Mufti Menk – Our Problems are Unique to One Another

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			Wallahi, the ummah. The ummah needs us, needs
		

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			every one of us.
		

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			We are together tonight.
		

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			Islam has given importance to togetherness.
		

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			It has given importance to groups,
		

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			gatherings,
		

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			getting together
		

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			as one ummah.
		

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			It's called jama'a,
		

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			a group
		

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			of
		

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			whom? Of Muslims, people who gather.
		

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			Jumu'ah, what is it? It's the day of
		

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			gathering.
		

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			The day when everybody comes together. What do
		

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			you gather for?
		

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			You gather for prayer.
		

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			You gather in order to listen
		

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			to a talk known as a khutba
		

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			that will wake you up,
		

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			that will give you guidance,
		

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			that will address some of your fears and
		

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			concerns, and some of the issues that are
		

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			affecting you as an ummah.
		

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			That's what the Jum'ah is all about. And
		

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			if you don't attend the Jum'ah, can you
		

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			really call yourself a Muslim?
		

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			Can you really call yourself a Muslim when
		

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			you are not bothered about the Jumuah?
		

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			Let's make an effort, Insha'Allah. We will attend
		

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			it properly, regularly,
		

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			arrive on time,
		

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			and even before the time. And insha Allah,
		

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			we ask Allah to reward us. So that
		

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			getting together is very important. This evening we
		

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			have gotten together
		

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			15,000
		

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			or more of us.
		

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			And Allah Almighty alone knows the conditions of
		

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			the hearts of each one of us. All
		

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			of you have issues and problems and difficulties
		

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			and hardships that you will cry to Allah
		

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			for because he made you in a way
		

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			that you have hardships in your life. Not
		

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			a single one of us can say, I
		

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			have absolutely no hardship, no difficulty, nothing to
		

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			call to Allah for.
		

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			But each one of us, our difficulties are
		

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			unique to our own lives.
		

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			I have issues, my problems,
		

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			my hardships, my difficulties.
		

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			Allah alone knows them. I know some of
		

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			them. I may not know even all of
		

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			them. Allah knows them. But I ask Allah
		

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			to help me
		

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			overcome
		

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			whatever hardship it is and to help all
		

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			of you in your unique lives, whatever it
		

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			may be that is bothering you, whatever concerns,
		

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			anxiety, struggles, whatever you have, may Allah Almighty
		

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			make it easy for you.