Mufti Menk – Remembrance of Allah

Mufti Menk

Light Upon Light Event in Blackburn, August 2018

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The upcoming virtual event for Islam is designed to encourage people to connect with Islam and find their own success. The importance of dressing in a way appropriate for men and women is emphasized, along with the need for guidance to avoid the misunderstanding of who is truly God. The importance of acceptance and being polite in relationships is emphasized, along with the need to avoid negative comments and avoid big promises.

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			smilla rahmanir rahim In the name of Allah subhanho wa jal, the Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Alhamdulillah All praise is indeed due to Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah wa Salatu was Salam ala
rasulillah Allah Allah He was happy. We send blessings and salutations upon Muhammad sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam, his household his companions we asked Allah Subhana Allah to Allah to bless them
to bless every one of us, our offspring, those to come right up to the end. May Allah keep them
steadfast on the deen. May Allah make it easy for us to be steadfast on the deen And may Allah
subhanho wa Taala grant us paradise. I mean,
		
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			my brothers and sisters, this is actually a grand venue as you can see, Mashallah. The first time I
heard the grand venue, I thought so what is it? Meaning What's the name of it? And then I realized,
well, the name of the venue is the grand venue. And now I know why it's called the grand venue
because it is indeed a grand venue. We ask Allah subhana wa Jalla to run by can to those who allowed
us the use of this beautiful facility today to those who volunteered to make this possible to every
one of you who attended and participated and their loss of power medalla grant us all together this
engine metal defenders, for indeed when we gather for the sake of Allah subhanho wa Taala when we
		
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			gather in order to listen to something to do with bringing us closer to Allah subhanho wa Taala It
is called the remembrance of Allah. These types of gatherings are called gatherings of the
remembrance of Allah because they remind us of Allah. We have not gathered here for something
worldly. We have not gathered here in order to earn something or in order to do a deal that is
connected to the business of the world, but it is business with Allah subhanho wa Taala as Allah
says in the Quran, yeah, you have nothing, man. Oh, no kumala teacher. Oh, you who believe. Should I
show you a business? Should I lead you to a business? * no. comala
		
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			g co
		
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			Should I lead you to a business that will save you from a very painful punishment? That's what Allah
says. So, there are two types of business. One is that which will save you from being uncomfortable
on Earth, by allowing you to earn in terms of material wealth net, which may make you buy or
purchase the comfort of the world that is very physical and temporary.
		
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			But the true business is the other business that which will bring you the contentment of the soul,
that which will lead you into eternal bliss, that which will take you to the hereafter that which
will actually open your heart in a way that you taste the coolness and the calmness of the
relationship that you have with Allah. And this is why wealth alone has never brought about
happiness and contentment to anyone. Some of the most depressed people are those who are extremely
wealthy, but they forgot an alarm. But good news to those whom Allah has blessed with both. May
Allah grant us both, I mean, that was quite a nice and loud I mean, Mashallah. Mashallah, mela
		
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			definitely grant us both, we want at the same time, the goodness of this world, we want the goodness
of the hereafter. One might say, well, that's always correct. But you know, life is such that we
become oblivious of our connection with Allah while we're connecting ourselves to the globe, and to
the comfort and materialism of this world.
		
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			I need a little bit of comfort I do, but not
		
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			compromising my relationship with Allah. I need to learn, but I need to fulfill my Salah. I need to
go to work. But I need to make sure that I'm dressed well. And by the way, when we speak about
dressing, well, it's not just directed to females as some of the main things. It's directed to the
males as well.
		
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			And I'm sure some of you know what I'm talking about the things of today. Some of them are okay, but
some of them should panela
		
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			they leave you showing your design the label on your underwear, hello, protect us. So we need to
direct it to the men's as well some so tight
		
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			that even the sisters won't fit into that
		
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			disease and just trying to balance it to say my beloved brothers who are here. When we talk about
dress. Don't just say I tell them no, tell them you're the guys who stay by the way. Allah subhanho
wa Taala protect us. But to be more serious, it's actually addressed to all of us, myself included.
I also need to be careful how I dress how I carry myself. When we say dress in Islam. It doesn't
just mean what you putting on. But it includes what how you carry yourself when we talk of hijab.
hijab is not just the type of clothing you have externally, but it's a condition that you carry
yourself upon. It is a way of life as well. It's part and parcel of your identity. And that would
		
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			include the men as well as the women. This is why when Allah speaks about lowering of the gaze, he
says Colin meany in a boom in ABA sorry, him via jahaan tell the believing males to lower their
gazes and protect their chastity or protect their private parts. He starts off by speaking to the
males, the males, and the women come only thereafter.
		
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			There must be a reason. Well, the reason is A times the men needed more than anyone else. But we all
need it. Let's be fair, we all need it. May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us goodness. So the point
being raised is when we develop a relationship with Allah and when we earn whatever this world has
to offer in the way that we are trying our best to become better as the days pass with our link with
Allah rather than going away. As Allah gives you a better job, as Allah gives you a higher salary as
Allah gives you better deals and you're earning more, you should become closer to Allah and you
should feel it, you should tell yourself, you should be able to tell yourself, I'm a better person
		
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			today, in my link with Allah than I was back in the day, or than I was yesterday. And thank Allah
for that. And don't worry about what people have to say about you because they don't know who you
were and where you were yesterday. You're the only one who knows. And for that reason, don't
discourage others when you see them in a certain physical outward condition because you don't know
where they may have been yesterday.
		
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			I've seen people who have been astray completely and they come on track and overtake those who've
been on the right path, so to speak in a way that
		
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			So Han Allah, it's only Allah to thank for. And here you have people who who are busy judging them
not realizing I'm not yet dead. We will be judged by the score at the end of the game. You don't
just see
		
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			England losing for example, and start becoming depressed, we wait for the whistle to be blown.
		
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			And then you find out that they lost and then you can be sad. May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us
victory sorry to use football as an example. But you know, when we're in Blackburn, we have to do
that Mashallah.
		
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			So, the same applies to us my life started at a certain point is going to end us at a certain point,
and so did yours, your struggles, you alone know those struggles that others don't know them, you
know, where you were, you know, how difficult the situations are in your life. And for this reason,
Allah calls himself over on the Day of Judgment. Maliki Yomi, we read it so many times, Allah says,
Owner of the Day of Judgment, what's the day of judgment? Have you thought about it? It's a day
where Allah will judge
		
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			have we installed ourselves as little Allah, Allah, where we start judging and telling people you
haven't helped Heaven, *, as you see them, but this is what people do. And unfortunately, it is
those at times who claim piety that do this more, and they don't realize that shapen comes to you at
times more than he goes to others because he knows that he didn't manage to get your Salah out, he
didn't manage to get your dress code out, he didn't manage to get your Zakah out, he didn't manage
to get your soul and fasting out. So what he does is he gets you out, by doing what missing the
heart, dirty heart to heart. This is why when we talk about the remembrance of Allah, one of the
		
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			most important factors is to clean your heart.
		
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			What will the remembrance of Allah do for you, it makes you conscious of the rest of the creatures
of Allah, their struggles are known by none other than Allah.
		
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			So when you see people instead of passing a comment of judgment, you'd rather pass a comment of
encouragement.
		
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			Because we need that encouragement too.
		
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			There are so many examples in the Hadith of the Prophet SAW Selim of people who may have been
struggling to was getting closer to Allah subhanho wa Taala. But a deed or two of theirs was more
beloved to Allah than every other deed they've done, such that Allah ignored the bank
		
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			and they've been paradise.
		
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			This is the remembrance of Allah, we have to ensure that we realize the gift of Allah. And this is
why the law that is to be made by a Muslim is mentioned in sort of in Bukhara, and we are now in the
days of Hajj. We already in the month of March know that three months known as the month of March,
do you know what they are?
		
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			Immediately after Ramadan? shabba
		
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			is each other
		
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			show Come on guys. Show while the show was good.
		
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			Those are the three months are hot. Right now we're about to commence the month of the Legion. And
Allah speaks about some draft What is it to do it is a supplication you call out to Allah I call out
to Allah, we will call out to Allah, what do we call out to Him for, for our needs, if he wanted, we
would not
		
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			have been in any need. But Allah created us such that we have needs so that he can test us who will
do the call out to
		
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			you call out to Allah for what all your needs. Number one, what I need urgently and immediately,
what do I need, I need something to be able to live to eat to breathe. That's what I need. I need
the ability to pray the ability to do good deeds. I need that ability that capacity. So your
physical health, your
		
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			economic, the little
		
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			financial situation that you're in immediate solved, you need something so that at least you can
live a decent life. And the problem is once we live a decent life, you know how a man is he always
wants to live a more decent life. He wants a little bit more comfortable. I have a friend who bought
a Range Rover. I told him lovely car. He says wait until I get my helicopter.
		
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			guy asked. We haven't even dreamt of this Range Rover do busy thinking of a helicopter. It's fine.
It's one of those things. It just goes to prove that you know what people on different levels. The
Range Rover the helicopter will not take you two gentlemen unless you use it in the right way. And
unless the more you get the more humble you become the more you reach out to people
		
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			Good morning greet. Don't worry about the world says, greeting. Learn to greet one of the biggest
sicknesses we face today is the fact that we don't greet.
		
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			I can tell you I've been to cities where the non Muslims have greeted me more than the Muslims
		
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			Subhanallah
		
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			Good morning, good afternoon, good evening.
		
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			And after what would they they recognize you
		
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			do not want to be just because you read you recognize that it was not at all. Now Allah helped me
first May I become from among those who can clean my heart. And every one of us learn to love one
another, to remember it and the benefit of it will only be when you love one another. That's why the
professor was addressing his companions. He says
		
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			he got five to move.
		
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			You see, before I translate that happy, let me go back to another happy. He says the people of
Paradise and the people who will be VIPs on the agenda will be so many categories. And one of those
categories from the seven is those who love each other for the sake of Allah. You know what about
each other for the sake of Allah means I love someone because I know Allah made them and they're
trying, they're trying to get closer to Allah in some way or another. And even if they're not, I
would love to see them come out of that soon they may be involved in so I will work in my own way to
get the message across to them.
		
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			Because the products or services like near and dear will become a tool and what hidden
		
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			for Allah to use you to guide one person towards this goodness and guidance is better for you than
holding Nam actually means the red camel and the red camel was the best and most expensive means of
conveyance at the time. You know the Range Rovers or helicopters we spoke about moments ago,
something like that.
		
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			In your head a better for you than a little private jet. is if Allah used you to guide how many
people how many? One one that's
		
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			so work on yourself to be able to address people who might be seemingly a stray in a way that when
you talk to them, they remember Allah. That's why when the Prophet Muhammad read the Quran to us
from the verses he read was The story of Moses Musa alayhis salam. Do you know what he says in the
story of Musa insana? What Allah says, Allah narrated it to us, who was he sent to the worst of all?
		
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			The worst of the time was a man known as the Pharaoh. Even the Old Testament has this, that Pharaoh,
Allah says, We saved the best of the time to him and we told the best of the time. The best of the
time was Messiah is another prophet Moses, may peace be upon him. Allah says, we say Musa and his
brother Harun Allah Hema Salah to the Pharaoh of Iran, who was the worst. And we told them
		
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			Fabiola, who
		
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			can
		
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			go to him
		
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			and speak to him with soft speech, short speech.
		
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			He didn't say go to him and start insulting him and swearing him and judging him. They all knew the
Pharaoh was but there was hope that perhaps he might turn to Allah. So Allah says, you go to him,
speak to him with soft words.
		
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			That means something palatable, something beautiful, something soft, something lovely, speak to them
with some beautiful words, speak to him with beautiful words, why?
		
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			Perhaps he may be reminded, or he might be conscious of Allah, which means you guys watch your words
		
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			and ask for him. Allah already knew what was going to happen. But Allah didn't say, I know that the
pharaoh is not going to believe so don't waste your time going there. Because Allah knows that by
you going there, you're fulfilling the instruction of Allah so you're going to get the reward.
whether or not he gets what she gets guidance is up to Allah.
		
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			Today, none of us can claim to be better than the Prophet Moses Musa alayhis. Salam, not one. And
none of those were ever going to meet or come across, including the biggest enemies of Islam on
earth today can be worse than the pharaoh himself. Because the pharaoh used to say
		
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			Boko Haram
		
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			I'm your God, I'm the God and I'm the highest. What Allah.
		
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			Allah.
		
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			The Pharaoh told his people, all my people, I don't know of a deity fit to be worshipped by you
besides me.
		
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			I don't know of a deity for you to worship besides me, that was the height of tyranny.
		
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			So none of those we're going to ever meet can be worse than the Pharaoh and none of us can be better
than Musa alayhis salam. So don't you think we should be speaking to every one with a greater
concern with a more beautiful speech with more softness in our approach? Allah subhanho wa Taala
reminds Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam again, in a verse, Allah says in the Quran
		
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			for Bhima
		
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			Nina long
		
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			boom,
		
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			boom in
		
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			it is because of the mercy of Allah.
		
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			It is due to the mercy of Allah, that you are so lenient with those around you or Muhammad SAW Salah
if you were harsh and hard hearted, they would have dispatched they wouldn't even have wanted to
listen to Mohammed Salah Salah.
		
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			So what was the sign of the mercy of Allah? leniency
		
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			Lee leniency? I asked myself and I asked you to ask yourself, are you lenient? If you are, the Quran
says it's a sign of the mercy of Allah upon you and all those around you.
		
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			Are you a lenient person?
		
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			Or are you harsh and hard hearted? And you know what, you need to ask the people around you? Am I
lenient?
		
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			I can see the men looking at me, it's like they're gonna go home and say, am I lenient?
		
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			Do I look like I'm harsh?
		
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			They're gonna say no,
		
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			not at all. Because they're gonna be, there's gonna be trouble if they say anything else.
		
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			But what you do, you have to find out from those you live with how you are.
		
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			Find out from those who live in your house, how you are, change yourself. It's a sign of the mercy
of Allah, when we talk of the remembrance of Allah subhanho wa Taala I promise you, my brothers, my
sisters, when we talk at the mercy of Allah subhanho wa Taala the remembrance of Allah subhanho wa
Taala we need to keep on repeating things because that is part of the remembrance of Allah, how am I
going to be reminded about Allah? When someone hasn't repeated things? The Quran says, Why that
came.
		
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			And remind, remind meaning repeat things. Why? For
		
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			lincraft
		
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			found meaning for indeed the reminding, the constant reminder benefits those who truly believe. If
you truly believe you don't get irritated that this man's repeating this for the fourth time, but
you feel within your heart, I think it must be so important. That's why he's saying it again. The
Prophet peace be upon him, when there was a young lad who came to him saying,
		
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			imagine you get your moment with Muhammad, Allah, Allah.
		
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			Allah grant us not just a moment, but eternity. I mean,
		
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			he met Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam and he was excited. He wanted to say something, ask something, you
know, he got this messenger. So I'll send them right in front of me says Yasuda la sala salon. I'm
Senior Rasul Allah. Give me some advice. Subhana Allah.
		
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			May Allah subhanho wa Taala guide us all. May Allah bless us all. Sometimes we expect a long answer.
He's asking the messenger, but wonders what he was expecting. If it was me, I would expect a whole
paragraph Sit down. Let me give you advice on
		
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			the processor have looked at him. I wonder how he looked because there's no description of the guy.
He says
		
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			don't get angry.
		
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			That's it. What's your temper? There must have been something for him to say that right?
		
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			Sometimes you see some of the young boys and girls. Some of those a little bit older. The expression
on your face already says you're a person with a temper. I mean, if I just come to you and
		
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			someone says advise me.
		
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			Calm down, relax, take it easy.
		
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			The expression on your face actually ages you. You know that.
		
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			If you have an expression of a temper anger every time you have these headlines know the headlines.
		
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			What will happen? The creases live there forever and you're only 25
		
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			Ready for headlines. So Allah lots of news, isn't it? Allah grant us ease. Relax, just be normal.
Just smile. So the prompts are second set in Latin. He says, Okay, give me a bit more advices don't
get any results. Okay, give me more advices Don't get angry. One narration says he kept on repeating
it until the people thought to themselves. Wow, I hope that now it's enough he can keep quiet. So
hon Allah Subhana. Allah imagine. And another narration says he said he thrice, don't don't get
angry. Don't get angry, why three times one was enough. Because the reminder helps us It definitely
helps us.
		
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			So this reminder that we definitely need we need.
		
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			If we are from among those who smile when Allah subhanho wa Taala sends someone to remove us from
evil to clean the heart. And the cleansing of the heart is so difficult that we will not know the
qualities within us that need rectification until and unless we interact with genuine people, and
we're ready to listen to others regarding what our weaknesses are.
		
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			That's when you're going to be refined. You could be a father in your home, you could be a mother,
you could be a father in law, you could be a mother in law, you could be a son or a daughter, you
could be a daughter in law or a son in law, I promise you the only time you're going to know your
true value is when you ask those within your house. Really and truly Where do I need correction?
Please tell me and work on it. Don't just get angry and upset, no work on it. When do I need
correction? Learn to smile, learn to sacrifice. Right? So let's go back to this. Heidi.
		
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			The proxy Salam says Should I not show you something that if you were to do it,
		
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			it would increase the love between you
		
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			will increase the love? Why do I need the love? You need the love because man needs company? When I
say man here I refer to humankind, okay? humankind, human beings need company. It's good to have two
people, three people I know a lot of us, myself included, sometimes we're very wary of the type of
company that we associate with. But that's part of the hobby. But if you had ideal company, wouldn't
you feel so good? People who who care for each other? They don't have to be exactly like you, but
they have to respect each other. In that case, what happens? Do you enjoy life a bit more? It's
really good. The value of family is not known, except by those families who are easygoing. The other
		
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			day I officiated someone's nikka in one of the cities here in the UK. And they asked me to say a few
words, I said something interesting. And I'm repeating this because it's part of reminding us about
Allah.
		
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			Marriages, very, very important part of your life in mind. important part.
		
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			And I said, you will only be happy in marriage if you have.
		
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			Okay, we're Muslim. So the consciousness of Allah all of that is already there. But one thing you
need as a quality, what is it, you need to be easygoing?
		
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			If you're not easygoing, and if you're very, very hard and fast with your way, that's it.
		
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			They're going to be problems. And I tell people, let others have their way as well. It doesn't
always have to be your way. Or it doesn't always have to be their way. But learn to compromise them
to give and take what's important to you what is important to you.
		
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			So because love is so important, the Allah subhanho wa Taala tells us those who love each other for
his sake will have a special shade on the Day of Judgment right? And now the Prophet peace be upon
him is teaching us Do you know how that is going to come? Do you want me to teach you something
simple that can increase the love between you?
		
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			What do you think he said? He just said a few Salama bayamon can
		
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			spread the salon amongst you. Now the Salaam is a broad term it starts off with a Salaam Alaikum if
I want love Santa Monica, look, I can tell you something about myself for a few years now. I've been
trying this and I promise you it works. It works wonders greet people whether they like you or they
don't like you ignore that so nothing to do. I'm not doing good to someone because they deserve good
No, I'm doing good to someone because Allah loves those who do good that's the reason why I will
keep doing good even if they don't like me to see the point if I'm doing good to you because I think
you deserve good the day I think you don't deserve good what happens to my good it stops so what was
		
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			I doing it for for you? Not for Allah what do you what did I get? I already got the smile back from
you the greeting back from you the day I didn't get it back from you. I stopped you stop but when
I'm doing it for the sake of Allah, I remember the law. You are a creature of Allah and so am I. We
are brothers and sisters.
		
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			is what makes me better than you. This afternoon I visited a place called the purple patch. Some of
you might know this place. The purple patch is given in Blackburn, a group of volunteers got
together in order to try and assist those who are challenged with any form of disability.
		
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			And they're doing a splendid job. And they have within their circles, volunteers and people who are
working free of charge, in order to assist those who may be facing those types of challenges and
disabilities that Allah has tested them with. As a result, I tell you, they are paving their path to
paradise. All you needed to do was just to make a lot less than say only Allah make it easy for them
and for everyone else.
		
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			My brothers and sisters, when we learn to love each other for the sake of Allah, and we do good to
people, because we want to earn the pleasure of Allah, we've truly remembered a lot. We've
understood the link between us. I was saying, I started greeting people smiling, ask them how are
you? If you see someone young ask them what's your name? Even if you don't remember the name for
very long, but it means so much to them. It means so much to them. How are you feeling today?
Question is Subhanallah it changes the day of a person.
		
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			But you know what?
		
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			I like to travel by train here in the UK, the virgin train straight to Euston Mashallah, I think is
the quickest way to get to London. That's what I think faster than an aircraft because aircraft you
got to go early, one hour, you can carry x, y and Zed you know, meaning your liquids and your thirst
and your weight needs to be 20 kilos and so on so forth. Train the catcher, I promised you two
hours, 11 minutes later, you landed somewhere.
		
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			But there's one problem. Everyone's just looking down. And a lot of them are just on their phones.
And there's no one we have a difficulty Muslims do not greet Muslims. If you see a Muslim brother or
a sister, they will justify not greeting each other. They won't because why?
		
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			Muslim sister.
		
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			But then Hi, Susan, what's up, man?
		
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			What happened to that? So Allah, why the double standards here, greet the people, if you are
greeting them, you know, we've seen I've seen people requiring help. And the Muslim resume pack,
boom, boom, boom, boom, stay past.
		
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			And who stops Muslims, they stopped to help and assist.
		
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			We are supposed to be reaching out first.
		
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			And sometimes you might have a person who won't reciprocate it because they might be, you know, a
little bit on the hard side, they might be going through having a bad day. If I can just, you know,
think good about them. They might be having a bad day. It's fine. You take your duties
		
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			to the women.
		
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			You know, one guy was telling me how come you sign your books and it's all these women coming to
sign books. I said, Brother, you have a business. You have such a thing here that your supermarket
you're sending cokes, and you're sending everything out
		
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			to everyone, then it's fine, isn't it? And we're standing here there's no camera, there's no reason
that I'm sending a product here for charity. That's what it is. I'm sending a product for charity
and these people are paying X amount and they just want the book silent at something.
acknowledgement is nothing wrong. I'm not a hypocrite. I will not lead a double life where I pretend
like something is wrong just when it suits me.
		
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			Didn't I tell you moments ago the biggest judges are those who are outwardly pious because shake man
comes to them to bless their heart to think bad about others who they don't know. Yes, you might be
driving your car you might be 50 miles ahead of me spiritually. But guess what? Allah just helped
me. I bought a Ferrari. I'm gonna zoom straight past you just now.
		
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			And I'm not gonna be one of those so guys who's gonna wait with you on my way?
		
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			I'm going ahead Nope. Allah can grant me a new guidance before the others. The same way Allah can
grant others guidance while we're on the path and they can be more rightly guided than us and more
spiritual and more religious and more connected to Allah then you and I
		
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			look at an example what an example. He was the 14th to accept Islam. He went out to Mecca Mohamed
Salah, but they had hope they didn't judge the man to say he's in *. No.
		
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			And when he jumped on at 40 he took over everyone he's known as the second best to fit this earth
after the prophets of Allah subhanho wa Taala The first being a Baba Casa de
		
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			so Pamela but what did he do? There was a lot of damage he had done in the past.
		
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			A
		
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			lot of damage in the past, but when he jumped on, he's zoomed past a lot of people
		
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			So when you see people learn to soften your heart, learn to greet for the sake of Allah. I don't
want anything from you. I don't want to be fair. I don't want to be cold. I don't want to be, I
don't want your food I don't want to take or I want you to have a good day. That's it. All I want is
for me to reach out to you so that you can smile and you can restore your faith in humanity. For the
sake of Allah. That's all I want. I will greet you just because I want to greet you there's no
ulterior motive today. We greet people when we have something at the back of our minds. We greet
people, but clean people for the sake of Allah it says it will increase the love salaam aleikum. How
		
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			are you my brother? Even if I don't know your name yet? It's okay. As long as I've made you feel
good, I need to feel really good. You felt this love What happened? In essence, it restored your
faith in humanity.
		
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			I began to feel I belong to a whole oma, I belong to humanity. If something happens to me, there
are, you know, if I've fallen, I'm not going to have people coming in with rocks and throwing them
so that I'm destroyed after that, but I'm going to have 1000s of people come and help me. Help me.
		
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			The way we can. We don't look, we don't greet we don't talk. Only when we need it. The addict says
you you should greet those you know and those who don't know.
		
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			you greet those whom you know those whom you don't know, my brothers and sisters today. Even if we
restore justice, greeting, I promise you it's equivalent to remembering Allah subhanho wa Taala
because it's a an instruction on the promises
		
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			and instruction of the processor, so that I didn't I was speaking about the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam Should I not show you something? If you were to do it, you would actually increase
the love between you spent the Sunnah. So Salam means starting with the greeting.
		
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			It's a prayer, learn to pray for each other. How do we pray for each other?
		
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			The first words you should ever say when you see another is a prayer. Did you know that? What's the
prayer? A Salaam Alaikum?
		
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			What does it actually mean? May peace be upon him? What is me peace be it's a prayer. I'm asking
Allah to have peace for you blessings when you mercy on you while at
		
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			the mercy of Allah and His blessings may be upon you. If you really genuine and I really genuine
with that. We've solved most of our problems. The difficulty is, we just say
		
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			Doesn't it sound so familiar?
		
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			It's an act of worship, I pray for you, brother make peace.
		
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			You know, there was once an experiment done by another shake. And I happen to you know, be affected
by it in a positive way. Where the brothers came to me this morning to say a Santa Monica said no, a
chef told us just for an experiment for two days. Try saying it in a language you understand to be
able to know what you're saying.
		
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			And I said, Whoa, okay. I mean, maybe it's just an experiment for two days. But I was woken up
because I heard someone say, the peace between you and the blessings of Allah and His mercy.
		
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			I mean, he says no, you're supposed to say and you to define, yeah.
		
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			And you and that's why the Quran says, what we eat
		
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			will be accepted. I mean,
		
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			if anyone greets you with a greeting, reply to the pedigree, or at least return it, but don't give
something lower. So if someone says Salam aleikum, wa Rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh you're supposed to
say
		
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			and pay me account for the 20 seconds that I took more.
		
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			Trust me you're gonna get more time from Allah.
		
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			So the two hours
		
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			Gina dounia. hacer una Warfield. irati Hashanah joaquina.
		
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			That's the DA mentioned in
		
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			the Quran speaks about why you should make it who's Delica the Quran mentions a jar that you should
mention it was just it was delicate, but it's speaking about was there isn't an IRA and judahite
What is it? If someone says you're going for Hajj you must make to add that Allah forgives you and
grunts you gentlemen, we will say yes, ultimately that's what I want. Whoever goes for Hajj and the
Hajj is accepted from them alone. Forgive their sons and daughter in law.
		
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			But Allah says, Don't forget to make draft for your life as well. Make dua for your money, your
health, who's telling you this, Allah is telling me to you where the dry lay. Allah says when we
when they get to was deadly for some people say Allah give us the world give us the world give us
the world. When when we say well, we were talking about materialistic issues and things, but they
forget to make to and to supplicate for the hereafter. So Allah says, You should strike the balance
by saying Oh Allah grant me goodness in this will grant me goodness in the hereafter and protect me
from the punishment of the Fire. What a beautiful day.
		
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			So my brothers and sisters, when you call out to Allah, regarding your hereafter,
		
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			when you supplicate to Allah,
		
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			it is a sign that you are remembering
		
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			a lot, maybe you and I need as I said, right at the beginning for law One, two, we wouldn't have had
this need, but a lot of work to do and I to acknowledge that he is the owner of the solution. This
is why I say well, what brought me happiness. Oh, that itself is such a powerful statement because
either acknowledge you, as the owner of happiness, or love helped me open my doors grant me
goodness, what a great remembrance of Allah that is because it's acknowledging Allah has what you
want. I would never ask you for 100 pounds if I thought you didn't have it.
		
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			Would you just go to a guy on the street, you need 100 pounds.
		
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			I needed to
		
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			I need 1000 actually.
		
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			But if someone was wealthy and someone you knew that this person is giving this person who is very
generous and said, You know what, Mashallah, you've been giving everyone hundreds of 1000s I just
need one quick,
		
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			loose change, you say forget about one, I'll give you 10 I give you 100 ticket.
		
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			So it's like a lot when you ask him for something. He's given others much more than that. He's going
to give you more than what you've asked him. This is why to remember Allah There is one other thing
a lot of what we have, we didn't even ask for it, but we have it.
		
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			Do you realize that a lot of what you have this is why Mohammed peace be upon him says you really
want goodness, if you really want to be grateful, show gratitude. That's part of the remembrance of
Allah, you need to make sure that you go to those who have less than you and serve them, work with
them, help them look at them, see them, Allah will automatically show you that you have much more
you have so much that you did not you did not realize you haven't even asked for it. Because man has
a weakness. That weakness is we only pray for things after we realize they're gone or we're losing
them. Have you ever said to Allah Allah helped me read correctly? Have you ever said that? Unless
		
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			you are right
		
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			Subhan Allah
		
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			because if you cannot breathe and you say oh help me breathe properly, but how many of us have said
oh alive thank you for allowing me to be able to breathe for all these years without even thinking
that I'm breathing. So I love that's the remembrance of Allah in
		
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			WA T one t laughing
		
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			owning
		
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			levena Guna la de
		
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			Lucia
		
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			una v
		
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			t what a lot of men find out
		
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			about Lena suba
		
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			suba Hana Sakina
		
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			beautiful verses of the end of Allah Imran where Allah says, indeed in the creation of the heavens
and the earth, and whatever is in between them and the movement of the day of the nights. There are
Signs for those who ponder, Allah says those who remember Allah, Allah, remember Allah, which means
they are pondering over the creation of Allah, standing and sitting and on their sides. And they're
thinking about the creation of Allah so for you to ponder over the famous of Allah upon you is the
remembrance of Allah and you thank Allah as a result by doing what it strengthens me with my Salah
when I fulfill my Salah I don't just do it to get done with it. No, I do it because I want to do it.
		
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			I've always said the daily you start reading Salah of fulfilling your prayer because you want to do
it is the day you've arrived at a new level in your connection with Allah
		
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			What do I mean? A lot of us,
		
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			we fulfill our five daily prayers. Not because we want to because we have a very big difference.
Very big difference.
		
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			I'm not saying it's wrong to do something because you have to do it but the day you now do it not
because you have to only but because you want to you enjoy it. It gives you the comfort, it brings
you that solace, it brings you contentment, that's the day you've arrived at the new relationship
with Allah. So I'm encouraging yourself and myself. When we fulfill the prayer, let's do it because
we want to do it not because we have to do it alone have to meaning it's compulsory, but I'm not
doing it just because I want to get over and done with it. No, I'm doing it because you know what,
really, Allah is so merciful. He's allowed me to breathe. He hasn't charged me for the heartbeat.
		
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			He has 36,000 heartbeat, how many hobbies 1000s of them 136,000. She had to pay a penny a penny,
half a penny, a penny per 10 make it cheaper Penny 400. We will be bankrupt.
		
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			When one beat of your heart is out of sync. Everything comes to an end SubhanAllah. One beat is out
of sync. you're rushing from pillar to post hospital to hear cardiologist to another everything's
happening. Why? Why don't beat without a place. But you and I didn't even think of that for these 50
years that we've been alive. We didn't remember a lot because nothing went wrong. So Allah says when
I love you, I'm going to let some things go wrong so that you can come to me.
		
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			When things go wrong in your life, my brothers and sisters, it's because Allah wants to bring you
closer to him, not because he wants to chase you away. So that Patience, patience is part of the
remembrance of Allah. That's why the Hadith says in Allahu Akbar, Allah, when Allah loves the slave
and worshiper, he sends tests in that direction so that this worshiper can become softened and
closer to Allah, when your problem and difficulty and hardship brings you closer to Allah, it was a
gift of Allah. But when your ease, sends you further from Allah, it was the punishment.
		
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			So my brothers and sisters,
		
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			beautiful are those who love one another for his sake. Beautiful are those who tend to allow and
encourage others not discouraged. Beautiful are those who call others with sweet words with good
words.
		
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			Beautiful are those who don't pass judgment against others. Don't waste your time talking about
someone else. I tell my colleagues in my own field, the day you speak about another is the day you
have nothing to offer the people speak about what you have speak about what Allah says speak about
what Allah has prohibited what Allah has ordained, encourage the people use the best ways use the
best means not everyone is the same.
		
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			But the day I've got to take a name of someone else in order for me to attack a person. That's the
day and distancing myself from Allah. I'm now worried about others. Toba. Lehman shall
		
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			give good news of a special place in paradise to those whose own weaknesses occupy them from
engaging in the weaknesses of others.
		
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			Unless you're engaging positively positively, meaning you want to help them you want to remind them
you want to encourage them, it's a good thing.
		
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			So May Allah subhanho, wa Taala, open our doors. Remember, when we talk about the remembrance of
Allah, it's got to do with dealing closeness to Allah coming closer to Allah in one way or another.
And the way you're going to come closer to Allah, yes, through your obligations, we all know the
obligations. I don't want to touch much on the obligations because we know them. I know what Allah
has asked me to do, and so do you. That's why I'm a Muslim. I know what Allah has asked me to stay
away from and so do you, because we are Muslim. But
		
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			there are certain things we forget.
		
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			There are certain things we become oblivious of such as how we think about others. Some people live
a life of misery such that everyone in their eyes is a person you've got to doubt.
		
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			It's a weakness. There are good people on earth. There are good people don't worry, there are people
who are honest, there are people who, who would save themselves from the Wrath of Allah in a big
way. There are still a lot of good and there are people who have been through bad and they come out
and become good Subhanallah so therefore, to judge people based on things
		
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			They may have done a few days ago, I think it was yesterday, I tweeted a tweet connected to how busy
we have become judging others and their past. You cannot rule on a person based on who they were.
And if someone has done it to you, ignore them. Ignore them. It might affect you. Try not to let it
affect you. Because Allah knows. And this is why we have something in Islam known as backbiting
Mashallah, my time is up, I see that.
		
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			They've given me a bonus. You guys give me a bonus of five minutes? Yes. Yes.
		
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			I shall. 10 you have 10 He sounds like a boss. Thank you, my brother.
		
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			I hope that wasn't 10 seconds. 10 minutes.
		
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			Okay, so but I'll just end what I'm saying. inshallah, the program will continue. We still have a
long time inshallah. But it's important for us to realize my brothers and sisters, that sometimes
what people say, it does affect us, we're human beings. But try not to let it affect you. When you
develop your relationship with Allah, and when you realize the role Allah plays in your life is
supreme. You tend to ignore, ignore, just ignore completely. Sometimes when I'm talking about my own
life, when I turn towards those who speak even without knowing my own intention,
		
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			it becomes such that I lose focus, so I stopped turning towards them, just turn towards Allah.
That's if you're doing something to please Allah, you are a human, you may make mistakes, you have
to because you're human, if someone genuinely corrects you, in a beautiful way, take it. But if they
want to insult you and make a big deal out of it, ignore it. It's a sign of your success. Not
everyone's going to love you to succeed, there will be people who will love you to fail. If they
have that attitude towards the best of creation, Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam you think you and I are
going to be spared?
		
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			In Patreon tried hard to harm him. You think they're not going to try to harm you by nothing? Am a
zero nobody. Who are we? Some kind of love compared to the companions who struggled. So have hope my
brothers and sisters inshallah with this beautiful message of the remembrance of Allah by instilling
hope within our hearts and respecting each other and loving each other. I would like to close this
first session Apollo holy * Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah.