptiles,
		
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			there were no lions because they are harmful.
		
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			There were no cheetahs and no snakes, And
		
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			there were no crocodiles or reptiles. Life would
		
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			be boring, honestly.
		
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			And Kenya wouldn't make that much money, by
		
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			the way.
		
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			But Allah has blessed you. You have everything.
		
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			You have everything. It's beautiful. Call people who
		
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			haven't seen the elephant to come and see
		
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			what the elephant is all about. The big
		
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			five, masha'Allah.
		
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			They will come and see Allah has made
		
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			it. We what do we do with those
		
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			animals?
		
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			We actually fulfill their rights
		
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			as far as we can. We appreciate.
		
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			We don't want to destroy and become destructive,
		
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			but
		
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			we seize the opportunity of growth through those
		
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			differences that we have. Don't you think human
		
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			beings are far more important? Subhanallah.
		
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			Human beings are far more important.
		
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			The man you don't get along with I
		
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			don't want to say mother-in-law, but the person
		
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			you don't get along with is not a
		
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			reptile.
		
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			They're not crocodiles.
		
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			They're not lions. That's a human being. Set
		
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			aside your differences. Talk to each other. Make
		
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			life easy for someone. Allah will make life
		
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			easy for you. Imagine the hadith says,
		
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			1 hadith. Whoever makes
		
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			whoever eases the difficulty of another, in this
		
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			dunya, Allah will create ease for them in
		
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			the akhirah. And in another narration, in this
		
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			world and the next. And another narration speaks
		
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			about humanity at large.
		
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			The The prophet
		
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			says, have mercy upon those on earth.
		
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			He didn't specify
		
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			have mercy only on the Muslims, have mercy
		
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			only on this, have mercy no.
		
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			Have mercy upon those on earth and the
		
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			one in the heavens will have mercy upon
		
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			you. Ask yourself,
		
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			am I merciful?
		
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			Am I merciful to my brothers, my sisters,
		
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			my sisters, my parents, my children, my in
		
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			laws, whether they be daughter-in-law,
		
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			son-in-law,
		
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			mother-in-law,
		
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			father-in-law, whoever else. Am I merciful towards these
		
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			people? If I am, then Alhamdulillah.
		
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			If I am not,
		
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			you need to build the bridge.
		
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			If you don't, how are you going to
		
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			cross into Jannah?
		
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			You need a bridge to cross into paradise.
		
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			It is Asirah.
		
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			We hear about it in the Hadith. We've
		
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			read about it in the Quran.
		
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			Yes. It is of a different nature, but
		
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			your
		
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			living on earth will determine
		
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			in which manner you will cross
		
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			that bridge. Some will cross it like a
		
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			flash.
		
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			Some will struggle on it. Some will drop
		
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			into Jahannam.
		
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			Do we want that to happen to us?
		
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			No. So learn to build your bridges here,
		
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			and Allah will help you cross that bridge
		
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			there.