Mufti Menk – Learn To Build Bridges

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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.